Ecclesiastes 1
1 The words of Ecclesiastes, the son of David, king of Jerusalem.
Misli Propovjednika, Davidova sina, kralja u Jeruzalemu.
2 Vanity of vanities, said Ecclesiastes vanity of vanities, and all is vanity.
Ispraznost nad ispraznošću, veli Propovjednik, ispraznost nad ispraznošću, sve je ispraznost!
3 What hath a man more of all his labour, that he taketh under the sun?
Kakva je korist čovjeku od svega truda njegova kojim se trudi pod suncem?
4 One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth standeth for ever.
Jedan naraštaj odlazi, drugi dolazi, a zemlja uvijek ostaje.
5 The sun riseth, and goeth down, and returneth to his place: and there rising again,
Sunce izlazi, sunce zalazi i onda hiti svojem mjestu odakle izlazi.
6 Maketh his round by the south, and turneth again to the north: the spirit goeth forward surveying all places round about, and returneth to his circuits.
Vjetar puše na jug i okreće se na sjever, kovitla sad ovamo sad onamo i vraća se u novom vrtlogu.
7 All the rivers run into the sea, yet the sea doth not overflow: unto the place from whence the rivers come, they return, to flow again.
Sve rijeke teku u more i more se ne prepunja; odakle teku rijeke, onamo se vraćaju da ponovo počnu svoj tok.
8 All things are hard: man cannot explain them by word. The eye is not filled with seeing, neither is the ear filled with hearing.
Sve je mučno. Nitko ne može reći da se oči nisu do sita nagledale i uši dovoljno naslušale.
9 What is it that hath been? the same thing that shall be. What is it that hath been done? the same that shall be done.
Što je bilo, opet će biti, i što se činilo, opet će se činiti, i nema ništa novo pod suncem.
10 Nothing under the sun is new, neither is any man able to say: Behold this is new: for it hath already gone before in the ages that were before us.
Ima li išta o čemu bi se moglo reći: “Gle, ovo je novo!” Sve je već davno prije nas postojalo.
11 There is no remembrance of former things: nor indeed of those things which hereafter are to come, shall there be any remembrance with them that shall be in the latter end.
Samo, od prošlosti ne ostade ni spomena, kao što ni u budućnosti neće biti sjećanja na ono što će poslije doći.
12 I Ecclesiastes was king over Israel in Jerusalem,
Ja, Propovjednik, bijah kralj nad Izraelom u Jeruzalemu.
13 And I proposed in my mind to seek and search out wisely concerning all things that are done under the sun. This painful occupation hath God given to the children of men, to be exercised therein.
I trudih se da mudrošću istražim i dokučim sve što biva pod nebom; o, kako mučnu zadaću zadade Bog sinovima ljudskim.
14 I have seen all things that are done under the sun, and behold all is vanity, and vexation of spirit.
Vidjeh sve što se čini pod suncem: kakve li ispraznosti i puste tlapnje!
15 The perverse are hard to be corrected, and the number of fools is infinite.
Što je krivo, ne može se ispraviti; čega nema, izbrojiti se ne može.
16 I have spoken in my heart, saying: Behold I am become great, and have gone beyond all in wisdom, that were before me in Jerusalem: and my mind hath contemplated many things wisely, and I have learned.
Rekoh onda sam sebi: “Gle, stekao sam veću mudrost nego bilo tko od mojih prethodnika u Jeruzalemu. Duh moj sabrao je golemu mudrost i znanje.”
17 And I have given my heart to know prudence, and learning, and errors, and folly: and I have perceived that in these also there was labour, and vexation of spirit,
Mudrost pomnjivo proučih, a tako i glupost i ludost, ali sam spoznao da je to pusta tlapnja.
18 Because In much wisdom there is much indignation: and he that addeth knowledge, addeth also labour.
Mnogo mudrosti - mnogo jada; što više znanja, to više boli.
