Ecclesiastes 3 - Listen Online

¹ OLUKULÙKU ohun li akoko wà fun, ati ìgba fun iṣẹ gbogbo labẹ ọrun.

¹ To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:

² Ìgba bibini, ati ìgba kikú, ìgba gbigbin ati ìgba kika ohun ti a gbin;

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 Ìgba pipa ati ìgba imularada; ìgba wiwo lulẹ ati ìgba kikọ;

³ A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;

⁴ Ìgba sisọkun ati ìgba rirẹrín; ìgba ṣiṣọ̀fọ ati igba jijo;

⁴ A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;

⁵ Ìgba kikó okuta danu, ati ìgba kiko okuta jọ; ìgba fifọwọkoni mọra, ati ìgba fifasẹhin ni fifọwọkoni mọra;

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 Ìgba wiwari, ati ìgba sísọnu: ìgba pipamọ́ ati ìgba ṣiṣa tì;

⁶ A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;

⁷ Ìgba fifaya, ati ìgba rirán; ìgba didakẹ, ati ìgba fifọhùn;

⁷ A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;

⁸ Ìgba fifẹ, ati ìgba kikorira; ìgba ogun, ati ìgba alafia.

⁸ A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.

⁹ Ere kili ẹniti nṣiṣẹ ni ninu eyiti o nṣe lãla?

⁹ What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboureth?

¹⁰ Mo ti ri ìṣẹ́ ti Ọlọrun fi fun awọn ọmọ enia lati ma ṣíṣẹ ninu rẹ̀.

¹⁰ I have seen the travail, which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised in it.

¹¹ O ti ṣe ohun gbogbo daradara ni ìgba tirẹ̀; pẹlupẹlu o fi aiyeraiye si wọn li aiya, bẹ̃li ẹnikan kò le ridi iṣẹ na ti Ọlọrun nṣe lati ipilẹṣẹ titi de opin.

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 Emi mọ̀ pe kò si rere ninu wọn, bikoṣe ki enia ki o ma yọ̀, ki o si ma ṣe rere li aiya rẹ̀.

¹² I know that there is no good in them, but for a man to rejoice, and to do good in his life.

¹³ Ati pẹlu ki olukulùku enia ki o ma jẹ ki o si ma mu, ki o si ma jadùn gbogbo lãla rẹ̀, ẹ̀bun Ọlọrun ni.

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 Emi mọ̀ pe ohunkohun ti Ọlọrun ṣe yio wà lailai: a kò le fi ohun kan kún u, bẹ̃li a kò le mu ohun kan kuro ninu rẹ̀; Ọlọrun si ṣe eyi ki enia ki o le ma bẹ̀ru rẹ̀.

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 Ohun ti o ti wà ri mbẹ nisisiyi, ati eyi ti yio si wà, o ti wà na; Ọlọrun si bère eyi ti o ti kọja lọ.

¹⁵ That which hath been is now; and that which is to be hath already been; and God requireth that which is past.

¹⁶ Ati pẹlupẹlu mo ri ibi idajọ labẹ õrùn pe ìwa buburu mbẹ nibẹ; ati ni ibi ododo, pe aiṣedẽde mbẹ nibẹ.

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 Mo wi li aiya mi pe, Ọlọrun yio ṣe idajọ olododo ati enia buburu: nitoripe ìgba kan mbẹ fun ipinnu ati fun iṣẹ gbogbo.

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 Mo wi li aiya mi niti ìwa awọn ọmọ enia; ki Ọlọrun ki o le fi wọn hàn, ati ki nwọn ki o le ri pe ẹran ni awọn tikalawọn fun ara wọn.

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 Nitoripe ohun ti nṣe ọmọ enia nṣe ẹran; ani ohun kanna li o nṣe wọn: bi ekini ti nkú bẹ̃li ekeji nkú; nitõtọ ẹmi kanna ni gbogbo wọn ní, bẹ̃li enia kò li ọlá jù ẹran lọ: nitoripe asan ni gbogbo rẹ̀.

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 Nibikanna ni gbogbo wọn nlọ; lati inu erupẹ wá ni gbogbo wọn, gbogbo wọn si tun pada di erupẹ.

²⁰ All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.

²¹ Tali o mọ̀ ẹmi ọmọ enia ti ngoke si apa òke, ati ẹmi ẹran ti nsọkalẹ si isalẹ ilẹ?

²¹ Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the earth?

²² Nitorina mo woye pe kò si ohun ti o dara jù ki enia ki o ma yọ̀ ni iṣẹ ara rẹ̀; nitori eyini ni ipin rẹ̀: nitoripe tani yio mu u wá ri ohun ti yio wà lẹhin rẹ̀.

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?