Ecclesiastes 6
1 I have observed another evil here on earth, and it has a great impact on humanity.
Je zlo, ki sem ga videl pod soncem in to je pogosto med ljudmi.
2 God gives wealth, possessions, and honor to someone. They have everything they want. But God doesn't let them enjoy what they have. Instead somebody else does! This is hard to fathom, and is truly evil.
Človek, ki mu je Bog dal bogastva, premoženje in čast, tako da za svojo dušo ne potrebuje ničesar od vsega, kar si želi, pa mu vendar Bog ne daje moči, da od tega jé, temveč to jé tujec. To je ničevost in to je zla bolezen.
3 A man could have one hundred children, and grow old, but it wouldn't matter how long his life was if he couldn't enjoy it and at the end receive a decent burial. I would say that a stillborn child would be better off than him.
Če človek zaplodi sto otrok in živi mnogo let, tako da je dni njegovih let mnogo in njegova duša ne bo nasičena z dobrinami in tudi da nima pogreba, pravim, da je prezgodaj rojeni boljši kakor on.
4 The way a stillborn child comes into the world and then leaves is painfully hard to understand—arriving and departing in darkness—and who he would have been is never known.
Kajti vstopa z ničevostjo in odhaja v temi in njegovo ime bo prekrito s temo.
5 He never saw the light of day or knew what it was like to live. Yet the child finds rest, and not this man.
Poleg tega ni videl sonca niti ni poznal nobene stvari; ta ima več počitka kakor drugi.
6 Even if this man were to live a thousand years twice over he still wouldn't be happy. Don't we all end up in the same place—the grave?
Da, čeprav je bilo rečeno, da živi dvakrat tisoč let, vendar ni videl dobrega; mar ne gredo vsi na en kraj?
7 Everyone works so they can live, but they're never satisfied.
Vse človekovo delo je za njegova usta, pa vendar apetit ni potešen.
8 So then, what real advantage do wise people have over those who are fools? And do poor people really gain anything in knowing how to behave in front of others?
Kajti kaj ima modri več kakor bedak? Kaj ima ubogi, da zna hoditi pred živečimi?
9 Be happy with what you have instead of running after what you don't! But this is also hard to do, like running after the wind.
Boljši je pogled oči kakor tavanje poželenja. Tudi to je ničevost in draženje duha.
10 Everything that exists has already been described. Everyone knows what people are like, and that you can't win an argument with a superior.
To, kar je bilo, je že imenovano in je znano, da je to človek; niti se ne more pričkati s tistim, ki je mogočnejši kakor on.
11 For the more words you use, the harder it is to make sense. So what's the point?
Ker je tukaj mnogo stvari, ki povečujejo ničevost, kaj je človek boljši?
12 Who knows what's best for us and our lives? During our short lives that pass like shadows we have many unanswered questions. And who can tell us what will happen when we're gone?
Kajti kdo ve kaj je boljše za človeka v tem življenju, vse dni njegovega praznega življenja, ki jih preživlja kakor senca? Kajti kdo lahko človeku pove kaj bo za njim pod soncem?
