Ecclesiastes 3
1 To every [thing there is] a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
Biribiara wɔ ne berɛ, na dwumadie biara a ɛwɔ ɔsoro ase wɔ ne berɛ.
2 A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up [that which is] planted;
Awoɔ wɔ ne berɛ, na owuo wɔ ne berɛ, ogu wɔ ne berɛ, na otwa nso wɔ ne berɛ,
3 A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;
ɔkum wɔ ne berɛ, na ayaresa wɔ ne berɛ, ɔbubu wɔ ne berɛ, na ɔsi nso wɔ ne berɛ,
4 A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
agyaadwotwa wɔ ne berɛ, na ɔsereɛ nso wɔ ne berɛ, awerɛhoɔ wɔ ne berɛ, na asa wɔ ne berɛ,
5 A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;
aboɔ hweteɛ wɔ ne berɛ, na aboɔ anoboa wɔ ne berɛ, akwaaba wɔ ne berɛ, na nanteyie wɔ ne berɛ,
6 A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;
adehwehwɛ wɔ ne berɛ, na adehwereɛ wɔ ne berɛ, adekora wɔ ne berɛ, na adetoguo wɔ ne berɛ,
7 A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
adeɛ mu sunsuane wɔ ne berɛ, na ne pempam wɔ ne berɛ, kommyɛ wɔ ne berɛ, na kasa wɔ ne berɛ,
8 A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.
ɔdɔ wɔ ne berɛ, na ɔtan wɔ ne berɛ, ɔko wɔ ne berɛ, na asomdwoeɛ wɔ ne berɛ.
9 What profit hath he that worketh in that in which he laboreth?
Mfasoɔ bɛn na odwumayɛfoɔ nya firi nʼadwumaden mu?
10 I have seen the labor, which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised in it.
Mahunu adesoa a Onyankopɔn de ato nnipa so.
11 He hath made every [thing] beautiful in its time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end.
Wayɛ biribiara fɛfɛ wɔ ne berɛ mu. Ɔde nkwa a ɛnsa da ahyɛ nnipa akoma mu, nanso wɔntumi nte deɛ Onyankopɔn ayɛ firi ahyɛaseɛ kɔsi awieeɛ no ase.
12 I know that [there is] no good in them, but for [a man] to rejoice, and to do good in his life.
Menim sɛ biribiara nni hɔ a ɛyɛ ma nnipa kyɛn sɛ wɔbɛgye wɔn ani na wayɛ deɛ ɛyɛ ɛberɛ a wɔte ase.
13 And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labor, it [is] the gift of God.
Sɛ obiara bɛdidi na wanom na wanya anigyeɛ wɔ ne dwumadie nyinaa mu, yei ne Onyankopɔn akyɛdeɛ.
14 I know that, whatever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can be added to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God doeth [it], that [men] should fear before him.
Menim sɛ biribiara a Onyankopɔn yɛ no bɛtena hɔ daa, wɔrentumi mfa biribi nka ho na wɔrentumi nyi biribi mfiri mu. Onyankopɔn yɛ yei sɛdeɛ nnipa de anidie bɛma no.
15 That which hath been is now; and that which is to be hath already been; and God requireth that which is past.
Biribiara a ɛwɔ hɔ ɛnnɛ no, aba pɛn, na deɛ ɛbɛba no nso aba dada; na Onyankopɔn bɛfrɛ deɛ asi dada no ama akontabuo.
16 And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, [that] wickedness [was] there; and the place of righteousness, [that] iniquity [was] there.
Na mehunuu biribi foforɔ wɔ owia yi ase sɛ: Amumuyɛsɛm wɔ deɛ atemmuo wɔ, atɛnteneneebea no, amumuyɛsɛm wɔ hɔ.
17 I said in my heart, God will judge the righteous and the wicked: for [there is] a time there for every purpose and for every work.
Medwenee wɔ mʼakomam sɛ, “Onyankopɔn bɛbu teneneefoɔ ne amumuyɛfoɔ nyinaa atɛn, ɛfiri sɛ adwuma biara bɛnya ne berɛ, adeyɛ biara ne ne berɛ.”
18 I said in my heart concerning the state of the sons of men, that God might manifest them, and that they might see that they themselves are beasts.
Afei medwenee sɛ, “Nnipa deɛ, Onyankopɔn sɔ wɔn hwɛ ma wɔhunu sɛ wɔte sɛ mmoa.
19 For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yes, they have all one breath; so that a man hath no pre-eminence above a beast: for all [is] vanity.
Onipa hyɛberɛ te sɛ mmoa deɛ, na ɛda hɔ ma wɔn nyinaa. Sɛdeɛ ɔbaako wuo no, saa ara na ɔfoforɔ nso wuo. Wɔn nyinaa wɔ ahomeɛ baako; onipa nni biribi a ɔde kyɛn aboa. Biribiara yɛ ahuhudeɛ.
20 All go to one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.
Wɔn nyinaa kɔ faako; wɔn nyinaa firi dɔteɛ mu na wɔsane kɔ dɔteɛ mu.
21 Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the earth?
Hwan na ɔnim sɛ onipa honhom foro soro, na aboa deɛ siane kɔ asase mu anaa?”
22 Wherefore I perceive that [there is] nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his own works; for that [is] his portion: for who shall bring him to see what shall be after him?
Enti mehunuu sɛ biribiara nni hɔ a ɛyɛ ma onipa kyɛn sɛ nʼani bɛka nʼadwuma ho, ɛfiri sɛ ɛno ne ne kyɛfa. Na hwan na ɔbɛtumi de no asane aba sɛ ɔmmɛhwɛ deɛ ɛbɛsi ne wuo nʼakyi?
