It Pays To Work Hard
1 Be generous, and someday
you will be rewarded.
2 Share what you have
with seven or eight others,
because you never know
when disaster may strike.
3 Rain clouds always bring rain;
trees always stay
wherever they fall.
4 If you worry about the weather
and don't plant seeds,
you won't harvest a crop.
5 No one can explain how a baby breathes before it is born. So how can anyone explain what God does? After all, God created everything.
6 Plant your seeds early in the morning and keep working in the field until dark. Who knows? Your work might pay off, and your seeds might produce.
Youth and Old Age
7 Nothing on earth is more beautiful than the morning sun. 8 Even if you have a very long life, you should try to enjoy each day, because darkness will come and will last a long time. Nothing makes sense.
9 Be cheerful and enjoy life while you are young! Do what you want and find pleasure in what you see. But don't forget that God will judge you for everything you do.
10 Rid yourself of all worry and pain, because the wonderful moments of youth quickly disappear.
Iilonga yomunawino
1 Umbila oshikwiila shoye kombanda yomeya, oshoka nge pwa piti omasiku ogendji, oto ke shi monununa. 2 Oshitopolwa shi pa ooheyali, eeno, oohetatu wo, oshoka ino tseya oshiponga oshini tashi ka kala kombanda yevi.
3 Iikogo ngele oyu udha, omvula otayi lokele kevi. Omuti ngele otagu gwile lwokuumbugantu nenge lwokuumbangalantu, otagu lala pehala tuu mpoka gwa gwile. 4 Oongoka ha tala ombepo, ita kunu; naangoka ha tala iikogo, ita teya. 5 Ngaashi ino tseya ondjila yombepo, nenge nkene omasipa taga tungwa mela lyomusimba, osho wo ino tseya iilonga yaKalunga, ngoka a longo ayihe. 6 Kuna oombuto dhoye ongula, ngoye ino vululukitha wo iikaha yoye komatango, oshoka ino tseya, oyini po tayi ka mena, oondjika nenge oondjiyaka, nenge adhihe mbali tadhi ka mena.
7 Uuyelele owo uutoye, nosho opalela omeho okutala etango. 8 Oshoka omuntu nge ta kala e na omwenyo omule omimvo odhindji, oku na okwiinyanyudha mwaadhihe e ta dhimbulukwa omasiku gomilema, kutya otaga ka kala ogendji. Ayihe mbyoka tayi ya, oyowala, owaleelela.
9 Mugundjuka ngoye, nyanyukwa muugundjuka woye, nou nyanyudhe omutima gwoye momathimbo guugundjuka woye. Enda momapola gokomutima gwoye nomokuligamena kwomeho goye, ihe kala u shi shi kutya Kalunga ote ke ku etela ayihe mbika mepangulo.
10 Tidha mo oshizimbi momutima gwoye nou kaleke uuwehame kokule nolutu lwoye, oshoka uugundjuka osho owala osho owala, owaleelela.
