Ecclesiastes 3
1 To all things there is an appointed time, and a time to euery purpose vnder the heauen.
Likambo nyonso ezalaka na tango na yango, mpe mosala nyonso ezalaka na ngonga na yango, na se ya moyi.
2 A time to bee borne, and a time to die: a time to plant, and a time to plucke vp that which is planted.
Ezali na tango ya kobotama mpe tango ya kokufa, tango ya kolona mpe tango ya kopikola oyo elonami;
3 A time to slay, and a time to heale: a time to breake downe, and a time to builde.
tango ya koboma mpe tango ya kobikisa, tango ya kobuka mpe tango ya kotonga;
4 A time to weepe, and a time to laugh: a time to mourne, and a time to dance.
tango ya kolela mpe tango ya koseka, tango ya kosala matanga mpe tango ya kobina;
5 A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones: a time to embrace, and a time to be farre from embracing.
tango ya kopanza mabanga mpe tango ya kosangisa yango, tango ya kopesa beze mpe tango ya kotika kopesa beze;
6 A time to seeke, and a time to lose: a time to keepe, and a time to cast away.
tango ya koluka mpe tango ya kobungisa, tango ya kobomba mpe tango ya kobwaka;
7 A time to rent, and a time to sowe: a time to keepe silence, and a time to speake.
tango ya kopasola mpe tango ya kobamba, tango ya kokanga monoko mpe tango ya koloba;
8 A time to loue, and a time to hate: a time of warre, and a time of peace.
tango ya kolinga mpe tango ya koyina, tango ya bitumba mpe tango ya kimia.
9 What profite hath hee that worketh of the thing wherein he trauaileth?
Litomba nini mosali azwaka na mosala oyo amonelaka pasi?
10 I haue seene the trauaile that God hath giuen to ye sonnes of men to humble them thereby.
Natalaki mokumba oyo Nzambe amemisaki bato.
11 He hath made euery thing beautifull in his time: also he hath set the worlde in their heart, yet can not man finde out the worke that God hath wrought from the beginning euen to the end.
Nzambe asalaka eloko na eloko malamu na tango na yango; atiaka lisusu, kati na mitema ya bato, posa ya koyeba mabombami na Ye. Nzokande, bato bakokaka te kososola mosala ya Nzambe, kobanda na ebandeli kino na suka.
12 I know that there is nothing good in them, but to reioyce, and to doe good in his life.
Nayebi ete ezali na eloko moko oyo eleki malamu mpo na bato: ezali kaka kosepela mpe kozala malamu tango bazali na bomoi.
13 And also that euery man eateth and drinketh, and seeth the commoditie of all his labour. this is the gift of God.
Yango wana, tika ete moto na moto alia, amela mpe amona bolamu kati na mosala na ye nyonso, pamba te ezali likabo ya Nzambe.
14 I knowe that whatsoeuer God shall doe, it shalbe for euer: to it can no man adde, and from it can none diminish: for God hath done it, that they should feare before him.
Nayebi ete makambo nyonso oyo Nzambe asalaka ewumelaka seko; boye ezali ata na eloko moko te ya kobakisa na likolo na yango to ya kolongola kati na yango. Nzambe asalaka yango bongo mpo ete bakumisa Ye.
15 What is that that hath bene? that is nowe: and that that shalbe, hath now bene: for God requireth that which is past.
Makambo oyo ezali lelo esila kozala na kala, mpe makambo oyo ekoya ezala wuta kala; Nzambe nde azongisaka makambo oyo esila koleka na tango ya kala.
16 And moreouer I haue seene vnder the sunne the place of iudgement, where was wickednesse, and the place of iustice where was iniquitie.
Namonaki lisusu likambo moko na se ya moyi: ezala na esika oyo basambisaka bato, mabe ezali kaka; ezala na esika ya bosembo, mabe ezangaka te.
17 I thought in mine heart, God wil iudge the iust and the wicked: for time is there for euery purpose and for euery worke.
Namilobelaki kati na ngai: « Nzambe akosambisa, ezala bato ya sembo to bato mabe, pamba te ezali na tango mpo na likambo moko na moko, mpe ezali na tango mpo na kosambisa likambo moko na moko. »
18 I considered in mine heart the state of the children of men that God had purged them: yet to see to, they are in themselues as beastes.
Namilobelaki lisusu: « Nzambe amekaka bato mpo ete bakoka komimona bango moko ete bazali lokola banyama.
19 For the condition of the children of men, and the condition of beasts are euen as one condition vnto them. As the one dyeth, so dyeth the other: for they haue all one breath, and there is no excellency of man aboue ye beast: for all is vanitie.
Suka ya moto ezali lokola suka ya nyama: bango mibale basukaka kaka ndenge moko; ndenge moko akufaka, mosusu mpe akufaka kaka bongo. Bango nyonso bazali kaka na pema moko: moto aleki nyama na eloko te. Nyonso wana ezali kaka pamba.
20 All goe to one place, and all was of the dust, and all shall returne to the dust.
Nyonso ekendaka kaka esika moko; nyonso ewutaki na putulu, mpe nyonso ekozonga kaka na putulu.
21 Who knoweth whether the spirit of man ascend vpward, and the spirit of the beast descend downeward to the earth?
Nani ayebi soki molimo ya moto emataka na likolo, mpe soki molimo ya nyama ekitaka na se ya mabele? »
22 Therefore I see that there is nothing better then that a man shoulde reioyce in his affaires, because that is his portion. For who shall bring him to see what shalbe after him?
Boye, nasosolaki ete ezali na eloko moko te oyo eleki malamu mpo na moto, soki kaka te kosepela mpe komona bolamu na mosala na ye, pamba te yango nde ezali litomba na ye. Nani akoki kosunga ye mpo ete amona makambo oyo ekoya sima na ye?
