Mosakoli 3
1 Likambo nyonso ezalaka na tango na yango, mpe mosala nyonso ezalaka na ngonga na yango, na se ya moyi.
To all things there is a time, and a season for every matter under heaven.
2 Ezali na tango ya kobotama mpe tango ya kokufa, tango ya kolona mpe tango ya kopikola oyo elonami;
A time of birth, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what has been 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 pull down, and a time to build up;
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 lament, 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 throw stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to abstain from embracing;
6 tango ya koluka mpe tango ya kobungisa, tango ya kobomba mpe tango ya kobwaka;
a time to seek, 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 be silent, and a time to speak;
8 tango ya kolinga mpe tango ya koyina, tango ya bitumba mpe tango ya kimia.
a time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.
9 Litomba nini mosali azwaka na mosala oyo amonelaka pasi?
What advantage [has] he that works in those things wherein he labors?
10 Natalaki mokumba oyo Nzambe amemisaki bato.
I have seen all the trouble, which God has given to the sons of men to be troubled with.
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.
All the things which he has made are beautiful in his time: he has also set the whole world in their heart, that man might not find out the work which God has wrought from the beginning even 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.
I know that there is no good in them, except [for a man] to rejoice, and to do good in his 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.
Also [in the case of] every man who shall eat and drink, and see good in all his labor, [this] is a 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 know that whatever things God has done, they shall be for ever: it is impossible to add to it, and it is impossible to take away from it: and God has done [it], that [men] may fear before him.
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 has been is now; and whatever things [are appointed] to be have already been; and God will seek out 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.
And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, there was the ungodly one; and the place of righteousness, there was the godly one.
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 will judge the righteous and the ungodly: for there is a time there for every action and for every work.
18 Namilobelaki lisusu: « Nzambe amekaka bato mpo ete bakoka komimona bango moko ete bazali lokola banyama.
I said in my heart, concerning the speech of the sons of man, God will judge them, and that to show that they are breasts.
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.
Also to them is the event of the sons of man, and the event of the brute; one event befalls them: as is the death of the one, so also the death of the other; and there is one breath to all: and what has the man more than the brute? nothing; for all is vanity.
20 Nyonso ekendaka kaka esika moko; nyonso ewutaki na putulu, mpe nyonso ekozonga kaka na putulu.
All [go] to one place; all were formed of the dust, and all will return to dust.
21 Nani ayebi soki molimo ya moto emataka na likolo, mpe soki molimo ya nyama ekitaka na se ya mabele? »
And who has seen the spirit of the sons of man, whether it goes upward? and the spirit of the beast, whether it goes downward to the earth?
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 saw that there was no good, but that wherein a man shall rejoice in his works, for it is his portion, for who shall bring him to see any thing of that which shall be after him?
