Ecclesiastes 6
1 There is an euill, which I sawe vnder the sunne, and it is much among men:
Je zlo, ki sem ga videl pod soncem in to je pogosto med ljudmi.
2 A man to whom God hath giuen riches and treasures and honour, and he wanteth nothing for his soule of all that it desireth: but God giueth him not power to eate thereof, but a strange man shall eate it vp: this is vanitie, and this is an euill sicknesse.
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 If a man beget an hundreth children and liue many yeeres, and the dayes of his yeeres be multiplied, and his soule be not satisfied with good things, and he be not buried, I say that an vntimely fruite is better then he.
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 For he commeth into vanitie and goeth into darkenesse: and his name shall be couered with darkenesse.
Kajti vstopa z ničevostjo in odhaja v temi in njegovo ime bo prekrito s temo.
5 Also he hath not seene ye sunne, nor knowen it: therefore this hath more rest then the other.
Poleg tega ni videl sonca niti ni poznal nobene stvari; ta ima več počitka kakor drugi.
6 And if he had liued a thousand yeeres twise tolde, and had seene no good, shall not all goe to one place?
Da, čeprav je bilo rečeno, da živi dvakrat tisoč let, vendar ni videl dobrega; mar ne gredo vsi na en kraj?
7 All the labour of man is for his mouth: yet the soule is not filled.
Vse človekovo delo je za njegova usta, pa vendar apetit ni potešen.
8 For what hath the wise man more then the foole? what hath the poore that knoweth how to walke before the liuing?
Kajti kaj ima modri več kakor bedak? Kaj ima ubogi, da zna hoditi pred živečimi?
9 The sight of ye eye is better then to walke in ye lustes: this also is vanitie, and vexation of spirit.
Boljši je pogled oči kakor tavanje poželenja. Tudi to je ničevost in draženje duha.
10 What is that that hath bene? the name thereof is nowe named: and it is knowen that it is man: and he cannot striue with him that is stronger then he.
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 Surely there be many things that increase vanitie: and what auaileth it man?
Ker je tukaj mnogo stvari, ki povečujejo ničevost, kaj je človek boljši?
12 For who knoweth what is good for man in the life and in the nomber of the dayes of the life of his vanitie, seeing he maketh them as a shadowe? For who can shewe vnto man what shall be after him vnder the sunne?
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?
