31 lines
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31 lines
2.3 KiB
Markdown
# Chapter 3
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1 There is an occasion for everything,
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and a time for every activity under heaven:
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2 a time to give birth and a time to die;
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a time to plant and a time to uproot;
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3 a time to kill and a time to heal;
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a time to tear down and a time to build;
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4 a time to weep and a time to laugh;
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a time to mourn and a time to dance;
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5 a time to throw stones and a time to gather stones;
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a time to embrace and a time to avoid embracing;
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6 a time to search and a time to count as lost;
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a time to keep and a time to throw away;
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7 a time to tear and a time to sew;
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a time to be silent and a time to speak;
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8 a time to love and a time to hate;
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a time for war and a time for peace.
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9 What does the worker gain from his struggles?
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10 I have seen the task that God has given the children of Adam to keep them occupied.
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11 He has made everything appropriate in its time. He has also put eternity in their hearts, but no one can discover the work God has done from beginning to end.
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12 I know that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice and enjoy the good life.
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13 It is also the gift of God whenever anyone eats, drinks, and enjoys all his efforts.
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14 I know that everything God does will last forever; there is no adding to it or taking from it. God works so that people will be in awe of him.
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15 Whatever is, has already been, and whatever will be, already is. However, God seeks justice for the persecuted.
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16 I also observed under the sun: there is wickedness at the place of judgment and there is wickedness at the place of righteousness.
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17 I said to myself, “God will judge the righteous and the wicked, since there is a time for every activity and every work.”
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18 I said to myself, “This happens so that God may test the children of Adam and they may see for themselves that they are like animals.”
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19 For the fate of the children of Adam and the fate of animals is the same. As one dies, so dies the other; they all have the same breath. People have no advantage over animals since everything is futile.
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20 All are going to the same place; all come from dust, and all return to dust.
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21 Who knows if the spirits of the children of Adam go upward and the spirits of animals go downward to the earth?
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22 I have seen that there is nothing better than for a person to enjoy his activities because that is his reward. For who can enable him to see what will happen after he dies? |