There is a time for everything,
凡是都有定期，
and a season for every activity under heaven:
天下腕务都有定时。
a time to be born and a time to be die,
生有时，死有时；
a time to plant and a time to uproot,
栽种有时，拔出所栽种的也有时；
a time to kill and a time to heal,
杀戮有时，医治有时；
a time to tear down and a time to build,
拆毁有时，建造有时；
a time to weep and a time to laugh,
哭有时，笑有时；
a time to mourn and a time to dance,
哀痛有时，跳舞有时；
a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them,
抛掷石头有时，堆聚石头有时；
a time to embrace and a time to refrain,
怀抱有时，不怀抱有时；
a time to search and a time to give up,
寻找有时，失落有时；
a time to keep and a time to throw away,
保守有时，舍弃有时；
a time to tear and a time to mend,
撕裂有时，缝补有时；
a time to be silent and a time to speak,
静默有时，言语有时；
a time to love and a time to hate,
喜爱有时，恨恶有时；
a time to for war and a time for peace.
争战有时，和好有时。

ECCLESIASTES 3:1
传道书3:1