Ecclesiastes · Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
Ecclesiastes 11 Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
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Notes on this text (2)
- The Old Testament is translated from the Hebrew, not from the Septuagint read in the Orthodox Church; there are no deuterocanonical books.
- Katharevousa (learned 19th-century Greek), as in the CrossWire module (text from theword.gr).
Vamvas Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
RV1909 Reina-Valera 1909
WEB World English Bible (Classic, with Deuterocanon)
1 Ρίψον τον άρτον σου επί πρόσωπον των υδάτων· διότι εν ταις πολλαίς ημέραις θέλεις ευρεί αυτόν.
1 ECHA tu pan sobre las aguas; que después de muchos días lo hallarás.
1 Cast your bread on the waters; for you shall find it after many days.
2 Δος μερίδιον εις επτά και έτι εις οκτώ· διότι δεν εξεύρεις τι κακόν θέλει γείνει επί της γης.
2 Reparte á siete, y aun á ocho: porque no sabes el mal que vendrá sobre la tierra.
2 Give a portion to seven, yes, even to eight; for you don’t know what evil will be on the earth.
3 Εάν τα νέφη ήναι πλήρη, θέλουσι διαχύσει βροχήν επί την γήν· και εάν δένδρον πέση προς τον νότον ή προς τον βορράν, εν τω τόπω όπου πέση το δένδρον, εκεί θέλει μείνει.
3 Si las nubes fueren llenas de agua, sobre la tierra la derramarán: y si el árbol cayere al mediodía, ó al norte, al lugar que el árbol cayere, allí quedará.
3 If 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.
4 Όστις παρατηρεί τον άνεμον, δεν θέλει σπείρει· και όστις θεωρεί τα νέφη, δεν θέλει θερίσει.
4 El que al viento mira, no sembrará; y el que mira á las nubes, no segará.
4 He who observes the wind won’t sow; and he who regards the clouds won’t reap.
5 Καθώς δεν γνωρίζεις τις η οδός του ανέμου ουδέ τίνι τρόπω μορφόνονται τα οστά εν τη κοιλία της κυοφορούσης, ούτω δεν γνωρίζεις τα έργα του Θεού, όστις κάμνει τα πάντα.
5 Como tú no sabes cuál es el camino del viento, ó cómo [se crían] los huesos en el vientre de la mujer preñada, así ignoras la obra de Dios, el cual hace todas las cosas.
5 As 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.
6 Σπείρε τον σπόρον σου το πρωΐ, και την εσπέραν ας μη ησυχάση η χειρ σου· διότι δεν εξεύρεις τι θέλει ευδοκιμήσει, τούτο ή εκείνο, ή εάν και τα δύο ήναι επίσης αγαθά.
6 Por la mañana siembra tu simiente, y á la tarde no dejes reposar tu mano: porque tú no sabes cuál es lo mejor, si esto ó lo otro, ó si ambas á dos cosas son buenas.
6 In 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.
7 Γλυκύ βέβαια είναι το φως, και ευάρεστον εις τους οφθαλμούς να βλέπωσι τον ήλιον·
7 Suave ciertamente es la luz, y agradable á los ojos ver el sol:
7 Truly the light is sweet, and it is a pleasant thing for the eyes to see the sun.
8 αλλά και εάν ο άνθρωπος ζήση έτη πολλά και ευφραίνηται εν πάσι τούτοις, ας ενθυμηθή όμως τας ημέρας του σκότους, ότι θέλουσιν είσθαι πολλαί. Πάντα τα συμβαίνοντα ματαιότης.
8 Mas si el hombre viviere muchos años, y en todos ellos hubiere gozado alegría; si después trajere á la memoria los días de las tinieblas, que serán muchos, todo lo que [le] habrá pasado, [dirá haber sido] vanidad.
8 Yes, 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.
9 Ευφραίνου, νεανίσκε, εν τη νεότητί σου· και η καρδία σου ας σε χαροποιή εν ταις ημέραις της νεότητός σου· και περιπάτει κατά τας επιθυμίας της καρδίας σου και κατά την όρασιν των οφθαλμών σου· πλην έξευρε, ότι διά πάντα ταύτα ο Θεός θέλει σε φέρει εις κρίσιν.
9 Alégrate, mancebo, en tu mocedad, y tome placer tu corazón en los días de tu juventud; y anda en los caminos de tu corazón, y en la vista de tus ojos: mas sabe, que sobre todas estas cosas te traerá Dios á juicio.
9 Rejoice, 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.
10 Και αφαίρεσον τον θυμόν από της καρδίας σου, και απομάκρυνον την πονηρίαν από της σαρκός σου· διότι η νεότης και η παιδική ηλικία είναι ματαιότης.
10 Quita pues el enojo de tu corazón, y aparta el mal de tu carne: porque la mocedad y la juventud son vanidad.
10 Therefore remove sorrow from your heart, and put away evil from your flesh; for youth and the dawn of life are vanity.
Cross references (10)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Ecclesiastes 11:6; Proverbs 19:17; Matthew 10:42; Hebrews 6:10; 2 Corinthians 9:6
- 2 1 Timothy 6:18–19; Job 5:19; Psalm 112:9; Luke 6:30–35; Proverbs 6:16
- 3 Psalm 65:9–13; Isaiah 55:10–11; 1 John 3:17; Luke 13:7; 1 Kings 18:45
- 4 Proverbs 20:4; Proverbs 3:27; Proverbs 22:13
- 5 John 3:8; Psalm 92:5; Ecclesiastes 8:17; Romans 11:33; Isaiah 40:28
- 6 2 Corinthians 9:10–11; Isaiah 55:10; Haggai 1:6–11; Hosea 10:12; 2 Corinthians 9:6
- 7 Ecclesiastes 7:11; Matthew 5:45; Proverbs 15:30; Psalm 84:11; Job 33:30
- 8 John 12:35; Deuteronomy 32:29; Ecclesiastes 7:14; Joel 2:2; Job 14:10
- 9 Ecclesiastes 12:14; 1 John 2:15–16; Ecclesiastes 12:1; Ecclesiastes 3:17; Lamentations 3:27
- 10 2 Corinthians 7:1; 2 Timothy 2:22; Ecclesiastes 1:2; Ecclesiastes 1:14; Ecclesiastes 12:1
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What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
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