< Eklezyas 11 >

1 Fè byen san gad dèyè. Yon lè konsa, w'a jwenn rekonpans ou.
Cast your bread on the waters: for you shall find it after many days.
2 Separe sa ou genyen ak mezi moun ou kapab, paske ou pa janm konnen ki malè ki ka rive ou sou latè.
Give a portion to seven, and also to eight; for you know not what evil shall be on the earth.
3 Depi nwaj yo plen dlo, se pou lapli tonbe sou latè. Lè yon pyebwa tonbe, kit li tonbe sou bò nò, kit li tonbe sou bò sid, kote l' tonbe a, se la pou li rete.
If the clouds be full of rain, they empty themselves on the earth: and if the tree fall toward the south, or toward the north, in the place where the tree falls, there it shall be.
4 Si w'ap gade sou van, ou p'ap janm plante. Si w'ap gade sou nwaj, ou p'ap janm ranmase rekòt.
He that observes the wind shall not sow; and he that regards the clouds shall not reap.
5 Menm jan ou pa konnen ni kote van an soti ni kote li prale, menm jan an tou ou pa konnen ki jan zo timoun fè fòme nan vant fanm ansent. Se konsa tou ou pa ka konprann travay Bondye, li menm ki fè tout bagay.
As you know not what is the way of the spirit, nor how the bones do grow in the womb of her that is with child: even so you know not the works of God who makes all.
6 Nan maten, plante jaden ou. Aswè rive, plante jaden ou ankò. Ou pa janm konnen kilès nan de yo ap bay plis rannman. Ou pa janm konnen si tou de p'ap pran, si tou de p'ap bay menm rannman.
In the morning sow your seed, and in the evening withhold not your hand: for you know not whether shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good.
7 Ala bon bagay se fè klè! Sa bon nèt lè ou wè solèy.
Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun:
8 Di Bondye mèsi pou chak lanne li mete sou lavi ou. Ou te mèt viv lontan, pa bliye tan ou pral pase lè ou fin mouri a long anpil. Tou sa ki vin apre pa vo anyen.
But if a man live many years, and rejoice in them all; yet let him remember the days of darkness; for they shall be many. All that comes is vanity.
9 menm, jenn gason, pwofite jennès nou. Fè kè nou kontan pandan tout tan nou jenn gason toujou. Fè tou sa nou ta vle fè, tou sa nou anvi fè. Men pa bliye Bondye gen pou mande nou kont pou tou sa nou fè.
Rejoice, O young man, in your youth; and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth, and walk in the ways of your heart, and in the sight of your eyes: but know you, that for all these things God will bring you into judgment.
10 Pa kite lapenn chita nan kè nou. Pa kite anyen fè nou soufri nan kò nou. Ou p'ap rete jenn gason ak cheve nwa tou tan.
Therefore remove sorrow from your heart, and put away evil from your flesh: for childhood and youth are vanity.

< Eklezyas 11 >