Muparidzi 3
1 Chinhu chimwe nechimwe chine nguva yacho, uye basa rimwe nerimwe rine nguva yaro pasi pedenga:
Everything has its own time—a time for all that happens here:
2 nguva yokuberekwa nenguva yokufa, nguva yokusima nenguva yokudzura;
A time of birth, and a time of death. A time of planting, and a time of harvest.
3 nguva yokuuraya nenguva yokuporesa, nguva yokuputsa nenguva yokuvaka;
A time of killing, and a time of healing. A time of tearing down, and a time of building up.
4 nguva yokuchema nenguva yokuseka, nguva yokuungudza nenguva yokudzana;
A time of crying, and a time of laughing. A time of mourning, and a time of dancing.
5 nguva yokurasa mabwe nenguva yokuaunganidza pamwe chete, nguva yokumbundikira nenguva yokurega;
A time of throwing away stones, and a time of gathering up stones. A time of embracing, and a time of avoiding embracing.
6 nguva yokutsvaka nenguva yokurega zvirasike, nguva yokuchengeta nenguva yokurasa;
A time of searching, and a time of giving up searching. A time of keeping, and a time of throwing away.
7 nguva yokubvarura nenguva yokusona, nguva yokunyarara nenguva yokutaura;
A time of tearing, and a time of mending. A time of keeping quiet, a time of speaking up.
8 nguva yokuda nenguva yokuvenga, nguva yehondo nenguva yorugare.
A time of loving, and a time of hating. A time of warfare, and a time of peace.
9 Ko, mushandi anowanei kubva mukushanda kwake kwose?
So what do you get for all your hard work?
10 Ndakaona mutoro wakapiwa vanhu naMwari.
I have examined what God gives us to do.
11 Akaita chinhu chimwe nechimwe chakanaka nenguva yacho. Akaisawo zvisingaperi mumwoyo yavanhu; kunyange zvakadaro havangagoni kunzwisisa zvakaitwa naMwari kubva pakutanga kusvika pakupedzisira.
Everything God does is beautifully timed, and even though he has also placed the idea of eternity in our minds, we can't fully understand what God does from beginning to end.
12 Ndinoziva kuti hakuna chinhu chakanakira munhu kupfuura kuti afare uye kuti aite zvakanaka achiri mupenyu.
I concluded that there's nothing better than being happy and looking for the good in life.
13 Kuti munhu wose adye uye anwe uye azviwanire kugutsikana kubva pakushanda kwake kwose, ichi ndicho chipo chaMwari.
In addition everyone should eat and drink and enjoy their work—this is God's gift to us.
14 Ndinoziva kuti zvose zvinoitwa naMwari zvichagara nokusingaperi; hapana chingawedzerwa pazviri uye hapana chingabviswa pazviri. Mwari anozviita kuti vanhu vamukudze.
I also concluded that everything God does lasts forever: nothing can be added to it or taken away from it. God acts in this way so that people may stand in awe of him.
15 Chipi nechipi chiripo zvino, chakagara chiripo kare, uye zvichazovapo zvakatovapo kare; uye Mwari anotsvakazve zvakapfuura.
Whatever was, is; and whatever will be, has been, and God examines the whole of time.
16 Uyezve ndakaona chimwe chinhu pasi pezuva: Panzvimbo yokururamisira, zvakaipa zvakanga zviripo, panzvimbo yokururama, zvakaipa zvakanga zviripo.
I also observed that here on earth there was evil even in the place where there was supposed to be justice; even where things were meant to be right, there was evil.
17 Ndakafunga mumwoyo mangu ndikati, “Mwari achatonga vose vakarurama nevakaipa, nokuti pachava nenguva yebasa rimwe nerimwe.”
But then I thought to myself, “Ultimately God will judge both those who do right and those who do wrong, and every deed and action, at the appointed time.”
18 Ndakatizve, “Kana vari vanhu, Mwari anovaedza kuti vaone kuti vakangofanana nemhuka.
I also thought to myself, “Regarding what happens to human beings—God proves to us that we're no better than animals.”
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 what happens to human beings is the same as what happens to animals—in the same way one dies, the other dies too. They all have the breath of life—so regarding any advantage human beings have over animals, there is none. Definitely this is very hard to understand!
20 Zvose zvinoenda kunzvimbo imwe chete; zvose zvinobva kuvhu, uye kuvhu zvose zvinodzokera.
They all end up in the same place—they all came from dust, and they all return to dust.
21 Ndiani angaziva kana mweya womunhu uchikwira kuenda kumusoro uye kana mweya wemhuka uchidzika pasi?”
Who really knows whether the breath of life of human beings goes up above, and the breath of life of animals goes down below 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?
So I concluded that there's nothing better than for people to enjoy their work. This is what we are meant to do. For who can bring anyone back from the dead to show them what will happen after they die?
