Ecclesiastes 2
1 I said in my heart, Come now, I will test thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also is vanity.
Ja rekoh u srcu svom: daj da te okušam veseljem; uživaj dobra. Ali gle, i to bješe taština.
2 I said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What doeth it?
Smijehu rekoh: luduješ; i veselju: šta to radiš?
3 I sought in my heart to give myself to wine, yet acquainting my heart with wisdom; and to lay hold on folly, till I might see what was that good for the sons of men, which they should do under the heaven all the days of their life.
Razmišljah u srcu svom da puštam tijelo svoje na piæe, i srcem svojim upravljajuæi mudro da se držim ludosti dokle ne vidim šta bi dobro bilo sinovima ljudskim da èine pod nebom dok su živi.
4 I made for myself great works; I built houses; I planted vineyards:
Velika djela uèinih: sazidah sebi kuæe, nasadih sebi vinograde;
5 I made me gardens and orchards, and I planted trees in them of all kind of fruits:
Naèinih sebi vrtove i voænjake, i nasadih u njima svakojakih drveta rodnijeh;
6 I made me pools of water, to water with them the wood that bringeth forth trees:
Naèinih sebi jezera vodena da zaljevam iz njih šumu gdje rastu drveta;
7 I procured me male and female servants, and had servants born in my house; also I had great possessions of herds and flocks above all that were in Jerusalem before me:
Nabavih sebi sluga i sluškinja, i imah sluga roðenijeh u kuæi mojoj; i imah goveda i ovaca više od svijeh koji biše prije mene u Jerusalimu;
8 I gathered me also silver and gold, and the special treasure of kings and of the provinces: I procured me male and female singers, and the delights of the sons of men, as musical instruments, and of all sorts.
Takoðer nakupih sebi srebra i zlata i zaklada od careva i zemalja; nabavih sebi pjevaèa i pjevaèica i milina ljudskih, i sprava muzièkih svakojakih.
9 So I was great, and increased more than all that were before me in Jerusalem: also my wisdom remained with me.
I tako postah veæi i silniji od svijeh koji biše prije mene u Jerusalimu; i mudrost moja osta sa mnom.
10 And whatever my eyes desired I kept not from them, I withheld not my heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiced in all my labour: and this was my portion of all my labour.
I što god željahu oèi moje, ne branjah im niti ukraæivah srcu svojemu kakoga veselja, nego se srce moje veseljaše sa svakoga truda mojega, i to mi bijaše dio od svakoga truda mojega.
11 Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do: and, behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun.
A kad pogledah na sva djela svoja što uradiše ruke moje, i na trud kojim se trudih da uradim, gle, sve bješe taština i muka duhu, i nema koristi pod suncem.
12 And I turned myself to behold wisdom, and madness, and folly: for what can the man do that cometh after the king? even that which hath been already done.
Tada se obratih da vidim mudrost i ludost i bezumlje, jer šta bi èinio èovjek koji bi nastao poslije cara? što je veæ uèinjeno.
13 Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness.
I vidjeh da je bolja mudrost od ludosti, kao što je bolja svjetlost od mraka.
14 The wise man’s eyes are in his head; but the fool walketh in darkness: and I myself perceived also that one event happeneth to them all.
Mudri ima oèi u glavi, a bezumni ide po mraku; ali takoðer doznah da jednako biva svjema.
15 Then said I in my heart, As it happeneth to the fool, so it happeneth even to me; and why was I then more wise? Then I said in my heart, that this also is vanity.
Zato rekoh u srcu svom: meni æe biti kao bezumniku što biva; šta æe mi dakle pomoæi što sam mudar? I rekoh u srcu svom: i to je taština.
16 For there is no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool for ever; seeing that which now is in the days to come shall all be forgotten. And how dieth the wise man? as the fool.
Jer se neæe spominjati mudarac kao ni bezumnik dovijeka; jer što sada jest, sve se zaboravlja poslije, i mudarac umire kao i bezumnik.
17 Therefore I hated life; because the work that is wrought under the sun is grievous to me: for all is vanity and vexation of spirit.
Zato mi omrze život, jer mi nije milo što biva pod suncem, jer je sve taština i muka duhu.
18 Yea, I hated all my labour which I had taken under the sun: because I should leave it to the man that shall be after me.
I omrze mi sav trud moj oko kojega se trudih pod suncem, jer æu ga ostaviti èovjeku koji æe nastati nakon mene.
19 And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise man or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labour in which I have laboured, and in which I have showed myself wise under the sun. This is also vanity.
I ko zna hoæe li biti mudar ili lud? i opet æe biti gospodar od svega truda mojega oko kojega se trudih i mudrovah pod suncem. I to je taština.
20 Therefore I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labour which I took under the sun.
Zato doðoh na to da mi srce izgubi nadanje o svakom trudu oko kojega se trudih pod suncem.
21 For there is a man whose labour is in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in equity; yet to a man that hath not laboured in it shall he leave it for his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil.
Jer ima ljudi koji se trude mudro i razumno i pravo, pa to ostavljaju u dio drugome koji se nije trudio oko toga. I to je taština i veliko zlo.
22 For what hath man of all his labour, and of the vexation of his heart, in which he hath laboured under the sun?
Jer šta ima èovjek od svega truda svoga i od muke srca svoga, koju podnosi pod suncem?
23 For all his days are sorrows, and his labour grief; yea, his heart taketh not rest in the night. This is also vanity.
Jer su svi dani njegovi muka a poslovi njegovi briga; ni noæu se ne odmara srce njegovo. I to je taština.
24 There is nothing better for a man, than that he should eat and drink, and that he should make his soul enjoy good in his labour. This also I saw, that it was from the hand of God.
Nije li dakle dobro èovjeku da jede i pije i da gleda da mu je duši dobro od truda njegova? Ja vidjeh i to da je iz ruke Božije.
25 For who can eat, or who else can hasten to it, more than I?
Jer ko je jeo i uživao više nego ja?
26 For God giveth to a man who is good in his sight wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: but to the sinner he giveth toil, to gather and to store up wealth, that he may give to him that is good before God. This also is vanity and vexation of spirit.
Jer èovjeku koji mu je po volji daje mudrost i razum i radost, a grješniku daje muku da sabira i skuplja da da onome koji je po volji Bogu. I to je taština i muka duhu.
