Ecclesiastes 1
1 The words of the Proclaimer, son of David, king in Jerusalem.
Besede Pridigarja, Davidovega sina, kralja v Jeruzalemu.
2 Vanity of vanities! saith the Proclaimer, vanity of vanities! all, is vanity.
»Ničevost ničevosti, « pravi Pridigar, »ničevost ničevosti; vse je ničevost.«
3 What profit hath Man, in all his toil wherewith he toileth under the sun?
Kakšno korist ima človek od vsega svojega truda, ki se ga loteva pod soncem?
4 Generation, goeth and, generation, cometh, but, the earth, unto times age-abiding, remaineth.
En rod mineva in drug rod prihaja, toda zemlja ostaja na veke.
5 And the sun, breaketh forth, and the sun, goeth in, —yea, unto his own place, he panteth, from whence he brake forth.
Tudi sonce vzhaja in sonce gre dol in hiti k svojemu kraju, kjer vstaja.
6 Going unto the south, and circling unto the north, —circling, circling continually, is, the wind, and, over its own circuits, returneth the wind.
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 streams, flow into the sea, yet, the sea, is not full, —unto the place whither the streams flow, thither, do they again flow.
Vse reke tečejo v morje, vendar morje ni polno; na kraj, od koder reke prihajajo, tja se ponovno vrnejo.
8 All words, are weak, unable is any man to tell, —not satisfied is the eye by seeing, nor filled is the ear 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 that shall be, and, that which hath been done, is the same that shall 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 Is there a thing, of which it can be said, See here, it is, new? Already, hath it been, for ages, [it is something] which was 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 There is, no remembrance, of the thing before, —nor, even of the things after, which shall be, will there be any remembrance, with them who shall come after.
Ni spominjanja o prejšnjih stvareh niti ne bo kakršnegakoli spominjanja o stvareh, ki pridejo s tistimi, ki bodo prišle potem.
12 I, the Proclaimer, was king over Israel, in Jerusalem.
Jaz, Pridigar, sem bil kralj nad Izraelom v Jeruzalemu.
13 And I gave my heart to seek and to search out, wisely, concerning all things which are done under the heavens, —the same, is the vexatious employment God hath given to the sons of men, to work toilsomely therein,
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 works which were done under the sun, —and lo! all, was vanity, and a feeding on wind.
Videl sem vsa dela, ki so storjena pod soncem in glej, vse je ničevost in draženje duha.
15 That which is crooked, cannot be straight, —and, that which is wanting, cannot be reckoned.
To, kar je skrivljeno, ne more biti izravnano; in to, kar je pomanjkljivo, ne more biti prešteto.
16 Spake, I, in my heart, saying, As for me, lo! I have become great, and have gathered wisdom, beyond any one who hath been before me over Jerusalem, —and, my heart, hath 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 yea I have given my heart, to know wisdom, and to know madness, and folly, —I know that, even this, is a feeding on wind.
Izročil sem svoje srce, da spoznam modrost in da spoznam norost in neumnost. Zaznal sem, da je tudi to draženje duha.
18 For, in much wisdom, is much vexation, —and, he that increaseth knowledge, increaseth pain.
Kajti v mnogi modrosti je mnogo žalosti in kdor povečuje spoznanje, povečuje bridkost.«
