Ecclesiastes 6
1 Here was an evil, I had seen under the sun, —and it is, common, among men:
Je zlo, ki sem ga videl pod soncem in to je pogosto med ljudmi.
2 A man to whom God giveth riches and gains and honour, so that nothing doth he lack for his soul—of all that he craveth, and yet God doth not give him power to eat thereof, but, a man unknown, eateth it, —this, was vanity, and, an incurable evil, it was.
Človek, ki mu je Bog dal bogastva, premoženje in čast, tako da za svojo dušo ne potrebuje ničesar od vsega, kar si želi, pa mu vendar Bog ne daje moči, da od tega jé, temveč to jé tujec. To je ničevost in to je zla bolezen.
3 Though a man should beget a hundred children, and live, many years, so that many should be the days of his years but, his own soul, should not be satisfied with the good, and he should not even have, a burial, I said, Better than he, is an untimely birth!
Če človek zaplodi sto otrok in živi mnogo let, tako da je dni njegovih let mnogo in njegova duša ne bo nasičena z dobrinami in tudi da nima pogreba, pravim, da je prezgodaj rojeni boljši kakor on.
4 For, in vain, it came in, and, in darkness, it departeth, —and, with darkness, its name, is covered:
Kajti vstopa z ničevostjo in odhaja v temi in njegovo ime bo prekrito s temo.
5 even the sun, it never saw, nor aught did it know, —more quietness, hath this than the other.
Poleg tega ni videl sonca niti ni poznal nobene stvari; ta ima več počitka kakor drugi.
6 Even though one hath lived a thousand years twice told, yet, good, hath he not seen, —is it not, unto one place, that, all, are going?
Da, čeprav je bilo rečeno, da živi dvakrat tisoč let, vendar ni videl dobrega; mar ne gredo vsi na en kraj?
7 All the toil of man, is for his mouth, —though, even the desire, is not satisfied!
Vse človekovo delo je za njegova usta, pa vendar apetit ni potešen.
8 For what profit hath the wise man, over the dullard? What can, the poor man, know—so as to walk before the living?
Kajti kaj ima modri več kakor bedak? Kaj ima ubogi, da zna hoditi pred živečimi?
9 Better what the eyes behold, than the wandering of desire, —even this, was vanity, and a feeding on wind.
Boljši je pogled oči kakor tavanje poželenja. Tudi to je ničevost in draženje duha.
10 Whatsoever one may be, long ago, was he called by his name, and it is known that it is—Son of Earth, —he cannot, therefore, contend with one stronger than he.
To, kar je bilo, je že imenovano in je znano, da je to človek; niti se ne more pričkati s tistim, ki je mogočnejši kakor on.
11 Seeing there are things in abundance which make vanity abound, what profit hath man?
Ker je tukaj mnogo stvari, ki povečujejo ničevost, kaj je človek boljši?
12 For who knoweth what is good for a man throughout his life, for the number of the days of his life of vanity, seeing he will make them, like a shadow, —for who can tell a man, what shall be after him, under the sun?
Kajti kdo ve kaj je boljše za človeka v tem življenju, vse dni njegovega praznega življenja, ki jih preživlja kakor senca? Kajti kdo lahko človeku pove kaj bo za njim pod soncem?
