Ecclesiastes 8
1 [I will tell you about] those who are truly wise [RHQ] with the result that they can explain why everything happens. Being wise enables people to be happy [MTY] and enables them to smile.
Chihna neihi iti kidan hitam, thil ho geltohna neija chule ipi kiseina ahi phongdoh chihna hin, mihem amai avahsah in lungkhohna asunem theije.
2 You solemnly promised God that you would obey what the king commands, so do that.
Nangman Pathen thua nung dinga nakitepna dung jui chun lengpa thu thun nung in.
3 Do not quickly disobey the king. And do not join those who want to rebel against him, because the king will do what he wants to do.
Natoh ding kin bollou ding in kigo hih in, chule lungthim phalou gongho tojong pan lakhom hih beh-in, ajeh chu lengpan abolnom nom abolthei ahije.
4 We need to obey what the king says more than we need to obey what anyone else says; no one can say to the king, “(Why are you doing that?/You should not be doing that.) [RHQ]”
Athupeh chu thaneina in ajuijin, koima ananjou dingleh ipi dinga hitia nabol ham tia seithei ding aum poi.
5 If you obey what the king commands, he will not harm you. [So] be wise, and know the correct/right time to do things and the right way to do them.
Athua nungho chun talen man pouvinte. Miching ho chun adih bolna ding phat ahaimil pouvin chule abolje ahet tei ding’u ahi.
6 Although people experience many troubles/difficulties, there is a right/correct time to do things, and there is a right/correct way [to do them].
Ajeh chu thil ijakai bolna ding phat le bolje hetna phat mikhat chun hahsatna ato teng jongleh amuji ahi.
7 No one knows what will happen in the future, so there is no one [RHQ] who can tell us what is going to happen.
Ahimong in, ipi hunglhung ding ahi hephalou mipi chun iti hichu apel thei diu hitam?
8 We cannot control the wind, and we cannot control when we will die. Soldiers are not permitted to go home during a battle, and evil people will not be saved by [doing what is] evil.
I-lah’uva ithi diu nikho atuhtang thei ium pouve. Hiche muthim galsatna, ito diu hi ahoidohna ding aum poi.
9 I thought about all those things, and I thought about all [HYP] the other things that happen on this earth. I saw that [sometimes] people cause those whom they control to suffer.
Hiche nipi noija che jinga, chal jinga um miho chun khat le khat kisuh khah tona aneiyu hi lunggil tah in kangaiton ahi.
10 I also saw that [sometimes] after evil [people] die, they are highly honored at their funerals by the people in the cities where they had done [evil] deeds. It seemed to be difficult to understand why that happens.
Keiman migilou ho jabol tah’a akivui kamui. Hinlah amaho hi houin sunga chu kijomtah’a athilbol phalouvu umna mun ma’a chun jabolna achanguve! Hiche jong hi ajeh bei tobangbep ahi kit’e.
11 If evil people are not immediately punished, it causes [other] people [SYN] to [also] want to do evil things.
Asukhel chu gimbolna akipeh paiji louva ahileh, miho chun thilse bol ding in ahung kitil khou doh jiuvin ahi.
12 But even if sinful people commit 100 crimes, and [even if they] live for a long time, I know that things will go better for those who greatly respect and revere God.
Hinlah mikhat chun chonset javei jen bol hen lang chule sotpi hing nalai henlang hijongleh, Pathen gingho dingin aphajo cheh ahiti, keiman kahei.
13 [I also know] that things will not go well go for those who are evil, because they do not revere God. Shadows [do not last a long time]. Similarly [SIM], evil people will not live a long time.
Migilouho chu lolhing lou diu ahi, ajeh chu amahon Pathen ginna anei pouve. Nilhah lam lim tobangbep’in ahinkhou sotponte.
14 Another thing that [sometimes] happens on this earth is that bad things happen to righteous people, and good things happen to evil people. It is difficult to understand why that happens.
Chule hiche hi i-chen nau vannoi leisetna ajehbeija ahideh poi. Hiche lei hinkhoa hin miphaho jong chu migilouho bolla akibol kom aum jiuvin, chule migilouho hi miphatah bolla akibol nau jong aumjie. Hiche jong hi ajehbei tobangbep chu ahi.
15 [So] I decided that I would recommend that people be happy while they are alive, because the best thing that people can do here on this earth is to eat and drink and be happy. Enjoying doing those things will help people while they do their work, all the time that God has given to them to remain alive here on the earth.
Hiti chun keiman nuijat’umna chu ka phatsah’in ahi, ajeh chu mihon aneh uva, adon uva chule hinkho akipa thanoppi diu hi kaphat sahpeh ahi. Hitia chu Pathen’in amaho chu nipi noija ana tohgim nauva kon kipana khat anei theina diu ahi.
16 I thought about being wise and about people who work very hard, working day and night and not taking time to sleep.
Keiman chihna kaholna’a hin, chule hiche vannoi leiset chunga miho pohgih poh kavet jingna’a hin, keiman kakholdoh chu sunle janna kichol tih um louva kho-sahna ka mudoh in ahi.
17 Then I thought about everything [HYP] that God has done, and I realized that no one can understand everything that happens here on this earth. Truly, people are not able to fully understand everything [that God understands], even if they try hard to do that. Even if wise people claim that they understand it all, they cannot.
Keiman kahetdoh chu mihem koimachan Pathen’in nipi noija anatohdoh chu akholdoh joulou ding ahi, tihi ahi. Mihem koima chan ipi seijong leh miching penho jengin jong ijakai akholdoh joulou diu ahi.
