Ecclesiastes 8
1 Who knows the wise? and who knows the interpretation of a saying? A man's wisdom will lighten his countenance; but a man of shameless countenance will be hated.
Kdo je kakor moder človek? In kdo pozna pomen stvari? Človekova modrost pripravi njegov obraz, da zasveti in srčnost njegovega obraza bo spremenjena.
2 Observe the commandment of the king, and [that] because of the word of the oath of God.
Svetujem ti, da obdržiš kraljevo zapoved in da upoštevaš Božjo prisego.
3 Be not hasty; you shall go forth out of his presence: stand not in an evil matter; for he will do whatever he shall please,
Ne bodi nagel, da greš izven njegovega pogleda. Ne stoj v zli stvari, kajti on počne karkoli mu ugaja.
4 even as a king having power: and who will say to him, What do you?
Kjer je kraljeva beseda, tam je moč, in kdo mu lahko reče: »Kaj počneš?«
5 He that keeps the commandment shall not know an evil thing: and the heart of the wise knows the time of judgement.
Kdorkoli se drži zapovedi, ne bo čutil nobene zle stvari in srce modrega človeka razlikuje tako čas kakor sodbo.
6 For to every thing there is time and judgement; for the knowledge of a man is great to him.
Ker za vsak namen je čas in sodba, zato je človeška beda velika nad njim.
7 For there is no one that knows what is going to be: for who shall tell him how it shall be?
Kajti on ne ve, tega kar bo, kajti kdo mu lahko pove kdaj bo to?
8 There is no man that has power over the spirit to retain the spirit; and there is no power in the day of death: and there is no discharge in the day of the battle; neither shall ungodliness save her votary.
Nobenega človeka ni, da ima moč nad duhom, da obdrži duha niti nima moči na dan smrti in v tej vojni ni nobene poravnave niti zlobnost ne bo osvobodila tistih, ki so ji izročeni.
9 So I saw all this, and I applied my heart to every work that has been done under the sun; all the things wherein man has power over man to afflict him.
Vse to sem videl in svoje srce posvetil vsakemu delu, ki je storjeno pod soncem. Je čas, v katerem en človek vlada nad drugim v svojo lastno škodo.
10 And then I saw the ungodly carried into the tombs, and [that] out of the holy place: and they departed, and were praised in the city, because they had done thus: this also is vanity.
Tako sem videl zlobne pokopane, ki so prišli in odšli iz kraja svetih in so bili pozabljeni v mestu, kjer so tako počeli. Tudi to je ničevost.
11 Because there is no contradiction made on the part of those who do evil quickly, therefore the heart of the children of men is fully determined in them to do evil.
Ker obsodba zoper zlo delo ni izvršena naglo, zato je srce človeških sinov v njih popolnoma naravnano, da počno zlo.
12 He that has sinned has done evil from that time, and long from beforehand: nevertheless I know, that it is well with them that fear God, that they may fear before him:
Čeprav grešnik tisočkrat stori zlo in bodo njegovi dnevi podaljšani, vendar zagotovo vem, da bo dobro s tistimi, ki se bojijo Boga, ki se bojijo pred njim,
13 but it shall not be well with the ungodly, and he shall not prolong his days, [which are] as a shadow; forasmuch as he fears not before God.
toda z zlobnim ne bo dobro niti ne bo podaljšal svojih dni, ki so kakor senca, ker se pred Bogom ne boji.
14 There is a vanity which is done upon the earth; that there are righteous persons to whom it happens according to the doing of the ungodly; and there are ungodly men, to whom it happens according to the doing of the just: I said, This is also vanity.
Je ničevost, ki je storjena na zemlji; da so pravični ljudje, ki se jim dogaja glede na delo zlobnih; ponovno, so zlobni ljudje, ki se jim dogaja glede na delo pravičnih. Rekel sem, da je tudi to ničevost.
15 Then I praised mirth, because there is no good for a man under the sun, but to eat, and drink, and be merry: and this shall attend him in his labour all the days of his life, which God has given him under the sun.
Potem sem priporočal veselje, ker človek pod soncem nima boljše stvari, kot da jé in da pije in da je vesel, kajti to bo ostalo z njim od njegovega truda [vse] dni njegovega življenja, ki mu ga Bog daje pod soncem.
16 Whereupon I set my heart to know wisdom, and to perceive the trouble that was wrought upon the earth: for there is that neither by day nor night sees sleep with his eyes.
Ko sem usmeril svoje srce, da spoznam modrost in da vidim opravilo, ki je storjeno na zemlji (kajti tam je ta, ki niti podnevi niti ponoči s svojimi očmi ne vidi spanja),
17 And I saw all the works of God, that a man shall not be able to discover the work which is wrought under the sun; whatever things a man shall endeavour to seek, however a man may labour to seek it, yet he shall not find it; yes, how much soever a wise man may speak of knowing it, he shall not be able to find it: for I applied all this to my heart, and my heart has seen all this.
sem potem zagledal vsa Božja dela, da človek ne more spoznati dela, ki je storjeno pod soncem. Ker čeprav se človek trudi to spoznati, vendar tega ne bo našel. Da, nadalje, čeprav moder človek misli, da to pozna, vendar tega ne bo zmožen najti.
