جامعه 11

1 از مال خود با سخاوتمندی به دیگران ببخش، چون بخشش تو بدون عوض نمی‌ماند.

Give generously to others [some of] the money [MET] that you have; if you do that, later you will get back an equal amount.

2 مالی را که می‌خواهی ببخشی به چندین نفر ببخش، زیرا نمی‌دانی چه پیش خواهد آمد.

Share some of what you have with (seven or eight/several) [others], because you do not know when you will experience a disaster, [and if you give some of what you have to others], [when you experience that disaster, they will kindly help you].

3 درخت به هر طرف که سقوط کند در همان جا نیز روی زمین خواهد افتاد. وقتی ابر از آب پر شود، بر زمین خواهد بارید.

[It is always true that] when clouds are full of water, they pour rain on the earth. [Similarly], wherever a tree falls on the ground, that is where it will remain.

4 کشاورزی که برای کار کردن منتظر هوای مساعد بماند، نه چیزی خواهد کاشت و نه چیزی درو خواهد کرد.

If farmers see in what direction the wind is blowing, they will know whether it is wise at that time to plant things or not. [It is also true that] if farmers look at the clouds [and see that they are blowing from the west, which means that it will probably rain, ] they will not [try to] harvest their crops on that day.

5 همان‌طور که نمی‌دانی باد چگونه می‌وزد و یا بدن کودک چگونه در رحم مادرش شکل می‌گیرد، همچنین نمی‌توانی کارهای خدا را که خالق همه چیز است درک کنی.

We do not know where the wind comes from or where it goes, and we do not know how bodies are formed in women’s wombs. Similarly [SIM], God is the one who made everything, and we cannot [fully] understand what God does.

6 تو روز و شب بذر خود را بکار، چون نمی‌دانی کدام قسمت از بذرها ثمر خواهد داد؛ شاید هر چه کاشته‌ای ثمر بدهد.

[Start] planting your seeds in the morning, and do not stop planting them until the evening, because you do not know which ones will grow better, the ones you plant in the morning or the ones you plant later in the day, or whether both will grow well.

7 نور، شیرین است؛ چه لذتبخش است دیدن طلوع آفتاب!

It is very delightful to be alive and see [MTY] the sun [rise every morning].

8 انسان تا می‌تواند باید از سالهای عمرش لذت ببرد و نیز بداند که سرانجام خواهد مرد و روزهای بسیاری در تاریکی و بیهودگی به سر خواهد برد.

[Even] if people live for many years, they should enjoy all of them. But they should not forget that [some day they will die] and then they will never be able to see any light again, and we do not know what will happen to us after we die.

9 ای جوان، روزهای جوانیت را با شادی بگذران و از آن لذت ببر و هر چه دلت می‌خواهد انجام بده، ولی به یاد داشته باش که برای هر کاری که انجام می‌دهی باید به خدا پاسخ دهی.

You young people, be happy while you are still young. Enjoy [IDM] doing the things that you want to do. But do not forget that [some day] God will judge you concerning all the things that you do.

10 روزهای جوانی زود می‌گذرد، پس نگذار جوانیت با غم و سختی سپری شود.

[So when you are young] [MTY], do not worry about anything, and do not pay attention to the pains that you have in your body, because we will not remain young and strong forever.