What a Wise Person Does
1 Invest your money in foreign trade, and one of these days you will make a profit. 2 Put your investments in several places—many places even—because you never know what kind of bad luck you are going to have in this world.
3 No matter which direction a tree falls, it will lie where it fell. When the clouds are full, it rains. 4 If you wait until the wind and the weather are just right, you will never plant anything and never harvest anything. 5 God made everything, and you can no more understand what he does than you understand how new life begins in the womb of a pregnant woman. 6 Do your planting in the morning and in the evening, too. You never know whether it will all grow well or whether one planting will do better than the other.
7 It is good to be able to enjoy the pleasant light of day. 8 Be grateful for every year you live. No matter how long you live, remember that you will be dead much longer. There is nothing at all to look forward to.
Advice to Young People
9 Young people, enjoy your youth. Be happy while you are still young. Do what you want to do, and follow your heart's desire. But remember that God is going to judge you for whatever you do.
10 Don't let anything worry you or cause you pain. You aren't going to be young very long.
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.
