Ecclesiastes 3 #catechesis/bible/ecclesiastes
[!abstract] All human things are liable to perpetual changes. We are to rest on God’s providence, and cast away fruitless cares.
Book: Ecclesiastes · ← Ecclesiastes 2 · Ecclesiastes 4 →
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GR τοῖς πᾶσιν χρόνος καὶ καιρὸς τῷ παντὶ πράγματι ὑπὸ τὸν οὐρανόν
LA Omnia tempus habent, et suis spatiis transeunt universa sub cælo.
EN All things have their season, and in their times all things pass under heaven.
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GR καιρὸς τοῦ τεκεῖν καὶ καιρὸς τοῦ ἀποθανεῖν καιρὸς τοῦ φυτεῦσαι καὶ καιρὸς τοῦ ἐκτῖλαι πεφυτευμένον
LA Tempus nascendi, et tempus moriendi; tempus plantandi, et tempus evellendi quod plantatum est.
EN A time to be born and a time to die. A time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted.
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GR καιρὸς τοῦ ἀποκτεῖναι καὶ καιρὸς τοῦ ἰάσασθαι καιρὸς τοῦ καθελεῖν καὶ καιρὸς τοῦ οἰκοδομῆσαι
LA Tempus occidendi, et tempus sanandi; tempus destruendi, et tempus ædificandi.
EN A time to kill, and a time to heal. A time to destroy, and a time to build.
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GR καιρὸς τοῦ κλαῦσαι καὶ καιρὸς τοῦ γελάσαι καιρὸς τοῦ κόψασθαι καὶ καιρὸς τοῦ ὀρχήσασθαι
LA Tempus flendi, et tempus ridendi; tempus plangendi, et tempus saltandi.
EN A time to weep, and a time to laugh. A time to mourn, and a time to dance.
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GR καιρὸς τοῦ βαλεῖν λίθους καὶ καιρὸς τοῦ συναγαγεῖν λίθους καιρὸς τοῦ περιλαβεῖν καὶ καιρὸς τοῦ μακρυνθῆναι ἀπὸ περιλήμψεως
LA Tempus spargendi lapides, et tempus colligendi, tempus amplexandi, et tempus longe fieri ab amplexibus.
EN A time to scatter stones, and a time to gather. A time to embrace, and a time to be far from embraces.
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GR καιρὸς τοῦ ζητῆσαι καὶ καιρὸς τοῦ ἀπολέσαι καιρὸς τοῦ φυλάξαι καὶ καιρὸς τοῦ ἐκβαλεῖν
LA Tempus acquirendi, et tempus perdendi; tempus custodiendi, et tempus abjiciendi.
EN A time to get, and a time to lose. A time to keep, and a time to cast away.
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GR καιρὸς τοῦ ῥῆξαι καὶ καιρὸς τοῦ ῥάψαι καιρὸς τοῦ σιγᾶν καὶ καιρὸς τοῦ λαλεῖν
LA Tempus scindendi, et tempus consuendi; tempus tacendi, et tempus loquendi.
EN A time to rend, and a time to sew. A time to keep silence, and a time to speak.
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GR καιρὸς τοῦ φιλῆσαι καὶ καιρὸς τοῦ μισῆσαι καιρὸς πολέμου καὶ καιρὸς εἰρήνης
LA Tempus dilectionis, et tempus odii; tempus belli, et tempus pacis.
EN A time of love, and a time of hatred. A time of war, and a time of peace.
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GR τίς περισσεία τοῦ ποιοῦντος ἐν οἷς αὐτὸς μοχθεῖ
LA Quid habet amplius homo de labore suo?
EN What has man more of his labour?
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GR εἶδον σὺν τὸν περισπασμόν ὃν ἔδωκεν ὁ θεὸς τοῖς υἱοῖς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου τοῦ περισπᾶσθαι ἐν αὐτῷ
LA Vidi afflictionem quam dedit Deus filiis hominum, ut distendantur in ea.
EN I have seen the trouble, which God has given the sons of men to be exercised in it.
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GR σὺν τὰ πάντα ἐποίησεν καλὰ ἐν καιρῷ αὐτοῦ καί γε σὺν τὸν αἰῶνα ἔδωκεν ἐν καρδίᾳ αὐτῶν ὅπως μὴ εὕρῃ ὁ ἄνθρωπος τὸ ποίημα ὃ ἐποίησεν ὁ θεός ἀπ’ ἀρχῆς καὶ μέχρι τέλους
LA Cuncta fecit bona in tempore suo, et mundum tradidit disputationi eorum, ut non inveniat homo opus quod operatus est Deus ab initio usque ad finem.
EN He has made all things good in their time, and has delivered the world to their consideration, so that man cannot find out the work which God has made from the beginning to the end.
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GR ἔγνων ὅτι οὐκ ἔστιν ἀγαθὸν ἐν αὐτοῖς εἰ μὴ τοῦ εὐφρανθῆναι καὶ τοῦ ποιεῖν ἀγαθὸν ἐν ζωῇ αὐτοῦ
LA Et cognovi quod non esset melius nisi lætari, et facere bene in vita sua;
EN And I have known that there was no better thing than to rejoice, and to do well in this life.
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GR καί γε πᾶς ὁ ἄνθρωπος ὃς φάγεται καὶ πίεται καὶ ἴδῃ ἀγαθὸν ἐν παντὶ μόχθῳ αὐτοῦ δόμα θεοῦ ἐστιν
LA omnis enim homo qui comedit et bibit, et videt bonum de labore suo, hoc donum Dei est.
EN For every man that eats and drinks, and sees good of his labour, this is the gift of God.
