Ecclesiastes 6
1 There is an evil that I have seen under the sun, and it [is] great on man:
Taminaw ni kapap lah a kâhmo teh, kanî rahim ka hmu e hno kathoutnaw teh;
2 A man to whom God gives wealth, and riches, and honor, and there is no lack to his soul of all that he desires, and God does not give him power to eat of it, but a stranger eats it; this [is] vanity, and it [is] an evil disease.
A ngai e hno pueng, hnopai hoi bawinae, barinae naw hah Cathut ni a poe eiteh, canae kâ a poe hoeh dawkvah, amamouh ni cat laipalah, kâkuen hoeh e alouke ram e taminaw ni a ca e heh, ahrawnghrang doeh, kahawihoehe hno doeh.
3 If a man begets one hundred, and lives many years, and is great, because they are the days of his years, and his soul is not satisfied from the goodness, and also he has not had a grave, I have said, “Better than he [is] the untimely birth.”
Tami ni kum moikasawlah a hring teh, a canaw, 100 touh ka tawn nakunghai, ngainae kuep laipalah, pakawp laipalah oun dout pawiteh, hote tami hlak camo ka hrun e ahawihnawn.
4 For in vanity he came in, and in darkness he goes, and in darkness his name is covered,
Bangkongtetpawiteh, ka hrun e camo teh ayawmyin lah a kamnue teh, hmonae thung a cei. Ahnie min teh hmonae ni a ramuk han.
5 even the sun he has not seen nor known, more rest has this than that.
Kanî hai hmawt mahoeh. Banghai panuek mahoeh. Hateiteh, hmaloe dei e tami hlak ahawihnawn.
6 And though he had lived one thousand years twice over, yet he has not seen good; does not everyone go to the same place?
Hmaloe dei e tami teh a kum thawnghni touh ka hring nakunghai aphu awmhoeh. A hmuen buet touh koe nahoehmaw koung a khup awh heh vaw.
7 All the labor of man [is] for his mouth, And yet the soul is not filled.
Tami ni panki thapatho e naw pueng teh, vonpui hanelah panki thapatho awh eiteh, cangainae lung roum thai hoeh.
8 For what advantage [is] to the wise above the fool? What to the poor who knows to walk before the living?
Lungkaang e tami teh ka pathu e tami hlak bangmaw hawinae kaawm. Kahring e taminaw hmalah, ka tawk e mathoe ni a coe e hawinae teh bangne.
9 Better [is] the sight of the eyes than the going of the soul. This [is] also vanity and distress of spirit.
Mit hoi hmu e teh pouk e hlak ahawi. Hote hno teh ahrawnghrang e hno, kahlî man e hoi doeh a kâvan.
10 What [is] that which has been? Already is its name called, and it is known that it [is] man, And he is not able to contend with him who is stronger than he.
Kaawm tangcoung e hnonaw, pâkuem lah ao toe. Tami teh bang patet e tami maw tie hai panue tangcoung e lah ao toung dawkvah, ama hlak tha ka sai e tami tâ thai mahoeh.
11 For there are many things multiplying vanity; What advantage [is] to man?
Cungkeihoehnae hoe a pung dawkvah, tami teh bangmaw hawinae kaawm.
12 For who knows what [is] good for a man in life, the number of the days of the life of his vanity, and he makes them as a shadow? For who declares to man what is after him under the sun?
Tâhlip patetlah kaloum ni teh ahrawnghrang hring nathung, tami dawk hnokahawi sak e heh apinimaw a panue thai han. Kanî rahim tami hnukkhu kaawm hane naw hai apinimaw a dei thai han.
