Mangangaral 3
Ang Salita ng Dios (Tagalog Contemporary Bible)
May Kanya-kanyang Oras ang Lahat
3 May oras na nakatakda para sa lahat ng gawain dito sa mundo:
2 May oras ng pagsilang at may oras ng kamatayan;
may oras ng pagtatanim at may oras ng pag-aani.
3 May oras ng pagpatay at may oras ng pagpapagaling;
may oras ng pagsira at may oras ng pagpapatayo.
4 May oras ng pagluha at may oras ng pagtawa;
may oras ng pagluluksa at may oras ng pagdiriwang.
5 May oras ng pagkakalat ng bato at may oras ng pagtitipon nito;
may oras ng pagsasama[a] at may oras ng paghihiwalay.
6 May oras ng paghahanap at may oras ng paghinto ng paghahanap;
may oras ng pagtatago at may oras ng pagtatapon.
7 May oras ng pagpunit at may oras ng pagtahi;
may oras ng pagtahimik at may oras ng pagsasalita.
8 May oras ng pagmamahal at may oras ng pagkagalit;
may oras ng digmaan at may oras ng kapayapaan.
9 Kung ang mga oras na ito ay itinakda na ng Dios, ano ngayon ang kabuluhan ng pagsisikap ng tao? 10 Nakita ko ang mga gawaing itinakda ng Dios para sa tao. 11 At lahat ng ito ay itinadhana ng Dios na mangyari sa takdang panahon. Binigyan niya tayo ng pagnanais na malaman ang hinaharap, pero hindi talaga natin mauunawaan ang mga ginawa niya mula noong simula hanggang wakas. 12 Naisip ko na walang pinakamabuting gawin ang tao kundi magsaya at gumawa ng mabuti habang nabubuhay. 13 Gusto ng Dios na kumain tayo, uminom at magpakasaya sa mga pinaghirapan natin dahil ang mga bagay na itoʼy regalo niya sa atin. 14 Alam kong ang lahat ng ginagawa ng Dios ay magpapatuloy magpakailanman at wala tayong maaaring idagdag o ibawas dito. Ginagawa ito ng Dios para magkaroon tayo ng paggalang sa kanya. 15 Ang mga nangyayari ngayon at ang mga mangyayari pa lang ay nangyari na noon. Inuulit lang ng Dios ang mga pangyayari.
16 Nakita ko rin na ang kasamaan ang naghahari rito sa mundo sa halip na katarungan at katuwiran. 17 Sinabi ko sa sarili ko, “Hahatulan ng Dios ang matutuwid at masasamang tao, dahil may itinakda siyang oras sa lahat ng bagay. 18 Sinusubok ng Dios ang mga tao para ipakita sa kanila na tulad sila ng mga hayop. 19 Ang kapalaran ng tao ay tulad ng sa hayop; pareho silang mamamatay. Pareho silang may hininga, kaya walang inilamang ang tao sa hayop. Talagang walang kabuluhan ang lahat! 20 Iisa lang ang patutunguhan ng lahat. Lahat ay nagmula sa lupa at sa lupa rin babalik. 21 Sino ang nakakaalam kung ang espiritu ng taoʼy umaakyat sa itaas at ang espiritu ng hayop ay bumababa sa ilalim ng lupa?” 22 Kaya naisip ko na ang pinakamabuting gawin ng tao ay magpakasaya sa pinaghirapan niya, dahil para sa kanya iyon. Walang sinumang makapagsasabi sa kanya kung ano ang mangyayari kapag siya ay namatay.
Footnotes
- 3:5 pagsasama: sa literal, pagyayakapan.
Ecclesiastes 3
New Catholic Bible
Chapter 3
A Time for Everything[a]
1 For everything there is a season,
and a time[b] for every activity under heaven.
2 A time to be born, and a time to die;
a time to plant, and a time to uproot what is planted.
3 A time to kill, and a time to heal;
a time to tear 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 scatter stones, and a time to gather them;
a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing.
6 A time to seek, and a time to lose;
a time to keep, and a time to discard.
7 A time to tear, and a time to mend;
a time to be silent, 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 gain does the worker have from his toil? 10 I have observed the tasks that God has designated to keep men occupied. 11 He has made everything suitable for its time, and he has given men a sense of past and future,[c] but they never have the slightest comprehension of what God has wrought from beginning to end.
12 I understand that man’s greatest happiness is to be glad and do well throughout his life. 13 And when we eat and drink and find satisfaction in all our labors, this is a gift of God.
14 I know that whatever God does endures forever; nothing can be added to it or subtracted from it. God has done this so that everyone will be in awe standing in his presence.
15 Whatever is now has already been,
that which is to come already is,
and God will restore whatever might be displaced.
16 The Problem of Retribution.[d] Moreover, I observed something else under the sun:
Where justice should be, there was wickedness,
and iniquity was in the place of righteousness.
17 But I remained confident in my belief
that God will judge both the righteous and the wicked,
for he has appointed a time for every matter
and he will issue a judgment on every work.
18 I said to myself that in dealing with men it is God’s purpose to test them in order to show them that they are animals. 19 For the fate of men and beasts is identical: as the one dies, so does the other. They all have the same life-breath, and man has no advantage over the beast in this regard. For everything is vanity. 20 All go to the same place: all were made from the dust, and to the dust all will return.
21 Who knows whether the human spirit goes upward and the spirit of an animal goes downward to the earth?[e] 22 And so I came to realize that there is nothing better for man than to enjoy his work, since that is his lot. No one has the power to let him see what will happen after he is gone.
Footnotes
- Ecclesiastes 3:1 Our mortality is neither chastisement nor recompense but only the mystery of the human condition. We participate better in God’s creation when we accept each moment as a gift.
- Ecclesiastes 3:1 Time: which is appointed by God (see Ps 31:16; Prov 16:1-9).
- Ecclesiastes 3:11 Given . . . a sense of past and future: or “has set eternity in their heart.”
- Ecclesiastes 3:16 By themselves human beings cannot decide anything about the last fate of the just and the unjust except that all must entrust themselves to God. Once again, only the present is accessible to human vision, and all the rest is a mystery.
- Ecclesiastes 3:21 Qoheleth expresses doubt about the final state of the human spirit, but by the end of the Book it is resolved: “the spirit returns to God who gave it” (Eccl 12:7). The answer was revealed gradually (see Pss 16:9-11; 49:16; 73:23-26; Isa 26:19; Dan 12:2-3) and fully revealed by Jesus who “abolished death and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel” (2 Tim 1:10).
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