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Predikaren 11
Svenska Folkbibeln
Predikaren 11
Svenska Folkbibeln
Du kan inte se in i framtiden
11 Sänd ditt bröd över vattnet, ty med tiden får du det tillbaka.
2 Dela det du har i sju delar, ja, åtta,
ty du vet inte vilken olycka som kan drabba landet.
3 När molnen är fulla, tömmer de sitt regn över jorden,
och om ett träd faller omkull,
mot söder eller norr,
så ligger det på den plats där det har fallit.
4 Den som spejar efter vind får aldrig så,
den som skådar efter moln får ingenting skörda.
5 Liksom du inte vet vart vinden far
eller hur benen bildas i moderlivet,
så förstår du ej heller Guds verk,
hans som gör alltsammans.
6 Så din säd om morgonen
och låt inte din hand vila om kvällen,
ty du vet inte vilket som lyckas bäst, det ena eller det andra,
eller om båda är lika bra.
7 Ljuset är ljuvligt
och det är gott för ögonen
att se solen.
8 Om en människas år blir många,
må hon glädja sig under dem alla
och komma ihåg att det blir många mörka dagar.
Allt som kommer är förgängligt.
Råd till de unga
9 Gläd dig, du yngling, i din ungdom,
låt ditt hjärta glädjas i din ungdoms dagar.
Vandra ditt hjärtas vägar,
följ det dina ögon ser.
Men vet att för allt detta
kommer Gud att döma dig.
10 Låt sorgen vika ur ditt hjärta
och håll det onda borta från din kropp.
Ty ungdomstiden, livets blomstringstid, är förgänglig.
Ecclesiastes 11
Contemporary English Version
Ecclesiastes 11
Contemporary English Version
It Pays To Work Hard
11 Be generous, and someday
you will be rewarded.[a]
2 Share what you have
with seven or eight others,
because you never know
when disaster may strike.
3 Rain clouds always bring rain;
trees always stay
wherever they fall.
4 If you worry about the weather
and don't plant seeds,
you won't harvest a crop.
5 No one can explain how a baby breathes before it is born.[b] So how can anyone explain what God does? After all, God created everything.
6 Plant your seeds early in the morning and keep working in the field until dark. Who knows? Your work might pay off, and your seeds might produce.
Youth and Old Age
7 Nothing on earth is more beautiful than the morning sun. 8 Even if you have a very long life, you should try to enjoy each day, because darkness will come and will last a long time. Nothing makes sense.[c]
9 Be cheerful and enjoy life while you are young! Do what you want and find pleasure in what you see. But don't forget that God will judge you for everything you do.
10 Rid yourself of all worry and pain, because the wonderful moments of youth quickly disappear.
Ecclesiastes 11
New International Version
Ecclesiastes 11
New International Version
Invest in Many Ventures
11 Ship(A) your grain across the sea;
after many days you may receive a return.(B)
2 Invest in seven ventures, yes, in eight;
you do not know what disaster may come upon the land.
3 If clouds are full of water,
they pour rain on the earth.
Whether a tree falls to the south or to the north,
in the place where it falls, there it will lie.
4 Whoever watches the wind will not plant;
whoever looks at the clouds will not reap.
5 As you do not know the path of the wind,(C)
or how the body is formed[a] in a mother’s womb,(D)
so you cannot understand the work of God,
the Maker of all things.
6 Sow your seed in the morning,
and at evening let your hands not be idle,(E)
for you do not know which will succeed,
whether this or that,
or whether both will do equally well.
Remember Your Creator While Young
7 Light is sweet,
and it pleases the eyes to see the sun.(F)
8 However many years anyone may live,
let them enjoy them all.
But let them remember(G) the days of darkness,
for there will be many.
Everything to come is meaningless.
9 You who are young, be happy while you are young,
and let your heart give you joy in the days of your youth.
Follow the ways of your heart
and whatever your eyes see,
but know that for all these things
God will bring you into judgment.(H)
10 So then, banish anxiety(I) from your heart
and cast off the troubles of your body,
for youth and vigor are meaningless.(J)
Footnotes
- Ecclesiastes 11:5 Or know how life (or the spirit) / enters the body being formed
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