Ecclesiastes 3
1 Àsìkò wà fún ohun gbogbo, àti ìgbà fún gbogbo nǹkan ní abẹ́ ọ̀run.
To everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven:
2 Ìgbà láti bí àti ìgbà kíkú, ìgbà láti gbìn àti ìgbà láti fàtu.
a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot,
3 Ìgbà láti pa àti ìgbà láti mú láradá ìgbà láti wó lulẹ̀ àti ìgbà láti kọ́.
a time to kill and a time to heal, a time to break down and a time to build,
4 Ìgbà láti sọkún àti ìgbà láti rín ẹ̀rín ìgbà láti ṣọ̀fọ̀ àti ìgbà láti jó,
a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance,
5 ìgbà láti tú òkúta ká àti ìgbà láti ṣà wọ́n jọ ìgbà láti súnmọ́ àti ìgbà láti fàsẹ́yìn,
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 ìgbà láti wá kiri àti ìgbà láti ṣàì wá kiri ìgbà láti pamọ́ àti ìgbà láti jù nù,
a time to search and a time to count as lost, a time to keep and a time to discard,
7 ìgbà láti ya àti ìgbà láti rán ìgbà láti dákẹ́ àti ìgbà láti sọ̀rọ̀,
a time to tear and a time to mend, a time to be silent and a time to speak,
8 ìgbà láti ní ìfẹ́ àti ìgbà láti kórìíra ìgbà fún ogun àti ìgbà fún àlàáfíà.
a time to love and a time to hate, a time for war and a time for peace.
9 Kí ni òṣìṣẹ́ jẹ ní èrè nínú wàhálà rẹ̀?
What does the worker gain from his toil?
10 Mo ti rí àjàgà tí Ọlọ́run gbé lé ọmọ ènìyàn.
I have seen the burden that God has laid upon the sons of men to occupy them.
11 Ó ti ṣe ohun gbogbo dáradára ní àsìkò tirẹ̀, ó sì ti fi èrò nípa ayérayé sí ọkàn ọmọ ènìyàn, síbẹ̀, wọn kò le ṣe àwárí ìdí ohun tí Ọlọ́run ti ṣe láti ìbẹ̀rẹ̀ títí dé òpin.
He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the hearts of men, yet they cannot fathom the work that God has done from beginning to end.
12 Mo mọ̀ wí pé kò sí ohun tí ó dára fún ènìyàn ju pé kí inú wọn dùn kí wọn sì ṣe rere níwọ̀n ìgbà tí wọ́n sì wà láààyè.
I know that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice and do good while they live,
13 Wí pé: kí olúkúlùkù le è jẹ, kí wọn sì mu, kí wọn sì rí ìtẹ́lọ́rùn nínú gbogbo iṣẹ́ wọn ẹ̀bùn Ọlọ́run ni èyí jẹ́.
and also that every man should eat and drink and find satisfaction in all his labor—this is the gift of God.
14 Mo mọ̀ wí pé ohun gbogbo tí Ọlọ́run ṣe ni yóò wà títí láé, kò sí ohun tí a lè fi kún un tàbí kí a yọ kúrò nínú rẹ̀. Ọlọ́run ṣe èyí kí ènìyàn le è ní ìbẹ̀rù rẹ̀ ni.
I know that everything God does endures forever; nothing can be added to it or taken from it. God does it so that they should fear Him.
15 Ohun tí ó wà ti wà tẹ́lẹ̀, ohun tí ó ń bọ̀ wá ti wà tẹ́lẹ̀, Ọlọ́run yóò sì mú kí àwọn ohun tí ó ti ṣẹlẹ̀ sẹ́yìn tún ṣẹlẹ̀.
What exists has already been, and what will be has already been, for God will call to account what has passed.
16 Mo sì tún rí ohun mìíràn ní abẹ́ ọ̀run dípò ìdájọ́, òdodo ni ó wà níbẹ̀ dípò ètò òtítọ́, ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ ni o wà níbẹ̀.
Furthermore, I saw under the sun that in the place of judgment there is wickedness, and in the place of righteousness there is wickedness.
17 Mo wí nínú ọkàn mi, “Ọlọ́run yóò ṣe ìdájọ́ olódodo àti ènìyàn búburú, nítorí pé àsìkò yóò wà fún gbogbo iṣẹ́, àti àsìkò ṣe ìdájọ́ gbogbo ìṣe.”
I said in my heart, “God will judge the righteous and the wicked, since there is a time for every activity and every deed.”
18 Mo tún rò pé “Ọlọ́run ń dán wa wò láti fihàn wá wí pé bí ẹranko ni ènìyàn rí.
I said to myself, “As for the sons of men, God tests them so that they may see for themselves that they are but beasts.”
19 Ó ní láti jẹ́ ohun ìrántí pé ìpín ènìyàn rí bí i tẹranko ìpín kan náà ń dúró dè wọ́n. Bí ọ̀kan ti ń kú náà ni èkejì yóò kú. Àwọn méjèèjì ni irú èémí kan náà, ènìyàn kò sàn ju ẹranko lọ, nítorí pé asán ni yíyè jẹ́ fún wọn.
For the fates of both men and beasts are the same: As one dies, so dies the other—they all have the same breath. Man has no advantage over the animals, since everything is futile.
20 Ibìkan náà ni gbogbo wọn ń lọ, wọ́n wá láti inú erùpẹ̀, inú erùpẹ̀ náà ni wọn yóò tún padà sí.
All go to one place; all come from dust, and all return to dust.
21 Ta ni ó mọ̀ bóyá ẹ̀mí ènìyàn ń lọ sí òkè tí ẹ̀mí ẹranko sì ń lọ sí ìsàlẹ̀ nínú ilẹ̀ ni?”
Who knows if the spirit of man rises upward and the spirit of the animal descends into the earth?
22 Nígbà náà, ni mo wá rí i wí pé, kò sí ohun tí ó sàn fún ènìyàn ju kí ó gbádùn iṣẹ́ rẹ̀, nítorí pé ìpín tirẹ̀ ni èyí. Tàbí ta ni ó le è mú kí ó rí ohun tí yóò ṣẹlẹ̀ lẹ́yìn rẹ̀ kò sí!
I have seen that there is nothing better for a man than to enjoy his work, because that is his lot. For who can bring him to see what will come after him?
