Ecclesiastes 11
Clementine Vulgate, 1598Translation
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
Berean Standard Bible
1[Mitte panem tuum super transeuntes aquas, quia post tempora multa invenies illum.
1Cast your bread upon the waters, for after many days you will find it again.
2Da partem septem necnon et octo, quia ignoras quid futurum sit mali super terram.
2Divide your portion among seven, or even eight, for you do not know what disaster may befall the land.
3Si repletæ fuerint nubes, imbrem super terram effundent. Si ceciderit lignum ad austrum aut ad aquilonem, in quocumque loco ceciderit, ibi erit.
3If 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.
4Qui observat ventum non seminat; et qui considerat nubes numquam metet.
4He who watches the wind will fail to sow, and he who observes the clouds will fail to reap.
5Quomodo ignoras quæ sit via spiritus, et qua ratione compingantur ossa in ventre prægnantis, sic nescis opera Dei, qui fabricator est omnium.
5As 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.
6Mane semina semen tuum, et vespere ne cesset manus tua: quia nescis quid magis oriatur, hoc aut illud; et si utrumque simul, melius erit.]
6Sow 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[Dulce lumen, et delectabile est oculis videre solem.
7Light is sweet, and it pleases the eyes to see the sun.
8Si annis multis vixerit homo, et in his omnibus lætatus fuerit, meminisse debet tenebrosi temporis, et dierum multorum, qui cum venerint, vanitatis arguentur præterita.
8So 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.
9Lætare ergo, juvenis, in adolescentia tua, et in bono sit cor tuum in diebus juventutis tuæ: et ambula in viis cordis tui, et in intuitu oculorum tuorum, et scito quod pro omnibus his adducet te Deus in judicium.
9Rejoice, 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.
10Aufer iram a corde tuo, et amove malitiam a carne tua: adolescentia enim et voluptas vana sunt.]
10So banish sorrow from your heart, and cast off pain from your body, for youth and vigor are fleeting.
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