Every thynge hath a tyme, yea
all that is vnder the heauen,
hath his c&obar;uenient seas&obar;. Their
is a tyme to be borne, ∧ a tyme
to dye.
Ther is tyme to plant, and a time to plucke
vp the thing, that is planted.
A tyme to slay, and a tyme to make whole
A time to breake down, ∧ a time to bild vp
A time to wepe, and a time to laugh:
A time to mourne, and a tyme to daunce:
A time to cast away stones, and a tyme to
gather stones together:
B A tyme to enbrace, and a tyme to refrayne
from enbrasyng.
A time to win, and a tyme to lose:
A time to spare, and a tyme to spend:
A time to cut in peces, and a time to sowe
together:
A time to kepe silence, and a time to speake:
A tyme to loue, and a tyme to hate:
A tyme of war, and time of peace:
What hath a man els (þt; doth any thinge)
but werines ∧ labour? For as touchyng the
trauayle and carefulnes which God hath geuen
vnto men, I se þt; he hath geu&ebar; it th&ebar;, to be
exercised in it. Al this hath he ordeyned maruelous
goodly: to euery thing his due tyme
He hath planted ignorance also in the hertes
of men, þt; thei shuld not find out þe; gro&ubar;d of
his workes, whiche he doth fr&obar; þe; beginning
to the end. So I perceiued, þt; in these thinges
their is nothinge better for a man, then to be
mery and to do wel so long as he liueth.
C For
al þt; a man eateth ∧ drinketh, yea whatsoeuer
a man enioyeth of al his labour, the same is
a gyfte of God. I considered also that whatsoeuer
God doth, it c&obar;tinueth for euer, ∧ þt; no
&lhand; thing c&abar; be put vnto it nor tak&ebar; fr&obar; it: ∧ þt; god
doth it to theint&ebar;t, that men shuld feare him.
The thing þt; hath bene, is now: ∧ þt; thing that
is for to come, hath bene afore time, for God
restoreth agayne the thynge that was paste.
Moreouer, I saw vnder the sunne vngodlyenesse
&lhand; in the steade of iudgemente, and iniquitye
in steade of ryghtuousnesse. Then
thought I in my mind: God shal separat the
rightuous fr&obar; þe; vngodly, ∧ th&ebar; shalbe þt; time
and iudgm&ebar;t of al councels and worckes. I
comened with mine own hert also c&obar;cerning
the childr&ebar; of men how God hath chosen th&ebar;
∧ yet letteth th&ebar; apeare:
D as though they were
beastes: for it hapeneth vnto men as it doth
-- --
vnto beastes, ∧ as the one dieth, so dyeth the
other: yea, thei haue both one maner of byrth
so that (in this) a man hathe no preemynence
aboue a beast, but al are subdued vnto vanitie.
They go all vnto one place, for as they
be all of dust, so shal they all turne vnto dust
agayne. Who knoweth note the sprete of man
that goeth vpwarde, ∧ the breath of the beast
that goeth doune into the earth? Wherefore
I perceyue, that there is nothing better for a
man, then to be ioyfull in his labour, for that
is hys porcion. But who will bring him to se
the thing that shall come after hym?
T. Matthew [1549], The Byble, that is to say all the holy Scripture: In whych are c&obar;tayned the Olde and New Testamente, truely ∧ purely tr&abar;slated into English, ∧ nowe lately with greate industry ∧ dilig&ebar;ce recognised. [Edited by Edmund Becke.] (Imprinted by... Ihon Daye [etc.] and William Seres [etc.], London) [word count] [B05000].
