Ecclesiastes 12
1 And remember thy Creator in the days of thy youth, before the evil days come, and the years draw nigh, of which thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them;
Ali opominji se tvorca svojega u mladosti svojoj prije nego doðu dani zli i prispiju godine, za koje æeš reæi: nijesu mi mile;
2 before the sun, and the light, and the moon, and the stars, be darkened, and the clouds return after the rain;
Prije nego pomrkne sunce i vidjelo i mjesec i zvijezde, i opet doðu oblaci iza dažda,
3 in the day when the keepers of the house tremble, and the strong men bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those that look out of the windows are darkened,
Kad æe drktati stražari kuæni i pognuti se junaci, i stati mlinarice, što ih je malo, i potamnjeti koji gledaju kroz prozore,
4 and the doors are shut toward the street; when the sound of the grinding is subdued, and they rise up at the voice of the bird, and all the daughters of song are brought low;
I kad æe se zatvoriti vrata s ulice, i oslabiti zveka od mljevenja, i kad æe se ustajati na ptièji glas i prestati sve pjevaèice,
5 they are also afraid of what is high, and terrors are in the way, and the almond is despised, and the grasshopper is a burden, and the caper-berry is without effect; (for man goeth to his age-long home, and the mourners go about the streets; )
I visokoga mjesta kad æe se bojati i strašiti se na putu, kad æe badem ucvjetati i skakavac otežati i želja proæi, jer èovjek ide u kuæu svoju vjeènu, i pokajnice æe hoditi po ulicama;
6 — before the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl be broken, or the pitcher be shattered at the fountain, or the wheel be broken at the cistern;
Prije nego se prekine uže srebrno, èaša se zlatna razbije i raspe se vijedro na izvoru i slomi se toèak na studencu,
7 and the dust return to the earth as it was, and the spirit return unto God who gave it.
I vrati se prah u zemlju, kako je bio, a duh se vrati k Bogu, koji ga je dao.
8 Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher: all is vanity.
Taština nad taštinama, veli propovjednik, sve je taština.
9 And moreover, because the Preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge; and he pondered, and sought out, [and] set in order many proverbs.
A ne samo mudar bijaše propovjednik, nego još i narod uèaše mudrosti, i motreæi i istražujuæi složi mnogo prièa.
10 The Preacher sought to find out acceptable words; and that which was written is upright, words of truth.
Staraše se propovjednik da naðe ugodne rijeèi, i napisa što je pravo, rijeèi istine.
11 The words of the wise are as goads, and the collections [of them] as nails fastened in: they are given from one shepherd.
Rijeèi su mudrijeh ljudi kao žalci i kao klini udareni; rijeèi onijeh koji ih složiše dao je jedan pastir.
12 And besides, my son, be warned by them: of making many books there is no end, and much study is a weariness of the flesh.
I tako, sine moj, èuvaj se onoga što je preko ovoga, jer nema kraja sastavljanju mnogih knjiga, i mnogo èitanje umor je tijelu.
13 Let us hear the end of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments; for this is the whole of man.
Glavno je svemu što si èuo: Boga se boj, i zapovijesti njegove drži, jer to je sve èovjeku.
14 For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good or whether it be evil.
Jer æe svako djelo Bog iznijeti na sud i svaku tajnu, bila dobra ili zla.
