Ecclesiastes 8
1 Who is like the wise? and who knoweth [as well] the explanation of a thing? a man's wisdom enlighteneth his face, and the boldness of his face will be lessened.
Kdo je kakor moder človek? In kdo pozna pomen stvari? Človekova modrost pripravi njegov obraz, da zasveti in srčnost njegovega obraza bo spremenjena.
2 I [counsel thee], Keep the king's command, and that which regardeth the oath [to him taken] by God.
Svetujem ti, da obdržiš kraljevo zapoved in da upoštevaš Božjo prisego.
3 Be not hasty to go out of his presence; engage not in an evil thing; for whatsoever pleaseth him, can he do;
Ne bodi nagel, da greš izven njegovega pogleda. Ne stoj v zli stvari, kajti on počne karkoli mu ugaja.
4 Because the word of a king is powerful; and who may say unto him, What doest thou?—
Kjer je kraljeva beseda, tam je moč, in kdo mu lahko reče: »Kaj počneš?«
5 Whoso keepeth the commandment will experience no evil thing: and a wise man's heart knoweth both time and the just consequence.
Kdorkoli se drži zapovedi, ne bo čutil nobene zle stvari in srce modrega človeka razlikuje tako čas kakor sodbo.
6 Because for every pursuit there is a time and a just consequence; for the evil of man [resteth] heavily upon him.
Ker za vsak namen je čas in sodba, zato je človeška beda velika nad njim.
7 For he knoweth not that which will be; for who can tell him how it will be?
Kajti on ne ve, tega kar bo, kajti kdo mu lahko pove kdaj bo to?
8 No man hath control over the spirit to detain the spirit; and there is no control over the day of death; and there is no representation in that war; and wickedness will not deliver those that practise it.
Nobenega človeka ni, da ima moč nad duhom, da obdrži duha niti nima moči na dan smrti in v tej vojni ni nobene poravnave niti zlobnost ne bo osvobodila tistih, ki so ji izročeni.
9 All this have I seen, and directed my heart unto every work that is done under the sun: there is a time when one man ruleth over another to his own injury.
Vse to sem videl in svoje srce posvetil vsakemu delu, ki je storjeno pod soncem. Je čas, v katerem en človek vlada nad drugim v svojo lastno škodo.
10 Then also did I see the wicked buried, who had gone to their rest; but those who had acted correctly had to go away from the holy place, and were forgotten in the city. Also this is vanity.
Tako sem videl zlobne pokopane, ki so prišli in odšli iz kraja svetih in so bili pozabljeni v mestu, kjer so tako počeli. Tudi to je ničevost.
11 Because the punishment against evil deeds is not executed speedily, therefore is the heart of the sons of men filled up in them to do evil.
Ker obsodba zoper zlo delo ni izvršena naglo, zato je srce človeških sinov v njih popolnoma naravnano, da počno zlo.
12 But let a sinner do evil a hundred times, and [God] withhold long his punishment from him; still do I truly know for certain that it will be well with those that fear God, because they are afraid of him;
Čeprav grešnik tisočkrat stori zlo in bodo njegovi dnevi podaljšani, vendar zagotovo vem, da bo dobro s tistimi, ki se bojijo Boga, ki se bojijo pred njim,
13 And that it will not be well with the wicked, and that he will not endure many days, like the shadow; because he is not afraid of God.
toda z zlobnim ne bo dobro niti ne bo podaljšal svojih dni, ki so kakor senca, ker se pred Bogom ne boji.
14 There is a vanity which is done upon the earth, that there are righteous men, unto whom it happeneth in accordance with the deeds of the wicked; again, there are wicked men, to whom it happeneth in accordance with the deeds of the righteous. I said that this also is vanity.
Je ničevost, ki je storjena na zemlji; da so pravični ljudje, ki se jim dogaja glede na delo zlobnih; ponovno, so zlobni ljudje, ki se jim dogaja glede na delo pravičnih. Rekel sem, da je tudi to ničevost.
15 Therefore do I praise joyfulness, that there is nothing better for man under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be joyful; for this will adhere to him in his toil, during the days of his life which God hath given him under the sun.—
Potem sem priporočal veselje, ker človek pod soncem nima boljše stvari, kot da jé in da pije in da je vesel, kajti to bo ostalo z njim od njegovega truda [vse] dni njegovega življenja, ki mu ga Bog daje pod soncem.
16 When I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to see the employment that is done upon the earth, how even neither by day nor by night sleep is seen in the eyes of some men:
Ko sem usmeril svoje srce, da spoznam modrost in da vidim opravilo, ki je storjeno na zemlji (kajti tam je ta, ki niti podnevi niti ponoči s svojimi očmi ne vidi spanja),
17 Then did I see [in] the whole work of God, that a man is not able to find out the work that is done under the sun; inasmuch as though a man were to toil to seek for it, he would yet not find it; and even if the wise were to think to know it, he would yet not be able to find it.
sem potem zagledal vsa Božja dela, da človek ne more spoznati dela, ki je storjeno pod soncem. Ker čeprav se človek trudi to spoznati, vendar tega ne bo našel. Da, nadalje, čeprav moder človek misli, da to pozna, vendar tega ne bo zmožen najti.
