Eklesiastes 3
1 Nitiere kinde mar gimoro amora, kod thuolo mitimoe tich moro ka moro e bwo polo:
For everything there is a fixed time, and a time for every business under the sun.
2 kinde mar nywol kod kinde mar tho, kinde mar pitho kod kinde mar putho,
A time for birth and a time for death; a time for planting and a time for uprooting;
3 kinde mar nek kod kinde mar chang, kinde mar muko kod kinde mar gero,
A time to put to death and a time to make well; a time for pulling down and a time for building up;
4 kinde mar kuyo kod kinde mar mor, kinde mar ywak kod kinde mar miel,
A time for weeping and a time for laughing; a time for sorrow and a time for dancing;
5 kinde mar keyo kite kod kinde mar chokogi, kinde mar kwakruok kod kinde mar weyo kwakruok,
A time to take stones away and a time to get stones together; a time for kissing and a time to keep from kissing;
6 kinde mar dwaro gimoro kod kinde ma gimoro lalie, kinde mar kano gimoro kod kinde mar wito gimoro,
A time for search and a time for loss; a time to keep and a time to give away;
7 kinde mar yiecho gimoro kod kinde mar twangʼo, kinde mar lingʼ kod kinde mar wuoyo,
A time for undoing and a time for stitching; a time for keeping quiet and a time for talk;
8 kinde mar hera kod kinde mar sin, kinde mar lweny kod kinde mar kwe.
A time for love and a time for hate; a time for war and a time for peace.
9 En ohala mane ma jatich yudo kuom tich matek?
What profit has the worker in the work which he does?
10 Aseneno tingʼ mapek ma Nyasaye oseketo kuom ji.
I saw the work which God has put on the sons of man.
11 Oseketo gik moko duto obedo maber e kindegi. Oseketo ngima mochwere e chuny ji; kata kamano ok ginyal paro matut gima Nyasaye osetimono aa chakruok nyaka giko.
He has made everything right in its time; but he has made their hearts without knowledge, so that man is unable to see the works of God, from the first to the last.
12 Angʼeyo ni onge gino maber ne ji moloyo bedo mamor kendo mondo gitim maber kapod gingima.
I am certain that there is nothing better for a man than to be glad, and to do good while life is in him.
13 Wan duto wanyalo chiemo kendo metho, kendo wabed mamor e tijewa. Ma en mich moa kuom Nyasaye.
And for every man to take food and drink, and have joy in all his work, is a reward from God.
14 Angʼeyo ni gimoro amora ma Nyasaye timo osiko manyaka chiengʼ, onge gima inyalo mede kata inyalo gol kuome. Nyasaye timo kamano mondo omi ji oluore.
I am certain that whatever God does will be for ever. No addition may be made to it, nothing may be taken from it; and God has done it so that man may be in fear before him.
15 Mantiere sani nosebedo, kendo mano mabiro bedo nosebedo chon; kendo Nyasaye biro kelo gik machon e kar ngʼado bura.
Whatever is has been before, and what is to be is now; because God makes search for the things which are past.
16 Kendo ne aneno gimachielo e bwo wangʼ chiengʼ: Kama adiera gi ngʼado bura makare onego bedie, to richo ema bedoe.
And again, I saw under the sun, in the place of the judges, that evil was there; and in the place of righteousness, that evil was there.
17 Ne aparo e chunya niya, “Nyasaye biro ngʼado bura ni jo-ratiro kaachiel gi joma richo, nikech gimoro ka gimoro ni kod sane.”
I said in my heart, God will be judge of the good and of the bad; because a time for every purpose and for every work has been fixed by him.
18 Bende ne achako aparo niya, “Nyasaye temo dhano mondo gine ni gichalo gi le.
I said in my heart, It is because of the sons of men, so that God may put them to the test and that they may see themselves as beasts.
19 Giko mar dhano gi le en ni gimoro achiel ochomogi duto machalre. Kaka achiel tho e kaka machielo bende. Giduto giyweyo machalre; dhano ok winj maber maloyo le. Gik moko duto onge tiendgi.
Because the fate of the sons of men and the fate of the beasts is the same. As is the death of one so is the death of the other, and all have one spirit. Man is not higher than the beasts; because all is to no purpose.
20 Giduto gidhi kamoro achiel; giduto gia e lowo, kendo giduto gidok e lowo.
All go to one place, all are of the dust, and all will be turned to dust again.
21 En ngʼa mongʼeyo ka chuny dhano dum dhi malo to chuny le ridore dhi e lowo?”
Who is certain that the spirit of the sons of men goes up to heaven, or that the spirit of the beasts goes down to the earth?
22 Omiyo ne aneno ni onge gima ber ni dhano moloyo tichne, nikech mano e pokne. Kare en ngʼa manyalo keche mondo one gima biro timorene bangʼe kosetho?
So I saw that there is nothing better than for a man to have joy in his work — because that is his reward. Who will make him see what will come after him?
