Ecclesiastes 11
1 Send forth your bread upon the face of the water: for you shall find it after many days.
Met savu maizi ūdenī, ar laiku tu to atdabūsi.
2 Give a portion to seven, and also to eight; for you know not what evil there shall be upon the earth.
Izdali to septiņiem vai astoņiem, jo tu nezini, kāda nelaime būs virs zemes.
3 If the clouds be filled with rain, they pour [it] out upon the earth: and if a tree fall southward, or if it fall northward, in the place where the tree shall fall, there it shall be.
Kad padebeši pilni, tad tie izlej lietu uz zemi; un kā koks kritīs pret dienvidu vai pret ziemeli, - kur koks krīt, tur tas arī paliek.
4 He that observes the wind sows not; and he that looks at the clouds will not reap.
Kas uz vēju mana, tas nesēj, un kas uz padebešiem raugās, tas nepļauj.
5 Amongst whom none knows what is the way of the wind: as the bones [are hid] in the womb of a pregnant [woman], so you shall not know the works of God, [even] all things whatever he shall do.
Tā kā tu nezini, kāds ceļš ir vējam, jeb kā kauli aug grūtas sievas miesās, tāpat tu nezini Dieva darbu, ko Viņš visu padara.
6 In the morning sow your seed, and in the evening let not your hand be slack: for you know not what sort shall prosper, whether this or that, or whether both shall be good alike.
No rīta sēj savu sēklu un neliec mierā savu roku vakarā; jo tu nezini, kā jo labi izdosies, vai šā vai tā; un kad abējādi izdotos, tad būtu jo labi.
7 Moreover the light is sweet, and it is good for the eyes to see the sun.
Gaišums ir salds un acīm tīk sauli redzēt.
8 For even if a man should live many years, [and] rejoice in them all; yet let him remember the days of darkness; for they shall be many. All that comes is vanity.
Bet jebšu cilvēks daudz gadus dzīvo un arvienu priecājās, tad lai tomēr viņš arī piemin tās nebaltās dienas, jo viņu būs daudz. Viss, kas nāk, ir niecība.
9 Rejoice, O 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 blameless, but not in the sight of your eyes: yet know that for all these things God will bring you into judgement.
Priecājies, jaunekli, savā jaunībā, un lai tava sirds tur labu prātu savas jaunības dienās, un staigā kā tava sirds kāro un kā tavām acīm patīk; bet zini, ka Dievs par visu šo tevi vedīs priekš tiesas.
10 Therefore remove sorrow from your heart, and put away evil from your flesh: for youth and folly are vanity.
Tad izmet nu skumību no savas sirds un aizdzen ļaunumu no savām miesām; jo jaunība un rīta blāzma(bērnība) ir niecība.
