| | | Abbé Crampon | |
| 1 | To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: | Il y a un temps fixé pour tout, un temps pour toute chose sous le ciel : | For everything there is a season, and a time for very purpose under heaven: |
| 2 | A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted; | Un temps pour naître, et un temps pour mourir; un temps pour planter, et un temps pour arracher ce qui a été planté; | a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted; |
| 3 | A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up; | Un temps pour tuer, et un temps pour guérir; un temps pour abattre, et un temps pour bâtir; | a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up; |
| 4 | A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance; | Un temps pour pleurer, et un temps pour rire; un temps pour se lamenter, et un temps pour danser; | a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance; |
| 5 | A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing; | Un temps pour jeter des pierres, et un temps pour en ramasser; un temps pour embrasser, et un temps pour s'abstenir d'embrassements. | a time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing; |
| 6 | A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away; | Un temps pour chercher et un temps pour perdre; un temps pour garder, et un temps pour jeter; | a time to seek, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away; |
| 7 | A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak; | Un temps pour déchirer, et un temps pour coudre; un temps pour se taire, et un temps pour parler; | a time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak; |
| 8 | A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace. | Un temps pour aimer, et un temps pour haïr; un temps pour la guerre, et un temps pour la paix; | a time to love, and a time to hate; a time for war, and a time for peace. |
| 9 | What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboureth? | Quel est l'avantage, pour celui sui travaille, de la peine qu'il se donne ? | What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboreth? |
| 10 | I have seen the travail, which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised in it. | J'ai examiné le labeur auquel Dieu impose aux enfants des hommes de se livrer. | I have seen the travail which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised therewith. |
| 11 | He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end. | Dieu a fait toute chose belle en son temps, il a mis aussi dans leur coeur l'éternité, mais sans que l'homme puisse comprendre l'oeuvre que Dieu fait, du commencement jusqu'à la fin. | He hath made everything beautiful in its time: also he hath set eternity in their heart, yet so that man cannot find out the work that God hath done from the beginning even to the end. |
| 12 | I know that there is no good in them, but for a man to rejoice, and to do good in his life. | Et j'ai reconnu qu'il n'y a rien de meilleur pour eux que de se réjouir et se donner du bien-être pendant leur vie, | I know that there is nothing better for them, than to rejoice, and to do good so long as they live. |
| 13 | And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labour, it is the gift of God. | Et en même temps que si un homme mange et boit, et jouit du bien-être au milieu de son travail, c'est là un don de Dieu. | And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy good in all his labor, is the gift of God. |
| 14 | I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God doeth it, that men should fear before him. | J'ai reconnu que tout ce que Dieu fait durera toujours, qu'il n'y a rien à y ajouter ni rien à en retrancher : Dieu agit ainsi afin qu'on le craigne. | I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor anything taken from it; and God hath done it, that men should fear before him. |
| 15 | That which hath been is now; and that which is to be hath already been; and God requireth that which is past. | Ce qui se fait existait déjà, et ce qui se fera a déjà été : Dieu ramène ce qui est passé. L'homme livré à la tyrannie des chefs. | That which is hath been long ago; and that which is to be hath long ago been: and God seeketh again that which is passed away. |
| 16 | And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, that wickedness was there; and the place of righteousness, that iniquity was there. | J'ai encore vu sous le soleil, qu'au siège même du droit il y a la méchanceté, et au lieu de la justice, il y a l'iniquité. | And moreover I saw under the sun, in the place of justice, that wickedness was there; and in the place of righteousness, that wickedness was there. |
| 17 | I said in mine heart, God shall judge the righteous and the wicked: for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work. | J'ai dit dans mon coeur : "Dieu jugera le juste et le méchant, car il y a là un temps pour toute chose, et pour toute oeuvre." | I said in my heart, God will judge the righteous and the wicked; for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work. |
| 18 | I said in mine heart concerning the estate of the sons of men, that God might manifest them, and that they might see that they themselves are beasts. | J'ai dit dans mon coeur au sujet des enfants des hommes : "Cela arrive ainsi, afin que Dieu les éprouve, et qu'ils voient qu'ils sont quant à eux-mêmes semblables aux bêtes." | I said in my heart, [It is] because of the sons of men, that God may prove them, and that they may see that they themselves are [but as] beasts. |
| 19 | For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; so that a man hath no preeminence above a beast: for all is vanity. | Car le sort des enfants des homes est le sort de la bête : ils ont un même sort; comme l'un meurt, l'autre meurt aussi, il n'y a qu'un même souffle pour tous; l'avantage de l'homme sur la bête est nul, car tout est vanité. | For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; and man hath no preeminence above the beasts: for all is vanity. |
| 20 | All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again. | Tout va dans un même lieu; tout est sorti de la poussière, et tout retourne à la poussière. | All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again. |
| 21 | Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the earth? | Qui connaît le souffle des enfants des hommes, qui monte en haut, et le souffle de la bête qui descend en bas vers la terre ? | Who knoweth the spirit of man, whether it goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast, whether it goeth downward to the earth? |
| 22 | Wherefore I perceive that there is nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his own works; for that is his portion: for who shall bring him to see what shall be after him? | Et j'ai vu qu'il n'y a rien de mieux pour l'homme que de se réjouir dans ses oeuvres : c'est là sa part. car qui lui donnera de découvrir ce qui arrivera après lui ? Oppression des faibles, travail inspiré par la jalousie, travail sans but. | Wherefore I saw that there is nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his works; for that is his portion: for who shall bring him [back] to see what shall be after him? |
