< Ecclesiastes 11 >

1 Send out your bread on the waters, for you will find it again after many days.
Svoj kruh vrzi na vode, kajti našel ga boš po mnogih dneh.
2 Share it with seven, even eight people, for you do not know what disasters are coming on the earth.
Daj delež sedmim in tudi osmemu, kajti ne veš kakšno zlo bo na zemlji.
3 If the clouds are full of rain, they empty themselves on the earth, and if a tree falls toward the south or toward the north, wherever the tree falls, there it will remain.
Če so oblaki polni dežja, se izlijejo na zemljo, in če drevo pade proti jugu ali proti severu, na kraj, kamor drevo pade, tam bo.
4 Anyone who watches the wind might not plant, and anyone who watches the clouds might not harvest.
Kdor opazuje veter, ne bo sejal in kdor se ozira na oblake, ne bo žel.
5 As you do not know the path of the wind, nor how a baby's bones grow in the pregnant womb, so also you cannot comprehend the work of God, who created everything.
Kakor ne veš kakšna je pot duha niti kako rastejo kosti v maternici tiste, ki je z otrokom; tako ne poznaš del Boga, ki dela vse.
6 In the morning plant your seed; until the evening, work with your hands as needed, for you know not which will prosper, whether morning or evening, or this or that, or whether they will both alike be good.
Zjutraj sej svoje seme in zvečer ne zadržuj svoje roke, kajti ne veš, ali bo uspevalo to ali ono, ali pa bosta oba enako dobra.
7 Truly the light is sweet, and it is a pleasant thing for the eyes to see the sun.
Resnično, svetloba je prijazna in prijetna stvar je za oči, da gledajo sonce,
8 If someone lives many years, let him be happy in all of them, but let him think about the coming days of darkness, for they will be many. Everything to come is vanishing vapor.
toda če človek živi mnogo let in se veseli v njih vseh, naj se vendar spomni dni teme, kajti mnogo jih bo. Vse, kar prihaja, je ničevost.
9 Take joy, young man, in your youth, and let your heart be joyful in the days of your youth. Pursue the good desires of your heart, and whatever is within the sight of your eyes. However, know that God will bring you into judgment for all these things.
Razveseli se, oh mladenič, v svoji mladosti in naj te tvoje srce spodbuja v dneh tvoje mladosti in hodi po poteh svojega srca in za pogledom svojih oči; toda vedi, da te bo Bog zaradi vseh teh stvari privedel v obsodbo.
10 Drive anger away from your heart, and ignore any pain in your body, because youth and its strength are vapor.
Zatorej od svojega srca odstrani bridkost in odloži zlo od svojega mesa, kajti otroštvo in mladost sta ničevost.

< Ecclesiastes 11 >