Ecclesiastes 10
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)Translation
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)
Baibal Olcim (Matupi Chin)
1Dying flies spoil the sweetness of the ointment. Wisdom and glory is more precious than a small and shortlived folly.
1Dueknah pilyang loh thungnom situi thaa te a rhim sak bangla vel lunghmangnah vik te cueihnah lakah khaw, thangpomnah lakah khaw nul.
2The heart of a wise man is in his right hand, and the heart of a fool is in his left hand.
2Aka cueih kah lungbuei tah a bantang la mael tih aka ang kah lungbuei tah a banvoei la mael.
3Yea, and the fool when he walketh in the way, whereas be himself is a fool, esteemeth all men fools.
3Longpuei ah pataeng lunghmang tah lunghmang bangla a lungbuei a talh hil pongpa tih a lunghmang te a cungkuem taengah a thui.
4If the spirit of him that hath power, ascend upon thee, leave not thy place: because care will make the greatest sins to cease.
4Aka taemrhai kah mueihla loh nang taengah pai mai cakhaw na hmuen phawt boeh. Hoeihnah long ni tholhnah a len khaw a duem sak.
5There is an evil that I have seen under the sun, as it were by an error proceeding from the face of the prince:
5Boei mikhmuh lamloh tohtamaeh la aka thoeng ka hmuh te khomik hmuiah a thae la om.
6A fool set in high dignity, and the rich sitting beneath.
6Pavai te hmuensang la muep a khueh vaengah hlanglen tah mathoe la kho a sak.
7I have seen servants upon horses: and princes walking on the ground as servants.
7Marhang dongkah sal rhoek ka hmuh vaengah mangpa rhoek tah diklai ah sal bangla pongpa uh.
8He that diggeth a pit, shall fall into it: and he that breaketh a hedge, a serpent shall bite him.
8Rhom aka too khaw a khuila cungku tih vongtung aka phae khaw rhul loh amah a tuk.
9He that removeth stones, shall be hurt by them: and he that cutteth trees, shall be wounded by them.
9Lungto aka puen khaw amah ah a kothae tih thing aka phaek khaw te nen te tohngah saeh.
10If the iron be blunt, and be not as before, but be made blunt, with much labour it shall be sharpened: and after industry shall follow wisdom.
10Thi te duu tih a ha te a haat pawt atah thadueng khaw vak. Tedae rhoeikhangnah tah cueihnah long ni a khui sak.
11If a serpent bite in silence, he is nothing better that backbiteth secretly.
11Calthai a om pawt ah rhul loh a tuk atah cal kung ham rhoeikhangnah moenih.
12The words of the mouth of a wise man are grace: but the lips of a fool shall throw him down headlong.
12Hlang cueih ka dongkah ol tah mikdaithen om tih aka ang kah hmuilai long tah amah a dolh.
13The beginning of his words is folly, and the end of his talk is a mischievous error.
13A ka dongkah ol tongnah te lunghmangnah la om tih a ka dongkah ol bawtnah khaw boethae angvawknah la om.
14A fool multiplieth words. A man cannot tell what hath been before him: and what shall be after him, who can tell him?
14Lunghmang tah ol pung tih metla a om khaw hlang loh ming pawh. A hnuk ah metla a om ham khaw a taengah ulong a thui pah voel?
15The labour of fools shall afflict them that know not bow to go to the city.
15Hlang ang kah thakthaenah loh amah a kohnue sak tih khopuei la caeh ham khaw ming pawh.
16Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and when the princes eat in the morning.
16Na manghai khaw camoe tih na mangpa rhoek loh mincang ah nah a caak uh te, khohmuen nang ngawn tah khomap.
17Blessed is the land, whose king is noble, and whose princes eat in due season for refreshment, and not for riotousness.
17Na manghai te hlangcoelh capa van tih, na mangpa rhoek long khaw rhuihahnah ham pawt tih thayung thamal hamla a tue vaengah aka ca khohmuen nang tah na yoethen.
18By slothfulness a building shall be brought down, and through the weakness of hands, the house shall drop through.
18Ngaknah lamloh tul pae hmawn tih kut poemnah lamloh im cae.
19For laughter they make bread, and wine that the living may feast: and all things obey money.
19Nueihbu ham buh a khueh tih misurtui loh hingnah ko a hoe sak. Tedae tangka loh a cungkuem te a doo.
20Detract not the king, no not in thy thought; and speak not evil of the rich man in thy private chamber: because even the birds of the air will carry thy voice, and he that hath wings will tell what thou hast said.
20Na cangnah nen khaw manghai te tap boeh. Imkhui kah na thingkong dongah khaw hlanglen te tap boeh. Vaan kah vaa loh ol te khuen vetih ol te a phae loh a kungmah taengah thui ve.
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