Prædikeren 4
1 Fremdeles saa jeg al den Undertrykkelse, som sker under Solen; jeg saa de undertryktes Taarer og ingen trøstede dem; de led Vold af deres Undertrykkeres Haand, og ingen trøstede dem.
And I returned I and I saw all the oppression which [were being] done under the sun and there! - [the] tear[s] of the oppressed and not [belonged] to them a comforter and [was] from [the] hand of oppressors their power and there not [belonged] to them a comforter.
2 Da priste jeg de døde, som allerede er døde, lykkeligere end de levende, som endnu er i Live;
And I congratulated I the dead who already they had died more than the living who they [were] alive still.
3 men lykkeligere end begge den, som slet ikke er til, som ikke har set det onde, der sker under Solen.
And [is] good more than both of them [one] who still not he has been [one] who not he has seen the activity evil which it is done under the sun.
4 Og jeg saa, at al Flid og alt dygtigt Arbejde udspringer af den enes Misundelse mod den anden. Ogsaa det er Tomhed og Jag efter Vind.
And I considered I all [the] toil and all [the] skill of the work that it [is] envy of everyone from neighbor his also this [is] futility and striving of wind.
5 Daaren lægger Hænderne i Skødet og æder sig selv op.
The fool [is] folding hands his and [is] eating own flesh his.
6 Bedre en Haandfuld Hvile end Hænderne fulde af Flid og Jag efter Vind.
[is] good Fullness of hand of quietness more than [the] fullness of two hands toil and striving of wind.
7 Og mere Tomhed saa jeg under Solen.
And I returned I and I saw futility under the sun.
8 Mangen staar alene og har ikke nogen ved sin Side, hverken Søn eller Broder, og dog er der ingen Ende paa al hans Flid og hans Øje bliver ikke mæt af Rigdom. Men, for hvis Skyld gør jeg mig Flid og nægter mig enhver Nydelse? Ogsaa det, er Tomhed og ondt Slid.
There [was] one [person] and there not [was] a second also a son and a brother not [belonged] to him and there not [was] an end to all toil his also (eye his *Q(K)*) not it was satisfied wealth and for whom? - [am] I a laborer and depriving self my from good also this [is] futility and [is] a task of evil it.
9 To er bedre faren end een, thi de faar god Løn for deres Flid;
[are] good Two [people] more than one that there for them [is] a reward good for toil their.
10 hvis den ene falder, kan den anden rejse sin Fælle op. Men ve den ensomme! Thi falder han, er der ingen til at rejse ham op.
That except they will fall down the one he will raise companion his and woe! to him the one who will fall down and there not [is] a second [person] to raise him.
11 Og naar to ligger sammen, bliver de varme; men hvorledes kan den ensomme blive varm?
Also if they will lie down two [people] and it will be warm to them and to one [person] how? will it be warm.
12 Og naar nogen kan overvælde den ensomme, saa kan to staa sig imod ham; tretvundet Snor brister ikke i Hast.
And though someone will overpower him the one [person] the two [people] they will stand before him and the thread threefold not quickly it will be torn apart.
13 Bedre faren er en fattig Yngling, som er viis, end en gammel Konge, som er en Taabe og ikke mere har Forstand til at lade sig raade.
[is] good A youth poor and wise more than a king old and a fool who not he knows to be warned still.
14 Thi hin gik ud af Fængselet for at blive Konge, skønt han var født i Fattigdom under den andens Regering.
For from [the] house of the prisoners he came out to become king for also in own kingdom his he had been born a poor [person].
15 Jeg saa alle, som levede og færdedes under Solen, stille sig ved den Ynglings Side, som skulde træde i Kongens Sted;
I saw all the living who are walking about under the sun with the youth second who he will arise in place of him.
16 der var ikke Tal paa alle de Mennesker, han stod i Spidsen for; men heller ikke over ham glæder de senere Slægter sig; nej, ogsaa det er Tomhed og Jag efter Vind.
There not [is] an end to all the people to all [those] whom he was before them also the subsequent [people] not they will rejoice in him for also this [is] futility and a striving of wind.
