Ecclesiastes 2
1 I SAID in mine heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth; therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also was vanity.
Keile kei ka kihouvin, “Hung in nopsahna patep hitin, hinkhoa thilpha phaho vehite,” kati ahi. Hinlah hiche jong hi ajeh-beihel tobangbep ahiti, keiman kamu doh in ahi.
2 I said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What doeth it?
Hiti chun keiman, “Nui jong hi ngolhoi ahi bouvin, nopsahna hol jong hin ipi phatna ahinsodoh em,” kati.
3 I searched in mine heart how to cheer my flesh with wine, mine heart yet guiding [me] with wisdom, and how to lay hold on folly, till I might see what it was good for the sons of men that they should do under the heaven all the days of their life.
Lunggel tampi gel jouvin, keiman judonna lungthim kipasah ding in kagel in ahi. Chule chihna ka holhol laijin, ngolhoithu jong kagel in ahi. Hiti hin keiman hiche vannoija hi chomcha ahinsunguva, mi atamjon kipana tah ahol hol-u chu kahetdoh nom in ahi.
4 I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me vineyards;
Hiti hin keiman chenna ding in-len tahtah sah’a chule lengpilei hoi tahtah ho semdoh a kon hin, hinlona jeh hidiham tin kanagel in ahi.
5 I made me gardens and parks, and I planted trees in them of all kinds of fruit:
Keiman hon tampi le kicholdona mun tampi kasem in, theiphung jat tintang kaphut dimin ahi.
6 I made me pools of water, to water therefrom the forest where trees were reared:
Keiman thingphung mang keikoija ahung um doh theinan twichapna ding in twikhol khomna ding tampi jong kasem in ahi.
7 I bought menservants and maidens, and had servants born in my house; also I had great possessions of herds and flocks, above all that were before me in Jerusalem:
Keiman soh pasal hole soh numeiho jong ka chon chule ka-in muna pengden soh phabep jong ka neijin ahi. Chule keiman masanga Jerusalema ana cheng leng ana umsa ho sang in jong, gancha hole gan lentah tah ho geijin jong kanei tam jon ahi.
8 I gathered me also silver and gold, and the peculiar treasure of kings and of the provinces: I gat me men singers and women singers, and the delights of the sons of men, concubines very many.
Keiman lengtampi ho le agam sung uva dangka tamtah le sana tamtah ho ka kholkhom in ahi. Keiman numei hole pasal ho lah’a lasathem kidangtah tah kaki thalah in chule melhoitah tah thaikem ho jong ka neijin, pasal khat in alung’a adeichat chan chu ka neisoh kei jin ahi.
9 So I was great, and increased more than all that were before me in Jerusalem: also my wisdom remained with me.
Hiti chun keima ka masanga Jerusalema ana cheng ho jouse sang in ka loupi jon, chule ka chihna’n keima eidalha pon ahi.
10 And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them: I withheld not my heart from any joy, for my heart rejoiced because of all my labour; and this was my portion from all my labour.
Kalunga ka ngaichat chan kakilah ji'e. Nopsahna kiti pouva chun ka noplou na aum poi. Na hahsa toh jeng’a jong ka tha nom lheh in, katoh gimna jousea tohman ka kimu cheh in ahi.
11 Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do: and, behold, all was vanity and a striving after wind, and there was no profit under the sun.
Hinlah kana tohna jouse hi kavetna ahileh bulhit molso kiti hi ahahlheh in, ajeh bei ngensen ahi-huinung gahdel tobangbep ahi. Hoilai mun hijong leh aphachom dihtah kiti hi aum deh poi.
12 And I turned myself to behold wisdom, and madness and folly; for what [can] the man [do] that cometh after the king? [even] that which hath been already done.
Hitia hi keiman chihna hitoh ki ngolsah nale ngolna hi ka tekah in ahileh (ajeh chu keima Lengpa tah’in kabol banga hi koijin abolthei ding ham?)
13 Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness.
“Khovah hi muthim sanga aphatjoh bang in, chihna hi ngolna sang in apha joi, tin ka gel in ahi.
14 The wise man’s eyes are in his head, and the fool walketh in darkness: and yet I perceived that one event happeneth to them all.
