Thuituen 1
1 Jerusalem manghai David capa kah thuituenkung ol.
The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.
2 A honghi, a honghi ni. Thuituenkung loh, “A honghi, a honghi, a honghi boeih ni,” a ti.
Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities, all is vanity.
3 Khohmik hmuiah a thakthae bangla a thakthaenah cungkuem lamloh hlang taengah balae a rhoeikhangnah.
What profit hath a man by all his labor with which he wearieth himself under the sun?
4 Thawnpuei loh cet tih cadil thoeng coeng dae diklai he kumhal duela a pai moenih.
One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh; while the earth abideth for ever.
5 Khomik loh thoeng tih khomik he kun bal. Te phoeiah amah hmuen te a hloem pahoi tiih thoeng.
The sun riseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteneth to the place whence it arose.
6 Tuithim la cet tih tlangpuei la aka mael khohli he a tinghil, a tinghil doela cet. Te phoeiah khohli he a hlaep la mael.
The wind goeth toward the south, and turneth about to the north; round and round goeth the wind, and returneth to its circuits.
7 Soklong boeih khaw tuitunli la pawk. Tedae tuitunli tah hah tlaih pawh. Soklong rhoek khaw a long nah hmuen la mael tih cet.
All the rivers run into the sea, yet the sea is not full; to the place whence the rivers come, thither they return.
8 Olka boeih he bonghnaek. Hlang loh a thui hamla a noeng moenih. Mik loh a hmuh te hah pawt tih hna a yaak te cung pawh.
All words become weary; man cannot express it; the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.
9 Mebang khaw aka om tangtae bangla om bal vetih, mebang khaw a saii tangtae bangla a saii bal ni. Te dongah kah khomik hmuikah he a thai boeih moenih.
The thing that hath been is that which shall be, and that which hath been done is that which shall be done; and there is no new thing under the sun.
10 “A thai he hmu lah, he tah khosuen lamloh om oepsoeh coeng tih mamih hlan lamloh om,’ a ti te ol om nim?
Is there any thing of which one may say, “Behold, this is new”? It was long ago, in the times which were before us.
11 Lamhma kah neh hmailong kah khaw poekkoepnah om pawh. Aka om ham te khaw hmailong kah aka om taengah poekkoepnah om mahpawh.
There is no remembrance of former things, and of things that are to come there shall be no remembrance to those who live afterwards.
12 Kai tah thuituenkung neh Jerusalem kah Israel soah manghai la ka om.
I, the Preacher, was king over Israel at Jerusalem.
13 Vaan hmui kah a saii boeih te cueihnah neh dawtlet ham khaw, yaam ham khaw ka lungbuei ka paek. Hlang capa rhoek te amah phaep uh saeh tila Pathen loh yoethae bibi a khueh pah.
And I gave my mind to seek and to search out with wisdom concerning all things which are done under heaven; an evil business, which God hath given to the sons of men, in which to employ themselves.
14 Khomik hmui kah a saii bitat boeih te ka hmuh. Te dongah a cungkuem he a honghi neh khohli doinah ni ne.
I saw all the things which are done under the sun; and, behold, it was all vanity, and striving after wind.
15 Aka khun he dueng hamla coeng pawt tih vitvawtnah khaw tae hamla coeng pawh.
That which is crooked cannot be made straight, and that which is wanting cannot be numbered.
16 Kamah tah ka lungbuei ah ka cal tih, “Ka pantai tih Jerusalem ah khaw ka mikhmuh kah aka om boeih lakah cueihnah ka thap, ka lungbuei long khaw cueihnah neh mingnah muep a hmuh la he,” ka ti.
I communed with my heart, saying, “Behold, I have gained more and greater wisdom than all who have been before me at Jerusalem; yea, my mind hath seen much wisdom and knowledge.”
17 Ka lungbuei he cueihnah ming ham neh anglatnah ming ham ka paek. Te dongah lunghmangnah he khaw khohli dongkah kohnek ni tila ka ming.
And I gave my mind to know wisdom, and to know senselessness and folly; I perceived that this also is striving after wind.
18 Cueihnah a cungkuem nen khaw konoinah cungkuem tih, mingnah a koei khaw nganboh ni a koei.
For in much wisdom is much vexation, and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.
