Ecclesiastes 3
1 For every thing there is a season; and a [proper] time is for every pursuit under the heavens.
Gen yon lè pou chak bagay. Bondye fikse yon tan pou chak bagay k'ap fèt sou latè.
2 [There is] a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what hath been planted;
Li fikse lè pou ou fèt, lè pou ou mouri, lè pou ou plante, lè pou ou rekòlte,
3 A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;
lè pou ou touye, lè pou ou geri, lè pou ou kraze, lè pou ou bati.
4 A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
Li fikse lè pou ou kriye, lè pou ou ri, lè pou ou nan lapenn, lè pou ou fè fèt,
5 A time to throw away stones, and a time to gather up stones; a time to embrace, and a time to be far from embracing;
lè pou ou kouche ak madanm ou, lè pou ou pa kouche ak li, lè pou nou fè karès, lè pou nou pa fè karès.
6 A time to seek, and a time to let things be lost; a time to keep, and a time to throw away;
Li fikse lè pou ou chache, lè pou ou pèdi, lè pou ou fè ekonomi, lè pou ou gaspiye lajan,
7 A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
lè pou ou dechire, lè pou ou koud, lè pou ou rete san pale, lè pou ou pale.
8 A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.
Li fikse lè pou ou renmen, lè pou ou rayi, lè pou nou fè lagè, lè pou nou fè lapè.
9 What profit hath [now] he that worketh in that wherein he toileth?
Kisa yon nonm jwenn nan travay li?
10 I have seen the employment, which God hath given to the sons of men to busy themselves therewith.
Mwen rive konnen ki kalite travay Bondye bay moun pou yo fè.
11 Every thing hath he made beautiful in its [proper] time: he hath also placed the eternity in their heart, without a man's being able to find out the work that God hath made from the beginning to the end.
Li fikse yon lè pou chak bagay byen fèt. Li mete nan kè moun lanvi pou yo konnen sa ki gen pou rive denmen. Men, li pa janm kite yo fin konprann nèt travay l'ap fè a.
12 I know that there is nothing good [inherent] in them, but for every one to rejoice and to do what is good during [all] his life.
Mwen wè pi bon bagay yon moun ka fè nan lavi, se fè kè ou kontan epi se fè sa ou vin pou fè a byen.
13 For also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy what is good for all his toil, is likewise a gift of God.
Tout moun fèt pou yo manje, pou yo bwè, pou yo jwi sa travay yo rapòte yo. Sa se kado Bondye ba yo.
14 I know that whatsoever God doth, that will be for ever; to it nothing can be added, and from it there is nothing to be diminished: and God hath so made it, that men should be afraid of him.
Mwen konnen tou sa Bondye fè la pou toutan. Ou pa ka mete anyen sou li, ou pa ka wete anyen ladan l'. Bondye fè sa konsa pou lèzòm ka gen krentif pou li.
15 That which hath been hath long since appeared [again]; and what is to be hath already been; and God seeketh [again] that which is sped away.
Sa ki rive koulye a te rive deja! Sa ki gen pou rive te rive deja tou! Bondye fè bagay ki te rive deja rive ankò!
16 And moreover I have seen under the sun, [that in] the place of justice, even there was wickedness; and [that in] the place of righteousness, even there was wickedness.
Apre sa, mwen wè sou latè se mechanste ou jwenn kote pou ou ta jwenn jistis. Malveyans chita nan tribinal yo.
17 I said in my heart, God will judge the righteous and the wicked; for there is a time for every pursuit; and on account of every deed there [will he judge].
Mwen di nan kè mwen: Bondye ap jije ni bon yo ni mechan yo, paske chak bagay gen lè pa yo. Gen yon tan pou tou sa w'ap fè.
18 I said in my heart concerning the speaking of the sons of men, that God might make it clear to them, and that they might see that they by themselves are but beasts.
Mwen di nan kè mwen ankò: Bondye ap gade kote moun ye. L'ap fè yo wè yo pa pi bon pase zannimo.
19 For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even the same thing befalleth them; as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one kind of spirit: so that the preeminence of man above the beast is nought; for all is vanity.
Lè ou gade byen, sò moun ak sò zannimo, se menm bagay la. Ni yonn ni lòt gen pou mouri. Se menm souf la k'ap bat nan tou de. Moun pa gen ankenn avantaj sou zannimo, paske lavi pa vo anyen ni pou yonn ni pou lòt.
20 Every thing goeth unto one place: every thing came from the dust, and every thing returneth to the dust.
Tou de pral menm kote Tou de soti nan pousyè tè a. Tou de ap tounen pousyè tè a ankò.
21 Who knoweth the spirit of the sons of man that ascendeth upward, and the spirit of the beast that descendeth downward to the earth?
Ki moun ki konnen si nanm moun moute anwo nan syèl epi nanm zannimo desann anba tè vre?
22 And so did I perceive that there is nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his own works; for that is his portion; for who can bring him to look with pleasure on what will be after him?
Konsa, mwen wè pa gen pi bon bagay yon moun ka fè sou latè pase jwi sa travay li rapòte l'. Se sèlman sa li ka fè. Epitou, ki moun k'ap fè l' tounen pou l' ka konnen sa k'ap rive apre li fin mouri?
