Ecclesiastes 11
1 Cast thy bread vpon the waters: for after many daies thou shalt finde it.
Ponya chakudya chako pa madzi, udzachipezanso patapita masiku ambiri.
2 Giue a portion to seuen, and also to eight: for thou knowest not what euill shalbe vpon ye earth.
Ndalama zako uzisungitse kwa anthu asanu ndi awiri, inde kwa anthu asanu ndi atatu, pakuti sudziwa ndi tsoka lanji limene likubwera pa dziko.
3 If the clouds be full, they wil powre forth raine vpon the earth: and if the tree doe fall toward the South, or toward the North, in the place that the tree falleth, there it shalbe.
Ngati mitambo yadzaza ndi madzi, imagwetsa mvula pa dziko lapansi. Mtengo ukagwera cha kummwera kapena cha kumpoto, ndiye kuti udzagonera kumene wagwerako.
4 He that obserueth ye winde, shall not sow, and he that regardeth the cloudes, shall not reape.
Amene amayangʼana mphepo sadzadzala; amene amayangʼana mitambo sadzakolola.
5 As thou knowest not which is ye way of the spirit, nor how the bones doe growe in the wombe of her that is with child: so thou knowest not the worke of God that worketh all.
Momwe sudziwira mayendedwe a mphepo, kapena momwe mzimu umalowera mʼthupi la mwana mʼmimba mwa amayi, momwemonso sungathe kudziwa ntchito za Mulungu, Mlengi wa zinthu zonse.
6 In the morning sowe thy seede, and in the euening let not thine hand rest: for thou knowest not whither shall prosper, this or that, or whether both shalbe a like good.
Dzala mbewu zako mmawa ndipo madzulo usamangoti manja lobodo, pakuti sudziwa chimene chidzapindula, mwina ichi kapena icho, kapena mwina zonse ziwiri zidzachita bwino.
7 Surely the light is a pleasant thing: and it is a good thing to the eyes to see the sunne.
Kuwala nʼkwabwino, ndipo maso amasangalala kuona dzuwa.
8 Though a man liue many yeeres, and in them all he reioyce, yet hee shall remember the daies of darkenesse, because they are manie, all that commeth is vanitie.
Munthu akakhala wa zaka zambiri, mulekeni akondwerere zaka zonsezo, koma iye azikumbukira masiku a mdima, pakuti adzakhala ochuluka. Chilichonse chimene chikubwera ndi chopanda phindu.
9 Reioyce, O yong man, in thy youth, and let thine heart cheere thee in the dayes of thy youth: and walke in the waies of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but knowe that for all these things, God wil bring thee to iudgement.
Kondwera mnyamata iwe, pamene ukanali wamngʼono, ndipo mtima wako usangalale pa nthawi ya unyamata wako. Tsatira zimene mtima wako ukufuna, ndiponso zimene maso ako akuona, koma dziwa kuti pa zinthu zonsezo Mulungu adzakuweruza.
10 Therefore take away griefe out of thine heart, and cause euil to depart from thy flesh: for childehood and youth are vanitie.
Choncho uchotse zokusautsa mu mtima mwako, upewe zokupweteka mʼthupi mwako, pakuti unyamata ndi ubwana ndi zopandapake.