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GR ἔγνων ὅτι πάντα ὅσα ἐποίησεν ὁ θεός αὐτὰ ἔσται εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα ἐπ’ αὐτῷ οὐκ ἔστιν προσθεῖναι καὶ ἀπ’ αὐτοῦ οὐκ ἔστιν ἀφελεῖν καὶ ὁ θεὸς ἐποίησεν ἵνα φοβηθῶσιν ἀπὸ προσώπου αὐτοῦ
LA Didici quod omnia opera quæ fecit Deus perseverent in perpetuum; non possumus eis quidquam addere, nec auferre, quæ fecit Deus ut timeatur.
EN I have learned that all the works which God has made, continue for ever: we cannot add anything, nor take away from those things which God has made that he may be feared.
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GR τὸ γενόμενον ἤδη ἐστίν καὶ ὅσα τοῦ γίνεσθαι ἤδη γέγονεν καὶ ὁ θεὸς ζητήσει τὸν διωκόμενον
LA Quod factum est, ipsum permanet; quæ futura sunt jam fuerunt, et Deus instaurat quod abiit.
EN That which has been made, the same continues: the things that shall be, have already been: and God restores that which is past.
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GR καὶ ἔτι εἶδον ὑπὸ τὸν ἥλιον τόπον τῆς κρίσεως ἐκεῖ ὁ ἀσεβής καὶ τόπον τοῦ δικαίου ἐκεῖ ὁ ἀσεβής
LA Vidi sub sole in loco judicii impietatem, et in loco justitiæ iniquitatem:
EN I saw under the sun in the place of judgment wickedness, and in the place of justice iniquity.
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GR εἶπα ἐγὼ ἐν καρδίᾳ μου σὺν τὸν δίκαιον καὶ σὺν τὸν ἀσεβῆ κρινεῖ ὁ θεός ὅτι καιρὸς τῷ παντὶ πράγματι καὶ ἐπὶ παντὶ τῷ ποιήματι
LA et dixi in corde meo: Justum et impium judicabit Deus, et tempus omnis rei tunc erit.
EN And I said in my heart: God shall judge both the just and the wicked, and then shall be the time of everything.
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GR ἐκεῖ εἶπα ἐγὼ ἐν καρδίᾳ μου περὶ λαλιᾶς υἱῶν τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ὅτι διακρινεῖ αὐτοὺς ὁ θεός καὶ τοῦ δεῖξαι ὅτι αὐτοὶ κτήνη εἰσὶν καί γε αὐτοῖς
LA Dixi in corde meo de filiis hominum, ut probaret eos Deus, et ostenderet similes esse bestiis.
EN I said in my heart concerning the sons of men, that God would prove them, and show them to be like beasts.
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GR ὅτι συνάντημα υἱῶν τοῦ ἀνθρώπου καὶ συνάντημα τοῦ κτήνους συνάντημα ἓν αὐτοῖς ὡς ὁ θάνατος τούτου οὕτως ὁ θάνατος τούτου καὶ πνεῦμα ἓν τοῖς πᾶσιν καὶ τί ἐπερίσσευσεν ὁ ἄνθρωπος παρὰ τὸ κτῆνος οὐδέν ὅτι τὰ πάντα ματαιότης
LA Idcirco unus interitus est hominis et jumentorum, et æqua utriusque conditio. Sicut moritur homo, sic et illa moriuntur. Similiter spirant omnia, et nihil habet homo jumento amplius: cuncta subjacent vanitati,
EN Therefore the death of man, and of beasts is one, and the condition of them both is equal: as man dies, so they also die: all things breathe alike, and man has nothing more than beast: all things are subject to vanity.
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GR τὰ πάντα πορεύεται εἰς τόπον ἕνα τὰ πάντα ἐγένετο ἀπὸ τοῦ χοός καὶ τὰ πάντα ἐπιστρέφει εἰς τὸν χοῦν
LA et omnia pergunt ad unum locum. De terra facta sunt, et in terram pariter revertuntur.
EN And all things go to one place: of earth they were made, and into earth they return together.
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GR καὶ τίς οἶδεν πνεῦμα υἱῶν τοῦ ἀνθρώπου εἰ ἀναβαίνει αὐτὸ εἰς ἄνω καὶ πνεῦμα τοῦ κτήνους εἰ καταβαίνει αὐτὸ κάτω εἰς γῆν
LA Quis novit si spiritus filiorum Adam ascendat sursum, et si spiritus jumentorum descendat deorsum?
EN Who knows if the spirit of the children of Adam ascend upward, and if the spirit of the beasts descend downward?
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GR καὶ εἶδον ὅτι οὐκ ἔστιν ἀγαθὸν εἰ μὴ ὃ εὐφρανθήσεται ὁ ἄνθρωπος ἐν ποιήμασιν αὐτοῦ ὅτι αὐτὸ μερὶς αὐτοῦ ὅτι τίς ἄξει αὐτὸν τοῦ ἰδεῖν ἐν ᾧ ἐὰν γένηται μετ’ αὐτόν
LA Et deprehendi nihil esse melius quam lætari hominem in opere suo, et hanc esse partem illius. Quis enim eum adducet ut post se futura cognoscat?
EN And I have found that nothing is better than for a man to rejoice in his work, and that this is his portion. For who shall bring him to know the things that shall be after him?
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[!note]- Man hath nothing more, etc…
Viz., as to the life of the body. Commentary on the Old Testament (1752)
[!note]- Who knows, etc…
Viz., experimentally: since no one in this life can see a spirit. But as to the spirit of the beasts, which is merely animal, and become extinct by the death of the beast, who can tell the manner it acts so as to give life and motion, and by death to descend downward, that is, to be no more? Commentary on the Old Testament (1752)
