Ecclesiastes 6
1 There is an evil that I have seen under the sun, and it [is] great on man:
Taminaw ni kapap lah a kâhmo teh, kanî rahim ka hmu e hno kathoutnaw teh;
2 A man to whom God giveth wealth, and riches, and honour, and there is no lack to his soul of all that he desireth, and God giveth him not power to eat of it, but a stranger eateth it; this [is] vanity, and it [is] an evil disease.
A ngai e hno pueng, hnopai hoi bawinae, barinae naw hah Cathut ni a poe eiteh, canae kâ a poe hoeh dawkvah, amamouh ni cat laipalah, kâkuen hoeh e alouke ram e taminaw ni a ca e heh, ahrawnghrang doeh, kahawihoehe hno doeh.
3 If a man doth beget a hundred, and live many years, and is great, because they are the days of his years, and his soul is not satisfied from the goodness, and also he hath not had a grave, I have said, 'Better than he [is] the untimely birth.'
Tami ni kum moikasawlah a hring teh, a canaw, 100 touh ka tawn nakunghai, ngainae kuep laipalah, pakawp laipalah oun dout pawiteh, hote tami hlak camo ka hrun e ahawihnawn.
4 For in vanity he came in, and in darkness he goeth, and in darkness his name is covered,
Bangkongtetpawiteh, ka hrun e camo teh ayawmyin lah a kamnue teh, hmonae thung a cei. Ahnie min teh hmonae ni a ramuk han.
5 Even the sun he hath not seen nor known, more rest hath this than that.
Kanî hai hmawt mahoeh. Banghai panuek mahoeh. Hateiteh, hmaloe dei e tami hlak ahawihnawn.
6 And though he had lived a thousand years twice over, yet good he hath not seen; to the same place doth not every one go?
Hmaloe dei e tami teh a kum thawnghni touh ka hring nakunghai aphu awmhoeh. A hmuen buet touh koe nahoehmaw koung a khup awh heh vaw.
7 All the labour of man [is] for his mouth, and yet the soul is not filled.
Tami ni panki thapatho e naw pueng teh, vonpui hanelah panki thapatho awh eiteh, cangainae lung roum thai hoeh.
8 For what advantage [is] to the wise above the fool? What to the poor who knoweth to walk before the living?
Lungkaang e tami teh ka pathu e tami hlak bangmaw hawinae kaawm. Kahring e taminaw hmalah, ka tawk e mathoe ni a coe e hawinae teh bangne.
9 Better [is] the sight of the eyes than the going of the soul. This also [is] vanity and vexation of spirit.
Mit hoi hmu e teh pouk e hlak ahawi. Hote hno teh ahrawnghrang e hno, kahlî man e hoi doeh a kâvan.
10 What [is] that which hath been? already is its name called, and it is known that it [is] man, and he is not able to contend with him who is stronger than he.
Kaawm tangcoung e hnonaw, pâkuem lah ao toe. Tami teh bang patet e tami maw tie hai panue tangcoung e lah ao toung dawkvah, ama hlak tha ka sai e tami tâ thai mahoeh.
11 For there are many things multiplying vanity; what advantage [is] to man?
Cungkeihoehnae hoe a pung dawkvah, tami teh bangmaw hawinae kaawm.
12 For who knoweth what [is] good for a man in life, the number of the days of the life of his vanity, and he maketh them as a shadow? for who declareth to man what is after him under the sun?
Tâhlip patetlah kaloum ni teh ahrawnghrang hring nathung, tami dawk hnokahawi sak e heh apinimaw a panue thai han. Kanî rahim tami hnukkhu kaawm hane naw hai apinimaw a dei thai han.
