Ecclesiastes 12
1 While you are still young, keep thinking about [God], who created you. Do that before [you are old] and you experience many troubles, during the years when you say “I no [longer] enjoy being alive.”
Али опомињи се Творца свог у младости својој пре него дођу дани зли и приспеју године, за које ћеш рећи: Нису ми миле;
2 [When you become old], the light from the sun and moon and stars will [seem] dim [to you], and [it will seem that the rain] clouds [always] return [quickly] after it rains.
Пре него помркне сунце и видело и месец и звезде, и опет дођу облаци иза дажда,
3 Then your [arms that you use to protect] [MET] your bodies will shake/tremble, and your [legs that support] [MET] your bodies will become weak. Many of your [teeth that you use to] grind/chew [your food] will fall out, and your [eyes that you use to] look out of windows will not see clearly.
Кад ће дрхтати стражари кућни и погнути се јунаци, и стати млинарице, што их је мало, и потамнети који гледају кроз прозоре,
4 Your [ears] [MET] will not hear the noise in the streets, and you will not be able to hear clearly the sound of people grinding grain with millstones. You will be awakened in the morning by hearing the birds singing/chirping, [but] you will not be able to hear well the songs that (the birds/people) sing.
И кад ће се затворити врата с улице, и ослабити звека од млевења, и кад ће се устајати на птичији глас и престати све певачице,
5 You will be afraid to be in high places and afraid of dangers on the roads that you walk on. [Your hair] will become [white like] [MET] the flowers of almond trees. [When you try to walk], you will drag yourself along like [MET] grasshoppers, and you will no longer desire [to have sex]. Then you will [die and] go to your eternal home, and people who will mourn for you will be in the streets.
И високог места кад ће се бојати и страшити се на путу, кад ће бадем уцветати и скакавац отежати и жеља проћи, јер човек иде у кућу своју вечну, и покајнице ће ходити по улицама;
6 [Think much about God now, because] soon our lives will end, [like] [MET] silver chains or golden bowls that break easily, or like pitchers/jugs that are broken at the water fountain, or like broken pulleys at a well.
Пре него се прекине уже сребрно, чаша се златна разбије и распе се ведро на извору и сломи се точак на студенцу,
7 Then our corpses will [decay and] become dirt again, and our spirits will return to God, the one who gave us our spirits.
И врати се прах у земљу, како је био, а дух се врати Богу, који га је дао.
8 [So] I say [again] that it is difficult to understand why everything happens; everything is mysterious.
Таштина над таштинама, вели проповедник, све је таштина.
9 I was considered to be a very wise man, and I taught the people many things. I assembled/collected and wrote down many proverbs, and I carefully thought about and studied them.
А не само мудар беше проповедник, него још и народ учаше мудрости, и мотрећи и истражујући сложи много прича.
10 I searched for the right words, and what I have written is reliable and true.
Стараше се проповедник да нађе угодне речи, и написа шта је право, речи истине.
11 The things that [I and other] wise people say [teach people what they should do]; they are like [SIM] (goads/sharp sticks that people use to strike animals to direct where they should go). They are like [SIM] nails that stick out of pieces of wood. They are given to us by [God, who is like] [MET] our shepherd.
Речи су мудрих људи као жалци и као клини ударени; речи оних који их сложише дао је један пастир.
12 [So], my son, pay careful attention to what I have written, and choose carefully what you read that others have written, [because] writing proverbs/books is endless, and [trying to] study them all will cause you to become exhausted.
И тако, сине мој, чувај се оног што је преко овог, јер нема краја састављању многих књига, и много читање умор је телу.
13 [Now] you have heard all [that I have told you], and here is the conclusion: Revere God, and obey his commandments, because those commandments summarize everything that people should do.
Главно је свему што си чуо: Бога се бој, и заповести Његове држи, јер то је све човеку.
14 And do not forget that God will judge everything that we do, good things and bad things, [even] things that we do secretly.
Јер ће свако дело Бог изнети на суд и сваку тајну, била добра или зла.
