Ecclesiast 11
Cornilescu 1924 - Revised 2010, 2014
11 Aruncă-ţi pâinea pe(A) ape şi(B), după multă vreme, o vei găsi iarăşi! 2 Împarte-o(C) în(D) şapte şi chiar în opt, căci(E) nu ştii ce nenorocire poate da peste pământ. 3 Când se umplu norii de ploaie, o varsă pe pământ. Oriîncotro ar cădea copacul, fie spre miazăzi, fie spre miazănoapte, în locul unde cade, acolo rămâne. 4 Cine se uită după vânt nu va semăna şi cine se uită după nori nu va secera. 5 Cum nu(F) ştii care este calea vântului, nici(G) cum se fac oasele în pântecele femeii însărcinate, tot aşa nu cunoşti nici lucrarea lui Dumnezeu, care le face pe toate. 6 Dimineaţa seamănă-ţi sămânţa şi până seara nu lăsa mâna să ţi se odihnească, fiindcă nu ştii ce va izbuti: aceasta sau aceea sau dacă amândouă sunt deopotrivă de bune. 7 Dulce este lumina şi o plăcere pentru ochi să(H) vadă soarele. 8 Deci, dacă un om trăieşte mulţi ani, să se bucure în toţi anii aceştia şi să se gândească ce multe vor fi zilele de întuneric. Tot ce va veni este deşertăciune. 9 Bucură-te, tinere, în tinereţea ta, fii cu inima veselă cât eşti tânăr, umblă(I) pe căile alese de inima ta şi plăcute ochilor tăi, dar să ştii că, pentru toate acestea, te va chema Dumnezeu(J) la judecată. 10 Goneşte(K) orice necaz din inima ta şi depărtează răul din trupul tău, căci(L) tinereţea şi zorile vieţii sunt trecătoare.
Ecclesiastes 11
New King James Version
The Value of Diligence
11 Cast your bread (A)upon the waters,
(B)For you will find it after many days.
2 (C)Give a serving (D)to seven, and also to eight,
(E)For you do not know what evil will be on the earth.
3 If the clouds are full of rain,
They empty themselves upon the earth;
And if a tree falls to the south or the north,
In the place where the tree falls, there it shall lie.
4 He who observes the wind will not sow,
And he who regards the clouds will not reap.
5 As (F)you do not know what is the way of the [a]wind,
(G)Or how the bones grow in the womb of her who is with child,
So you do not know the works of God who makes everything.
6 In the morning sow your seed,
And in the evening do not withhold your hand;
For you do not know which will prosper,
Either this or that,
Or whether both alike will be good.
7 Truly the light is sweet,
And it is pleasant for the eyes (H)to behold the sun;
8 But if a man lives many years
And (I)rejoices in them all,
Yet let him (J)remember the days of darkness,
For they will be many.
All that is coming is vanity.
Seek God in Early Life
9 Rejoice, O young man, in your youth,
And let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth;
(K)Walk in the [b]ways of your heart,
And [c]in the sight of your eyes;
But know that for all these
(L)God will bring you into judgment.
10 Therefore remove [d]sorrow from your heart,
And (M)put away evil from your flesh,
(N)For childhood and [e]youth are vanity.
Footnotes
- Ecclesiastes 11:5 Or spirit
- Ecclesiastes 11:9 Impulses
- Ecclesiastes 11:9 As you see to be best
- Ecclesiastes 11:10 vexation
- Ecclesiastes 11:10 Prime of life
Ecclesiastes 11
King James Version
11 Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days.
2 Give a portion to seven, and also to eight; for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth.
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 He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap.
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 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 Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun:
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 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 Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh: for childhood and youth are vanity.
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