Ecclesiastes 3
1 For everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven:
A cungkuem dongah a tuetang om tih vaan hmuikah kongaih boeih dongah khaw a tue om.
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;
Cun ham tue neh duek ham tue khaw om. Aka phung hamla phung ham tue neh haih ham tue om.
3 a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;
Ngawn ham tue neh hoeih sak ham tue khaw om. Phae ham tue neh sak ham tue khaw om.
4 a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
Rhah tue neh luem tue khaw om. Rhaengsae tue neh soipet tue khaw om.
5 a time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;
Lungto voeih tue neh lungto calui tue khaw om. Kop tue neh a kop lamloh lakhla tue khaw om.
6 a time to seek, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;
Tlap tue neh paltham tue khaw om. Ngaithuen tue neh voeih tue khaw om.
7 a time to tear, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
Phen tue neh bo tue khaw om. Duem om ham tue neh thui tue khaw om.
8 a time to love, and a time to hate; a time for war, and a time for peace.
Lungnah tue neh thiinah tue om. Caemtloek tue neh rhoepnah tue om.
9 What profit has he who works in that in which he labors?
Anih thakthaekung lamloh mebang rhoeikhangnah lae a saii?
10 I have seen the burden which God has given to the sons of men to be afflicted with.
Anih te phaep hamla Pathen loh hlang ca rhoek soah a paek te khaw bibi la ka hmuh.
11 He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in their hearts, yet so that man can’t find out the work that God has done from the beginning even to the end.
A cungkuem he amah tue neh sakthen la a saii tih kumhal kah te khaw amih lungbuei ah a khueh pah. Te pawt cakhaw, a tong lamloh a bawt hil Pathen loh a saii bibi te hlang loh a hmuh moenih.
12 I know that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice, and to do good as long as they live.
Amah hingnah dongah kohoe ham neh a then saii ham lakah amih ham a then a om moenih.
13 Also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy good in all his labor, is the gift of God.
Hlang boeih he khaw ca mai saeh lamtah o mai saeh, hnothen khaw hmu mai saeh. Te te amah kah thakthaenah cungkuem khuiah Pathen kah kutdoe ni.
14 I know that whatever God does, it shall be forever. Nothing can be added to it, nor anything taken from it; and God has done it, that men should fear before him.
Pathen loh a cungkuem a saii tila ka ming. Amah tah kumhal duela om. Amah soah thap ham om pawt tih anih lamkah te yueh ham khaw a om bal moenih. Te dongah a mikhmuh ah a rhih uh ham ni Pathen loh a saii.
15 That which is has been long ago, and that which is to be has been long ago. God seeks again that which is passed away.
Aka om oepsoeh te khaw, aka om ham te khaw om oepsoeh coeng. Te dongah a hloem tangtae te Pathen loh a toem.
16 Moreover I saw under the sun, in the place of justice, that wickedness was there; and in the place of righteousness, that wickedness was there.
Laitloeknah hmuen ah halangnah hnap om tih, duengnah hmuen ah halangnah hnap a om te khomik hmuiah koep ka hmuh.
17 I said in my heart, “God will judge the righteous and the wicked; for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work.”
Ka lungbuei ah tah, “A kongaih boeih ham neh a bibi boeih ham khaw a tue a om coeng dongah, aka dueng neh halang khaw Pathen loh lai a tloek ni,” ka ti.
18 I said in my heart, “As for the sons of men, God tests them, so that they may see that they themselves are like animals.
Hlang ca rhoek kah dumlai dongah khaw ka lungbuei ah, “Amih te Pathen loh coelh saeh lamtah, amih bang he rhamsa ni amamih loh hmu saeh,” ka ti mai.
19 For that which happens to the sons of men happens to animals. Even one thing happens to them. As the one dies, so the other dies. Yes, they have all one breath; and man has no advantage over the animals, for all is vanity.
Hlang ca rhoek kah a hmatoeng neh rhamsa kah hmatoeng khaw hmatoeng pakhat ni. Amih ham he kah dueknah bangla ke dueknah khaw om tih a cungkuem ham hil pakhat la om. Te dongah rhamsa lakah hlang kah kumkonah a om moenih. A cungkuem he a honghi ni.
20 All go to one place. All are from the dust, and all turn to dust again.
A cungkuem he hmuen pakhat la cet. A cungkuem he laipi lamloh ha thoeng. A cungkuem he laipi la mael.
21 Who knows the spirit of man, whether it goes upward, and the spirit of the animal, whether it goes downward to the earth?”
Hlang ca rhoek kah mueihla tah a so la cet tih rhamsa mueihla tah diklai khuila a suntlak thuk khaw ulong a ming?
22 Therefore I saw that there is nothing better than that a man should rejoice in his works, for that is his portion; for who can bring him to see what will be after him?
Te dongah a hamsum bangla a bibi dongah hlang a kohoe lakah ah a then om pawh tila ka hmuh. A hnukah aka thoeng ham te hmuh sak hamla ulong anih a khuen thai?
