Ecclesiastes 3
1 For everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven:
A IA he manawa no na mea a pau, a he wa hoi no na hana a pau, malalo iho o ka lani.
2 a time to be born, and a time to die, a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted,
He wa e hanau ai, A he wa hoi e make ai; He wa e kanu ai, A he wa hoi e uhuki ai i ka mea i kanuia;
3 a time to kill, and a time to heal, a time to break down, and a time to build up,
He wa e pepehi ai, A he wa hoi e hoola ai; He wa e wawahi ai, A he wa hoi e kukulu iho ai;
4 a time to weep, and a time to laugh, a time to mourn, and a time to dance,
He wa e uwe ai, A he wa hoi e akaaka ai; He wa e kanikau ai, A he wa hoi e haa ai;
5 a time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together, a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing,
He wa e hoolei aku ai i na pohaku, A he wa hoi e hoiliili ai i na pohaku; He wa e apo ai, A he wa e apo ole ai.
6 a time to seek, and a time to lose, a time to keep, and a time to cast away,
He wa e imi ai, A he wa hoi e lilo aku ai; He wa e malama'i, A he wa hoi e hoolei wale aku ai.
7 a time to tear, and a time to sew, a time to keep silence, and a time to speak,
He wa e haehae aku ai, A he wa hoi e humuhumu iho ai; He wa e hamau ai, A he wa hoi e olelo ai.
8 a time to love, and a time to hate, a time for war, and a time for peace.
He wa e aloha aku ai, A he wa hoi e inaina aku ai; He wa kaua, A he wa maluhia.
9 What profit has he who works in that in which he labors?
Heaha ka uku a ka mea hana i ka mea ana i hana'i?
10 I have seen the travail which God has given to the sons of men to be employed therewith.
Ua ike au i ka hana a ke Akua i haawi mai ai i na keiki a kanaka e hana'i.
11 He has made everything beautiful in its time. Also he has set eternity in their heart, yet so that man cannot find out the work that God has done from the beginning even to the end.
Ua hana mai la oia i na mea a pau he maikai i kona manawa; a hookomo no hoi oia i ko ke ao nei iloko o ko lakou mau naau, i ike ole ke kanaka i ka hana a ke Akua i hana'i, mai ka mua a hiki i ka hope.
12 I know that there is nothing better for them, than to rejoice, and to do good as long as they live.
Ua ike au, aohe mea maikai iloko o ia mau mea, ke ole e hauoli [ke kanaka, ] a e hana maikai i kona ola ana.
13 And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy good in all his labor. It is the gift of God.
A o kela kanaka keia kanaka e ai, a e inu hoi, a e ike i ka maikai o kana hana a pau, oia ka haawina a ke Akua.
14 I know that, whatever God does, it shall be forever. Nothing can be put to it, nor anything taken from it. And God has done it that men should fear before him.
Ua ike au, o na mea a pau a ke Akua i hana'i, e mau loa no ia, aole e hiki i kekahi ke hoonui, aole e hiki i kekahi he hooemi; a na ke Akua no i hana mai i makau lakou imua ona.
15 That which is, has been long ago, and that which is to be, has long ago been. And God seeks again that which has passed away.
O ka mea mamua, oia ka mea e noho nei, a o ka mea e hiki mai ana, oia na mea mamua aku; a imi mai ke Akua i ke ano o na mea i hala aku nei.
16 And moreover I saw under the sun, in the place of justice, that wickedness was there, and in the place of righteousness, that wickedness was there.
A ike aku la au malalo iho o ka la i kahi e ahaolelo ai, a malaila no ka hewa; a i kahi o ka pono, a malaila hoi ka hana ino.
17 I said in my heart, God will judge the righteous man and the wicked man, for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work.
I iho la au iloko o ko'u naau, e hookolokolo ana ke Akua i ka poe pono, a me ka poe hewa; no ka mea, oia ka wa no na mea a pau a me na hana a pau.
18 I said in my heart, It is because of the sons of men, that God may prove them, and that they may see that they themselves are beasts.
I iho la au iloko o ko'u naau no na keiki a kanaka, i hoao ke Akua ia lakou i ike lakou ia lakou iho, he poe holoholona.
19 For that which befalls the sons of men befalls beasts, even one thing befalls them; as the one dies, so dies the other. Yea, they all have one breath, and man has no preeminence above the beasts; for all is vanity.
No ka mea, o ka mea e hiki mai i na keiki a kanaka, e hiki mai no ia i na holoholona, hookahi mea ia lakou; e like me ka make ana o kela, pela no ka make ana o keia, hookahi hanu ia lakou a pau; aohe mea o ke kanaka i oi aku mamua o ka holoholona; no ka mea, ua pau na mea i ka lapuwale.
20 All go to one place. All are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.
Ua hele lakou a pau i kahi hookahi; no ka lepo mai lakou a pau, a e hoi hou aku ana lakou i ka lepo.
21 Who knows the spirit of man, whether it goes upward, and the spirit of the beast, whether it goes downward to the earth?
Owai ka mea ike i ke ea o na keiki a kanaka, ka mea i pii iluna, a me ke ea o na holoholona ka mea i iho ilalo i ka honua?
22 Therefore I saw that there is nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his works, for that is his portion. For who shall bring him back to see what shall be after him?
No ia mea, ike iho la au, aohe mea maikai e ae i ke kanaka, o ka hauoli wale no i kana hana ana; no ka mea, oia kona haawina. A owai ka mea e hoike ia ia i ka mea e hiki mai ana mahope ona?
