Bw’ogaba Katonda Akuddizaawo
111:1 a nny 6; Is 32:20; Kos 10:12 b Ma 24:19; Nge 19:17; Mat 10:42Siganga emmere yo ng’enkuba etonnya,
kubanga ebbanga lyayo bwe lirituuka olikungula.
2Gabiranga musanvu weewaawo munaana,
kubanga mu biseera eby’oluvannyuma oyinza okubeera mu kwetaaga.
3Ebire bwe bijjula amazzi,
bitonnyesa enkuba ku nsi;
n’omuti bwe gugwa nga gwolekedde obukiikaddyo oba obukiikakkono,
mu kifo mwe gugwa mwe gulibeera.
4Oyo alabirira embuyaga talisiga;
n’oyo atunuulira ebire talikungula.
511:5 a Yk 3:8-10 b Zab 139:14-16Nga bw’otosobola kutegeera kkubo mpewo,
oba omubiri nga bwe guzimbibwa ku mwana ali mu lubuto;
bw’otyo bw’otosobola kutegeera Katonda
Omutonzi wa byonna by’akola.
611:6 Mub 9:10Ku makya siga ensigo zo,
n’akawungeezi toddiriza mukono gwo;
kubanga tomanyi eziryala,
zino oba ziri,
oba zombi ziriba nnungi.
711:7 Mub 7:11Ekitangaala kirungi,
era okulaba ku musana kisanyusa.
811:8 Mub 12:1Kale omuntu bw’awangaala emyaka emingi,
agisanyukirengamu gyonna,
naye ajjukirenga nti waliwo ennaku ez’ekizikiza
nnyingi ezijja.
Ebyo byonna ebijja butaliimu.
911:9 Yob 19:29; Mub 2:24; 3:17; 12:14; Bar 14:10Omuvubuka sanyukiranga mu buvubuka bwo,
n’omutima gwo gusanyukenga mu nnaku ez’obuvubuka bwo;
tambulira mu makubo g’omutima gwo
ne mu kulaba kw’amaaso go.
Naye manya nga mu byonna,
Katonda agenda kukusalira omusango.
1011:10 a Zab 94:19 b Mub 2:24Noolwekyo ggyawo okweraliikirira mu mutima
era weggyeko emitawaana mu ggwe,
kubanga obuvubuka n’amaanyi gaabwe butaliimu.
Invest in Many Ventures
1Ship your grain across the sea;
after many days you may receive a return.
2Invest in seven ventures, yes, in eight;
you do not know what disaster may come upon the land.
3If clouds are full of water,
they pour rain on the earth.
Whether a tree falls to the south or to the north,
in the place where it falls, there it will lie.
4Whoever watches the wind will not plant;
whoever looks at the clouds will not reap.
5As you do not know the path of the wind,
or how the body is formed11:5 Or know how life (or the spirit) / enters the body being formed in a mother’s womb,
so you cannot understand the work of God,
the Maker of all things.
6Sow your seed in the morning,
and at evening let your hands not be idle,
for you do not know which will succeed,
whether this or that,
or whether both will do equally well.
Remember Your Creator While Young
7Light is sweet,
and it pleases the eyes to see the sun.
8However many years anyone may live,
let them enjoy them all.
But let them remember the days of darkness,
for there will be many.
Everything to come is meaningless.
9You who are young, be happy while you are young,
and let your heart give you joy in the days of your youth.
Follow the ways of your heart
and whatever your eyes see,
but know that for all these things
God will bring you into judgment.
10So then, banish anxiety from your heart
and cast off the troubles of your body,
for youth and vigor are meaningless.
