Ecclesiastes 11
1 Give generously to others [some of] the money [MET] that you have; if you do that, later you will get back an equal amount.
Jette ton pain sur la face des eaux, car après beaucoup de jours tu le retrouveras;
2 Share some of what you have with (seven or eight/several) [others], because you do not know when you will experience a disaster, [and if you give some of what you have to others], [when you experience that disaster, they will kindly help you].
donnes-en une part à sept, et même à huit: car tu ne sais pas quel malheur peut arriver sur la terre.
3 [It is always true that] when clouds are full of water, they pour rain on the earth. [Similarly], wherever a tree falls on the ground, that is where it will remain.
Quand les nuées sont remplies de pluie, elles se vident sur la terre; et si un arbre tombe au midi ou au nord, il reste à la place où il est tombé.
4 If farmers see in what direction the wind is blowing, they will know whether it is wise at that time to plant things or not. [It is also true that] if farmers look at the clouds [and see that they are blowing from the west, which means that it will probably rain, ] they will not [try to] harvest their crops on that day.
Celui qui observe le vent ne sèmera point, et celui qui interroge les nuages ne moissonnera point.
5 We do not know where the wind comes from or where it goes, and we do not know how bodies are formed in women’s wombs. Similarly [SIM], God is the one who made everything, and we cannot [fully] understand what God does.
Comme tu ne sais pas quel est le chemin du vent et comment se forment les os dans le sein de la mère, ainsi tu ne connais pas l'œuvre de Dieu, qui fait toutes choses.
6 [Start] planting your seeds in the morning, and do not stop planting them until the evening, because you do not know which ones will grow better, the ones you plant in the morning or the ones you plant later in the day, or whether both will grow well.
Dès le matin sème ta semence, et le soir ne laisse pas reposer ta main, car tu ne sais pas ce qui réussira, ceci ou cela, ou si l'un et l'autre ne sont pas également bons.
7 It is very delightful to be alive and see [MTY] the sun [rise every morning].
La lumière est douce, et c'est un plaisir pour l'œil de voir le soleil.
8 [Even] if people live for many years, they should enjoy all of them. But they should not forget that [some day they will die] and then they will never be able to see any light again, and we do not know what will happen to us after we die.
Même si l'homme vit de nombreuses années, qu'il se réjouisse pendant toutes ces années, et qu'il pense aux jours de ténèbres, car ils seront nombreux: tout ce qui arrive est vanité.
9 You young people, be happy while you are still young. Enjoy [IDM] doing the things that you want to do. But do not forget that [some day] God will judge you concerning all the things that you do.
Jeune homme, réjouis-toi dans ta jeunesse; que ton cœur te donne de la joie dans les jours de ta jeunesse! Marche dans les voies de ton cœur, et selon les regards de tes yeux; mais sache que pour tout cela Dieu te fera venir en jugement.
10 [So when you are young] [MTY], do not worry about anything, and do not pay attention to the pains that you have in your body, because we will not remain young and strong forever.
Bannis de ton cœur le chagrin, et éloigne le mal de ta chair; la jeunesse et l'adolescence sont vanité.
