Muparidzi 3
1 Chinhu chimwe nechimwe chine nguva yacho, uye basa rimwe nerimwe rine nguva yaro pasi pedenga:
To everything — a season, and a time to every delight under the heavens:
2 nguva yokuberekwa nenguva yokufa, nguva yokusima nenguva yokudzura;
A time to bring forth, And a time to die. A time to plant, And a time to eradicate the planted.
3 nguva yokuuraya nenguva yokuporesa, nguva yokuputsa nenguva yokuvaka;
A time to slay, 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 skip.
5 nguva yokurasa mabwe nenguva yokuaunganidza pamwe chete, nguva yokumbundikira nenguva yokurega;
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 nguva yokutsvaka nenguva yokurega zvirasike, nguva yokuchengeta nenguva yokurasa;
A time to seek, And a time to destroy. A time to keep, And a time to cast away.
7 nguva yokubvarura nenguva yokusona, nguva yokunyarara nenguva yokutaura;
A time to rend, And a time to sew. A time to be silent, 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 of war, And a time of peace.
9 Ko, mushandi anowanei kubva mukushanda kwake kwose?
What advantage hath the doer in that which he is labouring at?
10 Ndakaona mutoro wakapiwa vanhu naMwari.
I have seen the travail that God hath given to the sons of man to be humbled by it.
11 Akaita chinhu chimwe nechimwe chakanaka nenguva yacho. Akaisawo zvisingaperi mumwoyo yavanhu; kunyange zvakadaro havangagoni kunzwisisa zvakaitwa naMwari kubva pakutanga kusvika pakupedzisira.
The whole He hath made beautiful in its season; also, that knowledge He hath put in their heart without which man findeth not out the work that God hath done from the beginning even unto the end.
12 Ndinoziva kuti hakuna chinhu chakanakira munhu kupfuura kuti afare uye kuti aite zvakanaka achiri mupenyu.
I have known that there is no good for them except to rejoice and to do good during their life,
13 Kuti munhu wose adye uye anwe uye azviwanire kugutsikana kubva pakushanda kwake kwose, ichi ndicho chipo chaMwari.
yea, even every man who eateth and hath drunk and seen good by all his labour, it [is] a gift of God.
14 Ndinoziva kuti zvose zvinoitwa naMwari zvichagara nokusingaperi; hapana chingawedzerwa pazviri uye hapana chingabviswa pazviri. Mwari anozviita kuti vanhu vamukudze.
I have known that all that God doth is to the age, to it nothing is to be added, and from it nothing is to be withdrawn; and God hath wrought that they do fear before Him.
15 Chipi nechipi chiripo zvino, chakagara chiripo kare, uye zvichazovapo zvakatovapo kare; uye Mwari anotsvakazve zvakapfuura.
What is that which hath been? already it is, and that which [is] to be hath already been, and God requireth that which is pursued.
16 Uyezve ndakaona chimwe chinhu pasi pezuva: Panzvimbo yokururamisira, zvakaipa zvakanga zviripo, panzvimbo yokururama, zvakaipa zvakanga zviripo.
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 Ndakafunga mumwoyo mangu ndikati, “Mwari achatonga vose vakarurama nevakaipa, nokuti pachava nenguva yebasa rimwe nerimwe.”
I said in my heart, 'The righteous and the wicked doth God judge, for a time [is] to every matter and for every work there.'
18 Ndakatizve, “Kana vari vanhu, Mwari anovaedza kuti vaone kuti vakangofanana nemhuka.
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 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 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 Zvose zvinoenda kunzvimbo imwe chete; zvose zvinobva kuvhu, uye kuvhu zvose zvinodzokera.
The whole are going unto one place, the whole have been from the dust, and the whole are turning back unto the dust.
21 Ndiani angaziva kana mweya womunhu uchikwira kuenda kumusoro uye kana mweya wemhuka uchidzika pasi?”
Who knoweth 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 Saka ndakaona kuti hapana chingapfuure ichi, kuti munhu afadzwe nebasa rake, nokuti uyu ndiwo mugove wake. Nokuti ndiani achazomudzosazve kuti aone zvichazoitika shure kwake?
And I have seen that there is nothing better than that man rejoice in his works, for it [is] his portion; for who doth bring him in to look on that which is after him?
