Ecclesiastes 11
1 Cast your bread over running waters. For, after a long time, you shall find it again.
Baci kruh svoj na vodu i naći ćeš ga poslije mnogo vremena.
2 Give a portion to seven, and indeed even to eight. For you do not know what evil may be upon the earth in the future.
Podijeli sedmorici ili osmorici, jer ne znaš kakvo će zlo zadesiti zemlju.
3 If the clouds have been filled, they will pour forth rain upon the earth. If a tree falls to the south, or to the north, or to whatever direction it may fall, there it shall remain.
Kad se oblaci napune kišom, prosiplju je na zemlju, a padne li drvo na jug ili na sjever, svejedno: gdje padne, ondje i ostaje.
4 Whoever heeds the wind will not sow. And whoever considers the clouds will never reap.
Tko pazi na vjetar, ne sije, i tko gleda na oblake, ne žanje.
5 In the same manner that you do not know the way of the spirit, nor the way that bones are joined together in the womb of a pregnant woman, so you do not know the works of God, who is the Maker of all.
Kao što ne znaš koji je put vjetru ni kako postaju kosti u utrobi trudne žene, tako ne znaš ni djela Boga koji sve tvori.
6 In the morning, sow your seed, and in the evening, do not let your hand cease. For you do not know which of these may rise up, the one or the other. But if both rise up together, so much the better.
Ujutro sij svoje sjeme, a navečer nek' ti ruka ne počiva. Jer ne znaš da li će biti bolje ovo ili ono, ili će oboje biti jednako dobro.
7 Light is pleasant, and it is delightful for the eyes to see the sun.
Ljupka je svjetlost i ugodno je očima vidjeti sunce.
8 If a man lives for many years, and if he has rejoiced in all of these, he must remember the many days of the dark times, which, when they will have arrived, will accuse the past of vanity.
Ali ako čovjek živi i mnogo godina, neka se uvijek veseli, a neka se sjeti da će tamnih dana biti mnogo. Ispraznost je sve što će doći.
9 So then, rejoice, O young man, in your youth, and let your heart remain in what is good during the days of your youth. And walk in the ways of your heart, and with the perception of your eyes. And know that, concerning all these things, God will bring you to judgment.
Zato se raduj, mladiću, za svoje mladosti, i veseli se u danima svoga mladenaštva; idi putovima svoga srca i slijedi želje svojih očiju; ali znaj da će ti za sve to suditi Bog.
10 Remove anger from your heart, and set aside evil from your flesh. For youth and pleasure are empty.
Ukloni dakle jad iz svoga srca i udalji bol od svojega tijela. Ali je isprazna i mladost i doba tamnih kosa.
