The Latin Vulgate VUL
New Century Version NCV
1 mitte panem tuum super transeuntes aquas quia post multa tempora invenies illum
1
Invest what you have, because after a while you will get a return.
2 da partem septem necnon et octo quia ignoras quid futurum sit mali super terram
2
Invest what you have in several different businesses, because you don't know what disasters might happen.
3 si repletae fuerint nubes imbrem super terram effundent si ceciderit lignum ad austrum aut ad aquilonem in quocumque loco ceciderit ibi erit
3
If clouds are full of rain, they will shower on the earth. A tree can fall to the north or south, but it will stay where it falls.
4 qui observat ventum non seminat et qui considerat nubes numquam metet
4
Those who wait for perfect weather will never plant seeds; those who look at every cloud will never harvest crops.
5 quomodo ignoras quae sit via spiritus et qua ratione conpingantur ossa in ventre praegnatis sic nescis opera Dei qui fabricator est omnium
5
You don't know where the wind will blow, and you don't know how a baby grows inside the mother. In the same way, you don't know what God is doing, or how he created everything.
6 mane semina sementem tuam et vespere ne cesset manus tua quia nescis quid magis oriatur hoc an illud et si utrumque simul melius erit
6
Plant early in the morning, and work until evening, because you don't know if this or that will succeed. They might both do well.
7 dulce lumen et delectabile est oculis videre solem
7
Sunshine is sweet; it is good to see the light of day.
8 si annis multis vixerit homo et in omnibus his laetatus fuerit meminisse debet tenebrosi temporis et dierum multorum qui cum venerint vanitatis arguentur praeterita
8
People ought to enjoy every day of their lives, no matter how long they live. But they should also remember this: You will be dead a long time. Everything that happens then is useless.
9 laetare ergo iuvenis in adulescentia tua et in bono sit cor tuum in diebus iuventutis tuae et ambula in viis cordis tui et in intuitu oculorum tuorum et scito quod pro omnibus his adducet te Deus in iudicium
9
Young people, enjoy yourselves while you are young; be happy while you are young. Do whatever your heart desires, whatever you want to do. for everything you do.
10 aufer iram a corde tuo et amove malitiam a carne tua adulescentia enim et voluptas vana sunt
10
Don't worry, and forget the troubles of your body, because youth and childhood are useless.
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Scripture taken from the New Century Version. Copyright © 1987, 1988, 1991 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved.