Ecclesiastes 3
JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
1To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
1[Omnia tempus habent, et suis spatiis transeunt universa sub cælo.
2A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;
2Tempus nascendi, et tempus moriendi; tempus plantandi, et tempus evellendi quod plantatum est.
3A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;
3Tempus occidendi, et tempus sanandi; tempus destruendi, et tempus ædificandi.
4A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
4Tempus flendi, et tempus ridendi; tempus plangendi, et tempus saltandi.
5A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;
5Tempus spargendi lapides, et tempus colligendi, tempus amplexandi, et tempus longe fieri ab amplexibus.
6A time to seek, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;
6Tempus acquirendi, et tempus perdendi; tempus custodiendi, et tempus abjiciendi.
7A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
7Tempus scindendi, et tempus consuendi; tempus tacendi, et tempus loquendi.
8A time to love, and a time to hate; a time for war, and a time for peace.
8Tempus dilectionis, et tempus odii; tempus belli, et tempus pacis.]
9What profit hath he that worketh in that he laboureth?
9[Quid habet amplius homo de labore suo?
10I have seen the task which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised therewith.
10Vidi afflictionem quam dedit Deus filiis hominum, ut distendantur in ea.
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.
11Cuncta fecit bona in tempore suo, et mundum tradidit disputationi eorum, ut non inveniat homo opus quod operatus est Deus ab initio usque ad finem.
12I know that there is nothing better for them, than to rejoice, and to get pleasure so long as they live.
12Et cognovi quod non esset melius nisi lætari, et facere bene in vita sua;
13But also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy pleasure for all his labour, is the gift of God.
13omnis enim homo qui comedit et bibit, et videt bonum de labore suo, hoc donum Dei est.
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.
14Didici quod omnia opera quæ fecit Deus perseverent in perpetuum; non possumus eis quidquam addere, nec auferre, quæ fecit Deus ut timeatur.
15That which is hath been long ago, and that which is to be hath already been; and God seeketh that which is pursued.
15Quod factum est, ipsum permanet; quæ futura sunt jam fuerunt, et Deus instaurat quod abiit.]
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.
16[Vidi sub sole in loco judicii impietatem, et in loco justitiæ iniquitatem:
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.'
17et dixi in corde meo: Justum et impium judicabit Deus, et tempus omnis rei tunc erit.
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.'
18Dixi in corde meo de filiis hominum, ut probaret eos Deus, et ostenderet similes esse bestiis.
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.
19Idcirco unus interitus est hominis et jumentorum, et æqua utriusque conditio. Sicut moritur homo, sic et illa moriuntur. Similiter spirant omnia, et nihil habet homo jumento amplius: cuncta subjacent vanitati,
20All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all return to dust.
20et omnia pergunt ad unum locum. De terra facta sunt, et in terram pariter revertuntur.
21Who knoweth the spirit of man whether it goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast whether it goeth downward to the earth?
21Quis novit si spiritus filiorum Adam ascendat sursum, et si spiritus jumentorum descendat deorsum?
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?
22Et deprehendi nihil esse melius quam lætari hominem in opere suo, et hanc esse partem illius. Quis enim eum adducet ut post se futura cognoscat?]
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