Ecclesiastes 11
1 Give generously to others [some of] the money [MET] that you have; if you do that, later you will get back an equal amount.
Baci kruh svoj na vodu i naći ćeš ga poslije mnogo vremena.
2 Share some of what you have with (seven or eight/several) [others], because you do not know when you will experience a disaster, [and if you give some of what you have to others], [when you experience that disaster, they will kindly help you].
Podijeli sedmorici ili osmorici, jer ne znaš kakvo će zlo zadesiti zemlju.
3 [It is always true that] when clouds are full of water, they pour rain on the earth. [Similarly], wherever a tree falls on the ground, that is where it will remain.
Kad se oblaci napune kišom, prosiplju je na zemlju, a padne li drvo na jug ili na sjever, svejedno: gdje padne, ondje i ostaje.
4 If farmers see in what direction the wind is blowing, they will know whether it is wise at that time to plant things or not. [It is also true that] if farmers look at the clouds [and see that they are blowing from the west, which means that it will probably rain, ] they will not [try to] harvest their crops on that day.
Tko pazi na vjetar, ne sije, i tko gleda na oblake, ne žanje.
5 We do not know where the wind comes from or where it goes, and we do not know how bodies are formed in women’s wombs. Similarly [SIM], God is the one who made everything, and we cannot [fully] understand what God does.
Kao što ne znaš koji je put vjetru ni kako postaju kosti u utrobi trudne žene, tako ne znaš ni djela Boga koji sve tvori.
6 [Start] planting your seeds in the morning, and do not stop planting them until the evening, because you do not know which ones will grow better, the ones you plant in the morning or the ones you plant later in the day, or whether both will grow well.
Ujutro sij svoje sjeme, a navečer nek' ti ruka ne počiva. Jer ne znaš da li će biti bolje ovo ili ono, ili će oboje biti jednako dobro.
7 It is very delightful to be alive and see [MTY] the sun [rise every morning].
Ljupka je svjetlost i ugodno je očima vidjeti sunce.
8 [Even] if people live for many years, they should enjoy all of them. But they should not forget that [some day they will die] and then they will never be able to see any light again, and we do not know what will happen to us after we die.
Ali ako čovjek živi i mnogo godina, neka se uvijek veseli, a neka se sjeti da će tamnih dana biti mnogo. Ispraznost je sve što će doći.
9 You young people, be happy while you are still young. Enjoy [IDM] doing the things that you want to do. But do not forget that [some day] God will judge you concerning all the things that you do.
Zato se raduj, mladiću, za svoje mladosti, i veseli se u danima svoga mladenaštva; idi putovima svoga srca i slijedi želje svojih očiju; ali znaj da će ti za sve to suditi Bog.
10 [So when you are young] [MTY], do not worry about anything, and do not pay attention to the pains that you have in your body, because we will not remain young and strong forever.
Ukloni dakle jad iz svoga srca i udalji bol od svojega tijela. Ali je isprazna i mladost i doba tamnih kosa.
