THUITUENNAH OL

(Ecclesiastes)

Thuituennah Cabu Kawng

Thuituennah Ol Ecclesiastes he Judah rhoek thuidoeknah ol neh thuituennah la om. Hlang pakhat kah hingnah, awtkoi, thuidoeknah, hlohlai, olcueih neh khosaknah te a thui. Cabu ming he Hebrew ol lamtah (קֹהֶלֶת)Qoheleth, Greek ol la Ekklesiaa ti tih, “Hloep a boel,” ke a thuingaihnah. Cadaekkung he saya, thuituenkung, khopoekkung la om. Joba cabu dongkah bangla he cabu dongah hlanghing cueihnah a rhimong omnah kawng a thui. Hmailong kah he Pathen long ni dawk a ming. Pilnam long he Pathen kah suennah olhuep he a tuuk thai moenih. Only God knows what will happen in the future and people cannot control the mystery of God's creation. Hingnah kawng he hlang loh yaming hamla a khuituk dae yakming lekpawh. Cabu dongah “A honghi,” tila puet a tael te hmuh vaengah hlang kah khuehtawn loh patangnah, dueknah, hnothae lamkah a tungaep thai moenih ti a tueng sak. Hing khosak dongkah aka thoeng he Pathen kut ah ni a om. A cuinah la , “Pathen hinyah lamtah boengai, hingnah a sang koek ni,” tila a thui. Olpuei tah mahyawn bueng poeknah neh diklai hno dongah tlungmu aih he a toel. He cabu 970-931 b.c vaengah a tael.

Sawt Yoeinah

I. A cungkuem a honghi 1.1—1.3

II. Ol calsalnah 1.4—3.22

A. By the transitoriness of things 1.4—1.11

B. By the existence of evil 1.12—1.18

C. By the emptiness of pleasure, riches, and work 2.1—2.26

D. By the certainty of death 3.1—3.22

III. The subject developed 4.1—12.8

A. In consideration of injustices 4.1—4.16

B. In consideration of riches 5.1—5.20

C. In consideration of man’s end 6.1—6.12

D. In consideration of man’s sinfulness 7.1—7.29

E. In consideration of inscrutable divine providence 8.1—9.18

F. In consideration of disorders 10.1—10.20

G. In consideration of the vanity of youth and age 11.1—12.8

IV. The conclusion. revere God and observe His commandments 12.9—12.14