Ecclesiastes 1
1 The wordes of the Preacher, the sonne of Dauid King in Ierusalem.
Besede Pridigarja, Davidovega sina, kralja v Jeruzalemu.
2 Vanitie of vanities, sayth the Preacher: vanitie of vanities, all is vanitie.
»Ničevost ničevosti, « pravi Pridigar, »ničevost ničevosti; vse je ničevost.«
3 What remaineth vnto man in all his trauaile, which he suffereth vnder ye sunne?
Kakšno korist ima človek od vsega svojega truda, ki se ga loteva pod soncem?
4 One generation passeth, and another generation succeedeth: but the earth remaineth for euer.
En rod mineva in drug rod prihaja, toda zemlja ostaja na veke.
5 The sunne riseth, and ye sunne goeth downe, and draweth to his place, where he riseth.
Tudi sonce vzhaja in sonce gre dol in hiti k svojemu kraju, kjer vstaja.
6 The winde goeth toward the South, and compasseth towarde the North: the winde goeth rounde about, and returneth by his circuites.
Veter gre proti jugu in se obrača k severu, nenehno se vrti naokoli in veter se ponovno vrača, glede na svoje kroge.
7 All the riuers goe into the sea, yet the sea is not full: for the riuers goe vnto ye place, whence they returne, and goe.
Vse reke tečejo v morje, vendar morje ni polno; na kraj, od koder reke prihajajo, tja se ponovno vrnejo.
8 All things are full of labour: man cannot vtter it: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the eare filled with hearing.
Vse stvari so polne truda, človek tega ne more izreči. Oko ni nasičeno z gledanjem niti uho nasičeno s poslušanjem.
9 What is it that hath bene? that that shalbe: and what is it that hath bene done? that which shalbe done: and there is no newe thing vnder the sunne.
Stvar, ki je bila, to je ta, ki bo in to, kar je storjeno, je to, kar bo storjeno, in pod soncem ni nobene nove stvari.
10 Is there any thing, whereof one may say, Beholde this, it is newe? it hath bene already in the olde time that was before vs.
Ali je katerakoli stvar, o čemer bi bilo lahko rečeno: »Glej, to je novo? To je bilo že od starih časov, ki so bili pred nami.«
11 There is no memorie of the former, neither shall there be a remembrance of the latter that shalbe, with them that shall come after.
Ni spominjanja o prejšnjih stvareh niti ne bo kakršnegakoli spominjanja o stvareh, ki pridejo s tistimi, ki bodo prišle potem.
12 I the Preacher haue bene King ouer Israel in Ierusalem:
Jaz, Pridigar, sem bil kralj nad Izraelom v Jeruzalemu.
13 And I haue giuen mine heart to search and finde out wisdome by all things that are done vnder the heauen: (this sore trauaile hath GOD giuen to the sonnes of men, to humble them thereby)
Izročil sem svoje srce, da išče in preiskuje z modrostjo glede vseh stvari, ki so storjene pod nebom. To bolečo muko je Bog izročil človeškim sinovom, da bi bili vežbani s tem.
14 I haue considered all the workes that are done vnder the sunne, and beholde, all is vanitie, and vexation of the spirit.
Videl sem vsa dela, ki so storjena pod soncem in glej, vse je ničevost in draženje duha.
15 That which is crooked, can none make straight: and that which faileth, cannot be nombred.
To, kar je skrivljeno, ne more biti izravnano; in to, kar je pomanjkljivo, ne more biti prešteto.
16 I thought in mine heart, and said, Behold, I am become great, and excell in wisdome all them that haue bene before me in Ierusalem: and mine heart hath seene much wisedome and knowledge.
Posvetoval sem se s svojim lastnim srcem, rekoč: »Glej! Prišel sem k velikemu premoženju in prejel sem več modrosti kakor vsi tisti, ki so bili pred menoj v Jeruzalemu. Da, moje srce je imelo sijajno izkušnjo modrosti in spoznanja.
17 And I gaue mine heart to knowe wisdome and knowledge, madnes and foolishnes: I knew also that this is a vexation of the spirit.
Izročil sem svoje srce, da spoznam modrost in da spoznam norost in neumnost. Zaznal sem, da je tudi to draženje duha.
18 For in the multitude of wisedome is much griefe: and he that increaseth knowledge, increaseth sorowe.
Kajti v mnogi modrosti je mnogo žalosti in kdor povečuje spoznanje, povečuje bridkost.«
