Mhubiri 3
1 Kwa kuwa kila kitu na wakati wake, na majira kwa kila kusudi chini ya mbingu.
All things have their season, and in their times all things pass under heaven.
2 Kuna wakati wa kuzaliwa na wakati wa kufa, wakati wa kupanda na wakati wa kung'oa yaliyopandwa,
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 wakati wa kuua na wakati wa kuponya, wakati wa kubomo na wakati wa kujenga.
A time to kill, and a time to heal. A time to destroy, and a time to build.
4 Kuna wakati wa kulia na wakati wa kucheka, wakati wa kuomboleza na wakati kucheza,
A time to weep, and a time to laugh. A time to mourn, and a time to dance.
5 wakati wa kutupa mawe na wakati wa kukusanya mawe, wakati wa kukumbatia watu wengine wakati wa kutokumbatia.
A time to scatter stones, and a time to gather. A time to embrace, and a time to be far from embraces.
6 Kuna wakati wa kutafuta vitu na wakati wa kutotafuta, wakati wa kutunza vitu na wakati wa kuvitupa,
A time to get, and a time to lose. A time to keep, and a time to cast away.
7 wakati kuchana mavazi na wakati wa kuyashona, wakati wa kunyamaza na wakati wa kuzungumza.
A time to rend, and a time to sew. A time to keep silence, and a time to speak.
8 Kuna wakati wa kupenda na wakati wa kuchukia, wakati wa vita na wakati wa amani.
A time of love, and a time of hatred. A time of war, and a time of peace.
9 Ni faida gani mfanyakazi aipatayo katika kazi yake?
What hath man more of his labour?
10 Nimeona kazi ambayo Mungu amewapa wanadamu kuitimiza.
I have seen the trouble, which God hath given the sons of men to be exercised in it.
11 Mungu amefanya kila kitu kufaa kwa wakati wake. Pia ameweka umilele ndani ya mioyo yao. Lakini mwanadamu hawezi kuelewa matendo ambayo Mungu ameyafanya, tangu mwanzo wao hadi mwisho.
He hath made all things good in their time, and hath delivered the world to their consideration, so that man cannot find out the work which God hath made from the beginning to the end.
12 Ninajua kuwa hakuna kilicho bora kwa mtu yeyote kuliko kufurahi na kutenda mema maadamu anaishi-
And I have known that there was no better thing than to rejoice, and to do well in this life.
13 na kwamba kila mmoja anapaswa ale na kunywa na anapaswa kuelewa jinsi ya kufurahia mazuri ambayo yanatoka katika kazi zake zote. Hii ni zawadi kutoka kwa Mungu.
For every man that eateth and drinketh, and seeth good of his labour, this is the gift of God.
14 Ninajua kwamba chochote afanyacho Mungu kinadumu milele. Hakuna kinaweza kuongezwa au kuondolea, kwa sababu Mungu ndiye aliyekifanya, ili kwamba watu wamsogelee kwa heshima.
I have learned that all the works which God hath made, continue for ever: we cannot add any thing, nor take away from those things which God hath made that he may be feared.
15 Chochote kilichopo kimekwisha kuwepo; chochote kitakachokuwepo kimekwisha kuwepo. Mungu huwafanya wanadamu kutafuka vitu vilivyjificha.
That which hath been made, the same continueth: the things that shall be, have already been: and God restoreth that which is past.
16 Na nimeona kwamba chini ya jua ubaya upo mahali palipopaswa kuwa na haki, na sehemu ya haki mara nyingi ina ubaya.
I saw under the sun in the place of judgment wickedness, and in the place of justice iniquity.
17 Nikasema moyoni mwangu, “Mungu atahukumu mwenye haki na mbaya kwa wakati muafaka kwa kila jambo na kila tendo.
And I said in my heart: God shall judge both the just and the wicked, and then shall be the time of every thing.
18 Nikasema moyoni mwangu, “Mungu huwajaribu wanadamu kuwaonyesha kwamba wao ni kama wanyama.”
I said in my heart concerning the sons of men, that God would prove them, and shew them to be like beasts.
19 Kwa kuwa mwisho watoto wa wanadamu na mwisho wa wanyama ni sawa. Kifo cha mmoja ni sawa na kifo cha mwingine. Wote wana pumzi sawa. Hakuna faida kwa mwanadamu zaidi ya wanyama. Kwa kuwa hakuna kila kitu isipokuwa pumzi?
Therefore the death of man, and of beasts is one, and the condition of them both is equal: as man dieth, so they also die: all things breathe alike, and man hath nothing more than beast: all things are subject to vanity.
20 Kila kitu kinaenda sehemu moja. Kila kitu kinatoka mavumbini, na kila kitu kinarudi katika mavumbini.
And all things go to one place: of earth they were made, and into earth they return together.
21 Ni nani ajuaye kama roho ya mwanadamu inaenda juu na roho ya wanyama inaenda chini ya nchi?
Who knoweth if the spirit of the children of Adam ascend upward, and if the spirit of the beasts descend downward?
22 kwa hiyo tena nikatambua kwamba hakuna lililo jema kwa yeyote zaidi ya kufurahia kazi yake, kwa kuwa hilo ndilo jukumu lake. Ni nani awezaye kumleta tena kuona kinachotokea baada yake?
And I have found that nothing is better than for a man to rejoice in his work, and that this is his portion. For who shall bring him to know the things that shall be after him?
