Ecclesiastes 11
1 Mitte panem tuum super transeuntes aquas: quia post tempora multa invenies illum.
Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days.
2 Da partes septem, necnon et octo: quia ignoras quid futurum sit mali super terram.
Give a portion to seven, and also to eight; for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth.
3 Si repletae fuerint nubes, imbrem super terram effundent. Si ceciderit lignum ad Austrum, aut ad Aquilonem, in quocumque loco ceciderit, ibi erit.
If the clouds be full of rain, they empty [themselves] upon the earth: and if the tree fall toward the south, or toward the north, in the place where the tree falleth, there it shall be.
4 Qui observat ventum, non seminat: et qui considerat nubes, numquam metet.
He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap.
5 Quomodo ignoras quae sit via spiritus, et qua ratione compingantur ossa in ventre praegnantis; sic nescis opera Dei, qui fabricator est omnium.
As thou knowest 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 thou knowest not the works of God who maketh all.
6 Mane semina semen tuum, et vespere ne cesset manus tua: quia nescis quid magis oriatur, hoc aut illud: et si utrumque simul, melius erit.
In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand: for thou knowest not whether shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both [shall be] alike good.
7 Dulce lumen, et delectabile est oculis videre solem.
Truly the light [is] sweet, and a pleasant [thing it is] for the eyes to behold the sun:
8 Si annis multis vixerit homo, et in his omnibus laetatus fuerit, meminisse debet tenebrosi temporis, et dierum multorum: qui cum venerint, vanitatis arguentur praeterita.
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 cometh [is] vanity.
9 Laetare ergo iuvenis in adolescentia tua, et in bono sit cor tuum in diebus iuventutis tuae, et ambula in viis cordis tui, et in intuitu oculorum tuorum: et scito quod pro omnibus his adducet te Deus in iudicium.
Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these [things] God will bring thee into judgment.
10 Aufer iram a corde tuo, et amove malitiam a carne tua. Adolescentia enim et voluptas vana sunt.
Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh: for childhood and youth [are] vanity.
