Ecclesiastes/Qohelet 11

NEW AMERICAN BIBLE	NEW JERUSALEM
1 Cast your bread upon the waters; after a long time you may find it again.	1 Cast your bread on the water, eventual y you wil recover it.
2 Make seven or eight portions; you know not what misfortune may come upon the earth.	2 Offer a share to seven or to eight people, you can never tell what disaster may occur.
3 When the clouds are full, they pour out rain upon the earth. Whether a tree falls to the south or to the north, wherever it falls, there shall it lie.	3 When clouds are ful of rain, they wil shed it on the earth. If a tree fal s, whether south or north, whereit falls, there it wil lie.
4 One who pays heed to the wind will not sow, and one who watches the clouds will never reap.	4 Keep watching the wind and you wil never sow, keep staring at the clouds and you will never reap.
5 Just as you know not how the breath of life fashions the human frame in the mother's womb, So you know not the work of God which he is accomplishing in the universe.	5 You do not understand how the wind blows, or how the embryo grows in a woman's womb: no morecan you understand the work of God, the Creator of al .
6 In the morning sow your seed, and at evening let not your hand be idle: For you know not which of the two will be successful, or whether both alike will turn out well.	6 In the morning, sow your seed, until evening, do not cease from labour, for of any two things you donot know which wil succeed, or which of the two is the better.
7 Light is sweet! and it is pleasant for the eyes to see the sun.	7 How sweet light is, how delightful it is to see the sun!
8 However many years a man may live, let him, as he enjoys them all, remember that the days of darkness will be many. All that is to come is vanity.	8 However many years you live, enjoy them all, but remember, the days of darkness wil be many: futilityawaits you at the end.
9 Rejoice, O young man, while you are young and let your heart be glad in the days of your youth. Follow the ways of your heart, the vision of your eyes; Yet understand that as regards all this God will bring you to judgment.	9 Young man, enjoy yourself while you are young, make the most of the days of your youth, follow theprompting and desire of heart and eye, but remember, God wil cal you to account for everything.
10 Ward off grief from your heart and put away trouble from your presence, though the dawn of youth is fleeting.	10 Rid your heart of indignation, keep your body clear of suffering, though youth and the age of blackhair are both futile.