Mhubiri 3
1 Kwa kuwa kila kitu na wakati wake, na majira kwa kila kusudi chini ya mbingu.
To everything — a season, and a time to every delight under the heavens:
2 Kuna wakati wa kuzaliwa na wakati wa kufa, wakati wa kupanda na wakati wa kung'oa yaliyopandwa,
A time to bring forth, And a time to die. A time to plant, And a time to eradicate the planted.
3 wakati wa kuua na wakati wa kuponya, wakati wa kubomo na wakati wa kujenga.
A time to slay, And a time to heal, A time to break down, And a time to build up.
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 skip.
5 wakati wa kutupa mawe na wakati wa kukusanya mawe, wakati wa kukumbatia watu wengine wakati wa kutokumbatia.
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 Kuna wakati wa kutafuta vitu na wakati wa kutotafuta, wakati wa kutunza vitu na wakati wa kuvitupa,
A time to seek, And a time to destroy. 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 be silent, And a time to speak.
8 Kuna wakati wa kupenda na wakati wa kuchukia, wakati wa vita na wakati wa amani.
A time to love, And a time to hate. A time of war, And a time of peace.
9 Ni faida gani mfanyakazi aipatayo katika kazi yake?
What advantage hath the doer in that which he is labouring at?
10 Nimeona kazi ambayo Mungu amewapa wanadamu kuitimiza.
I have seen the travail that God hath given to the sons of man to be humbled by 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.
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 Ninajua kuwa hakuna kilicho bora kwa mtu yeyote kuliko kufurahi na kutenda mema maadamu anaishi-
I have known that there is no good for them except to rejoice and to do good during their 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.
yea, even every man who eateth and hath drunk and seen good by all his labour, it [is] a 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 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 Chochote kilichopo kimekwisha kuwepo; chochote kitakachokuwepo kimekwisha kuwepo. Mungu huwafanya wanadamu kutafuka vitu vilivyjificha.
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 Na nimeona kwamba chini ya jua ubaya upo mahali palipopaswa kuwa na haki, na sehemu ya haki mara nyingi ina ubaya.
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 Nikasema moyoni mwangu, “Mungu atahukumu mwenye haki na mbaya kwa wakati muafaka kwa kila jambo na kila tendo.
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 Nikasema moyoni mwangu, “Mungu huwajaribu wanadamu kuwaonyesha kwamba wao ni kama wanyama.”
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 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?
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 Kila kitu kinaenda sehemu moja. Kila kitu kinatoka mavumbini, na kila kitu kinarudi katika mavumbini.
The whole are going unto one place, the whole have been from the dust, and the whole are turning back unto the dust.
21 Ni nani ajuaye kama roho ya mwanadamu inaenda juu na roho ya wanyama inaenda chini ya nchi?
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 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 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?
