Ecclesiastes 3
1 To all things there is a time, and a season for every matter under heaven.
Katram darbam ir nolikts laiks un katram nodomam apakš debess ir savs brīdis.
2 A time of birth, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what has been planted;
Savs laiks piedzimt, savs laiks mirt, savs laiks dēstīt un savs laiks dēstīto ravēt.
3 a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to pull down, and a time to build up;
Savs laiks nokaut un savs laiks dziedināt, savs laiks nolauzt un savs laiks uzcelt.
4 a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to lament, and a time to dance;
Savs laiks raudāt un savs laiks smieties, savs laiks vaidēt un savs laiks diet.
5 a time to throw stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to abstain from embracing;
Savs laiks akmeņus mest un savs laiks akmeņus kraut, savs laiks apkampt un savs laiks šķirties.
6 a time to seek, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;
Savs laiks meklēt un savs laiks zaudēt, savs laiks glabāt un savs laiks nomest.
7 a time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to be silent, and a time to speak;
Savs laiks saplēst un savs laiks sašūt, savs laiks klusu ciest un savs laiks runāt.
8 a time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.
Savs laiks mīlēt un savs laiks nīdēt, savs laiks karam un savs laiks mieram.
9 What advantage [has] he that works in those things wherein he labours?
Kāds labums strādniekam no sava pūliņa?
10 I have seen all the trouble, which God has given to the sons of men to be troubled with.
Es esmu redzējis grūtumu, ko Dievs cilvēku bērniem uzlicis, ar to mocīties.
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.
Viņš visu jauki ir darījis savā laikā; pat mūžību viņš licis viņu sirdīs; tik cilvēks nevar izprast Dieva darbu, ne viņa iesākumu, ne galu.
12 I know that there is no good in them, except [for a man] to rejoice, and to do good in his life.
Es samanīju, ka priekš viņiem nekas nav labāks, nekā priecāties un labu darīt savā laikā,
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.
Un ka ikkatrs cilvēks ēd un dzer un ko laba bauda pie visa sava pūliņa: tā ir Dieva dāvana.
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.
Es zinu, ka viss, ko Dievs dara, tas paliek mūžīgi, tam neko nevar pielikt nedz no tā ko atraut, un Dievs to dara, lai Viņu bīstas.
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.
Kas jau bijis, tas tagad ir, un kas vēl būs, tas jau bijis; un Dievs atjauno to, kas bija pagājis.
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.
Un es vēl pasaulē esmu redzējis tiesas vietu, - tur bija bezdievība, un taisnības vietu, - tur bija bezdievība.
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.
Es sacīju savā sirdi: Dievs tiesās taisno un bezdievīgo; jo katram nodomam ir tur savs laiks, un visi darbi (taps tiesāti).
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.
Es sacīju savā sirdī: tas ir cilvēku bērnu dēļ, Dievs tos grib pārbaudīt un tiem rādīt, ka tie paši par sevi ir kā lopi.
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.
Jo kāds cilvēku bērnu liktenis, tāds lopu liktenis; tiem ir viens liktenis: kā viens mirst, tā otrs mirst, - tiem visiem ir viena dvaša, un cilvēks nav pārāks pār lopiem; jo viss ir niecība.
20 All [go] to one place; all were formed of the dust, and all will return to dust.
Visi noiet vienā vietā, visi ir no pīšļiem un visi griežas atpakaļ pīšļos.
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?
Kas pārmana cilvēku bērnu dvašu, vai tā augšup iet, un lopu dvašu, vai tā lejup nokāpj?
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?
Tādēļ es redzēju, ka nekas nav labāks, nekā ka cilvēks priecājās pie sava darba; jo tā ir viņa daļa. Jo kas viņu vedīs tai vietā, kur tas varētu redzēt, kas pēc viņa notiks?
