Ecclesiastes 3
1 Alle thingis han tyme, and alle thingis vndur sunne passen bi her spaces.
to/for all time and time to/for all pleasure underneath: under [the] heaven
2 Tyme of birthe, and time of diyng; tyme to plaunte, and tyme to drawe vp that that is plauntid.
time to/for to beget and time to/for to die time to/for to plant and time to/for to uproot to plant
3 Tyme to sle, and tyme to make hool; tyme to distrie, and tyme to bilde.
time to/for to kill and time to/for to heal time to/for to break through and time to/for to build
4 Tyme to wepe, and tyme to leiye; tyme to biweile, and tyme to daunse.
time to/for to weep and time to/for to laugh time to mourn and time to skip about
5 Tyme to scatere stoonys, and tyme to gadere togidere; tyme to colle, and tyme to be fer fro collyngis.
time to/for to throw stone and time to gather stone time to/for to embrace and time to/for to remove from to embrace
6 Tyme to wynne, and tyme to leese; tyme to kepe, and tyme to caste awei.
time to/for to seek and time to/for to perish time to/for to keep: guard and time to/for to throw
7 Tyme to kitte, and tyme to sewe togidere; tyme to be stille, and tyme to speke.
time to/for to tear and time to/for to sew time to/for be silent and time to/for to speak: speak
8 Tyme of loue, and tyme of hatrede; tyme of batel, and tyme of pees.
time to/for to love: lover and time to/for to hate time battle and time peace
9 What hath a man more of his trauel?
what? advantage [the] to make: do in/on/with in which he/she/it laborious
10 I siy the turment, which God yaf to the sones of men, that thei be occupied therynne.
to see: see [obj] [the] task which to give: give God to/for son: child [the] man to/for be occupied in/on/with him
11 God made alle thingis good in her tyme, and yaf the world to disputyng of hem, that a man fynde not the werk which God hath wrouyt fro the bigynnyng `til in to the ende.
[obj] [the] all to make beautiful in/on/with time his also [obj] [the] forever: enduring to give: put in/on/with heart their from without which not to find [the] man [obj] [the] deed: work which to make: do [the] God from head: first and till end
12 And Y knew that no thing was betere `to a man, `no but to be glad, and to do good werkis in his lijf.
to know for nothing pleasant in/on/with them that if: except if: except to/for to rejoice and to/for to make: do pleasant in/on/with life his
13 For whi ech man that etith and drinkith, and seeth good of his trauel; this is the yifte of God.
and also all [the] man which/that to eat and to drink and to see: enjoy good in/on/with all trouble his gift God he/she/it
14 I haue lerned that alle werkis, whiche God made, lasten stidfastli `til in to with outen ende; we moun not adde ony thing to tho, nether take awei fro tho thingis, whiche God made, that he be dred.
to know for all which to make: do [the] God he/she/it to be to/for forever: enduring upon him nothing to/for to add and from him nothing to/for to dimish and [the] God to make: do which/that to fear: revere from to/for face: before his
15 That thing that is maad, dwellith perfitli; tho thingis that schulen come, weren bifore; and God restorith that, that is goon.
what? which/that to be already he/she/it and which to/for to be already to be and [the] God to seek [obj] to pursue
16 I siy vndur sunne vnfeithfulnesse in the place of doom; and wickidnesse in the place of riytfulnesse.
and still to see: see underneath: under [the] sun place [the] justice there [to] [the] wickedness and place [the] righteousness there [to] [the] wickedness
17 And Y seide in myn herte, The Lord schal deme a iust man, and an vnfeithful man; and the tyme of ech thing schal be thanne.
to say I in/on/with heart my [obj] [the] righteous and [obj] [the] wicked to judge [the] God for time to/for all pleasure and upon all [the] deed there
18 I seide in myn herte of the sones of men, that God schulde preue hem, and schewe that thei ben lijk vnresonable beestis.
to say I in/on/with heart my upon cause son: child [the] man to/for to purify them [the] God and to/for to see: see which/that they(masc.) animal they(masc.) to/for them
19 Therfor oon is the perisching of man and of beestis, and euene condicioun is of euer eithir; as a man dieth, `so and tho beestis dien; alle beestis brethen in lijk maner, and a man hath no thing more than a beeste.
for accident son: child [the] man and accident [the] animal and accident one to/for them like/as death this so death this and spirit: breath one to/for all and advantage [the] man from [the] animal nothing for [the] all vanity
20 Alle thingis ben suget to vanyte, and alle thingis goen to o place; tho ben maad of erthe, and tho turnen ayen togidere in to erthe.
[the] all to go: went to(wards) place one [the] all to be from [the] dust and [the] all to return: return to(wards) [the] dust
21 Who knowith, if the spirit of the sones of Adam stieth vpward, and if the spirit of beestis goith dounward?
who? to know spirit son: descendant/people [the] man [the] to ascend: rise he/she/it to/for above [to] and spirit [the] animal [the] to go down he/she/it to/for beneath to/for land: soil
22 And Y perseyuede that no thing is betere, than that a man be glad in his werk, and that this be his part; for who schal brynge hym, that he knowe thingis that schulen come after hym?
and to see: see for nothing pleasant from whence to rejoice [the] man in/on/with deed: work his for he/she/it portion his for who? to come (in): bring him to/for to see: see in/on/with what? which/that to be after him
