Ecclesiastes 11
1 Cast your bread over running waters. For, after a long time, you shall find it again.
Fún àkàrà rẹ sórí omi, nítorí lẹ́yìn ọjọ́ púpọ̀, ìwọ yóò rí i padà.
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.
Fi ìpín fún méje, àní fún mẹ́jọ pẹ̀lú, nítorí ìwọ kò mọ ohun ìparun tí ó le è wá sórí ilẹ̀.
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.
Bí àwọsánmọ̀ bá kún fún omi, ayé ni wọ́n ń rọ òjò sí. Bí igi wó sí ìhà gúúsù tàbí sí ìhà àríwá, níbi tí ó wó sí náà, ni yóò dùbúlẹ̀ sí.
4 Whoever heeds the wind will not sow. And whoever considers the clouds will never reap.
Ẹnikẹ́ni tí ó bá ń wo afẹ́fẹ́ kò ní fúnrúgbìn; ẹnikẹ́ni tí ó bá ń wo àwọsánmọ̀ kò ní kórè.
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.
Gẹ́gẹ́ bí ìwọ kò ti ṣe mọ ojú ọ̀nà afẹ́fẹ́ tàbí mọ bí ọmọ tí ń dàgbà nínú ikùn ìyáarẹ̀, bẹ́ẹ̀ náà ni ìwọ kò le è ní òye iṣẹ́ Ọlọ́run ẹlẹ́dàá ohun gbogbo.
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.
Fún irúgbìn rẹ ní òwúrọ̀ kùtùkùtù, má sì ṣe jẹ́ kí ọwọ́ rẹ ṣọlẹ̀ ní àṣálẹ́, nítorí ìwọ kò mọ èyí tí yóò ṣe rere bóyá èyí tàbí ìyẹn tàbí àwọn méjèèjì ni yóò ṣe dáradára bákan náà.
7 Light is pleasant, and it is delightful for the eyes to see the sun.
Ìmọ́lẹ̀ dùn; Ó sì dára fún ojú láti rí oòrùn.
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.
Ṣùgbọ́n jẹ́ kí ènìyàn jẹ̀gbádùn gbogbo iye ọdún tí ó le è lò láyé ṣùgbọ́n jẹ́ kí ó rántí ọjọ́ òkùnkùn nítorí wọn ó pọ̀. Gbogbo ohun tí ó ń bọ̀ asán ni.
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.
Jẹ́ kí inú rẹ dùn, ìwọ ọ̀dọ́mọdé ní ìgbà tí o wà ní èwe kí o sì jẹ́ kí ọkàn rẹ fún ọ ní ayọ̀ ní ìgbà èwe rẹ. Tẹ̀lé ọ̀nà ọkàn rẹ àti ohunkóhun tí ojú rẹ rí ṣùgbọ́n mọ̀ dájú pé nípa gbogbo nǹkan wọ̀nyí ni Ọlọ́run yóò mú ọ wá sí ìdájọ́.
10 Remove anger from your heart, and set aside evil from your flesh. For youth and pleasure are empty.
Nítorí náà, mú ìjayà kúrò ní ọkàn rẹ kí o sì lé ìbànújẹ́ ara rẹ kúrò nítorí èwe àti kékeré kò ní ìtumọ̀.
