Eklezyas 3
1 Gen yon lè pou chak bagay. Bondye fikse yon tan pou chak bagay k'ap fèt sou latè.
To all things there is a time, and a season for every matter under heaven.
2 Li fikse lè pou ou fèt, lè pou ou mouri, lè pou ou plante, lè pou ou rekòlte,
A time of birth, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what has been planted;
3 lè pou ou touye, lè pou ou geri, lè pou ou kraze, lè pou ou bati.
a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to pull down, and a time to build up;
4 Li fikse lè pou ou kriye, lè pou ou ri, lè pou ou nan lapenn, lè pou ou fè fèt,
a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to lament, and a time to dance;
5 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.
a time to throw stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to abstain from embracing;
6 Li fikse lè pou ou chache, lè pou ou pèdi, lè pou ou fè ekonomi, lè pou ou gaspiye lajan,
a time to seek, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;
7 lè pou ou dechire, lè pou ou koud, lè pou ou rete san pale, lè pou ou pale.
a time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to be silent, and a time to speak;
8 Li fikse lè pou ou renmen, lè pou ou rayi, lè pou nou fè lagè, lè pou nou fè lapè.
a time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.
9 Kisa yon nonm jwenn nan travay li?
What advantage [has] he that works in those things wherein he labours?
10 Mwen rive konnen ki kalite travay Bondye bay moun pou yo fè.
I have seen all the trouble, which God has given to the sons of men to be troubled with.
11 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.
All the things which he has made are beautiful in his time: he has also set the whole world in their heart, that man might not find out the work which God has wrought from the beginning even to the end.
12 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.
I know that there is no good in them, except [for a man] to rejoice, and to do good in his life.
13 Tout moun fèt pou yo manje, pou yo bwè, pou yo jwi sa travay yo rapòte yo. Sa se kado Bondye ba yo.
Also [in the case of] every man who shall eat and drink, and see good in all his labour, [this] is a gift of God.
14 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.
I know that whatsoever things God has done, they shall be for ever: it is impossible to add to it, and it is impossible to take away from it: and God has done [it], that [men] may fear before him.
15 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!
That which has been is now; and whatever things [are appointed] to be have already been; and God will seek out that which is past.
16 Apre sa, mwen wè sou latè se mechanste ou jwenn kote pou ou ta jwenn jistis. Malveyans chita nan tribinal yo.
And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, there was the ungodly one; and the place of righteousness, there was the godly one.
17 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.
And I said in my heart, God will judge the righteous and the ungodly: for there is a time there for every action and for every work.
18 Mwen di nan kè mwen ankò: Bondye ap gade kote moun ye. L'ap fè yo wè yo pa pi bon pase zannimo.
I said in my heart, concerning the speech of the sons of man, God will judge them, and that to shew that they are breasts.
19 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.
Also to them is the event of the sons of man, and the event of the brute; one event befalls them: as is the death of the one, so also the death of the other; and there is one breath to all: and what has the man more than the brute? nothing; for all is vanity.
20 Tou de pral menm kote Tou de soti nan pousyè tè a. Tou de ap tounen pousyè tè a ankò.
All [go] to one place; all were formed of the dust, and all will return to dust.
21 Ki moun ki konnen si nanm moun moute anwo nan syèl epi nanm zannimo desann anba tè vre?
And who has seen the spirit of the sons of man, whether it goes upward? and the spirit of the beast, whether it goes downward to the earth?
22 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?
And I saw that there was no good, but that wherein a man shall rejoice in his works, for it is his portion, for who shall bring him to see any thing of that which shall be after him?
