Mosakoli 3
1 Likambo nyonso ezalaka na tango na yango, mpe mosala nyonso ezalaka na ngonga na yango, na se ya moyi.
All things have their season, and in their times all things pass under heaven.
2 Ezali na tango ya kobotama mpe tango ya kokufa, tango ya kolona mpe tango ya kopikola oyo elonami;
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 tango ya koboma mpe tango ya kobikisa, tango ya kobuka mpe tango ya kotonga;
A time to kill, and a time to heal. A time to destroy, and a time to build.
4 tango ya kolela mpe tango ya koseka, tango ya kosala matanga mpe tango ya kobina;
A time to weep, and a time to laugh. A time to mourn, and a time to dance.
5 tango ya kopanza mabanga mpe tango ya kosangisa yango, tango ya kopesa beze mpe tango ya kotika kopesa beze;
A time to scatter stones, and a time to gather. A time to embrace, and a time to be far from embraces.
6 tango ya koluka mpe tango ya kobungisa, tango ya kobomba mpe tango ya kobwaka;
A time to get, and a time to lose. A time to keep, and a time to cast away.
7 tango ya kopasola mpe tango ya kobamba, tango ya kokanga monoko mpe tango ya koloba;
A time to rend, and a time to sew. A time to keep silence, and a time to speak.
8 tango ya kolinga mpe tango ya koyina, tango ya bitumba mpe tango ya kimia.
A time of love, and a time of hatred. A time of war, and a time of peace.
9 Litomba nini mosali azwaka na mosala oyo amonelaka pasi?
What hath man more of his labour?
10 Natalaki mokumba oyo Nzambe amemisaki bato.
I have seen the trouble, which God hath given the sons of men to be exercised in it.
11 Nzambe asalaka eloko na eloko malamu na tango na yango; atiaka lisusu, kati na mitema ya bato, posa ya koyeba mabombami na Ye. Nzokande, bato bakokaka te kososola mosala ya Nzambe, kobanda na ebandeli kino na suka.
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 Nayebi ete ezali na eloko moko oyo eleki malamu mpo na bato: ezali kaka kosepela mpe kozala malamu tango bazali na bomoi.
And I have known that there was no better thing than to rejoice, and to do well in this life.
13 Yango wana, tika ete moto na moto alia, amela mpe amona bolamu kati na mosala na ye nyonso, pamba te ezali likabo ya Nzambe.
For every man that eateth and drinketh, and seeth good of his labour, this is the gift of God.
14 Nayebi ete makambo nyonso oyo Nzambe asalaka ewumelaka seko; boye ezali ata na eloko moko te ya kobakisa na likolo na yango to ya kolongola kati na yango. Nzambe asalaka yango bongo mpo ete bakumisa Ye.
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 Makambo oyo ezali lelo esila kozala na kala, mpe makambo oyo ekoya ezala wuta kala; Nzambe nde azongisaka makambo oyo esila koleka na tango ya kala.
That which hath been made, the same continueth: the things that shall be, have already been: and God restoreth that which is past.
16 Namonaki lisusu likambo moko na se ya moyi: ezala na esika oyo basambisaka bato, mabe ezali kaka; ezala na esika ya bosembo, mabe ezangaka te.
I saw under the sun in the place of judgment wickedness, and in the place of justice iniquity.
17 Namilobelaki kati na ngai: « Nzambe akosambisa, ezala bato ya sembo to bato mabe, pamba te ezali na tango mpo na likambo moko na moko, mpe ezali na tango mpo na kosambisa likambo moko na moko. »
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 Namilobelaki lisusu: « Nzambe amekaka bato mpo ete bakoka komimona bango moko ete bazali lokola banyama.
I said in my heart concerning the sons of men, that God would prove them, and shew them to be like beasts.
19 Suka ya moto ezali lokola suka ya nyama: bango mibale basukaka kaka ndenge moko; ndenge moko akufaka, mosusu mpe akufaka kaka bongo. Bango nyonso bazali kaka na pema moko: moto aleki nyama na eloko te. Nyonso wana ezali kaka pamba.
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 Nyonso ekendaka kaka esika moko; nyonso ewutaki na putulu, mpe nyonso ekozonga kaka na putulu.
And all things go to one place: of earth they were made, and into earth they return together.
21 Nani ayebi soki molimo ya moto emataka na likolo, mpe soki molimo ya nyama ekitaka na se ya mabele? »
Who knoweth if the spirit of the children of Adam ascend upward, and if the spirit of the beasts descend downward?
22 Boye, nasosolaki ete ezali na eloko moko te oyo eleki malamu mpo na moto, soki kaka te kosepela mpe komona bolamu na mosala na ye, pamba te yango nde ezali litomba na ye. Nani akoki kosunga ye mpo ete amona makambo oyo ekoya sima na ye?
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?
