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.
Atsipazo eny ambonin’ ny rano ny haninao, fa ho hitanao ihany izy rehefa ela.
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].
Samy omeo anjara ny fito, ary na dia ny valo aza, fa tsy fantatrao izay fahoriana hanjo atỳ ambonin’ ny tany.
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.
Raha feno ranonorana ny rahona, dia halatsany amin’ ny tany izany; ary na mianjera mianatsimo na mianavaratra ny hazo, dia eo amin’ izay ianjerany ihany no handriany.
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.
Izay fatra-pihevitra ny rivotra tsy hamafy, ary izay manahy ny rahona tsy hijinja.
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.
Toy ny tsy ahafantaranao ny amin’ ny alehan’ ny rivotra, na ny amin’ ny fitombon’ ny taolana ao an-kibon’ izay manan’ anaka, dia toy izany no tsy ahafantaranao ny asan’ Andriamanitra, Mpanao ny zavatra rehetra.
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.
Amin’ ny maraina dia afafazo ny voanao, ary amin’ ny hariva dia aza atsahatra ny tananao; fa tsy fantatrao izay ho vanona, na ny teo aloha, na ny teo aoriana, na angamba samy ho vanona avokoa izy roa tonta.
7 It is very delightful to be alive and see [MTY] the sun [rise every morning].
Mamy tokoa ny mazava, ary mahafinaritra ny maso ny mijery ny masoandro;
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.
fa na dia ela velona aza ny olona, dia aoka ho faly amin’ ny androny rehetra izy ka hahatsiaro ny andro maizina, fa ho maro ireny: izay rehetra ho avy dia zava-poana.
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.
Mifalia, ry zatovo, dieny mbola tanora ianao; ary aoka ny fonao hampifalifaly anao amin’ ny andro fahatanoranao; ka mandehana any amin’ izay sitraky ny fonao sy izay jeren’ ny masonao; nefa aoka ho fantatrao fa ho entin’ Andriamanitra hotsaraina ianao amin’ izany rehetra izany.
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.
Koa esory ao am-ponao ny alahelo, ary avilio tsy hikasika ny nofonao ny ratsy; fa ny fahatanorana sy ny fahatanjahana dia samy zava-poana.
