Ecclesiastes 11

1 Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days.

汝の糧食を水の上に投げよ 多くの日の後に汝ふたたび之を得ん

2 Give a portion to seven, yea, even unto eight; for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth.

汝一箇の分を七また八にわかて 其は汝如何なる災害の地にあらんかを知ざればなり

3 If the clouds be full of rain, they empty themselves upon the earth: and if a tree fall toward the south, or toward the north, in the place where the tree falleth, there shall it be.

雲もし雨の充るあれば地に注ぐ また樹もし南か北に倒るるあればその樹は倒れたる處にあるべし

4 He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap.

風を伺ふ者は種播ことを得ず 雲を望む者は刈ことを得ず

5 As thou knowest not what is the way of the wind, [nor] how the bones [do grow] in the womb of her that is with child; even so thou knowest not the work of God who doeth all.

汝は風の道の如何なるを知ず また孕める婦の胎にて骨の如何に生長つを知ず 斯汝は萬事を爲たまふ神の作爲を知ことなし

6 In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand: for thou knowest not which shall prosper, whether this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good.

汝朝に種を播け 夕にも手を歇るなかれ 其はその實る者は此なるか彼なるか又は二者ともに美なるや汝これを知ざればなり

7 Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun.

夫光明は快き者なり 目に日を見るは樂し

8 Yea, if a man live many years, let him rejoice in them all; but let him remember the days of darkness, for they shall be many. All that cometh is vanity.

人多くの年生ながらへてその中凡て幸福なるもなほ幽暗の日を憶ふべきなり 其はその數も多かるべければなり 凡て來らんところの事は皆空なり

9 Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.

少者よ汝の少き時に快樂をなせ 汝の少き日に汝の心を悦ばしめ汝の心の道に歩み汝の目に見るところを爲せよ 但しその諸の行爲のために神汝を鞫きたまはんと知べし

10 Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh: for youth and the prime of life are vanity.

然ば汝の心より憂を去り 汝の身より惡き者を除け 少き時と壮なる時はともに空なればなり