Ecclesiastes 8
1 Who is a wise man? Who knows what the events in life mean? Wisdom in a man causes his face to shine, and the hardness of his face is changed.
Unim hlang cueih bangla aka om? Olka te thuingaihnah aka ming te unim? Hlang he cueihnah loh a maelhmai a sae sak tih a maelhmai khaw sarhi a tho.
2 I advise you to obey the king's command because of God's oath to protect him.
Kamah manghai ka dongkah he Pathen olhlo dongkah dumlai la a om dongah ngaithuen.
3 Do not hurry out of his presence, and do not stand in support of something wrong, for the king does whatever he desires.
A mikhmuh lamloh na caeh vaengah let boeh. Boethae ol dongah pai boeh. A cungkuem te a ngaih bangla a saii bitni.
4 The king's word rules, so who will say to him, “What are you doing?”
Manghai ol dongah a khuet om tih anih te ulong, “Balae na saii?” a ti nah.
5 Whoever keeps the king's commands avoids harm. A wise man's heart recognizes the proper course and time of action.
Olpaek aka tuem tah boethae ol a ming moenih. Aka cueih kah lungbuei tah a tue neh laitloeknah khaw a ming.
6 For every matter there is a correct response and a time to respond, because the troubles of man are great.
Hlang kah boethae he amah soah ping cakhaw ngaihnah cungkuem ham he a tuetang neh a khosing om.
7 No one knows what is coming next. Who can tell him what is coming?
Anih te metla a om te khaw a ming moenih. Te vanbangla mebang a om ham khaw te anih taengah ulong a thui thai?
8 No one is ruler over his breath so as to stop the breath, and no one has power over the day of his death. No one is discharged from the army during a battle, and wickedness will not rescue those who are its slaves.
Khohli te hloh hamla khohli soah hlang a boei moenih. Dueknah khohnin soah a khuet aka khueh khaw om pawh. Caemtloeknah khuiah khaw paanah a om moenih. Te dongah halangnah loh a boei te loeih sak mahpawh.
9 I have realized all this; I have applied my heart to every kind of work that is done under the sun. There is a time when a person oppresses another person to that person's hurt.
A cungkuem he ka sawt tih khomik hmuikah a saii bibi boeih he ka lungbuei ah ka dueh. Hlang loh hlang soah amah kah a yoethae ham duela a taemrhai tue khaw om.
10 So I saw the wicked buried publicly. They were taken from the holy area and buried and were praised by people in the city where they had done their wicked deeds. This also is uselessness.
Halang rhoek a up uh he ka sawt vaengah hmuen cim lamloh aka thoeng tih aka pongpa rhoek ni. Tedae te bang a saii nah khopuei ah a hnilh uh coeng. He khaw a honghi coeng ni.
11 When a sentence against an evil crime is not executed quickly, it entices the hearts of human beings to do evil.
Khoboe thae khaw oltloeknah hat a saii hae moenih. Te dongah ni hlang koca kah lungbuei tah a khuiah thae saii hamla a hah.
12 Even though a sinner does evil a hundred times and still lives a long time, yet I know that it will be better for those who respect God, for those who stand before him and show him respect.
Aka tholh khaw boethae yakhat a saii tih anih te nguel mai cakhaw Pathen aka rhih tih a mikhmuh ah aka rhih taengah ni hnothen a om eh tila ka ming.
13 But it will not go well for a wicked man; his life will not be prolonged. His days are like a fleeting shadow because he does not honor God.
Tedae hnothen he halang taengah om mahpawh. Anih te Pathen mikhmuh ah a rhih pawt dongah khokhawn bangla a khohnin vang mahpawh.
14 There is another useless vapor—something else that is done on the earth. Things happen to righteous people as they happen to wicked people, and things happen to wicked people as they happen to righteous people. I say that this also is useless vapor.
Diklai ah aka thoeng he a honghi mai ni. Aka dueng khaw a soah halang kah khoboe bangla aka thoeng te om tih, halang khaw a taengah aka dueng kah khoboe bangla a thoeng pah te om bal. He khaw a honghi mai la ka ti.
15 So I recommend happiness, because a man has no better thing under the sun than to eat and drink and to be happy. It is happiness that will accompany him in his labor for all the days of his life that God has given him under the sun.
Te dongah kai tah kohoenah he ni ka domyok sak mai. Khomik hmuiah a caak, a ok tih ko a hoe mak atah hlang ham hnothen a om moenih. Te dongah anih te a hingnah tue vaengah tah a thakthaenah nen khaw a naem coeng. Te te Pathen loh anih taengla khomik hmuiah a paek coeng.
16 When I applied my heart to know wisdom and to understand the work that is done on the earth, work often done without sleep for the eyes at night or in the day,
Cueihnah ming ham neh bibi hmuh ham ka lungbuei te ka paek coeng. Te long te diklai hman ah tah khothaih ah khaw, khoyin ah khaw, a mik te ih sak pawt tih hmuh sak pawt ham a saii.
17 then I considered all of God's deeds, and that man cannot understand the work that is done under the sun. No matter how much a man labors to find the answers, he will not find them. Even though a wise man might believe he knows, he really does not.
Pathen bibi boeih te ka hmuh. Te bibi te hlang loh a hmuh ham a noeng moenih. Khomik hmuiah a saii te hlang loh tlap hamla thakthae sitoe mai cakhaw a hmuh moenih. Aka cueih loh ming hamla a ti van akhaw a hmuh hamla a noeng moenih.
