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.
Svoj kruh vrzi na vode, kajti našel ga boš po mnogih dneh.
2 Give a part to seven or even to eight, because you have no knowledge of the evil which will be on the earth.
Daj delež sedmim in tudi osmemu, kajti ne veš kakšno zlo bo na zemlji.
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.
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 is watching the wind will not get the seed planted, and he who is looking at the clouds will not get in the grain.
Kdor opazuje veter, ne bo sejal in kdor se ozira na oblake, ne bo žel.
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.
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 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.
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 Truly the light is sweet, and it is good for the eyes to see the sun.
Resnično, svetloba je prijazna in prijetna stvar je za oči, da gledajo sonce,
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.
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 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.
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 put away trouble from your heart, and sorrow from your flesh; because the early years and the best years are to no purpose.
Zatorej od svojega srca odstrani bridkost in odloži zlo od svojega mesa, kajti otroštvo in mladost sta ničevost.
