Thuituen 3
1 A cungkuem dongah a tuetang om tih vaan hmuikah kongaih boeih dongah khaw a tue om.
For everything there is a fixed time, and a time for every business under the sun.
2 Cun ham tue neh duek ham tue khaw om. Aka phung hamla phung ham tue neh haih ham tue om.
A time for birth and a time for death; a time for planting and a time for uprooting;
3 Ngawn ham tue neh hoeih sak ham tue khaw om. Phae ham tue neh sak ham tue khaw om.
A time to put to death and a time to make well; a time for pulling down and a time for building up;
4 Rhah tue neh luem tue khaw om. Rhaengsae tue neh soipet tue khaw om.
A time for weeping and a time for laughing; a time for sorrow and a time for dancing;
5 Lungto voeih tue neh lungto calui tue khaw om. Kop tue neh a kop lamloh lakhla tue khaw om.
A time to take stones away and a time to get stones together; a time for kissing and a time to keep from kissing;
6 Tlap tue neh paltham tue khaw om. Ngaithuen tue neh voeih tue khaw om.
A time for search and a time for loss; a time to keep and a time to give away;
7 Phen tue neh bo tue khaw om. Duem om ham tue neh thui tue khaw om.
A time for undoing and a time for stitching; a time for keeping quiet and a time for talk;
8 Lungnah tue neh thiinah tue om. Caemtloek tue neh rhoepnah tue om.
A time for love and a time for hate; a time for war and a time for peace.
9 Anih thakthaekung lamloh mebang rhoeikhangnah lae a saii?
What profit has the worker in the work which he does?
10 Anih te phaep hamla Pathen loh hlang ca rhoek soah a paek te khaw bibi la ka hmuh.
I saw the work which God has put on the sons of man.
11 A cungkuem he amah tue neh sakthen la a saii tih kumhal kah te khaw amih lungbuei ah a khueh pah. Te pawt cakhaw, a tong lamloh a bawt hil Pathen loh a saii bibi te hlang loh a hmuh moenih.
He has made everything right in its time; but he has made their hearts without knowledge, so that man is unable to see the works of God, from the first to the last.
12 Amah hingnah dongah kohoe ham neh a then saii ham lakah amih ham a then a om moenih.
I am certain that there is nothing better for a man than to be glad, and to do good while life is in him.
13 Hlang boeih he khaw ca mai saeh lamtah o mai saeh, hnothen khaw hmu mai saeh. Te te amah kah thakthaenah cungkuem khuiah Pathen kah kutdoe ni.
And for every man to take food and drink, and have joy in all his work, is a reward from God.
14 Pathen loh a cungkuem a saii tila ka ming. Amah tah kumhal duela om. Amah soah thap ham om pawt tih anih lamkah te yueh ham khaw a om bal moenih. Te dongah a mikhmuh ah a rhih uh ham ni Pathen loh a saii.
I am certain that whatever God does will be for ever. No addition may be made to it, nothing may be taken from it; and God has done it so that man may be in fear before him.
15 Aka om oepsoeh te khaw, aka om ham te khaw om oepsoeh coeng. Te dongah a hloem tangtae te Pathen loh a toem.
Whatever is has been before, and what is to be is now; because God makes search for the things which are past.
16 Laitloeknah hmuen ah halangnah hnap om tih, duengnah hmuen ah halangnah hnap a om te khomik hmuiah koep ka hmuh.
And again, I saw under the sun, in the place of the judges, that evil was there; and in the place of righteousness, that evil was there.
17 Ka lungbuei ah tah, “A kongaih boeih ham neh a bibi boeih ham khaw a tue a om coeng dongah, aka dueng neh halang khaw Pathen loh lai a tloek ni,” ka ti.
I said in my heart, God will be judge of the good and of the bad; because a time for every purpose and for every work has been fixed by him.
18 Hlang ca rhoek kah dumlai dongah khaw ka lungbuei ah, “Amih te Pathen loh coelh saeh lamtah, amih bang he rhamsa ni amamih loh hmu saeh,” ka ti mai.
I said in my heart, It is because of the sons of men, so that God may put them to the test and that they may see themselves as beasts.
19 Hlang ca rhoek kah a hmatoeng neh rhamsa kah hmatoeng khaw hmatoeng pakhat ni. Amih ham he kah dueknah bangla ke dueknah khaw om tih a cungkuem ham hil pakhat la om. Te dongah rhamsa lakah hlang kah kumkonah a om moenih. A cungkuem he a honghi ni.
Because the fate of the sons of men and the fate of the beasts is the same. As is the death of one so is the death of the other, and all have one spirit. Man is not higher than the beasts; because all is to no purpose.
20 A cungkuem he hmuen pakhat la cet. A cungkuem helaipi lamloh ha thoeng. A cungkuem he laipi la mael.
All go to one place, all are of the dust, and all will be turned to dust again.
21 Hlang ca rhoek kah mueihla tah a so la cet tih rhamsa mueihla tah diklai khuila a suntlak thuk khaw ulong a ming?
Who is certain that the spirit of the sons of men goes up to heaven, or that the spirit of the beasts goes down to the earth?
22 Te dongah a hamsum bangla a bibi dongah hlang a kohoe lakah ah a then om pawh tila ka hmuh. A hnukah aka thoeng ham te hmuh sak hamla ulong anih a khuen thai?
So I saw that there is nothing better than for a man to have joy in his work — because that is his reward. Who will make him see what will come after him?
