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 thy foot, when thou goest into the house of God, and draw nigh to hear. For much better is obedience, than the victims of fools, who know not what evil they do.
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.
Speak not any thing rashly, and let not thy heart be hasty to utter a word before God. For God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few.
3 San dolazi od mnogih briga, a lud govor od mnoštva riječi.
Dreams follow many cares: and in many words shall be found folly.
4 Kad zavjetuješ štogod Bogu, odmah to izvrši, jer njemu nisu mili bezumnici. Zato ispuni svaki svoj zavjet.
If thou hast vowed any thing to God, defer not to pay it: for an unfaithful and foolish promise displeaseth him: but whatsoever thou hast vowed, pay it.
5 Bolje je ne zavjetovati, nego zavjetovati a ne izvršiti zavjeta.
And it is much better not to vow, than after a vow not to perform the things promised.
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?
Give not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin: and say not before the angel: There is no providence: lest God be angry at thy words, and destroy all the works of thy hands.
7 Koliko sanja, toliko i ispraznosti; mnogo riječi - isprazna tlapnja. Zato boj se Boga.
Where there are many dreams, there are many vanities, and words without number: but do thou fear 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 thou shalt see the oppressions of the poor, and violent judgments, and justice perverted in the province, wonder not at this matter: for he that is high hath another higher, and there are others still higher than these:
9 Korist zemlje je nada sve; i kralj ovisi o zemljištu.
Moreover there is the king that reigneth over all the land subject to him.
10 Tko novce ljubi, nikad ih dosta nema; tko bogatstvo ljubi, nikad mu dosta probitka. I to je ispraznost.
A covetous man shall not be satisfied with money: and he that loveth riches shall reap no fruit from them: so this also is vanity.
11 Gdje je mnogo bogatstva, mnogo je i gotovana, pa kakva je korist od toga gospodaru, osim što ga očima gleda?
Where there are great riches, there are also many to eat them. And what doth it profit the owner, but that he seeth the riches with his eyes?
12 Sladak je dan radiši, jeo malo ili mnogo, dok bogatstvo ne da bogatašu zaspati.
Sleep is sweet to a labouring man, whether he eat little or much: but the fulness of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.
13 I vidjeh teško zlo pod suncem: skupljeno blago što je na propast svojemu vlasniku.
There is also another grievous evil, which I have seen under the sun: riches kept to the hurt of the owner.
14 Jer zlom nezgodom propadne takvo bogatstvo te sinu što mu se rodi ne ostane ništa.
For they are lost with very great affliction: he hath begotten a son, who shall be in extremity of want.
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, so shall he return, and shall take nothing away with him of his labour.
16 I to je teško zlo što tako odlazi kako je i došao; pa kakva mu je korist što se u vjetar mučio.
A most deplorable evil: as he came, so shall he return. What then doth it profit him that he hath laboured for the wind?
17 Sve svoje dane živi u tami, nevolji, brizi, bolesti i srdžbi.
All the days of his life he eateth in darkness, and in many cares, and in misery, and sorrow.
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.
This therefore hath seemed good to me, that a man should eat and drink, and enjoy the fruit of his labour, wherewith he hath laboured under the sun, all the days of his life, which God hath given him: and this 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.
And every man to whom God hath given riches, and substance, and hath given him power to eat thereof, and to enjoy his portion, and to rejoice of 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, because God entertaineth his heart with delight,
