Ecclesiastes 11
1 Fún àkàrà rẹ sórí omi, nítorí lẹ́yìn ọjọ́ púpọ̀, ìwọ yóò rí i padà.
Cast your bread upon the waters: for you shall find it after many days.
2 Fi ìpín fún méje, àní fún mẹ́jọ pẹ̀lú, nítorí ìwọ kò mọ ohun ìparun tí ó le è wá sórí ilẹ̀.
Give a portion to seven, and also to eight; for you know not what evil shall be upon the earth.
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 be full of rain, they empty themselves upon the earth: and if the tree fall toward the south, or toward the north, in the place where the tree falls, there it shall be.
4 Ẹnikẹ́ni tí ó bá ń wo afẹ́fẹ́ kò ní fúnrúgbìn; ẹnikẹ́ni tí ó bá ń wo àwọsánmọ̀ kò ní kórè.
He that observes the wind shall not sow; and he that regards the clouds shall not 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 know not what is the way of the spirit, nor how the bones do grow in the womb of her that is with child: even so you know not the works of God who makes all.
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.
In the morning sow your seed, and in the evening withhold not your hand: for you know not whether shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good.
7 Ìmọ́lẹ̀ dùn; Ó sì dára fún ojú láti rí oòrùn.
Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold 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.
But if a man live many years, and rejoice in them all; yet let him remember the days of darkness; for they shall be many. All that comes is vanity.
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, 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 you, that for all these things God will bring you into 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.
Therefore remove sorrow from your heart, and put away evil from your flesh: for childhood and youth are vanity.
