Ecclesiastes 3
1 To everything — a season, and a time to every delight under the heavens:
Likambo nyonso ezalaka na tango na yango, mpe mosala nyonso ezalaka na ngonga na yango, na se ya moyi.
2 A time to bring forth, And a time to die. A time to plant, And a time to eradicate the planted.
Ezali na tango ya kobotama mpe tango ya kokufa, tango ya kolona mpe tango ya kopikola oyo elonami;
3 A time to slay, And a time to heal, A time to break down, And a time to build up.
tango ya koboma mpe tango ya kobikisa, tango ya kobuka mpe tango ya kotonga;
4 A time to weep, And a time to laugh. A time to mourn, And a time to skip.
tango ya kolela mpe tango ya koseka, tango ya kosala matanga mpe tango ya kobina;
5 A time to cast away stones, And a time to heap up stones. A time to embrace, And a time to be far from embracing.
tango ya kopanza mabanga mpe tango ya kosangisa yango, tango ya kopesa beze mpe tango ya kotika kopesa beze;
6 A time to seek, And a time to destroy. A time to keep, And a time to cast away.
tango ya koluka mpe tango ya kobungisa, tango ya kobomba mpe tango ya kobwaka;
7 A time to rend, And a time to sew. A time to be silent, And a time to speak.
tango ya kopasola mpe tango ya kobamba, tango ya kokanga monoko mpe tango ya koloba;
8 A time to love, And a time to hate. A time of war, And a time of peace.
tango ya kolinga mpe tango ya koyina, tango ya bitumba mpe tango ya kimia.
9 What advantage hath the doer in that which he is labouring at?
Litomba nini mosali azwaka na mosala oyo amonelaka pasi?
10 I have seen the travail that God hath given to the sons of man to be humbled by it.
Natalaki mokumba oyo Nzambe amemisaki bato.
11 The whole He hath made beautiful in its season; also, that knowledge He hath put in their heart without which man findeth not out the work that God hath done from the beginning even unto the end.
Nzambe asalaka eloko na eloko malamu na tango na yango; atiaka lisusu, kati na mitema ya bato, posa ya koyeba mabombami na Ye. Nzokande, bato bakokaka te kososola mosala ya Nzambe, kobanda na ebandeli kino na suka.
12 I have known that there is no good for them except to rejoice and to do good during their life,
Nayebi ete ezali na eloko moko oyo eleki malamu mpo na bato: ezali kaka kosepela mpe kozala malamu tango bazali na bomoi.
13 yea, even every man who eateth and hath drunk and seen good by all his labour, it [is] a gift of God.
Yango wana, tika ete moto na moto alia, amela mpe amona bolamu kati na mosala na ye nyonso, pamba te ezali likabo ya Nzambe.
14 I have known that all that God doth is to the age, to it nothing is to be added, and from it nothing is to be withdrawn; and God hath wrought that they do fear before Him.
Nayebi ete makambo nyonso oyo Nzambe asalaka ewumelaka seko; boye ezali ata na eloko moko te ya kobakisa na likolo na yango to ya kolongola kati na yango. Nzambe asalaka yango bongo mpo ete bakumisa Ye.
15 What is that which hath been? already it is, and that which [is] to be hath already been, and God requireth that which is pursued.
Makambo oyo ezali lelo esila kozala na kala, mpe makambo oyo ekoya ezala wuta kala; Nzambe nde azongisaka makambo oyo esila koleka na tango ya kala.
16 And again, I have seen under the sun the place of judgment — there [is] the wicked; and the place of righteousness — there [is] the wicked.
Namonaki lisusu likambo moko na se ya moyi: ezala na esika oyo basambisaka bato, mabe ezali kaka; ezala na esika ya bosembo, mabe ezangaka te.
17 I said in my heart, 'The righteous and the wicked doth God judge, for a time [is] to every matter and for every work there.'
Namilobelaki kati na ngai: « Nzambe akosambisa, ezala bato ya sembo to bato mabe, pamba te ezali na tango mpo na likambo moko na moko, mpe ezali na tango mpo na kosambisa likambo moko na moko. »
18 I said in my heart concerning the matter of the sons of man that God might cleanse them, so as to see that they themselves [are] beasts.
Namilobelaki lisusu: « Nzambe amekaka bato mpo ete bakoka komimona bango moko ete bazali lokola banyama.
19 For an event [is to] the sons of man, and an event [is to] the beasts, even one event [is] to them; as the death of this, so [is] the death of that; and one spirit [is] to all, and the advantage of man above the beast is nothing, for the whole [is] vanity.
Suka ya moto ezali lokola suka ya nyama: bango mibale basukaka kaka ndenge moko; ndenge moko akufaka, mosusu mpe akufaka kaka bongo. Bango nyonso bazali kaka na pema moko: moto aleki nyama na eloko te. Nyonso wana ezali kaka pamba.
20 The whole are going unto one place, the whole have been from the dust, and the whole are turning back unto the dust.
Nyonso ekendaka kaka esika moko; nyonso ewutaki na putulu, mpe nyonso ekozonga kaka na putulu.
21 Who knoweth the spirit of the sons of man that is going up on high, and the spirit of the beast that is going down below to the earth?
Nani ayebi soki molimo ya moto emataka na likolo, mpe soki molimo ya nyama ekitaka na se ya mabele? »
22 And I have seen that there is nothing better than that man rejoice in his works, for it [is] his portion; for who doth bring him in to look on that which is after him?
Boye, nasosolaki ete ezali na eloko moko te oyo eleki malamu mpo na moto, soki kaka te kosepela mpe komona bolamu na mosala na ye, pamba te yango nde ezali litomba na ye. Nani akoki kosunga ye mpo ete amona makambo oyo ekoya sima na ye?
