Ecclesiastes 11

shallakh lakhmekha al-pene hammayim ki-verov hayyamim timtsa'ennu

Send your bread forth upon the waters; for after many days you will find it.

ten-kheleq leshivah vegam lishmonah ki lo teda mah-yyihyeh ra'ah al-ha'arets

Distribute portions to seven or even to eight, for you cannot know what misfortune may occur on earth.

im-yimmale'u he'avim geshem al-ha'arets yariqu ve'im-yippol ets baddarom ve'im batsafon meqom sheyyippol ha'ets sham yehu

If the clouds are filled, they will pour down rain on the earth; and if a tree falls to the south or to the north, the tree will stay where it falls.

shomer ruakh lo yizra vero'eh ve'avim lo yiqtsor

Whoever watches the wind will never sow; and whoever observes the clouds will never reap.

ka'asher enekha yodea mah-dderekh haruakh ka'atsamim beveten hammele'ah kakhah lo teda et-ma'aseh ha'elohim asher ya'aseh et-hakkol

Just as you do not know how the lifebreath passes into the limbs within the womb of the pregnant woman, so you cannot foresee the actions of God, who causes all things to happen.

babboqer zera et-zarekha vela'erev al-tannakh yadekha ki enekha yodea e zeh yikhshar hazeh o-zeh ve'im-shenehem ke'ekhad tovim

Sow your seed in the morning, and don’t hold back your hand in the evening, since you don’t know which is going to succeed, the one or the other, or if both are equally good.

umatoq ha'or vetov la'enayim lirot et-hashamesh

How sweet is the light, what a delight for the eyes to behold the sun!

ki im-shanim harbeh yikhyeh ha'adam bekhullam yismakh veyizkor et-yeme hakhoshekh ki-harbeh yihyu kol-shebba havel

Even someone who lives many years should rejoice during all of them, remembering how many the days of darkness are going to be. The only future is nothingness!

semakh bakhur beyaldutekha vitivekha libbekha bime vekhurotekha vehallekh bedarkhe libbekha uvemare enekha veda ki al-kol-elleh yevi'akha ha'elohim bammishpat

O youth, enjoy yourself while you are young! Let your heart lead you to enjoyment in the days of your youth. Follow the desires of your heart and the glances of your eyes—but know well that God will call you to account for all such things—

vehaser ka'as millibbekha veha'aver ra'ah mibbesarekha ki-hayyaldut vehashakharut havel

and banish care from your mind, and pluck sorrow out of your flesh! For youth and black hair are fleeting.