Ecclesiastes 7
King James Version with ApocryphaTranslation
King James Version with Apocrypha
Baibal Olcim (Matupi Chin)
1A good name is better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one’s birth.
1A ming te tah situi then lakah ah then tih dueknah hnin he a cun khohnin lakah then.
2¶ It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men; and the living will lay it to his heart.
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.
3Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better.
3Konoinah he nueihbu lakah then. Maelhmai thaenah long ni lungbuei a voelphoeng sak.
4The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.
4Aka cueih kah lungbuei tah nguekcoinah im ah dae aka ang kah lungbuei tah kohoenah im ah om.
5It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.
5Aka cueih kah tluungnah hnatun he tah aka ang laa aka hnatun hlang lakah then.
6For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity.
6Am lae kah hling ol bangla aka ang kah nueihbu khaw om. Te dongah he khaw a honghi ni.
7¶ Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad; and a gift destroyeth the heart.
7Hnaemtaeknah loh hlangcueih a yan sak tih kutdoe loh lungbuei a poo sak.
8Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.
8Ol bawtnah he a tongnah lakah then. Aka ueh kah mueihla he aka oek kah mueihla lakah then.
9Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.
9Huesak hamla na mueihla neh let sak boeh. Konoinah he aka ang kah rhang dongah ni a kol.
10Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not enquire wisely concerning this.
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.
11¶ Wisdom is good with an inheritance: and by it there is profit to them that see the sun.
11Cueihnah tah rho la then tih khomik aka hmu ham khaw hoeikhang.
12For wisdom is a defence, and money is a defence: but the excellency of knowledge is, that wisdom giveth life to them that have it.
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.
13Consider the work of God: for who can make that straight, which he hath made crooked?
13Pathen kah bibi te hmu lah. Amah loh a khun sak te dueng hamla aka noeng te unim?
14In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider: God also hath set the one over against the other, to the end that man should find nothing after him.
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.
15All things have I seen in the days of my vanity: there is a just man that perisheth in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man that prolongeth his life in his wickedness.
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.
16Be not righteous over much; neither make thyself over wise: why shouldest thou destroy thyself?
16Aka dueng koek la om boel lamtah hoeikhangnah aih ham khaw cueih boeh. Balae tih namah na phae uh?
17Be not over much wicked, neither be thou foolish: why shouldest thou die before thy time?
17Muep poehlip boel lamtah lunghmang la om boeh. Balae tih namah tue pawt vaengah na duek eh?
18It is good that thou shouldest take hold of this; yea, also from this withdraw not thine hand: for he that feareth God shall come forth of them all.
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.
19Wisdom strengtheneth the wise more than ten mighty men which are in the city.
19Cueihnah long tah aka cueih te khopuei kah aka om boei parha lakah khaw a tanglue sak.
20For there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.
20Diklai hman ah hnothen a saii tih aka tholh pawh hlang dueng a om moenih.
21Also take no heed unto all words that are spoken; lest thou hear thy servant curse thee:
21Ol a thui uh boeih te khaw na lungbuei pae boeh. Te pawt koinih na sal loh namah n'tap te na ya ve.
22For oftentimes also thine own heart knoweth that thou thyself likewise hast cursed others.
22Namah loh hlang tloe na tap te na lungbuei loh a voei a yet khaw a ming.
23¶ All this have I proved by wisdom: I said, I will be wise; but it was far from me.
23He boeih he cueihnah neh ka noemcai tih, “Ka cueih eh?,” ka ti dae kai lamloh lakhla laklo.
24That which is far off, and exceeding deep, who can find it out?
24Te tla a om te khaw hla coeng tih a dung lakah dung coeng. Te te aka hmu te unim?
25I applied mine heart to know, and to search, and to seek out wisdom, and the reason of things , and to know the wickedness of folly, even of foolishness and madness:
25Kamah neh ka lungbuei khaw, uepnah koikah halangnah neh anglatnah, lunghmangnah te ming ham neh yaam hamla, cueihnah neh poeknah tlap hamla ka maelh.
26And I find more bitter than death the woman, whose heart is snares and nets, and her hands as bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her.
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.
27Behold, this have I found, saith the preacher, counting one by one, to find out the account:
27So lah he, thuituenkung loh a thui bangla poeknah hmuh hamla pakhat soah pakhat ka phoel.
28Which yet my soul seeketh, but I find not: one man among a thousand have I found; but a woman among all those have I not found.
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.
29Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.
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.
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