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.
Àkàrà lórí omi
1Fún àkàrà rẹ sórí omi,
nítorí lẹ́yìn ọjọ́ púpọ̀, ìwọ yóò rí i padà
2Fi ìpín fún méje, àní fún mẹ́jọ pẹ̀lú,
nítorí ìwọ kò mọ ohun ìparun tí ó le è wá sórí ilẹ̀.
3Bí 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.
4Ẹnikẹ́ni tí ó bá ń wo afẹ́fẹ́ kò ní fúnrúgbìn;
ẹnikẹ́ni tí ó bá ń wo àwọsánmọ̀ kò ní kórè.
5Gẹ́gẹ́ 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.
6Fún 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.
Rántí ẹlẹ́dàá rẹ ní ìgbà èwe rẹ
7Ìmọ́lẹ̀ dùn;
Ó sì dára fún ojú láti rí oòrùn.
8Ṣùgbọ́n 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.
9Jẹ́ 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.
10Nítorí náà, mú ìjayà kúrò ní ọkàn rẹ
kí o sì lé ìbànújẹ́ ara rẹ kúrò
nítorí èwe àti kékeré kò ní ìtumọ̀.
