Ecclesiastes 3
1 For everything there is a fixed time, and a time for every business under the sun.
Ny zavatra rehetra samy manana ny fotoany avy, ary samy manana ny androny avy ny raharaha rehetra atỳ ambanin’ ny lanitra:
2 A time for birth and a time for death; a time for planting and a time for uprooting;
Ao ny andro ahaterahana, ary ao ny andro ahafatesana; Ao ny andro ambolena, ary ao ny andro anongotana na nambolena;
3 A time to put to death and a time to make well; a time for pulling down and a time for building up;
Ao ny andro amonoana, ary ao ny andro anasitranana; Ao ny andro andravana, ary ao ny andro ananganana;
4 A time for weeping and a time for laughing; a time for sorrow and a time for dancing;
Ao ny andro itomaniana, ary ao ny andro ihomehezana; Ao ny andro isaonana, ary ao ny andro andihizana;
5 A time to take stones away and a time to get stones together; a time for kissing and a time to keep from kissing;
Ao ny andro anariam-bato, ary ao ny andro anangonam-bato; Ao ny andro anohonana, ary ao ny andro ifadiana tsy hanohona;
6 A time for search and a time for loss; a time to keep and a time to give away;
Ao ny andro itadiavana, ary ao ny andro ahaverezana; Ao ny andro itehirizana, ary ao ny andro anariana;
7 A time for undoing and a time for stitching; a time for keeping quiet and a time for talk;
Ao ny andro andriarana, ary ao ny andro anjairana; Ao ny andro anginana, ary ao ny andro itenenana;
8 A time for love and a time for hate; a time for war and a time for peace.
Ao ny andro itiavana, ary ao ny andro ankahalana; Ao ny andro iadiana, ary ao ny andro ihavanana.
9 What profit has the worker in the work which he does?
Inona no soa azon’ ny miasa amin’ izay isasarany?
10 I saw the work which God has put on the sons of man.
Efa hitako ny asa mampahory izay nomen’ Andriamanitra ny zanak’ olombelona hisasarany.
11 He has made everything right in its time; but he has made their hearts without knowledge, so that man is unable to see the works of God, from the first to the last.
Ny zavatra rehetra samy nataony ho mendrika amin’ ny fotoany avy; ary ny mandrakizay dia efa nataony tao am-pony, kanefa tsy hitan’ ny olona ny asan’ Andriamanitra hatramin’ ny voalohany ka hatramin’ ny farany.
12 I am certain that there is nothing better for a man than to be glad, and to do good while life is in him.
Fantatro fa tsy misy tsara amin’ ny olombelona afa-tsy ny mifaly sy ny manao tsara, raha mbola velona koa izy.
13 And for every man to take food and drink, and have joy in all his work, is a reward from God.
Ary koa, raha mihinana sy misotro ary finaritra amin’ ny fisasarany rehetra ny olombelona, dia fanomezan’ Andriamanitra izany.
14 I am certain that whatever God does will be for ever. No addition may be made to it, nothing may be taken from it; and God has done it so that man may be in fear before him.
Fantatro fa izay rehetra ataon’ Andriamanitra dia haharitra mandrakizay; tsy azo ampiana ary tsy azo analana izany; ka dia ataon’ Andriamanitra matahotra eo imasony ny olona.
15 Whatever is has been before, and what is to be is now; because God makes search for the things which are past.
Izay atao izao dia efa natao fahiny; ary izay mbola ho avy dia efa nisy fahiny ihany koa; ary mbola tadiavin’ Andriamanitra indray izay efa lasa.
16 And again, I saw under the sun, in the place of the judges, that evil was there; and in the place of righteousness, that evil was there.
Ary izao koa no efa hitako atỳ ambanin’ ny masoandro: ny fitoeran’ ny fitsarana nisy faharatsiana tao; ary ny fitoeran’ ny fahamarinana nisy faharatsiana koa tao.
17 I said in my heart, God will be judge of the good and of the bad; because a time for every purpose and for every work has been fixed by him.
Hoy izaho anakampo: Samy hotsarain’ Andriamanitra na ny marina na ny meloka; fa any dia samy manana ny androny avy ny zavatra rehetra sy ny asa rehetra.
18 I said in my heart, It is because of the sons of men, so that God may put them to the test and that they may see themselves as beasts.
Hoy izaho anakampo: Noho ny amin’ ny zanak’ olombelona izany, mba hizahan’ Andriamanitra toetra azy, ka ho hitany fa raha ny tenany ihany, dia biby izy.
19 Because the fate of the sons of men and the fate of the beasts is the same. As is the death of one so is the death of the other, and all have one spirit. Man is not higher than the beasts; because all is to no purpose.
Fa zavatra sendrasendra foana ny zanak’ olombelona, ary zavatra sendrasendra foana koa ny biby, mitovy ihany ny mihatra amin’ izy roa tonta; fa toy ny ahafatesan’ ny iray no ahafatesan’ ny iray koa; eny, iray ihany no fofonaina ananan’ izy rehetra; ary tsy misy ihoaran’ ny olona noho ny biby; fa samy zava-poana izy rehetra.
20 All go to one place, all are of the dust, and all will be turned to dust again.
Izy rehetra samy mankamin’ ny fitoerana iray: avy tamin’ ny vovoka izy rehetra, ary hiverina ho amin’ ny vovoka indray izy rehetra.
21 Who is certain that the spirit of the sons of men goes up to heaven, or that the spirit of the beasts goes down to the earth?
Iza no mahalala ny fanahin’ ny olombelona, na miakatra any ambony izy, na tsia, ary ny fanahin’ ny biby, na midìna amin’ ny tany izy, na tsia?
22 So I saw that there is nothing better than for a man to have joy in his work — because that is his reward. Who will make him see what will come after him?
Dia efa hitako fa tsy misy tsara noho ny ifalian’ ny olona amin’ ny asany, satria izany no anjarany; fa iza no hampahalala azy izay ho avy any aoriany?
