Ecclesiastes 8
1 Who is as the wise? and who knoweth the explanation of things? A man's wisdom maketh his face to shine, and the boldness of his face is changed.
Chihna neihi iti kidan hitam, thil ho geltohna neija chule ipi kiseina ahi phongdoh chihna hin, mihem amai avahsah in lungkhohna asunem theije.
2 I [say], Keep the king's commandment, and [that] on account of the oath of God.
Nangman Pathen thua nung dinga nakitepna dung jui chun lengpa thu thun nung in.
3 Be not hasty to go out of his sight; persist not in an evil thing: for he doeth whatever pleaseth him,
Natoh ding kin bollou ding in kigo hih in, chule lungthim phalou gongho tojong pan lakhom hih beh-in, ajeh chu lengpan abolnom nom abolthei ahije.
4 because the word of a king is power; and who may say unto him, What doest thou?
Athupeh chu thaneina in ajuijin, koima ananjou dingleh ipi dinga hitia nabol ham tia seithei ding aum poi.
5 Whoso keepeth the commandment shall know no evil thing; and a wise man's heart knoweth time and manner.
Athua nungho chun talen man pouvinte. Miching ho chun adih bolna ding phat ahaimil pouvin chule abolje ahet tei ding’u ahi.
6 For to every purpose there is time and manner. For the misery of man is great upon him;
Ajeh chu thil ijakai bolna ding phat le bolje hetna phat mikhat chun hahsatna ato teng jongleh amuji ahi.
7 for he knoweth not that which shall be; for who can tell him how it shall be?
Ahimong in, ipi hunglhung ding ahi hephalou mipi chun iti hichu apel thei diu hitam?
8 There is no man who hath control over the spirit to retain the spirit; and no one hath control over the day of death; and there is no discharge in that war, neither shall wickedness deliver those that are given to it.
I-lah’uva ithi diu nikho atuhtang thei ium pouve. Hiche muthim galsatna, ito diu hi ahoidohna ding aum poi.
9 All this have I seen, and applied my heart unto every work that is done under the sun: there is a time when man ruleth man to his hurt.
Hiche nipi noija che jinga, chal jinga um miho chun khat le khat kisuh khah tona aneiju hi lunggil tah in kangaiton ahi.
10 And I have also seen the wicked buried and going away; and such as had acted rightly went from [the] holy place, and were forgotten in the city. This also is vanity.
Keiman migilou ho jabol tah’a akivui kamui. Hinlah amaho hi houin sunga chu kijomtah’a athilbol phalouvu umna mun ma’a chun jabolna achanguve! Hiche jong hi ajeh bei tobangbep ahi kit’e.
11 Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the children of men is fully set in them to do evil.
Asukhel chu gimbolna akipeh paiji louva ahileh, miho chun thilse bol ding in ahung kitil khou doh jiuvin ahi.
12 Though a sinner do evil a hundred times, and prolong his [days], yet I know that it shall be well with them that fear God, because they fear before him;
Hinlah mikhat chun chonset javei jen bol hen lang chule sotpi hing nalai henlang hijongleh, Pathen gingho dingin aphajo cheh ahiti, keiman kahei.
13 but it shall not be well with the wicked, neither shall he prolong [his] days as a shadow, because he feareth not before God.
Migilouho chu lolhing lou diu ahi, ajeh chu amahon Pathen ginna anei pouve. Nilhah lam lim tobangbep’in ahinkhou sotponte.
14 There is a vanity which is done upon the earth; that there are righteous [men] unto whom it happeneth according to the work of the wicked; and there are wicked [men] to whom it happeneth according to the work of the righteous. I said that this also is vanity.
Chule hiche hi i-chen nau vannoi leisetna ajehbeija ahideh poi. Hiche lei hinkhoa hin miphaho jong chu migilouho bolla akibol kom aum jiuvin, chule migilouho hi miphatah bolla akibol nau jong aumjie. Hiche jong hi ajehbei tobangbep chu ahi.
15 And I commended mirth, because there is nothing better for man under the sun than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry; for that shall abide with him of his labour the days of his life, which God hath given him under the sun.
Hiti chun keiman nuijat’umna chu ka phatsah’in ahi, ajeh chu mihon aneh uva, adon uva chule hinkho akipa thanoppi diu hi kaphat sahpeh ahi. Hitia chu Pathen’in amaho chu nipi noija ana tohgim nauva kon kipana khat anei theina diu ahi.
16 When I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to see the business that is done upon the earth (for also there is that neither day nor night seeth sleep with his eyes),
Keiman chihna kaholna’a hin, chule hiche vannoi leiset chunga miho pohgih poh kavet jingna’a hin, keiman kakholdoh chu sunle janna kichol tih um louva kho-sahna ka mudoh in ahi.
17 then I saw that all [is] the work of God, [and] that man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun: because however man may labour to seek [it] out, yet doth he not find [it]; and even, if a wise [man] think to know [it], he shall not be able to find [it] out.
Keiman kahetdoh chu mihem koimachan Pathen’in nipi noija anatohdoh chu akholdoh joulou ding ahi, tihi ahi. Mihem koima chan ipi seijong leh miching penho jengin jong ijakai akholdoh joulou diu ahi.
