Ecclesiastes 7
World English BibleTranslation
World English Bible
Baibal Olcim (Matupi Chin)
1A good name is better than fine perfume; and the day of death better 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.
2It 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 should take this to 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 face the heart is made good.
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.
7Surely extortion makes the wise man foolish; and a bribe destroys the understanding.
7Hnaemtaeknah loh hlangcueih a yan sak tih kutdoe loh lungbuei a poo sak.
8Better is the end of a thing than its beginning. 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.
9Don’t be hasty in your spirit to be angry, for anger rests in the bosom of fools.
9Huesak hamla na mueihla neh let sak boeh. Konoinah he aka ang kah rhang dongah ni a kol.
10Don’t say, “Why were the former days better than these?” For you do not ask wisely about 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.
11Wisdom is as good as an inheritance. Yes, it is more excellent for those who see the sun.
11Cueihnah tah rho la then tih khomik aka hmu ham khaw hoeikhang.
12For wisdom is a defense, even as money is a defense; but the excellency of knowledge is that wisdom preserves the life of him who has 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 has 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, and in the day of adversity consider; yes, God has made the one side by side with the other, to the end that man should not find out anything 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 this I have seen in my days of vanity: there is a righteous man who perishes in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man who lives long in his evildoing.
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.
16Don’t be overly righteous, neither make yourself overly wise. Why should you destroy yourself?
16Aka dueng koek la om boel lamtah hoeikhangnah aih ham khaw cueih boeh. Balae tih namah na phae uh?
17Don’t be too wicked, neither be foolish. Why should you die before your time?
17Muep poehlip boel lamtah lunghmang la om boeh. Balae tih namah tue pawt vaengah na duek eh?
18It is good that you should take hold of this. Yes, also don’t withdraw your hand from that; for he who fears God will come out 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 is a strength to the wise man more than ten rulers who are in a city.
19Cueihnah long tah aka cueih te khopuei kah aka om boei parha lakah khaw a tanglue sak.
20Surely there is not a righteous man on earth who does good and doesn’t sin.
20Diklai hman ah hnothen a saii tih aka tholh pawh hlang dueng a om moenih.
21Also don’t take heed to all words that are spoken, lest you hear your servant curse you;
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 often your own heart knows that you yourself have likewise cursed others.
22Namah loh hlang tloe na tap te na lungbuei loh a voei a yet khaw a ming.
23All this I have proved in 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, is far off and exceedingly 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 turned around, and my heart sought to know and to search out, and to seek wisdom and the scheme of things, and to know that wickedness is stupidity, and that foolishness is 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.
26I find more bitter than death the woman whose heart is snares and traps, whose hands are chains. Whoever pleases God shall escape from her; but the sinner will be ensnared 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.
27“Behold, I have found this,” says the Preacher, “to one another, to find an explanation
27So lah he, thuituenkung loh a thui bangla poeknah hmuh hamla pakhat soah pakhat ka phoel.
28which my soul still seeks, but I have not found. I have found one man among a thousand, but I have not found a woman among all those.
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.
29Behold, I have only found this: that God made mankind upright; but they search for 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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