Ecclesiastes 1
1 The words of Koheleth, the son of David, the king in Jerusalem.
Besede Pridigarja, Davidovega sina, kralja v Jeruzalemu.
2 Vanity of vanities, saith Koheleth, vanity of vanities: all is vanity.
»Ničevost ničevosti, « pravi Pridigar, »ničevost ničevosti; vse je ničevost.«
3 What profit hath a man of all his toil which he toil-eth under the sun?
Kakšno korist ima človek od vsega svojega truda, ki se ga loteva pod soncem?
4 One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh; but the earth endureth for ever.
En rod mineva in drug rod prihaja, toda zemlja ostaja na veke.
5 The sun also riseth, and the sun goeth down, and striving to reach his place he riseth again there.
Tudi sonce vzhaja in sonce gre dol in hiti k svojemu kraju, kjer vstaja.
6 Going toward the south, and turning round toward the north, the wind moveth round about continually; and around its circles doth the wind return again.
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 rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is never full: unto the place whither the rivers go, thither will they continue to go.
Vse reke tečejo v morje, vendar morje ni polno; na kraj, od koder reke prihajajo, tja se ponovno vrnejo.
8 All things weary themselves [constantly]; man can not utter them: the eye is never satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.
Vse stvari so polne truda, človek tega ne more izreči. Oko ni nasičeno z gledanjem niti uho nasičeno s poslušanjem.
9 That which hath been, is the same which will be; and that which hath been done, is the same which will be done; and there is nothing new under the sun.
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 If there be any thing whereof it is said, See, this is new: It hath already been in olden times which were before us.
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 [Only] there is no recollection of former [generations]; and also of the later ones, that are to be—of these [likewise] there will be no recollection with those that will be still later.
Ni spominjanja o prejšnjih stvareh niti ne bo kakršnegakoli spominjanja o stvareh, ki pridejo s tistimi, ki bodo prišle potem.
12 I Koheleth was king over Israel in Jerusalem.
Jaz, Pridigar, sem bil kralj nad Izraelom v Jeruzalemu.
13 And I directed my heart to inquire and to search out by wisdom concerning all that is done under the heavens: this is an evil employment which God hath given to the sons of man to busy themselves therewith.
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 saw all the deeds that are done under the sun: and, behold, all is vanity and a torture of the spirit.
Videl sem vsa dela, ki so storjena pod soncem in glej, vse je ničevost in draženje duha.
15 What is crooked cannot be made straight; and that which is defective cannot be numbered.
To, kar je skrivljeno, ne more biti izravnano; in to, kar je pomanjkljivo, ne more biti prešteto.
16 I spoke with my own heart, saying, Lo, I have truly obtained greater and more wisdom than all those who have been before me over Jerusalem: yea, my heart had seen much wisdom 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 directed my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly; [but] I have perceived that this also is a torture 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 where there is much wisdom there is much vexation: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth pain.
Kajti v mnogi modrosti je mnogo žalosti in kdor povečuje spoznanje, povečuje bridkost.«
