Ecclesiastes 3

1 to/for all time and time to/for all pleasure underneath: under [the] heaven

For everything there is an appointed time, and a season for every purpose under heaven.

2 time to/for to beget and time to/for to die time to/for to plant and time to/for to uproot to plant

There is a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to pull up plants,

3 time to/for to kill and time to/for to heal time to/for to break through and time to/for to build

a time to kill and a time to heal, a time to tear down and a time to build up.

4 time to/for to weep and time to/for to laugh time to mourn and time to skip about

There is a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance,

5 time to/for to throw stone and time to gather stone time to/for to embrace and time to/for to remove from to embrace

a time to throw away stones and a time to gather stones, a time to embrace other people, and a time to refrain from embracing.

6 time to/for to seek and time to/for to perish time to/for to keep: guard and time to/for to throw

There is a time to look for things and a time to stop looking, a time to keep things and a time to throw away things,

7 time to/for to tear and time to/for to sew time to/for be silent and time to/for to speak: speak

a time to tear clothing and a time to repair clothing, a time to keep silent and a time to speak.

8 time to/for to love: lover and time to/for to hate time battle and time peace

There is a time to love and a time to hate, a time for war and a time for peace.

9 what? advantage [the] to make: do in/on/with in which he/she/it laborious

What profit does the worker gain in his labor?

10 to see: see [obj] [the] task which to give: give God to/for son: child [the] man to/for be occupied in/on/with him

I have seen the work that God has given to human beings to complete.

11 [obj] [the] all to make beautiful in/on/with time his also [obj] [the] forever: enduring to give: put in/on/with heart their from without which not to find [the] man [obj] [the] deed: work which to make: do [the] God from head: first and till end

God has made everything suitable for its own time. He has also placed eternity in their hearts. But mankind cannot understand the deeds that God has done, from their beginning all the way to their end.

12 to know for nothing pleasant in/on/with them that if: except if: except to/for to rejoice and to/for to make: do pleasant in/on/with life his

I know that there is nothing better for anyone than to rejoice and to do good so long as he lives—

13 and also all [the] man which/that to eat and to drink and to see: enjoy good in/on/with all trouble his gift God he/she/it

and that everyone should eat and drink, and should understand how to enjoy the good that comes from all his work. This is a gift from God.

14 to know for all which to make: do [the] God he/she/it to be to/for forever: enduring upon him nothing to/for to add and from him nothing to/for to dimish and [the] God to make: do which/that to fear: revere from to/for face: before his

I know that whatever God does lasts forever. Nothing can be added to it or taken away, because it is God who has done it so that people will approach him with honor.

15 what? which/that to be already he/she/it and which to/for to be already to be and [the] God to seek [obj] to pursue

Whatever exists has already existed; whatever will exist has already existed. God makes human beings seek hidden things.

16 and still to see: see underneath: under [the] sun place [the] justice there [to] [the] wickedness and place [the] righteousness there [to] [the] wickedness

I have seen the wickedness that is under the sun, where there should be justice, and in place of righteousness, wickedness was there.

17 to say I in/on/with heart my [obj] [the] righteous and [obj] [the] wicked to judge [the] God for time to/for all pleasure and upon all [the] deed there

I said in my heart, “God will judge the righteous and the wicked at the right time for every matter and every deed.”

18 to say I in/on/with heart my upon cause son: child [the] man to/for to purify them [the] God and to/for to see: see which/that they(masc.) animal they(masc.) to/for them

I said in my heart, “God tests human beings to show them that they are like animals.”

19 for accident son: child [the] man and accident [the] animal and accident one to/for them like/as death this so death this and spirit: breath one to/for all and advantage [the] man from [the] animal nothing for [the] all vanity

For the fate of the children of mankind and the fate of animals is the same fate for them. The death of one is like the death of the other. The breath is the same for all of them. There is no advantage for mankind over the animals. For is not everything just a breath?

20 [the] all to go: went to(wards) place one [the] all to be from [the] dust and [the] all to return: return to(wards) [the] dust

Everything is going to the same place. Everything comes from the dust, and everything returns to the dust.

21 who? to know spirit son: descendant/people [the] man [the] to ascend: rise he/she/it to/for above [to] and spirit [the] animal [the] to go down he/she/it to/for beneath to/for land: soil

Who knows whether the spirit of mankind goes upward and the spirit of animals goes downward into the earth?

22 and to see: see for nothing pleasant from whence to rejoice [the] man in/on/with deed: work his for he/she/it portion his for who? to come (in): bring him to/for to see: see in/on/with what? which/that to be after him

So again I realized that there is nothing better for anyone than to take pleasure in his work, for that is his assignment. Who can bring him back to see what happens after him?