Mpitoriteny 3
1 Ny zavatra rehetra samy manana ny fotoany avy, ary samy manana ny androny avy ny raharaha rehetra atỳ ambanin’ ny lanitra:
For every thing there is a fixed period, and an appointed time to every thing 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 pluck up what is 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 breaking 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 cast stones asunder, 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 seek, 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 keep silence, 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 of war, and a time of peace.—
9 Inona no soa azon’ ny miasa amin’ izay isasarany?
What profit hath he who laboreth from that with which he wearieth himself?
10 Efa hitako ny asa mampahory izay nomen’ Andriamanitra ny zanak’ olombelona hisasarany.
I have seen the business which God hath given to the sons of men to exercise themselves therewith.
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.
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 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 a man than that he should rejoice and enjoy good his life long.
13 Ary koa, raha mihinana sy misotro ary finaritra amin’ ny fisasarany rehetra ny olombelona, dia fanomezan’ Andriamanitra izany.
But when a man eateth and drinketh, and enjoyeth good through 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 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 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.
That which is, was long ago; and that which is to be, hath already been; and God recalleth that which is past.
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.
Moreover, I saw under the sun that in the place of justice there was iniquity; and in the place of righteousness, 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.
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 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 concerning the sons of men, that God will prove them, in order that they may see that they are like the 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 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 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 are from the dust, and all turn to dust again.
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 knoweth the spirit of man, whether it goeth upward, and the spirit of a beast, whether it goeth downward to 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?
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?
