Mosakoli 11
1 Bwaka lipa na yo na likolo ya mayi, pamba te sima na mikolo ebele, okomona yango lisusu.
Send out your bread on the waters, for you will find it again after many days.
2 Kaba biloko na yo na bato sambo to mwambe, pamba te oyebi te pasi nini ekoki koya na mokili.
Share it with seven, even eight people, for you do not know what disasters are coming on the earth.
3 Soki mapata etondi na mayi, ebetisaka mvula na mokili. Nzete etikalaka kaka na esika oyo ekweyi, ezala na ngambo ya sude to na ngambo ya nor.
If the clouds are full of rain, they empty themselves on the earth, and if a tree falls toward the south or toward the north, wherever the tree falls, there it will remain.
4 Moto oyo atalaka mopepe akolona nkona te, moto oyo atalaka mapata akobuka bambuma te.
Anyone who watches the wind might not plant, and anyone who watches the clouds might not harvest.
5 Ndenge oyebi te nzela ya mopepe to ndenge nini moto asalemaka kati na libumu ya mama na ye, ndenge wana mpe okokoka te kososola misala ya Nzambe oyo azali Mokeli ya nyonso.
As you do not know the path of the wind, nor how a baby's bones grow in the pregnant womb, so also you cannot comprehend the work of God, who created everything.
6 Na tongo, lona milona na yo, mpe na pokwa, kopemisa maboko na yo te, pamba te oyebi te milona nini ekobima, ya tongo to ya pokwa to mpe nyonso mibale ekobima malamu.
In the morning plant your seed; until the evening, work with your hands as needed, for you know not which will prosper, whether morning or evening, or this or that, or whether they will both alike be good.
7 Pole ezali malamu, mpe miso esepelaka komona moyi.
Truly the light is sweet, and it is a pleasant thing for the eyes to see the sun.
8 Yango wana, soki moto asali mibu ebele na bomoi, tika ye asepela na mibu yango nyonso; kasi tika ete abosana te ete mibu ya pasi ekozala ebele, mpe ete makambo nyonso oyo ekoya sima ezali pamba.
If someone lives many years, let him be happy in all of them, but let him think about the coming days of darkness, for they will be many. Everything to come is vanishing vapor.
9 Elenge, sepela na bolenge na yo, mpe tika ete motema na yo esepela na mikolo ya bolenge na yo! Landa nzela ya motema na yo mpe nyonso oyo esepelisaka miso na yo; kasi yeba ete, mpo na makambo wana nyonso, Nzambe akosambisa yo.
Take joy, young man, in your youth, and let your heart be joyful in the days of your youth. Pursue the good desires of your heart, and whatever is within the sight of your eyes. However, know that God will bring you into judgment for all these things.
10 Yango wana, longola mawa na motema na yo, longola pasi na nzoto na yo; pamba te bolenge mpe bomwana ezali pamba.
Drive anger away from your heart, and ignore any pain in your body, because youth and its strength are vapor.
