Ecclesiastes 3
1 To all things there is a time, and a season for every matter under heaven.
Ihe ọbụla nwere oge; mgbe dịkwara ihe ọbụla a na-eme eme nʼeluigwe.
2 A time of birth, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what has been planted;
Oge ịmụ nwa na oge ịnwụ anwụ, oge ịkụ ihe na oge ihopu,
3 a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to pull down, and a time to build up;
oge igbu egbu; na oge ịgwọ ọrịa, oge itikpọ na oge iwuzi ewuzi,
4 a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to lament, and a time to dance;
oge ịkwa akwa, na oge ịchị ọchị, oge iru ụjụ na oge ite egwu,
5 a time to throw stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to abstain from embracing;
oge ikposa nkume na oge ịchịkọta nkume, oge ịbakụ na oge ịkwụsị ịbakụ,
6 a time to seek, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;
oge ịchọ ihe, na oge ntufu, oge ịchịkọba, na oge ichifusi,
7 a time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to be silent, and a time to speak;
oge ndọwasị, na oge ndụkọta, oge ịgba nkịtị, na oge ikwu okwu,
8 a time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.
oge ịhụnanya na oge ịkpọ asị, oge ibu agha, na oge ime udo.
9 What advantage [has] he that works in those things wherein he labors?
Gịnị bụ nnọọ ihe mmadụ na-enweta site na ndọgbu niile nke nʼọrụ niile ọ na-arụ?
10 I have seen all the trouble, which God has given to the sons of men to be troubled with.
Ahụla m ibu arọ nke Chineke bokwasịrị ndị mmadụ e kere eke.
11 All the things which he has made are beautiful in his time: he has also set the whole world in their heart, that man might not find out the work which God has wrought from the beginning even to the end.
O meela ka ihe niile maa mma nʼoge nke ya. O tinyekwala ebighị ebi nʼime obi ndị mmadụ; ma o nweghị ka mmadụ ghọta ọrụ Chineke site na mmalite ruo nʼọgwụgwụ.
12 I know that there is no good in them, except [for a man] to rejoice, and to do good in his life.
Nʼihi ya, ekpebiri m na ihe dịịrị mmadụ ịchọ bụ obi ụtọ na inwe aṅụrị na ndụ ya niile.
13 Also [in the case of] every man who shall eat and drink, and see good in all his labor, [this] is a gift of God.
Ihe ọzọ bụ ka mmadụ rie, ṅụọ, ma nwee afọ ojuju na ndọgbu niile ọ na-adọgbu onwe ya, nʼihi na ha bụ onyinye si nʼaka Chineke.
14 I know that whatever things God has done, they shall be for ever: it is impossible to add to it, and it is impossible to take away from it: and God has done [it], that [men] may fear before him.
Amaara m na ihe niile Chineke mere na-adịgidekwa. O nweghị ihe apụrụ itinye na ya, o nweghịkwa ihe apụrụ iwepụkwa site na ya. Chineke na-eme nke a ka ndị mmadụ tụọ egwu ya.
15 That which has been is now; and whatever things [are appointed] to be have already been; and God will seek out that which is past.
Ihe ọbụla dị ugbu a, adịlarị na mgbe ochie, ihe ọbụla gaje ịdị dịlarị na mbụ. Chineke na-eme ka ihe niile mere na mgbe gara aga megharịakwa ọzọ.
16 And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, there was the ungodly one; and the place of righteousness, there was the godly one.
Ọzọkwa, achọpụtara m otu ihe nʼokpuru anyanwụ, na ọnọdụ ezi ikpe naanị mmebi iwu jupụtara, nʼebe e kwesiri inwe ikpe ziri ezi ị ga-achọpụta na ihe ọjọọ dịkwa ya.
17 And I said in my heart, God will judge the righteous and the ungodly: for there is a time there for every action and for every work.
A gwara m onwe m, “Chineke ga-ekpe, ndị ezi omume na ndị ajọ omume ikpe, nʼihi na a ga-enwe oge maka ihe ọbụla a na-eme eme, oge dịkwa maka ikpe ọrụ niile nke mmadụ ikpe.”
18 I said in my heart, concerning the speech of the sons of man, God will judge them, and that to show that they are breasts.
Echere m nʼobi sị, “Ebe mmadụ nọ, Chineke na-anwale ya, ka mmadụ mata na ha dị ka anụmanụ.
19 Also to them is the event of the sons of man, and the event of the brute; one event befalls them: as is the death of the one, so also the death of the other; and there is one breath to all: and what has the man more than the brute? nothing; for all is vanity.
Nʼihi na ihe na-eche mmadụ na anụmanụ bụ otu. Ha abụọ na-eku ume, ha abụọ na-anwụkwa anwụ. Ọ dịghị ihe mmadụ ji karịa anụmanụ. Ihe niile bụ ihe efu.
20 All [go] to one place; all were formed of the dust, and all will return to dust.
Ha niile na-alaghachi nʼotu ebe; ọ bụ nʼaja ka ha si pụta, ebe ahụ kwa ka ha ga-alaghachi.
21 And who has seen the spirit of the sons of man, whether it goes upward? and the spirit of the beast, whether it goes downward to the earth?
Onye pụrụ iguzo gbaa akaebe na mmụọ mmadụ na-ala nʼelu ma nke anụmanụ na-ala nʼaja?”
22 And I saw that there was no good, but that wherein a man shall rejoice in his works, for it is his portion, for who shall bring him to see any thing of that which shall be after him?
Nʼihi ya, ahụrụ m na ọ dịghị ihe ọzọ ụmụ mmadụ kwesiri ime karịakwa inwe ọṅụ nʼọrụ ha, nʼihi na nke ahụ bụ oke ha nʼebe a. Onye ga-eme ka ha bịaghachi hụ ihe ga-eme nʼazụ ha?
