Ветхий Завет (Библия), Книга Екклесиаста, по преданию, написана, мудрым царем Соломоном (гл. 3, ст., 1—8)

For everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven:

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 kill,

And a time to heal; 

A time to break down,

And a time to build up; 

A time to weep,

And a time to laugh; 

A time to mourn,

And a time to dance; 

A time to cast away stones,

And a time to gather stones together; 

A time to embrace,

And a time to refrain from embracing; 

A time to seek,

And a time to lose; 

A time to keep,

And a time to cast away; 

A time to tear,

And a time to sew; 

A time to keep silence,

And a time to speak; 

A time to love,

And a time to hate; 

A time for war,

And a time for peace.