Lallaba 3
1 Wanni hundinuu yeroo qaba; hojiin samiidhaa gaditti hojjetamu hundis waqtii qaba:
To everything—a season, and a time to every delight under the heavens:
2 Dhalachuuf yeroo qaba; duʼuufis yeroo qaba; dhaabuuf yeroo qaba; buqqisuufis yeroo qaba;
A time to bring forth, And a time to die. A time to plant, And a time to eradicate the planted.
3 ajjeesuuf yeroo qaba; fayyisuufis yeroo qaba; diiguuf yeroo qaba; ijaaruufis yeroo qaba;
A time to slay, 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 skip.
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 heap up stones. A time to embrace, And a time to be far from embracing.
6 barbaaduuf yeroo qaba; barbaaduu dhiisuufis yeroo qaba; kaaʼuuf yeroo qaba; gatuufis yeroo qaba;
A time to seek, And a time to destroy. 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 tear, And a time to sew. A time to be silent, 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 of war, And a time of peace.
9 Hojjetaan tokko dadhabbii isaa irraa buʼaa maalii argata?
What advantage does the doer have in that which he is laboring at?
10 Ani baʼaa Waaqni namoota irra kaaʼe argeera.
I have seen the travail that God has given to the sons of man to be humbled by it.
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.
The whole He has made beautiful in its season; also, that knowledge He has put in their heart without which man does not find out the work that God has 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 have known that there is no good for them except to rejoice and to do good during their life,
13 Tokkoon tokkoon namaa nyaatee dhugee buʼaa hojii isaa hundatti gammaduun kennaa Waaqaa ti.
indeed, even every man who eats and has drunk and seen good by all his labor, it [is] a 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 have known that all that God does is for all time, to it nothing is to be added, and from it nothing is to be withdrawn; and God has worked that they fear before Him.
15 Wanni amma jiru kam iyyuu duraanuu tureera; wanni dhufuuf jirus duraanuu jira ture; Waaqni waan darbes deebisee fida.
What is that which has been? Already it is, and that which [is] to be has already been, and God requires 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 again, I have seen under the sun the place of judgment—there [is] the wicked; and the place of righteousness—there [is] the wicked.
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 judges, for a time [is] to every matter and for every work there.”
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 concerning the matter of the sons of man that God might cleanse them, so as to see that they themselves [are] 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 an event [is to] the sons of man, and an event [is to] the beasts, even one event [is] to them; as the death of this, so [is] the death of that; and one spirit [is] to all, and the advantage of man above the beast is nothing, for the whole [is] vanity.
20 Isaan hundi idduma tokko dhaqu; hundinuu biyyoo irraa dhufan; hundinuus biyyootti deebiʼu.
The whole are going to one place, the whole have been from the dust, and the whole are turning back to the dust.
21 Akka hafuurri namaa ol baʼee hafuurri bineensaa immoo lafa keessa seenu eenyutu beeka?”
Who knows the spirit of the sons of man that is going up on high, and the spirit of the beast that is going down below 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?
And I have seen that there is nothing better than that man rejoice in his works, for it [is] his portion; for who brings him to look on that which is after him?
