Ecclesiastes 3
1 For everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven:
A cungkuem dongah a tuetang om tih vaan hmuikah kongaih boeih dongah khaw a tue om.
2 a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;
Cun ham tue neh duek ham tue khaw om. Aka phung hamla phung ham tue neh haih ham tue om.
3 a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;
Ngawn ham tue neh hoeih sak ham tue khaw om. Phae ham tue neh sak ham tue khaw om.
4 a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
Rhah tue neh luem tue khaw om. Rhaengsae tue neh soipet tue khaw om.
5 a time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;
Lungto voeih tue neh lungto calui tue khaw om. Kop tue neh a kop lamloh lakhla tue khaw om.
6 a time to seek, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;
Tlap tue neh paltham tue khaw om. Ngaithuen tue neh voeih tue khaw om.
7 a time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
Phen tue neh bo tue khaw om. Duem om ham tue neh thui tue khaw om.
8 a time to love, and a time to hate; a time for war, and a time for peace.
Lungnah tue neh thiinah tue om. Caemtloek tue neh rhoepnah tue om.
9 What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboreth?
Anih thakthaekung lamloh mebang rhoeikhangnah lae a saii?
10 I have seen the travail which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised therewith.
Anih te phaep hamla Pathen loh hlang ca rhoek soah a paek te khaw bibi la ka hmuh.
11 He hath made everything beautiful in its time: also he hath set eternity in their heart, yet so that man cannot find out the work that God hath done from the beginning even to the end.
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.
12 I know that there is nothing better for them, than to rejoice, and to do good so long as they live.
Amah hingnah dongah kohoe ham neh a then saii ham lakah amih ham a then a om moenih.
13 And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy good in all his labor, is the gift of God.
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.
14 I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor anything taken from it; and God hath done it, that men should fear before him.
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.
15 That which is hath been long ago; and that which is to be hath long ago been: and God seeketh again that which is passed away.
Aka om oepsoeh te khaw, aka om ham te khaw om oepsoeh coeng. Te dongah a hloem tangtae te Pathen loh a toem.
16 And moreover I saw under the sun, in the place of justice, that wickedness was there; and in the place of righteousness, that wickedness was there.
Laitloeknah hmuen ah halangnah hnap om tih, duengnah hmuen ah halangnah hnap a om te khomik hmuiah koep ka hmuh.
17 I said in my heart, God will judge the righteous and the wicked; for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work.
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.
18 I said in my heart, [It is] because of the sons of men, that God may prove them, and that they may see that they themselves are [but as] beasts.
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.
19 For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; and man hath no preeminence above the beasts: for all is vanity.
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.
20 All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.
A cungkuem he hmuen pakhat la cet. A cungkuem he laipi lamloh ha thoeng. A cungkuem he laipi la mael.
21 Who knoweth the spirit of man, whether it goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast, whether it goeth downward to the earth?
Hlang ca rhoek kah mueihla tah a so la cet tih rhamsa mueihla tah diklai khuila a suntlak thuk khaw ulong a ming?
22 Wherefore I saw that there is nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his works; for that is his portion: for who shall bring him [back] to see what shall be after him?
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?
