A time to be born and a time to die. A time to plant and a time to harvest.

生有时，死有时；栽种有时，拔出所栽种的也有时；

生有时，死有时；栽种有时，拔出有时；

生有时，死有时；栽种有时，拔出有时；

出生有时，死亡有时；耕种有时，拔出有时；

生有时，死有时；栽种有时，拔出所种的也有时；

生有时，死有时；栽种有时，拔出所栽种的也有时；

生有時，死有時；栽種有時，拔出所栽種的也有時；

生有時，死有時；栽種有時，拔出有時；

生有時，死有時；栽種有時，拔出有時；

出生有時，死亡有時；耕種有時，拔出有時；

生有時，死有時；栽種有時，拔出所種的也有時；

生有時，死有時；栽種有時，拔出所栽種的也有時；

生有時，死有時；栽種有時，拔出所栽種的也有時；

生有其時、沒有其時、植有其時、拔所植者、亦有其時、

有時可生、有時可死、有時可植、有時可拔、

生有時、死有時、植有時、拔所植者有時、

a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot,

There is a time to be born. And there’s a time to die. There is a time to plant. And there’s a time to pull up what is planted.

a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted;

a time to give birth and a time to die; a time to plant and a time to uproot;

A time to give birth and a time to die; A time to plant and a time to uproot what is planted.

A time to be born, And a time to die; A time to plant, And a time to pluck what is planted;

a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;

a time to give birth and a time to die; a time to plant and a time to uproot;

A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up[ that which is] planted;

A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to uproot what was planted;

a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;

You have decided the length of our lives. You know how many months we will live, and we are not given a minute longer.

And just as each person is destined to die once and after that comes judgment,

It will be like a woman suffering the pains of labor. When her child is born, her anguish gives way to joy because she has brought a new baby into the world.

But when the right time came, God sent his Son, born of a woman, subject to the law.

“ Is not all human life a struggle? Our lives are like that of a hired hand,

“ At that time Moses was born— a beautiful child in God’s eyes. His parents cared for him at home for three months.

He gives the childless woman a family, making her a happy mother. Praise the Lord!

Can the dead live again? If so, this would give me hope through all my years of struggle, and I would eagerly await the release of death.

About that time Hezekiah became deathly ill, and the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz went to visit him. He gave the king this message:“ This is what the Lord says:‘ Set your affairs in order, for you are going to die. You will not recover from this illness.’”

“ Sing, O childless woman, you who have never given birth! Break into loud and joyful song, O Jerusalem, you who have never been in labor. For the desolate woman now has more children than the woman who lives with her husband,” says the Lord.

As the time of his death drew near, Jacob called for his son Joseph and said to him,“ Please do me this favor. Put your hand under my thigh and swear that you will treat me with unfailing love by honoring this last request: Do not bury me in Egypt.

Then at the Lord’s command, he shouted,“ O altar, altar! This is what the Lord says: A child named Josiah will be born into the dynasty of David. On you he will sacrifice the priests from the pagan shrines who come here to burn incense, and human bones will be burned on you.”

What’s more, your relative Elizabeth has become pregnant in her old age! People used to say she was barren, but she has conceived a son and is now in her sixth month.

“ Next year at this time you will be holding a son in your arms!”“ No, my lord!” she cried.“ O man of God, don’t deceive me and get my hopes up like that.”

If I announce that a certain nation or kingdom is to be uprooted, torn down, and destroyed,but then that nation renounces its evil ways, I will not destroy it as I had planned.And if I announce that I will plant and build up a certain nation or kingdom,but then that nation turns to evil and refuses to obey me, I will not bless it as I said I would.

“ At that time I pleaded with the Lord and said,‘ O Sovereign Lord, you have only begun to show your greatness and the strength of your hand to me, your servant. Is there any god in heaven or on earth who can perform such great and mighty deeds as you do?Please let me cross the Jordan to see the wonderful land on the other side, the beautiful hill country and the Lebanon mountains.’“ But the Lord was angry with me because of you, and he would not listen to me.‘ That’s enough!’ he declared.‘ Speak of it no more.

So Moses, the servant of the Lord, died there in the land of Moab, just as the Lord had said.

Today I appoint you to stand up against nations and kingdoms. Some you must uproot and tear down, destroy and overthrow. Others you must build up and plant.”

The Son of Man will send his angels, and they will remove from his Kingdom everything that causes sin and all who do evil.

But now, since you didn’t believe what I said, you will be silent and unable to speak until the child is born. For my words will certainly be fulfilled at the proper time.”

Jesus replied,“ Every plant not planted by my heavenly Father will be uprooted,

He plowed the land, cleared its stones, and planted it with the best vines. In the middle he built a watchtower and carved a winepress in the nearby rocks. Then he waited for a harvest of sweet grapes, but the grapes that grew were bitter.Now, you people of Jerusalem and Judah, you judge between me and my vineyard.What more could I have done for my vineyard that I have not already done? When I expected sweet grapes, why did my vineyard give me bitter grapes?Now let me tell you what I will do to my vineyard: I will tear down its hedges and let it be destroyed. I will break down its walls and let the animals trample it.

“‘ An enemy has done this!’ the farmer exclaimed.“‘ Should we pull out the weeds?’ they asked.“‘ No,’ he replied,‘ you’ll uproot the wheat if you do.

Then the leaders tried to arrest him; but no one laid a hand on him, because his time had not yet come.

“ The time has come for Aaron to join his ancestors in death. He will not enter the land I am giving the people of Israel, because the two of you rebelled against my instructions concerning the water at Meribah.Now take Aaron and his son Eleazar up Mount Hor.There you will remove Aaron’s priestly garments and put them on Eleazar, his son. Aaron will die there and join his ancestors.”So Moses did as the Lord commanded. The three of them went up Mount Hor together as the whole community watched.At the summit, Moses removed the priestly garments from Aaron and put them on Eleazar, Aaron’s son. Then Aaron died there on top of the mountain, and Moses and Eleazar went back down.

But the angel said,“ Don’t be afraid, Zechariah! God has heard your prayer. Your wife, Elizabeth, will give you a son, and you are to name him John.

The Lord kept his word and did for Sarah exactly what he had promised.She became pregnant, and she gave birth to a son for Abraham in his old age. This happened at just the time God had said it would.

Those who were well fed are now starving, and those who were starving are now full. The childless woman now has seven children, and the woman with many children wastes away.

“ Baruch, this is what the Lord says:‘ I will destroy this nation that I built. I will uproot what I planted.

But God will strike you down once and for all. He will pull you from your home and uproot you from the land of the living. Interlude

One day the Lord said to Moses,“ Climb one of the mountains east of the river, and look out over the land I have given the people of Israel.After you have seen it, you will die like your brother, Aaron,for you both rebelled against my instructions in the wilderness of Zin. When the people of Israel rebelled, you failed to demonstrate my holiness to them at the waters.”( These are the waters of Meribah at Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin.)

“ As the time drew near when God would fulfill his promise to Abraham, the number of our people in Egypt greatly increased.

But my covenant will be confirmed with Isaac, who will be born to you and Sarah about this time next year.”

“ Go back to Hezekiah and tell him,‘ This is what the Lord, the God of your ancestor David, says: I have heard your prayer and seen your tears. I will add fifteen years to your life,