Ecclesiastes 11 — Novel English Bible

1 Shalach (send) your lacham (bread) on the mayam (Waters); for you shall matzaa (find) it after many yamayam (days).

2 Nathan (give) a chalaq (portion) to shabai (seven), yes, even to shamanah (eight); for you don't yadai (know) what rai (evil) will be on the aratz (Earth/land).

3 If the ibayam (clouds) are malaa (full) of gasham (rain), they rawaq (empty) themselves on the aratz (Earth/land); and if a itz (tree) napal (fall / be cast down) toward the darawam (south), or toward the tzapawan (north), in the maqawam (place) where the itz (tree) napal (fall / be cast down), there shall it be.

4 He who shamar (keep/guard) the rawach (spirit / wind) won't zarai (sow); and he who raah (see / saw) the ibayam (clouds) won't qatzar (reap).

5 As you don't yadai (know) what is the darak (way) of the rawach (spirit / wind), nor how the itzamayam (bones) grow in the batan (womb) of her who is with malaa (child); even so you don't yadai (know) the maishah (work) of Alahayam () who ishah (make) all.

6 In the baqar (morning) zarai (sow) your zarai (seed), and in the irab (evening) don't yanach (withhold) your yad (hand); for you don't yadai (know) which will kashar (prosper), whether this or that, or whether they shanayam (two) will be equally tawab (good / proper function).

7 Truly the awar (light) is mathawaq (sweet), and a tawab (good / proper function) thing it is for the iyanayam (eyes) to raah (see / saw) the shamash (sun).

8 Yes, if a adam (man) chayah (lives) many shanayam (two), let him shamach (rejoice) in them all; but let him zakar (remember) the yamay (days) of chashak (darkness), for they shall be many. All that bawaa (bring) is habal (vanity).

9 Shamach (rejoice), bachawar (young) man, in your yaladawath (youth), and let your lab (heart) shamach (cheer) you in the yamay (days) of your bacharawath (youth), and halak (move) in the darakay (ways) of your lab (heart), and in the maraah (sight) of your maraay (eyes); but yadai (know) that for all these things Alahayam () will bawaa (come) you into mashapat (judgment).

10 Therefore sawar (remove) kais (sorrow) from your lab (heart), and ibar (pass over/through) away rai (evil) from your bashar (flesh); for shacharawath (youth) and the dawn of life are habal (vanity).