Kazatel 7
1 Lepší jest jméno dobré nežli mast výborná, a den smrti než den narození člověka.
[Having] a good reputation [MTY] is better than fine perfume, and the day that we die is better than the day that we are born.
2 Lépe jest jíti do domu zámutku, nežli jíti do domu hodování, pro dokonání každého člověka, a kdož jest živ, složí to v srdci svém.
It is better to go to a house where people are mourning [about someone who has died] than to go to a house where people are feasting, because everyone will die some day, and people who are alive should think seriously [IDM] about that.
3 Lepší jest horlení nežli smích; nebo zůřivá tvář polepšuje srdce.
It is better to be sad than to be [always] laughing, because being sad can cause us to think more about how we should conduct our lives [IDM].
4 Srdce moudrých v domě zámutku, ale srdce bláznů v domě veselí.
Wise [people] who go to where others are mourning think about [the fact that some day they also will] die, but foolish people [PRS] [do not think about that]; they are always [MTY] laughing.
5 Lépe jest slyšeti žehrání moudrého, nežli aby někdo poslouchal písně bláznů.
It is better to pay attention to [someone who is wise] you than to listen to the songs of a foolish person.
6 Nebo jako praštění trní pod hrncem, tak smích blázna. A i to jest marnost.
By [listening to] foolish people laughing we will not [learn any more than by listening to] the crackling of thorns [being burned] under a pot. Listening to fools is senseless.
7 Ssužování zajisté k bláznovství přivodí moudrého, a dar oslepuje srdce.
When wise people say to others, “You must pay me a lot of money for me to protect you,” that causes those wise people to become foolish, and [accepting] bribes causes people to become unable to do what is fair/just.
8 Lepší jest skončení věci nežli počátek její; lepší jest dlouho čekající nežli vysokomyslný.
Finishing something is better than starting something, and being patient is better than being proud.
9 Nebuď kvapný v duchu svém k hněvu; nebo hněv v lůnu bláznů odpočívá.
Do not quickly (lose your temper/react to things angrily), because it is foolish people [SYN] who become very angry.
10 Neříkej: Èím jest to, že dnové první lepší byli nežli tito? Nebo bys se nemoudře na to vytazoval.
Do not say, “Things were a lot better [RHQ] previously,” because it is people who are not wise who say that.
11 Dobrá jest moudrost s statkem, a velmi užitečná těm, kteříž vidí slunce;
Being wise is better than inheriting [valuable things]; being wise provides lasting benefits for every person on the earth [MTY].
12 Nebo v stínu moudrosti a v stínu stříbra odpočívají. A však přednější jest umění moudrosti, přináší život těm, kdož ji mají.
We are [sometimes] protected by being wise like we are [sometimes] protected by having a lot of money, but being wise is better [than having a lot of money], [because] being wise prevents us from [doing foolish things that would] cause us to die.
13 Hleď na skutky Boží. Nebo kdo může zpřímiti to, což on zkřivil?
Think [carefully about] what God has done. Certainly no one can [RHQ] cause to become straight the things that God has caused to be crooked.
14 V den dobrý užívej dobrých věcí, a v den zlý buď bedliv; nebo i to naproti onomu učinil Bůh z té příčiny, aby nenalezl člověk po něm ničeho.
When things are going well for you, be happy, and when things are not going well for you, remember that God is the one who causes good things to happen and who also causes disasters.
15 Všecko to viděl jsem za dnů marnosti své: Bývá spravedlivý, kterýž hyne s spravedlností svou; tolikéž bývá bezbožný, kterýž dlouho živ jest v zlosti své.
During all the time that I have been alive I have seen a lot of [HYP] things that seem senseless. I have seen righteous people die [while they are still young], and I have seen wicked people remain alive for a very long time in [spite of] their continuing to be wicked.
16 Nebývej příliš spravedlivý, aniž buď příliš moudrý. Proč máš na zkázu přicházeti?
[So] do not think that you are very righteous and do not think that you are very wise, [because if you think those things], you will destroy yourself.
17 Nebuď příliš starostlivý, aniž bývej bláznem. Proč máš umírati dříve času svého?
If you do what is evil or do what is foolish, you might die while you are still young.
18 Dobréť jest, abys se onoho přídržel, a tohoto se nespouštěl; nebo kdo se bojí Boha, ujde všeho toho.
Continue to avoid doing what is evil and doing what is foolish; avoid doing both of those things by continually revering God.
19 Moudrost posiluje moudrého nad desatero knížat, kteříž jsou v městě.
If you are wise, you will be more powerful/influential than the ten most powerful/influential men in your city.
20 Není zajisté člověka spravedlivého na zemi, kterýž by činil dobře a nehřešil.
There is no one in this world who [always] does what is right and who never sins.
21 Také ne ke všechněm slovům, kteráž mluví lidé, přikládej mysli své, poněvadž nemáš dbáti, by i služebník tvůj zlořečil tobě.
Do not pay attention [IDM] to everything that people say, because if you do that, you might hear your servant cursing you.
22 Neboť ví srdce tvé, že jsi i ty častokrát zlořečil jiným.
You know that you have also cursed other people.
23 Všeho toho zkusil jsem moudrostí, a řekl jsem: Budu moudrým, ale moudrost vzdálila se ode mne.
I said [to myself] that I would use my wisdom to study all the things [that I have written about], but I was not able to do it successfully.
24 Což pak vzdálené a velmi hluboké jest, kdož to najíti může?
Wisdom seems to be far from me; there is no one [RHQ] who can truly understand everything.
25 Všecko jsem přeběhl myslí svou, abych poznal a vyhledal, i vynalezl moudrost a rozumnost, a abych poznal bezbožnost, bláznovství a nemoudrost i nesmyslnost.
But I decided to investigate things and by my wisdom try to understand the reason for everything. I also wanted to understand why people act wickedly and why they act very foolishly.
26 I našel jsem věc hořčejší nad smrt, ženu, jejíž srdce tenata, a ruce její okovy. Kdož se líbí Bohu, zachován bývá od ní, ale hříšník bývá od ní jat.
[One thing I learned was that] (allowing a woman to seduce you/having sex with a woman to whom you are not married) is worse than dying. A woman who tries to seduce men is [as dangerous as] a trap [MET]. [If you allow her to put] her arms [around you, it will be as though she will be fastening you with] chains. Women like that will capture sinful men, but men who please God will escape from such women.
27 Pohleď, to jsem shledal, (praví kazatel), jedno proti druhému stavěje, abych nalezl umění,
This is what I have learned: I tried to learn more and more about things to try to find out the reason for everything,
28 Èeho pak přesto hledala duše má, však jsem nenalezl: Muže jednoho z tisíce našel jsem, ale ženy mezi tolika jsem nenalezl.
and I continued to try to learn more, but I could not find [all that I was searching for]. [But] one thing that I found out was that among 1,000 [people] I found one righteous man, but I did not find even one righteous woman.
29 Obzvláštně pohleď i na to, což jsem nalezl: Že učinil Bůh člověka dobrého, ale oni následovali smyšlínek rozličných.
[But] I did learn one thing: When God created people, they were righteous, but they have found many ways to do many evil things.
