Ecclesiastes 6
1 There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it [is] common among men:
I vidjeh: ima još jedno zlo pod suncem i teško tišti ljude.
2 A man to whom God hath given riches, wealth, and honour, so that he wanteth nothing for his soul of all that he desireth, yet God giveth him not power to eat thereof, but a stranger eateth it: this [is] vanity, and it [is] an evil disease.
Nekomu Bog udijeli bogatstvo i blago i počasti te ima sve što mu duša poželi, ali mu ne udijeli da to i uživa, nego uživa tuđinac. To je ispraznost i grdna nevolja.
3 If a man beget an hundred [children], and live many years, so that the days of his years be many, and his soul be not filled with good, and also [that] he have no burial; I say, [that] an untimely birth [is] better than he.
I velim: bolje je nedonošče od onoga koji bi rodio stotinu djece i živio mnogo godina, a sam se ne bi naužio dobra niti bi imao pogreba;
4 For he cometh in with vanity, and departeth in darkness, and his name shall be covered with darkness.
jer je nedonošče uzalud došlo i u tamu otišlo i ime mu je tamom pokriveno;
5 Moreover he hath not seen the sun, nor known [any thing: ] this hath more rest than the other.
sunca čak ne vidje niti spozna - a spokojnije je od onoga.
6 Yea, though he live a thousand years twice [told], yet hath he seen no good: do not all go to one place?
Pa kad bi takav živio i dvije tisuće godina, a svojeg dobra ne bi uživao, zar ne odlaze obojica jednako na isto mjesto?
7 All the labour of man [is] for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.
Čovjek se trudi samo da bi jeo, a želudac njegov nikad da se nasiti.
8 For what hath the wise more than the fool? what hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before the living?
Jer po čemu je mudrac bolji od luđaka i što reći o siromahu koji se umije držati pred ljudima?
9 Better [is] the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this [is] also vanity and vexation of spirit.
Bolje je očima vidjeti nego duhom lutati. I to je ispraznost i pusta tlapnja.
10 That which hath been is named already, and it is known that it [is] man: neither may he contend with him that is mightier than he.
Što je već bilo, ime ima; i zna se što je čovjek; i on se ne može parbiti s jačim od sebe.
11 Seeing there be many things that increase vanity, what [is] man the better?
Što više riječi, to veća ispraznost svega, i koja je od toga korist čovjeku?
12 For who knoweth what [is] good for man in [this] life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? for who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun?
Tko zna što je dobro čovjeku u životu njegovu, za ono malo dana koje tako isprazno živi, koji mu prolaze kao sjena? Tko će kazati čovjeku što će biti poslije njega pod suncem?
