Ecclesiastes 3
1 For every thing there is a season; and a [proper] time is for every pursuit under the heavens.
Sve ima svoje doba i svaki posao pod nebom svoje vrijeme.
2 [There is] a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what hath been planted;
Vrijeme rađanja i vrijeme umiranja; vrijeme sađenja i vrijeme čupanja posađenog.
3 A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;
Vrijeme ubijanja i vrijeme liječenja; vrijeme rušenja i vrijeme građenja.
4 A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
Vrijeme plača i vrijeme smijeha; vrijeme tugovanja i vrijeme plesanja.
5 A time to throw away stones, and a time to gather up stones; a time to embrace, and a time to be far from embracing;
Vrijeme bacanja kamenja i vrijeme sabiranja kamenja; vrijeme grljenja i vrijeme kad se ostavlja grljenje.
6 A time to seek, and a time to let things be lost; a time to keep, and a time to throw away;
Vrijeme traženja i vrijeme gubljenja; vrijeme čuvanja i vrijeme odbacivanja.
7 A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
Vrijeme deranja i vrijeme š§ijenja; vrijeme šutnje i vrijeme govorenja.
8 A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.
Vrijeme ljubljenja i vrijeme mržnje; vrijeme rata i vrijeme mira.
9 What profit hath [now] he that worketh in that wherein he toileth?
Koja je posleniku korist od njegovih napora?
10 I have seen the employment, which God hath given to the sons of men to busy themselves therewith.
Razmišljam o mučnoj zadaći što je Bog zadade sinovima ljudskim.
11 Every thing hath he made beautiful in its [proper] time: he hath also placed the eternity in their heart, without a man's being able to find out the work that God hath made from the beginning to the end.
Sve što on čini prikladno je u svoje vrijeme; ali iako je dopustio čovjeku uvid u vjekove, čovjek ne može dokučiti djela koja Boga čini od početka do kraja.
12 I know that there is nothing good [inherent] in them, but for every one to rejoice and to do what is good during [all] his life.
Znam da nije druge sreće čovjeku osim da se veseli i čini dobro za svojega života.
13 For also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy what is good for all his toil, is likewise a gift of God.
I kad čovjek jede i pije i uživa u svojem radu, i to je Božji dar.
14 I know that whatsoever God doth, that will be for ever; to it nothing can be added, and from it there is nothing to be diminished: and God hath so made it, that men should be afraid of him.
I znam da sve što Bog čini, čini za stalno. Tome se ništa dodati ne može niti mu se može oduzeti; a Bog čini tako da ga se boje.
15 That which hath been hath long since appeared [again]; and what is to be hath already been; and God seeketh [again] that which is sped away.
Što biva, već bijaše, i što će biti, već je bilo; a Bog obnavlja što je prohujalo.
16 And moreover I have seen under the sun, [that in] the place of justice, even there was wickedness; and [that in] the place of righteousness, even there was wickedness.
Još vidim kako pod suncem umjesto pravice vlada nepravda i umjesto pravednika zločinac.
17 I said in my heart, God will judge the righteous and the wicked; for there is a time for every pursuit; and on account of every deed there [will he judge].
Zato rekoh u sebi: “Bog će suditi i pravedniku i zločincu, jer ovdje ima vrijeme za svaku namjeru i čin.”
18 I said in my heart concerning the speaking of the sons of men, that God might make it clear to them, and that they might see that they by themselves are but beasts.
Još rekoh u sebi: “Ljudi se ponašaju tako da Bog može pokazati kakvi su uistinu, da su jedni drugima poput zvijeri.”
19 For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even the same thing befalleth them; as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one kind of spirit: so that the preeminence of man above the beast is nought; for all is vanity.
Jer zaista, kob ljudi i zvijeri jedna je te ista. Kako ginu oni, tako ginu i one; i dišu jednakim dahom, i čovjek ničim ne nadmašuje zvijer, jer sve je ispraznost.
20 Every thing goeth unto one place: every thing came from the dust, and every thing returneth to the dust.
I jedni i drugi odlaze na isto mjesto; svi su postali od praha i u prah se vraćaju.
21 Who knoweth the spirit of the sons of man that ascendeth upward, and the spirit of the beast that descendeth downward to the earth?
Tko zna da li dah ljudski uzlazi gore, a dah zvijeri silazi dolje k zemlji?
22 And so did I perceive that there is nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his own works; for that is his portion; for who can bring him to look with pleasure on what will be after him?
Uviđam da čovjeku druge sreće nema osim radosti u svome djelu, jer to je ljudska sudbina. A tko će ga dovesti do toga da dozna što će biti poslije njega?
