Ecclesiastes 11
1 Put out your bread on the face of the waters; for after a long time it will come back to you again.
Bwaka lipa na yo na likolo ya mayi, pamba te sima na mikolo ebele, okomona yango lisusu.
2 Give a part to seven or even to eight, because you have no knowledge of the evil which will be on the earth.
Kaba biloko na yo na bato sambo to mwambe, pamba te oyebi te pasi nini ekoki koya na mokili.
3 If the clouds are full of rain, they send it down on the earth; and if a tree comes down to the south, or the north, in whatever place it comes down, there it will be.
Soki mapata etondi na mayi, ebetisaka mvula na mokili. Nzete etikalaka kaka na esika oyo ekweyi, ezala na ngambo ya sude to na ngambo ya nor.
4 He who is watching the wind will not get the seed planted, and he who is looking at the clouds will not get in the grain.
Moto oyo atalaka mopepe akolona nkona te, moto oyo atalaka mapata akobuka bambuma te.
5 As you have no knowledge of the way of the wind, or of the growth of the bones in the body of her who is with child, even so you have no knowledge of the works of God who has made all.
Ndenge oyebi te nzela ya mopepe to ndenge nini moto asalemaka kati na libumu ya mama na ye, ndenge wana mpe okokoka te kososola misala ya Nzambe oyo azali Mokeli ya nyonso.
6 In the morning put your seed into the earth, and till the evening let not your hand be at rest; because you are not certain which will do well, this or that — or if the two will be equally good.
Na tongo, lona milona na yo, mpe na pokwa, kopemisa maboko na yo te, pamba te oyebi te milona nini ekobima, ya tongo to ya pokwa to mpe nyonso mibale ekobima malamu.
7 Truly the light is sweet, and it is good for the eyes to see the sun.
Pole ezali malamu, mpe miso esepelaka komona moyi.
8 But even if a man's life is long and he has joy in all his years, let him keep in mind the dark days, because they will be great in number. Whatever may come is to no purpose.
Yango wana, soki moto asali mibu ebele na bomoi, tika ye asepela na mibu yango nyonso; kasi tika ete abosana te ete mibu ya pasi ekozala ebele, mpe ete makambo nyonso oyo ekoya sima ezali pamba.
9 Have joy, O young man, while you are young; and let your heart be glad in the days of your strength, and go in the ways of your heart, and in the desire of your eyes; but be certain that for all these things God will be your judge.
Elenge, sepela na bolenge na yo, mpe tika ete motema na yo esepela na mikolo ya bolenge na yo! Landa nzela ya motema na yo mpe nyonso oyo esepelisaka miso na yo; kasi yeba ete, mpo na makambo wana nyonso, Nzambe akosambisa yo.
10 So put away trouble from your heart, and sorrow from your flesh; because the early years and the best years are to no purpose.
Yango wana, longola mawa na motema na yo, longola pasi na nzoto na yo; pamba te bolenge mpe bomwana ezali pamba.
