Mhubiri 11
1 Peleka mkate wako juu ya maji, kwa kuwa utaupata tena baada ya siku nyingi.
Cast your bread on the waters; for you shall find it after many days.
2 Shiriki mkate na watu saba, hata wanane kwa kuwa haujui ni majanga gani yanayo kuja juu ya nchi.
Give a portion to seven, yes, even to eight; for you don’t know what evil will be on the earth.
3 Kama mawingu yamejaa mvua, yanajivua yenyewe chini ya nchi. Na kama mti ukianguka kuelekea kusini au kuelekea kaskazini, popote mti unapoangukia papo hapo utabakia.
If the clouds are full of rain, they empty themselves on the earth; and if a tree falls towards the south, or towards the north, in the place where the tree falls, there shall it be.
4 Yeyote autazamaye upepo yawezekana asipande, na yeyote atazamaye mawingu yawezekana asivune.
He who observes the wind won’t sow; and he who regards the clouds won’t reap.
5 Kama usivyo jua njia ya upepo, wala vile ambavyo mtoto akuavyo tumboni, vivyo hivyo huwezi kuielewa kazi ya Mungu, aliye umba kila kitu.
As you don’t know what is the way of the wind, nor how the bones grow in the womb of her who is with child; even so you don’t know the work of God who does all.
6 Asubuhi panda mbegu yako; hadi jioni, fanya kazi kwa mikono yako kama inavyo hitajika kwa kuwa haujui ni ipi itafanikiwa, jioni au asubuhi, au hii au ile au zote zitakuwa nzuri.
In the morning sow your seed, and in the evening don’t withhold your hand; for you don’t know which will prosper, whether this or that, or whether they both will be equally good.
7 Kweli nuru ni tamu, na ni kitu cha kufurahisha kwa ajili ya macho kuona jua.
Truly the light is sweet, and it is a pleasant thing for the eyes to see the sun.
8 Kama mtu akiishi miaka mingi, na aifurahie yote, lakina na afikiri juu ya siku zijazo za giza, kwa kuwa zitakuwa nyingi. Kila kitu kijacho ni mvuke unaoteketea.
Yes, if a man lives many years, let him rejoice in them all; but let him remember the days of darkness, for they shall be many. All that comes is vanity.
9 Furahia kijana, katika ujana wako, na moyo wako ufurahie siku za ujana wako. fuatilia yale mema ya moyo wako, chochote kilicho mbele ya macho yako. Ingawa, fahamu kwamba MUngu atakuleta hukumuni kwa ajili ya vitu hivi vyote.
Rejoice, young man, in your youth, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth, and walk in the ways of your heart, and in the sight of your eyes; but know that for all these things God will bring you into judgement.
10 Ondoa hasira kutoka moyoni mwako, na usijali maumivu yoyote katika mwili wako, kwa sababu ujana na nguvu zake ni mvuke.
Therefore remove sorrow from your heart, and put away evil from your flesh; for youth and the dawn of life are vanity.
