Ecclesiastes 2
1 I said in my heart, "Come now, I will test you with mirth: therefore enjoy pleasure;" and look, this also was vanity.
Ka lungthin thung hoi atuteh nawmnae hoi na tanouk han, hno alouke pouk laipalah nawmnae dueng ka sak han ka ti. Hatei, hot hai ahrawnghrang doeh.
2 I said of laughter, "It is foolishness;" and of mirth, "What does it accomplish?"
Thoumthainae heh pathunae doeh. Nawmnae haiyah bang ahawinae awm hoeh.
3 I searched in my heart how to cheer my flesh with wine, my heart yet guiding me with wisdom, and how to lay hold of folly, until I might see what it was good for the sons of men that they should do under heaven all the days of their lives.
Tami ni talai van kum kaduem ca a hring nathung vah hnokahawi a sak hane panue hanelah lungangnae lamthung dawn hoi thahmei nahanelah, yamu ngainae koelah a pâlei teh pathunae dawk khosak hanlah lungthin hoi ka tawng.
4 I made myself great works. I built myself houses. I planted myself vineyards.
Hno kalennaw hah ka sak. Kama hanlah im ka sak teh misur takha hai ka sak.
5 I made myself gardens and parks, and I planted trees in them of all kinds of fruit.
Takha aphunphun ka sak teh a pawhik aphunphun ka ung.
6 I made myself pools of water, to water from it the forest where trees were reared.
Thingthai karoung lahun naw awi nahanelah tui imnaw hah ka sak.
7 I bought male servants and female servants, and had servants born in my house. I also had great possessions of herds and flocks, above all who were before me in Jerusalem;
San ka tawn dueng tho laipalah sannu hoi sanpanaw hai bout ka ran sin. Ka tawn e saringnaw teh ka o hoehnahlan Jerusalem kaawm e naw hlak a pap.
8 I also gathered silver and gold for myself, and the treasure of kings and of the provinces. I got myself male and female singers, and the delights of the sons of men—musical instruments, and that of all sorts.
Suingun hai thoseh, siangpahrang hoi kâkuen e hno hai thoseh, khocanaw koe cawng e hno hai thoseh ka pâkhueng toe. Ratoung tamawi ka tum e napui tongpa hai thoseh, taminaw ni nawmnae yupui yudonaw hai thoseh ka la toe.
9 So I was great, and increased more than all who were before me in Jerusalem. My wisdom also remained with me.
Hottelah Jerusalem kho ouk kaawm tangcoungnaw hlak ka tawnta teh ka talue toe. Ka lungangnae hai a cak.
10 Whatever my eyes desired, I did not keep from them. I did not withhold my heart from any joy, for my heart rejoiced because of all my labor, and this was my portion from all my labor.
Ka mit ni a noe e kangek hoeh. Ka lung ka nawm sak hane buet touh hai ka hnoun hoeh. Ka thawtawknae dawk lunghawinae ka hmu, hot teh ka tawkphu ka hmu e doeh.
11 Then I looked at all the works that my hands had worked, and at the labor that I had labored to do; and look, all was vanity and a chasing after wind, and there was no profit under the sun.
Hete hnonaw pueng heh ka pouk teh ka tawk e hoi ka sak e hnonaw pueng ka pouk navah, khenhaw! ahrawnghrang doeh. Kahlî man e patetlah la doeh ao ti ka panuecai. Kanî rahim talaivan, taminaw hanlah hnokahawi banghai awm hoeh.
12 I turned myself to consider wisdom, madness, and folly. For what can the man who comes after the king do? Just that which he has already done.
Hahoi, lungangnae, pathunae hoi lunganghoehnae, naw ka pâkhing ka palang. Siangpahrang ni a sak tangcoung e hloilah a hnuklah ka tho e tami ni hai bang bout sak thai hoeh.
13 Then I saw that wisdom excels folly, as far as light excels darkness.
Ka pakhingpalang hnukkhu, lungangnae teh pathunae hlak, angnae teh hmonae hlak ahawi ti ka panue.
14 The wise man's eyes are in his head, and the fool walks in darkness—and yet I perceived that one event happens to them all.
