Thuhilpa 2
1 Keile kei ka kihouvin, “Hung in nopsahna patep hitin, hinkhoa thilpha phaho vehite,” kati ahi. Hinlah hiche jong hi ajeh-beihel tobangbep ahiti, keiman kamu doh in ahi.
I said in my heart, Come now, I will prove thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure: and behold, this also [is] vanity.
2 Hiti chun keiman, “Nui jong hi ngolhoi ahi bouvin, nopsahna hol jong hin ipi phatna ahinsodoh em,” kati.
I said of laughter, [It is] mad: and of mirth, What doeth it?
3 Lunggel tampi gel jouvin, keiman judonna lungthim kipasah ding in kagel in ahi. Chule chihna ka holhol laijin, ngolhoithu jong kagel in ahi. Hiti hin keiman hiche vannoija hi chomcha ahinsunguva, mi atamjon kipana tah ahol hol-u chu kahetdoh nom in ahi.
I sought in my heart, to give myself to wine, yet acquainting my heart with wisdom; and to lay hold on folly, till I might see what [was] that good for the sons of men, which they should do under the heaven all the days of their life.
4 Hiti hin keiman chenna ding in-len tahtah sah’a chule lengpilei hoi tahtah ho semdoh a kon hin, hinlona jeh hidiham tin kanagel in ahi.
I made me great works; I built me houses; I planted me vineyards:
5 Keiman hon tampi le kicholdona mun tampi kasem in, theiphung jat tintang kaphut dimin ahi.
I made me gardens and orchards, and I planted trees in them of all [kind of] fruits:
6 Keiman thingphung mang keikoija ahung um doh theinan twichapna ding in twikhol khomna ding tampi jong kasem in ahi.
I made me pools of water, to water with them the wood that bringeth forth trees:
7 Keiman soh pasal hole soh numeiho jong ka chon chule ka-in muna pengden soh phabep jong ka neijin ahi. Chule keiman masanga Jerusalema ana cheng leng ana umsa ho sang in jong, gancha hole gan lentah tah ho geijin jong kanei tam jon ahi.
I procured [me] servants and maidens, and had servants born in my house; also I had great possessions of great and small cattle above all that were in Jerusalem before me:
8 Keiman lengtampi ho le agam sung uva dangka tamtah le sana tamtah ho ka kholkhom in ahi. Keiman numei hole pasal ho lah’a lasathem kidangtah tah kaki thalah in chule melhoitah tah thaikem ho jong ka neijin, pasal khat in alung’a adeichat chan chu ka neisoh kei jin ahi.
I gathered me also silver and gold, and the peculiar treasure of kings, and of the provinces: I procured me men-singers and women-singers, and the delights of the sons of men, [as] musical instruments, and of all sorts.
9 Hiti chun keima ka masanga Jerusalema ana cheng ho jouse sang in ka loupi jon, chule ka chihna’n keima eidalha pon ahi.
So I was great, and increased more than all that were before me in Jerusalem: also my wisdom remained with me.
10 Kalunga ka ngaichat chan kakilah ji'e. Nopsahna kiti pouva chun ka noplou na aum poi. Na hahsa toh jeng’a jong ka tha nom lheh in, katoh gimna jousea tohman ka kimu cheh in ahi.
And whatever my eyes desired I kept not from them, I withheld not my heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiced in all my labor: and this was my portion of all my labor.
11 Hinlah kana tohna jouse hi kavetna ahileh bulhit molso kiti hi ahahlheh in, ajeh bei ngensen ahi-huinung gahdel tobangbep ahi. Hoilai mun hijong leh aphachom dihtah kiti hi aum deh poi.
Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labor that I had labored to do: and behold, all [was] vanity and vexation of spirit, and [there was] no profit under the sun.
12 Hitia hi keiman chihna hitoh ki ngolsah nale ngolna hi ka tekah in ahileh (ajeh chu keima Lengpa tah’in kabol banga hi koijin abolthei ding ham?)
And I turned myself to behold wisdom, and madness, and folly: for what [can] the man [do] that cometh after the king? [even] that which hath been already done.
13 “Khovah hi muthim sanga aphatjoh bang in, chihna hi ngolna sang in apha joi, tin ka gel in ahi.
Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness.
