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Prédikarinn 11
Icelandic Bible
Prédikarinn 11
Icelandic Bible
11 Varpa þú brauði þínu út á vatnið, því þegar margir dagar eru um liðnir, munt þú finna það aftur.
2 Skiptu hlutanum sundur í sjö eða jafnvel átta, því að þú veist ekki, hvaða ógæfa muni koma yfir landið.
3 Þegar skýin eru orðin full af vatni, hella þau regni yfir jörðina. Og þegar tré fellur til suðurs eða norðurs _ á þeim stað, þar sem tréð fellur, þar liggur það kyrrt.
4 Sá sem sífellt gáir að vindinum, sáir ekki, og sá sem sífellt horfir á skýin, uppsker ekki.
5 Eins og þú veist ekki, hvaða veg vindurinn fer og hvernig beinin myndast í móðurkviði þungaðrar konu, eins þekkir þú heldur ekki verk Guðs, sem allt gjörir.
6 Sá sæði þínu að morgni og lát hendur þínar eigi hvílast að kveldi, því að þú veist ekki, hvað muni heppnast, þetta eða hitt, eða hvort tveggja verði gott.
7 Indælt er ljósið, og ljúft er fyrir augun að horfa á sólina.
8 Því lifi maðurinn mörg ár, þá á hann að vera glaður öll þau ár og minnast þess, að dagar myrkursins verða margir. Allt sem á eftir kemur er hégómi.
9 Gleð þig, ungi maður, í æsku þinni, og lát liggja vel á þér unglingsár þín, og breyt þú eins og hjartað leiðir þig og eins og augun girnast, en vit, að fyrir allt þetta leiðir Guð þig fyrir dóm.
10 Og hrind gremju burt frá hjarta þínu og lát eigi böl koma nærri líkama þínum, því að æska og morgunroði lífsins eru hverful.
Ecclesiastes 11
New International Version
Ecclesiastes 11
New International Version
Invest in Many Ventures
11 Ship(A) your grain across the sea;
after many days you may receive a return.(B)
2 Invest in seven ventures, yes, in eight;
you do not know what disaster may come upon the land.
3 If clouds are full of water,
they pour rain on the earth.
Whether a tree falls to the south or to the north,
in the place where it falls, there it will lie.
4 Whoever watches the wind will not plant;
whoever looks at the clouds will not reap.
5 As you do not know the path of the wind,(C)
or how the body is formed[a] in a mother’s womb,(D)
so you cannot understand the work of God,
the Maker of all things.
6 Sow your seed in the morning,
and at evening let your hands not be idle,(E)
for you do not know which will succeed,
whether this or that,
or whether both will do equally well.
Remember Your Creator While Young
7 Light is sweet,
and it pleases the eyes to see the sun.(F)
8 However many years anyone may live,
let them enjoy them all.
But let them remember(G) the days of darkness,
for there will be many.
Everything to come is meaningless.
9 You who are young, be happy while you are young,
and let your heart give you joy in the days of your youth.
Follow the ways of your heart
and whatever your eyes see,
but know that for all these things
God will bring you into judgment.(H)
10 So then, banish anxiety(I) from your heart
and cast off the troubles of your body,
for youth and vigor are meaningless.(J)
Footnotes
- Ecclesiastes 11:5 Or know how life (or the spirit) / enters the body being formed
Ecclesiastes 11
King James Version
Ecclesiastes 11
King James Version
11 Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days.
2 Give a portion to seven, and also to eight; for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth.
3 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.
4 He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap.
5 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.
6 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.
7 Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun:
8 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.
9 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.
10 Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh: for childhood and youth are vanity.
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