Muparidzi 11

¹Kandira zvokudya zvako pamusoro pemvura, nokuti uchazviwanazve mazuva mazhinji apfuura.Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days.

²Goverana navanomwe, kunyange navaserewo, nokuti hauzivi zvakaipa zvakadini zvingava panyika.Give a portion to seven, and also to eight; for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth.

³Kana makore azara nemvura, anoidururira panyika; uye kana muti ukawira pasi kurutivi rwezasi, kana rwokumusoro, ipo panowira muti ndipo pauchavata.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.

⁴Anogara achicherekedza mhepo haangakushi; uye anotarira makore, haangacheki.He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap.

⁵Sezvausingazivi mafambiro wemhepo, kana makuriro amapfupa mudumbu romukadzi ane mimba, saizvozvowo hauzivi basa raMwari, anoita zvose.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.

⁶Kusha mbeu dzako mangwanani, usabvisa ruoko rwako madekwana; no kuti hauzivi kuti chichakura ndechipi, kana ichi kana icho, kana zvimwe zviviri zvose zvichafanana pakunaka.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.

⁷Zvirokwazvo, chiedza chakanaka, uye meso anofara nokuona zuva.Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun:

⁸Zvirokwazvo, kana munhu akararama makore mazhinji, ngaafarire ose; asi ngaarangarire mazuva erima, kuti achava mazhinji; zvose zvinozouya hazvina maturo.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.

⁹Fara hako, iwe jaya, pauduku hwako, moyo wako ngaukufadze pamazuva ohujaya hwako; famba nenzira dzomoyo wako, napakuona kwameso ako; asi uzive kuti Mwari uchazokutonga pamusoro paizvozvo zvose.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.

¹⁰Dzinga zvinonetsa pamoyo pako, ubvise zvakaipa panyama yako, nokuti uduku noujaya hazvinamaturo.Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh: for childhood and youth are vanity.