傳 道 書 Ecclesiastes
3:1 凡事都有定期、天下萬務都有定時．
3:2 生有時、死有時．栽種有時、拔出所栽種的、也有時．
3:3 殺戮有時、醫治有時．拆毀有時、建造有時．
3:4 哭有時、笑有時．哀慟有時、跳舞有時．
3:5 拋擲石頭有時、堆聚石頭有時．懷抱有時、不懷抱有時．
3:6 尋找有時、失落有時．保守有時、捨棄有時．
3:7 撕裂有時、縫補有時．靜默有時、言語有時．
3:8 喜愛有時、恨惡有時．爭戰有時、和好有時。
3:9 這樣看來、作事的人在他的勞碌上有甚麼益處呢。
3:10 我見 神叫世人勞苦、使他們在其中受經練。
3:11 神造萬物、各按其時成為美好．又將永生安置在世人心裡．〔永生原文作永遠〕
然而 神從始至終的作為、人不能參透。
3:12 我知道世人、莫強如終身喜樂行善。
3:13 並且人人喫喝、在他一切勞碌中享福．這也是 神的恩賜。
3:14 我知道 神一切所作的、都必永存、無所增添、無所減少．
神這樣行、是要人在他面前存敬畏的心。
[原文]
3 There is a time for everything，and a season for every activity under the heavens:
2 a time to be born and a time to die， a time to plant and a time to uproot,
3 a time to kill and a time to heal，a time to tear down and a time to build,
4 a time to weep and a time to laugh，a time to mourn and a time to dance,
5 a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them,
a time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing,
6 a time to search and a time to give up，a time to keep and a time to throw away,
7 a time to tear and a time to mend，a time to be silent and a time to speak,
8 a time to love and a time to hate，a time for war and a time for peace.
9 What do workers gain from their toil? 10 I have seen the burden God has laid on the human
race.
11 He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the human heart;
yet no one can fathom what God has done from beginning to end.
12 I know that there is nothing better for people than to be happy and to do good while they
live.
13 That each of them may eat and drink, and find satisfaction in all their toil
—this is the gift of God.
14 I know that everything God does will endure forever; nothing can be added to it and nothing
taken from it. God does it so that
附記│
1959 年，Peter Seeger 為這段經文譜曲，名為《Turn Turn Turn 》
直到 1962 年才收錄在《The Bitter and Sweet》專輯中，
1965 年，美國搖滾樂團 Byrd 加以翻唱，並收錄於同名專輯中，這首歌曾拿下告示牌冠軍
