Eclesiastes 11
1 Lança o teu pão sobre as águas, porque depois de muitos dias o acharás.
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 Reparte com sete, e ainda até com oito, porque não sabes que mal haverá sobre a terra.
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 Estando as nuvens cheias, vazam a chuva sobre a terra, e caindo a árvore para o sul, ou para o norte, no lugar em que a árvore cair ali ficará.
[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 Quem observa o vento, nunca semeará, e o que olha para as nuvens nunca segará.
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 Assim como tu não sabes qual o caminho do vento, nem como se formam os ossos no ventre da mulher grávida, assim tu não sabes as obras de Deus, que faz todas as coisas.
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 Pela manhã semeia a tua semente, e à tarde não retires a tua mão, porque tu não sabes qual será reto, se isto, se aquilo, ou se ambas estas coisas igualmente serão boas.
[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 Deveras suave é a luz, e agradável é aos olhos ver o sol.
It is very delightful to be alive and see [MTY] the sun [rise every morning].
8 Porém se o homem viver muitos anos, e em todos eles se alegrar, também se deve lembrar dos dias das trevas, porque hão de ser muitos, e tudo quanto sucedeu é vaidade.
[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 Alegra-te, mancebo, na tua mocidade, e recreie-se o teu coração nos dias da tua mocidade, e anda pelos caminhos do teu coração, e pela vista dos teus olhos: sabe, porém, que por todas estas coisas te trará Deus a juízo
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 Afasta pois a ira do teu coração, e remove da tua carne o mal, porque a adolescência e a juventude são vaidade.
[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.
