Ecclesiastes 11

VULGATA	KING JAMES BIBLE
1 Mitte panem tuum super transeuntes aquas, quia post tempora multa invenies illum.	1 Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days.
2 Da partem septem necnon et octo, quia ignoras quid futurum sit mali super terram.	2 Give a portion to seven, and also to eight; for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth.
3 Si repletæ fuerint nubes, imbrem super terram effundent. Si ceciderit lignum ad austrum aut ad aquilonem, in quocumque loco ceciderit, ibi erit.	3 If the clouds be full of rain, they empty themselves upon the earth: and if the tree fall toward the south, or toward the north, in the place where the tree falleth, there it shall be.
4 Qui observat ventum non seminat ; et qui considerat nubes numquam metet.	4 He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap.
5 Quomodo ignoras quæ sit via spiritus, et qua ratione compingantur ossa in ventre prægnantis, sic nescis opera Dei, qui fabricator est omnium.	5 As thou knowest not what is the way of the spirit, nor how the bones do grow in the womb of her that is with child: even so thou knowest not the works of God who maketh all.
6 Mane semina semen tuum, et vespere ne cesset manus tua : quia nescis quid magis oriatur, hoc aut illud ; et si utrumque simul, melius erit.	6 In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand: for thou knowest not whether shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good.
7 Dulce lumen, et delectabile est oculis videre solem.	7 Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun:
8 Si annis multis vixerit homo, et in his omnibus lætatus fuerit, meminisse debet tenebrosi temporis, et dierum multorum, qui cum venerint, vanitatis arguentur præterita.	8 But if a man live many years, and rejoice in them all; yet let him remember the days of darkness; for they shall be many. All that cometh is vanity.
9 Lætare ergo, juvenis, in adolescentia tua, et in bono sit cor tuum in diebus juventutis tuæ : et ambula in viis cordis tui, et in intuitu oculorum tuorum, et scito quod pro omnibus his adducet te Deus in judicium.	9 Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.
10 Aufer iram a corde tuo, et amove malitiam a carne tua : adolescentia enim et voluptas vana sunt.	10 Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh: for childhood and youth are vanity.