Ecclesiastes 11
1 Send forth your bread on the face of the waters, For in the multitude of the days you find it.
Ponya chakudya chako pa madzi, udzachipezanso patapita masiku ambiri.
2 Give a portion to seven, and even to eight, For you do not know what evil is on the 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 thick clouds are full of rain, On the earth they empty [themselves]; And if a tree falls in the south or to the north, The place where the tree falls, there it is.
Ngati mitambo yadzaza ndi madzi, imagwetsa mvula pa dziko lapansi. Mtengo ukagwera cha kummwera kapena cha kumpoto, ndiye kuti udzagonera kumene wagwerako.
4 Whoever is observing the wind does not sow, And whoever is looking on the thick clouds does not reap.
Amene amayangʼana mphepo sadzadzala; amene amayangʼana mitambo sadzakolola.
5 As you do not know what [is] the way of the spirit, How—bones in the womb of the full one, So you do not know the work of God who makes the whole.
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 sow your seed, And at evening do not withdraw your hand, For you do not know which is right, this or that, Or whether both of them alike [are] 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 Sweet also [is] the light, And good for the eyes to see the sun.
Kuwala nʼkwabwino, ndipo maso amasangalala kuona dzuwa.
8 But if man lives many years, In all of them let him rejoice, And remember the days of darkness, For they are many! All that is coming [is] vanity.
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 Rejoice, O young man, in your childhood, And let your heart gladden you in days of your youth, And walk in the ways of your heart, And in the sight of your eyes, And know that for all these, God brings you into judgment.
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 And turn aside anger from your heart, And cause evil to pass from your flesh, For the childhood and the age [are] vanity!
Choncho uchotse zokusautsa mu mtima mwako, upewe zokupweteka mʼthupi mwako, pakuti unyamata ndi ubwana ndi zopandapake.