14 Ajeh chu miching hon achena ding aki muchet masat un, hinlah angol chu muthima avah lei. Hinlah miching le mingol jong achanding’u aki banggel in ahi.”
The wise man's eyes [are] in his head; but the fool walketh in darkness: and I myself perceived also that one event happeneth to them all.
15 Keima lunggel’a, “Aniuva thigel ding ahi. Keima mingol banga kichai ding kahijeh in, kachihna jouse hi amanlutna ipi hintem? Hiche hi aboncha ajehbei hisohkei ahije!” kati.
Then said I in my heart, As it happeneth to the fool, so it happeneth even to me; and why was I then more wise? Then I said in my heart, that this also [is] vanity.
16 Ajeh chu miching le mingol aniuva athigellin ahi. Miching chu mingol sanga aki geldoh ding aumbe dehpoi. Ahung lhung ding nikhohoa aniuva ki geldoh lou ding ahi tauve.
For [there is] no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool for ever; seeing that which now [is] in the days to come shall all be forgotten. And how dieth the wise [man]? as the fool.
17 Hitia keiman lei hinkho kahotna ajeh chu, hiche nisa noija kibol doh jouse hi lungboina bep ahije. Ijakai hi ajehbei tobang ahi-huinung gahdel tobangbep ahije.
Therefore I hated life; because the work that is wrought under the sun [is] grievous to me: for all [is] vanity and vexation of spirit.
18 Keiman hiche leiset chunga kana toh gimna jouse hi kahin thei chim ahitai, ijeh- iham itileh keiman ka lodoh jouse hi midang ka dalhah peh ding ahije.
Yes, I hated all my labor which I had taken under the sun: because I should leave it to the man that shall be after me.
19 Chule keima panmun hinlo dingho chu ching diuha ahilouleh ngoldiu ha kon asei thei ding ham? Hinlah nipi noija keima boltheina le tohgimna jal'a phatchom pina kanei hohi, amahon ahin kimanchah diu ahitai. Itia ajeh bei soh hin tem!
And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise [man] or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labor in which I have labored, and in which I have showed myself wise under the sun. This [is] also vanity.
20 Hitia hi keima, hiche vannoija hi ka tohgimna jouse hi aphatchomna ipi um'em tia lung lha tah’a uma kahi.
Therefore I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labor which I took under the sun.
21 Mi phabep chun chingtheile hetna neijin, chule themtah in atongun, amaho chun chutia atohgimgau chu atong louhel khat dinga chu adalhah teidiu ahi. Hiche jong hi ajeh kihe lou ahin, lungnat umtah ahi.
For there is a man whose labor is in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in equity; yet to a man that hath not labored in it, shall he leave it [for] his portion. This also [is] vanity and a great evil.
22 Hitia hi mihon hiche hinkhoa hi atohgim nau jouse le alung gim nau jouseuva hi ipi akimu’u hinam?
For what hath man of all his labor, and of the vexation of his heart, in which he hath labored under the sun?
23 Atoh gimnau nikhoho chu thohgimna le lungnat nan adim un, jan ahi teng jongleh alung thim-u akicholdo theipoi. Chehi ajehbei tobangbep ahisoh keije.
For all his days [are] sorrows, and his labor grief; yes, his heart taketh not rest in the night. This is also vanity.
24 Hiti hin keiman ka gellin mihem in aneh’a chule adonna, anatoh’a lungkimna anei ding sanga phajo aum poi kati. Hiti hin, hiche nopsahna hohi Pathen khutna hungkon ahi, ti keiman ka geldoh in ahi.
[There is] nothing better for a man than that he should eat and drink, and [that] he should make his soul enjoy good in his labor. This also I saw, that it [was] from the hand of God.
25 Ajeh chu Amalouva kon aneh’a, ahilou leh nop asah ding hiya ham?
For who can eat, or who else can hasten [to it] more than I?
26 Pathen in chihna, hetna chule thanopna Ana lunglhaiho apeh ahi. Hinlah michonse khat chu neile gou ahaova ahileh hiche ahaona chu Pathen in alahmanga, ama lunglhaiho apeh ding ahi. Hiche jong hi ajeh beihel aphachom lou ding ahibouve.
For [God] giveth to a man who [is] good in his sight, wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: but to the sinner he giveth toil, to gather, and to amass, that he may give to [him that is] good before God. This also [is] vanity and vexation of spirit.
