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Muaj caij muaj nyoog rua txhua yaam

¹Muaj caij muaj nyoog rua txhua yaam,
muaj swjhawm rua txhua yaam
kws tshwm lug huv lub qaab ntuj.
²Muaj caij yug hab muaj caij tuag,
muaj caij cog hab caij dob yaam kws cog.
³Muaj caij muab tua
hab muaj caij khu kuas zoo,
muaj caij rhuav
hab muaj caij tswm dua tshab.
⁴Muaj caij quaj hab muaj caij luag,
muaj caij quaj ntsuag
hab muaj caij seev cev zoo sab.
⁵Muaj caij muab pob zeb laim pov tseg
hab muaj caij sau lug ua ke,
muaj caij sws puag
hab muaj caij tso tseg tsw puag.
⁶Muaj caij nrhav hab muaj caij ua kuas pluj,
muaj caij khaws ca
hab muaj caij tso pov tseg.
⁷Muaj caij muab dua,
hab muaj caij muab xaws,
muaj caij nyob tuabywv
hab muaj caij has lug.
⁸Muaj caij hlub hab muaj caij ntxub,
muaj caij ua rog
hab muaj caij nyob taj tug.
⁹Tug kws ua num tau daabtsw ntawm nwg teg num? ¹⁰Kuv pum tej num kws Vaajtswv muab rua tuabneeg ua. ¹¹Vaajtswv ua rua ib puas tsaav yaam zoo nkauj lawv le nwg lub caij lub nyoog. Nwg muab qhov kws nyob moog ib txhws tsw kawg tso rua huv tuabneeg lub sab, tassws tuabneeg tseed tsw txawj tshawb nrhav tej kws Vaajtswv ua thaus chiv keeb chiv thawj moog txug thaus kawg. ¹²Kuv paub lawm tas tsw muaj ib yaam daabtsw zoo dua le qhov kws tuabneeg kaaj sab hab xyiv faab taag puab swm neej. ¹³Hab paub tas qhov kws muaj noj muaj haus hab tau kev zoo sab ntawm tej num huvsw kws ua, yog yaam kws Vaajtswv pub rua tuabneeg. ¹⁴Kuv paub tas txhua yaam kws Vaajtswv ua nyob ruaj moog ib txhws, hab muab ib yaam daabtsw tsaav rua huv kuj tsw tau, hab muab ib yaam daabtsw rhu tawm moog kuj tsw tau. Vaajtswv tau ua le ntawd sub tuabneeg txhad le fwm hab paub ntshai nwg. ¹⁵Yaam kws muaj nwgnuav kuj yog yaam kws tub muaj tshwm lug ua ntej lawm. Yaam kws yuav muaj tshwm lug kuj yog yaam kws tub muaj tshwm lug lawm. Hab Vaajtswv tshawb nrhav yaam kws tub dua taag lawm.
¹⁶Tsw taag le hov xwb, huv qaab lub nub kuv tseed pum tas huv lub chaw kws txav txem ncaaj tseed muaj kev ua phem, hab huv lub chaw kws ua ncaaj nceeg tseed muaj kev ua phem hab. ¹⁷Kuv txhad xaav huv kuv lub sab tas, “Vaajtswv yuav txav txem rua cov kws ncaaj nceeg hab cov kws ua phem, tsua qhov nwg tub teem swjhawm rua txhua yaam hab rua txhua teg num lawm.” ¹⁸Has txug tuabneeg mas kuv xaav huv kuv lub sab tas, “Vaajtswv saamswm swm puab sub txhad qha puab paub tas puab tsuas yog tsaj txhu xwb. ¹⁹Tsua qhov tuabneeg tej khuab hab tsaj txhu tej khuab kuj zoo ib yaam nkaus. Ob co nuav puavleej txawj tuag ib yaam nkaus. Ob co nuav yeej ua paa ib yaam nkaus, hab tuabneeg tsw muaj ib yaam daabtsw zoo dhau tej tsaj txhu. Vem yog txhua yaam qhuav qhawv xwb. ²⁰Txhua tug puavleej moog rua tuab lub chaw. Txhua tug puavleej yog tshwm ntawm moov aav lug hab txhua tug yuav rov moog ua moov aav. ²¹Leejtwg yuav paub tas tuabneeg tug ntsuj plig moog rua sau ntuj hab tsaj txhu tug plig nqeg moog rua huv aav los tsw moog?” ²²Kuv txhad pum tas tsw muaj ib yaam daabtsw zoo dua qhov kws nwg zoo sab rua tej num kws nwg ua vem yog nwg le ndag. Leejtwg yuav qha tau rua nwg paub tas daabtsw yuav tshwm lug ua nwg qaab?

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Everything Has Its Time

¹To everything there is a season,
A ⚓time for every purpose under heaven:
²A time to be born,
And ⚓a time to die;
A time to plant,
And a time to pluck what is planted;
³A time to kill,
And a time to heal;
A time to break down,
And a time to build up;
⁴A time to ⚓weep,
And a time to laugh;
A time to mourn,
And a time to dance;
⁵A time to cast away stones,
And a time to gather stones;
⚓A time to embrace,
And a time to refrain from embracing;
⁶A time to gain,
And a time to lose;
A time to keep,
And a time to throw away;
⁷A time to tear,
And a time to sew;
⚓A time to keep silence,
And a time to ⚓speak;
⁸A time to love,
And a time to ⚓hate;
A time of war,
And a time of peace.

The God-Given Task

⁹⚓What profit has the worker from that in which he labors? ¹⁰⚓I have seen the God-given task with which the sons of men are to be occupied. ¹¹He has made everything beautiful in its time. Also He has put eternity in their hearts, except that ⚓no one can find out the work that God does from beginning to end.
¹²I know that nothing is⚓better for them than to rejoice, and to do good in their lives, ¹³and also that ⚓every man should eat and drink and enjoy the good of all his labor—it is the gift of God.
¹⁴I know that whatever God does,
It shall be forever.
⚓Nothing can be added to it,
And nothing taken from it.
God does it, that men should fear before Him.
¹⁵⚓That which is has already been,
And what is to be has already been;
And God requires an account of what is past.

Injustice Seems to Prevail

¹⁶Moreover ⚓I saw under the sun:
In the place of judgment,
Wickedness was there;
And in the place of righteousness,
Iniquity was there.
¹⁷I said in my heart,
⚓“God shall judge the righteous and the wicked,
For there is a time there for every purpose and for every work.”
¹⁸I said in my heart, “Concerning the condition of the sons of men, God tests them, that they may see that they themselves are like animals.” ¹⁹⚓For what happens to the sons of men also happens to animals; one thing befalls them: as one dies, so dies the other. Surely, they all have one breath; man has no advantage over animals, for all is vanity. ²⁰All go to one place: ⚓all are from the dust, and all return to dust. ²¹⚓Who knows the spirit of the sons of men, which goes upward, and the spirit of the animal, which goes down to the earth? ²²⚓So I perceived that nothing is better than that a man should rejoice in his own works, for ⚓that is his heritage. ⚓For who can bring him to see what will happen after him?