Ecclesiastes 3
1 To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heavens:
Chinhu chimwe nechimwe chine nguva yacho, uye basa rimwe nerimwe rine nguva yaro pasi pedenga:
2 A time to be born, and a time to die; A time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;
nguva yokuberekwa nenguva yokufa, nguva yokusima nenguva yokudzura;
3 A time to kill, and a time to heal; A time to break down, and a time to build up;
nguva yokuuraya nenguva yokuporesa, nguva yokuputsa nenguva yokuvaka;
4 A time to weep, and a time to laugh; A time to mourn, and a time to dance;
nguva yokuchema nenguva yokuseka, nguva yokuungudza nenguva yokudzana;
5 A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; A time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;
nguva yokurasa mabwe nenguva yokuaunganidza pamwe chete, nguva yokumbundikira nenguva yokurega;
6 A time to seek, and a time to lose; A time to keep, and a time to cast away;
nguva yokutsvaka nenguva yokurega zvirasike, nguva yokuchengeta nenguva yokurasa;
7 A time to rend, and a time to sew; A time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
nguva yokubvarura nenguva yokusona, nguva yokunyarara nenguva yokutaura;
8 A time to love, and a time to hate; A time of war, and a time of peace.
nguva yokuda nenguva yokuvenga, nguva yehondo nenguva yorugare.
9 What profit hath he that worketh from that wherein he laboureth?
Ko, mushandi anowanei kubva mukushanda kwake kwose?
10 I have seen the travail that God hath given to the sons of men to toil in.
Ndakaona mutoro wakapiwa vanhu naMwari.
11 He hath made everything beautiful in its time; also he hath set the world in their heart, so that man findeth not out from the beginning to the end the work that God doeth.
Akaita chinhu chimwe nechimwe chakanaka nenguva yacho. Akaisawo zvisingaperi mumwoyo yavanhu; kunyange zvakadaro havangagoni kunzwisisa zvakaitwa naMwari kubva pakutanga kusvika pakupedzisira.
12 I know that there is nothing good for them but to rejoice and to do well in their life;
Ndinoziva kuti hakuna chinhu chakanakira munhu kupfuura kuti afare uye kuti aite zvakanaka achiri mupenyu.
13 yea also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy good in all his labour, it is the gift of God.
Kuti munhu wose adye uye anwe uye azviwanire kugutsikana kubva pakushanda kwake kwose, ichi ndicho chipo chaMwari.
14 I know that whatever God doeth, it shall be for ever; there is nothing to be added to it, nor anything to be taken from it; and God doeth [it], that [men] should fear before him.
Ndinoziva kuti zvose zvinoitwa naMwari zvichagara nokusingaperi; hapana chingawedzerwa pazviri uye hapana chingabviswa pazviri. Mwari anozviita kuti vanhu vamukudze.
15 That which is was long ago, and that which is to be hath already been; and God bringeth back again that which is past.
Chipi nechipi chiripo zvino, chakagara chiripo kare, uye zvichazovapo zvakatovapo kare; uye Mwari anotsvakazve zvakapfuura.
16 And moreover I saw under the sun, that in the place of judgment, wickedness was there; and in the place of righteousness, wickedness was there.
Uyezve ndakaona chimwe chinhu pasi pezuva: Panzvimbo yokururamisira, zvakaipa zvakanga zviripo, panzvimbo yokururama, zvakaipa zvakanga zviripo.
17 I said in my heart, God will judge the righteous and the wicked; for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work.
Ndakafunga mumwoyo mangu ndikati, “Mwari achatonga vose vakarurama nevakaipa, nokuti pachava nenguva yebasa rimwe nerimwe.”
18 I said in my heart, It is thus with the children of men, that God may prove them, and that they should see that they themselves are but beasts.
Ndakatizve, “Kana vari vanhu, Mwari anovaedza kuti vaone kuti vakangofanana nemhuka.
19 For what befalleth the children of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other, and they have all one breath; and man hath no pre-eminence above the beast: for all is vanity.
Zvinoitika kumunhu zvakafanana nezvinoitika kumhuka; zvose zvinoitirwa zvimwe chetezvo: sokufa kunoita chimwe, chimwe chinofawo. Zvose zvinofema mweya mumwe; munhu hapana paanopfuura mhuka. Zvose hazvina maturo.
20 All go unto one place: all are of the dust, and all return to dust.
Zvose zvinoenda kunzvimbo imwe chete; zvose zvinobva kuvhu, uye kuvhu zvose zvinodzokera.
21 Who knoweth the spirit of the children of men? Doth it go upwards? and the spirit of the beasts, doth it go downwards to the earth?
Ndiani angaziva kana mweya womunhu uchikwira kuenda kumusoro uye kana mweya wemhuka uchidzika pasi?”
22 And I have seen that there is nothing better than that man should rejoice in his own works; for that is his portion; for who shall bring him to see what shall be after him?
Saka ndakaona kuti hapana chingapfuure ichi, kuti munhu afadzwe nebasa rake, nokuti uyu ndiwo mugove wake. Nokuti ndiani achazomudzosazve kuti aone zvichazoitika shure kwake?
