Ecclesiastes 11
1 Send forth your bread on the face of the waters, For in the multitude of the days you find it.
Ahifiho ambone’ o ranoo ty mofo’o, le ho tendrek’azo andro maro añe.
2 Give a portion to seven, and even to eight, For you do not know what evil is on the earth.
Zarao fito o vara’oo, he valo, fa tsy fohi’o ze hankàñe mete hifetsak’ an-tane atoy.
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.
Ie milodolodo o rahoñeo, le adoa’e mb’an-tane atoy ty orañe; aa ke mihorokodoboke mañatimo ty hatae, he mañavaratse, le amy ideboña’ey ty handrea’e.
4 Whoever is observing the wind does not sow, And whoever is looking on the thick clouds does not reap.
Tsy hitongy ty mpisamba tioke; vaho tsy hanatake ty mpijilo rahoñe.
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.
Kanao tsy apota’o ty lala’ i tiokey, naho tsy fohi’o ty fitiria’ o taolañe an-kovi’ i mivesatsey, le tsy fohi’o ka ty fitoloñan’ Añahare mpamboatse ze he’e.
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.
Tongiso maraindray o tabiri’oo, vaho ko mampi-po pitàñe te hariva; amy te tsy fohi’o ty ho lefe, ke ty etoañe ke i eroañey, hera ho soa iaby iereo roroe.
7 Sweet also [is] the light, And good for the eyes to see the sun.
Mamy o hazavàñeo, naho mahafale fihaino ty mahaoniñe i àndroy.
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.
Aa ndra te veloñe maro-taoñe t’indaty ee te hirebeha’e iaby, le ho tiahi’e abey o andron-kamoromoroñañeo, t’ie ho maro, toe hakoahañ’ iaby ty ho avy.
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.
Mandià taroba ry ajalahy, ihe mbe tora’e, ee te hampahaehak’ azo ty tro’o amo andron-katora’oo. Oriho ty fisalalam-po’o naho ty fañiria’ o maso’oo, fe mahafohina t’ie hampiatrefen’ Añahare an-jaka ty amy hene rezay.
10 And turn aside anger from your heart, And cause evil to pass from your flesh, For the childhood and the age [are] vanity!
Ano soike o halorèan-tro’oo, vaho ampihankaño ami’ty sandri’o ty falovilovia’e; fa toe mihelañe ty hatorañe naho ty haañom-piaiñe.
