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Maiv Dungx La'guaih Laengz Waac

¹Meih mingh zaangc Tin-Hungh nyei biauv oix zuqc faix fim.⚓ Mingh fatv muangx se gauh longx mienh hngongx mienh fongc horc ziec. Ninh mbuo zungv maiv hiuv ninh mbuo zoux nyei orqv sic.⚓
²Yiem Tin-Hungh nyei nza'hmien
maiv dungx zoux hnyouv beqv,
maiv dungx zoux nzuih siepv gorngv haaix nyungc.
Tin-Hungh yiem gu'nguaaic lungh,
meih yiem ga'ndiev ndau,
weic naaiv meih oix zuqc gorngv waac zoqc nyei.
³Yietc zei hnamv camv, yietc zei haih mbeix mbeix,
yietc zei gorngv waac camv, yietc zei haih gorngv cuotv hngongx nyei waac.
⁴Meih laengz ngaengc waac bun Tin-Hungh maiv dungx ngaih. Oix zuqc siepv-siepv nyei jaauv sung. Ninh maiv a'hneiv mienh hngongx mienh. Oix zuqc jaauv sung meih laengz nyei ngaengc waac.⚓ ⁵Meih maiv laengz waac se gauh longx laengz liuz yaac maiv jaauv. ⁶Maiv dungx bun meih nyei nzuih zoux gorn dorh meih baamz zuiz. Yaac maiv dungx dorng jienv sai mienh⚓ gorngv, “Yie laengz nyei waac yie houv dorngc mi'aqv.” Weic haaix diuc bun Tin-Hungh qiex jiez meih gorngv nyei waac ziouc mietc nzengc meih nyei buoz zoux nyei gong? ⁷Mbeix mbeix camv, gorngv waac camv se hnamv maiv mengh baeqc nyei sic. Mv baac oix zuqc gamh nziex, taaih Tin-Hungh.

Mienh Nyei Maengc Kungx-Morngh Hnangv

⁸Se gorngv yiem haaix norm saengv buatc mienh jomc mienh zuqc zeix, liemh baengh fim caux zoux horpc nyei jauv zuqc caangv mingh, maiv dungx mbuoqc horngh. Weic zuqc yietc dauh jien maaih dauh gauh hlo bungx m'zing mangc. Aengx maaih dauh gauh hlo jiex bungx m'zing mangc ninh mbuo i dauh. ⁹Ndau-beih cuotv nyei nyungc-nyungc se weic zuangx mienh. Hungh diex ganh yaac bangc ndeic duqv longx.⚓
¹⁰Hnamv nyaanh nyei mienh, nyaanh yietc liuz maiv gaux.
Hnamv zinh zoih nyei mienh, leic zinh yietc liuz maiv buangv hnyouv.
Naaiv yaac kungx-morngh.
¹¹Ga'naaiv jaa camv,
longc nyei mienh yaac jaa camv.
Ga'naaiv nyei ziouv duqv haaix nyungc maaih lamh longc,
cuotv liuz bun m'zing mangc hnangv?
¹²Laauh luic nyei gong-mienh maiv gunv ninh duqv nyanc camv fai zoqc,
ninh bueix m'njormh kuv nyei.
Mv baac butv-zoih mienh maaih ga'naaiv camv
ziouc bun ninh bueix maiv njormh.
¹³Yiem naaiv seix zaangc yie buatc maaih yietc nyungc hienv haic nyei sic.
Maaih mienh siou zinh zoih camv taux zungv hoic zuqc ganh.
¹⁴Ninh zoux saeng-eix, ninh nyei zinh zoih ndortv nzengc.
Ninh maaih dauh dorn,
yaac maiv maaih yietc nyungc liouh ninh nyei dorn.
¹⁵Mienh cuotv seix njang sin nyei daaih,
yaac hnangv wuov nor njang sin nyei guei seix.
Ninh laauh luic zoux gong,
ninh nyei buoz yaac maiv haih dorh haaix nyungc mingh.⚓
¹⁶Naaiv yaac benx yietc nyungc hienv haic nyei sic.
Mienh hnangv haaix nor cuotv seix,
ninh hnangv wuov nor guei seix.
Ninh kungx weic nziaaux laauh luic hnangv,
ninh ziouc duqv haaix nyungc?
¹⁷Yiem seix zaangc nyei hnoi-nyieqc ninh kungx yiem hmuangx,⚓
maaih kuonx hnyouv nyei sic camv,
maaih zeqc naanc hoic,
yaac maaih qiex jiez nyei jauv.
¹⁸Yie buatc horpc nyei, longx nyei se mienh yiem seix zaangc, dongh Tin-Hungh ceix bun nyei hnoi-nyieqc nangv nyei, oix zuqc nyanc yaac hopv yaac a'hneiv ninh laauh luic zoux nyei gong, weic zuqc naaiv benx ninh nyei buonc. ¹⁹Aengx maaih nyungc. Se gorngv Tin-Hungh bun mienh butv zoih, benx nyei, yaac bun ninh a'hneiv longc, zipv benx ninh nyei buonc, a'hneiv ninh laauh luic zoux nyei gong, naaiv se Tin-Hungh nyei zingh nyeic. ²⁰Ninh maiv zuqc hnamv camv taux ganh ziangh nyei hnoi-nyieqc, weic zuqc Tin-Hungh bun ninh nyei hnyouv njien-youh.

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Fulfill Your Vow to God

¹Guard your steps when you go to the house of God. Go near to listen rather than to offer the sacrifice of fools, who do not know that they do wrong.
²Do not be quick with your mouth,
do not be hasty in your heart
to utter anything before God.
God is in heaven
and you are on earth,
so let your words be few.
³A dream comes when there are many cares,
and many words mark the speech of a fool.
⁴When you make a vow to God, do not delay to fulfill it. He has no pleasure in fools; fulfill your vow. ⁵It is better not to make a vow than to make one and not fulfill it. ⁶Do not let your mouth lead you into sin. And do not protest to the temple messenger, “My vow was a mistake.” Why should God be angry at what you say and destroy the work of your hands? ⁷Much dreaming and many words are meaningless. Therefore fear God.

Riches Are Meaningless

⁸If you see the poor oppressed in a district, and justice and rights denied, do not be surprised at such things; for one official is eyed by a higher one, and over them both are others higher still. ⁹The increase from the land is taken by all; the king himself profits from the fields.
¹⁰Whoever loves money never has enough;
whoever loves wealth is never satisfied with their income.
This too is meaningless.

¹¹As goods increase,
so do those who consume them.
And what benefit are they to the owners
except to feast their eyes on them?

¹²The sleep of a laborer is sweet,
whether they eat little or much,
but as for the rich, their abundance
permits them no sleep.
¹³I have seen a grievous evil under the sun:
wealth hoarded to the harm of its owners,
¹⁴or wealth lost through some misfortune,
so that when they have children
there is nothing left for them to inherit.
¹⁵Everyone comes naked from their mother’s womb,
and as everyone comes, so they depart.
They take nothing from their toil
that they can carry in their hands.
¹⁶This too is a grievous evil:
As everyone comes, so they depart,
and what do they gain,
since they toil for the wind?
¹⁷All their days they eat in darkness,
with great frustration, affliction and anger.
¹⁸This is what I have observed to be good: that it is appropriate for a person to eat, to drink and to find satisfaction in their toilsome labor under the sun during the few days of life God has given them—for this is their lot. ¹⁹Moreover, when God gives someone wealth and possessions, and the ability to enjoy them, to accept their lot and be happy in their toil—this is a gift of God. ²⁰They seldom reflect on the days of their life, because God keeps them occupied with gladness of heart.