Propovednik 3
1 Svemu ima vrijeme, i svakom poslu pod nebom ima vrijeme.
For, every thing, there is a season, —and a time for every pursuit, under the heavens: —
2 Ima vrijeme kad se raða, i vrijeme kad se umire; vrijeme kad se sadi, i vrijeme kad se èupa posaðeno;
A time to be born, and a time to die, —A time to plant, and a time to uproot what is 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 break 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 wail, and a time to dance for joy;
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 cast away stones, and a time to heap up stones, —A time to embrace, and a time to be far from loving embrace;
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 give up as lost, —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 profit hath he that worketh, in that wherein, himself, hath toiled?
10 Vidio sam poslove koje je Bog dao sinovima ljudskim da se muèe oko njih.
I looked at the employment which God hath given to the sons of men, to work therein:
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.
Everything, hath he made beautiful in its own time, —also, intelligence, hath he put in their heart, without which men could not find out the work which God hath wrought, from the beginning even unto 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 blessedness in them, —save to be glad, and to do well with one’s life.
13 I kad svaki èovjek jede i pije i uživa dobra od svakoga truda svojega, to je dar Božji.
Though indeed, that any man should eat and drink, and see blessedness, in all his toil, it is, the 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 God doeth, the same, shall be age-abiding, unto it, there is nothing to add, and, from it, there is nothing to take away, —and, God, hath done it, that men should stand in awe 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 was, already, had been, and, that which shall be, already, shall have been, —but, God, seeketh that which hath been chased away.
16 Još vidjeh pod suncem gdje je mjesto suda bezbožnost i mjesto pravde bezbožnost.
Then, again, I saw under the sun, the place of justice, that there was lawlessness, and, the place of righteousness, that there was lawlessness.
17 I rekoh u srcu svom: Bog æe suditi pravedniku i bezbožniku; jer ima vrijeme svemu i svakom poslu.
Said, I, in my heart, Both the righteous and the lawless, will God judge, —for [there will be] a time for every pursuit, and concerning every work—there.
18 Rekoh u srcu svom za sinove ljudske da im je Bog pokazao da vide da su kao stoka.
Said, I, in my heart, as concerning the sons of men, That God was minded to prove them, —and that they might see, that they were beasts, of themselves.
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.
For, as regardeth the destiny of the sons of men and the destiny of beasts, one fate, have they, as dieth the one, so, dieth the other, and, one spirit, have they all, —and, the pre-eminence of man over beast, is nothing, for, all, were vanity:
20 Sve ide na jedno mjesto; sve je od praha i sve se vraæa u prah.
all, go unto one place, —all, came from the dust, and all, return to the dust.
21 Ko zna da duh sinova ljudskih ide gore, a duh stoke da ide dolje pod zemlju?
Who knoweth the spirit of the sons of men, whether it, ascendeth, above, —or the spirit of the beast, whether it, descendeth, below, 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?
So I saw, that there was nothing better than that a man should be glad in his works, for, that, is his portion, —for who can bring him in, to look upon that which shall be after him?
