1 To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
Kwa kila jambo kuna majira yake, Na wakati kwa kila kusudi chini ya mbingu.
2 a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;
Wakati wa kuzaliwa, na wakati wa kufa; Wakati wa kupanda, na wakati wa kung'oa yaliyopandwa;
3 a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;
Wakati wa kuua, na wakati wa kupoza; Wakati wa kubomoa, na wakati wa kujenga;
4 a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
Wakati wa kulia, na wakati wa kucheka; Wakati wa kuomboleza, na wakati wa kucheza;
5 a time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;
Wakati wa kutupa mawe, na wakati wa kukusanya mawe; Wakati wa kukumbatia, na wakati wa kutokumbatia;
6 a time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;
Wakati wa kutafuta, na wakati wa kupoteza; Wakati wa kuweka, na wakati wa kutupa;
7 a time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
Wakati wa kurarua, na wakati wa kushona; Wakati wa kunyamaza, na wakati wa kunena;
8 a time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.
Wakati wa kupenda, na wakati wa kuchukia; Wakati wa vita, na wakati wa amani.
9 What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboureth?
Je! Mtendaji anayo faida gani katika yale anayojishughulisha nayo?
10 I have seen the travail, which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised in it.
Nimeiona taabu ambayo Mungu amewapa wanadamu, ili kutaabika ndani yake.
11 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.
Kila kitu amekifanya kizuri kwa wakati wake; tena ameiweka hiyo milele ndani ya mioyo yao; ila kwa jinsi mwanadamu asivyoweza kuivumbua kazi ya Mungu anayoifanya, tangu mwanzo hata mwisho.
12 I know that there is no good in them, but for a man to rejoice, and to do good in his life.
Mimi najua ya kwamba hakuna jema kwao kupita kufurahi, na kufanya mema maadamu wanaishi.
13 And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labour, it is the gift of God.
Tena ni karama ya Mungu kila mtu apate kula na kunywa, na kujiburudisha kwa mema katika kazi yake yote.
14 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.
Najua ya kwamba kila kazi aifanyayo Mungu itadumu milele; haiwezekani kuizidisha kitu, wala kuipunguza kitu; nayo Mungu ameifanya ili watu wamche Yeye.
15 That which hath been is now; and that which is to be hath already been; and God requireth that which is past.
Yale yaliyoko yamekuwako; na hayo yatakayokuwako yamekwisha kuwako; naye Mungu huyatafuta tena mambo yale yaliyopita.
16 And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, that wickedness was there; and the place of righteousness, that iniquity was there.
Zaidi ya hayo, nikaona tena chini ya jua ya kwamba, Mahali pa hukumu upo uovu, Na mahali pa haki upo udhalimu.
17 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.
Nikasema moyoni mwangu, Mungu atawahukumu wenye haki na wasio haki; kwa kuwa kuna wakati huko kwa kila kusudi na kwa kila kazi.
18 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.
Nikasema moyoni mwangu, Ni kwa sababu ya wanadamu, ili Mungu awajaribu, nao waone ya kuwa wao wenyewe wafanana na wanyama.
19 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.
Kwa maana linalowatukia wanadamu linawatukia wanyama; jambo moja lawatukia; anavyokufa huyu ndivyo anavyokufa huyu; naam, wote wanayo pumzi moja; wala mwanadamu hana kitu cha kumpita mnyama; kwa maana yote ni ubatili.
20 All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.
Wote huendea mahali pamoja; wote hutoka katika mavumbi; na hata mavumbini hurudi tena.
21 Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the earth?
Ni nani ajuaye kama roho ya binadamu huenda juu, na kama roho ya mnyama huenda chini?
22 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?
Hivyo nikaona ya kwamba hakuna jema kupita mwanadamu kuzifurahia kazi zake; kwa sababu hili ni fungu lake; kwa maana ni nani atakayemrudisha tena ili ayaone yatakayomfuata baadaye.
