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| 1. | Cast your bread on the waters; for you shall find it after many days. | Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days. |
שלח לחמך על־פני המים כי־ברב הימים תמצאנו׃ |
ShLCh LChMK 'yL-PhNY HMYM KY-BUrB HYMYM ThMTSh'aNV. | Send forth thy bread on the face of the waters, For in the multitude of the days thou dost find it. | mitte panem tuum super transeuntes aquas quia post multa tempora invenies illum | |||||
| 2. | Give a portion to seven, yes, even to eight; for you don't know what evil will be on the earth. | Give a portion to seven, and also to eight; for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth. |
תן־חלק לשבעה וגם לשמונה כי לא תדע מה־יהיה רעה על־הארץ׃ |
ThN-ChLQ LShB'yH VGM LShMVNH KY L'a ThD'y MH-YHYH Ur'yH 'yL-H'aUrTSh. | Give a portion to seven, and even to eight, For thou knowest not what evil is on the earth. | da partem septem necnon et octo quia ignoras quid futurum sit mali super terram | |||||
| 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. | 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. |
אם־ימלאו העבים גשם על־הארץ יריקו ואם־יפול עץ בדרום ואם בצפון מקום שיפול העץ שם יהוא׃ |
'aM-YML'aV H'yBYM GShM 'yL-H'aUrTSh YUrYQV V'aM-YPhVL 'yTSh BDUrVM V'aM BTShPhVN MQVM ShYPhVL H'yTSh ShM YHV'a. | If the thick clouds are full of rain, On the earth they empty themselves; And if a tree doth fall in the south or to the north, The place where the tree falleth, there it is. | si repletae fuerint nubes imbrem super terram effundent si ceciderit lignum ad austrum aut ad aquilonem in quocumque loco ceciderit ibi erit | |||||
| 4. | He who observes the wind won't sow; and he who regards the clouds won't reap. | He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap. |
שמר רוח לא יזרע וראה בעבים לא יקצור׃ |
ShMUr UrVCh L'a YZUr'y VUr'aH B'yBYM L'a YQTShVUr. | Whoso is observing the wind soweth not, And whoso is looking on the thick clouds reapeth not. | qui observat ventum non seminat et qui considerat nubes numquam metet | |||||
| 5. | As you don't 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 don't know the work of God who does all. | 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. |
כאשר אינך יודע מה־דרך הרוח כעצמים בבטן המלאה ככה לא תדע את־ מעשה האלהים אשר יעשה את־הכל׃ |
K'aShUr 'aYNK YVD'y MH-DUrK HUrVCh K'yTShMYM BBTN HML'aH KKH L'a ThD'y 'aTh- M'yShH H'aLHYM 'aShUr Y'yShH 'aTh-HKL. | As thou knowest not what is the way of the spirit, How -- bones in the womb of the full one, So thou knowest not the work of God who maketh the whole. | quomodo ignoras quae sit via spiritus et qua ratione conpingantur ossa in ventre praegnatis sic nescis opera Dei qui fabricator est omnium | |||||
| 6. | In the morning sow your seed, and in the evening don't withhold your hand; for you don't know which will prosper, whether this or that, or whether they both will be equally good. | 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. |
בבקר זרע את־זרעך ולערב אל־תנח ידך כי אינך יודע אי זה יכשר הזה או־זה ואם־שניהם כאחד טובים׃ |
BBQUr ZUr'y 'aTh-ZUr'yK VL'yUrB 'aL-ThNCh YDK KY 'aYNK YVD'y 'aY ZH YKShUr HZH 'aV-ZH V'aM-ShNYHM K'aChD TVBYM. | In the morning sow thy seed, And at even withdraw not thy hand, For thou knowest not which is right, this or that, Or whether both of them alike are good. | mane semina sementem tuam et vespere ne cesset manus tua quia nescis quid magis oriatur hoc an illud et si utrumque simul melius erit | |||||
| 7. | Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to see the sun. | Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun: |
ומתוק האור וטוב לעינים לראות את־השמש׃ |
VMThVQ H'aVUr VTVB L'yYNYM LUr'aVTh 'aTh-HShMSh. | Sweet also is the light, And good for the eyes to see the sun. | dulce lumen et delectabile est oculis videre solem | |||||
| 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. | 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. |
כי אם־שנים הרבה יחיה האדם בכלם ישמח ויזכר את־ימי החשך כי־הרבה יהיו כל־שבא הבל׃ |
KY 'aM-ShNYM HUrBH YChYH H'aDM BKLM YShMCh VYZKUr 'aTh-YMY HChShK KY-HUrBH YHYV KL-ShB'a HBL. | But, if man liveth many years, In all of them let him rejoice, And remember the days of darkness, For they are many! all that is coming is vanity. | si annis multis vixerit homo et in omnibus his laetatus fuerit meminisse debet tenebrosi temporis et dierum multorum qui cum venerint vanitatis arguentur praeterita | |||||
| 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. | 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. |
שמח בחור בילדותיך ויטיבך לבך בימי בחורותך והלך בדרכי לבך ובמראי עיניך ודע כי על־כל־אלה יביאך האלהים במשפט׃ |
ShMCh BChVUr BYLDVThYK VYTYBK LBK BYMY BChVUrVThK VHLK BDUrKY LBK VBMUr'aY 'yYNYK VD'y KY 'yL-KL-'aLH YBY'aK H'aLHYM BMShPhT. | Rejoice, O young man, in thy childhood, And let thy heart gladden thee in days of thy youth, And walk in the ways of thy heart, And in the sight of thine eyes, And know thou that for all these, Doth God bring thee into judgment. | laetare ergo iuvenis in adulescentia tua et in bono sit cor tuum in diebus iuventutis tuae et ambula in viis cordis tui et in intuitu oculorum tuorum et scito quod pro omnibus his adducet te Deus in iudicium | |||||
| 10. | Therefore remove sorrow from your heart, and put away evil from your flesh; for youth and the dawn of life are vanity. | Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh: for childhood and youth are vanity. |
והסר כעס מלבך והעבר רעה מבשרך כי־הילדות והשחרות הבל׃ |
VHSUr K'yS MLBK VH'yBUr Ur'yH MBShUrK KY-HYLDVTh VHShChUrVTh HBL. | And turn aside anger from thy heart, And cause evil to pass from thy flesh, For the childhood and the age are vanity! | aufer iram a corde tuo et amove malitiam a carne tua adulescentia enim et voluptas vana sunt | |||||