Mpitoriteny 11
1 Ahifiho ambone’ o ranoo ty mofo’o, le ho tendrek’azo andro maro añe.
Cast your bread upon the waters, for after many days you will find it again.
2 Zarao fito o vara’oo, he valo, fa tsy fohi’o ze hankàñe mete hifetsak’ an-tane atoy.
Divide your portion among seven, or even eight, for you do not know what disaster may befall the land.
3 Ie milodolodo o rahoñeo, le adoa’e mb’an-tane atoy ty orañe; aa ke mihorokodoboke mañatimo ty hatae, he mañavaratse, le amy ideboña’ey ty handrea’e.
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 Tsy hitongy ty mpisamba tioke; vaho tsy hanatake ty mpijilo rahoñe.
He who watches the wind will fail to sow, and he who observes the clouds will fail to reap.
5 Kanao tsy apota’o ty lala’ i tiokey, naho tsy fohi’o ty fitiria’ o taolañe an-kovi’ i mivesatsey, le tsy fohi’o ka ty fitoloñan’ Añahare mpamboatse ze he’e.
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 Tongiso maraindray o tabiri’oo, vaho ko mampi-po pitàñe te hariva; amy te tsy fohi’o ty ho lefe, ke ty etoañe ke i eroañey, hera ho soa iaby iereo roroe.
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 Mamy o hazavàñeo, naho mahafale fihaino ty mahaoniñe i àndroy.
Light is sweet, and it pleases the eyes to see the sun.
8 Aa ndra te veloñe maro-taoñe t’indaty ee te hirebeha’e iaby, le ho tiahi’e abey o andron-kamoromoroñañeo, t’ie ho maro, toe hakoahañ’ iaby ty ho avy.
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 Mandià taroba ry ajalahy, ihe mbe tora’e, ee te hampahaehak’ azo ty tro’o amo andron-katora’oo. Oriho ty fisalalam-po’o naho ty fañiria’ o maso’oo, fe mahafohina t’ie hampiatrefen’ Añahare an-jaka ty amy hene rezay.
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 Ano soike o halorèan-tro’oo, vaho ampihankaño ami’ty sandri’o ty falovilovia’e; fa toe mihelañe ty hatorañe naho ty haañom-piaiñe.
So banish sorrow from your heart, and cast off pain from your body, for youth and vigor are fleeting.
