Ecclesiastes 11
1 mitte panem tuum super transeuntes aquas quia post multa tempora invenies illum
Cast your bread upon the waters, for after many days you will find it again.
2 da partem septem necnon et octo quia ignoras quid futurum sit mali super terram
Divide your portion among seven, or even eight, for you do not know what disaster may befall the land.
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 are full, they will pour out rain upon the earth; whether a tree falls to the south or to the north, in the place where it falls, there it will lie.
4 qui observat ventum non seminat et qui considerat nubes numquam metet
He who watches the wind will fail to sow, and he who observes the clouds will fail to reap.
5 quomodo ignoras quae sit via spiritus et qua ratione conpingantur ossa in ventre praegnatis sic nescis opera Dei qui fabricator est omnium
As you do not know the path of the wind, or how the bones are formed in a mother’s womb, so you cannot understand the work of God, the Maker of all things.
6 mane semina sementem tuam et vespere ne cesset manus tua quia nescis quid magis oriatur hoc an illud et si utrumque simul melius erit
Sow your seed in the morning, and do not rest your hands in the evening, for you do not know which will succeed, whether this or that, or if both will equally prosper.
7 dulce lumen et delectabile est oculis videre solem
Light is sweet, and it pleases the eyes to see the sun.
8 si annis multis vixerit homo et in omnibus his laetatus fuerit meminisse debet tenebrosi temporis et dierum multorum qui cum venerint vanitatis arguentur praeterita
So if a man lives many years, let him rejoice in them all. But let him remember the days of darkness, for they will be many. Everything to come is futile.
9 laetare ergo iuvenis in adulescentia 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, while you are young, and let your heart be glad in the days of your youth. Walk in the ways of your heart and in the sight of your eyes, but know that for all these things God will bring you to judgment.
10 aufer iram a corde tuo et amove malitiam a carne tua adulescentia enim et voluptas vana sunt
So banish sorrow from your heart, and cast off pain from your body, for youth and vigor are fleeting.
