Propovjednik 11
1 Baci kruh svoj na vodu i naći ćeš ga poslije mnogo vremena.
Cast your bread on the waters; for you shall find it after many days.
2 Podijeli sedmorici ili osmorici, jer ne znaš kakvo će zlo zadesiti zemlju.
Give a portion to seven, yes, even to eight; for you don’t know what evil will be on the earth.
3 Kad se oblaci napune kišom, prosiplju je na zemlju, a padne li drvo na jug ili na sjever, svejedno: gdje padne, ondje i ostaje.
If the clouds are full of rain, they empty themselves on the earth; and if a tree falls toward the south, or toward the north, in the place where the tree falls, there shall it be.
4 Tko pazi na vjetar, ne sije, i tko gleda na oblake, ne žanje.
He who observes the wind won’t sow; and he who regards the clouds won’t reap.
5 Kao što ne znaš koji je put vjetru ni kako postaju kosti u utrobi trudne žene, tako ne znaš ni djela Boga koji sve tvori.
As you don’t know what is the way of the wind, nor how the bones grow in the womb of her who is with child; even so you don’t know the work of God who does all.
6 Ujutro sij svoje sjeme, a navečer nek' ti ruka ne počiva. Jer ne znaš da li će biti bolje ovo ili ono, ili će oboje biti jednako dobro.
In the morning sow your seed, and in the evening don’t withhold your hand; for you don’t know which will prosper, whether this or that, or whether they both will be equally good.
7 Ljupka je svjetlost i ugodno je očima vidjeti sunce.
Truly the light is sweet, and it is a pleasant thing for the eyes to see the sun.
8 Ali ako čovjek živi i mnogo godina, neka se uvijek veseli, a neka se sjeti da će tamnih dana biti mnogo. Ispraznost je sve što će doći.
Yes, if a man lives many years, let him rejoice in them all; but let him remember the days of darkness, for they shall be many. All that comes is vanity.
9 Zato se raduj, mladiću, za svoje mladosti, i veseli se u danima svoga mladenaštva; idi putovima svoga srca i slijedi želje svojih očiju; ali znaj da će ti za sve to suditi Bog.
Rejoice, young man, in your youth, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth, and walk in the ways of your heart, and in the sight of your eyes; but know that for all these things God will bring you into judgment.
10 Ukloni dakle jad iz svoga srca i udalji bol od svojega tijela. Ali je isprazna i mladost i doba tamnih kosa.
Therefore remove sorrow from your heart, and put away evil from your flesh; for youth and the dawn of life are vanity.
