Ecclesiastes/Qohelet 11

NEW AMERICAN BIBLE	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Cast your bread upon the waters; after a long time you may find it again.	1 Cast your bread over running waters. For, after a long time, you shall find it again.
2 Make seven or eight portions; you know not what misfortune may come upon the earth.	2 Give a portion to seven, and indeed even to eight. For you do not know what evil may be upon the earth in the future.
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 If the clouds have been filled, they will pour forth rain upon the earth. If a tree falls to the south, or to the north, or to whatever direction it may fall, there it shall remain.
4 One who pays heed to the wind will not sow, and one who watches the clouds will never reap.	4 Whoever heeds the wind will not sow. And whoever considers the clouds 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 In the same manner that you do not know the way of the spirit, nor the way that bones are joined together in the womb of a pregnant woman, so you do not know the works of God, who is the Maker of all.
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, and in the evening, do not let your hand cease. For you do not know which of these may rise up, the one or the other. But if both rise up together, so much the better.
7 Light is sweet! and it is pleasant for the eyes to see the sun.	7 Light is pleasant, and it is delightful for the eyes 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 If a man lives for many years, and if he has rejoiced in all of these, he must remember the many days of the dark times, which, when they will have arrived, will accuse the past of vanity.
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 So then, rejoice, O young man, in your youth, and let your heart remain in what is good during the days of your youth. And walk in the ways of your heart, and with the perception of your eyes. And know that, concerning all these things, God will bring you to judgment.
10 Ward off grief from your heart and put away trouble from your presence, though the dawn of youth is fleeting.	10 Remove anger from your heart, and set aside evil from your flesh. For youth and pleasure are empty.