Ecclesiastes
Chapter
3
{5th
Experiment of Solomon - to find Happiness in the Cosmic System -
Time Orientation}
1~~
Every thing has an allotted time.
There
is a time for every pleasure under heaven: 2~~
A
time to be born, and a time to die.
A
time to plant and a time to destroy that which was planted. 3~~
A
time to kill and a time to heal.
A
time to demolish 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 throw stones and a time to gather stones.
A
time for sex and a time to be far away from sex. 6~~
A
time to be aggressive and a time to give up as lost.
A
time to keep and a time to throw away. 7~~
A
time to rip apart and a time to sew together.
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
profit to the one
in
the field of monotonous and wearisome labor?
10~~I
have researched the occupation of time,
which
the God has given to the sons of men to be occupied in it.
11~~He
has manufactured out of doctrine
every
thing good in its own time.
Also
He has given the eternal doctrine
in
their right lobes,
without
which doctrine,
mankind
cannot perceive
that
which the God has made
from
the beginning even to the end of history.
12~~
I know that there is nothing better for them in time
then
to possess inner happiness from doctrine
and
to manufacture out of doctrine,
divine
good in his lifetime.
13~~
And, also that every man {in time}
who
eats and who drinks
even
he shall see good
{freedom, privacy and 'live and let live'}
for
all of his hard work . . .
it
is the gift of God.
14^^I
realized/understand {yada`}, too,
that
whatsoever 'Elohiym/Godhead
has
manufactured/done {'asah}
will
endure forever.
Nothing
can be added to it,
nor
any thing taken from it.
'Elohiym/Godhead
manufactures
{'asah - out of His Word - divine good production}
that
men 'respect {the authority of}'/fear Him.
15~~Whatever is . . . has already been.
And what will be . . . has been before.
And, God will call the past to account.
16^^And
indeed I have observed
under
the sun:
In
the place of justice
there
is also wickedness/reversionism.
In
the place of righteousness
there
is also wickedness/reversionism.
17~~
I thought in my 'right lobe'/heart,
'Elohiym/Godhead
shall judge the righteous and the wicked . . .
for
there is a time for every activity
and
a time for every deed.
Ecclesiastes
3:18-19~~I thought in my 'right lobe'/heart
concerning
the estate of the sons of men,
that
God might manifest them,
and
that they might see
that
they themselves are like being beasts. 19~~
Man's
fate is like that of animals
the
same fate awaits them both.
As
the one dies
so
dies the other.
Yes,
they have all the same 'life breath'/spirit {ruwach}
man
has no superiority over animal
since
both amount to nothing.
{Universalism}
20~~All
go into the same place.
All come from the dust and to the dust return.
{Agnosticism}
21~~Who
knows if the spirit {ruwach} of man rises upward
and
the spirit {ruwach} of the animal goes down into the earth?
{Humanism}
22~~So
I saw there was nothing better
for
a man than to enjoy his works
because
that is his lot.
For
who shall bring him
to
see what shall be after him?
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