Kazatel 11
1 Pouštěj chléb svůj po vodě, nebo po mnohých dnech najdeš jej.
Give generously to others [some of] the money [MET] that you have; if you do that, later you will get back an equal amount.
2 Dej částku sedmi aneb i osmi, nebo nevíš, co zlého bude na zemi.
Share some of what you have with (seven or eight/several) [others], because you do not know when you will experience a disaster, [and if you give some of what you have to others], [when you experience that disaster, they will kindly help you].
3 Když se naplňují oblakové, déšť na zem vydávají; a když padá dřevo na poledne aneb na půlnoci, na kteréž místo padá to dřevo, tu zůstává.
[It is always true that] when clouds are full of water, they pour rain on the earth. [Similarly], wherever a tree falls on the ground, that is where it will remain.
4 Kdo šetří větru, nebude síti; a kdo hledí na husté oblaky, nebude žíti.
If farmers see in what direction the wind is blowing, they will know whether it is wise at that time to plant things or not. [It is also true that] if farmers look at the clouds [and see that they are blowing from the west, which means that it will probably rain, ] they will not [try to] harvest their crops on that day.
5 Jakož ty nevíš, která jest cesta větru, a jak rostou kosti v životě těhotné, tak neznáš díla Božího, kterýž činí všecko.
We do not know where the wind comes from or where it goes, and we do not know how bodies are formed in women’s wombs. Similarly [SIM], God is the one who made everything, and we cannot [fully] understand what God does.
6 Hned z jitra rozsívej símě své, a u večer nedávej odpočinutí ruce své; nebo ty nevíš, co jest lepšího, to-li či ono, čili obé jednostejně dobré jest.
[Start] planting your seeds in the morning, and do not stop planting them until the evening, because you do not know which ones will grow better, the ones you plant in the morning or the ones you plant later in the day, or whether both will grow well.
7 Příjemnéť jest zajisté světlo, a milá věc očima viděti slunce;
It is very delightful to be alive and see [MTY] the sun [rise every morning].
8 A však, by mnoho let živ jsa člověk, ve všech těch veselil by se, tedy rozpomenul-li by se na dny temnosti, jak jich mnoho bude, cožkoli přeběhlo, počte za marnost.
[Even] if people live for many years, they should enjoy all of them. But they should not forget that [some day they will die] and then they will never be able to see any light again, and we do not know what will happen to us after we die.
9 Radujž se tedy, mládenče, v mladosti své, a nechť tě obveseluje srdce tvé ve dnech mladosti tvé, a choď po cestách srdce svého, a podlé žádosti očí svých, než věz, že tě s tím se vším přivede Bůh na soud.
You young people, be happy while you are still young. Enjoy [IDM] doing the things that you want to do. But do not forget that [some day] God will judge you concerning all the things that you do.
10 Anobrž odejmi hněv od srdce svého, a odvrať zlost od těla svého; nebo dětinství a mladost jest marnost.
[So when you are young] [MTY], do not worry about anything, and do not pay attention to the pains that you have in your body, because we will not remain young and strong forever.
