Ecclesiastes 3
1 Àsìkò wà fún ohun gbogbo, àti ìgbà fún gbogbo nǹkan ní abẹ́ ọ̀run.
To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the 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 pluck up that which is planted;
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 up;
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 seek, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;
7 ìgbà láti ya àti ìgbà láti rán ìgbà láti dákẹ́ àti ìgbà láti sọ̀rọ̀,
a time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, 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 profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboureth?
10 Mo ti rí àjàgà tí Ọlọ́run gbé lé ọmọ ènìyàn.
I have seen the travail which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised therewith.
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 hath made every thing beautiful in its time: also he hath set the world in their heart, yet so that man cannot find out the work that God hath done from the beginning even to the 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 to do good so long as 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 enjoy good in all his labour, 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, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God hath done it, that men should fear before 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.
That which is hath been already; and that which is to be hath already been: and God seeketh again that which is passed away.
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.
And moreover I saw under the sun, in the place of judgment, that wickedness was there; and in the place of righteousness, that wickedness was there.
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 mine heart, God shall judge the righteous and the wicked: for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work.
18 Mo tún rò pé “Ọlọ́run ń dán wa wò láti fihàn wá wí pé bí ẹranko ni ènìyàn rí.
I said in mine heart, [It is] because of the sons of men, that God may prove them, and that they may see that they themselves are [but as] 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 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; and man hath no preeminence above the beasts: for all is vanity.
20 Ibìkan náà ni gbogbo wọn ń lọ, wọ́n wá láti inú erùpẹ̀, inú erùpẹ̀ náà ni wọn yóò tún padà sí.
All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.
21 Ta ni ó mọ̀ bóyá ẹ̀mí ènìyàn ń lọ sí òkè tí ẹ̀mí ẹranko sì ń lọ sí ìsàlẹ̀ nínú ilẹ̀ ni?”
Who knoweth the spirit of man whether it goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast whether it goeth downward to 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!
Wherefore I saw that there is nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his works; for that is his portion: for who shall bring him [back] to see what shall be after him?
