Ecclesiastes 3
1 To all things there is an appointed time, and a time to euery purpose vnder the heauen.
Chinhu chimwe nechimwe chine nguva yacho, uye basa rimwe nerimwe rine nguva yaro pasi pedenga:
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.
nguva yokuberekwa nenguva yokufa, nguva yokusima nenguva yokudzura;
3 A time to slay, and a time to heale: a time to breake downe, and a time to builde.
nguva yokuuraya nenguva yokuporesa, nguva yokuputsa nenguva yokuvaka;
4 A time to weepe, and a time to laugh: a time to mourne, 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: a time to embrace, and a time to be farre from embracing.
nguva yokurasa mabwe nenguva yokuaunganidza pamwe chete, nguva yokumbundikira nenguva yokurega;
6 A time to seeke, and a time to lose: a time to keepe, and a time to cast away.
nguva yokutsvaka nenguva yokurega zvirasike, nguva yokuchengeta nenguva yokurasa;
7 A time to rent, and a time to sowe: a time to keepe silence, and a time to speake.
nguva yokubvarura nenguva yokusona, nguva yokunyarara nenguva yokutaura;
8 A time to loue, and a time to hate: a time of warre, and a time of peace.
nguva yokuda nenguva yokuvenga, nguva yehondo nenguva yorugare.
9 What profite hath hee that worketh of the thing wherein he trauaileth?
Ko, mushandi anowanei kubva mukushanda kwake kwose?
10 I haue seene the trauaile that God hath giuen to ye sonnes of men to humble them thereby.
Ndakaona mutoro wakapiwa vanhu naMwari.
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.
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 in them, but to reioyce, and to doe good in his life.
Ndinoziva kuti hakuna chinhu chakanakira munhu kupfuura kuti afare uye kuti aite zvakanaka achiri mupenyu.
13 And also that euery man eateth and drinketh, and seeth the commoditie of all his labour. this is the gift of God.
Kuti munhu wose adye uye anwe uye azviwanire kugutsikana kubva pakushanda kwake kwose, ichi ndicho chipo chaMwari.
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.
Ndinoziva kuti zvose zvinoitwa naMwari zvichagara nokusingaperi; hapana chingawedzerwa pazviri uye hapana chingabviswa pazviri. Mwari anozviita kuti vanhu vamukudze.
15 What is that that hath bene? that is nowe: and that that shalbe, hath now bene: for God requireth that which is past.
Chipi nechipi chiripo zvino, chakagara chiripo kare, uye zvichazovapo zvakatovapo kare; uye Mwari anotsvakazve zvakapfuura.
16 And moreouer I haue seene vnder the sunne the place of iudgement, where was wickednesse, and the place of iustice where was iniquitie.
Uyezve ndakaona chimwe chinhu pasi pezuva: Panzvimbo yokururamisira, zvakaipa zvakanga zviripo, panzvimbo yokururama, zvakaipa zvakanga zviripo.
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.
Ndakafunga mumwoyo mangu ndikati, “Mwari achatonga vose vakarurama nevakaipa, nokuti pachava nenguva yebasa rimwe nerimwe.”
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.
Ndakatizve, “Kana vari vanhu, Mwari anovaedza kuti vaone kuti vakangofanana nemhuka.
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.
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 goe to one place, and all was of the dust, and all shall returne to the dust.
Zvose zvinoenda kunzvimbo imwe chete; zvose zvinobva kuvhu, uye kuvhu zvose zvinodzokera.
21 Who knoweth whether the spirit of man ascend vpward, and the spirit of the beast descend downeward to the earth?
Ndiani angaziva kana mweya womunhu uchikwira kuenda kumusoro uye kana mweya wemhuka uchidzika pasi?”
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?
Saka ndakaona kuti hapana chingapfuure ichi, kuti munhu afadzwe nebasa rake, nokuti uyu ndiwo mugove wake. Nokuti ndiani achazomudzosazve kuti aone zvichazoitika shure kwake?
