Ecclesiastes 7
Berean Standard BibleTranslation
Berean Standard Bible
Asang Khongca Bible (Eastern Khumi Chin, 2019)
1A good name is better than fine perfume, and one’s day of death is better than his day of birth.
1Hminhoihaih loe atho kana hmuihoih tui pongah hoih kue; duekhaih ni loe tapenhaih ni pongah hoih kue.
2It is better to enter a house of mourning than a house of feasting, since death is the end of every man, and the living should take this to heart.
2Buhraenghaih im ah caeh pongah loe kadueh kami im ah caeh to hoih kue; duekhaih loe kaminawk boih hanah boenghaih loklam ah oh pongah, kahing kaminawk mah palung thungah pakuem han angaih.
3Sorrow is better than laughter, for a sad countenance is good for the heart.
3Pahnuih pongah palungset to hoih kue; palungsae mikhmai mah poeknawmhaih to khuk.
4The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning, but the heart of fools is in the house of pleasure.
4Palungha ih palung loe palungsethaih tongh kami im ah oh, toe kamthu ih palung loe kanawm acaenghaih im ah oh.
5It is better to heed a wise man’s rebuke than to listen to the song of fools.
5Kamthunawk ih laa to tahngaih pongah loe, palungha kami zoehhaih lok tahngaih to hoih kue.
6For like the crackling of thorns under the pot, so is the laughter of the fool. This too is futile.
6Kamthunawk pahnuihaih lok loe long laom tlim ih hmai tapraek soekhringkung baktiah oh; hae doeh azom pui ni.
7Surely extortion turns a wise man into a fool, and a bribe corrupts the heart.
7Kami pacaekthlaekhaih mah palungha kami to amthusak moe, bokhaih tangqum mah palung amrosak.
8The end of a matter is better than the beginning, and a patient spirit is better than a proud one.
8Hmuen boenghaih loe amtonghaih pongah hoih kue, amtueng suthaih loe amoek pongah hoih kue.
9Do not be quickly provoked in your spirit, for anger settles in the lap of a fool.
9Karangah palungphui hmah, kamthunawk ih palung thungah loe palungphuihaih to oh.
10Do not say, “Why were the old days better than these?” For it is unwise of you to ask about this.
10Tipongah canghnii ih aninawk loe vaihi thuem ih aninawk pongah hoih kue loe, tiah dueng hmah; to baktih lokduenghaih loe palungha lok na ai ni.
11Wisdom, like an inheritance, is good, and it benefits those who see the sun.
11Palunghahaih loe qawk baktiah hoih moe, ni hnu kaminawk hanah amekhaih oh.
12For wisdom, like money, is a shelter, and the advantage of knowledge is that wisdom preserves the life of its owner.
12Phoisa loe pakaahaih ah oh baktih toengah, palunghahaih doeh pakaahaih ah oh; toe palunghahaih mah tacawtsak ih amekhaih loe hae ni; palunghahaih tawn kaminawk hanah hinghaih to paek.
13Consider the work of God: Who can straighten what He has bent?
13Sithaw mah sak ih hmuen to poek ah; anih mah angkawnsak tangcae ih hmuen to mi mah maw patoeng thai tih?
14In the day of prosperity, be joyful, but in the day of adversity, consider this: God has made one of these along with the other, so that a man cannot discover anything that will come after him.
14Atue hoih li naah anghoe ah; toe atue set naah khopoek ah; kami mah hmabang angzo han koi hmuen to panoek thai han ai ah, Sithaw mah taham sae kahoih maeto pacoeng maeto phaksak.
15In my futile life I have seen both of these: A righteous man perishing in his righteousness, and a wicked man living long in his wickedness.
15Azom pui ah ka hing nathung hmuennawk boih to ka hnuk boeh; katoeng kami loe a toenghaih pongah duek moe, kasae kami loe sethaih hoiah saning kasawk ah hing lat.
16Do not be overly righteous, and do not make yourself too wise. Why should you destroy yourself?
16Toeng hmoek hmah loe, palungha hmoek hmah; tipongah nangmah hoi nangmah to nam ro han loe?
17Do not be excessively wicked, and do not be a fool. Why should you die before your time?
17Sae hmoek hmah loe, kamthu baktiah doeh om hmah; tipongah atue pha ai naah na duek han loe?
18It is good to grasp the one and not let the other slip from your hand. For he who fears God will follow both warnings.
18Pathlong ving ai ah, patawn caeng han kaom hmuen maeto loe hae ni; ue, Sithaw zii kami loe hmuennawk boih thung hoiah loih tih.
19Wisdom makes the wise man stronger than ten rulers in a city.
19Palungha kami maeto loe palunghahaih hoiah, vangpui thungah kaom thacak kami hato pongah thacak kue.
20Surely there is no righteous man on earth who does good and never sins.
20Zaehaih sah vai ai, kahoih hmuen khue kasah, katoeng kami hae long nuiah mi doeh om ai.
21Do not pay attention to every word that is spoken, or you may hear your servant cursing you.
21Minawk mah thuih ih lok boih to tahngai hmah; to tiah na sak nahaeloe na tamna mah ang padaeng ih lok to na thaih moeng tih.
22For you know in your heart that many times you yourself have cursed others.
22Nang doeh minawk kasae na thuih toeng, tiah na palung mah panoek.
23All this I tested by wisdom, saying, “I resolve to be wise.” But it was beyond me.
23Hae hmuennawk hae palunghahaih hoiah ka tanoek boih boeh; palunghahaih hoiah ka koep han boeh, tiah ka thuih, toe palunghahaih to ka phak vawt.
24What exists is out of reach and very deep. Who can fathom it?
24Kangthla parai hmuen, kathuk parai hmuen to mi mah maw hnu thai tih?
25I directed my mind to understand, to explore, to search out wisdom and explanations, and to understand the stupidity of wickedness and the folly of madness.
25Palunghahaih hoiah ohhaih takung to pakrong moe, panoek thaih pacoengah, kasae kaminawk amthuhaih hoi kamthunawk amthuhaih panoek thai hanah, ka poekhaih palungthin to ka paqoi.
26And I find more bitter than death the woman who is a snare, whose heart is a net, and whose hands are chains. The man who pleases God escapes her, but the sinner is ensnared.
26Dongh hoi palok baktiah poekhaih katawn, qui hoiah kakom thaih nongpata loe duekhaih pongah khaa kue, tiah ka panoek; Sithaw zii kami loe anih khae hoiah loih tih, toe kazae kami loe anih khaeah aman tih.
27“Behold,” says the Teacher, “I have discovered this by adding one thing to another to find an explanation.
27Khenah, patukkung mah ka hnuk ih hmuen loe hae tiah oh; ka pakrong moe, ka hnu ai ih hmuen hnuk thai hanah, maeto pacoeng maeto ka pakoep naah,
28While my soul was still searching but not finding, among a thousand I have found one upright man, but among all these I have not found one such woman.
28nongpa sangto thungah kami katoeng maeto ka hnuk, toe nongpatanawk boih thungah katoeng kami maeto doeh ka hnu ai.
29Only this have I found: I have discovered that God made men upright, but they have sought out many schemes.”
29Khenah, ka hnuk ih hmuen maeto loe, Sithaw mah kami to katoengah sak, toe kaminawk loe pop parai hmuen to sak hanah pakrong o lat.
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