Ecclesiastes 3
1 To everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven:
Chinthu chilichonse chili ndi nthawi yake, ndi nyengo yake yomwe anayika Mulungu:
2 a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot,
Nthawi yobadwa ndi nthawi yomwalira, nthawi yodzala ndi nthawi yokolola.
3 a time to kill and a time to heal, a time to break down and a time to build,
Nthawi yakupha ndi nthawi yochiritsa, nthawi yogwetsa ndi nthawi yomanga.
4 a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance,
Nthawi yomva chisoni ndi nthawi yosangalala, nthawi yolira maliro ndi nthawi yovina.
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,
Nthawi yotaya miyala ndi nthawi yokundika miyala, nthawi yokumbatirana ndi nthawi yoleka kukumbatirana.
6 a time to search and a time to count as lost, a time to keep and a time to discard,
Nthawi yofunafuna ndi nthawi yoleka kufunafuna, nthawi yosunga ndi nthawi yotaya.
7 a time to tear and a time to mend, a time to be silent and a time to speak,
Nthawi yongʼamba ndi nthawi yosoka, nthawi yokhala chete ndi nthawi yoyankhula.
8 a time to love and a time to hate, a time for war and a time for peace.
Nthawi yokondana ndi nthawi yodana, nthawi ya nkhondo ndi nthawi ya mtendere.
9 What does the worker gain from his toil?
Kodi wantchito amapeza phindu lanji pa ntchito yake yolemetsa?
10 I have seen the burden that God has laid upon the sons of men to occupy them.
Ine ndinaona chipsinjo chimene Mulungu anayika pa anthu.
11 He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the hearts of men, yet they cannot fathom the work that God has done from beginning to end.
Iye anapanga chinthu chilichonse kuti chikhale chabwino pa nthawi yake. Anayika nzeru zamuyaya mʼmitima ya anthu; komabe anthuwo sangathe kuzindikira zomwe Mulungu wachita kuyambira pa chiyambi mpaka chimaliziro.
12 I know that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice and do good while they live,
Ine ndikudziwa kuti palibenso kanthu kabwino kwa anthu kopambana kusangalala ndi kuchita zabwino pamene ali ndi moyo.
13 and also that every man should eat and drink and find satisfaction in all his labor—this is the gift of God.
Ndi mphatso ya Mulungu kwa munthu kuti azidya, azimwa ndi kumakondwera ndi ntchito zake zolemetsa.
14 I know that everything God does endures forever; nothing can be added to it or taken from it. God does it so that they should fear Him.
Ndikudziwa kuti chilichonse chimene Mulungu amachita chidzakhala mpaka muyaya; palibe zimene zingawonjezedwe kapena kuchotsedwa. Mulungu amazichita kuti anthu azimuopa.
15 What exists has already been, and what will be has already been, for God will call to account what has passed.
Chilichonse chimene chilipo chinalipo kale, ndipo chimene chidzakhalapo chinalipo poyamba; Mulungu amabwezanso zakale zimene zinapita kuti zichitikenso.
16 Furthermore, I saw under the sun that in the place of judgment there is wickedness, and in the place of righteousness there is wickedness.
Ndipo ndinaona chinthu chinanso pansi pano: ku malo achiweruzo, kuyipa mtima kuli komweko, ku malo achilungamo, kuyipa mtima kuli komweko.
17 I said in my heart, “God will judge the righteous and the wicked, since there is a time for every activity and every deed.”
Ndinalingalira mu mtima mwanga kuti; “Mulungu adzaweruza olungama pamodzi ndi oyipa omwe, pakuti anayika nthawi yochitikira chinthu chilichonse, nthawi ya ntchito iliyonse.”
18 I said to myself, “As for the sons of men, God tests them so that they may see for themselves that they are but beasts.”
Ndinalingaliranso kuti, “Kunena za anthu, Mulungu amawayesa ndi cholinga choti awaonetse kuti iwo ali ngati nyama.
19 For the fates of both men and beasts are the same: As one dies, so dies the other—they all have the same breath. Man has no advantage over the animals, since everything is futile.
Zimene zimachitikira munthu, zomwezonso zimachitikira nyama; chinthu chimodzi chomwecho chimachitikira onse: Monga munthu amafa momwemonso nyama imafa. Zonsezi zimapuma mpweya umodzimodzi omwewo; munthu saposa nyama. Zonsezi ndi zopandapake.
20 All go to one place; all come from dust, and all return to dust.
Zonse zimapita kumodzimodzi; zonsezi zimachokera ku fumbi, ndipo zimabwereranso ku fumbi komweko.
21 Who knows if the spirit of man rises upward and the spirit of the animal descends into the earth?
Kodi ndani amene amadziwa ngati mzimu wa munthu umakwera kumwamba, ndipo mzimu wa nyama umatsikira kunsi kwa dziko?”
22 I have seen that there is nothing better for a man than to enjoy his work, because that is his lot. For who can bring him to see what will come after him?
Kotero ndinaona kuti palibe chinthu chabwino kwa munthu kuposa kuti munthu azisangalala ndi ntchito yake, pakuti ichi ndiye chake chenicheni. Pakuti ndani amene angamubweretse kuti adzaone zimene zidzamuchitikira iye akadzamwalira?
