Ecclesiastes/Qohelet 11

NEW JERUSALEM	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Cast your bread on the water, eventual y you wil recover it.	1 Cast your bread over running waters. For, after a long time, you shall find it again.
2 Offer a share to seven or to eight people, you can never tell what disaster may occur.	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 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.	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 Keep watching the wind and you wil never sow, keep staring at the clouds and you will never reap.	4 Whoever heeds the wind will not sow. And whoever considers the clouds will never reap.
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 .	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, 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.	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 How sweet light is, how delightful it is to see the sun!	7 Light is pleasant, and it is delightful for the eyes to see the sun.
8 However many years you live, enjoy them all, but remember, the days of darkness wil be many: futilityawaits you at the end.	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 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.	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 Rid your heart of indignation, keep your body clear of suffering, though youth and the age of blackhair are both futile.	10 Remove anger from your heart, and set aside evil from your flesh. For youth and pleasure are empty.