Biribiara Wɔ Ne Bere
1Biribiara wɔ ne bere,
na dwumadi biara a ɛwɔ ɔsoro ase wɔ ne bere.
2Awo wɔ ne bere, na owu wɔ ne bere,
ogu wɔ ne bere na otwa nso wɔ ne bere,
3okum wɔ ne bere na ayaresa wɔ ne bere,
obubu wɔ ne bere, na osi nso wɔ ne bere,
4agyaadwotwa wɔ ne bere, na ɔserew nso wɔ ne bere,
awerɛhow wɔ ne bere na asaw wɔ ne bere,
5abo hwete wɔ ne bere na abo anoboa wɔ ne bere,
atuuyɛ wɔ ne bere na ne ntetewmudi nso wɔ ne bere,
6adehwehwɛ wɔ ne bere na adehwere wɔ ne bere,
adekora wɔ ne bere na adetowgu wɔ ne bere,
7ade mu sunsuane wɔ ne bere na ne pempam wɔ ne bere,
kommyɛ wɔ ne bere na kasa wɔ ne bere,
8ɔdɔ wɔ ne bere na ɔtan wɔ ne bere,
ɔko wɔ ne bere na asomdwoe wɔ ne bere.
9Mfaso bɛn na odwumayɛni nya fi nʼadwumaden mu? 10Mahu adesoa a Onyankopɔn de ato nnipa so. 11Wayɛ biribiara fɛfɛ wɔ ne bere mu. Ɔde nkwa a ɛnsa da ahyɛ nnipa koma mu, nanso wontumi nte nea Onyankopɔn ayɛ fi mfiase kosi awiei no ase. 12Minim sɛ biribiara nni hɔ a eye ma nnipa kyɛn sɛ wobegye wɔn ani na wɔayɛ nea eye bere a wɔte ase. 13Sɛ obiara bedidi na wanom na wanya anigye wɔ ne dwumadi nyinaa mu, eyi ne Onyankopɔn akyɛde. 14Minim sɛ biribiara a Onyankopɔn yɛ no bɛtena hɔ daa, wɔrentumi mfa biribi nka ho na wɔrentumi nyi biribi mfi mu. Onyankopɔn yɛ eyi sɛnea nnipa de nidi bɛma no.
15Biribiara a ɛwɔ hɔ nnɛ no, aba pɛn,
na nea ɛbɛba no nso aba dedaw;
na Onyankopɔn bɛfrɛ nea asi dedaw no ama akontaabu.
16Na mihuu biribi foforo wɔ owia yi ase sɛ:
Amumɔyɛsɛm wɔ nea atemmu wɔ,
atɛntreneebea no, amumɔyɛsɛm wɔ hɔ.
17Medwenee wɔ me koma mu se,
“Onyankopɔn bebu
atreneefo ne amumɔyɛfo nyinaa atɛn,
efisɛ adwuma biara benya ne bere,
nneyɛe biara ne ne bere.”
18Afei medwenee se, “Nnipa de, Onyankopɔn sɔ wɔn hwɛ ma wohu sɛ wɔte sɛ mmoa. 19Onipa nkrabea te sɛ mmoa de na ɛda hɔ ma wɔn nyinaa. Sɛnea ɔbaako wu no, saa ara na ɔfoforo nso wu. Wɔn nyinaa wɔ ɔhome baako; onipa nni biribi a ɔde kyɛn aboa. Biribiara yɛ ahuhude. 20Wɔn nyinaa kɔ faako; wɔn nyinaa fi dɔte mu na wɔsan kɔ dɔte mu. 21Hena na onim sɛ onipa honhom foro soro na aboa de sian kɔ asase mu ana?”
22Enti mihuu sɛ biribiara nni hɔ a eye ma onipa kyɛn sɛ nʼani bɛka nʼadwuma ho, efisɛ ɛno ne ne kyɛfa. Na hena na obetumi de no asan aba sɛ ɔmmɛhwɛ nea ebesi ne wu nʼakyi?
A Time for Everything
1There is a time for everything,
and a season for every activity under the heavens:
2a time to be born and a time to die,
a time to plant and a time to uproot,
3a time to kill and a time to heal,
a time to tear down and a time to build,
4a time to weep and a time to laugh,
a time to mourn and a time to dance,
5a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them,
a time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing,
6a time to search and a time to give up,
a time to keep and a time to throw away,
7a time to tear and a time to mend,
a time to be silent and a time to speak,
8a time to love and a time to hate,
a time for war and a time for peace.
9What do workers gain from their toil? 10I have seen the burden God has laid on the human race. 11He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the human heart; yet3:11 Or also placed ignorance in the human heart, so that no one can fathom what God has done from beginning to end. 12I know that there is nothing better for people than to be happy and to do good while they live. 13That each of them may eat and drink, and find satisfaction in all their toil—this is the gift of God. 14I know that everything God does will endure forever; nothing can be added to it and nothing taken from it. God does it so that people will fear him.
15Whatever is has already been,
and what will be has been before;
and God will call the past to account.3:15 Or God calls back the past
16And I saw something else under the sun:
In the place of judgment—wickedness was there,
in the place of justice—wickedness was there.
17I said to myself,
“God will bring into judgment
both the righteous and the wicked,
for there will be a time for every activity,
a time to judge every deed.”
18I also said to myself, “As for humans, God tests them so that they may see that they are like the animals. 19Surely the fate of human beings is like that of the animals; the same fate awaits them both: As one dies, so dies the other. All have the same breath3:19 Or spirit; humans have no advantage over animals. Everything is meaningless. 20All go to the same place; all come from dust, and to dust all return. 21Who knows if the human spirit rises upward and if the spirit of the animal goes down into the earth?”
22So I saw that there is nothing better for a person than to enjoy their work, because that is their lot. For who can bring them to see what will happen after them?
