Eclesiastés 11
1 Echa tu pan sobre las aguas, Porque después de muchos días lo hallarás.
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 a siete, y aun a ocho, Porque no sabes el mal que vendrá sobre la tierra.
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 Si las nubes están llenas de lluvia, Se vaciarán sobre la tierra, Y si un árbol cae hacia el sur o hacia el norte, En el lugar donde caiga quedará.
[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 El que observa el viento no sembrará, Y el que mira las nubes, no cosechará.
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 Así como no sabes cuál es la senda del viento, Ni cómo crecen los huesos en el vientre de la que está embarazada, Así ignoras la obra de ʼElohim, Quien hace todas las cosas.
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 Por la mañana siembra tu semilla, Y al llegar la noche no des reposo a tu mano. Porque no sabes qué es lo mejor, Si esto o aquello, O si ambas cosas serán igualmente buenas.
[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 Agradable es la luz, Y grato a los ojos contemplar el sol.
It is very delightful to be alive and see [MTY] the sun [rise every morning].
8 Pero aunque el hombre viva muchos años, Y en todos ellos tenga gozo, Recuerde que los días de oscuridad serán muchos más. ¡Todo lo que viene es vanidad!
[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 Alégrate, oh joven, en tu juventud, Y tome placer tu corazón en los días de tu adolescencia. Sigue los impulsos de tu corazón Y los deseos de tus ojos. Pero sabe que por todas estas cosas te juzgará ʼElohim.
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 Aparta la ira y el enojo de tu corazón, Y aleja el mal de tu carne. Porque la adolescencia y la juventud son vanidad.
[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.
