Ecclesiastes 3
1 All things have their time, and all things under heaven continue during their interval.
Gen yon lè pou chak bagay. Bondye fikse yon tan pou chak bagay k'ap fèt sou latè.
2 A time to be born, and a time to die. A time to plant, and a time to pull up what was planted.
Li fikse lè pou ou fèt, lè pou ou mouri, lè pou ou plante, lè pou ou rekòlte,
3 A time to kill, and a time to heal. A time to tear down, and a time to build up.
lè pou ou touye, lè pou ou geri, lè pou ou kraze, lè pou ou bati.
4 A time to weep, and a time to laugh. A time to mourn, and a time to dance.
Li fikse lè pou ou kriye, lè pou ou ri, lè pou ou nan lapenn, lè pou ou fè fèt,
5 A time to scatter stones, and a time to gather. A time to embrace, and a time to be far from embraces.
lè pou ou kouche ak madanm ou, lè pou ou pa kouche ak li, lè pou nou fè karès, lè pou nou pa fè karès.
6 A time to gain, and a time to lose. A time to keep, and a time to cast away.
Li fikse lè pou ou chache, lè pou ou pèdi, lè pou ou fè ekonomi, lè pou ou gaspiye lajan,
7 A time to rend, and a time to sew. A time to be silent, and a time to speak.
lè pou ou dechire, lè pou ou koud, lè pou ou rete san pale, lè pou ou pale.
8 A time of love, and a time of hatred. A time of war, and a time of peace.
Li fikse lè pou ou renmen, lè pou ou rayi, lè pou nou fè lagè, lè pou nou fè lapè.
9 What more does a man have from his labor?
Kisa yon nonm jwenn nan travay li?
10 I have seen the affliction that God has given to the sons of men, in order that they may be occupied by it.
Mwen rive konnen ki kalite travay Bondye bay moun pou yo fè.
11 He has made all things good in their time, and he has handed over the world to their disputes, so that man may not discover the work which God made from the beginning, even until the end.
Li fikse yon lè pou chak bagay byen fèt. Li mete nan kè moun lanvi pou yo konnen sa ki gen pou rive denmen. Men, li pa janm kite yo fin konprann nèt travay l'ap fè a.
12 And I realize that there is nothing better than to rejoice, and to do well in this life.
Mwen wè pi bon bagay yon moun ka fè nan lavi, se fè kè ou kontan epi se fè sa ou vin pou fè a byen.
13 For this is a gift from God: when each man eats and drinks, and sees the good results of his labor.
Tout moun fèt pou yo manje, pou yo bwè, pou yo jwi sa travay yo rapòte yo. Sa se kado Bondye ba yo.
14 I have learned that all the works which God has made continue on, in perpetuity. We are not able to add anything, nor to take anything away, from those things which God has made in order that he may be feared.
Mwen konnen tou sa Bondye fè la pou toutan. Ou pa ka mete anyen sou li, ou pa ka wete anyen ladan l'. Bondye fè sa konsa pou lèzòm ka gen krentif pou li.
15 What has been made, the same continues. What is in the future, has already existed. And God restores what has passed away.
Sa ki rive koulye a te rive deja! Sa ki gen pou rive te rive deja tou! Bondye fè bagay ki te rive deja rive ankò!
16 I saw under the sun: instead of judgment, impiety, and instead of justice, iniquity.
Apre sa, mwen wè sou latè se mechanste ou jwenn kote pou ou ta jwenn jistis. Malveyans chita nan tribinal yo.
17 And I said in my heart: “God will judge the just and the impious, and then the time for each matter shall be.”
Mwen di nan kè mwen: Bondye ap jije ni bon yo ni mechan yo, paske chak bagay gen lè pa yo. Gen yon tan pou tou sa w'ap fè.
18 I said in my heart, about the sons of men, that God would test them, and reveal them to be like wild animals.
Mwen di nan kè mwen ankò: Bondye ap gade kote moun ye. L'ap fè yo wè yo pa pi bon pase zannimo.
19 For this reason, the passing away of man and of beasts is one, and the condition of both is equal. For as a man dies, so also do they die. All things breathe similarly, and man has nothing more than beast; for all these are subject to vanity.
Lè ou gade byen, sò moun ak sò zannimo, se menm bagay la. Ni yonn ni lòt gen pou mouri. Se menm souf la k'ap bat nan tou de. Moun pa gen ankenn avantaj sou zannimo, paske lavi pa vo anyen ni pou yonn ni pou lòt.
20 And all things continue on to one place; for from the earth they were made, and unto the earth they shall return together.
Tou de pral menm kote Tou de soti nan pousyè tè a. Tou de ap tounen pousyè tè a ankò.
21 Who knows if the spirit of the sons of Adam ascend upward, and if the spirit of the beasts descend downward?
Ki moun ki konnen si nanm moun moute anwo nan syèl epi nanm zannimo desann anba tè vre?
22 And I have discovered nothing to be better than for a man to rejoice in his work: for this is his portion. And who shall add to him, so that he may know the things that will occur after him?
Konsa, mwen wè pa gen pi bon bagay yon moun ka fè sou latè pase jwi sa travay li rapòte l'. Se sèlman sa li ka fè. Epitou, ki moun k'ap fè l' tounen pou l' ka konnen sa k'ap rive apre li fin mouri?
