Ecclesiastes 11
1 Cast your bread upon the waters: for you shall find it after many days.
Siganga emmere yo ng’enkuba etonnya, kubanga ebbanga lyayo bwe lirituuka olikungula.
2 Give a portion to seven, and also to eight; for you know not what evil shall be upon the earth.
Gabiranga musanvu weewaawo munaana, kubanga mu biseera eby’oluvannyuma oyinza okubeera mu kwetaaga.
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 falls, there it shall be.
Ebire bwe bijjula amazzi, bitonnyesa enkuba ku nsi; n’omuti bwe gugwa nga gwolekedde obukiikaddyo oba obukiikakkono, mu kifo mwe gugwa mwe gulibeera.
4 He that observes the wind shall not sow; and he that regards the clouds shall not reap.
Oyo alabirira embuyaga talisiga; n’oyo atunuulira ebire talikungula.
5 As you know 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 you know not the works of God who makes all.
Nga bw’otosobola kutegeera kkubo mpewo, oba omubiri nga bwe guzimbibwa ku mwana ali mu lubuto; bw’otyo bw’otosobola kutegeera Katonda Omutonzi wa byonna by’akola.
6 In the morning sow your seed, and in the evening withhold not your hand: for you know not whether shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good.
Ku makya siga ensigo zo, n’akawungeezi toddiriza mukono gwo; kubanga tomanyi eziryala, zino oba ziri, oba zombi ziriba nnungi.
7 Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun:
Ekitangaala kirungi, era okulaba ku musana kisanyusa.
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 comes is vanity.
Kale omuntu bw’awangaala emyaka emingi, agisanyukirengamu gyonna, naye ajjukirenga nti waliwo ennaku ez’ekizikiza nnyingi ezijja. Ebyo byonna ebijja butaliimu.
9 Rejoice, O young man, in your youth; and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth, and walk in the ways of your heart, and in the sight of your eyes: but know you, that for all these things God will bring you into judgment.
Omuvubuka sanyukiranga mu buvubuka bwo, n’omutima gwo gusanyukenga mu nnaku ez’obuvubuka bwo; tambulira mu makubo g’omutima gwo ne mu kulaba kw’amaaso go. Naye manya nga mu byonna, Katonda agenda kukusalira omusango.
10 Therefore remove sorrow from your heart, and put away evil from your flesh: for childhood and youth are vanity.
Noolwekyo ggyawo okweraliikirira mu mutima era weggyeko emitawaana mu ggwe, kubanga obuvubuka n’amaanyi gaabwe butaliimu.
