Ecclesiastes 7
1 Better [is] a name than good perfume, And the day of death than the day of birth.
Minphatna kimu hi gimnam tuipen sang in jong amanlu joi. Chule napen nikho sang in jong nathi nikho phajoa ahi.
2 Better to go unto a house of mourning, Than to go unto a house of banqueting, For that is the end of all men, And the living layeth [it] unto his heart.
Thina kin’a kimanchah hi golnop bolna mun’a gache sangin aphajoi. Ahimongin, mitin kithi ding ahijeh'in, mihingin hiche hi alunga agel ding doltah ahi.
3 Better [is] sorrow than laughter, For by the sadness of the face the heart becometh better.
Lungkham hi muilhah sangin aphajoi, ajeh chu lungkham na hin i-chunga kisuhthengna ahin sodohji ahi.
4 The heart of the wise [is] in a house of mourning, And the heart of fools in a house of mirth.
Miching khat chun thina chung chang hi aha gel’in ahi, hinlah mingol vang chun phatpha muding bou ageljin ahi.
5 Better to hear a rebuke of a wise man, Than [for] a man to hear a song of fools,
Mi ngol khat in apachat hisang in, miching khat oimo chan apha joi.
6 For as the noise of thorns under the pot, So [is] the laughter of a fool, even this [is] vanity.
Mi ngol nuijatna chu lingphung meiyin akah gin kija tobang ahin, imacha kah louvin aki chai jitai.
7 Surely oppression maketh the wise mad, And a gift destroyeth the heart.
Miching chu aki-engbol teng angol lojin, chule guhthim thilpeh hin lungthim asuhmo bepji ahi.
8 Better [is] the latter end of a thing than its beginning, Better [is] the patient of spirit, than the haughty of spirit.
Achaina hi apatna sang in apha jon chule kiletsah sang in, thohhat aphachom joi.
9 Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry, For anger in the bosom of fools resteth.
Lunghan kitim them in, ajeh chu lunghan hin angoltoh kibang bep naso ding ahi.
10 Say not thou, 'What was it, That the former days were better than these?' For thou hast not asked wisely of this.
“Achesa nikho phaho chu ngaicha gunset hih in, hichu mi chinga ahi poi.”
11 Wisdom [is] good with an inheritance, And an advantage [it is] to those beholding the sun.
Sum nanei teng leh chihna hi phachom cheh ahi. Hinkhoa kho-sahna dinga ania phachom tah ahi.
12 For wisdom [is] a defense, money [is] a defence, And the advantage of the knowledge of wisdom [is], She reviveth her possessors.
Chihna le sum hin ipi hijongleh nanei sah jeng thei ahinai. Hinlah chihna kiti bouhin na hinkho ahuhhing jou ding ahije.
13 See the work of God, For who is able to make straight that which He made crooked?
Pathen thilbol ho chu janom jeng in, ajeh chu aman ahe konsa chu koiyin asuh-jang jou ding ham?
14 In a day of prosperity be in gladness, And in a day of evil consider. Also this over-against that hath God made, To the intent that man doth not find anything after him.
Ning lhinga naum laisen kipah’in, hinlah hahsatnan nahinphah teng jongleh, ania Pathenna hungkon ahiti tahsan in. Hiche lei hinkhoa hin ima hiti mong ding ahiti, akisei thei poi kiti hi geldoh jing in.
15 The whole I have considered in the days of my vanity. There is a righteous one perishing in his righteousness, and there is a wrong-doer prolonging [himself] in his wrong.
Keiman hinlona ajeh umlou tobangbep leiset hinkhoa hin, khangdong phatah tah ho athia chule migilou ho hinkho asot’uhi kamu doh in ahi.
16 Be not over-righteous, nor show thyself too wise, why art thou desolate?
Hijeh chun mohphat behset hih in, ahilouva ahileh chingval behset hih in! Idia nangmatah kisumang ding nahi ham?
17 Do not much wrong, neither be thou a fool, why dost thou die within thy time?
Chutima chun gilou behset jong bol hih in. Ngol hih beh in! Ipi dinga naphat lhin masanga thi ding nahim?
18 [It is] good that thou dost lay hold on this, and also, from that withdrawest not thy hand, for whoso is fearing God goeth out with them all.
Hiche kihil naho hi lunggut in gel in, ajeh chu koi hitaleh Pathen ging mi chun; hitobang che valna hi ania hintoh ponte.
19 The wisdom giveth strength to a wise man, more than wealth the rulers who have been in a city.
Khopi sunga lamkai mi som sangin, miching khat chu gamcheng in ahat joi.
20 Because there is not a righteous man on earth that doth good and sinneth not.
Leiset chunga hin mihem khatcha aphajeng bol chonse kha louhel aumpoi.
21 Also to all the words that they speak give not thy heart, that thou hear not thy servant reviling thee.
Mi thusei jouse het ding go hih in, nasoh jeng in jong na gaosap get in nate.
22 For many times also hath thy heart known that thou thyself also hast reviled others.
Ajeh chu nangma tah jeng in jong midang na gaosap ji chu na henai.
23 All this I have tried by wisdom; I have said, 'I am wise,' and it [is] far from me.
Keiman kajo channa chihna in kalunggel le kachonna eilamkai jing na ding in ka ngai ton ahi. Keimatah in kaseijin, “Keima chingthei ding in ka kigel lha tai.” Hinlah ka chuti theijou hihbeh in ahi.
24 Far off [is] that which hath been, and deep, deep, who doth find it?
Chihna hi gamlatah’a aum jing in chule holdoh jong ahah sai.
25 I have turned round, also my heart, to know and to search, and to seek out wisdom, and reason, and to know the wrong of folly, and of foolishness the madness.
Keiman muntina chun, chihna le hetkhenna chu iti hung umhija ham tin ajeh kahol in ahi. Keima tah in kholchilna neija konin gitlouna hi ngol jeh ahin, chule ngol kitihi lung chavai kiseina ahije, tiphot chenna kanei ahi tai.
26 And I am finding more bitter than death, the woman whose heart [is] nets and snares, her hands [are] bands; the good before God escapeth from her, but the sinner is captured by her.
Keiman kavet chil’a ahileh, duha-thuhtah numei chu thitheina thangkol sanga khohse joa ahichu ka kholdoh ahitai. Ami hebol jong kipalna thangkol bep ahi, chule akhut nemtah jong chu kihenna thihkol ahibouve. Pathen lunglhaina’a umho chu amanua kon’a hoidoh ding, hinlah chonse ho chu amanu thanga ga-oh ding ahiuve.
27 See, this I have found, said the Preacher, one to one, to find out the reason
Thuhilpa chun, “Hiche hi keiman hoima lamjouse ahitheina ding kavet toh lea konna achaina kasem chu hiche hi ahi.
28 (that still my soul had sought, and I had not found), One man, a teacher, I have found, and a woman among all these I have not found.
Keiman kavel hol hol jeng vang'in, ka hol lona pentah chu kamu joupoi. Mi sangkhat lah’a khatbou gunchena nei pasal khat ahijouvin, hinlah numei khat jong akimu joupoi.
29 See, this alone I have found, that God made man upright, and they — they have sought out many devices.
Chule keiman hiche hi kamui: Pathen’in miho hi gun chena neija asem ahin, hinlah amahon achang cheh-uva aphalou akilam doh-u ahibouve.
