¹Mitte panem tuum super transeuntes aquas,Cast your bread over running waters. For,quia post tempora multa invenies illum.after a long time, you shall find it again.

¹Mitte panem tuum super transeuntes aquas,Cast your bread over running waters. For,quia post tempora multa invenies illum.after a long time, you shall find it again.

²Da partem septem necnonGive a portion to seven,et octo,and indeed even to eight.quia ignoras quid futurum sit mali super terram.For you do not know what evil may be upon the earth in the future.

²Da partem septem necnonGive a portion to seven,et octo,and indeed even to eight.quia ignoras quid futurum sit mali super terram.For you do not know what evil may be upon the earth in the future.

³Si repletæ fuerint nubes,If the clouds have been filled,imbrem super terram effundent.they will pour forth rain upon the earth.Si ceciderit lignum ad austrumIf a tree falls to the south,aut ad aquilonem,or to the north,in quocumque loco ceciderit,or to whatever direction it may fall,ibi erit.there it shall remain.

³Si repletæ fuerint nubes,If the clouds have been filled,imbrem super terram effundent.they will pour forth rain upon the earth.Si ceciderit lignum ad austrumIf a tree falls to the south,aut ad aquilonem,or to the north,in quocumque loco ceciderit,or to whatever direction it may fall,ibi erit.there it shall remain.

⁴Qui observat ventum non seminat;Whoever heeds the wind will not sow.et qui considerat nubes numquam metet.And whoever considers the clouds will never reap.

⁴Qui observat ventum non seminat;Whoever heeds the wind will not sow.et qui considerat nubes numquam metet.And whoever considers the clouds will never reap.

⁵Quomodo ignoras quæ sit via spiritus,In the same manner that you do not know the way of the spirit,et qua ratione compingantur ossa in ventre prægnantis,nor the way that bones are joined together in the womb of a pregnant woman,sic nescis opera Dei,so you do not know the works of God,qui fabricator est omnium.who is the Maker of all.

⁵Quomodo ignoras quæ sit via spiritus,In the same manner that you do not know the way of the spirit,et qua ratione compingantur ossa in ventre prægnantis,nor the way that bones are joined together in the womb of a pregnant woman,sic nescis opera Dei,so you do not know the works of God,qui fabricator est omnium.who is the Maker of all.

⁶Mane semina semen tuum,In the morning, sow your seed,et vespere ne cesset manus tua:and in the evening, do not let your hand cease.quia nescis quid magis oriatur,For you do not know which of these may rise up,hoc aut illud;the one or the other.et si utrumque simul,But if both rise up together,melius erit.so much the better.

⁶Mane semina semen tuum,In the morning, sow your seed,et vespere ne cesset manus tua:and in the evening, do not let your hand cease.quia nescis quid magis oriatur,For you do not know which of these may rise up,hoc aut illud;the one or the other.et si utrumque simul,But if both rise up together,melius erit.so much the better.

⁷Dulce lumen,Light is pleasant,et delectabile est oculis videre solem.and it is delightful for the eyes to see the sun.

⁷Dulce lumen,Light is pleasant,et delectabile est oculis videre solem.and it is delightful for the eyes to see the sun.

⁸Si annis multis vixerit homo,If a man lives for many years,et in his omnibus lætatus fuerit,and if he has rejoiced in all of these,meminisse debet tenebrosi temporis,he must remember the many days of the dark times,et dierum multorum,which,qui cum venerint,when they will have arrived,vanitatis arguentur præterita.will accuse the past of vanity.

⁸Si annis multis vixerit homo,If a man lives for many years,et in his omnibus lætatus fuerit,and if he has rejoiced in all of these,meminisse debet tenebrosi temporis,he must remember the many days of the dark times,et dierum multorum,which,qui cum venerint,when they will have arrived,vanitatis arguentur præterita.will accuse the past of vanity.

⁹Lætare ergo,So then, rejoice,juvenis,O young man,in adolescentia tua, et in bono sit cor tuum in diebus juventutis tuæ:in your youth, and let your heart remain in what is good during the days of your youth.et ambula in viis cordis tui,And walk in the ways of your heart,et in intuitu oculorum tuorum,and with the perception of your eyes.et scito quod pro omnibus his adducet te Deus in judicium.And know that, concerning all these things, God will bring you to judgment.

⁹Lætare ergo,So then, rejoice,juvenis,O young man,in adolescentia tua, et in bono sit cor tuum in diebus juventutis tuæ:in your youth, and let your heart remain in what is good during the days of your youth.et ambula in viis cordis tui,And walk in the ways of your heart,et in intuitu oculorum tuorum,and with the perception of your eyes.et scito quod pro omnibus his adducet te Deus in judicium.And know that, concerning all these things, God will bring you to judgment.

¹⁰Aufer iram a corde tuo,Remove anger from your heart,et amove malitiam a carne tua:and set aside evil from your flesh.adolescentia enim et voluptas vana sunt.For youth and pleasure are empty.

¹⁰Aufer iram a corde tuo,Remove anger from your heart,et amove malitiam a carne tua:and set aside evil from your flesh.adolescentia enim et voluptas vana sunt.For youth and pleasure are empty.