Tami a lungkaang e teh a lû dawk mit a tawn. Hatei, tamipathu teh hmonae dawk kho a sak. Hateiteh, tami pueng ni hno buet touh rip a kâhmo e hah ka hmu.
15 Then said I in my heart, "As it happens to the fool, so will it happen even to me; and why was I then more wise?" Then said I in my heart that this also is vanity.
Tamipathu ni a kâhmo e hno ka kâhmo van boipawiteh, ahni hlak lungkaang ka tie haiyah ahrawnghrang pui doeh.
16 For of the wise man, even as of the fool, there is no memory for ever, seeing that in the days to come all will have been long forgotten. Indeed, the wise man must die just like the fool.
A tu kaawm e hnonaw pueng heh hmalah pahnim lah ao han. Tamipathu ni a pahnim thai e patetlah tami lungkaang ni hai a pahnim thai. Tamipathu a due e patetlah tami lungkaang hai a due van.
17 So I hated life, because the work that is worked under the sun was grievous to me; for all is vanity and a chasing after wind.
Hatdawkvah, hringnae kahmawt toe. Kanî rahim e hnonaw pueng ni runae duengdoeh a thokhai. Hnonaw pueng teh ahrawnghrang doeh. Hnonaw pueng heh ahrawnghrang lah ao. Kahlî ka man e patetlah doeh ao.
18 I hated all my labor in which I labored under the sun, seeing that I must leave it to the man who comes after me.
Kanî rahim ka sak e hoi ka tawk e hnonaw pueng ka panuet. Ka hnuklah ka tho hane naw hanlah ka ceitakhai han ti ka panue.
19 Who knows whether he will be a wise man or a fool? Yet he will have rule over all of my labor in which I have labored, and in which I have shown myself wise under the sun. This also is vanity.
Ahni teh tami lungkaang e maw, ka pathu e maw tie apinimaw a panue thai han. Ahni ni ka kâyawm laihoi ka tawk e pueng, kanî rahim ka lungangnae kamnue sak e pueng koe kâ a tawn han. Hatei hotnaw haiyah ahrawnghrang doeh.
20 Therefore I began to cause my heart to despair concerning all the labor in which I had labored under the sun.
Hatdawkvah, Kanî rahim vah panki laihoi ka tawknae dawk ngaihawinae awm hoeh. Lungpoutnae lah ka pouk.
21 For there is a man whose labor is with wisdom, with knowledge, and with skillfulness; yet he shall leave it for his portion to a man who has not labored for it. This also is vanity and a great evil.
Bangkongtetpawiteh, banghai ka tawk hoeh hanelah lungangnae, panuethainae, thoumthainae hoi thaw ka tawk e ni a ceitakhai hanlah ao. Hot hai thoseh, banghai ahawinae awm hoeh. Hoe kathoute hno lah ao.
22 For what has a man of all his labor, and of the striving of his heart, in which he labors under the sun?
Kanî rahim kaawm e tami ni panki laihoi a tawk e thaw, a lungthin hoi a lungpennae naw pueng hai bangmaw aphu kaawm.
23 For all his days are sorrows, and his travail is grief; yes, even in the night his heart takes no rest. This also is vanity.
Ahnie a hnintha teh lungmathoenae hoi akawi. A tawk e dawk hai reithainae lah ao. Tangmin haiyah ip thai hoeh. Hot haiyah ahrawnghrang doeh.
24 There is nothing better for a man than that he should eat and drink, and make his soul enjoy good in his labor. This also I saw, that it is from the hand of God.
Tami hane teh canei hoi a thawtawknae dawk hoi nawmnae a hmu e heh hnokahawi lah ao. Hot haiyah, Cathut koehoi a hmu awh e ti ka panue.
25 For who can eat, or who can have enjoyment, apart from him?
Cathut laipalah apimaw ka cat thai ni teh ka nawm thai.
26 For to the man who pleases him, God gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy; but to the sinner he gives travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him who pleases God. This also is vanity and a chasing after wind.
Cathut lung ka youk e taminaw koevah lungangnae, panuethainae hoi lunghawinae a poe. Hatei, yon ka sak naw teh patang laihoi a tawknae dawk yawhawinae a poe. Hatdawkvah, hot hai ahrawnghrang lah doeh ao.
