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11:1

將你的糧食撒在水面上吧，日久你就有所得。

Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days.

11:2

將業分分給七人或八人（或譯︰分作七份或八份）吧﹔因為你不知道將來會有什么災禍臨到地上。

Give a portion to seven, and also to eight; for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth.

11:3

云若滿了水氣，雨就傾瀉在地上﹔木棍（占卜用的。希伯來文作『樹』字）若倒下來，它或是向南倒，或是向北倒︰木棍（占卜用的。希伯來文作『樹』字）倒在什么地方，就老在什么地方。

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.

11:4

老看風勢的、永不撒種﹔老望云色的、永不收割。

He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap.

11:5

你怎么不知道風（或譯︰靈）吹的路如何，和骨頭在孕婦腹中怎樣長成，你也照樣不知道那行萬事（或譯︰那造萬物）的上帝之作為。

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.

11:6

早晨你要撒種，到晚上也不要歇手﹔因為你不知道哪一種能有好成果，是這種或那種，或是兩種都一樣好。

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.

11:7

光乃是美妙的﹔眼見日光就感到愉快。

Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun:

11:8

人若活了許多年日，讓他盡在許多年日中快樂吧﹔不過他要記得、將來會有黑暗的日子，而且這種日子將會很多。將要來的都是虛空。

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.

11:9

青年人哪，你在幼年時快樂吧﹔在青年日子使你的心高興吧﹔按你的心所愿行的而行，按你的眼所愛看的而看吧。不過你要知道、為了這一切、上帝總要使你受審判。

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.

11:10

你要從心中除掉愁苦﹔從肉體上除去悲慘的事﹔因為年幼和青春都是虛空。

Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh: for childhood and youth are vanity.