Ecclesiastes 11

1 Cast thy bread upon the waters, for thou shalt find it after many days.

当将你的粮食撒在水面， 因为日久必能得着。

2 Divide a portion into seven, yea, even into eight; for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth.

你要分给七人，或分给八人， 因为你不知道将来有什么灾祸临到地上。

3 If the clouds be full of rain, they empty themselves upon the earth; and if a tree fall in the south, or in the north, in the place where the tree falleth, there shall it be.

云若满了雨，就必倾倒在地上。 树若向南倒，或向北倒， 树倒在何处，就存在何处。

4 He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap.

看风的，必不撒种； 望云的，必不收割。

5 As thou knowest not what is the way of the wind, nor how the bones do grow in the womb of her that is with child; even so thou knowest not the work of God who doeth all things.

风从何道来，骨头在怀孕妇人的胎中如何长成，你尚且不得知道；这样，行万事之 神的作为，你更不得知道。

6 In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thy hand; for thou knowest not which shall prosper, whether this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good.

早晨要撒你的种，晚上也不要歇你的手，因为你不知道哪一样发旺；或是早撒的，或是晚撒的，或是两样都好。

7 And the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun.

光本是佳美的，眼见日光也是可悦的。

8 For if a man live many years, let him rejoice in them all, and remember the days of darkness, for they shall be many. All that cometh is vanity.

人活多年，就当快乐多年；然而也当想到黑暗的日子。因为这日子必多，所要来的都是虚空。

9 Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thy heart, and in the sight of thine eyes; but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.

少年人哪，你在幼年时当快乐。在幼年的日子，使你的心欢畅，行你心所愿行的，看你眼所爱看的；却要知道，为这一切的事， 神必审问你。

10 Therefore remove vexation from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh; for childhood and youth are vanity.

所以，你当从心中除掉愁烦，从肉体克去邪恶；因为一生的开端和幼年之时，都是虚空的。