Thuhilpa 7
1 Minphatna kimu hi gimnam tuipen sang in jong amanlu joi. Chule napen nikho sang in jong nathi nikho phajoa ahi.
A GOOD name is better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one’s birth.
2 Thina kin’a kimanchah hi golnop bolna mun’a gache sangin aphajoi. Ahimongin, mitin kithi ding ahijeh'in, mihingin hiche hi alunga agel ding doltah ahi.
It 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 will lay it to his heart.
3 Lungkham hi muilhah sangin aphajoi, ajeh chu lungkham na hin i-chunga kisuhthengna ahin sodohji ahi.
Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better.
4 Miching khat chun thina chung chang hi aha gel’in ahi, hinlah mingol vang chun phatpha muding bou ageljin ahi.
The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.
5 Mi ngol khat in apachat hisang in, miching khat oimo chan apha joi.
It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.
6 Mi ngol nuijatna chu lingphung meiyin akah gin kija tobang ahin, imacha kah louvin aki chai jitai.
For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity.
7 Miching chu aki-engbol teng angol lojin, chule guhthim thilpeh hin lungthim asuhmo bepji ahi.
Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad; and a gift destroyeth the heart.
8 Achaina hi apatna sang in apha jon chule kiletsah sang in, thohhat aphachom joi.
Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.
9 Lunghan kitim them in, ajeh chu lunghan hin angoltoh kibang bep naso ding ahi.
Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.
10 “Achesa nikho phaho chu ngaicha gunset hih in, hichu mi chinga ahi poi.”
Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not inquire wisely concerning this.
11 Sum nanei teng leh chihna hi phachom cheh ahi. Hinkhoa kho-sahna dinga ania phachom tah ahi.
Wisdom is good with an inheritance: and by it there is profit to them that see the sun.
12 Chihna le sum hin ipi hijongleh nanei sah jeng thei ahinai. Hinlah chihna kiti bouhin na hinkho ahuhhing jou ding ahije.
For wisdom is a defence, and money is a defence: but the excellency of knowledge is, that wisdom giveth life to them that have it.
13 Pathen thilbol ho chu janom jeng in, ajeh chu aman ahe konsa chu koijin asuh-jang jou ding ham?
Consider the work of God: for who can make that straight, which he hath made crooked?
14 Ning lhinga naum laisen kipah’in, hinlah hahsatnan nahinphah teng jongleh, ania Pathenna hungkon ahiti tahsan in. Hiche lei hinkhoa hin ima hiti mong ding ahiti, akisei thei poi kiti hi geldoh jing in.
In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider: God also hath set the one over against the other, to the end that man should find nothing after him.
15 Keiman hinlona ajeh umlou tobangbep leiset hinkhoa hin, khangdong phatah tah ho athia chule migilou ho hinkho asot’uhi kamu doh in ahi.
All things have I seen in the days of my vanity: there is a just man that perisheth in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man that prolongeth his life in his wickedness.
16 Hijeh chun mohphat behset hih in, ahilouva ahileh chingval behset hih in! Idia nangmatah kisumang ding nahi ham?
Be not righteous over much; neither make thyself over wise: why shouldest thou destroy thyself?
17 Chutima chun gilou behset jong bol hih in. Ngol hih beh in! Ipi dinga naphat lhin masanga thi ding nahim?
Be not over much wicked, neither be thou foolish: why shouldest thou die before thy time?
18 Hiche kihil naho hi lunggut in gel in, ajeh chu koi hitaleh Pathen ging mi chun; hitobang che valna hi ania hintoh ponte.
It is good that thou shouldest take hold of this; yea, also from this withdraw not thine hand: for he that feareth God shall come forth of them all.
19 Khopi sunga lamkai mi som sangin, miching khat chu gamcheng in ahat joi.
Wisdom strengtheneth the wise more than ten mighty men which are in the city.
20 Leiset chunga hin mihem khatcha aphajeng bol chonse kha louhel aumpoi.
For there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.
21 Mi thusei jouse het ding go hih in, nasoh jeng in jong na gaosap get in nate.
Also take no heed unto all words that are spoken; lest thou hear thy servant curse thee:
22 Ajeh chu nangma tah jeng in jong midang na gaosap ji chu na henai.
For oftentimes also thine own heart knoweth that thou thyself likewise hast cursed others.
23 Keiman kajo channa chihna in kalunggel le kachonna eilamkai jing na ding in ka ngai ton ahi. Keimatah in kaseijin, “Keima chingthei ding in ka kigel lha tai.” Hinlah ka chuti theijou hihbeh in ahi.
All this have I proved by wisdom: I said, I will be wise; but it was far from me.
24 Chihna hi gamlatah’a aum jing in chule holdoh jong ahah sai.
That which is far off, and exceeding deep, who can find it out?
25 Keiman muntina chun, chihna le hetkhenna chu iti hung umhija ham tin ajeh kahol in ahi. Keima tah in kholchilna neija konin gitlouna hi ngol jeh ahin, chule ngol kitihi lung chavai kiseina ahije, tiphot chenna kanei ahi tai.
I applied mine heart to know, and to search, and to seek out wisdom, and the reason of things, and to know the wickedness of folly, even of foolishness and madness:
26 Keiman kavet chil’a ahileh, duha-thuhtah numei chu thitheina thangkol sanga khohse joa ahichu ka kholdoh ahitai. Ami hebol jong kipalna thangkol bep ahi, chule akhut nemtah jong chu kihenna thihkol ahibouve. Pathen lunglhaina’a umho chu amanua kon’a hoidoh ding, hinlah chonse ho chu amanu thanga ga-oh ding ahiuve.
And I find more bitter than death the woman, whose heart is snares and nets, and her hands as bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her.
27 Thuhilpa chun, “Hiche hi keiman hoima lamjouse ahitheina ding kavet toh lea konna achaina kasem chu hiche hi ahi.
Behold, this have I found, saith the preacher, counting one by one, to find out the account:
28 Keiman kavel hol hol jeng vang'in, ka hol lona pentah chu kamu joupoi. Mi sangkhat lah’a khatbou gunchena nei pasal khat ahijouvin, hinlah numei khat jong akimu joupoi.
Which yet my soul seeketh, but I find not: one man among a thousand have I found; but a woman among all those have I not found.
29 Chule keiman hiche hi kamui: Pathen’in miho hi gun chena neija asem ahin, hinlah amahon achang cheh-uva aphalou akilam doh-u ahibouve.
Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.
