Ecclesiastes 3
1 All things have their season, and in their times all things pass under heaven.
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 pluck up that which is 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 destroy, and a time to build.
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 get, 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 keep silence, 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 hath man more of his labour?
Mfasoɔ bɛn na odwumayɛfoɔ nya firi nʼadwumaden mu?
10 I have seen the trouble, which God hath given the sons of men to be exercised in it.
Mahunu adesoa a Onyankopɔn de ato nnipa so.
11 He hath made all things good in their time, and hath delivered the world to their consideration, so that man cannot find out the work which God hath made from the beginning to 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 have known that there was no better thing 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 every man that eateth and drinketh, and seeth good of his labour, this is the gift of God.
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 hath made, continue for ever: we cannot add any thing, nor take away from those things which God hath made 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 That which hath been made, the same continueth: the things that shall be, have already been: and God restoreth that which is past.
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 in the place of judgment wickedness, and in the place 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 shall judge both the just and the wicked, and then shall be the time of every thing.
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 concerning the sons of men, that God would prove them, and shew them to be like beasts.
Afei medwenee sɛ, “Nnipa deɛ, Onyankopɔn sɔ wɔn hwɛ ma wɔhunu sɛ wɔte sɛ mmoa.
19 Therefore the death of man, and of beasts is one, and the condition of them both is equal: as man dieth, so they also die: all things breathe alike, and man hath nothing more than beast: all things 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 go to one place: of earth they were made, and into earth they return together.
Wɔn nyinaa kɔ faako; wɔn nyinaa firi dɔteɛ mu na wɔsane kɔ dɔteɛ mu.
21 Who knoweth if the spirit of the children 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 found that nothing is better than for a man to rejoice in his work, and that this is his portion. For who shall bring him to know the things that shall be 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?
