To everything there is a season , and a time for every purpose under heaven :
a time to be born and a time to die , a time to plant and a time to uproot ... ,
a time to kill and a time to heal , a time to break down and a time to build ,
a time to weep and a time to laugh , a time to mourn and a time to dance ,
a time to cast away stones and a time to gather stones (together) , a time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing ,
a time to search and a time to count as lost , a time to keep and a time to discard ,
a time to tear and a time to mend , a time to be silent and a time to speak ,
a time to love and a time to hate , a time for war and a time for peace.
What does the worker - gain from his toil ?
I have seen - the burden that God has laid upon the sons of men to occupy
- He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also - set eternity in the hearts (of men) , yet - (they) - cannot fathom the work that God has done from beginning to end.
I know that there is nothing better than ... to rejoice and do good while they live ,
and also that every man should eat and drink and find satisfaction in all his labor — this is the gift of God.
I know that everything - God ... does endures forever ... ; nothing can be added to it or taken from it. ... God does (it) so that they should fear Him.
What exists has already ... been , and what will be has already been , for God will call to account - what has passed.
Furthermore , I saw under the sun that in the place of judgment there is wickedness , and in the place of righteousness there is wickedness.
I said in my heart , - “ God will judge the righteous and the wicked , since there is a time for every activity ... and every deed .... ”
I said to myself , “ As for ... the sons of men , God tests them so that they may see for themselves that they are but beasts. ”
For the fates vvv of (both) men (and) beasts ... are the same As one dies , so dies the other — they all have the same breath. Man has no advantage over the animals , since everything is futile.
All go to one place ; all come from dust , and all return to dust.
Who knows if the spirit of man ... rises ... upward and the spirit of the animal descends ... ... into the earth ?
I have seen that there is nothing better for a man than to enjoy his work , because that is his lot. For who can bring him to see what will come after him ?