¹Igale asjale on määratud aeg, ja aeg on igal tegevusel taeva all:

¹To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heavens:

²aeg sündida ja aeg surra, aeg istutada ja aeg istutatut kitkuda;

²A time to be born, and a time to die; A time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;

³aeg tappa ja aeg terveks teha, aeg maha kiskuda ja aeg üles ehitada;

³A time to kill, and a time to heal; A time to break down, and a time to build up;

⁴aeg nutta ja aeg naerda, aeg leinata ja aeg tantsida;

⁴A time to weep, and a time to laugh; A time to mourn, and a time to dance;

⁵aeg kive pilduda ja aeg kive koguda, aeg kaelustada ja aeg kaelustamisest hoiduda;

⁵A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; A time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;

⁶aeg otsida ja aeg kaotada, aeg hoida ja aeg ära visata;

⁶A time to seek, and a time to lose; A time to keep, and a time to cast away;

⁷aeg rebida ja aeg õmmelda, aeg vaikida ja aeg rääkida;

⁷A time to rend, and a time to sew; A time to keep silence, and a time to speak;

⁸aeg armastada ja aeg vihata, aeg sõjal ja aeg rahul.

⁸A time to love, and a time to hate; A time of war, and a time of peace.

⁹Mis kasu on töötegijal sellest, mille kallal ta vaeva näeb?

⁹What profit hath he that worketh from that wherein he laboureth?

¹⁰Ma olen näinud tööd, mida Jumal on andnud inimlastele, et nad sellega endid vaevaksid.

¹⁰I have seen the travail that God hath given to the sons of men to toil in.

¹¹Kõik on ta omal ajal hästi teinud; ta on nende südamesse pannud ka igaviku, ometi ilma et inimene mõistaks Jumala tehtud tööd algusest lõpuni.

¹¹He hath made everything beautiful in its time; also he hath set the world in their heart, so that man findeth not out from the beginning to the end the work that God doeth.

¹²Ma mõistsin, et neil pole midagi paremat kui rõõmus olla ja elu nautida.

¹²I know that there is nothing good for them but to rejoice and to do well in their life;

¹³On ju seegi Jumala and igale inimesele, et ta võib süüa ja juua ning nautida head, hoolimata kogu oma vaevast.

¹³yea also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy good in all his labour, it is the gift of God.

¹⁴Ma mõistsin, et kõik, mis Jumal teeb, on igavene; midagi ei ole sellele lisada ega sellest ära võtta. Ja Jumal on seda teinud nõnda, et teda tuleb karta.

¹⁴I know that whatever God doeth, it shall be for ever; there is nothing to be added to it, nor anything to be taken from it; and God doeth [it], that [men] should fear before him.

¹⁵Mis on, see on juba olnud, ja mis tuleb, seegi on juba olnud. Jumal otsib möödunu taas välja.

¹⁵That which is was long ago, and that which is to be hath already been; and God bringeth back again that which is past.

¹⁶Ja veel nägin ma päikese all kohtupaika, kus oli ülekohus, ja õiglusepaika, kus oli üleastumine.

¹⁶And moreover I saw under the sun, that in the place of judgment, wickedness was there; and in the place of righteousness, wickedness was there.

¹⁷Ma mõtlesin südames: Jumal mõistab kohut õigele ja õelale, sest igal asjal ja igal teol on oma aeg.

¹⁷I said in my heart, God will judge the righteous and the wicked; for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work.

¹⁸Ma mõtlesin südames: See on inimlaste huvides, et Jumal neid läbi katsub ja et nad näevad, et nad on iseenesest vaid loomad.

¹⁸I said in my heart, It is thus with the children of men, that God may prove them, and that they should see that they themselves are but beasts.

¹⁹Sest mis sünnib inimlastega, see sünnib loomadega - neile kõigile sünnib sama: nagu sureb üks, nõnda sureb teine, ja neil kõigil on ühesugune hing; ja inimesel ei ole paremust looma ees, sest kõik on tühine.

¹⁹For what befalleth the children of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other, and they have all one breath; and man hath no pre-eminence above the beast: for all is vanity.

²⁰Kõik lähevad ühte paika, kõik on põrmust ja kõik saavad jälle põrmuks.

²⁰All go unto one place: all are of the dust, and all return to dust.

²¹Kes teabki, kas inimlaste hing tõuseb ülespoole või kas loomade hing vajub maa alla?

²¹Who knoweth the spirit of the children of men? Doth it go upwards? and the spirit of the beasts, doth it go downwards to the earth?

²²Ja nõnda ma nägin, et ei ole midagi paremat, kui et inimene on oma töö juures rõõmus, kuna see on tema osa. Sest kes toob teda nägema seda, mis on pärast teda?

²²And I have seen that there is nothing better than that man should rejoice in his own works; for that is his portion; for who shall bring him to see what shall be after him?