Ecclesiastes 11

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1 Mitte panem tuum super transeuntes aquas, quia post tempora multa invenies illum.	1 Cast your bread upon the waters; after a long time you may find it again.
2 Da partem septem necnon et octo, quia ignoras quid futurum sit mali super terram.	2 Make seven or eight portions; you know not what misfortune may come 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 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.
4 Qui observat ventum non seminat ; et qui considerat nubes numquam metet.	4 One who pays heed to the wind will not sow, and one who watches the clouds will never 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 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.
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 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.
7 Dulce lumen, et delectabile est oculis videre solem.	7 Light is sweet! and it is pleasant for the eyes to see 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 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.
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, 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.
10 Aufer iram a corde tuo, et amove malitiam a carne tua : adolescentia enim et voluptas vana sunt.	10 Ward off grief from your heart and put away trouble from your presence, though the dawn of youth is fleeting.