Propovjednik 5
1 Kad odlaziš u Božji dom, pazi na korake svoje. Priđi da mogneš čuti - žrtva je valjanija nego prinos luđaka, jer oni i ne znaju da čine zlo.
Keep your foot, whenever you go to the house of God; and [when you are] near to hear, let your sacrifice [be] better than the gift of fools: for they know not that they are doing evil.
2 Ne nagli ustima svojim i ne žuri se s riječima pred Bogom, jer je Bog na nebu, a ti si na zemlji; zato štedi svoje riječi.
Be not hasty with your mouth, and let not your heart be swift to utter anything before God; for God is in heaven above, and you upon earth: therefore let your words be few.
3 San dolazi od mnogih briga, a lud govor od mnoštva riječi.
For through the multitude of trial a dream comes; and a fool's voice is with a multitude of words.
4 Kad zavjetuješ štogod Bogu, odmah to izvrši, jer njemu nisu mili bezumnici. Zato ispuni svaki svoj zavjet.
Whenever you shall vow a vow to God, defer not to pay it; for [he has] no pleasure in fools: pay you therefore whatever you shall have vowed.
5 Bolje je ne zavjetovati, nego zavjetovati a ne izvršiti zavjeta.
[It is] better that you should not vow, than that you should vow and not pay.
6 Ne daj ustima svojim da te navode na grijeh i ne reci kasnije pred anđelom da je bilo nehotice. Zašto pružati Bogu priliku da se srdi na riječ tvoju i uništi djelo tvojih ruku?
Suffer not your mouth to lead your flesh to sin; and say not in the presence of God, It was an error: lest God be angry at your voice, and destroy the works of your hands.
7 Koliko sanja, toliko i ispraznosti; mnogo riječi - isprazna tlapnja. Zato boj se Boga.
For [there is evil] in a multitude of dreams and vanities and many words: but fear you God.
8 Ako vidiš gdje tlače siromaha i gaze pravo i pravicu u zemlji, ne čudi se tomu, jer nad visokim straži viši, a nad njim najviši.
If you should see the oppression of the poor, and the wresting of judgement and of justice in the land, wonder not at the matter: for [there is] a high one to watch over him that is high, and high ones over them.
9 Korist zemlje je nada sve; i kralj ovisi o zemljištu.
Also the abundance of the earth is for every one: the king [is dependent on] the tilled field.
10 Tko novce ljubi, nikad ih dosta nema; tko bogatstvo ljubi, nikad mu dosta probitka. I to je ispraznost.
He that loves silver shall not be satisfied with silver: and who has loved gain, in the abundance thereof? this is also vanity.
11 Gdje je mnogo bogatstva, mnogo je i gotovana, pa kakva je korist od toga gospodaru, osim što ga očima gleda?
In the multitude of good they are increased that eat it: and what virtue has the owner, but the right of beholding [it] with his eyes?
12 Sladak je dan radiši, jeo malo ili mnogo, dok bogatstvo ne da bogatašu zaspati.
The sleep of a servant is sweet, whether he eat little or much: but to one who is satiated with wealth, there is none that suffers him to sleep.
13 I vidjeh teško zlo pod suncem: skupljeno blago što je na propast svojemu vlasniku.
There is an infirmity which I have seen under the sun, [namely], wealth kept for its owner to his hurt.
14 Jer zlom nezgodom propadne takvo bogatstvo te sinu što mu se rodi ne ostane ništa.
And that wealth shall perish in an evil trouble: and [the man] begets a son, and there is nothing in his hand.
15 Gol je izašao iz utrobe majke svoje i tako će gol i otići kakav je i došao; ništa nema od svega svojeg truda da ponese.
As he came forth naked from his mother's womb, he shall return back as he came, and he shall receive nothing for his labour, that it should go [with him] in his hand.
16 I to je teško zlo što tako odlazi kako je i došao; pa kakva mu je korist što se u vjetar mučio.
And this is also an evil infirmity: for as he came, so also shall he return: and what is his gain, for which he vainly labours?
17 Sve svoje dane živi u tami, nevolji, brizi, bolesti i srdžbi.
Yes, all his days are in darkness, and in mourning, and much sorrow, and infirmity, and wrath.
18 Ovo, stoga, zaključujem: prava je sreća čovjeku jesti i piti i biti zadovoljan sa svim svojim trudom kojim se muči pod suncem za kratka vijeka koji mu je dao Bog, jer takva mu je sudbina dosuđena.
Behold, I have seen good, that it is a fine thing [for a man] to eat and to drink, and to see good in all his labour in which he may labour under the sun, [all] the number of the days of his life which God has given to him: for it is his portion.
19 Pa ako je čovjeku Bog dao bogatstvo i imanje da ih uživa i bude zadovoljan svojim djelom - i to je dar od Boga.
Yes, and [as for] every man to whom God has given wealth and possessions, and has given him power to eat thereof, and to receive his portion, and to rejoice in his labour; this is the gift of God.
20 Jer tada barem ne misli mnogo na dane svog života, kad mu Bog daje da mu se srce veseli.
For he shall not much remember the days of his life; for God troubles him in the mirth of his heart.
