< Ecclesiastes 11 >
1 to send: depart food: bread your upon face: surface [the] water for in/on/with abundance [the] day to find him
Tanamlah uangmu dalam usaha di luar negeri. Pasti kaudapat untung di kemudian hari.
2 to give: give portion to/for seven and also to/for eight for not to know what? to be distress: harm upon [the] land: country/planet
Tanamlah modalmu di berbagai niaga; carilah usaha sebanyak-banyaknya. Sebab orang perlu waspada, sebelum musibah menimpa.
3 if to fill [the] cloud rain upon [the] land: country/planet to empty and if to fall: fall tree in/on/with south and if in/on/with north place which/that to fall: fall [the] tree there to be
Ke arah mana pun pohon itu rubuh, tetap akan terbaring di tempat ia jatuh. Bila awan mengandung air hingga sarat, hujan pun turun ke bumi dengan lebat.
4 to keep: look at spirit: breath not to sow and to see: see in/on/with cloud not to reap
Siapa menunggu sampai angin dan cuaca sempurna, tak akan menanam dan tidak pula memetik hasilnya.
5 like/as as which nothing you to know what? way: journey [the] spirit like/as bone in/on/with belly: womb [the] full thus not to know [obj] deed: work [the] God which to make [obj] [the] all
Allah membuat segala-galanya, dan manusia tak dapat memahami tindakan-Nya; begitu pula ia tak mengerti tumbuhnya kehidupan baru di dalam kandungan seorang ibu.
6 in/on/with morning to sow [obj] seed your and to/for evening not to rest hand your for nothing you to know where? this to succeed this or this and if two their like/as one pleasant
Taburlah benihmu di waktu pagi dan janganlah berhenti di malam hari. Sebab kita tak tahu taburan mana yang baik tumbuhnya. Barangkali juga keduanya tumbuh dengan sempurna.
7 and sweet [the] light and pleasant to/for eye to/for to see: see [obj] [the] sun
Sinar matahari membuat bahagia; alangkah senangnya bila dapat menikmatinya.
8 that if: except if: except year to multiply to live [the] man in/on/with all their to rejoice and to remember [obj] day [the] darkness for to multiply to be all which/that to come (in): come vanity
Hendaklah engkau bersyukur kalau bertambah umur. Tapi ingat, biar engkau hidup lama di bumi, masamu di alam maut masih lebih lama lagi. Jadi, apa yang mau diharapkan pula? Semuanya percuma dan sia-sia.
9 to rejoice youth in/on/with youth your and be good you heart your in/on/with day youth your and to go: walk in/on/with way: conduct heart your and in/on/with appearance eye your and to know for upon all these to come (in): bring you [the] God in/on/with justice: judgement
Nikmatilah masa mudamu, hai pemuda! Bergembiralah selama engkau masih remaja. Penuhilah segala hasrat jiwamu, laksanakanlah semua niat hatimu. Tetapi ingat, Allah yang ada di surga, kelak mengadili tindakanmu semua.
10 and to turn aside: remove vexation from heart your and to pass: bring distress: harm from flesh your for [the] youth and [the] dark hair vanity
Usirlah khawatir dan susah dari hatimu, sebab masa mudamu cepat berlalu.