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.
Baci hljeb svoj povrh vode; jer æeš ga naæi poslije mnogo vremena.
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].
Razdijeli sedmorici i osmorici; jer ne znaš kako æe zlo biti na zemlji.
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.
Kad se napune oblaci, prosipaju dažd na zemlju, i ako padne drvo na jug ili na sjever, gdje padne drvo ondje æe ostati.
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.
Ko pazi na vjetar, neæe sijati, i ko gleda na oblake, neæe žeti.
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.
Kako ne znaš koji je put vjetru ni kako postaju kosti u utrobi trudne žene, tako ne znaš djela Božijega i kako tvori sve.
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.
Izjutra sij sjeme svoje i uveèe nemoj da ti poèivaju ruke, jer ne znaš šta æe biti bolje, ovo ili ono, ili æe oboje biti jednako dobro.
7 It is very delightful to be alive and see [MTY] the sun [rise every morning].
Slatka je svjetlost, i dobro je oèima gledati sunce;
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.
Ali da èovjek živi mnogo godina i svagda se veseli, pa se opomene dana tamnijeh kako æe ih biti mnogo, sve što je bilo biæe taština.
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.
Raduj se, mladiæu, za mladosti svoje, i neka se veseli srce tvoje dok si mlad, i hodi kuda te srce tvoje vodi i kuda oèi tvoje gledaju; ali znaj da æe te za sve to Bog izvesti na sud.
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.
Ukloni dakle žalost od srca svojega, i odrini zlo od tijela svojega, jer je djetinjstvo i mladost taština.
