Ecclesiastes 3
1 To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
Ijakai dingin aphat aumcheh in, vannoija hin ijakai achat loh thei ding in phat aum cheh’e.
2 A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;
Penna ding phat aum in chule thiphat aum’e. Aphu phat aum in chule a‘at phat aum’e.
3 A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;
Atha’phat aum in chule asuhdam phat aum’e. Aphet lhah phat aum in chule asahdoh phat aum’e.
4 A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
Ka phat aumin chule nui phat aume. Lunghem phat aum in chule lam phat aume.
5 A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;
Song sethang phat aum in chule song khopkhom phat aum’e. Ki-angkol phat aum in chule kihei mang phat aum’e.
6 A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;
Thil holphat aum in chule thilhol ngah phat aum’e. Akholkhom phat aumin chule athe cheh phat aum’e.
7 A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
Abo-eh phat aumnin chule akhui bit phat aum’e. Thipbeh’a umphat aumin chule thusei phat aume.
8 A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.
Kingailut phat aumin chule kivetda phat aume. Kinah phat aum in chule kicham phat aum’e.
9 What profit hath he that worketh in that in which he laboureth?
Ana tohhat man uva miho hin ipi akimu mong mong uvem?
10 I have seen the labour, which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised in it.
Pathen’in i-bonchau chunga pohgih eikoipeh cheh’u kamu doh tai.
11 He hath made every thing beautiful in its time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end.
Ahijeng vang'in, Pathen’in ijakai amachang cheh dingin hoisel in asem in ahi. Aman mihemte lungsunga tonsot akhum lut peh in, hinlah chuti ahijeng vang'in, mihem in Pathen tohgon apatna pat achaina geijin amu phapoi.
12 I know that there is no good in them, but for a man to rejoice, and to do good in his life.
Hijeh’a hi keiman, mihem chu akipa’a chule ijochan geijuva thanopna inei dingu sanga phajo dang aumpoi, tia ka gel lhah ahi tai.
13 And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labour, it is the gift of God.
Chule miho hin aneh’uva chule adon’uva chule atohgim gahou, athanoppi diu hi Pathen’in manbeiya athil peh-u chu ahi.
14 I know that, whatever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can be added to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God doeth it, that men should fear before him.
Chule ipi hijongleh Pathen in athilbol chan chu achaina ahi jenge. Imacha gah koibe ding ahilouleh gah lahdoh ding aum poi. Pathen in alung gon chu mihem ten Ama agin ding’u hi ahi.
15 That which hath been is now; and that which is to be hath already been; and God requireth that which is past.
Tua hung sohdoh hohi tumasanga ana sohdohsa ahitai, chule khonunga hung soh ding ho chu tuma’a ana sohdoh sa ahitai, ajeh chu Pathen in hiho chu avel vella ahin um dohsah kitji ahije.
16 And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, that wickedness was there; and the place of righteousness, that iniquity was there.
Nisa noija keiman ka mudoh kit chu, thutanna dan aphalou um ka hedoh’e. Tahbeh in, Dan Thutanna mun chu thudih aum poi.
17 I said in my heart, God shall judge the righteous and the wicked: for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work.
Keimatah in ka lungthima, “Aphatcha Pathen in apha hileh ase hileh amichang cheh chu anatoh hou jouse jal'a achungthu’u atan ding ahi,” kati.
18 I said in my heart concerning the state of the sons of men, that God might surely test them, and that they might see that they themselves are beasts.
Keiman mihemte dinmun thua kagel lin-Pathen’in mihemte henga amaho jong gancha hole gamsaho tobangbep ahiuve, ti aphochen in ahi.
19 For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; so that a man hath no preeminence above a beast: for all is vanity.
Ajeh chu gamsaho le mihemte chan kibang ahinau aume-haitheina anei gel uvin chule thithei gel ahiuve. Hitia hi mihemin gamsa ho sanga phatchom john a tahbeh anei deh pouve. Ajeh bei iti hi’a hitam!
20 All go to one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.
Ania munkhatna chekhoma ahi-vutna kona hung kondoh’uva ahin, aniuva vut kisohkit diu ahi.
21 Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the earth?
Ajeh chu koiham mihem lhagao akaltouvin chule gamsaho lhagao leisetna akumsuh’e ti, koi jin aphotchet thei jem?
22 Therefore I perceive that there is nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his own works; for that is his portion: for who shall bring him to see what shall be after him?
Hitia hi keiman mihem dinga anatoh chunga akipa diu sanga phajo kamupoi. Eiho hi koiman ithi jou tenguleh nopsahna dinga thina’a konna eihin lepui ding’u ahi tapoi.
