Omubuulizi 3
1 Buli kintu kirina ekiseera kyakyo, na buli ekikolebwa wansi w’eggulu kirina ekiseera kyakyo.
For every thing there is a fixed period, and an appointed time to every thing under heaven: —
2 Waliwo ekiseera eky’okuzaalibwa n’ekiseera eky’okufa; ekiseera eky’okusimba ate n’ekiseera eky’okukungula ebyo ebyasimbibwa;
A time to be born, and a time to die. A time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted.
3 ekiseera eky’okutta n’ekiseera eky’okuwonya; ekiseera eky’okumenya n’ekiseera eky’okuzimba;
A time to kill, and a time to heal. A time to breaking down, and a time to build up.
4 ekiseera eky’okukaabiramu n’ekiseera eky’okusekeramu; ekiseera eky’okukungubaga n’ekiseera eky’okuzina;
A time to weep, and a time to laugh. A time to mourn, and a time to dance.
5 ekiseera eky’okusaasaanyizaamu amayinja, n’ekiseera eky’okugakuŋŋaanyizaamu; ekiseera eky’okugwiramu mu kifuba n’ekiseera eky’okukyewaliramu;
A time to cast stones asunder, and a time to gather stones together. A time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing.
6 waliwo ekiseera eky’okunoonyezaamu n’ekiseera eky’okulekeraawo okunoonya; ekiseera eky’okukuumiramu ekintu n’ekiseera eky’okukisuuliramu;
A time to seek, and a time to lose. A time to keep, and a time to cast away.
7 n’ekiseera eky’okuyulizaamu n’ekiseera eky’okuddabiririzaamu; ekiseera eky’okusirikiramu n’ekiseera eky’okwogereramu;
A time to rend, and a time to sew. A time to keep silence, and a time to speak.
8 waliwo ekiseera eky’okwagaliramu n’ekiseera eky’okukyayiramu; ekiseera eky’entalo n’ekiseera eky’eddembe.
A time to love, and a time to hate. A time of war, and a time of peace.—
9 Ddala omuntu kiki ky’afuna mu kutegana kwe?
What profit hath he who laboreth from that with which he wearieth himself?
10 Ndabye omugugu Katonda gw’atadde ku bantu.
I have seen the business which God hath given to the sons of men to exercise themselves therewith.
11 Buli kimu yakikola nga kirungi mu kiseera kyakyo. Kyokka newaakubadde nga Katonda yateeka mu mitima gy’abantu okutegeera obulamu obutaggwaawo, omuntu tayinza kuteebereza mulimu gwa Katonda gwonna, we gutandikira oba we gukoma.
God maketh every thing good in its time; but he hath put the world into the heart of man, so that he understandeth not the work which God doeth, from the beginning to the end.
12 Mmanyi nga tewali kisingira bantu kusanyuka na kukola bulungi nga balamu.
I know that there is nothing better for a man than that he should rejoice and enjoy good his life long.
13 Buli muntu alyoke alye, anywe afune okwesiima olw’ebyo ebiva mu kutegana kwe, kubanga ekyo kirabo kya Katonda.
But when a man eateth and drinketh, and enjoyeth good through all his labor, this is the gift of God.
14 Mmanyi nga buli Katonda ky’akola kya lubeerera; tekyongerwako, era tewali kikijjibwako. Katonda yakikola bw’atyo, abantu balyoke bamutye.
I know that whatever God doeth, that shall be for ever. Nothing can be added to it, and nothing taken from it; and God doeth it that men may fear before him.
15 Ekyo ekiriwo ky’amala dda okubaawo; n’ekyo ekinaaberawo kyabaawo dda; era Katonda alagira ebyali bibaddewo, ne byongera okubaawo.
That which is, was long ago; and that which is to be, hath already been; and God recalleth that which is past.
16 Ate era nalaba nga wansi w’enjuba, mu kifo ky’okusala amazima waliwo kusaliriza; ne mu kifo ky’obutuukirivu waliwo bwonoonyi.
Moreover, I saw under the sun that in the place of justice there was iniquity; and in the place of righteousness, iniquity.
17 Ne njogera munda yange nti, “Katonda aliramula abatuukirivu n’aboonoonyi; kubanga yateekawo ekiseera ekya buli kimu; era na buli mulimu.”
Then said I in my heart, “God will judge the righteous and the wicked.” For there shall be a time for every matter and for every work.
18 Ne ndowooza nti, “Katonda agezesa abaana b’abantu era bajjukire nti nsolo busolo.
I said in my heart concerning the sons of men, that God will prove them, in order that they may see that they are like the beasts.
19 Kubanga ekituuka ku baana b’abantu kye kituuka ne ku nsolo; omuntu afa, n’ensolo n’efa. Bonna bassa omukka gwe gumu; omuntu talina nkizo ku nsolo. Byonna butaliimu.
For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts: one lot befalleth both. As the one dieth, so dieth the other. Yea, there is one spirit in them, and a man hath no pre-eminence above a beast; for all is vanity.
20 Bonna bagenda mu kifo kye kimu, bonna bava mu nfuufu era mu nfuufu mwe badda.
All go to one place; all are from the dust, and all turn to dust again.
21 Ani amanyi obanga omwoyo gw’omuntu gwambuka waggulu, ogw’ensolo gwo ne gukka mu ttaka?”
Who knoweth the spirit of man, whether it goeth upward, and the spirit of a beast, whether it goeth downward to the earth?
22 Bwe ntyo nalaba nga tewali kisinga muntu kusanyukira mulimu gwe, kubanga ekyo gwe mugabo gwe. Anti tewali asobola kumukomyawo alabe ebyo ebiribaawo oluvannyuma lwe.
And so I saw that there is nothing better than that a man should rejoice in his labors; for that is his portion. For who shall bring him to see what shall be after him?
