Thuituen 7
Baibal Olcim (Matupi Chin)Translation
Baibal Olcim (Matupi Chin)
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)
1A ming te tah situi then lakah ah then tih dueknah hnin he a cun khohnin lakah then.
1What needeth a man to seek things that are above him, whereas he knoweth not what is profitable for him in his life, in all the days of his pilgrimage, and the time that passeth like a shadow? Or who can tell him what shall be after him under the sun?
2Nguekcoinah im la caeh te buhkoknah im la caeh lakah then. He tah hlang boeih kah a bawtnah coeng tih aka hing loh a lungbuei ah dueh saeh.
2A good name is better than precious ointments: and the day of death than the day of one’s birth.
3Konoinah he nueihbu lakah then. Maelhmai thaenah long ni lungbuei a voelphoeng sak.
3It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to the house of feasting: for in that we are put in mind of the end of all, and the living thinketh what is to come.
4Aka cueih kah lungbuei tah nguekcoinah im ah dae aka ang kah lungbuei tah kohoenah im ah om.
4Anger is better than laughter: because by the sadness of the countenance the mind of the offender is corrected.
5Aka cueih kah tluungnah hnatun he tah aka ang laa aka hnatun hlang lakah then.
5The heart of the wise is where there is mourning, and the heart of fools where there is mirth.
6Am lae kah hling ol bangla aka ang kah nueihbu khaw om. Te dongah he khaw a honghi ni.
6It is better to be rebuked by a wise man, than to be deceived by the flattery of fools.
7Hnaemtaeknah loh hlangcueih a yan sak tih kutdoe loh lungbuei a poo sak.
7For as the crackling of thorns burning under a pot, so is the laughter of a fool: now this also is vanity.
8Ol bawtnah he a tongnah lakah then. Aka ueh kah mueihla he aka oek kah mueihla lakah then.
8Oppression troubleth the wise, and shall destroy the strength of his heart.
9Huesak hamla na mueihla neh let sak boeh. Konoinah he aka ang kah rhang dongah ni a kol.
9Better is the end of a speech than the beginning. Better is the patient man than the presumptuous.
10“Balae tih hnukbuet kah a tue aka om te tahae kah lakah a then la a om?” ti boeh. Te bang te cueihnah neh na dawt moenih.
10Be not quickly angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of a fool.
11Cueihnah tah rho la then tih khomik aka hmu ham khaw hoeikhang.
11Say not: What thinkest thou is the cause that former times were better than they are now? for this manner of question is foolish.
12Cueihnah hlipkhup ah om he tangka hlipkhup kah om banghui ni. Tedae mingnah he tah rhoeikhangnah la om tih cueihnah long tah a kungmah te a hing sak.
12Wisdom with riches is more profitable, and bringeth more advantage to them that see the sun.
13Pathen kah bibi te hmu lah. Amah loh a khun sak te dueng hamla aka noeng te unim?
13For as wisdom is a defence, so money is a defence: but learning and wisdom excel in this, that they give life to him that possesseth them.
14A then tue vaengah tah a then la om. Tedae a yoethae tue vaengkah khaw hmu. He khaw dumlai dongah Pathen loh voeivang ah a khueh. Te daengah ni hlang loh a hnukah te pakhat khaw ahmu pawt eh.
14Consider the works of God, that no man can correct whom he hath despised.
15Kamah kah a honghi tue vaengah a cungkuem te ka hmuh. Amah kah duengnah dongah aka paltham hlang dueng om tih a boethae neh aka nguel halang khaw om.
15In the good day enjoy good things, and beware beforehand of the evil day: for God hath made both the one and the other, that man may not find against him any just complaint.
16Aka dueng koek la om boel lamtah hoeikhangnah aih ham khaw cueih boeh. Balae tih namah na phae uh?
16These things also I saw in the days of my vanity: A just man perisheth in his justice, and a wicked man liveth a long time in his wickedness.
17Muep poehlip boel lamtah lunghmang la om boeh. Balae tih namah tue pawt vaengah na duek eh?
17Be not over just: and be not more wise than is necessary, lest thou become stupid.
18He he na tuuk vaengah na kut te ke lamloh na hlah pawt ham then. Pathen aka rhih ham tah a cungkuem te a noeng.
18Be not overmuch wicked: and be not foolish, lest thou die before thy time.
19Cueihnah long tah aka cueih te khopuei kah aka om boei parha lakah khaw a tanglue sak.
19It is good that thou shouldst hold up the just, yea and from him withdraw not thy hand: for he that feareth God, neglecteth nothing.
20Diklai hman ah hnothen a saii tih aka tholh pawh hlang dueng a om moenih.
20Wisdom hath strengthened the wise more than ten princes of the city.
21Ol a thui uh boeih te khaw na lungbuei pae boeh. Te pawt koinih na sal loh namah n'tap te na ya ve.
21For there is no just man upon earth, that doth good, and sinneth not.
22Namah loh hlang tloe na tap te na lungbuei loh a voei a yet khaw a ming.
22But do not apply thy heart to all words that are spoken: lest perhaps thou hear thy servant reviling thee.
23He boeih he cueihnah neh ka noemcai tih, “Ka cueih eh?,” ka ti dae kai lamloh lakhla laklo.
23For thy conscience knoweth that thou also hast often spoken evil of others.
24Te tla a om te khaw hla coeng tih a dung lakah dung coeng. Te te aka hmu te unim?
24I have tried all things in wisdom. I have said: I will be wise: and it departed farther from me,
25Kamah neh ka lungbuei khaw, uepnah koikah halangnah neh anglatnah, lunghmangnah te ming ham neh yaam hamla, cueihnah neh poeknah tlap hamla ka maelh.
25Much more than it was: it is a great depth, who shall find it out?
26A lungbuei te tluum neh soh la a tung tih a kut dongah pinyennah aka khueh huta he dueknah lakah khahing la ka hmuh. Pathen mikhmuh ah aka then tah anih aeng lamloh loeih suidae aka tholh tah anih loh a tuuk ni.
26I have surveyed all things with my mind, to know, and consider, and seek out wisdom and reason: and to know the wickedness of the fool, and the error of the imprudent:
27So lah he, thuituenkung loh a thui bangla poeknah hmuh hamla pakhat soah pakhat ka phoel.
27And I have found a woman more bitter than death, who is the hunter’s snare, and her heart is a net, and her hands are bands. He that pleaseth God shall escape from her: but he that is a sinner, shall be caught by her.
28Te te ka hinglu loh a tlap pueng dae ka hmuh moenih. Thawngkhat khuiah tongpa pakhat ka hmuh dae te boeih lakli ah huta ka hmuh moenih.
28Lo this have I found, said Ecclesiastes, weighing one thing after another, that I might find out the account,
29He bueng mah so lah. Pathen loh hlang he a thuem la a saii coeng dae amih loh phuengnah muep a tlap uh te ka hmuh.
29Which yet my soul seeketh, and I have not found it. One man among a thousand I have found, a woman among them all I have not found.
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30Only this I have found, that God made man right, and he hath entangled himself with an infinity of questions. Who is as the wise man? and who hath known the resolution of the word?
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