Ecclesiastes 1
World English BibleTranslation
World English Bible
Asang Khongca Bible (Eastern Khumi Chin, 2019)
1The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem:
1Jerusalem ih siangpahrang, David capa, Patukkung ih loknawk loe hae tiah oh.
2“Vanity of vanities,” says the Preacher; “Vanity of vanities, all is vanity.”
2Azom pui ni! Azom pui ni! tiah Patukkung mah thuih; azom pui ni! Hmuen boih hae azom pui ah ni oh.
3What does man gain from all his labor in which he labors under the sun?
3Kami mah ni tlim ah angpho qawt hoi toksakhaih atho timaw oh?
4One generation goes, and another generation comes; but the earth remains forever.
4Adung maeto laemh naah, adung kalah maeto angzoh; toe long loe dungzan khoek to cak poe.
5The sun also rises, and the sun goes down, and hurries to its place where it rises.
5Ni doeh tacawt tahang moe, akun tathuk, angmah tacawthaih ahmuen hoiah ni tacawt let.
6The wind goes toward the south, and turns around to the north. It turns around continually as it goes, and the wind returns again to its courses.
6Takhi loe aloih bangah song tathuk moe, aluek bangah amlaem tahang; ahnuk ahma amhae moe, a songhaih ahmuen ah amlaem let.
7All the rivers run into the sea, yet the sea is not full. To the place where the rivers flow, there they flow again.
7Vapuinawk boih loe tuipui ah long o tathuk; toe tuipui loe koi ai toengtoeng vop, vapuinawk loe angmacae long tangsuekhaih ahmuen ah amlaem o let.
8All things are full of weariness beyond uttering. The eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.
8Hmuen boih loe kami mah thui thaih han ai khoek to, angpho haih koiah ni oh o; mik mah a hnukhaih to boep thai ai, naa doeh a thaihaih hoiah koi thai ai.
9That which has been is that which shall be, and that which has been done is that which shall be done; and there is no new thing under the sun.
9Kaom han koi hmuen loe, kaom tangcae hmuen baktiah ni om tih; sak han kaom hmuen doeh, sak tangcae hmuen baktih ni sah let tih; ni tlim ah hmuen kangtha tidoeh om ai.
10Is there a thing of which it may be said, “Behold, this is new”? It has been long ago, in the ages which were before us.
10Khenah, Hae loe hmuen kangtha ah oh, tiah thuih han koi hmuen oh maw? To baktih hmuen loe canghnii hoiah ni oh boeh.
11There is no memory of the former; neither shall there be any memory of the latter that are to come, among those that shall come after.
11Canghnii ih hmuennawk to mi mah doeh panoek ai boeh; angzo han koi kaminawk mah doeh, angzo han koi hmuennawk to panoek o mak ai.
12I, the Preacher, was king over Israel in Jerusalem.
12Kai, Patukkung loe Jerusalem Israel siangpahrang ah ka oh.
13I applied my heart to seek and to search out by wisdom concerning all that is done under the sky. It is a heavy burden that God has given to the sons of men to be afflicted with.
13Ni tlim ah sak ih hmuennawk boih to palunghahaih hoiah ka pakrong moe, panoek thai hanah tha ka pathok; Sithaw mah to hmuenzit to kaminawk hanah pahoe pae boeh.
14I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and behold, all is vanity and a chasing after wind.
14Ni tlim ah sak ih hmuennawk to ka hnuk boih; khenah, hmuen boih loe azom pui ni, poek angpho han ih ni oh o.
15That which is crooked can’t be made straight; and that which is lacking can’t be counted.
15Angkawn pacoeng boeh loe patoengh thai ai boeh; angaihaih doeh kroek thai ai boeh.
16I said to myself, “Behold, I have obtained for myself great wisdom above all who were before me in Jerusalem. Yes, my heart has had great experience of wisdom and knowledge.”
16Khenah, kai loe, ka om ai nathuem ih Israel ukkungnawk pongah, ka len kue moe, palunghahaih bangah doeh ka sang kue; ue, palunghahaih hoi panoekhaih to pop kue ah ka tawnh, tiah ka poek.
17I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly. I perceived that this also was a chasing after wind.
17Palunghahaih bang, amthuhaih bang hoi poek cai ai ah ohhaih bangah doeh, ka panoek thai hanah palungthin to ka paek; hae hmuen doeh takhi hnuk patom baktiah ni oh toengtoeng.
18For in much wisdom is much grief; and he who increases knowledge increases sorrow.
18Palunghahaih pop baktiah, palungsethaih doeh pop; panoekhaih pop kami loe, palungsethaih doeh pop aep.
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