Ecclesiastes 3
1 Everything has its own time—a time for all that happens here:
Àsìkò wà fún ohun gbogbo, àti ìgbà fún gbogbo nǹkan ní abẹ́ ọ̀run.
2 A time of birth, and a time of death. A time of planting, and a time of harvest.
Ìgbà láti bí àti ìgbà kíkú, ìgbà láti gbìn àti ìgbà láti fàtu.
3 A time of killing, and a time of healing. A time of tearing down, and a time of building up.
Ìgbà láti pa àti ìgbà láti mú láradá ìgbà láti wó lulẹ̀ àti ìgbà láti kọ́.
4 A time of crying, and a time of laughing. A time of mourning, and a time of dancing.
Ìgbà láti sọkún àti ìgbà láti rín ẹ̀rín ìgbà láti ṣọ̀fọ̀ àti ìgbà láti jó,
5 A time of throwing away stones, and a time of gathering up stones. A time of embracing, and a time of avoiding embracing.
ìgbà láti tú òkúta ká àti ìgbà láti ṣà wọ́n jọ ìgbà láti súnmọ́ àti ìgbà láti fàsẹ́yìn,
6 A time of searching, and a time of giving up searching. A time of keeping, and a time of throwing away.
ìgbà láti wá kiri àti ìgbà láti ṣàì wá kiri ìgbà láti pamọ́ àti ìgbà láti jù nù,
7 A time of tearing, and a time of mending. A time of keeping quiet, a time of speaking up.
ìgbà láti ya àti ìgbà láti rán ìgbà láti dákẹ́ àti ìgbà láti sọ̀rọ̀,
8 A time of loving, and a time of hating. A time of warfare, and a time of peace.
ìgbà láti ní ìfẹ́ àti ìgbà láti kórìíra ìgbà fún ogun àti ìgbà fún àlàáfíà.
9 So what do you get for all your hard work?
Kí ni òṣìṣẹ́ jẹ ní èrè nínú wàhálà rẹ̀?
10 I have examined what God gives us to do.
Mo ti rí àjàgà tí Ọlọ́run gbé lé ọmọ ènìyàn.
11 Everything God does is beautifully timed, and even though he has also placed the idea of eternity in our minds, we can't fully understand what God does from beginning to end.
Ó ti ṣe ohun gbogbo dáradára ní àsìkò tirẹ̀, ó sì ti fi èrò nípa ayérayé sí ọkàn ọmọ ènìyàn, síbẹ̀, wọn kò le ṣe àwárí ìdí ohun tí Ọlọ́run ti ṣe láti ìbẹ̀rẹ̀ títí dé òpin.
12 I concluded that there's nothing better than being happy and looking for the good in life.
Mo mọ̀ wí pé kò sí ohun tí ó dára fún ènìyàn ju pé kí inú wọn dùn kí wọn sì ṣe rere níwọ̀n ìgbà tí wọ́n sì wà láààyè.
13 In addition everyone should eat and drink and enjoy their work—this is God's gift to us.
Wí pé: kí olúkúlùkù le è jẹ, kí wọn sì mu, kí wọn sì rí ìtẹ́lọ́rùn nínú gbogbo iṣẹ́ wọn ẹ̀bùn Ọlọ́run ni èyí jẹ́.
14 I also concluded that everything God does lasts forever: nothing can be added to it or taken away from it. God acts in this way so that people may stand in awe of him.
Mo mọ̀ wí pé ohun gbogbo tí Ọlọ́run ṣe ni yóò wà títí láé, kò sí ohun tí a lè fi kún un tàbí kí a yọ kúrò nínú rẹ̀. Ọlọ́run ṣe èyí kí ènìyàn le è ní ìbẹ̀rù rẹ̀ ni.
15 Whatever was, is; and whatever will be, has been, and God examines the whole of time.
Ohun tí ó wà ti wà tẹ́lẹ̀, ohun tí ó ń bọ̀ wá ti wà tẹ́lẹ̀, Ọlọ́run yóò sì mú kí àwọn ohun tí ó ti ṣẹlẹ̀ sẹ́yìn tún ṣẹlẹ̀.
16 I also observed that here on earth there was evil even in the place where there was supposed to be justice; even where things were meant to be right, there was evil.
Mo sì tún rí ohun mìíràn ní abẹ́ ọ̀run dípò ìdájọ́, òdodo ni ó wà níbẹ̀ dípò ètò òtítọ́, ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ ni o wà níbẹ̀.
17 But then I thought to myself, “Ultimately God will judge both those who do right and those who do wrong, and every deed and action, at the appointed time.”
Mo wí nínú ọkàn mi, “Ọlọ́run yóò ṣe ìdájọ́ olódodo àti ènìyàn búburú, nítorí pé àsìkò yóò wà fún gbogbo iṣẹ́, àti àsìkò ṣe ìdájọ́ gbogbo ìṣe.”
18 I also thought to myself, “Regarding what happens to human beings—God proves to us that we're no better than animals.”
Mo tún rò pé “Ọlọ́run ń dán wa wò láti fihàn wá wí pé bí ẹranko ni ènìyàn rí.
19 For what happens to human beings is the same as what happens to animals—in the same way one dies, the other dies too. They all have the breath of life—so regarding any advantage human beings have over animals, there is none. Definitely this is very hard to understand!
Ó ní láti jẹ́ ohun ìrántí pé ìpín ènìyàn rí bí i tẹranko ìpín kan náà ń dúró dè wọ́n. Bí ọ̀kan ti ń kú náà ni èkejì yóò kú. Àwọn méjèèjì ni irú èémí kan náà, ènìyàn kò sàn ju ẹranko lọ, nítorí pé asán ni yíyè jẹ́ fún wọn.
20 They all end up in the same place—they all came from dust, and they all return to dust.
Ibìkan náà ni gbogbo wọn ń lọ, wọ́n wá láti inú erùpẹ̀, inú erùpẹ̀ náà ni wọn yóò tún padà sí.
21 Who really knows whether the breath of life of human beings goes up above, and the breath of life of animals goes down below to the earth?
Ta ni ó mọ̀ bóyá ẹ̀mí ènìyàn ń lọ sí òkè tí ẹ̀mí ẹranko sì ń lọ sí ìsàlẹ̀ nínú ilẹ̀ ni?”
22 So I concluded that there's nothing better than for people to enjoy their work. This is what we are meant to do. For who can bring anyone back from the dead to show them what will happen after they die?
Nígbà náà, ni mo wá rí i wí pé, kò sí ohun tí ó sàn fún ènìyàn ju kí ó gbádùn iṣẹ́ rẹ̀, nítorí pé ìpín tirẹ̀ ni èyí. Tàbí ta ni ó le è mú kí ó rí ohun tí yóò ṣẹlẹ̀ lẹ́yìn rẹ̀ kò sí!
