Ecclesiastes 11

1 Cast your bread on the waters; for you shall find it after many days.

汝の糧食を水の上に投げよ 多くの日の後に汝ふたたび之を得ん

2 Give a portion to seven, yes, even to eight; for you do not know what evil will be on the earth.

汝一箇の分を七また八にわかて 其は汝如何なる災害の地にあらんかを知ざればなり

3 If the clouds are full of rain, they empty themselves on the earth; and if a tree falls toward the south, or toward the north, in the place where the tree falls, there shall it be.

雲もし雨の充るあれば地に注ぐ また樹もし南か北に倒るるあればその樹は倒れたる處にあるべし

4 He who observes the wind will not sow; and he who regards the clouds will not reap.

風を伺ふ者は種播ことを得ず 雲を望む者は刈ことを得ず

5 As you do not know what is the way of the wind, nor how the bones grow in the womb of her who is with child; even so you do not know the work of God who does all.

汝は風の道の如何なるを知ず また孕める婦の胎にて骨の如何に生長つを知ず 斯汝は萬事を爲たまふ神の作爲を知ことなし

6 In the morning sow your seed, and in the evening do not withhold your hand; for you do not know which will prosper, whether this or that, or whether they both will be equally good.

汝朝に種を播け 夕にも手を歇るなかれ 其はその實る者は此なるか彼なるか又は二者ともに美なるや汝これを知ざればなり

7 Truly the light is sweet, and it is a pleasant thing for the eyes to see the sun.

夫光明は快き者なり 目に日を見るは樂し

8 Yes, if a man lives many years, let him rejoice in them all; but let him remember the days of darkness, for they shall be many. All that comes is vanity.

人多くの年生ながらへてその中凡て幸福なるもなほ幽暗の日を憶ふべきなり 其はその數も多かるべければなり 凡て來らんところの事は皆空なり

9 Rejoice, young man, in your youth, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth, and walk in the ways of your heart, and in the sight of your eyes; but know that for all these things God will bring you into judgment.

少者よ汝の少き時に快樂をなせ 汝の少き日に汝の心を悦ばしめ汝の心の道に歩み汝の目に見るところを爲せよ 但しその諸の行爲のために神汝を鞫きたまはんと知べし

10 Therefore remove sorrow from your heart, and put away evil from your flesh; for youth and the dawn of life are vanity.

然ば汝の心より憂を去り 汝の身より惡き者を除け 少き時と壯なる時はともに空なればなり