Season Dey for Everytin
Everything get im season, birth and death, war and peace, and nobody fit understand all wetin God don do, even though e put eternity for human heart. Corruption dey sit where justice suppose dey. People and animals dey breathe di same breath and dem dey share one grave.
3 1For everytin, season dey, and time dey for every matter wey dey under heaven: 2time to born, and time to die; time to plant, and time to comot wetin dem plant; 3time to kill, and time to heal; time to break down, and time to build up; 4time to cry, and time to laugh; time to mourn, and time to dance; 5time to throway stones, and time to gada stones togeda; time to hold person for hand, and time to no hold person for hand; 6time to look for tin, and time to lose am; time to keep, and time to throway; 7time to tear, and time to sew; time to keep quiet, and time to talk; 8time to love, and time to hate; time for war, and time for peace.
9Wetin di worker dey gain from all im hard work? 10I don see di work wey God don give people make e dey keep dem busy. 11E make everytin fine for im own time, and E put eternity for man heart—but still, nobody fit understand wetin God don do from di start reach di end. 12I know say notin better pass make dem enjoy life and do good as long as dem dey live. 13Also, say everybody chop, drink, and find satisfaction for all dia work—na God gift be dis. 14I know say everytin wey God dey do dey last forever; you no fit add anytin, you no fit comot anytin. E don do am so dat people go fear before am. 15Wetin dey now don dey before, and wetin go come don already dey; and God dey look for wetin dem don chase comot.
Wickedness for Di Place of Justice
16I still see under di sun: evil dey for di place of judgment, and evil dey for di place of correct-and-holy way. 17I talk for my heart say: “God go judge di correct-and-holy people and di wicked people, because time dey for every matter and every deed, for dat place.” 18I talk for my heart say: “God dey test people, so dat dem go see say dem be just like animal.” 19Human being and animal get di same end: as one dey die, na so di oda dey die; di two of dem get di same breath. Human being no get anytin wey pass animal—everytin na vapour. 20All of dem dey go one place; all of dem come from di dust, and all of dem go return back to di dust. 21Who know weda man spirit dey go up, and weda animal spirit dey go down enter ground? 22So I see say notin better pass make person dey rejoice for im work, since na im portion be dat. Because who fit show am wetin go happen afta im time?
