Propovjednik 6
1 I vidjeh: ima još jedno zlo pod suncem i teško tišti ljude.
There is an evil that I have seen under the sun, and it weighs heavy on men.
2 Nekomu Bog udijeli bogatstvo i blago i počasti te ima sve što mu duša poželi, ali mu ne udijeli da to i uživa, nego uživa tuđinac. To je ispraznost i grdna nevolja.
God might give riches, wealth, and honor to a man so that he lacks nothing that he desires for himself, but then God gives him no ability to enjoy it. Instead, someone else uses his things. This is vapor, an evil affliction.
3 I velim: bolje je nedonošče od onoga koji bi rodio stotinu djece i živio mnogo godina, a sam se ne bi naužio dobra niti bi imao pogreba;
If a man fathers a hundred children and lives many years, so that the days of his years are many, but if his heart is not satisfied with good and he is not buried, then I say that a baby that is born dead is better off than he is.
4 jer je nedonošče uzalud došlo i u tamu otišlo i ime mu je tamom pokriveno;
Even such a baby is born in futility and passes away in darkness, and its name remains hidden.
5 sunca čak ne vidje niti spozna - a spokojnije je od onoga.
Although this child does not see the sun or know anything, it has rest even though that man did not.
6 Pa kad bi takav živio i dvije tisuće godina, a svojeg dobra ne bi uživao, zar ne odlaze obojica jednako na isto mjesto?
Even if a man should live for two thousand years but does not learn to enjoy good things, he goes to the same place as everyone else.
7 Čovjek se trudi samo da bi jeo, a želudac njegov nikad da se nasiti.
All a man's work is for his mouth, yet his appetite is not satisfied.
8 Jer po čemu je mudrac bolji od luđaka i što reći o siromahu koji se umije držati pred ljudima?
Indeed, what advantage has the wise person over the fool? What advantage does the poor man have even if he knows how to act in front of other people?
9 Bolje je očima vidjeti nego duhom lutati. I to je ispraznost i pusta tlapnja.
It is better to be satisfied with what the eyes see than to desire what a wandering appetite craves, which is also vapor and an attempt to shepherd the wind.
10 Što je već bilo, ime ima; i zna se što je čovjek; i on se ne može parbiti s jačim od sebe.
Whatever has existed has already been given its name, and what mankind is like has already been known. So it has become useless to dispute with the one who is the mighty judge of all.
11 Što više riječi, to veća ispraznost svega, i koja je od toga korist čovjeku?
The more words that are spoken, the more futility increases, so what advantage is that to a man?
12 Tko zna što je dobro čovjeku u životu njegovu, za ono malo dana koje tako isprazno živi, koji mu prolaze kao sjena? Tko će kazati čovjeku što će biti poslije njega pod suncem?
For who knows what is good for man in his life during his futile, numbered days through which he passes like a shadow? Who can tell a man what will come under the sun after he passes?
