Ecclesiastes 11
1 Send forth your bread on the face of the waters, For in the multitude of the days you find it.
Atsipazo eny ambonin’ ny rano ny haninao, fa ho hitanao ihany izy rehefa ela.
2 Give a portion to seven, and even to eight, For you do not know what evil is on the earth.
Samy omeo anjara ny fito, ary na dia ny valo aza, fa tsy fantatrao izay fahoriana hanjo atỳ ambonin’ ny tany.
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.
Raha feno ranonorana ny rahona, dia halatsany amin’ ny tany izany; ary na mianjera mianatsimo na mianavaratra ny hazo, dia eo amin’ izay ianjerany ihany no handriany.
4 Whoever is observing the wind does not sow, And whoever is looking on the thick clouds does not reap.
Izay fatra-pihevitra ny rivotra tsy hamafy, ary izay manahy ny rahona tsy hijinja.
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.
Toy ny tsy ahafantaranao ny amin’ ny alehan’ ny rivotra, na ny amin’ ny fitombon’ ny taolana ao an-kibon’ izay manan’ anaka, dia toy izany no tsy ahafantaranao ny asan’ Andriamanitra, Mpanao ny zavatra rehetra.
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.
Amin’ ny maraina dia afafazo ny voanao, ary amin’ ny hariva dia aza atsahatra ny tananao; fa tsy fantatrao izay ho vanona, na ny teo aloha, na ny teo aoriana, na angamba samy ho vanona avokoa izy roa tonta.
7 Sweet also [is] the light, And good for the eyes to see the sun.
Mamy tokoa ny mazava, ary mahafinaritra ny maso ny mijery ny masoandro;
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.
fa na dia ela velona aza ny olona, dia aoka ho faly amin’ ny androny rehetra izy ka hahatsiaro ny andro maizina, fa ho maro ireny: izay rehetra ho avy dia zava-poana.
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.
Mifalia, ry zatovo, dieny mbola tanora ianao; ary aoka ny fonao hampifalifaly anao amin’ ny andro fahatanoranao; ka mandehana any amin’ izay sitraky ny fonao sy izay jeren’ ny masonao; nefa aoka ho fantatrao fa ho entin’ Andriamanitra hotsaraina ianao amin’ izany rehetra izany.
10 And turn aside anger from your heart, And cause evil to pass from your flesh, For the childhood and the age [are] vanity!
Koa esory ao am-ponao ny alahelo, ary avilio tsy hikasika ny nofonao ny ratsy; fa ny fahatanorana sy ny fahatanjahana dia samy zava-poana.
