Ecclesiastes 11
1 Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days.
Gbasapụ aka gị nʼinye onyinye nʼihi na mgbe ọtụtụ ụbọchị gasịrị ị ga-anata ụgwọ ọrụ gị.
2 Give a portion to seven, and also to eight; for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth.
Kee akụ gị ụzọ asaa maọbụ ụzọ asatọ nʼihi na ị maghị ụdị ihe ndaba ọjọọ nwere ike ịbịakwasị gị nʼobodo.
3 If the clouds be full of rain, they empty themselves upon the earth: and if the tree fall toward the south, or toward the north, in the place where the tree falleth, there it shall be.
Mgbe eluigwe rujiri, mmiri ga-ezo; mgbe osisi dara, maọbụ nʼugwu maọbụ na ndịda, ebe ahụ ka ọ na-atọgbọ.
4 He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap.
Onye na-ele ikuku anya agaghị akụ mkpụrụ ọbụla, onye na-ele igwe ojii anya agaghị ewe ihe ubi.
5 As thou knowest not what is the way of the spirit, nor how the bones do grow in the womb of her that is with child: even so thou knowest not the works of Elohim who maketh all.
Dịka mmadụ na-apụghị ịmata ụzọ ikuku si aga maọbụ otu ndụ ọhụrụ si ebido nʼime afọ nwanyị dị ime, otu a ka o si dịrị ma mmadụ apụghị ịghọta ọrụ Chineke, onye mere ihe niile.
6 In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand: for thou knowest not whether shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good.
Ghaa mkpụrụ gị nʼụtụtụ, esepụkwala aka nʼanyasị, nʼihi na ị maghị nke ga-eto, maọbụ nke a maọbụ nke ọzọ, ha niile nwere ike too nke ọma.
7 Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun:
Ìhè dị ụtọ, ọ na-amasịkwa anya ịhụ ìhè anyanwụ.
8 But if a man live many years, and rejoice in them all; yet let him remember the days of darkness; for they shall be many. All that cometh is vanity.
Ọ bụrụ na mmadụ adị ndụ ọtụtụ afọ, ya ṅụrịa nʼime ihe niile, ma ya cheta ụbọchị ọchịchịrị ga-adị ọtụtụ. Ihe niile ndị na-abịa bụ ihe efu.
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 thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things Elohim will bring thee into judgment.
Nwa okorobịa, ọ bụ ihe oke ọṅụ na ị bụ okorobịa. Ya mere, ka obi gị nye gị ọṅụ nʼụbọchị niile nke okorobịa gị. Mee ihe niile ị chọrọ ime; gbasookwa ihe niile nke anya gị na-ahụ. Kama, ghọtakwa nke a, na ị ghaghị ịza ajụjụ nʼihu Chineke nʼihi ihe niile i mere.
10 Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh: for childhood and youth are vanity.
Ya mere, wezuga nchegbu site nʼobi, wezugakwa nsogbu nke ahụ gị, nʼihi na okorobịa na ịdị ike bụ ihe efu.
