Mpitoriteny 3
1 Ny zavatra rehetra samy manana ny fotoany avy, ary samy manana ny androny avy ny raharaha rehetra atỳ ambanin’ ny lanitra:
All things have their time, and all things under heaven continue during their interval.
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 pull up what was planted.
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 tear down, and a time to build up.
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 scatter stones, and a time to gather. A time to embrace, and a time to be far from embraces.
6 Ao ny andro itadiavana, ary ao ny andro ahaverezana; Ao ny andro itehirizana, ary ao ny andro anariana;
A time to gain, and a time to lose. A time to keep, and a time to cast away.
7 Ao ny andro andriarana, ary ao ny andro anjairana; Ao ny andro anginana, ary ao ny andro itenenana;
A time to rend, and a time to sew. 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 of love, and a time of hatred. A time of war, and a time of peace.
9 Inona no soa azon’ ny miasa amin’ izay isasarany?
What more does a man have from his labor?
10 Efa hitako ny asa mampahory izay nomen’ Andriamanitra ny zanak’ olombelona hisasarany.
I have seen the affliction that God has given to the sons of men, in order that they may be occupied by it.
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 all things good in their time, and he has handed over the world to their disputes, so that man may not discover the work which God made from the beginning, even until the end.
12 Fantatro fa tsy misy tsara amin’ ny olombelona afa-tsy ny mifaly sy ny manao tsara, raha mbola velona koa izy.
And I realize that there is nothing better than to rejoice, and to do well in this life.
13 Ary koa, raha mihinana sy misotro ary finaritra amin’ ny fisasarany rehetra ny olombelona, dia fanomezan’ Andriamanitra izany.
For this is a gift from God: when each man eats and drinks, and sees the good results of his labor.
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 have learned that all the works which God has made continue on, in perpetuity. We are not able to add anything, nor to take anything away, from those things which God has made in order that he may be feared.
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 has been made, the same continues. What is in the future, has already existed. And God restores what has passed away.
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.
I saw under the sun: instead of judgment, impiety, and instead of justice, iniquity.
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.
And I said in my heart: “God will judge the just and the impious, and then the time for each matter shall be.”
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 in my heart, about the sons of men, that God would test them, and reveal them to be like wild animals.
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 this reason, the passing away of man and of beasts is one, and the condition of both is equal. For as a man dies, so also do they die. All things breathe similarly, and man has nothing more than beast; for all these are subject to vanity.
20 Izy rehetra samy mankamin’ ny fitoerana iray: avy tamin’ ny vovoka izy rehetra, ary hiverina ho amin’ ny vovoka indray izy rehetra.
And all things continue on to one place; for from the earth they were made, and unto the earth they shall return together.
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 the sons of Adam ascend upward, and if the spirit of the beasts descend downward?
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?
And I have discovered nothing to be better than for a man to rejoice in his work: for this is his portion. And who shall add to him, so that he may know the things that will occur after him?
