Ecclesiastes

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

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

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

4He who observes the wind won’t sow;and he who regards the clouds won’t reap.

5As 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.

6In 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.

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

8Yes, 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.

9Rejoice, 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 judgement.

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

1về lâu về dài, bạn sẽ tìm lại được.

2tai hoạ nào sẽ xảy ra trên mặt đất.

3ngả bên nào rồi thì nằm luôn bên đó.

4người cứ nhìn mây chẳng bao giờ gặt.

5công trình của Thiên Chúa, Đấng tạo dựng muôn loài.

6biết đâu hai lần đều tốt như nhau cả !

7hạnh phúc thay cặp mắt được thấy ánh mặt trời !

8và những gì sẽ đến đều là phù vân cả.

9Thiên Chúa sẽ gọi bạn ra xét xử.

10vì tuổi trẻ đầu xanh đều là phù vân cả.