Книга Екклезиаста 11
1 Посли хлеб твой на лице воды, яко во множестве дний обрящеши его.
Send out your bread on the waters, for you will find it again after many days.
2 Даждь часть седмим и осмим, яко не веси, что будет лукаво на земли.
Share it with seven, even eight people, for you do not know what disasters are coming on the earth.
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.
If the clouds are full of rain, they empty themselves on the earth, and if a tree falls toward the south or toward the north, wherever the tree falls, there it will remain.
4 Блюдый ветра не сеет, и сматряяй во облацех не пожнет.
Anyone who watches the wind might not plant, and anyone who watches the clouds might not harvest.
5 В нихже несть ведый, кии путь духа, якоже кости во чреве раждающия: тако не уразумееши дел Божиих, елика сотворит всяческая.
As you do not know the path of the wind, nor how a baby's bones grow in the pregnant womb, so also you cannot comprehend the work of God, who created everything.
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.
In the morning plant your seed; until the evening, work with your hands as needed, for you know not which will prosper, whether morning or evening, or this or that, or whether they will both alike be good.
7 И сладко свет, и благо очима зрети солнце:
Truly the light is sweet, and it is a pleasant thing for the eyes to see the sun.
8 яко аще и многа лета поживет человек, и о всех сих возвеселится, и помянет дни тмы, яко мнози будут: все грядущее суета.
If someone lives many years, let him be happy in all of them, but let him think about the coming days of darkness, for they will be many. Everything to come is vanishing vapor.
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:
Take joy, young man, in your youth, and let your heart be joyful in the days of your youth. Pursue the good desires of your heart, and whatever is within the sight of your eyes. However, know that God will bring you into judgment for all these things.
10 и отстави ярость от сердца твоего, и отрини лукавство от плоти твоея: яко юность и безумие суета.
Drive anger away from your heart, and ignore any pain in your body, because youth and its strength are vapor.
