Salamans Mācītājs 3
1 Katram darbam ir nolikts laiks un katram nodomam apakš debess ir savs brīdis.
For everything there is a fixed time, and a time for every business under the sun.
2 Savs laiks piedzimt, savs laiks mirt, savs laiks dēstīt un savs laiks dēstīto ravēt.
A time for birth and a time for death; a time for planting and a time for uprooting;
3 Savs laiks nokaut un savs laiks dziedināt, savs laiks nolauzt un savs laiks uzcelt.
A time to put to death and a time to make well; a time for pulling down and a time for building up;
4 Savs laiks raudāt un savs laiks smieties, savs laiks vaidēt un savs laiks diet.
A time for weeping and a time for laughing; a time for sorrow and a time for dancing;
5 Savs laiks akmeņus mest un savs laiks akmeņus kraut, savs laiks apkampt un savs laiks šķirties.
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 Savs laiks meklēt un savs laiks zaudēt, savs laiks glabāt un savs laiks nomest.
A time for search and a time for loss; a time to keep and a time to give away;
7 Savs laiks saplēst un savs laiks sašūt, savs laiks klusu ciest un savs laiks runāt.
A time for undoing and a time for stitching; a time for keeping quiet and a time for talk;
8 Savs laiks mīlēt un savs laiks nīdēt, savs laiks karam un savs laiks mieram.
A time for love and a time for hate; a time for war and a time for peace.
9 Kāds labums strādniekam no sava pūliņa?
What profit has the worker in the work which he does?
10 Es esmu redzējis grūtumu, ko Dievs cilvēku bērniem uzlicis, ar to mocīties.
I saw the work which God has put on the sons of man.
11 Viņš visu jauki ir darījis savā laikā; pat mūžību viņš licis viņu sirdīs; tik cilvēks nevar izprast Dieva darbu, ne viņa iesākumu, ne galu.
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 Es samanīju, ka priekš viņiem nekas nav labāks, nekā priecāties un labu darīt savā laikā,
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 Un ka ikkatrs cilvēks ēd un dzer un ko laba bauda pie visa sava pūliņa: tā ir Dieva dāvana.
And for every man to take food and drink, and have joy in all his work, is a reward from God.
14 Es zinu, ka viss, ko Dievs dara, tas paliek mūžīgi, tam neko nevar pielikt nedz no tā ko atraut, un Dievs to dara, lai Viņu bīstas.
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 Kas jau bijis, tas tagad ir, un kas vēl būs, tas jau bijis; un Dievs atjauno to, kas bija pagājis.
Whatever is has been before, and what is to be is now; because God makes search for the things which are past.
16 Un es vēl pasaulē esmu redzējis tiesas vietu, - tur bija bezdievība, un taisnības vietu, - tur bija bezdievība.
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 Es sacīju savā sirdi: Dievs tiesās taisno un bezdievīgo; jo katram nodomam ir tur savs laiks, un visi darbi (taps tiesāti).
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 Es sacīju savā sirdī: tas ir cilvēku bērnu dēļ, Dievs tos grib pārbaudīt un tiem rādīt, ka tie paši par sevi ir kā lopi.
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 Jo kāds cilvēku bērnu liktenis, tāds lopu liktenis; tiem ir viens liktenis: kā viens mirst, tā otrs mirst, - tiem visiem ir viena dvaša, un cilvēks nav pārāks pār lopiem; jo viss ir niecība.
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 Visi noiet vienā vietā, visi ir no pīšļiem un visi griežas atpakaļ pīšļos.
All go to one place, all are of the dust, and all will be turned to dust again.
21 Kas pārmana cilvēku bērnu dvašu, vai tā augšup iet, un lopu dvašu, vai tā lejup nokāpj?
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 Tādēļ es redzēju, ka nekas nav labāks, nekā ka cilvēks priecājās pie sava darba; jo tā ir viņa daļa. Jo kas viņu vedīs tai vietā, kur tas varētu redzēt, kas pēc viņa notiks?
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?
