Prædikeren 1
1 Ord af Prædikeren, Davids Søn, Konge i Jerusalem.
[the] words of Teacher [the] son of David king in Jerusalem.
2 Endeløs Tomhed, sagde Prædikeren, endeløs Tomhed, alt er Tomhed!
Futility of futilities he said Teacher futility of futilities everything [is] futility.
3 Hvad Vinding har Mennesket af al den Flid, han gør sig under Solen?
What? profit [belongs] to humankind in all toil his that he toils under the sun.
4 Slægt gaar, og Slægt kommer, men Jorden staar til evig Tid.
A generation [is] going and a generation [is] coming and the earth for ever [is] continuing.
5 Sol staar op, og Sol gaar ned og haster igen til sin Opgangs Sted.
And it rises the sun and it goes the sun and to place its [is] panting [is] rising it there.
6 Vinden gaar mod Syd og drejer mod Nord, den drejer atter og atter og vender tilbage til samme Kredsløb.
[it is] going To [the] south and [it is] circling to [the] north circling around - circling around [is] going the wind and on circuits its [is] returning the wind.
7 Alle Bække løber i Havet, men Havet bliver ikke fuldt; det Sted, til hvilket Bækkene løber, did bliver de ved at løbe.
All the rivers [are] going to the sea and the sea not it [is] full to [the] place where the rivers [are] going there they [are] returning to go.
8 Alting slider sig træt; Mand hører ikke op med at tale, Øjet bliver ikke mæt af at se, Øret ej fuldt af at høre.
All things [are] wearisome not he is able anyone to speak [them] not it is satisfied an eye by seeing and not it is filled an ear from hearing.
9 Det, der kommer, er det, der var, det, der sker, er det, der skete; der er slet intet nyt under Solen.
Whatever it has been it [is] which will be and whatever (which has been done *L(abh)*) it [is] which will be done and there not [is] any new [thing] under the sun.
10 Kommer der noget, om hvilket man siger: »Se, her er da noget nyt!« det har dog for længst været til i Tiderne forud for os.
[is] there? Anything that anyone will say see this [is] new it already it has been to ancient times which it was from to before us.
11 Ej mindes de svundne Slægter, og de ny, som kommer engang, skal ej heller mindes af dem, som kommer senere hen.
There not [is] remembrance of the former [things] and also of the subsequent [things] that they will be not it will be of them remembrance with who will be to the later [time].
12 Jeg, Prædikeren, var Konge over Israel i Jerusalem.
I Teacher I was king over Israel in Jerusalem.
13 Jeg vendte min Hu til at ransage og med Visdom udgranske alt, hvad der sker under Himmelen; det er et ondt Slid, som Gud har givet Menneskens Børn at slide med.
And I gave heart my to study and to discover by wisdom on all that it has been done under the heavens it - [is] a task of evil [which] he has given God to [the] children of humankind to be busy with it.
14 Jeg saa alt, hvad der sker under Solen, og se, det er alt sammen Tomhed og Jag efter Vind.
I have seen all the works that have been done under the sun and there! everything [is] futility and striving of wind.
15 Kroget kan ej blive lige, og halvt kan ej blive helt.
[something] bent Not it is able to become straight and something missing not it is able to be numbered.
16 Jeg tænkte ved mig selv: »Se, jeg har vundet større og rigere Visdom end alle de, der før mig var over Jerusalem, og mit Hjerte har skuet Visdom og Kundskab i Fylde.«
I have spoken I with heart my saying I here! I have made great and I have increased wisdom above every [one] who he was before me over Jerusalem and heart my it has seen much wisdom and knowledge.
17 Jeg vendte min Hu til at fatte, hvad der er Visdom og Kundskab, og hvad der er Daarskab og Taabelighed; jeg skønnede, at ogsaa det er Jag efter Vind.
And I gave! heart my to know wisdom and to know madness and folly I knew that also this it [is] a striving of wind.
18 Thi megen Visdom megen Græmmelse, øget Kundskab øget Smerte.
For [is] in abundance of wisdom abundance of frustration so someone may increase knowledge he will increase pain.
