Mpitoriteny 3
1 Ny zavatra rehetra samy manana ny fotoany avy, ary samy manana ny androny avy ny raharaha rehetra atỳ ambanin’ ny lanitra:
To everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven:
2 Ao ny andro ahaterahana, ary ao ny andro ahafatesana; Ao ny andro ambolena, ary ao ny andro anongotana na nambolena;
a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot,
3 Ao ny andro amonoana, ary ao ny andro anasitranana; Ao ny andro andravana, ary ao ny andro ananganana;
a time to kill and a time to heal, a time to break down and a time to build,
4 Ao ny andro itomaniana, ary ao ny andro ihomehezana; Ao ny andro isaonana, ary ao ny andro andihizana;
a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance,
5 Ao ny andro anariam-bato, ary ao ny andro anangonam-bato; Ao ny andro anohonana, ary ao ny andro ifadiana tsy hanohona;
a time to cast away stones and a time to gather stones together, a time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing,
6 Ao ny andro itadiavana, ary ao ny andro ahaverezana; Ao ny andro itehirizana, ary ao ny andro anariana;
a time to search and a time to count as lost, a time to keep and a time to discard,
7 Ao ny andro andriarana, ary ao ny andro anjairana; Ao ny andro anginana, ary ao ny andro itenenana;
a time to tear and a time to mend, a time to be silent and a time to speak,
8 Ao ny andro itiavana, ary ao ny andro ankahalana; Ao ny andro iadiana, ary ao ny andro ihavanana.
a time to love and a time to hate, a time for war and a time for peace.
9 Inona no soa azon’ ny miasa amin’ izay isasarany?
What does the worker gain from his toil?
10 Efa hitako ny asa mampahory izay nomen’ Andriamanitra ny zanak’ olombelona hisasarany.
I have seen the burden that God has laid upon the sons of men to occupy them.
11 Ny zavatra rehetra samy nataony ho mendrika amin’ ny fotoany avy; ary ny mandrakizay dia efa nataony tao am-pony, kanefa tsy hitan’ ny olona ny asan’ Andriamanitra hatramin’ ny voalohany ka hatramin’ ny farany.
He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the hearts of men, yet they cannot fathom the work that God has done from beginning to end.
12 Fantatro fa tsy misy tsara amin’ ny olombelona afa-tsy ny mifaly sy ny manao tsara, raha mbola velona koa izy.
I know that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice and do good while they live,
13 Ary koa, raha mihinana sy misotro ary finaritra amin’ ny fisasarany rehetra ny olombelona, dia fanomezan’ Andriamanitra izany.
and also that every man should eat and drink and find satisfaction in all his labor—this is the gift of God.
14 Fantatro fa izay rehetra ataon’ Andriamanitra dia haharitra mandrakizay; tsy azo ampiana ary tsy azo analana izany; ka dia ataon’ Andriamanitra matahotra eo imasony ny olona.
I know that everything God does endures forever; nothing can be added to it or taken from it. God does it so that they should fear Him.
15 Izay atao izao dia efa natao fahiny; ary izay mbola ho avy dia efa nisy fahiny ihany koa; ary mbola tadiavin’ Andriamanitra indray izay efa lasa.
What exists has already been, and what will be has already been, for God will call to account what has passed.
16 Ary izao koa no efa hitako atỳ ambanin’ ny masoandro: ny fitoeran’ ny fitsarana nisy faharatsiana tao; ary ny fitoeran’ ny fahamarinana nisy faharatsiana koa tao.
Furthermore, I saw under the sun that in the place of judgment there is wickedness, and in the place of righteousness there is wickedness.
17 Hoy izaho anakampo: Samy hotsarain’ Andriamanitra na ny marina na ny meloka; fa any dia samy manana ny androny avy ny zavatra rehetra sy ny asa rehetra.
I said in my heart, “God will judge the righteous and the wicked, since there is a time for every activity and every deed.”
18 Hoy izaho anakampo: Noho ny amin’ ny zanak’ olombelona izany, mba hizahan’ Andriamanitra toetra azy, ka ho hitany fa raha ny tenany ihany, dia biby izy.
I said to myself, “As for the sons of men, God tests them so that they may see for themselves that they are but beasts.”
19 Fa zavatra sendrasendra foana ny zanak’ olombelona, ary zavatra sendrasendra foana koa ny biby, mitovy ihany ny mihatra amin’ izy roa tonta; fa toy ny ahafatesan’ ny iray no ahafatesan’ ny iray koa; eny, iray ihany no fofonaina ananan’ izy rehetra; ary tsy misy ihoaran’ ny olona noho ny biby; fa samy zava-poana izy rehetra.
For the fates of both men and beasts are the same: As one dies, so dies the other—they all have the same breath. Man has no advantage over the animals, since everything is futile.
20 Izy rehetra samy mankamin’ ny fitoerana iray: avy tamin’ ny vovoka izy rehetra, ary hiverina ho amin’ ny vovoka indray izy rehetra.
All go to one place; all come from dust, and all return to dust.
21 Iza no mahalala ny fanahin’ ny olombelona, na miakatra any ambony izy, na tsia, ary ny fanahin’ ny biby, na midìna amin’ ny tany izy, na tsia?
Who knows if the spirit of man rises upward and the spirit of the animal descends into the earth?
22 Dia efa hitako fa tsy misy tsara noho ny ifalian’ ny olona amin’ ny asany, satria izany no anjarany; fa iza no hampahalala azy izay ho avy any aoriany?
I have seen that there is nothing better for a man than to enjoy his work, because that is his lot. For who can bring him to see what will come after him?
