Eklezyas 3
1 Gen yon lè apwente pou tout bagay. Epi gen yon tan pou chak sa ki rive anba syèl la—
All things have their season, and in their times all things pass under heaven.
2 Yon tan pou ne, yon tan pou mouri; yon tan pou plante, ak yon tan pou dechouke sa ki plante a.
A time to be born and a time to die. A time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted.
3 Yon tan pou touye e yon tan pou geri; yon tan pou demoli e yon tan pou bati.
A time to kill, and a time to heal. A time to destroy, and a time to build.
4 Yon tan pou kriye e yon tan pou ri; yon tan pou fè dèy e yon tan pou danse.
A time to weep, and a time to laugh. A time to mourn, and a time to dance.
5 Yon tan pou voye wòch e yon tan pou ranmase wòch; yon tan pou anbrase e yon tan pou evite anbrase.
A time to scatter stones, and a time to gather. A time to embrace, and a time to be far from embraces.
6 Yon tan pou chache e yon tan pou pèdi. Yon tan pou konsève, e yon tan pou jete.
A time to get, and a time to lose. A time to keep, and a time to cast away.
7 Yon tan pou chire e yon tan pou koude; yon tan pou rete an silans e yon tan pou pale.
A time to rend, and a time to sew. A time to keep silence, and a time to speak.
8 Yon tan pou fè lanmou e yon tan pou rayisman; yon tan pou fè lagè e yon tan pou fè lapè.
A time of love, and a time of hatred. A time of war, and a time of peace.
9 Ki avantaj ouvriye a genyen nan tout efò ke li fè yo?
What hath man more of his labour?
10 Mwen te wè tach ke Bondye te bay a fis a lòm yo, avèk sila yo okipe tèt yo.
I have seen the trouble, which God hath given the sons of men to be exercised in it.
11 Li te fè tout bagay bon nan tan li. Anplis, Li te mete letènite nan kè yo, pou ke lòm pa ka fin konprann travay Bondye te fè a soti nan kòmansman jis rive nan lafen.
He hath made all things good in their time, and hath delivered the world to their consideration, so that man cannot find out the work which God hath made from the beginning to the end.
12 Mwen konnen ke pa gen pi bon bagay pou yo ta fè pase rejwi e fè byen pandan yo gen lavi a.
And I have known that there was no better thing than to rejoice, and to do well in this life.
13 Anplis, pou tout moun ki manje ak bwè yo wè bonte Bondye nan tout travay li yo—se don Bondye sa ye.
For every man that eateth and drinketh, and seeth good of his labour, this is the gift of God.
14 Mwen konnen ke tout sa Bondye fè va dire pou tout tan. Nanpwen anyen pou mete sou li e nanpwen anyen pou retire sou li, paske Bondye te tèlman travay pou lòm ta gen lakrent Li.
I have learned that all the works which God hath made, continue for ever: we cannot add any thing, nor take away from those things which God hath made that he may be feared.
15 Sa ki egziste, te la deja e sa ki va ye, te ye deja. Konsa, Bondye chache jwenn sa ki fin pase.
That which hath been made, the same continueth: the things that shall be, have already been: and God restoreth that which is past.
16 Anplis, mwen te wè anba solèy la ke nan plas lajistis gen mechanste; e nan plas ladwati gen mechanste.
I saw under the sun in the place of judgment wickedness, and in the place of justice iniquity.
17 Mwen te di a pwòp tèt mwen: “Bondye va jije ni sila ki dwat la, ni sila ki mechan an,” paske gen yon tan pou chak zèv ak chak bagay.
And I said in my heart: God shall judge both the just and the wicked, and then shall be the time of every thing.
18 Mwen te di pwòp tèt mwen selon fis a lòm yo: “Anverite, Bondye te fè yo pase a leprèv pou yo ta wè ke se tankou bèt ke yo ye.”
I said in my heart concerning the sons of men, that God would prove them, and shew them to be like beasts.
19 Paske desten a fis a lòm yo ak desten a bèt yo se menm. Tankou youn mouri, konsa lòt la mouri. Anverite, yo tout gen menm souf la, e nanpwen avantaj pou lòm sou bèt yo, paske tout se vanite.
Therefore the death of man, and of beasts is one, and the condition of them both is equal: as man dieth, so they also die: all things breathe alike, and man hath nothing more than beast: all things are subject to vanity.
20 Tout ale menm kote. Tout te sòti nan pousyè a, e tout ap retounen nan pousyè a.
And all things go to one place: of earth they were made, and into earth they return together.
21 Se kilès ki ka konnen ke souf a lòm monte anwo e souf a bèt yo desann anba tè?
Who knoweth if the spirit of the children of Adam ascend upward, and if the spirit of the beasts descend downward?
22 Mwen te wè ke nanpwen anyen ki pi bon pou lòm ta fè pase fè kè kontan nan tout sa li fè, paske se konsa sò a tonbe pou li. Paske se kilès ki ka fè l wè sa ki va vin rive apre li?
And I have found that nothing is better than for a man to rejoice in his work, and that this is his portion. For who shall bring him to know the things that shall be after him?
