Ecclesiastes 10
JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)
Baibal Olcim (Matupi Chin)
1Dead flies make the ointment of the perfumer fetid and putrid; so doth a little folly outweigh wisdom and honour.
1Dueknah pilyang loh thungnom situi thaa te a rhim sak bangla vel lunghmangnah vik te cueihnah lakah khaw, thangpomnah lakah khaw nul.
2A wise man's understanding is at his right hand; but a fool's understanding at his left.
2Aka cueih kah lungbuei tah a bantang la mael tih aka ang kah lungbuei tah a banvoei la mael.
3Yea also, when a fool walketh by the way, his understanding faileth him, and he saith to every one that he is a fool.
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 the ruler rise up against thee, leave not thy place; for gentleness allayeth great offences.
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 which I have seen under the sun, like an error which proceedeth from a ruler:
5Boei mikhmuh lamloh tohtamaeh la aka thoeng ka hmuh te khomik hmuiah a thae la om.
6Folly is set on great heights, and the rich sit in low place.
6Pavai te hmuensang la muep a khueh vaengah hlanglen tah mathoe la kho a sak.
7I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking as servants upon the earth.
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 whoso breaketh through a fence, a serpent shall bite him.
8Rhom aka too khaw a khuila cungku tih vongtung aka phae khaw rhul loh amah a tuk.
9Whoso quarrieth stones shall be hurt therewith; and he that cleaveth wood is endangered thereby.
9Lungto aka puen khaw amah ah a kothae tih thing aka phaek khaw te nen te tohngah saeh.
10If the iron be blunt, and one do not whet the edge, then must he put to more strength; but wisdom is profitable to direct.
10Thi te duu tih a ha te a haat pawt atah thadueng khaw vak. Tedae rhoeikhangnah tah cueihnah long ni a khui sak.
11If the serpent bite before it is charmed, then the charmer hath no advantage.
11Calthai a om pawt ah rhul loh a tuk atah cal kung ham rhoeikhangnah moenih.
12The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.
12Hlang cueih ka dongkah ol tah mikdaithen om tih aka ang kah hmuilai long tah amah a dolh.
13The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness; and the end of his talk is grievous madness.
13A ka dongkah ol tongnah te lunghmangnah la om tih a ka dongkah ol bawtnah khaw boethae angvawknah la om.
14A fool also multiplieth words; yet man knoweth not what shall be; and that which 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 wearieth every one of them, for he knoweth not how 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 boy, and thy princes feast in the morning!
16Na manghai khaw camoe tih na mangpa rhoek loh mincang ah nah a caak uh te, khohmuen nang ngawn tah khomap.
17Happy art thou, O land, when thy king is a free man, and thy princes eat in due season, in strength, and not in drunkenness!
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 the rafters sink in; and through idleness of the hands the house leaketh.
18Ngaknah lamloh tul pae hmawn tih kut poemnah lamloh im cae.
19A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh glad the life; and money answereth all things.
19Nueihbu ham buh a khueh tih misurtui loh hingnah ko a hoe sak. Tedae tangka loh a cungkuem te a doo.
20Curse not the king, no, not in thy thought, and curse not the rich in thy bedchamber; for a bird of the air shall carry the voice, and that which hath wings shall tell the matter.
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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