1 Chinhu chimwe nechimwe chine nguva yacho,
2 nguva yokuberekwa nenguva yokufa,
3 nguva yokuuraya nenguva yokuporesa,
4 nguva yokuchema nenguva yokuseka,
5 nguva yokurasa mabwe nenguva yokuaunganidza pamwe chete,
6 nguva yokutsvaka nenguva yokurega zvirasike,
7 nguva yokubvarura nenguva yokusona,
8 nguva yokuda nenguva yokuvenga,
9 Ko, mushandi anowanei kubva mukushanda kwake kwose?
10 Ndakaona mutoro wakapiwa vanhu naMwari.
11 Akaita chinhu chimwe nechimwe chakanaka nenguva yacho. Akaisawo zvisingaperi mumwoyo yavanhu; kunyange zvakadaro havangagoni kunzwisisa zvakaitwa naMwari kubva pakutanga kusvika pakupedzisira.
12 Ndinoziva kuti hakuna chinhu chakanakira munhu kupfuura kuti afare uye kuti aite zvakanaka achiri mupenyu.
13 Kuti munhu wose adye uye anwe uye azviwanire kugutsikana kubva pakushanda kwake kwose, ichi ndicho chipo chaMwari.
14 Ndinoziva kuti zvose zvinoitwa naMwari zvichagara nokusingaperi; hapana chingawedzerwa pazviri uye hapana chingabviswa pazviri. Mwari anozviita kuti vanhu vamukudze.
15 Chipi nechipi chiripo zvino, chakagara chiripo kare,
16 Uyezve ndakaona chimwe chinhu pasi pezuva:
17 Ndakafunga mumwoyo mangu ndikati,
18 Ndakatizve, “Kana vari vanhu, Mwari anovaedza kuti vaone kuti vakangofanana nemhuka.
19 Zvinoitika kumunhu zvakafanana nezvinoitika kumhuka; zvose zvinoitirwa zvimwe chetezvo: sokufa kunoita chimwe, chimwe chinofawo. Zvose zvinofema mweya mumwe; munhu hapana paanopfuura mhuka. Zvose hazvina maturo.
20 Zvose zvinoenda kunzvimbo imwe chete; zvose zvinobva kuvhu, uye kuvhu zvose zvinodzokera.
21 Ndiani angaziva kana mweya womunhu uchikwira kuenda kumusoro uye kana mweya wemhuka uchidzika pasi?”
22 Saka ndakaona kuti hapana chingapfuure ichi, kuti munhu afadzwe nebasa rake, nokuti uyu ndiwo mugove wake. Nokuti ndiani achazomudzosazve kuti aone zvichazoitika shure kwake?