Salamans Mācītājs 3
1 Katram darbam ir nolikts laiks un katram nodomam apakš debess ir savs brīdis.
There is a right/correct time for everything, a time for everything that we do in this world.
2 Savs laiks piedzimt, savs laiks mirt, savs laiks dēstīt un savs laiks dēstīto ravēt.
There is a time to be born, and there is a time to die. There is a time to plant [seeds], and there is a time to harvest crops.
3 Savs laiks nokaut un savs laiks dziedināt, savs laiks nolauzt un savs laiks uzcelt.
There is a time to kill [people], and there is a time to heal [people]. There is a time to tear things down, and there is a time to build things.
4 Savs laiks raudāt un savs laiks smieties, savs laiks vaidēt un savs laiks diet.
There is a time to cry, and there is a time to laugh. There is a time to mourn, and there is a time to dance [joyfully].
5 Savs laiks akmeņus mest un savs laiks akmeņus kraut, savs laiks apkampt un savs laiks šķirties.
There is a time to throw away stones [from a field], and there is a time to gather stones [to build walls/houses]. There is a time to embrace [people], and there is a time to not embrace [people].
6 Savs laiks meklēt un savs laiks zaudēt, savs laiks glabāt un savs laiks nomest.
There is a time to search for things, and there is a time to stop searching for things. There is a time to keep/save things, and there is a time to throw things away.
7 Savs laiks saplēst un savs laiks sašūt, savs laiks klusu ciest un savs laiks runāt.
There is a time to tear [our old clothes], and there is a time to mend [clothes]. There is a time to say nothing, and there is a time when we should speak.
8 Savs laiks mīlēt un savs laiks nīdēt, savs laiks karam un savs laiks mieram.
There is a time when we should love [things that people do], and there is a time when we should hate [things that people do]. There is a time for war, and there is a time for peace.
9 Kāds labums strādniekam no sava pūliņa?
(What do people gain from all the work that they do?/It seems that people gain very little from all the work that they do [RHQ]).
10 Es esmu redzējis grūtumu, ko Dievs cilvēku bērniem uzlicis, ar to mocīties.
I have seen the work that God has given people to do.
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.
God has appointed a time that is right/correct for everything to happen. He has [also] caused people to realize that there are things that will endure forever. But in spite of that, no one can completely understand everything that God has done, from the time that he starts doing things until he finishes them.
12 Es samanīju, ka priekš viņiem nekas nav labāks, nekā priecāties un labu darīt savā laikā,
I know that the best [LIT] thing for us people to do is to rejoice and to do good things [all] during the time that we are alive.
13 Un ka ikkatrs cilvēks ēd un dzer un ko laba bauda pie visa sava pūliņa: tā ir Dieva dāvana.
And I also know that everyone should eat and drink, and enjoy the work that they do. Those are things that God gives to us.
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 [also] know that what God does endures forever. No one can add to what God does, and no one can take away from the things that God does. God does those things in order that people would revere him.
15 Kas jau bijis, tas tagad ir, un kas vēl būs, tas jau bijis; un Dievs atjauno to, kas bija pagājis.
Things that exist now have already existed previously, and things that will happen in the future have already happened previously; God causes the same things to happen many times.
16 Un es vēl pasaulē esmu redzējis tiesas vietu, - tur bija bezdievība, un taisnības vietu, - tur bija bezdievība.
Furthermore, I saw that on this earth [MTY], even in the courts where we expect judges to make right decisions about what people had done, they did many wicked [DOU] things.
17 Es sacīju savā sirdi: Dievs tiesās taisno un bezdievīgo; jo katram nodomam ir tur savs laiks, un visi darbi (taps tiesāti).
[So] I said to myself [SYN], “God will judge [both] righteous [people] and wicked [people]; there is a time [for him to do that], because there is a time for him to do everything.”
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.
And regarding humans, I [also] said to myself, “God is testing us, to show us that [in one way] people are no different than animals,
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 what happens to people happens to animals. Animals die, and people die. We all must breathe [to remain alive]. [With regard to that], people have no advantage over animals, so I have a difficult time understanding that.
20 Visi noiet vienā vietā, visi ir no pīšļiem un visi griežas atpakaļ pīšļos.
[People and animals] all die and are buried. We are all made of soil, and [when we die], our corpses become soil again.
21 Kas pārmana cilvēku bērnu dvašu, vai tā augšup iet, un lopu dvašu, vai tā lejup nokāpj?
No one knows [RHQ] for sure that when we die, our souls/spirits go up to heaven and the souls/spirits of animals go down to the place where the dead are.”
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 concluded that the best thing for [us] people to do is to be happy about the work that we do, because that is what God has given to us. I say that because no one of us [RHQ] knows what happens to us after we die.
