Everything Has Its Time
1 Everything on earth
has its own time
and its own season.
2 There is a time
for birth and death,
planting and reaping,
3 for killing and healing,
destroying and building,
4 for crying and laughing,
weeping and dancing,
5 for throwing stones
and gathering stones,
embracing and parting.
6 There is a time
for finding and losing,
keeping and giving,
7 for tearing and sewing,
listening and speaking.
8 There is also a time
for love and hate,
for war and peace.
What God Has Given Us To Do
9 What do we gain by all our hard work? 10 I have seen what difficult things God demands of us. 11 God makes everything happen at the right time. Yet none of us can ever fully understand all he has done, and he puts questions in our minds about the past and the future. 12 I know the best thing we can do is to always enjoy life, 13 because God's gift to us is the happiness we get from our food and drink and from the work we do. 14 Everything God has done will last forever; nothing he does can ever be changed. God has done all this, so that we will worship him.
15 Everything that happens
has happened before,
and all that will be
has already been—
God does everything
over and over again.
The Future Is Known Only to God
16 Everywhere on earth I saw violence and injustice instead of fairness and justice. 17 So I told myself that God has set a time and a place for everything. He will judge everyone, both the wicked and the good. 18 I know God is testing us to show us that we are merely animals. 19 Like animals we breathe and die, and we are no better off than they are. It just doesn't make sense. 20 All living creatures go to the same place. We are made from earth, and we return to earth. 21 Who really knows if our spirits go up and the spirits of animals go down into the earth? 22 We were meant to enjoy our work, and that's the best thing we can do. We can never know the future.
Feŋo bee ye waatoo le soto
1 Feŋ-wo-feŋ, waatoo le be a la,
waati le be looriŋ feŋolu bee la ñiŋ duniyaa kono:
2 Waati le be wuluwo la,
waati be faa la.
Waati le be tuturoo la,
waati be wuturoo la.
3 Waati le be faaroo la,
waati be kendeyandiroo la.
Waati le be tiñaaroo la,
waati be dadaaroo la.
4 Waati le be kumboo la,
waati be jeloo la.
Waati le be niikuyaa la,
waati be doŋo la.
5 Waati le be berefayoo la,
waati be ì kafuñoomoo la.
Waati le be, ka i miniŋ ñoo la,
waati be ñoo minimbaliyaa la.
6 Waati le be ñinindiroo la,
waati be foo la.
Waati le be feŋo maaboo la,
waati be a fayoo la.
7 Waati le be feŋo la faroo la,
waati be a karoo la.
Waati le be deyoo la,
waati be diyaamoo la.
8 Waati le be kanunteeyaa la,
waati be konnanteeyaa la.
Waati le be keloo la,
waati be kayiroo la.
9 Dookuulaa ka muŋ tinee le soto, a la dookuwo bataa to? 10 Ŋa a je le, Alla ye dunoo meŋ laa hadamadiŋo kaŋ, a ka tara a faŋ batandi la a la. 11 Alla ye kuwo bee ke a tumoo le la, aduŋ a ñiiñaata. A ye hadamadiŋo hakilimaayandi badaa-badaa baluwo la kuwo la le, bari hani wo, Alla la keroo, hadamadiŋo buka a fahaamu noo, a foloodulaa te, sako a labandulaa. 12 Ŋa a loŋ ne ko, hadamadiŋo la baluwo kono, feŋ ne maŋ beteyaa a fee, ka tambi niidiyaa kuwo la, aniŋ faŋ seewondoo. 13 Alla la sooroo le mu hadamadiŋolu bee ye, ka domoroo niŋ miŋo ke, aniŋ ka niiseewoo soto i la dookuwolu to. 14 Ŋa a loŋ ne ko, Alla ye kuu-wo-kuu ke, wo le be tu la fo fawu. Feŋ te lafaa noo la a kaŋ, sako feŋ si talaa a bala. Alla ye ñiŋ ke le, i si a je moolu si a kuliyaa.
15 Feŋ-wo-feŋ be keriŋ bii,
a nene tarata keriŋ ne nuŋ.
Aduŋ feŋ-wo-feŋ be naa ke la,
a nene ka ke le.
Meŋ tambita,
Alla le ka lañini a la kewo la kotenke.
Tilimbaliyaa kuwolu duniyaa kono
16 Ŋa kuwo doo le fanaa je ñiŋ duniyaa tiloo koto:
Kiitiidulaalu to,
tilimbaliyaa le ka tara jee,
aduŋ tooñaa kumfaa dulaalu to,
tilimbaliyaa le ka tara jee.
17 N ko m faŋ ye ko,
“Moo tilindiŋ, moo kuruŋ,
Alla be ì bee le kiitindi la.
Ate le ye waatoo londi feŋo bee la,
a ye waatoo londi baara kuwolu bee la.”
18 N ko m faŋ ye hadamadiŋolu la karoo la ko, “Alla le be ì kotobo kaŋ ka a yitandi ì la ko, ì be le ko beeyaŋo. 19 Hadamadiŋo labaŋo niŋ beeyaŋo labaŋo bee kiliŋ. Labaŋñaa kiliŋo le ka tara ì bee batu kaŋ. Ñiŋ doo ka faa ñaameŋ, ñiŋ doo fanaa ka faa wo le ñaama. Nii kiliŋo le be ì bee la. Hadamadiŋ maŋ fisa beeyaŋ ti. Ñiŋ bee maŋ ke feŋ ti. 20 Ì bee labandulaa kiliŋ. Ì bota bankumunkoo le bala, aduŋ ì bee be muru la ka ke wo bankumunku kiliŋo le ti kotenke. 21 Jumaa le ye a loŋ fo hadamadiŋo niyo ka sele le ka taa santo, waraŋ fo beeyaŋolu taa ka taa bankoo le duuma?”
22 Ŋa a je le ko, kuu bete te hadamadiŋo fee, meŋ fisiyaata faŋ seewondoo ti a la dookuwolu to. Wo le mu a taa ti. Jumaa le si a jerendi noo kuu la, meŋ be naa ke la, ate faariŋ koolaa?
