Ecclesiastes 3
1 omnia tempus habent et suis spatiis transeunt universa sub caelo
For everything there is a fixed time, and a time for every business under the sun.
2 tempus nascendi et tempus moriendi tempus plantandi et tempus evellendi quod plantatum est
A time for birth and a time for death; a time for planting and a time for uprooting;
3 tempus occidendi et tempus sanandi tempus destruendi et tempus aedificandi
A time to put to death and a time to make well; a time for pulling down and a time for building up;
4 tempus flendi et tempus ridendi tempus plangendi et tempus saltandi
A time for weeping and a time for laughing; a time for sorrow and a time for dancing;
5 tempus spargendi lapides et tempus colligendi tempus amplexandi et tempus longe fieri a conplexibus
A time to take stones away and a time to get stones together; a time for kissing and a time to keep from kissing;
6 tempus adquirendi et tempus perdendi tempus custodiendi et tempus abiciendi
A time for search and a time for loss; a time to keep and a time to give away;
7 tempus scindendi et tempus consuendi tempus tacendi et tempus loquendi
A time for undoing and a time for stitching; a time for keeping quiet and a time for talk;
8 tempus dilectionis et tempus odii tempus belli et tempus pacis
A time for love and a time for hate; a time for war and a time for peace.
9 quid habet amplius homo de labore suo
What profit has the worker in the work which he does?
10 vidi adflictionem quam dedit Deus filiis hominum ut distendantur in ea
I saw the work which God has put on the sons of man.
11 cuncta fecit bona in tempore suo et mundum tradidit disputationi eorum ut non inveniat homo opus quod operatus est Deus ab initio usque ad finem
He has made everything right in its time; but he has made their hearts without knowledge, so that man is unable to see the works of God, from the first to the last.
12 et cognovi quod non esset melius nisi laetari et facere bene in vita sua
I am certain that there is nothing better for a man than to be glad, and to do good while life is in him.
13 omnis enim homo qui comedit et bibit et videt bonum de labore suo hoc donum Dei est
And for every man to take food and drink, and have joy in all his work, is a reward from God.
14 didici quod omnia opera quae fecit Deus perseverent in perpetuum non possumus eis quicquam addere nec auferre quae fecit Deus ut timeatur
I am certain that whatever God does will be for ever. No addition may be made to it, nothing may be taken from it; and God has done it so that man may be in fear before him.
15 quod factum est ipsum permanet quae futura sunt iam fuerunt et Deus instaurat quod abiit
Whatever is has been before, and what is to be is now; because God makes search for the things which are past.
16 vidi sub sole in loco iudicii impietatem et in loco iustitiae iniquitatem
And again, I saw under the sun, in the place of the judges, that evil was there; and in the place of righteousness, that evil was there.
17 et dixi in corde meo iustum et impium iudicabit Deus et tempus omni rei tunc erit
I said in my heart, God will be judge of the good and of the bad; because a time for every purpose and for every work has been fixed by him.
18 dixi in corde meo de filiis hominum ut probaret eos Deus et ostenderet similes esse bestiis
I said in my heart, It is because of the sons of men, so that God may put them to the test and that they may see themselves as beasts.
19 idcirco unus interitus est hominis et iumentorum et aequa utriusque condicio sicut moritur homo sic et illa moriuntur similiter spirant omnia et nihil habet homo iumento amplius cuncta subiacent vanitati
Because the fate of the sons of men and the fate of the beasts is the same. As is the death of one so is the death of the other, and all have one spirit. Man is not higher than the beasts; because all is to no purpose.
20 et omnia pergunt ad unum locum de terra facta sunt et in terram pariter revertentur
All go to one place, all are of the dust, and all will be turned to dust again.
21 quis novit si spiritus filiorum Adam ascendat sursum et si spiritus iumentorum descendat deorsum
Who is certain that the spirit of the sons of men goes up to heaven, or that the spirit of the beasts goes down to the earth?
22 et deprehendi nihil esse melius quam laetari hominem in opere suo et hanc esse partem illius quis enim eum adducet ut post se futura cognoscat
So I saw that there is nothing better than for a man to have joy in his work — because that is his reward. Who will make him see what will come after him?
