Muparidzi 3
1 Chinhu chimwe nechimwe chine nguva yacho, uye basa rimwe nerimwe rine nguva yaro pasi pedenga:
For everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven:
2 nguva yokuberekwa nenguva yokufa, nguva yokusima nenguva yokudzura;
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 nguva yokuuraya nenguva yokuporesa, nguva yokuputsa nenguva yokuvaka;
a time to kill, and a time to heal, a time to break down, and a time to build up,
4 nguva yokuchema nenguva yokuseka, nguva yokuungudza nenguva yokudzana;
a time to weep, and a time to laugh, a time to mourn, and a time to dance,
5 nguva yokurasa mabwe nenguva yokuaunganidza pamwe chete, nguva yokumbundikira nenguva yokurega;
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 nguva yokutsvaka nenguva yokurega zvirasike, nguva yokuchengeta nenguva yokurasa;
a time to seek, and a time to lose, a time to keep, and a time to cast away,
7 nguva yokubvarura nenguva yokusona, nguva yokunyarara nenguva yokutaura;
a time to tear, and a time to sew, a time to keep silence, and a time to speak,
8 nguva yokuda nenguva yokuvenga, nguva yehondo nenguva yorugare.
a time to love, and a time to hate, a time for war, and a time for peace.
9 Ko, mushandi anowanei kubva mukushanda kwake kwose?
What profit has he who works in that in which he labors?
10 Ndakaona mutoro wakapiwa vanhu naMwari.
I have seen the travail which God has given to the sons of men to be employed therewith.
11 Akaita chinhu chimwe nechimwe chakanaka nenguva yacho. Akaisawo zvisingaperi mumwoyo yavanhu; kunyange zvakadaro havangagoni kunzwisisa zvakaitwa naMwari kubva pakutanga kusvika pakupedzisira.
He has made everything beautiful in its time. Also he has set eternity in their heart, yet so that man cannot find out the work that God has done from the beginning even to the end.
12 Ndinoziva kuti hakuna chinhu chakanakira munhu kupfuura kuti afare uye kuti aite zvakanaka achiri mupenyu.
I know that there is nothing better for them, than to rejoice, and to do good as long as they live.
13 Kuti munhu wose adye uye anwe uye azviwanire kugutsikana kubva pakushanda kwake kwose, ichi ndicho chipo chaMwari.
And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy good in all his labor. It is the gift of God.
14 Ndinoziva kuti zvose zvinoitwa naMwari zvichagara nokusingaperi; hapana chingawedzerwa pazviri uye hapana chingabviswa pazviri. Mwari anozviita kuti vanhu vamukudze.
I know that, whatever God does, it shall be forever. Nothing can be put to it, nor anything taken from it. And God has done it that men should fear before him.
15 Chipi nechipi chiripo zvino, chakagara chiripo kare, uye zvichazovapo zvakatovapo kare; uye Mwari anotsvakazve zvakapfuura.
That which is, has been long ago, and that which is to be, has long ago been. And God seeks again that which has passed away.
16 Uyezve ndakaona chimwe chinhu pasi pezuva: Panzvimbo yokururamisira, zvakaipa zvakanga zviripo, panzvimbo yokururama, zvakaipa zvakanga zviripo.
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 Ndakafunga mumwoyo mangu ndikati, “Mwari achatonga vose vakarurama nevakaipa, nokuti pachava nenguva yebasa rimwe nerimwe.”
I said in my heart, God will judge the righteous man and the wicked man, for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work.
18 Ndakatizve, “Kana vari vanhu, Mwari anovaedza kuti vaone kuti vakangofanana nemhuka.
I said in my heart, It is because of the sons of men, that God may prove them, and that they may see that they themselves are beasts.
19 Zvinoitika kumunhu zvakafanana nezvinoitika kumhuka; zvose zvinoitirwa zvimwe chetezvo: sokufa kunoita chimwe, chimwe chinofawo. Zvose zvinofema mweya mumwe; munhu hapana paanopfuura mhuka. Zvose hazvina maturo.
For that which befalls the sons of men befalls beasts, even one thing befalls them; as the one dies, so dies the other. Yea, they all have one breath, and man has no preeminence above the beasts; for all is vanity.
20 Zvose zvinoenda kunzvimbo imwe chete; zvose zvinobva kuvhu, uye kuvhu zvose zvinodzokera.
All go to one place. All are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.
21 Ndiani angaziva kana mweya womunhu uchikwira kuenda kumusoro uye kana mweya wemhuka uchidzika pasi?”
Who knows the spirit of man, whether it goes upward, and the spirit of the beast, whether it goes downward to the earth?
22 Saka ndakaona kuti hapana chingapfuure ichi, kuti munhu afadzwe nebasa rake, nokuti uyu ndiwo mugove wake. Nokuti ndiani achazomudzosazve kuti aone zvichazoitika shure kwake?
Therefore I saw that there is nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his works, for that is his portion. For who shall bring him back to see what shall be after him?
