It Pays To Work Hard
1 Be generous, and someday
you will be rewarded.
2 Share what you have
with seven or eight others,
because you never know
when disaster may strike.
3 Rain clouds always bring rain;
trees always stay
wherever they fall.
4 If you worry about the weather
and don't plant seeds,
you won't harvest a crop.
5 No one can explain how a baby breathes before it is born. So how can anyone explain what God does? After all, God created everything.
6 Plant your seeds early in the morning and keep working in the field until dark. Who knows? Your work might pay off, and your seeds might produce.
Youth and Old Age
7 Nothing on earth is more beautiful than the morning sun. 8 Even if you have a very long life, you should try to enjoy each day, because darkness will come and will last a long time. Nothing makes sense.
9 Be cheerful and enjoy life while you are young! Do what you want and find pleasure in what you see. But don't forget that God will judge you for everything you do.
10 Rid yourself of all worry and pain, because the wonderful moments of youth quickly disappear.
Taoye Mano Tavouni'ba ro
1 Mizo parata miro ŋgalogyeza 'bädri atra ya, tana tu alo aza si oko nyusuna drinju'duna ndi. 2 Nyolonyi ŋgaogyero miro vo amba azaka yasi, tana endaro mini kandrakozi se ka oyebe a'done 'bädri ono ya ko.
3 Ondro 'dikolo ka'dote twi gyi be, 'digo 'bu ro gyini dri; ago ondro ce aza ko'dete ŋgäṛiŋwadriro kode mä'dudriro, ri iro gi vose ko'debe kigye 'do ya. 4 Ndase kabe oli kwote ekye a'dona lutu kadoro 'do unina ko ŋgaaza ki'dine, ago ndase kabe mio'ba 'dikolo dri ayani 'do a'done jalia kado be i'do alona. 5 Oso mini etovo adri ro ya toko se kovoro ro roya be ko ronye, kpa inye Lu se o'ba'ba ŋgacini ro ono minina ko losina unine. 6 Miri kwari miro kyenoŋbo si ago kpa tandrole si; tana mini ko se eŋwani ka oye ni owane kado, kode ànya 'buriti ka oye a'done kado.
7 Ŋgaeyi orivoya kado, ago orivoya kadoro ŋgaeyi kitu ro ondrene. 8 Ondro ka'do mano aza ka ori ndroa amba, nda ka'do riyä si vona cini iyi ya; oko nda koyi tana kadoro anjioko tu oriro odra ya ka oye a'done ndra. Ŋgase cini ka oyebe a'done te takaci ako.
Miombaozo Lidri Ombàto'diro ri
9 Ami se ombàto'diro, mìye riyä tu ombàto'di amiro rosi. Nyà'do yai'dwesi tuse ami be dri ombàto'diro si. Mìye tase mìlebe oyene 'do, ago mìso ole ya amiro ro voro. Oko mìni kadoro Lu ka oye vure amiro opene ta tase cini nyàbe oyena rota.
10 Mì'ba ŋga aza alona ko'ba ami ko milo'bene ago kozo lomvoluwu ko ämiri, tana tu ombato'diro ndi tu a'do ŋgagaro robe ka oye ko a'done amba.