전도서 3장 Contemporary English Version (2006)

Contemporary English Version (2006) · 영어 · 전도서 (Ecclesiastes) · 22절 · 대역: King James Version

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절	Contemporary English Version (2006)	King James Version
1	Everything Has Its Time Everything on earth has its own time and its own season.	To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
2	There is a time for birth and death, planting and reaping,	A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;
3	for killing and healing, destroying and building,	A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;
4	for crying and laughing, weeping and dancing,	A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
5	for throwing stones and gathering stones, embracing and parting.	A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;
6	There is a time for finding and losing, keeping and giving,	A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;
7	for tearing and sewing, listening and speaking.	A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
8	There is also a time for love and hate, for war and peace.	A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.
9	What God Has Given Us To Do What do we gain by all our hard work?	What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboureth?
10	I have seen what difficult things God demands of us.	I have seen the travail, which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised in it.
11	God makes everything happen at the right time. Yet none of us can ever fully understand all he has done, and he puts questions in our minds about the past and the future.	He 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.
12	I know the best thing we can do is to always enjoy life,	I know that there is no good in them, but for a man to rejoice, and to do good in his life.
13	because God's gift to us is the happiness we get from our food and drink and from the work we do.	And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labour, it is the gift of God.
14	Everything God has done will last forever; nothing he does can ever be changed. God has done all this, so that we will worship him.	I 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.
15	Everything that happens has happened before, and all that will be has already been— God does everything over and over again.	That which hath been is now; and that which is to be hath already been; and God requireth that which is past.
16	The Future Is Known Only to God Everywhere on earth I saw violence and injustice instead of fairness and justice.	And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, that wickedness was there; and the place of righteousness, that iniquity was there.
17	So I told myself that God has set a time and a place for everything. He will judge everyone, both the wicked and the good.	I 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.
18	I know God is testing us to show us that we are merely animals.	I 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.
19	Like animals we breathe and die, and we are no better off than they are. It just doesn't make sense.	For 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.
20	All living creatures go to the same place. We are made from earth, and we return to earth.	All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.
21	Who really knows if our spirits go up and the spirits of animals go down into the earth?	Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the earth?
22	We were meant to enjoy our work, and that's the best thing we can do. We can never know the future.	Wherefore 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?