20ALSO IN MIND YOUR A KING MAY NOT YOU CURSE AND IN [THE] CHAMBERS OF LYING DOWN YOUR MAY NOT YOU CURSE A RICH [PERSON] FOR <THE> BIRD OF THE HEAVENS IT WILL CARRY <OBJ.> THE SOUND AND AN OWNER OF WINGS IT WILL TELL [THE] MATTER 20Do not curse the king even in your thoughts, or curse the rich even in your bedroom, for a bird of the air may carry your words, and a winged creature may report your speech.
1SEND BREAD YOUR ON [THE] SURFACE OF THE WATERS FOR IN [THE] ABUNDANCE OF <THE> DAYS YOU WILL FIND IT Cast Your Bread upon the Waters 1Cast your bread upon the waters, for after many days you will find it again.
2GIVE A PORTION TO SEVEN AND ALSO TO EIGHT FOR NOT YOU KNOW WHAT? WILL IT BE CALAMITY ON THE EARTH 2Divide your portion among seven, or even eight, for you do not know what disaster may befall the land.
3IF THEY WILL BE FILLED THE CLOUDS RAIN ON THE EARTH THEY WILL POUR [IT] OUT AND WHETHER IT FALLS A TREE AT THE SOUTH AND OR AT THE NORTH [THE] PLACE WHERE IT FALLS THE TREE THERE IT WILL BE 3If the clouds are full, they will pour out rain upon the earth; whether a tree falls to the south or to the north, in the place where it falls, there it will lie.
4[ONE WHO] WATCHES FOR A WIND NOT HE WILL SOW AND [ONE WHO] LOOKS ON THE CLOUDS NOT HE WILL REAP 4He who watches the wind will fail to sow, and he who observes the clouds will fail to reap.
5JUST AS NOT YOU [ARE] KNOWING WHAT? [IS] [THE] WAY OF THE WIND LIKE BONES IN [THE] WOMB OF THE FULL [WOMAN] THUS NOT YOU KNOW <OBJ.> [THE] WORK OF <THE> GOD WHO HE MAKES <OBJ.> <THE> EVERYTHING 5As you do not know the path of the wind, or how the bones are formed*NoteCloseOr As you do not know the way the spirit comes to the bones in a mother’s womb, so you cannot understand the work of God, the Maker of all things.
6IN THE MORNING SOW <OBJ.> SEED YOUR AND TO THE EVENING MAY NOT YOU GIVE REST TO HAND YOUR FOR NOT YOU [ARE] KNOWING WHERE? THIS WILL IT SUCCEED ¿ THIS OR? THIS AND OR? [WILL] BOTH OF THEM AS ONE [BE] GOOD 6Sow your seed in the morning, and do not rest your hands in the evening, for you do not know which will succeed, whether this or that, or if both will equally prosper.
7AND [IS] SWEET THE LIGHT AND [IS] GOOD FOR THE EYES TO SEE <OBJ.> THE SUN Enjoy Your Years 7Light is sweet, and it pleases the eyes to see the sun.
8THAT EXCEPT YEARS [SURELY] A MULTITUDE <HE> WILL LIVE <THE> PERSON IN ALL OF THEM LET HIM BE TAKE PLEASURE AND HE MAY REMEMBER <OBJ.> [THE] DAYS OF <THE> DARKNESS FOR [SURELY] MANY <THEY> WILL BE ALL THAT <IT> HAS COME [IS] FUTILITY 8So if a man lives many years, let him rejoice in them all. But let him remember the days of darkness, for they will be many. Everything to come is futile.
9REJOICE O YOUNG MAN IN YOUTH YOUR AND LET IT MAKE GOOD YOU HEART YOUR IN [THE] DAYS OF YOUTH<S> YOUR AND WALK IN [THE] WAYS OF HEART YOUR AND IN [THE] SIGHT OF EYES YOUR AND KNOW THAT ON ALL THESE [THINGS] HE WILL BRING YOU <THE> GOD IN <THE> JUDGMENT 9Rejoice, O young man, while you are young, and let your heart be glad in the days of your youth. 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 to judgment.
10AND REMOVE VEXATION FROM HEART YOUR AND PUT AWAY EVIL FROM FLESH YOUR FOR <THE> YOUTH AND THE BLACK HAIR [ARE] FUTILITY 10So banish sorrow from your heart, and cast off pain from your body, for youth and vigor are fleeting.*NoteCloseOr futile