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Ecclesiastes 3
New International Version
Ecclesiastes 3
New International Version
A Time for Everything
3 There is a time(A) for everything,
and a season for every activity under the heavens:
2 a time to be born and a time to die,
a time to plant and a time to uproot,(B)
3 a time to kill(C) and a time to heal,
a time to tear down and a time to build,
4 a time to weep and a time to laugh,
a time to mourn and a time to dance,
5 a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them,
a time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing,
6 a time to search and a time to give up,
a time to keep and a time to throw away,
7 a time to tear and a time to mend,
a time to be silent(D) and a time to speak,
8 a time to love and a time to hate,
a time for war and a time for peace.
9 What do workers gain from their toil?(E) 10 I have seen the burden God has laid on the human race.(F) 11 He has made everything beautiful in its time.(G) He has also set eternity in the human heart; yet[a] no one can fathom(H) what God has done from beginning to end.(I) 12 I know that there is nothing better for people than to be happy and to do good while they live. 13 That each of them may eat and drink,(J) and find satisfaction(K) in all their toil—this is the gift of God.(L) 14 I know that everything God does will endure forever; nothing can be added to it and nothing taken from it. God does it so that people will fear him.(M)
15 Whatever is has already been,(N)
and what will be has been before;(O)
and God will call the past to account.[b]
16 And I saw something else under the sun:
In the place of judgment—wickedness was there,
in the place of justice—wickedness was there.
17 I said to myself,
“God will bring into judgment(P)
both the righteous and the wicked,
for there will be a time for every activity,
a time to judge every deed.”(Q)
18 I also said to myself, “As for humans, God tests them so that they may see that they are like the animals.(R) 19 Surely the fate of human beings(S) is like that of the animals; the same fate awaits them both: As one dies, so dies the other. All have the same breath[c]; humans have no advantage over animals. Everything is meaningless. 20 All go to the same place; all come from dust, and to dust all return.(T) 21 Who knows if the human spirit rises upward(U) and if the spirit of the animal goes down into the earth?”
22 So I saw that there is nothing better for a person than to enjoy their work,(V) because that is their lot.(W) For who can bring them to see what will happen after them?
Footnotes
- Ecclesiastes 3:11 Or also placed ignorance in the human heart, so that
- Ecclesiastes 3:15 Or God calls back the past
- Ecclesiastes 3:19 Or spirit
Ecclesiastes 3
King James Version
Ecclesiastes 3
King James Version
3 To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
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;
3 A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;
4 A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
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;
6 A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;
7 A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
8 A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.
9 What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboureth?
10 I have seen the travail, which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised in it.
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.
12 I know that there is no good in them, but for a man to rejoice, and to do good in his life.
13 And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labour, it is the gift of God.
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.
15 That which hath been is now; and that which is to be hath already been; and God requireth that which is past.
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.
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.
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.
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.
20 All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.
21 Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the earth?
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?
Mangangaral 3
Ang Dating Biblia (1905)
Mangangaral 3
Ang Dating Biblia (1905)
3 Sa bawa't bagay ay may kapanahunan, at panahon sa bawa't panukala sa silong ng langit:
2 Panahon ng kapanganakan, at panahon ng kamatayan; panahon ng pagtatanim, at panahon ng pagbunot ng itinanim;
3 Panahon ng pagpatay, at panahon ng pagpapagaling; panahon ng paggiba, at panahon ng pagtatayo;
4 Panahon ng pagiyak, at panahon ng pagtawa; panahon ng pagtangis, at panahon ng pagsayaw;
5 Panahon ng paghahagis ng mga bato, at panahon ng pagpipisan ng mga bato; panahon ng pagyakap, at panahon ng pagpipigil sa pagyakap;
6 Panahon ng paghanap, at panahon ng pagkawala: panahon ng pagiingat, at panahon ng pagtatapon;
7 Panahon ng pagpunit, at panahon ng pananahi; panahon ng pagtahimik, at panahon ng pagsasalita;
8 Panahon ng pagibig, at panahon ng pagtatanim; panahon ng digma, at panahon ng kapayapaan.
9 Anong pakinabang ang tinatamo niya, na gumagawa sa kaniyang pinagpapagalan?
10 Aking nakita ang sakit na ibinigay ng Dios sa mga anak ng mga tao upang pagsanayan.
11 Ginawa niya ang bawa't bagay na maganda sa kapanahunan niyaon: inilagay rin niya ang sanglibutan sa kanilang puso, na anopa't hindi matalos ng tao ang gawa na ginawa ng Dios mula sa pasimula hanggang sa wakas.
12 Nalalaman ko, na walang maigi sa kanila, kay sa magalak, at gumawa ng mabuti habang sila'y nabubuhay.
13 At ang bawa't tao rin naman ay marapat kumain at uminom, at magalak sa kabutihan sa lahat niyang gawa, siyang kaloob ng Dios.
14 Nalalaman ko, na anomang ginagawa ng Dios, magiging magpakailan pa man: walang bagay na maidadagdag, o anomang bagay na maaalis: at ginawa ng Dios, upang ang tao ay matakot sa harap niya.
15 Ang nangyari sa nagdaan ay nangyari na; at ang mangyayari pa ay nangyari na rin; at hinahanap uli ng Dios ang nakaraan na.
16 At bukod dito'y aking nakita sa ilalim ng araw, sa dako ng kahatulan, na nandoon ang kasamaan; at sa dako ng katuwiran, na nandoon ang kasamaan.
17 Sinabi ko sa puso ko, Hahatulan ng Dios ang matuwid at ang masama: sapagka't may panahon doon sa bawa't panukala at sa bawa't gawa.
18 Sinabi ko sa puso ko, Dahil sa mga anak ng mga tao, upang subukin sila ng Dios, at upang kanilang makita na sila'y mga hayop lamang.
19 Sapagka't ang nangyayari sa mga anak ng mga tao ay nangyayari sa mga hayop: sa makatuwid baga'y isang bagay ang nangyari sa kanila: kung paanong namamatay ang hayop, gayon namamatay ang tao; oo, silang lahat ay may isang hininga; at ang tao ay wala ng karangalang higit sa hayop: sapagka't lahat ay walang kabuluhan.
20 Lahat ay nagsisiyaon sa isang dako; lahat ay buhat sa alabok, at lahat ay nangauuwi sa alabok uli.
21 Sinong nakakaalam ng diwa ng tao kung napaiilanglang, at ng diwa ng hayop kung napaiibaba sa lupa?
22 Kaya't aking nakita, na walang bagay na maigi, kundi ang tao ay magalak sa kaniyang mga gawa; sapagka't siyang kaniyang bahagi: sapagka't sinong magbabalik sa kaniya upang makita ang mangyayari pagkamatay niya?
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