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.
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 mad: and of mirth, What doeth it?
Thoumthainae heh pathunae doeh. Nawmnae haiyah bang ahawinae awm hoeh.
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.
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 me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me vineyards;
Hno kalennaw hah ka sak. Kama hanlah im ka sak teh misur takha hai ka sak.
5 I made me 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 me pools of water, to water therefrom the forest where trees were reared:
Thingthai karoung lahun naw awi nahanelah tui imnaw hah ka sak.
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:
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 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.
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 that were before me in Jerusalem: also my wisdom remained with me.
Hottelah Jerusalem kho ouk kaawm tangcoungnaw hlak ka tawnta teh ka talue toe. Ka lungangnae hai a cak.
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.
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 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.
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 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.
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 excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth 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 walketh in darkness: and yet I perceived that one event happeneth 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 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.
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 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!
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 wrought under the sun was grievous unto me: for all is vanity and a striving 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 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.
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 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.
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 turned about to cause my heart to despair concerning all the labour wherein I had laboured 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 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.
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 hath a man of all his labour, and of the striving of his heart, wherein he laboureth 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 [but] sorrows, and his travail is grief; yea, even in the night his heart taketh 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 labour. 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, more than I?
Cathut laipalah apimaw ka cat thai ni teh ka nawm thai.
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.
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.
