Ecclesiastes 3
1 Àsìkò wà fún ohun gbogbo, àti ìgbà fún gbogbo nǹkan ní abẹ́ ọ̀run.
To everything — a season, and a time to every delight under the heavens:
2 Ìgbà láti bí àti ìgbà kíkú, ìgbà láti gbìn àti ìgbà láti fàtu.
A time to bring forth, And a time to die. A time to plant, And a time to eradicate the planted.
3 Ìgbà láti pa àti ìgbà láti mú láradá ìgbà láti wó lulẹ̀ àti ìgbà láti kọ́.
A time to slay, 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 skip.
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 heap up stones. A time to embrace, And a time to be far 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 destroy. 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 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 of war, And a time of peace.
9 Kí ni òṣìṣẹ́ jẹ ní èrè nínú wàhálà rẹ̀?
What advantage hath the doer in that which he is labouring at?
10 Mo ti rí àjàgà tí Ọlọ́run gbé lé ọmọ ènìyàn.
I have seen the travail that God hath given to the sons of man to be humbled by it.
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.
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 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 have known that there is no good for them except to rejoice and to do good during their life,
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.
yea, even every man who eateth and hath drunk and seen good by all his labour, it [is] a 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 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 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 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 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 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 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, 'The righteous and the wicked doth God judge, for a time [is] to every matter and for every work there.'
18 Mo tún rò pé “Ọlọ́run ń dán wa wò láti fihàn wá wí pé bí ẹranko ni ènìyàn rí.
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 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 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 Ibìkan náà ni gbogbo wọn ń lọ, wọ́n wá láti inú erùpẹ̀, inú erùpẹ̀ náà ni wọn yóò tún padà sí.
The whole are going unto one place, the whole have been from the dust, and the whole are turning back unto the 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 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 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!
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?
