Ecclesiastes 3
1 To all things there is a time, and a season for every matter under heaven.
Gen yon lè apwente pou tout bagay. Epi gen yon tan pou chak sa ki rive anba syèl la—
2 A time of birth, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what has been planted;
Yon tan pou ne, yon tan pou mouri; yon tan pou plante, ak yon tan pou dechouke sa ki plante a.
3 a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to pull down, and a time to build up;
Yon tan pou touye e yon tan pou geri; yon tan pou demoli e yon tan pou bati.
4 a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to lament, and a time to dance;
Yon tan pou kriye e yon tan pou ri; yon tan pou fè dèy e yon tan pou danse.
5 a time to throw stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to abstain from embracing;
Yon tan pou voye wòch e yon tan pou ranmase wòch; yon tan pou anbrase e yon tan pou evite anbrase.
6 a time to seek, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;
Yon tan pou chache e yon tan pou pèdi. Yon tan pou konsève, e yon tan pou jete.
7 a time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to be silent, and a time to speak;
Yon tan pou chire e yon tan pou koude; yon tan pou rete an silans e yon tan pou pale.
8 a time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.
Yon tan pou fè lanmou e yon tan pou rayisman; yon tan pou fè lagè e yon tan pou fè lapè.
9 What advantage [has] he that works in those things wherein he labours?
Ki avantaj ouvriye a genyen nan tout efò ke li fè yo?
10 I have seen all the trouble, which God has given to the sons of men to be troubled with.
Mwen te wè tach ke Bondye te bay a fis a lòm yo, avèk sila yo okipe tèt yo.
11 All the things which he has made are beautiful in his time: he has also set the whole world in their heart, that man might not find out the work which God has wrought from the beginning even to the end.
Li te fè tout bagay bon nan tan li. Anplis, Li te mete letènite nan kè yo, pou ke lòm pa ka fin konprann travay Bondye te fè a soti nan kòmansman jis rive nan lafen.
12 I know that there is no good in them, except [for a man] to rejoice, and to do good in his life.
Mwen konnen ke pa gen pi bon bagay pou yo ta fè pase rejwi e fè byen pandan yo gen lavi a.
13 Also [in the case of] every man who shall eat and drink, and see good in all his labour, [this] is a gift of God.
Anplis, pou tout moun ki manje ak bwè yo wè bonte Bondye nan tout travay li yo—se don Bondye sa ye.
14 I know that whatever things God has done, they shall be for ever: it is impossible to add to it, and it is impossible to take away from it: and God has done [it], that [men] may fear before him.
Mwen konnen ke tout sa Bondye fè va dire pou tout tan. Nanpwen anyen pou mete sou li e nanpwen anyen pou retire sou li, paske Bondye te tèlman travay pou lòm ta gen lakrent Li.
15 That which has been is now; and whatever things [are appointed] to be have already been; and God will seek out that which is past.
Sa ki egziste, te la deja e sa ki va ye, te ye deja. Konsa, Bondye chache jwenn sa ki fin pase.
16 And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgement, there was the ungodly one; and the place of righteousness, there was the godly one.
Anplis, mwen te wè anba solèy la ke nan plas lajistis gen mechanste; e nan plas ladwati gen mechanste.
17 And I said in my heart, God will judge the righteous and the ungodly: for there is a time there for every action and for every work.
Mwen te di a pwòp tèt mwen: “Bondye va jije ni sila ki dwat la, ni sila ki mechan an,” paske gen yon tan pou chak zèv ak chak bagay.
18 I said in my heart, concerning the speech of the sons of man, God will judge them, and that to show that they are breasts.
Mwen te di pwòp tèt mwen selon fis a lòm yo: “Anverite, Bondye te fè yo pase a leprèv pou yo ta wè ke se tankou bèt ke yo ye.”
19 Also to them is the event of the sons of man, and the event of the brute; one event befalls them: as is the death of the one, so also the death of the other; and there is one breath to all: and what has the man more than the brute? nothing; for all is vanity.
Paske desten a fis a lòm yo ak desten a bèt yo se menm. Tankou youn mouri, konsa lòt la mouri. Anverite, yo tout gen menm souf la, e nanpwen avantaj pou lòm sou bèt yo, paske tout se vanite.
20 All [go] to one place; all were formed of the dust, and all will return to dust.
Tout ale menm kote. Tout te sòti nan pousyè a, e tout ap retounen nan pousyè a.
21 And who has seen the spirit of the sons of man, whether it goes upward? and the spirit of the beast, whether it goes downward to the earth?
Se kilès ki ka konnen ke souf a lòm monte anwo e souf a bèt yo desann anba tè?
22 And I saw that there was no good, but that wherein a man shall rejoice in his works, for it is his portion, for who shall bring him to see any thing of that which shall be after him?
Mwen te wè ke nanpwen anyen ki pi bon pou lòm ta fè pase fè kè kontan nan tout sa li fè, paske se konsa sò a tonbe pou li. Paske se kilès ki ka fè l wè sa ki va vin rive apre li?
