CHAPTER 11
1Send out your bread upon the waters, for in the long course of time you will find it. 2Give a share to seven and even to eight, for you know not what evil will be on earth. 3If the clouds fill, they will empty out rain on the earth. And if a tree falls in the south or the north, the place where the tree falls, there it will be. 4He who watches the wind will not plant, and who gazes on clouds will not harvest. 5As you know not the path of the life-breath into the limbs within the full womb, so you know not the deeds of God, Who does everything. 6In the morning plant your seed and at evening let your hand not rest, for you know not which will be fit, this one or that, or whether both be equally good. 7And light is sweet, and it is good for the eyes to see the sun. 8Should a man live many years, let him rejoice in all of them, and let him recall the days of darkness, for they will be many. Whatever comes is mere breath. 9Rejoice, young man, in your youth, and let your heart be merry in the days of your prime, and go about in the ways of your heart and what your eyes see. But know that for all these God will bring you to judgment. 10And remove worry from your heart, and take evil away from your flesh, for youth and the time of vigor are mere breath.