Kekahuna 11
1 E HOOLEI i kau bereua maluna iho o ka wai; no ka mea, a hala na la he nui loa, e loaa hou mai no ia ia oe.
Cast your bread on the waters: for you shall find it after many days.
2 E puunaue aku na na mea ehiku, a me na mea ewalu paha; no ka mea, aole oe i ike i ka hewa e hiki mai ana maluna o ka honua.
Give a portion to seven, and also to eight; for you know not what evil shall be on the earth.
3 Ina i piha na ao i ka ua, alaila ua haule mai maluna o ka honua; a ina e hina ka laau i ke kukulu hema, a i ke kukulu akau paha, ma kahi a ka laau e hina ai, malaila auanei no ia.
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 O ka mea i manao nui i ka makani. aole ia e kanu, a o ka mea i manao nui i na ao, aole ia e ohi.
He that observes the wind shall not sow; and he that regards the clouds shall not reap.
5 Me kou ike ole ana i ka aoao o ka uhane, a me na iwi iloko o ka opu o ka wahine hapai; pela no, aole oe i ike i ka hana a ke Akua, ka mea nana i hana na mea a pau.
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 I ke kakahiaka, e lulu oe i kau hua, a i ke ahiahi, aole hoi e hoomaha kou mau lima, no ka mea, aole oe i ike i ka mea maikai o laua, o kela paha, o keia paha, ua maikai pu paha laua.
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 Oia hoi, ua oluolu ka malamalama, a he mea maikai no hoi i na maka ke ike i ka la.
Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun:
8 Aka, ina e ola kekahi kanaka i na makahiki he nui wale, a olioli no hoi ia lakou a pau, e pono ia ia ke hoomanao i na la o ka pouli, no ka mea, ua nui no lakou. O na mea a pau e hiki mai ana, he lapuwale ia.
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 E ke kanaka ui, e olioli oe i kou wa ui, a e hoohauoli kou naau ia oe iho i kou mau la opiopio, a e hele ma na aoao o kou naau iho, a ma ka ike ana o kou mau maka; aka hoi, e ike pono oe, e hookomo ana ke Akua ia oe iloko o ka hookolokoloia, no keia mau mea a pau.
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 No ia mea, e hookaawale aku oe i ke kaumaha mai kou naau aku, a me ka ino mai kou kino aku; no ka mea, o ka wa opiopio, a me ka wa ui, he mea lapuwale ia.
Therefore remove sorrow from your heart, and put away evil from your flesh: for childhood and youth are vanity.
