Ecclesiastes 6
1 There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is heavy upon men:
Khomik hmuiah ka hmuh he boethae la om tih te te hlang soah yet coeng.
2 a man to whom God giveth riches, wealth, and honor, so that he lacketh nothing for his soul of all that he desireth, yet God giveth him not power to eat thereof, but an alien eateth it; this is vanity, and it is an evil disease.
Pathen loh hlang te a taengah khuehtawn, koeva, neh thangpomnah a paek. Te dongah a ngaidam boeih khui lamloh a hinglu te talh pawh. Tedae te te a caak hamla Pathen loh anih a taemrhai sak moenih. Te te kholong hlang a cah he a honghi neh tloh thae ni.
3 If a man beget a hundred children, and live many years, so that the days of his years are many, but his soul be not filled with good, and moreover he have no burial; I say, that an untimely birth is better than he:
Hlang long he yakhat a sak tih kum a yet a hing mai khaming, a kum khohnin khaw muep lo mai khaming. Tedae a hinglu loh hnothen te cung pawt tih phuel ah khaw amah taengah a om pah moenih. Anih lakah aka rhumpu te then lah ka ti.
4 for it cometh in vanity, and departeth in darkness, and the name thereof is covered with darkness;
Anih te a honghi la ha thoeng tih a hmuep ah a caeh dongah a ming khaw a hmuep ah a vuei pah.
5 moreover it hath not seen the sun nor known it; this hath rest rather than the other:
Khomik hmu pawt mai cakhaw mongnah he tah a tloe loh anih lakah a ming moenih.
6 yea, though he live a thousand years twice told, and yet enjoy no good, do not all go to one place?
Kum thawngkhat a rhaep la hing sitoe cakhaw hnothen a hmuh hae moenih. Hmuen pakhat la boeih a caeh moenih a?
7 All the labor of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.
Hlang kah thakthaenah boeih he a ka ham ni. Tedae a hinglu khaw a cung tlaih moenih.
8 For what advantage hath the wise more than the fool? [or] what hath the poor man, that knoweth how to walk before the living?
Aka ang lakah aka cueih taengah balae a hoeikhang? Mulhing taengah aka pongpa mangdaeng te balae a ming?
9 Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this also is vanity and a striving after wind.
Hinglu a van lakah tah mik kah a hmuethma he then. He khaw a honghi neh khohli doinah mai ni.
10 Whatsoever hath been, the name thereof was given long ago; and it is known what man is; neither can he contend with him that is mightier than he.
Mebang khaw aka om coeng te tah a ming oepsoeh la a sui dongah hlang he amah ah ming uh coeng. Tedae amah lakah thaom neh aka khulae taengah tah laitloek ham a noeng moenih.
11 Seeing there are many things that increase vanity, what is man the better?
Ol muep a lo vaengah a honghi khaw ping tih hlang hamla balae a hoeikhang?
12 For who knoweth what is good for man in [his] life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? for who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun?
Hingnah khohnin tarhing kah hingnah dongah a honghi neh khokhawn bangla a khum te hlang hamla metla a then khaw unim aka ming? Khomik hmuiah anih hnukla aka om te hlang taengah ulong a thui thai?
