Mpitoriteny 11
1 Atsipazo eny ambonin’ ny rano ny haninao, fa ho hitanao ihany izy rehefa ela.
Cast thy bread upon the face of the waters; for after many days wilt thou find it again.
2 Samy omeo anjara ny fito, ary na dia ny valo aza, fa tsy fantatrao izay fahoriana hanjo atỳ ambonin’ ny tany.
Give a portion to seven, and also to eight: for thou knowest not what evil may come upon the earth.—
3 Raha feno ranonorana ny rahona, dia halatsany amin’ ny tany izany; ary na mianjera mianatsimo na mianavaratra ny hazo, dia eo amin’ izay ianjerany ihany no handriany.
If the clouds be full of rain, they will empty it out upon the earth; and if the tree fall toward the south, or toward the north, on the place where the tree falleth, there will it remain.
4 Izay fatra-pihevitra ny rivotra tsy hamafy, ary izay manahy ny rahona tsy hijinja.
He that watcheth the wind will not sow; and he that gazeth on the clouds will not reap.
5 Toy ny tsy ahafantaranao ny amin’ ny alehan’ ny rivotra, na ny amin’ ny fitombon’ ny taolana ao an-kibon’ izay manan’ anaka, dia toy izany no tsy ahafantaranao ny asan’ Andriamanitra, Mpanao ny zavatra rehetra.
As thou knowest not which is the way of the wind, as little as what is enclosed in the womb of her that is with child: even so thou canst not know the works of God who maketh all.
6 Amin’ ny maraina dia afafazo ny voanao, ary amin’ ny hariva dia aza atsahatra ny tananao; fa tsy fantatrao izay ho vanona, na ny teo aloha, na ny teo aoriana, na angamba samy ho vanona avokoa izy roa tonta.
In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening let not thy hand rest; for thou knowest not which will succeed, whether this or that, or whether both of them will be alike good.
7 Mamy tokoa ny mazava, ary mahafinaritra ny maso ny mijery ny masoandro;
Truly the light is sweet, and it is a pleasant thing for the eyes to see the sun;
8 fa na dia ela velona aza ny olona, dia aoka ho faly amin’ ny androny rehetra izy ka hahatsiaro ny andro maizina, fa ho maro ireny: izay rehetra ho avy dia zava-poana.
For if a man live [even] many years, let him rejoice in them all; and let him remember the days of darkness; for they will be many; all that cometh is vanity.
9 Mifalia, ry zatovo, dieny mbola tanora ianao; ary aoka ny fonao hampifalifaly anao amin’ ny andro fahatanoranao; ka mandehana any amin’ izay sitraky ny fonao sy izay jeren’ ny masonao; nefa aoka ho fantatrao fa ho entin’ Andriamanitra hotsaraina ianao amin’ izany rehetra izany.
Rejoice, O young man, in thy childhood; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youthful vigor, and walk firmly in the ways of thy heart, and in [the direction which] thy eyes see: but know thou, that concerning all these things God will bring thee into judgment.
10 Koa esory ao am-ponao ny alahelo, ary avilio tsy hikasika ny nofonao ny ratsy; fa ny fahatanorana sy ny fahatanjahana dia samy zava-poana.
And remove vexation from thy heart, and cause evil to pass away from thy body; for childhood and the time when the head is black are vanity.
