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| [1]Lay thy bread vpon wette faces, and so shalt thou finde it after many dayes |
[1]Sende thi breed on watris passynge forth, for aftir many tymes thou schalt fynde it. |
| [2]Geue part seue days, & also vpon the eyght: for thou knowest not what miserie shall come vpon earth |
[2]Yyue thou partis seuene, and also eiyte; for thou woost not, what yuel schal come on erthe. |
| [3]When the cloudes are full, they powre out raine vpon the earth. And when the tree falleth, whether it be towarde the south or north, in what place soeuer it fall, there it lieth |
[3]If cloudis ben filled, tho schulen schede out reyn on the erthe; if a tre fallith doun to the south, ether to the north, in what euer place it fallith doun, there it schal be. |
| [4]He that regardeth the winde, shall not sowe: and he that hath respect vnto the cloudes, shall not reape |
[4]He that aspieth the wynd, sowith not; and he that biholdith the cloudis, schal neuere repe. |
| [5]Nowe like as thou knowest not the way of the spirite, nor howe the bones do growe in the wombe of her that is with chylde: Euen so thou knowest not the workes of God, which is the workmaster of all |
[5]As thou knowist not, which is the weye of the spirit, and bi what resoun boonys ben ioyned togidere in the wombe of a womman with childe, so thou knowist not the werkis of God, which is makere of alle thingis. |
| [6]Ceasse not thou therefore with thy handes to sowe thy seede, whether it be in the morning or in the euening: for thou knowest not whether this or that shall prosper, and if they both take, it is the better |
[6]Eerli sowe thi seed, and thin hond ceesse not in the euentid; for thou woost not, what schal come forth more, this ethir that; and if euer eithir cometh forth togidere, it schal be the betere. |
| [7]The light is sweete, and a pleasaunt thing is it for the eyes to looke vpon the sunne |
[7]The liyt is sweet, and delitable to the iyen to se the sunne. |
| [8]If a man lyue many yeres, and be glad in them all, let hym remember the dayes of darknesse whiche shalbe manye, and that foloweth: Al thinges shalbe but vanitie |
[8]If a man lyueth many yeeris, and is glad in alle these, he owith to haue mynde of derk tyme, and of many daies; and whanne tho schulen come, thingis passid schulen be repreued of vanyte. |
| [9]Be glad then (O thou young man) in thy youth, and let thy heart be merie in thy young dayes, folowe the wayes of thyne owne heart, and the lust of thyne eyes, but be thou sure that God shall bryng thee into iudgement for all these thinges |
[9]Therfor, thou yonge man, be glad in thi yongthe, and thin herte be in good in the daies of thi yongthe, and go thou in the weies of thin herte, and in the biholdyng of thin iyen; and wite thou, that for alle these thingis God shal brynge thee in to doom. |
| [10]Put away displeasure out of thine heart, and remoue euill from thy body: for chyldhood and youth is but vanitie |
[10]Do thou awei ire fro thin herte, and remoue thou malice fro thi fleisch; for whi yongthe and lust ben veyne thingis. |