Ɔsɛnkafo 3
1 Biribiara wɔ ne bere, na dwumadi biara a ɛwɔ ɔsoro ase wɔ ne bere.
To every [thing there is] a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
2 Awo wɔ ne bere, na owu wɔ ne bere, ogu wɔ ne bere na otwa nso wɔ ne bere,
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 okum wɔ ne bere na ayaresa wɔ ne bere, obubu wɔ ne bere, na osi nso wɔ ne bere,
A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;
4 agyaadwotwa wɔ ne bere, na ɔserew nso wɔ ne bere, awerɛhow wɔ ne bere na asaw wɔ ne bere,
A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
5 abo hwete wɔ ne bere na abo anoboa wɔ ne bere, atuuyɛ wɔ ne bere na ne ntetewmudi nso wɔ ne bere,
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 adehwehwɛ wɔ ne bere na adehwere wɔ ne bere, adekora wɔ ne bere na adetowgu wɔ ne bere,
A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;
7 ade mu sunsuane wɔ ne bere na ne pempam wɔ ne bere, kommyɛ wɔ ne bere na kasa wɔ ne bere,
A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
8 ɔdɔ wɔ ne bere na ɔtan wɔ ne bere, ɔko wɔ ne bere na asomdwoe wɔ ne bere.
A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.
9 Mfaso bɛn na odwumayɛni nya fi nʼadwumaden mu?
What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboureth?
10 Mahu adesoa a Onyankopɔn de ato nnipa so.
I have seen the travail, which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised in it.
11 Wayɛ biribiara fɛfɛ wɔ ne bere mu. Ɔde nkwa a ɛnsa da ahyɛ nnipa koma mu, nanso wontumi nte nea Onyankopɔn ayɛ fi mfiase kosi awiei no ase.
He hath made every [thing] beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end.
12 Minim sɛ biribiara nni hɔ a eye ma nnipa kyɛn sɛ wobegye wɔn ani na wɔayɛ nea eye bere a wɔte ase.
I know that [there is] no good in them, but for [a man] to rejoice, and to do good in his life.
13 Sɛ obiara bedidi na wanom na wanya anigye wɔ ne dwumadi nyinaa mu, eyi ne Onyankopɔn akyɛde.
And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labour, it [is] the gift of God.
14 Minim sɛ biribiara a Onyankopɔn yɛ no bɛtena hɔ daa, wɔrentumi mfa biribi nka ho na wɔrentumi nyi biribi mfi mu. Onyankopɔn yɛ eyi sɛnea nnipa de nidi bɛma no.
I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God doeth [it], that [men] should fear before him.
15 Biribiara a ɛwɔ hɔ nnɛ no, aba pɛn, na nea ɛbɛba no nso aba dedaw; na Onyankopɔn bɛfrɛ nea asi dedaw no ama akontaabu.
That which hath been is now; and that which is to be hath already been; and God requireth that which is past.
16 Na mihuu biribi foforo wɔ owia yi ase sɛ: Amumɔyɛsɛm wɔ nea atemmu wɔ, atɛntreneebea no, amumɔyɛsɛm wɔ hɔ.
And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, [that] wickedness [was] there; and the place of righteousness, [that] iniquity [was] there.
17 Medwenee wɔ me koma mu se, “Onyankopɔn bebu atreneefo ne amumɔyɛfo nyinaa atɛn, efisɛ adwuma biara benya ne bere, nneyɛe biara ne ne bere.”
I said in mine heart, God shall judge the righteous and the wicked: for [there is] a time there for every purpose and for every work.
18 Afei medwenee se, “Nnipa de, Onyankopɔn sɔ wɔn hwɛ ma wohu sɛ wɔte sɛ mmoa.
I said in mine heart concerning the estate of the sons of men, that God might manifest them, and that they might see that they themselves are beasts.
19 Onipa nkrabea te sɛ mmoa de na ɛda hɔ ma wɔn nyinaa. Sɛnea ɔbaako wu no, saa ara na ɔfoforo nso wu. Wɔn nyinaa wɔ ɔhome baako; onipa nni biribi a ɔde kyɛn aboa. Biribiara yɛ ahuhude.
For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; so that a man hath no preeminence above a beast: for all [is] vanity.
20 Wɔn nyinaa kɔ faako; wɔn nyinaa fi dɔte mu na wɔsan kɔ dɔte mu.
All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.
21 Hena na onim sɛ onipa honhom foro soro na aboa de sian kɔ asase mu ana?”
Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the earth?
22 Enti mihuu sɛ biribiara nni hɔ a eye ma onipa kyɛn sɛ nʼani bɛka nʼadwuma ho, efisɛ ɛno ne ne kyɛfa. Na hena na obetumi de no asan aba sɛ ɔmmɛhwɛ nea ebesi ne wu nʼakyi?
Wherefore I perceive that [there is] nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his own works; for that [is] his portion: for who shall bring him to see what shall be after him?
