Ecclesiastes 4
1 Then I returned and saw all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and look, the tears of those who were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power; but they had no comforter.
Hahoi, kanî rahim vah sak e pacekpahleknae naw pueng bout ka pouk. Pacekpahleknae ka khang e taminaw ni a khuika ei nakunghai, hloutnae ka poe thai e tami awm hoeh. Ka pacekpahlek e taminaw teh bahu a tawn dawk hloutnae ka poe thai e tami awm hoeh.
2 Therefore I praised the dead who have been long dead more than the living who are yet alive.
Hateiteh, kadout tangcoung e tami teh kahring rae tami hlak hoe yawhawinae ao telah a ti.
3 Yes, better than them both is him who has not yet been, who has not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.
Hatdawkvah, vai touh hai kaawm hoeh e tami, kanî rahim sak e yonnae kahmawt hoeh rae tami teh hote kahni touh hlak hoe yawhawinae ao.
4 Then I saw all the labor and achievement that is the envy of a man's neighbor. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.
Hahoi, panki thapathonae hoi kahawicalah pâbaw e hnonaw pueng dawk hai thoseh, hot patetlah e hno dawkvah alouke tami ni hmuhmanae thoseh, kai ni ka pouk. Hote hno teh ahrawnghrang e hno kahlî man e hoi doeh a kâvan.
5 The fool folds his hands together and ruins himself.
Tami pathu ni teh a kut a kâtapam teh, amae a tak hah letlang a ca.
6 Better is a handful, with quietness, than two handfuls with labor and chasing after wind.
Roumnae hoi hmu e kutvang touh e hno teh, tawnta laihoi kahlî man laihoi hmu e kutkarum touh e hno hlak bet ahawihnawn.
7 Then I returned and saw vanity under the sun.
Hahoi, kanî rahim ahrawnghrang e hno bout ka pouk navah,
8 There is one who is alone, and he has neither son nor brother. There is no end to all of his labor, neither are his eyes satisfied with wealth. For whom then, do I labor, and deprive my soul of enjoyment? This also is vanity, yes, it is a miserable business.
tami teh a huiko, a canaw, a hmaunawnghanaw tawn hoeh, ama dueng kaawm ei nakunghai, panki thapathonae baw thai hoeh. A hno hmunae dawkvah lungkuep thai hoeh. Kai ni mahoima ka yue teh api hane maw ka panki aw telah ka pacei boihoeh. Hete haiyah ahrawnghrang tawntam nah hrum doeh.
9 Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their labor.
Tami teh madueng hlak tami kahni touh bet ahawi. Tawk pawiteh kahawie tawkphu a hmu.
10 For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow; but woe to him who is alone when he falls, and doesn't have another to lift him up.
Buet touh rawm pawiteh buet touh ni a pathaw han. Buet touh dueng e tami rawm pawiteh ahawinae awm hoeh. Kapathawkung awm mahoeh.
11 Again, if two lie together, then they have warmth; but how can one keep warm alone?
Tami teh kahni touh rei ip pawiteh a phubet han. Madueng teh bangtelamaw phubet thai han.
12 If a man prevails against one who is alone, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.
Tami buet touh ni buet touh tâ pawiteh ahni hah tami kahni touh ni a ngang thai. Rui kathum touh hoi pakhit e tangron teh kayawicalah thawk thai hoeh.
13 Better is a poor and wise youth than an old and foolish king who doesn't know how to receive admonition any more.
Tounnae ka ngai hoeh e, a kum kacue ka pathu e siangpahrang hlak, a lungkaang e mathoe camo teh aphuohnawn.
14 For out of prison he came forth to be king; yes, even in his kingdom he was born poor.
Thongim hoi siangpahrang koe ka phat e hai, a uknaeram dawk mathoe lah doeh a khe.
15 I saw all the living who walk under the sun, that they were with the youth, the other, who succeeded him.
Kanî rahim kaawm e taminaw pueng e kong ka pouk navah, ahnimouh thung dawk siangpahrang hmuen ka coe hane, camo ao awh e hah ka panue.
16 There was no end of all the people, even of all them over whom he was—yet those who come after shall not rejoice in him. Surely this also is vanity and a chasing after wind.
Hote siangpahrang ni a uk e taminaw pueng parei thai kawi lah awm hoeh. A hnukkhu lah ka tho e taminaw ni hai hote siangpahrang hah a lungkuep thai awh mahoeh. Atangcalah, hote hno hai ahrawnghrang e hno, kahlî man e hoi doeh a kâvan.
