Propovednik 3
1 Svemu ima vrijeme, i svakom poslu pod nebom ima vrijeme.
To all things there is a time, and a season for every matter under heaven.
2 Ima vrijeme kad se raða, i vrijeme kad se umire; vrijeme kad se sadi, i vrijeme kad se èupa posaðeno;
A time of birth, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what has been planted;
3 Vrijeme kad se ubija, i vrijeme kad se iscjeljuje; vrijeme kad se razvaljuje, i vrijeme kad se gradi.
a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to pull down, and a time to build up;
4 Vrijeme plaèu i vrijeme smijehu; vrijeme ridanju i vrijeme igranju;
a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to lament, and a time to dance;
5 Vrijeme kad se razmeæe kamenje, i vrijeme kad se skuplja kamenje; vrijeme kad se grli, i vrijeme kad se ostavlja grljenje;
a time to throw stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to abstain from embracing;
6 Vrijeme kad se teèe, i vrijeme kad se gubi; vrijeme kad se èuva, i vrijeme kad se baca;
a time to seek, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;
7 Vrijeme kad se dere, i vrijeme kad se sašiva; vrijeme kad se muèi, i vrijeme kad se govori;
a time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to be silent, and a time to speak;
8 Vrijeme kad se ljubi, i vrijeme kad se mrzi; vrijeme ratu i vrijeme miru.
a time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.
9 Kaka je korist onome koji radi od onoga oko èega se trudi?
What advantage [has] he that works in those things wherein he labours?
10 Vidio sam poslove koje je Bog dao sinovima ljudskim da se muèe oko njih.
I have seen all the trouble, which God has given to the sons of men to be troubled with.
11 Sve je uèinio da je lijepo u svoje vrijeme, i svijet metnuo im je u srce, ali da ne može èovjek dokuèiti djela koja Bog tvori, ni poèetka ni kraja.
All the things which he has made are beautiful in his time: he has also set the whole world in their heart, that man might not find out the work which God has wrought from the beginning even to the end.
12 Doznah da nema ništa bolje za njih nego da se vesele i èine dobro za života svoga.
I know that there is no good in them, except [for a man] to rejoice, and to do good in his life.
13 I kad svaki èovjek jede i pije i uživa dobra od svakoga truda svojega, to je dar Božji.
Also [in the case of] every man who shall eat and drink, and see good in all his labour, [this] is a gift of God.
14 Doznah da što god tvori Bog ono traje dovijeka, ne može mu se ništa dodati niti se od toga može što oduzeti; i Bog tvori da bi ga se bojali.
I know that whatsoever things God has done, they shall be for ever: it is impossible to add to it, and it is impossible to take away from it: and God has done [it], that [men] may fear before him.
15 Što je bilo to je sada, i što æe biti to je veæ bilo; jer Bog povraæa što je prošlo.
That which has been is now; and whatever things [are appointed] to be have already been; and God will seek out that which is past.
16 Još vidjeh pod suncem gdje je mjesto suda bezbožnost i mjesto pravde bezbožnost.
And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, there was the ungodly one; and the place of righteousness, there was the godly one.
17 I rekoh u srcu svom: Bog æe suditi pravedniku i bezbožniku; jer ima vrijeme svemu i svakom poslu.
And I said in my heart, God will judge the righteous and the ungodly: for there is a time there for every action and for every work.
18 Rekoh u srcu svom za sinove ljudske da im je Bog pokazao da vide da su kao stoka.
I said in my heart, concerning the speech of the sons of man, God will judge them, and that to shew that they are breasts.
19 Jer što biva sinovima ljudskim to biva i stoci, jednako im biva; kako gine ona tako ginu i oni, i svi imaju isti duh; i èovjek ništa nije bolji od stoke, jer je sve taština.
Also to them is the event of the sons of man, and the event of the brute; one event befalls them: as is the death of the one, so also the death of the other; and there is one breath to all: and what has the man more than the brute? nothing; for all is vanity.
20 Sve ide na jedno mjesto; sve je od praha i sve se vraæa u prah.
All [go] to one place; all were formed of the dust, and all will return to dust.
21 Ko zna da duh sinova ljudskih ide gore, a duh stoke da ide dolje pod zemlju?
And who has seen the spirit of the sons of man, whether it goes upward? and the spirit of the beast, whether it goes downward to the earth?
22 Zato vidjeh da ništa nema bolje èovjeku nego da se veseli onijem što radi, jer mu je to dio; jer ko æe ga dovesti da vidi što æe biti poslije njega?
And I saw that there was no good, but that wherein a man shall rejoice in his works, for it is his portion, for who shall bring him to see any thing of that which shall be after him?
