1Cast your bread on the waters; for you shall find it after many days.
1 Ma ni ŋwaari say hari boŋ, Zama ni ga ye ka du a jirbi boobo banda.
2Give a portion to seven, yes, even to eight; for you don’t know what evil will be on the earth.
2 Ma ni baa fay ka zaban nangu iyye, wala baa ahakku, Zama ni si bay masiiba kaŋ ga te beena cire.
3If the clouds are full of rain, they empty themselves on the earth; and if a tree falls toward the south, or toward the north, in the place where the tree falls, there shall it be.
3 Da burey to da hari, Kal i ma hari gusam ndunnya boŋ. Tuuri-nya mo, d'a kaŋ dandi kambe haray, Wala mo azawa kambe haray, Naŋ kaŋ haray tuuri-nyaŋo kaŋ din, noodin no a ga goro.
4He who observes the wind won’t sow; and he who regards the clouds won’t reap.
4 Boro kaŋ ga laakal da haw si dum'ize say. Boro kaŋ ga burey lasaabu mo si fari wi.
5As you don’t know what is the way of the wind, nor how the bones grow in the womb of her who is with child; even so you don’t know the work of God who does all.
5 Mate kaŋ cine ni si haw fondo bay, Wala mo ni si bay mate kaŋ biriyey go ga beeri nd'a gaa-hinka-koy gunde ra, Yaadin mo no ni si Irikoy, hay kulu Takakwa, goyo bay.
6In the morning sow your seed, and in the evening don’t withhold your hand; for you don’t know which will prosper, whether this or that, or whether they both will be equally good.
6 Susubay, ni ma ni dum'izey say, Wiciri mo ni kambey ma si yay. Zama ni si bay wo kaŋ no ga te albarka, Hala woone wala yongo wane, Wala i kulu no ga te ihanno care banda.
7Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to see the sun.
7 Haciika kaari ga kaan, Hay kaano mo no moy se i ma di wayna.
8Yes, if a man lives many years, let him rejoice in them all; but let him remember the days of darkness, for they shall be many. All that comes is vanity.
8 Oho, baa boro ga te jiiri boobo, A ma maa i kulu kaani, Amma a ma fongu nda kubay jirbey, zama i ga baa. Hay kulu kaŋ ga kaa mo, yaamo no.
9Rejoice, young man, in your youth, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth, and walk in the ways of your heart, and in the sight of your eyes; but know that for all these things God will bring you into judgment.
10Therefore remove sorrow from your heart, and put away evil from your flesh; for youth and the dawn of life are vanity.