Eclesiastés 11
1 Echa tu pan sobre las aguas; Porque después de un largo tiempo volverá a ti otra vez.
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 Da tu parte a siete o incluso a ocho, porque no tienes conocimiento del 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, la envían a la tierra; y si un árbol desciende hacia el sur, o hacia el norte, en cualquier lugar donde baje, allí se 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 mira el viento no tendrá la semilla plantada, y el que mira las nubes no 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 Como no tienes conocimiento del camino del viento ni del crecimiento de los huesos en el cuerpo de la mujer que está embarazada, tampoco tienes conocimiento de las obras de Dios que lo ha hecho todo.
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 pon tu semilla en la tierra, y hasta la tarde no dejes reposar tu mano; porque no está seguro de qué hará bien, esto o aquello, o si los dos serán igualmente buenos.
[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 En verdad, la luz es agradable y es bueno que los ojos vean el sol.
It is very delightful to be alive and see [MTY] the sun [rise every morning].
8 Pero aunque la vida de un hombre sea larga y tenga gozo en todos sus años, tenga en cuenta los días oscuros, porque serán muchos en número. Lo que pueda venir no tiene ningún propósito.
[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 Ten alegría joven, mientras que tú eres joven; y alégrese tu corazón en los días de tu juventud, y ve en los impulsos de tu corazón y en el deseo de tus ojos; pero ten la certeza de que por todas estas cosas Dios será tu juez.
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 Así quita el enojo de tu corazón y el mal de tu carne; Porque los primeros años 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.
