Ecclesiastes 3
1 There is a right/correct time for everything, a time for everything that we do in this world.
Sa bawa't bagay ay may kapanahunan, at panahon sa bawa't panukala sa silong ng langit:
2 There is a time to be born, and there is a time to die. There is a time to plant [seeds], and there is a time to harvest crops.
Panahon ng kapanganakan, at panahon ng kamatayan; panahon ng pagtatanim, at panahon ng pagbunot ng itinanim;
3 There is a time to kill [people], and there is a time to heal [people]. There is a time to tear things down, and there is a time to build things.
Panahon ng pagpatay, at panahon ng pagpapagaling; panahon ng paggiba, at panahon ng pagtatayo;
4 There is a time to cry, and there is a time to laugh. There is a time to mourn, and there is a time to dance [joyfully].
Panahon ng pagiyak, at panahon ng pagtawa; panahon ng pagtangis, at panahon ng pagsayaw;
5 There is a time to throw away stones [from a field], and there is a time to gather stones [to build walls/houses]. There is a time to embrace [people], and there is a time to not embrace [people].
Panahon ng paghahagis ng mga bato, at panahon ng pagpipisan ng mga bato; panahon ng pagyakap, at panahon ng pagpipigil sa pagyakap;
6 There is a time to search for things, and there is a time to stop searching for things. There is a time to keep/save things, and there is a time to throw things away.
Panahon ng paghanap, at panahon ng pagkawala: panahon ng pagiingat, at panahon ng pagtatapon;
7 There is a time to tear [our old clothes], and there is a time to mend [clothes]. There is a time to say nothing, and there is a time when we should speak.
Panahon ng pagpunit, at panahon ng pananahi; panahon ng pagtahimik, at panahon ng pagsasalita;
8 There is a time when we should love [things that people do], and there is a time when we should hate [things that people do]. There is a time for war, and there is a time for peace.
Panahon ng pagibig, at panahon ng pagtatanim; panahon ng digma, at panahon ng kapayapaan.
9 (What do people gain from all the work that they do?/It seems that people gain very little from all the work that they do [RHQ]).
Anong pakinabang ang tinatamo niya, na gumagawa sa kaniyang pinagpapagalan?
10 I have seen the work that God has given people to do.
Aking nakita ang sakit na ibinigay ng Dios sa mga anak ng mga tao upang pagsanayan.
11 God has appointed a time that is right/correct for everything to happen. He has [also] caused people to realize that there are things that will endure forever. But in spite of that, no one can completely understand everything that God has done, from the time that he starts doing things until he finishes them.
Ginawa niya ang bawa't bagay na maganda sa kapanahunan niyaon: inilagay rin niya ang sanglibutan sa kanilang puso, na anopa't hindi matalos ng tao ang gawa na ginawa ng Dios mula sa pasimula hanggang sa wakas.
12 I know that the best [LIT] thing for us people to do is to rejoice and to do good things [all] during the time that we are alive.
Nalalaman ko, na walang maigi sa kanila, kay sa magalak, at gumawa ng mabuti habang sila'y nabubuhay.
13 And I also know that everyone should eat and drink, and enjoy the work that they do. Those are things that God gives to us.
At ang bawa't tao rin naman ay marapat kumain at uminom, at magalak sa kabutihan sa lahat niyang gawa, siyang kaloob ng Dios.
14 I [also] know that what God does endures forever. No one can add to what God does, and no one can take away from the things that God does. God does those things in order that people would revere him.
Nalalaman ko, na anomang ginagawa ng Dios, magiging magpakailan pa man: walang bagay na maidadagdag, o anomang bagay na maaalis: at ginawa ng Dios, upang ang tao ay matakot sa harap niya.
15 Things that exist now have already existed previously, and things that will happen in the future have already happened previously; God causes the same things to happen many times.
Ang nangyari sa nagdaan ay nangyari na; at ang mangyayari pa ay nangyari na rin; at hinahanap uli ng Dios ang nakaraan na.
16 Furthermore, I saw that on this earth [MTY], even in the courts where we expect judges to make right decisions about what people had done, they did many wicked [DOU] things.
At bukod dito'y aking nakita sa ilalim ng araw, sa dako ng kahatulan, na nandoon ang kasamaan; at sa dako ng katuwiran, na nandoon ang kasamaan.
17 [So] I said to myself [SYN], “God will judge [both] righteous [people] and wicked [people]; there is a time [for him to do that], because there is a time for him to do everything.”
Sinabi ko sa puso ko, Hahatulan ng Dios ang matuwid at ang masama: sapagka't may panahon doon sa bawa't panukala at sa bawa't gawa.
18 And regarding humans, I [also] said to myself, “God is testing us, to show us that [in one way] people are no different than animals,
Sinabi ko sa puso ko, Dahil sa mga anak ng mga tao, upang subukin sila ng Dios, at upang kanilang makita na sila'y mga hayop lamang.
19 because what happens to people happens to animals. Animals die, and people die. We all must breathe [to remain alive]. [With regard to that], people have no advantage over animals, so I have a difficult time understanding that.
Sapagka't ang nangyayari sa mga anak ng mga tao ay nangyayari sa mga hayop: sa makatuwid baga'y isang bagay ang nangyari sa kanila: kung paanong namamatay ang hayop, gayon namamatay ang tao; oo, silang lahat ay may isang hininga; at ang tao ay wala ng karangalang higit sa hayop: sapagka't lahat ay walang kabuluhan.
20 [People and animals] all die and are buried. We are all made of soil, and [when we die], our corpses become soil again.
Lahat ay nagsisiyaon sa isang dako; lahat ay buhat sa alabok, at lahat ay nangauuwi sa alabok uli.
21 No one knows [RHQ] for sure that when we die, our souls/spirits go up to heaven and the souls/spirits of animals go down to the place where the dead are.”
Sinong nakakaalam ng diwa ng tao kung napaiilanglang, at ng diwa ng hayop kung napaiibaba sa lupa?
22 So I concluded that the best thing for [us] people to do is to be happy about the work that we do, because that is what God has given to us. I say that because no one of us [RHQ] knows what happens to us after we die.
Kaya't aking nakita, na walang bagay na maigi, kundi ang tao ay magalak sa kaniyang mga gawa; sapagka't siyang kaniyang bahagi: sapagka't sinong magbabalik sa kaniya upang makita ang mangyayari pagkamatay niya?
