Ecclesiastes 11
1 Cast thy bread vpon the waters: for after many daies thou shalt finde it.
Baci hljeb svoj povrh vode; jer æeš ga naæi poslije mnogo vremena.
2 Giue a portion to seuen, and also to eight: for thou knowest not what euill shalbe vpon ye earth.
Razdijeli sedmorici i osmorici; jer ne znaš kako æe zlo biti na zemlji.
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.
Kad se napune oblaci, prosipaju dažd na zemlju, i ako padne drvo na jug ili na sjever, gdje padne drvo ondje æe ostati.
4 He that obserueth ye winde, shall not sow, and he that regardeth the cloudes, shall not reape.
Ko pazi na vjetar, neæe sijati, i ko gleda na oblake, neæe žeti.
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.
Kako ne znaš koji je put vjetru ni kako postaju kosti u utrobi trudne žene, tako ne znaš djela Božijega i kako tvori sve.
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.
Izjutra sij sjeme svoje i uveèe nemoj da ti poèivaju ruke, jer ne znaš šta æe biti bolje, ovo ili ono, ili æe oboje biti jednako dobro.
7 Surely the light is a pleasant thing: and it is a good thing to the eyes to see the sunne.
Slatka je svjetlost, i dobro je oèima gledati sunce;
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.
Ali da èovjek živi mnogo godina i svagda se veseli, pa se opomene dana tamnijeh kako æe ih biti mnogo, sve što je bilo biæe taština.
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.
Raduj se, mladiæu, za mladosti svoje, i neka se veseli srce tvoje dok si mlad, i hodi kuda te srce tvoje vodi i kuda oèi tvoje gledaju; ali znaj da æe te za sve to Bog izvesti na sud.
10 Therefore take away griefe out of thine heart, and cause euil to depart from thy flesh: for childehood and youth are vanitie.
Ukloni dakle žalost od srca svojega, i odrini zlo od tijela svojega, jer je djetinjstvo i mladost taština.
