Ecclesiastes 11
1 Send forth your bread on the face of the waters, For in the multitude of the days you find it.
Svoj kruh vrzi na vode, kajti našel ga boš po mnogih dneh.
2 Give a portion to seven, and even to eight, For you do not know what evil is on the earth.
Daj delež sedmim in tudi osmemu, kajti ne veš kakšno zlo bo na zemlji.
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.
Če so oblaki polni dežja, se izlijejo na zemljo, in če drevo pade proti jugu ali proti severu, na kraj, kamor drevo pade, tam bo.
4 Whoever is observing the wind does not sow, And whoever is looking on the thick clouds does not reap.
Kdor opazuje veter, ne bo sejal in kdor se ozira na oblake, ne bo žel.
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.
Kakor ne veš kakšna je pot duha niti kako rastejo kosti v maternici tiste, ki je z otrokom; tako ne poznaš del Boga, ki dela vse.
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.
Zjutraj sej svoje seme in zvečer ne zadržuj svoje roke, kajti ne veš, ali bo uspevalo to ali ono, ali pa bosta oba enako dobra.
7 Sweet also [is] the light, And good for the eyes to see the sun.
Resnično, svetloba je prijazna in prijetna stvar je za oči, da gledajo sonce,
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.
toda če človek živi mnogo let in se veseli v njih vseh, naj se vendar spomni dni teme, kajti mnogo jih bo. Vse, kar prihaja, je ničevost.
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.
Razveseli se, oh mladenič, v svoji mladosti in naj te tvoje srce spodbuja v dneh tvoje mladosti in hodi po poteh svojega srca in za pogledom svojih oči; toda vedi, da te bo Bog zaradi vseh teh stvari privedel v obsodbo.
10 And turn aside anger from your heart, And cause evil to pass from your flesh, For the childhood and the age [are] vanity!
Zatorej od svojega srca odstrani bridkost in odloži zlo od svojega mesa, kajti otroštvo in mladost sta ničevost.
