Ecclesiastes 3
King James Version with ApocryphaTranslation
King James Version with Apocrypha
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 get, 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 of war, and a time of peace.
8Tempus dilectionis, et tempus odii; tempus belli, et tempus pacis.]
9What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboureth?
9[Quid habet amplius homo de labore suo?
10I have seen the travail, which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised in it.
10Vidi afflictionem quam dedit Deus filiis hominum, ut distendantur in ea.
11He 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.
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 no good in them, but for a man to rejoice, and to do good in his life.
12Et cognovi quod non esset melius nisi lætari, et facere bene in vita sua;
13And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labour, it 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 put to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God doeth 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 hath been is now; and that which is to be hath already been; and God requireth that which is past.
15Quod factum est, ipsum permanet; quæ futura sunt jam fuerunt, et Deus instaurat quod abiit.]
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.
16[Vidi sub sole in loco judicii impietatem, et in loco justitiæ iniquitatem:
17I 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.
17et dixi in corde meo: Justum et impium judicabit Deus, et tempus omnis rei tunc erit.
18I 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.
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 a man hath no preeminence 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 turn to dust again.
20et omnia pergunt ad unum locum. De terra facta sunt, et in terram pariter revertuntur.
21Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the earth?
21Quis novit si spiritus filiorum Adam ascendat sursum, et si spiritus jumentorum descendat deorsum?
22Wherefore 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?
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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