Translation:Mishnah/Seder Zeraim/Tractate Berakhot/Chapter 9/3/Translation

When one builds a new house, and acquires new vessels, he says,

“Blessed is he that kept us alive (and sustained us and brought us to this time).”

Bless upon the bad which contains good, and upon the good which contains bad.

He who prays over what has already happened, this prayer is in vain.

How? If his wife was pregnant and he said,

“May it be your will that my wife give birth to a boy."

This prayer is in vain.

If he came on the way and heard the sound of screaming in the city, and he said,

“May it be your will that these are not the children of my house.”

This is a prayer in vain.