Ekiliziastis 11
1 Gbasapụ aka gị nʼinye onyinye nʼihi na mgbe ọtụtụ ụbọchị gasịrị ị ga-anata ụgwọ ọrụ gị.
Cast thy bread-corn, upon the face of the waters, —for, after many days, shalt thou find it:
2 Kee akụ gị ụzọ asaa maọbụ ụzọ asatọ nʼihi na ị maghị ụdị ihe ndaba ọjọọ nwere ike ịbịakwasị gị nʼobodo.
Give a portion to seven, yea even to eight, —for thou canst not know, what there shall be of misfortune, upon the earth.
3 Mgbe eluigwe rujiri, mmiri ga-ezo; mgbe osisi dara, maọbụ nʼugwu maọbụ na ndịda, ebe ahụ ka ọ na-atọgbọ.
If the clouds be filled with a downpour, upon the earth, will they empty themselves, and, if a tree fall in the south or in the north, in the place where the tree falleth, there will it be found.
4 Onye na-ele ikuku anya agaghị akụ mkpụrụ ọbụla, onye na-ele igwe ojii anya agaghị ewe ihe ubi.
He that observeth the wind, will not sow, —and, he that watcheth the clouds, will not reap.
5 Dịka mmadụ na-apụghị ịmata ụzọ ikuku si aga maọbụ otu ndụ ọhụrụ si ebido nʼime afọ nwanyị dị ime, otu a ka o si dịrị ma mmadụ apụghị ịghọta ọrụ Chineke, onye mere ihe niile.
Just as thou knowest not what is the way of the spirit, when the body is in the womb of her that is with child, even, so, canst thou not know the work of God, who maketh all.
6 Ghaa mkpụrụ gị nʼụtụtụ, esepụkwala aka nʼanyasị, nʼihi na ị maghị nke ga-eto, maọbụ nke a maọbụ nke ọzọ, ha niile nwere ike too nke ọma.
In the morning, sow thy seed, and, until evening, do not withhold thy hand, —for thou knowest not—whether shall thrive, either this or that, or whether, both alike, shall be fruitful.
7 Ìhè dị ụtọ, ọ na-amasịkwa anya ịhụ ìhè anyanwụ.
Truly sweet is the light, —and, pleasant to the eyes, to see the sun:
8 Ọ bụrụ na mmadụ adị ndụ ọtụtụ afọ, ya ṅụrịa nʼime ihe niile, ma ya cheta ụbọchị ọchịchịrị ga-adị ọtụtụ. Ihe niile ndị na-abịa bụ ihe efu.
But, though, many years, a man live, through them all, let him rejoice; yet let him remember the days of darkness, for many they may be, all that cometh, may be vanity.
9 Nwa okorobịa, ọ bụ ihe oke ọṅụ na ị bụ okorobịa. Ya mere, ka obi gị nye gị ọṅụ nʼụbọchị niile nke okorobịa gị. Mee ihe niile ị chọrọ ime; gbasookwa ihe niile nke anya gị na-ahụ. Kama, ghọtakwa nke a, na ị ghaghị ịza ajụjụ nʼihu Chineke nʼihi ihe niile i mere.
Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth, and let thy heart gladden thee in the days of thine early manhood, and walk thou—in the ways of thine own heart, and in that which is seen by thine own eyes, —yet know, that, for all these things, will God bring thee into judgment.
10 Ya mere, wezuga nchegbu site nʼobi, wezugakwa nsogbu nke ahụ gị, nʼihi na okorobịa na ịdị ike bụ ihe efu.
Therefore remove thou vexation from thy heart, and put away discomfort from thy flesh, —for, youth and dawn, are vanity!
