Ecclesiastes 11
1 Cast your bread upon the waters, for after many days you will find it again.
Svoj kruh vrzi na vode, kajti našel ga boš po mnogih dneh.
2 Divide your portion among seven, or even eight, for you do not know what disaster may befall the land.
Daj delež sedmim in tudi osmemu, kajti ne veš kakšno zlo bo na zemlji.
3 If the clouds are full, they will pour out rain upon the earth; whether a tree falls to the south or to the north, in the place where it falls, there it will lie.
Če so oblaki polni dežja, se izlijejo na zemljo, in če drevo pade proti jugu ali proti severu, na kraj, kamor drevo pade, tam bo.
4 He who watches the wind will fail to sow, and he who observes the clouds will fail to reap.
Kdor opazuje veter, ne bo sejal in kdor se ozira na oblake, ne bo žel.
5 As you do not know the path of the wind, or how the bones are formed in a mother’s womb, so you cannot understand the work of God, the Maker of all things.
Kakor ne veš kakšna je pot duha niti kako rastejo kosti v maternici tiste, ki je z otrokom; tako ne poznaš del Boga, ki dela vse.
6 Sow your seed in the morning, and do not rest your hands in the evening, for you do not know which will succeed, whether this or that, or if both will equally prosper.
Zjutraj sej svoje seme in zvečer ne zadržuj svoje roke, kajti ne veš, ali bo uspevalo to ali ono, ali pa bosta oba enako dobra.
7 Light is sweet, and it pleases the eyes to see the sun.
Resnično, svetloba je prijazna in prijetna stvar je za oči, da gledajo sonce,
8 So if a man lives many years, let him rejoice in them all. But let him remember the days of darkness, for they will be many. Everything to come is futile.
toda če človek živi mnogo let in se veseli v njih vseh, naj se vendar spomni dni teme, kajti mnogo jih bo. Vse, kar prihaja, je ničevost.
9 Rejoice, O young man, while you are young, and let your heart be glad in the days of your youth. 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 to judgment.
Razveseli se, oh mladenič, v svoji mladosti in naj te tvoje srce spodbuja v dneh tvoje mladosti in hodi po poteh svojega srca in za pogledom svojih oči; toda vedi, da te bo Bog zaradi vseh teh stvari privedel v obsodbo.
10 So banish sorrow from your heart, and cast off pain from your body, for youth and vigor are fleeting.
Zatorej od svojega srca odstrani bridkost in odloži zlo od svojega mesa, kajti otroštvo in mladost sta ničevost.
