< Книга Екклезиаста 11 >

1 Посли хлеб твой на лице воды, яко во множестве дний обрящеши его.
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 Даждь часть седмим и осмим, яко не веси, что будет лукаво на земли.
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 Аще исполнятся облацы дождя, на землю изливают: и аще падет древо на юг, и аще на север, на месте, идеже падет древо, тамо будет.
[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 Блюдый ветра не сеет, и сматряяй во облацех не пожнет.
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 В нихже несть ведый, кии путь духа, якоже кости во чреве раждающия: тако не уразумееши дел Божиих, елика сотворит всяческая.
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 В заутрии сей семя твое, и в вечер да не оставляет рука твоя: яко не веси, кое произыдет сие или оно, и аще обоя вкупе благая.
[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 И сладко свет, и благо очима зрети солнце:
It is very delightful to be alive and see [MTY] the sun [rise every morning].
8 яко аще и многа лета поживет человек, и о всех сих возвеселится, и помянет дни тмы, яко мнози будут: все грядущее суета.
[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 Веселися, юноше, во юности твоей, и да ублажит тя сердце твое во днех юности твоея, и ходи в путех сердца твоего непорочен и не в видении очию твоею: и разумей, яко о всех сих приведет тя Бог на суд:
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 и отстави ярость от сердца твоего, и отрини лукавство от плоти твоея: яко юность и безумие суета.
[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.

< Книга Екклезиаста 11 >