Ecclesiastes 11
1 Fún àkàrà rẹ sórí omi, nítorí lẹ́yìn ọjọ́ púpọ̀, ìwọ yóò rí i padà.
Cast your bread upon the waters, for after many days you will find it again.
2 Fi ìpín fún méje, àní fún mẹ́jọ pẹ̀lú, nítorí ìwọ kò mọ ohun ìparun tí ó le è wá sórí ilẹ̀.
Divide your portion among seven, or even eight, for you do not know what disaster may befall the land.
3 Bí àwọsánmọ̀ bá kún fún omi, ayé ni wọ́n ń rọ òjò sí. Bí igi wó sí ìhà gúúsù tàbí sí ìhà àríwá, níbi tí ó wó sí náà, ni yóò dùbúlẹ̀ sí.
If the clouds are full, they will pour out rain upon the earth; whether a tree falls to the south or to the north, in the place where it falls, there it will lie.
4 Ẹnikẹ́ni tí ó bá ń wo afẹ́fẹ́ kò ní fúnrúgbìn; ẹnikẹ́ni tí ó bá ń wo àwọsánmọ̀ kò ní kórè.
He who watches the wind will fail to sow, and he who observes the clouds will fail to reap.
5 Gẹ́gẹ́ bí ìwọ kò ti ṣe mọ ojú ọ̀nà afẹ́fẹ́ tàbí mọ bí ọmọ tí ń dàgbà nínú ikùn ìyáarẹ̀, bẹ́ẹ̀ náà ni ìwọ kò le è ní òye iṣẹ́ Ọlọ́run ẹlẹ́dàá ohun gbogbo.
As you do not know the path of the wind, or how the bones are formed in a mother’s womb, so you cannot understand the work of God, the Maker of all things.
6 Fún irúgbìn rẹ ní òwúrọ̀ kùtùkùtù, má sì ṣe jẹ́ kí ọwọ́ rẹ ṣọlẹ̀ ní àṣálẹ́, nítorí ìwọ kò mọ èyí tí yóò ṣe rere bóyá èyí tàbí ìyẹn tàbí àwọn méjèèjì ni yóò ṣe dáradára bákan náà.
Sow your seed in the morning, and do not rest your hands in the evening, for you do not know which will succeed, whether this or that, or if both will equally prosper.
7 Ìmọ́lẹ̀ dùn; Ó sì dára fún ojú láti rí oòrùn.
Light is sweet, and it pleases the eyes to see the sun.
8 Ṣùgbọ́n jẹ́ kí ènìyàn jẹ̀gbádùn gbogbo iye ọdún tí ó le è lò láyé ṣùgbọ́n jẹ́ kí ó rántí ọjọ́ òkùnkùn nítorí wọn ó pọ̀. Gbogbo ohun tí ó ń bọ̀ asán ni.
So if a man lives many years, let him rejoice in them all. But let him remember the days of darkness, for they will be many. Everything to come is futile.
9 Jẹ́ kí inú rẹ dùn, ìwọ ọ̀dọ́mọdé ní ìgbà tí o wà ní èwe kí o sì jẹ́ kí ọkàn rẹ fún ọ ní ayọ̀ ní ìgbà èwe rẹ. Tẹ̀lé ọ̀nà ọkàn rẹ àti ohunkóhun tí ojú rẹ rí ṣùgbọ́n mọ̀ dájú pé nípa gbogbo nǹkan wọ̀nyí ni Ọlọ́run yóò mú ọ wá sí ìdájọ́.
Rejoice, O young man, while you are young, and let your heart be glad in the days of your youth. 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 to judgment.
10 Nítorí náà, mú ìjayà kúrò ní ọkàn rẹ kí o sì lé ìbànújẹ́ ara rẹ kúrò nítorí èwe àti kékeré kò ní ìtumọ̀.
So banish sorrow from your heart, and cast off pain from your body, for youth and vigor are fleeting.
