Ecclesiastes 6
1 There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it lieth heavy upon men;
Khomik hmuiah ka hmuh he boethae la om tih te te hlang soah yet coeng.
2 a man to whom God hath given riches, wealth, and honor, and nothing is wanting to him of all which he desireth, yet God giveth him not to taste thereof; but a stranger enjoyeth it. This is vanity, yea, a grievous evil.
Pathen loh hlang te a taengah khuehtawn, koeva, neh thangpomnah a paek. Te dongah a ngaidam boeih khui lamloh a hinglu te talh pawh. Tedae te te a caak hamla Pathen loh anih a taemrhai sak moenih. Te te kholong hlang a cah he a honghi neh tloh thae ni.
3 Though a man have a hundred children, and live many years, and though the days of his years be many, if his soul be not satisfied with good, and he have no burial, I say that an untimely birth is better than he.
Hlang long he yakhat a sak tih kum a yet a hing mai khaming, a kum khohnin khaw muep lo mai khaming. Tedae a hinglu loh hnothen te cung pawt tih phuel ah khaw amah taengah a om pah moenih. Anih lakah aka rhumpu te then lah ka ti.
4 This, indeed, cometh in nothingness, and goeth down into darkness, and its name is covered with darkness;
Anih te a honghi la ha thoeng tih a hmuep ah a caeh dongah a ming khaw a hmuep ah a vuei pah.
5 it hath not seen the sun, nor known it; yet hath it rest rather than the other.
Khomik hmu pawt mai cakhaw mongnah he tah a tloe loh anih lakah a ming moenih.
6 Yea, though he live a thousand years twice told, and see no good, — do not all go to one place?
Kum thawngkhat a rhaep la hing sitoe cakhaw hnothen a hmuh hae moenih. Hmuen pakhat la boeih a caeh moenih a?
7 All the labor of man is for his mouth, and yet his desires are not satisfied.
Hlang kah thakthaenah boeih he a ka ham ni. Tedae a hinglu khaw a cung tlaih moenih.
8 For what advantage hath the wise man over the fool? What advantage hath the poor, who knoweth how to walk before the living?
Aka ang lakah aka cueih taengah balae a hoeikhang? Mulhing taengah aka pongpa mangdaeng te balae a ming?
9 Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire. This also is vanity, and striving after wind.
Hinglu a van lakah tah mik kah a hmuethma he then. He khaw a honghi neh khohli doinah mai ni.
10 That which is was long ago called by name; and it was known that he is a man, and that he cannot contend with Him who is mightier than he.
Mebang khaw aka om coeng te tah a ming oepsoeh la a sui dongah hlang he amah ah ming uh coeng. Tedae amah lakah thaom neh aka khulae taengah tah laitloek ham a noeng moenih.
11 Seeing there are many things which increase vanity, what advantage hath man [[from them]]?
Ol muep a lo vaengah a honghi khaw ping tih hlang hamla balae a hoeikhang?
12 For who knoweth what is good for man in life, in all the days of his vain life, which he spendeth as a shadow? For who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun?
Hingnah khohnin tarhing kah hingnah dongah a honghi neh khokhawn bangla a khum te hlang hamla metla a then khaw unim aka ming? Khomik hmuiah anih hnukla aka om te hlang taengah ulong a thui thai?
