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Sa Gưl Kơ Abih Bang Bruă Mơnuă
1Hơmâo sa gưl kơ abih bang tơlơi mơnơ̆ng, laih anŭn sa bơyan kơ abih bang bruă mơnuă gah yŭ adai anai:
2hơmâo gưl kiăng kơ tơkeng rai laih anŭn hơmâo gưl kiăng kơ djai hĭ,
hơmâo gưl kiăng kơ pla laih anŭn hơmâo gưl kiăng kơ buč hĭ,
3hơmâo gưl kiăng kơ pơdjai laih anŭn hơmâo gưl kiăng kơ pơsuaih,
hơmâo gưl kiăng kơ pơglưh trŭn laih anŭn hơmâo gưl kiăng kơ pơdơ̆ng đĭ,
4hơmâo gưl kiăng kơ hia laih anŭn hơmâo gưl kiăng kơ klao,
hơmâo gưl kiăng kơ rơngot hơning laih anŭn hơmâo gưl kiăng kơ yŭn suang,
5hơmâo gưl pơbra hyu khul boh pơtâo laih anŭn hơmâo gưl pơƀut glaĭ gơñu,
hơmâo gưl kiăng kơ kuar čum laih anŭn hơmâo gưl kiăng kơ ƀu kuar čum ôh,
6hơmâo gưl kiăng kơ hơduah sem laih anŭn hơmâo gưl kiăng kơ hơngah lui hĭ,
hơmâo gưl kiăng kơ djă̱ pioh laih anŭn hơmâo gưl kiăng kơ glŏm hĭ,
7hơmâo gưl kiăng kơ hek pơrai hĭ laih anŭn hơmâo gưl kiăng kơ sĭt pơsir glaĭ,
hơmâo gưl kiăng kơ dŏ rơiăt laih anŭn hơmâo gưl kiăng kơ pơhiăp,
8hơmâo gưl kiăng kơ khăp laih anŭn hơmâo gưl kiăng kơ pơrơmut,
hơmâo gưl kơ tơlơi pơblah laih anŭn hơmâo gưl kơ tơlơi rơnŭk rơno̱m.
9Hơget tơlơi pô mă bruă hơmâo tơlơi tŭ yua mơ̆ng bruă mơnuă ñu lĕ?
10Kâo hơmâo ƀuh laih bruă grơ̆ng glăm kơtraŏ Ơi Adai hơmâo pioh laih ƀơi mơnuih mơnam.
11Ñu hơmâo hrih pơjing abih bang tơlơi hiam klă amăng gưl tơlơi mơnơ̆ng anŭn. Ñu hơmâo pioh laih tơlơi hlŏng lar amăng jua pơmĭn mơnuih mơnam; samơ̆ ƀing gơñu ƀu thâo hơduah hluh ôh hơget tơlơi Ơi Adai hơmâo ngă laih čơdơ̆ng mơ̆ng phŭn hlŏng truh pơ hơnăl tuč.
12Kâo thâo ƀu hơmâo tơlơi hơget ôh jing hiam hloh kơ mơnuih mơnam hơ̆k mơak laih anŭn mă bruă hiam klă tơdang ƀing gơñu hlak dŏ hơdip.
13Tơlơi rĭm čô dưi ƀơ̆ng huă, mơñum laih anŭn hơduah sem tơlơi mơak hrăp mơ̆ng abih bang bruă ñu ngă, jing gơnam Ơi Adai brơi pơyơr yơh.
14Kâo thâo sĭt rĭm tơlơi Ơi Adai ngă, či dŏ kơjăp hlŏng lar yơh. Ƀu hơmâo ôh hơget tơlơi dưi pơmŭt thim dơ̆ng amăng anŭn ƀôdah mă pơđuaĭ hĭ mơ̆ng anŭn. Ơi Adai ngă tui anŭn kiăng kơ mơnuih mơnam huĭ pơpŭ kơ Ñu yơh.
15Tơlơi hơget hơmâo ră anai, ñu hơmâo laih čơdơ̆ng mơ̆ng hlâo,
tơlơi hơget či hơmâo pơanăp, ñu hơmâo laih čơdơ̆ng mơ̆ng hlâo adih;
laih anŭn Ơi Adai yơh či brơi truh glaĭ dơ̆ng hơdôm tơlơi hơmâo rơgao hĭ laih.
16Laih anŭn kâo ƀuh tơlơi pơkŏn dơ̆ng gah yŭ yang hrơi tui anai:
Amăng anih phat kơđi, hơmâo tơlơi sat ƀai pơ anŭn,
amăng anih djơ̆ tơpă, hơmâo tơlơi sat ƀai pơ anŭn.
17Kâo pơmĭn amăng pran jua kâo tui anai,
“Ơi Adai či phat kơđi kơ abih dua mơnuih tơpă hơnơ̆ng hrŏm hăng mơnuih sat ƀai yơh,
yuakơ či hơmâo gưl kơ rĭm bruă mơnuă,
jing sa gưl kơ rĭm bruă ngă yơh.”
18Kâo ăt pơmĭn mơ̆n tui anai, “Bơ kơ ƀing mơnuih mơnam, Ơi Adai lông lăng ƀing gơñu kiăng kơ ƀing gơñu dưi ƀuh yơh, ƀing gơñu ăt jing kar hăng khul hlô mơnơ̆ng mơ̆n.
19Bưng thut mơnuih mơnam hrup hăng bưng hlô mơnơ̆ng; ăt bưng thut anŭn mơ̆n abih dua gơñu či bưp: Anŭn jing tơdang pô anai djai, pô adih ăt djai mơ̆n. Abih bang le̱ng kơ thâo suă jua soh sel. Mơnuih ƀu hơmâo tơlơi tŭ yua hloh kơ hlô mơnơ̆ng ôh. Abih bang tơlơi jing hĭ đôč đač yơh.
20Abih bang nao pơ sa boh anih. Anŭn jing abih bang tơbiă rai mơ̆ng ƀruih lŏn, laih anŭn abih bang ƀing gơñu ăt wơ̆t glaĭ pơ ƀruih lŏn mơ̆n.
21Hlơi pô thâo krăn tơdah bơngăt mơnuih đuaĭ đĭ laih anŭn tơdah bơngăt hlô mơnơ̆ng trŭn nao pơ lŏn tơnah lĕ?”
22Tui anŭn, kâo ƀu ƀuh ôh tơlơi hơget hiam hloh kơ mơnuih mơnam kiăng kơ hơ̆k mơak amăng bruă mơnuă ñu, yuakơ anŭn jing tơlơi Ơi Adai pơkă laih kơ ñu. Yuakơ ƀu hơmâo hlơi pô ôh dưi pơrơđah kơ ñu hơdôm tơlơi či truh tơdơi kơ ñu djai laih.
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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?