Ecclesiastes 3
JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)
Baibala Hemolele (Hawaiian Bible, 1868 revision)
1To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
1A IA he manawa no na mea a pau, a he wa hoi no na hana a pau, malalo iho o ka lani.
2A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;
2He wa e hanau ai, A he wa hoi e make ai; He wa e kanu ai, A he wa hoi e uhuki ai i ka mea i kanuia;
3A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;
3He wa e pepehi ai, A he wa hoi e hoola ai; He wa e wawahi ai, A he wa hoi e kukulu iho ai;
4A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
4He wa e uwe ai, A he wa hoi e akaaka ai; He wa e kanikau ai, A he wa hoi e haa ai;
5A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;
5He wa e hoolei aku ai i na pohaku, A he wa hoi e hoiliili ai i na pohaku; He wa e apo ai, A he wa e apo ole ai.
6A time to seek, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;
6He wa e imi ai, A he wa hoi e lilo aku ai; He wa e malama'i, A he wa hoi e hoolei wale aku ai.
7A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
7He wa e haehae aku ai, A he wa hoi e humuhumu iho ai; He wa e hamau ai, A he wa hoi e olelo ai.
8A time to love, and a time to hate; a time for war, and a time for peace.
8He wa e aloha aku ai, A he wa hoi e inaina aku ai; He wa kaua, A he wa maluhia.
9What profit hath he that worketh in that he laboureth?
9Heaha ka uku a ka mea hana i ka mea ana i hana'i?
10I have seen the task which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised therewith.
10Ua ike au i ka hana a ke Akua i haawi mai ai i na keiki a kanaka e hana'i.
11He hath made every thing beautiful in its time; also He hath set the world in their heart, yet so that man cannot find out the work that God hath done from the beginning even to the end.
11Ua hana mai la oia i na mea a pau he maikai i kona manawa; a hookomo no hoi oia i ko ke ao nei iloko o ko lakou mau naau, i ike ole ke kanaka i ka hana a ke Akua i hana'i, mai ka mua a hiki i ka hope.
12I know that there is nothing better for them, than to rejoice, and to get pleasure so long as they live.
12Ua ike au, aohe mea maikai iloko o ia mau mea, ke ole e hauoli [ke kanaka,] a e hana maikai i kona ola ana.
13But also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy pleasure for all his labour, is the gift of God.
13A o kela kanaka keia kanaka e ai, a e inu hoi, a e ike i ka maikai o kana hana a pau, oia ka haawina a ke Akua.
14I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever; nothing can be added to it, nor any thing taken from it; and God hath so made it, that men should fear before Him.
14Ua ike au, o na mea a pau a ke Akua i hana'i, e mau loa no ia, aole e hiki i kekahi ke hoonui, aole e hiki i kekahi he hooemi; a na ke Akua no i hana mai i makau lakou imua ona.
15That which is hath been long ago, and that which is to be hath already been; and God seeketh that which is pursued.
15O ka mea mamua, oia ka mea e noho nei, a o ka mea e hiki mai ana, oia na mea mamua aku; a imi mai ke Akua i ke ano o na mea i hala aku nei.
16And moreover I saw under the sun, in the place of justice, that wickedness was there; and in the place of righteousness, that wickedness was there.
16A ike aku la au malalo iho o ka la i kahi e ahaolelo ai, a malaila no ka hewa; a i kahi o ka pono, a malaila hoi ka hana ino.
17I said in my heart: 'The righteous and the wicked God will judge; for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work.'
17I iho la au iloko o ko'u naau, e hookolokolo ana ke Akua i ka poe pono, a me ka poe hewa; no ka mea, oia ka wa no na mea a pau a me na hana a pau.
18I said in my heart: 'It is because of the sons of men, that God may sift them, and that they may see that they themselves are but as beasts.'
18I iho la au iloko o ko'u naau no na keiki a kanaka, i hoao ke Akua ia lakou i ike lakou ia lakou iho, he poe holoholona.
19For 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 man hath no pre-eminence above a beast; for all is vanity.
19No ka mea, o ka mea e hiki mai i na keiki a kanaka, e hiki mai no ia i na holoholona, hookahi mea ia lakou; e like me ka make ana o kela, pela no ka make ana o keia, hookahi hanu ia lakou a pau; aohe mea o ke kanaka i oi aku mamua o ka holoholona; no ka mea, ua pau na mea i ka lapuwale.
20All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all return to dust.
20Ua hele lakou a pau i kahi hookahi; no ka lepo mai lakou a pau, a e hoi hou aku ana lakou i ka lepo.
21Who knoweth the spirit of man whether it goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast whether it goeth downward to the earth?
21Owai ka mea ike i ke ea o na keiki a kanaka, ka mea i pii iluna, a me ke ea o na holoholona ka mea i iho ilalo i ka honua?
22Wherefore I perceived that there is nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his works; for that is his portion; for who shall bring him to see what shall be after him?
22No ia mea, ike iho la au, aohe mea maikai e ae i ke kanaka, o ka hauoli wale no i kana hana ana; no ka mea, oia kona haawina. A owai ka mea e hoike ia ia i ka mea e hiki mai ana mahope ona?
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