Ecclesiastes 3
Clementine Vulgate, 1598Translation
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
World English Bible
1[Omnia tempus habent, et suis spatiis transeunt universa sub cælo.
1For everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven:
2Tempus nascendi, et tempus moriendi; tempus plantandi, et tempus evellendi quod plantatum est.
2a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;
3Tempus occidendi, et tempus sanandi; tempus destruendi, et tempus ædificandi.
3a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;
4Tempus flendi, et tempus ridendi; tempus plangendi, et tempus saltandi.
4a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
5Tempus spargendi lapides, et tempus colligendi, tempus amplexandi, et tempus longe fieri ab amplexibus.
5a time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;
6Tempus acquirendi, et tempus perdendi; tempus custodiendi, et tempus abjiciendi.
6a time to seek, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;
7Tempus scindendi, et tempus consuendi; tempus tacendi, et tempus loquendi.
7a time to tear, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
8Tempus dilectionis, et tempus odii; tempus belli, et tempus pacis.]
8a time to love, and a time to hate; a time for war, and a time for peace.
9[Quid habet amplius homo de labore suo?
9What profit has he who works in that in which he labors?
10Vidi afflictionem quam dedit Deus filiis hominum, ut distendantur in ea.
10I have seen the burden which God has given to the sons of men to be afflicted with.
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.
11He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in their hearts, yet so that man can’t find out the work that God has done from the beginning even to the end.
12Et cognovi quod non esset melius nisi lætari, et facere bene in vita sua;
12I know that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice, and to do good as long as they live.
13omnis enim homo qui comedit et bibit, et videt bonum de labore suo, hoc donum Dei est.
13Also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy good in all his labor, is the gift of God.
14Didici quod omnia opera quæ fecit Deus perseverent in perpetuum; non possumus eis quidquam addere, nec auferre, quæ fecit Deus ut timeatur.
14I know that whatever God does, it shall be forever. Nothing can be added to it, nor anything taken from it; and God has done it, that men should fear before him.
15Quod factum est, ipsum permanet; quæ futura sunt jam fuerunt, et Deus instaurat quod abiit.]
15That which is has been long ago, and that which is to be has been long ago. God seeks again that which is passed away.
16[Vidi sub sole in loco judicii impietatem, et in loco justitiæ iniquitatem:
16Moreover I saw under the sun, in the place of justice, that wickedness was there; and in the place of righteousness, that wickedness was there.
17et dixi in corde meo: Justum et impium judicabit Deus, et tempus omnis rei tunc erit.
17I said in my heart, “God will judge the righteous and the wicked; for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work.”
18Dixi in corde meo de filiis hominum, ut probaret eos Deus, et ostenderet similes esse bestiis.
18I said in my heart, “As for the sons of men, God tests them, so that they may see that they themselves are like animals.
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,
19For that which happens to the sons of men happens to animals. Even one thing happens to them. As the one dies, so the other dies. Yes, they have all one breath; and man has no advantage over the animals, for all is vanity.
20et omnia pergunt ad unum locum. De terra facta sunt, et in terram pariter revertuntur.
20All go to one place. All are from the dust, and all turn to dust again.
21Quis novit si spiritus filiorum Adam ascendat sursum, et si spiritus jumentorum descendat deorsum?
21Who knows the spirit of man, whether it goes upward, and the spirit of the animal, whether it goes downward to the earth?”
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?]
22Therefore I saw that there is nothing better than that a man should rejoice in his works, for that is his portion; for who can bring him to see what will be after him?
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