Ecclesiastes 3
1 All things have their time, and all things under heaven continue during their interval.
Biribiara wɔ ne berɛ, na dwumadie biara a ɛwɔ ɔsoro ase wɔ ne berɛ.
2 A time to be born, and a time to die. A time to plant, and a time to pull up what was planted.
Awoɔ wɔ ne berɛ, na owuo wɔ ne berɛ, ogu wɔ ne berɛ, na otwa nso wɔ ne berɛ,
3 A time to kill, and a time to heal. A time to tear down, and a time to build up.
ɔkum wɔ ne berɛ, na ayaresa wɔ ne berɛ, ɔbubu wɔ ne berɛ, na ɔsi nso wɔ ne berɛ,
4 A time to weep, and a time to laugh. A time to mourn, and a time to dance.
agyaadwotwa wɔ ne berɛ, na ɔsereɛ nso wɔ ne berɛ, awerɛhoɔ wɔ ne berɛ, na asa wɔ ne berɛ,
5 A time to scatter stones, and a time to gather. A time to embrace, and a time to be far from embraces.
aboɔ hweteɛ wɔ ne berɛ, na aboɔ anoboa wɔ ne berɛ, akwaaba wɔ ne berɛ, na nanteyie wɔ ne berɛ,
6 A time to gain, and a time to lose. A time to keep, and a time to cast away.
adehwehwɛ wɔ ne berɛ, na adehwereɛ wɔ ne berɛ, adekora wɔ ne berɛ, na adetoguo wɔ ne berɛ,
7 A time to rend, and a time to sew. A time to be silent, and a time to speak.
adeɛ mu sunsuane wɔ ne berɛ, na ne pempam wɔ ne berɛ, kommyɛ wɔ ne berɛ, na kasa wɔ ne berɛ,
8 A time of love, and a time of hatred. A time of war, and a time of peace.
ɔdɔ wɔ ne berɛ, na ɔtan wɔ ne berɛ, ɔko wɔ ne berɛ, na asomdwoeɛ wɔ ne berɛ.
9 What more does a man have from his labor?
Mfasoɔ bɛn na odwumayɛfoɔ nya firi nʼadwumaden mu?
10 I have seen the affliction that God has given to the sons of men, in order that they may be occupied by it.
Mahunu adesoa a Onyankopɔn de ato nnipa so.
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.
Wayɛ biribiara fɛfɛ wɔ ne berɛ mu. Ɔde nkwa a ɛnsa da ahyɛ nnipa akoma mu, nanso wɔntumi nte deɛ Onyankopɔn ayɛ firi ahyɛaseɛ kɔsi awieeɛ no ase.
12 And I realize that there is nothing better than to rejoice, and to do well in this life.
Menim sɛ biribiara nni hɔ a ɛyɛ ma nnipa kyɛn sɛ wɔbɛgye wɔn ani na wayɛ deɛ ɛyɛ ɛberɛ a wɔte ase.
13 For this is a gift from God: when each man eats and drinks, and sees the good results of his labor.
Sɛ obiara bɛdidi na wanom na wanya anigyeɛ wɔ ne dwumadie nyinaa mu, yei ne Onyankopɔn akyɛdeɛ.
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.
Menim sɛ biribiara a Onyankopɔn yɛ no bɛtena hɔ daa, wɔrentumi mfa biribi nka ho na wɔrentumi nyi biribi mfiri mu. Onyankopɔn yɛ yei sɛdeɛ nnipa de anidie bɛma no.
15 What has been made, the same continues. What is in the future, has already existed. And God restores what has passed away.
Biribiara a ɛwɔ hɔ ɛnnɛ no, aba pɛn, na deɛ ɛbɛba no nso aba dada; na Onyankopɔn bɛfrɛ deɛ asi dada no ama akontabuo.
16 I saw under the sun: instead of judgment, impiety, and instead of justice, iniquity.
Na mehunuu biribi foforɔ wɔ owia yi ase sɛ: Amumuyɛsɛm wɔ deɛ atemmuo wɔ, atɛnteneneebea no, amumuyɛsɛm wɔ hɔ.
17 And I said in my heart: “God will judge the just and the impious, and then the time for each matter shall be.”
Medwenee wɔ mʼakomam sɛ, “Onyankopɔn bɛbu teneneefoɔ ne amumuyɛfoɔ nyinaa atɛn, ɛfiri sɛ adwuma biara bɛnya ne berɛ, adeyɛ biara ne ne berɛ.”
18 I said in my heart, about the sons of men, that God would test them, and reveal them to be like wild animals.
Afei medwenee sɛ, “Nnipa deɛ, Onyankopɔn sɔ wɔn hwɛ ma wɔhunu sɛ wɔte sɛ mmoa.
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.
Onipa hyɛberɛ te sɛ mmoa deɛ, na ɛda hɔ ma wɔn nyinaa. Sɛdeɛ ɔbaako wuo no, saa ara na ɔfoforɔ nso wuo. Wɔn nyinaa wɔ ahomeɛ baako; onipa nni biribi a ɔde kyɛn aboa. Biribiara yɛ ahuhudeɛ.
20 And all things continue on to one place; for from the earth they were made, and unto the earth they shall return together.
Wɔn nyinaa kɔ faako; wɔn nyinaa firi dɔteɛ mu na wɔsane kɔ dɔteɛ mu.
21 Who knows if the spirit of the sons of Adam ascend upward, and if the spirit of the beasts descend downward?
Hwan na ɔnim sɛ onipa honhom foro soro, na aboa deɛ siane kɔ asase mu anaa?”
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?
Enti mehunuu sɛ biribiara nni hɔ a ɛyɛ ma onipa kyɛn sɛ nʼani bɛka nʼadwuma ho, ɛfiri sɛ ɛno ne ne kyɛfa. Na hwan na ɔbɛtumi de no asane aba sɛ ɔmmɛhwɛ deɛ ɛbɛsi ne wuo nʼakyi?
