Ecclesiastes 2
1 I said in mine heart, Goe to nowe, I will proue thee with ioy: therefore take thou pleasure in pleasant things: and beholde, this also is vanitie.
Ja rekoh u srcu svom: daj da te okušam veseljem; uživaj dobra. Ali gle, i to bješe taština.
2 I saide of laughter, Thou art mad: and of ioy, What is this that thou doest?
Smijehu rekoh: luduješ; i veselju: šta to radiš?
3 I sought in mine heart to giue my selfe to wine, and to leade mine heart in wisdome, and to take holde of follie, till I might see where is that goodnesse of the children of men, which they enioy vnder the sunne: the whole nomber of the dayes of their life.
Razmišljah u srcu svom da puštam tijelo svoje na piæe, i srcem svojim upravljajuæi mudro da se držim ludosti dokle ne vidim šta bi dobro bilo sinovima ljudskim da èine pod nebom dok su živi.
4 I haue made my great workes: I haue built me houses: I haue planted me vineyards.
Velika djela uèinih: sazidah sebi kuæe, nasadih sebi vinograde;
5 I haue made me gardens and orchards, and planted in them trees of all fruite.
Naèinih sebi vrtove i voænjake, i nasadih u njima svakojakih drveta rodnijeh;
6 I haue made me cisternes of water, to water therewith the woods that growe with trees.
Naèinih sebi jezera vodena da zaljevam iz njih šumu gdje rastu drveta;
7 I haue gotten seruants and maides, and had children borne in the house: also I had great possession of beeues and sheepe aboue all that were before me in Ierusalem.
Nabavih sebi sluga i sluškinja, i imah sluga roðenijeh u kuæi mojoj; i imah goveda i ovaca više od svijeh koji biše prije mene u Jerusalimu;
8 I haue gathered vnto me also siluer and gold, and the chiefe treasures of Kings and prouinces: I haue prouided me men singers and women singers, and the delites of the sonnes of men, as a woman taken captiue, and women taken captiues.
Takoðer nakupih sebi srebra i zlata i zaklada od careva i zemalja; nabavih sebi pjevaèa i pjevaèica i milina ljudskih, i sprava muzièkih svakojakih.
9 And I was great, and increased aboue all that were before me in Ierusalem: also my wisedome remained with me.
I tako postah veæi i silniji od svijeh koji biše prije mene u Jerusalimu; i mudrost moja osta sa mnom.
10 And whatsoeuer mine eyes desired, I withheld it not from them: I withdrew not mine heart from any ioy: for mine heart reioyced in al my labour: and this was my portion of all my trauaile.
I što god željahu oèi moje, ne branjah im niti ukraæivah srcu svojemu kakoga veselja, nego se srce moje veseljaše sa svakoga truda mojega, i to mi bijaše dio od svakoga truda mojega.
11 Then I looked on all my workes that mine hands had wrought, and on the trauaile that I had laboured to doe: and beholde, all is vanitie and vexation of the spirit: and there is no profite vnder the sunne.
A kad pogledah na sva djela svoja što uradiše ruke moje, i na trud kojim se trudih da uradim, gle, sve bješe taština i muka duhu, i nema koristi pod suncem.
12 And I turned to beholde wisedome, and madnes and follie: (for who is the man that will come after the King in things, which men nowe haue done?)
Tada se obratih da vidim mudrost i ludost i bezumlje, jer šta bi èinio èovjek koji bi nastao poslije cara? što je veæ uèinjeno.
13 Then I saw that there is profite in wisdome, more then in follie: as the light is more excellent then darkenes.
I vidjeh da je bolja mudrost od ludosti, kao što je bolja svjetlost od mraka.
14 For the wise mans eyes are in his head, but the foole walketh in darknes: yet I know also that the same condition falleth to them all.
Mudri ima oèi u glavi, a bezumni ide po mraku; ali takoðer doznah da jednako biva svjema.
15 Then I thought in mine heart, It befalleth vnto me, as it befalleth to ye foole. Why therefore doe I then labour to be more wise? And I sayd in mine heart, that this also is vanitie.
Zato rekoh u srcu svom: meni æe biti kao bezumniku što biva; šta æe mi dakle pomoæi što sam mudar? I rekoh u srcu svom: i to je taština.
16 For there shalbe no remembrance of the wise, nor of the foole for euer: for that that now is, in the dayes to come shall all be forgotten. And howe dyeth the wise man, as doeth the foole?
Jer se neæe spominjati mudarac kao ni bezumnik dovijeka; jer što sada jest, sve se zaboravlja poslije, i mudarac umire kao i bezumnik.
17 Therefore I hated life: for the worke that is wrought vnder the sunne is grieuous vnto me: for all is vanitie, and vexation of the spirit.
Zato mi omrze život, jer mi nije milo što biva pod suncem, jer je sve taština i muka duhu.
18 I hated also all my labour, wherein I had trauailed vnder the sunne, which I shall leaue to the man that shalbe after me.
I omrze mi sav trud moj oko kojega se trudih pod suncem, jer æu ga ostaviti èovjeku koji æe nastati nakon mene.
19 And who knoweth whether he shalbe wise or foolish? yet shall hee haue rule ouer all my labour, wherein I haue trauailed, and wherein I haue shewed my selfe wise vnder the sunne. This is also vanitie.
I ko zna hoæe li biti mudar ili lud? i opet æe biti gospodar od svega truda mojega oko kojega se trudih i mudrovah pod suncem. I to je taština.
20 Therefore I went about to make mine heart abhorre all the labour, wherein I had trauailed vnder the sunne.
Zato doðoh na to da mi srce izgubi nadanje o svakom trudu oko kojega se trudih pod suncem.
21 For there is a man whose trauaile is in wisdome, and in knowledge and in equitie: yet to a man that hath not trauailed herein, shall he giue his portion: this also is vanitie and a great griefe.
Jer ima ljudi koji se trude mudro i razumno i pravo, pa to ostavljaju u dio drugome koji se nije trudio oko toga. I to je taština i veliko zlo.
22 For what hath man of all his trauaile and griefe of his heart, wherein he hath trauailed vnder the sunne?
Jer šta ima èovjek od svega truda svoga i od muke srca svoga, koju podnosi pod suncem?
23 For all his dayes are sorowes, and his trauaile griefe: his heart also taketh not rest in the night: which also is vanitie.
Jer su svi dani njegovi muka a poslovi njegovi briga; ni noæu se ne odmara srce njegovo. I to je taština.
24 There is no profit to man: but that he eate, and drinke, and delight his soule with the profit of his labour: I saw also this, that it was of the hand of God.
Nije li dakle dobro èovjeku da jede i pije i da gleda da mu je duši dobro od truda njegova? Ja vidjeh i to da je iz ruke Božije.
25 For who could eate, and who could haste to outward things more then I?
Jer ko je jeo i uživao više nego ja?
26 Surely to a man that is good in his sight, God giueth wisdome, and knowledge, and ioy: but to the sinner he giueth paine, to gather, and to heape to giue to him that is good before God: this is also vanitie, and vexation of the spirit.
Jer èovjeku koji mu je po volji daje mudrost i razum i radost, a grješniku daje muku da sabira i skuplja da da onome koji je po volji Bogu. I to je taština i muka duhu.
