Ecclesiastes 3
1 All things have their time, and all things under heaven continue during their interval.
Gen yon lè apwente pou tout bagay. Epi gen yon tan pou chak sa ki rive anba syèl la—
2 A time to be born, and a time to die. A time to plant, and a time to pull up what was 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 tear 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 mourn, 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 scatter stones, and a time to gather. A time to embrace, and a time to be far from embraces.
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 gain, 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 of love, and a time of hatred. 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 more does a man have from his labor?
Ki avantaj ouvriye a genyen nan tout efò ke li fè yo?
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 te wè tach ke Bondye te bay a fis a lòm yo, avèk sila yo okipe tèt yo.
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 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 And I realize that there is nothing better than to rejoice, and to do well in this life.
Mwen konnen ke pa gen pi bon bagay pou yo ta fè pase rejwi e fè byen pandan yo gen lavi a.
13 For this is a gift from God: when each man eats and drinks, and sees the good results of his labor.
Anplis, pou tout moun ki manje ak bwè yo wè bonte Bondye nan tout travay li yo—se don Bondye sa ye.
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 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 What has been made, the same continues. What is in the future, has already existed. And God restores what has passed away.
Sa ki egziste, te la deja e sa ki va ye, te ye deja. Konsa, Bondye chache jwenn sa ki fin pase.
16 I saw under the sun: instead of judgment, impiety, and instead of justice, iniquity.
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 just and the impious, and then the time for each matter shall be.”
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, about the sons of men, that God would test them, and reveal them to be like wild animals.
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 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.
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 And all things continue on to one place; for from the earth they were made, and unto the earth they shall return together.
Tout ale menm kote. Tout te sòti nan pousyè a, e tout ap retounen nan pousyè a.
21 Who knows if the spirit of the sons of Adam ascend upward, and if the spirit of the beasts descend downward?
Se kilès ki ka konnen ke souf a lòm monte anwo e souf a bèt yo desann anba tè?
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?
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?
