Ecclesiastes 3

1 There is a right/correct time for everything, a time for everything that we do in this world.

A IA he manawa no na mea a pau, a he wa hoi no na hana a pau, malalo iho o ka lani.

2 There is a time to be born, and there is a time to die. There is a time to plant [seeds], and there is a time to harvest crops.

He wa e hanau ai, A he wa hoi e make ai; He wa e kanu ai, A he wa hoi e uhuki ai i ka mea i kanuia;

3 There is a time to kill [people], and there is a time to heal [people]. There is a time to tear things down, and there is a time to build things.

He wa e pepehi ai, A he wa hoi e hoola ai; He wa e wawahi ai, A he wa hoi e kukulu iho ai;

4 There is a time to cry, and there is a time to laugh. There is a time to mourn, and there is a time to dance [joyfully].

He wa e uwe ai, A he wa hoi e akaaka ai; He wa e kanikau ai, A he wa hoi e haa ai;

5 There is a time to throw away stones [from a field], and there is a time to gather stones [to build walls/houses]. There is a time to embrace [people], and there is a time to not embrace [people].

He wa e hoolei aku ai i na pohaku, A he wa hoi e hoiliili ai i na pohaku; He wa e apo ai, A he wa e apo ole ai.

6 There is a time to search for things, and there is a time to stop searching for things. There is a time to keep/save things, and there is a time to throw things away.

He wa e imi ai, A he wa hoi e lilo aku ai; He wa e malama'i, A he wa hoi e hoolei wale aku ai.

7 There is a time to tear [our old clothes], and there is a time to mend [clothes]. There is a time to say nothing, and there is a time when we should speak.

He wa e haehae aku ai, A he wa hoi e humuhumu iho ai; He wa e hamau ai, A he wa hoi e olelo ai.

8 There is a time when we should love [things that people do], and there is a time when we should hate [things that people do]. There is a time for war, and there is a time for peace.

He wa e aloha aku ai, A he wa hoi e inaina aku ai; He wa kaua, A he wa maluhia.

9 (What do people gain from all the work that they do?/It seems that people gain very little from all the work that they do [RHQ]).

Heaha ka uku a ka mea hana i ka mea ana i hana'i?

10 I have seen the work that God has given people to do.

Ua ike au i ka hana a ke Akua i haawi mai ai i na keiki a kanaka e hana'i.

11 God has appointed a time that is right/correct for everything to happen. He has [also] caused people to realize that there are things that will endure forever. But in spite of that, no one can completely understand everything that God has done, from the time that he starts doing things until he finishes them.

Ua hana mai la oia i na mea a pau he maikai i kona manawa; a hookomo no hoi oia i ko ke ao nei iloko o ko lakou mau naau, i ike ole ke kanaka i ka hana a ke Akua i hana'i, mai ka mua a hiki i ka hope.

12 I know that the best [LIT] thing for us people to do is to rejoice and to do good things [all] during the time that we are alive.

Ua ike au, aohe mea maikai iloko o ia mau mea, ke ole e hauoli [ke kanaka, ] a e hana maikai i kona ola ana.

13 And I also know that everyone should eat and drink, and enjoy the work that they do. Those are things that God gives to us.

A o kela kanaka keia kanaka e ai, a e inu hoi, a e ike i ka maikai o kana hana a pau, oia ka haawina a ke Akua.

14 I [also] know that what God does endures forever. No one can add to what God does, and no one can take away from the things that God does. God does those things in order that people would revere him.

Ua ike au, o na mea a pau a ke Akua i hana'i, e mau loa no ia, aole e hiki i kekahi ke hoonui, aole e hiki i kekahi he hooemi; a na ke Akua no i hana mai i makau lakou imua ona.

15 Things that exist now have already existed previously, and things that will happen in the future have already happened previously; God causes the same things to happen many times.

O ka mea mamua, oia ka mea e noho nei, a o ka mea e hiki mai ana, oia na mea mamua aku; a imi mai ke Akua i ke ano o na mea i hala aku nei.

16 Furthermore, I saw that on this earth [MTY], even in the courts where we expect judges to make right decisions about what people had done, they did many wicked [DOU] things.

A ike aku la au malalo iho o ka la i kahi e ahaolelo ai, a malaila no ka hewa; a i kahi o ka pono, a malaila hoi ka hana ino.

17 [So] I said to myself [SYN], “God will judge [both] righteous [people] and wicked [people]; there is a time [for him to do that], because there is a time for him to do everything.”

I iho la au iloko o ko'u naau, e hookolokolo ana ke Akua i ka poe pono, a me ka poe hewa; no ka mea, oia ka wa no na mea a pau a me na hana a pau.

18 And regarding humans, I [also] said to myself, “God is testing us, to show us that [in one way] people are no different than animals,

I iho la au iloko o ko'u naau no na keiki a kanaka, i hoao ke Akua ia lakou i ike lakou ia lakou iho, he poe holoholona.

19 because what happens to people happens to animals. Animals die, and people die. We all must breathe [to remain alive]. [With regard to that], people have no advantage over animals, so I have a difficult time understanding that.

No ka mea, o ka mea e hiki mai i na keiki a kanaka, e hiki mai no ia i na holoholona, hookahi mea ia lakou; e like me ka make ana o kela, pela no ka make ana o keia, hookahi hanu ia lakou a pau; aohe mea o ke kanaka i oi aku mamua o ka holoholona; no ka mea, ua pau na mea i ka lapuwale.

20 [People and animals] all die and are buried. We are all made of soil, and [when we die], our corpses become soil again.

Ua hele lakou a pau i kahi hookahi; no ka lepo mai lakou a pau, a e hoi hou aku ana lakou i ka lepo.

21 No one knows [RHQ] for sure that when we die, our souls/spirits go up to heaven and the souls/spirits of animals go down to the place where the dead are.”

Owai ka mea ike i ke ea o na keiki a kanaka, ka mea i pii iluna, a me ke ea o na holoholona ka mea i iho ilalo i ka honua?

22 So I concluded that the best thing for [us] people to do is to be happy about the work that we do, because that is what God has given to us. I say that because no one of us [RHQ] knows what happens to us after we die.

No ia mea, ike iho la au, aohe mea maikai e ae i ke kanaka, o ka hauoli wale no i kana hana ana; no ka mea, oia kona haawina. A owai ka mea e hoike ia ia i ka mea e hiki mai ana mahope ona?