Ajeh chu miching hon achena ding aki muchet masat un, hinlah angol chu muthima avah lei. Hinlah miching le mingol jong achanding’u aki banggel in ahi.”
15 Then said I in my heart, As it happeneth to the fool, so will it happen even to me; and why was I then more wise? Then I said in my heart, that this also was vanity.
Keima lunggel’a, “Aniuva thigel ding ahi. Keima mingol banga kichai ding kahijeh in, kachihna jouse hi amanlutna ipi hintem? Hiche hi aboncha ajehbei hisohkei ahije!” kati.
16 For of the wise man, even as of the fool, there is no remembrance for ever; seeing that in the days to come all will have been already forgotten. And how doth the wise man die even as the fool!
Ajeh chu miching le mingol aniuva athigellin ahi. Miching chu mingol sanga aki geldoh ding aumbe dehpoi. Ahung lhung ding nikhohoa aniuva ki geldoh lou ding ahi tauve.
17 So I hated life; because the work that is wrought under the sun was grievous unto me: for all is vanity and a striving after wind.
Hitia keiman lei hinkho kahotna ajeh chu, hiche nisa noija kibol doh jouse hi lungboina bep ahije. Ijakai hi ajehbei tobang ahi-huinung gahdel tobangbep ahije.
18 And I hated all my labour wherein I laboured under the sun: seeing that I must leave it unto the man that shall be after me.
Keiman hiche leiset chunga kana toh gimna jouse hi kahin thei chim ahitai, ijeh- iham itileh keiman ka lodoh jouse hi midang ka dalhah peh ding ahije.
19 And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise man or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labour wherein I have laboured, and wherein I have shewed wisdom under the sun. This also is vanity.
Chule keima panmun hinlo dingho chu ching diuha ahilouleh ngoldiu ha kon asei thei ding ham? Hinlah nipi noija keima boltheina le tohgimna jal'a phatchom pina kanei hohi, amahon ahin kimanchah diu ahitai. Itia ajeh bei soh hin tem!
20 Therefore I turned about to cause my heart to despair concerning all the labour wherein I had laboured under the sun.
Hitia hi keima, hiche vannoija hi ka tohgimna jouse hi aphatchomna ipi um'em tia lung lha tah’a uma kahi.
21 For there is a man whose labour is with wisdom, and with knowledge, and with skilfulness; yet to a man that hath not laboured therein shall he leave it for his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil.
Mi phabep chun chingtheile hetna neijin, chule themtah in atongun, amaho chun chutia atohgimgau chu atong louhel khat dinga chu adalhah teidiu ahi. Hiche jong hi ajeh kihe lou ahin, lungnat umtah ahi.
22 For what hath a man of all his labour, and of the striving of his heart, wherein he laboureth under the sun?
Hitia hi mihon hiche hinkhoa hi atohgim nau jouse le alung gim nau jouseuva hi ipi akimu’u hinam?
23 For all his days are [but] sorrows, and his travail is grief; yea, even in the night his heart taketh no rest. This also is vanity.
Atoh gimnau nikhoho chu thohgimna le lungnat nan adim un, jan ahi teng jongleh alung thim-u akicholdo theipoi. Chehi ajehbei tobangbep ahisoh keije.
24 There is nothing better for a man [than] that he should eat and drink, and make his soul enjoy good in his labour. This also I saw, that it is from the hand of God.
Hiti hin keiman ka gellin mihem in aneh’a chule adonna, anatoh’a lungkimna anei ding sanga phajo aum poi kati. Hiti hin, hiche nopsahna hohi Pathen khutna hungkon ahi, ti keiman ka geldoh in ahi.
25 For who can eat, or who can have enjoyment, more than I?
Ajeh chu Amalouva kon aneh’a, ahilou leh nop asah ding hiya ham?
26 For to the man that pleaseth him [God] giveth wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: but to the sinner he giveth travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him that pleaseth God. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.
Pathen in chihna, hetna chule thanopna Ana lunglhaiho apeh ahi. Hinlah michonse khat chu neile gou ahaova ahileh hiche ahaona chu Pathen in alahmanga, ama lunglhaiho apeh ding ahi. Hiche jong hi ajeh beihel aphachom lou ding ahibouve.
