1 T here is an appointed time for everything. And there is a time for every event under heaven—

He taima ano kua takoto mo nga mea katoa, me te wa mo nga meatanga katoa i raro i te rangi:

2 A time to give birth and a time to die; A time to plant and a time to uproot what is planted.

He wa e whanau ai, he wa e mate ai; he wa e whakato ai, he wa e hutia ai te mea i whakatokia;

3 A time to kill and a time to heal; A time to tear down and a time to build up.

He wa e patu ai, he wa e rongoa ai; he wa e wawahi iho ai, he wa e hanga ake ai;

4 A time to weep and a time to laugh; A time to mourn and a time to dance.

He wa e tangi ai, he wa e kata ai; he wa e aue ai, he wa e kanikani ai;

5 A time to throw stones and a time to gather stones; A time to embrace and a time to shun embracing.

He wa e akiritia atu ai nga kohatu, he wa e kohikohia ai nga kohatu; he wa e awhi ai, he wa e kore ai e awhi;

6 A time to search and a time to give up as lost; A time to keep and a time to throw away.

He wa e rapu ai, he wa e ngaro ai; he wa e tiaki ai; he wa e akiri atu ai;

7 A time to tear apart and a time to sew together; A time to be silent and a time to speak.

He wa e haehae ai, he wa e tuitui ai; he wa e whakarongo puku ai, he wa e korero ai;

8 A time to love and a time to hate; A time for war and a time for peace.

He wa e aroha ai, he wa e mauahara ai; he wa e whawhai ai, he wa e mau ai te rongo.

9 W hat profit is there to the worker from that in which he toils?

He aha te pai ki te kaimahi i tana mea i mauiui ai ia?

10 I have seen the task which God has given the sons of men with which to occupy themselves. God Set Eternity in the Heart of Man

Kua kite ahau i te raruraru e homai ana e te Atua ki nga tama a te tangata hei whakararu i a ratou.

11 H e has made everything appropriate in its time. He has also set eternity in their heart, yet so that man will not find out the work which God has done from the beginning even to the end.

I hanga e ia nga mea katoa kia ataahua i tona wa ano: a i whakanohoia e ia te ao ki o ratou ngakau, engari kia kaua te tangata e kite i ta te Atua mahi i mahi ai, mai i te timatanga a taea noatia te mutunga.

12 I know that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice and to do good in one’s lifetime;

E mohio ana ahau kahore he mea pai atu mo ratou i te ngakau hari, i te mahi i te pai i a ratou e ora ana.

13 m oreover, that every man who eats and drinks sees good in all his labor—it is the gift of God.

A he mea hoki na te Atua kia kai nga tangata katoa, kia inu, kia kite ano hoki i te pai o to ratou mauiui katoa.

14 I know that everything God does will remain forever; there is nothing to add to it and there is nothing to take from it, for God has so worked that men should fear Him.

E mohio ana ahau ko nga mea katoa e hanga ana e te Atua, ka mau tonu a ake ake: e kore tetahi mea e honoa mai, e kore ano hoki tetahi wahi e tangohia atu: i meatia hoki e te Atua kia wehi ai nga tangata i tona aroaro.

15 T hat which is has been already and that which will be has already been, for God seeks what has passed by.

Ko to mua mea koia ano tenei inaianei; na, ko te mea e puta mai a mua kua puta noa ake; e rapua ana ano e te Atua te mea onamata.

16 F urthermore, I have seen under the sun that in the place of justice there is wickedness and in the place of righteousness there is wickedness.

Na i kitea ano e ahau i raro i te ra, ko te wahi o te whakawa i reira ia te kino; a ko te wahi o te tika ko te kino i reira.

17 I said to myself, “ God will judge both the righteous man and the wicked man,” for a time for every matter and for every deed is there.

Ka mea ahau i roto i toku ngakau, Tera e whakawakia e te Atua te tangata tika raua ko te tangata kino: no te mea kua takoto te wa i reira mo nga meatanga katoa, mo nga mahi katoa.

18 I said to myself concerning the sons of men, “God has surely tested them in order for them to see that they are but beasts.”

I mea ahau i roto i toku ngakau, Na te mea mo nga tama a te tangata, he mea na te Atua hei whakaatu i a ratou, kia kite ai ratou he pera noa iho ratou i te kararehe.

19 F or the fate of the sons of men and the fate of beasts is the same. As one dies so dies the other; indeed, they all have the same breath and there is no advantage for man over beast, for all is vanity.

Ko te mea hoki e pa ana ki nga tama a te tangata, e pa ana ki nga kararehe; kotahi tonu te mea e pa ana ki a ratou; ko te matenga o tetahi rite tonu ki te matenga o tetahi; ae ra, kotahi tonu ano manawa o ratou katoa; kihai hoki te tangata i hip a ake i te kararehe; he horihori hoki te katoa.

20 A ll go to the same place. All came from the dust and all return to the dust.

E haere ana te katoa ki te wahi kotahi; no te puehu nei te katoa, ka hoki ano te katoa ki te puehu.

21 W ho knows that the breath of man ascends upward and the breath of the beast descends downward to the earth?

Ko wai e matau ana ki te wairua o te tangata, e haere ana ranei ki runga, ki te wairua ranei o te kararehe, mehemea ranei e heke iho ana ki raro ki te whenua?

22 I have seen that nothing is better than that man should be happy in his activities, for that is his lot. For who will bring him to see what will occur after him?

Na ka kite ahau kahore he pai nui atu i tenei, ara kia koa te tangata ki ana mahi; ko te wahi hoki tera mana: ma wai ia e whakahoki mai, e mea kia kite i nga mea e puta mai i muri i a ia?