伝道者の書 11

1 汝の糧食を水の上に投げよ 多くの日の後に汝ふたたび之を得ん

Cast thy bread vpon the waters: for after many daies thou shalt finde it.

2 汝一箇の分を七また八にわかて 其は汝如何なる災害の地にあらんかを知ざればなり

Giue a portion to seuen, and also to eight: for thou knowest not what euill shalbe vpon ye earth.

3 雲もし雨の充るあれば地に注ぐ また樹もし南か北に倒るるあればその樹は倒れたる處にあるべし

If the clouds be full, they wil powre forth raine vpon the earth: and if the tree doe fall toward the South, or toward the North, in the place that the tree falleth, there it shalbe.

4 風を伺ふ者は種播ことを得ず 雲を望む者は刈ことを得ず

He that obserueth ye winde, shall not sow, and he that regardeth the cloudes, shall not reape.

5 汝は風の道の如何なるを知ず また孕める婦の胎にて骨の如何に生長つを知ず 斯汝は萬事を爲たまふ神の作爲を知ことなし

As thou knowest not which is ye way of the spirit, nor how the bones doe growe in the wombe of her that is with child: so thou knowest not the worke of God that worketh all.

6 汝朝に種を播け 夕にも手を歇るなかれ 其はその實る者は此なるか彼なるか又は二者ともに美なるや汝これを知ざればなり

In the morning sowe thy seede, and in the euening let not thine hand rest: for thou knowest not whither shall prosper, this or that, or whether both shalbe a like good.

7 夫光明は快き者なり 目に日を見るは樂し

Surely the light is a pleasant thing: and it is a good thing to the eyes to see the sunne.

8 人多くの年生ながらへてその中凡て幸福なるもなほ幽暗の日を憶ふべきなり 其はその數も多かるべければなり 凡て來らんところの事は皆空なり

Though a man liue many yeeres, and in them all he reioyce, yet hee shall remember the daies of darkenesse, because they are manie, all that commeth is vanitie.

9 少者よ汝の少き時に快樂をなせ 汝の少き日に汝の心を悦ばしめ汝の心の道に歩み汝の目に見るところを爲せよ 但しその諸の行爲のために神汝を鞫きたまはんと知べし

Reioyce, O yong man, in thy youth, and let thine heart cheere thee in the dayes of thy youth: and walke in the waies of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but knowe that for all these things, God wil bring thee to iudgement.

10 然ば汝の心より憂を去り 汝の身より惡き者を除け 少き時と壯なる時はともに空なればなり

Therefore take away griefe out of thine heart, and cause euil to depart from thy flesh: for childehood and youth are vanitie.