Lallaba 3
1 Wanni hundinuu yeroo qaba; hojiin samiidhaa gaditti hojjetamu hundis waqtii qaba:
To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
2 Dhalachuuf yeroo qaba; duʼuufis yeroo qaba; dhaabuuf yeroo qaba; buqqisuufis yeroo qaba;
A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;
3 ajjeesuuf yeroo qaba; fayyisuufis yeroo qaba; diiguuf yeroo qaba; ijaaruufis yeroo qaba;
A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;
4 booʼuuf yeroo qaba; kolfuufis yeroo qaba; gadduuf yeroo qaba; sirbuufis yeroo qaba;
A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
5 dhagaa bittinneessuuf yeroo qaba; walitti qabuufis yeroo qaba; hammachuuf yeroo qaba; hammachuu dhiisuufis yeroo qaba;
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 barbaaduuf yeroo qaba; barbaaduu dhiisuufis yeroo qaba; kaaʼuuf yeroo qaba; gatuufis yeroo qaba;
A time to seek, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;
7 tarsaasuuf yeroo qaba; hodhuufis yeroo qaba; calʼisuuf yeroo qaba; dubbachuufis yeroo qaba;
A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
8 jaallachuun yeroo qaba; jibbuufis yeroo qaba; loluuf yeroo qaba; nagaafis yeroo qaba.
A time to love, and a time to hate; a time for war, and a time for peace.
9 Hojjetaan tokko dadhabbii isaa irraa buʼaa maalii argata?
What profit hath he that worketh in that he laboureth?
10 Ani baʼaa Waaqni namoota irra kaaʼe argeera.
I have seen the task which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised therewith.
11 Inni waan hunda yeruma isaatti miidhagsee tolcheera. Akkasumas yaada baraa baraa garaa namootaa keessa kaaʼe. Taʼus isaan waan Waaqni jalqabaa hamma dhumaatti hojjete beekuu hin dandaʼan.
He hath made every thing beautiful in its time; also He hath set the world in their heart, yet so that man cannot find out the work that God hath done from the beginning even to the end.
12 Ani akka namootaaf bara jireenya isaanii keessa wanni gammaduu fi waan gaarii hojjechuu caalu tokko iyyuu hin jirre nan beeka.
I know that there is nothing better for them, than to rejoice, and to get pleasure so long as they live.
13 Tokkoon tokkoon namaa nyaatee dhugee buʼaa hojii isaa hundatti gammaduun kennaa Waaqaa ti.
But also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy pleasure for all his labour, is the gift of God.
14 Ani akka wanni Waaqni hojjetu hundi bara baraan jiraatu beeka; wanni tokko illee itti hin dabalamu; wanni tokko iyyuus irraa hin fudhatamu. Waaqni akka namoonni isa sodaataniif waan kana godha.
I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever; nothing can be added to it, nor any thing taken from it; and God hath so made it, that men should fear before Him.
15 Wanni amma jiru kam iyyuu duraanuu tureera; wanni dhufuuf jirus duraanuu jira ture; Waaqni waan darbes deebisee fida.
That which is hath been long ago, and that which is to be hath already been; and God seeketh that which is pursued.
16 Anis aduudhaa gaditti waan biraa nan arge; kunis: Iddoo murtiin qajeelaan jiraachuu malu, hamminatu ture; iddoo qajeelummaan jiraachuu malu immoo jalʼinatu ture.
And moreover I saw under the sun, in the place of justice, that wickedness was there; and in the place of righteousness, that wickedness was there.
17 Ani garaa koo keessatti akkana jedheen yaade; “Waaqni qajeeltotaa fi hamoota, gara murtiitti ni fida; wanni hundinuu, hojiin hundinuus yeroo ni qabaatii.”
I said in my heart: 'The righteous and the wicked God will judge; for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work.'
18 Ani amma illee akkana jedhee garaa koo keessatti nan yaade; “Waaqni akka isaan akkuma bineensotaa taʼuu isaanii arganiif ilmaan namaa qora.
I said in my heart: 'It is because of the sons of men, that God may sift them, and that they may see that they themselves are but as beasts.'
19 Wanni nama irra gaʼu, bineensota irras ni gaʼa; lachan isaanii iyyuu waanuma tokkotu eeggata; akkuma inni tokko duʼu, inni kaanis ni duʼa. Hundi isaanii hafuuruma tokko qabu; namni bineensa caalaa faayidaa argatu tokko illee hin qabu. Wanni hundinuu faayidaa hin qabu.
For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them; as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; so that man hath no pre-eminence above a beast; for all is vanity.
20 Isaan hundi idduma tokko dhaqu; hundinuu biyyoo irraa dhufan; hundinuus biyyootti deebiʼu.
All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all return to dust.
21 Akka hafuurri namaa ol baʼee hafuurri bineensaa immoo lafa keessa seenu eenyutu beeka?”
Who knoweth the spirit of man whether it goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast whether it goeth downward to the earth?
22 Kanaafuu ani sababii wanni sun ixaa isaa taʼeef akka namaaf wanni hojii isaatti gammaduu caalu tokko iyyuu hin jirre nan arge. Akka inni waan isa duubaan taʼu arguuf eenyutu isa fiduu dandaʼa?
Wherefore I perceived that there is nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his works; for that is his portion; for who shall bring him to see what shall be after him?
