Propovednik 4
1 Opet vidjeh sve nepravde koje se èine pod suncem, i gle, suze onijeh kojima se èini nepravda, i nemaju ko bi ih potješio ni snage da se izbave iz ruku onijeh koji im èine nepravdu; nemaju nikoga da ih potješi.
So I turned and considered all the oppressions that are wrought vnder the sunne, and beholde the teares of the oppressed, and none comforteth them: and lo, the strength is of the hand of them that oppresse them, and none comforteth them.
2 Zato hvalih mrtve koji veæ pomriješe više nego žive koji još žive.
Wherefore I praysed the dead which now are dead, aboue the liuing, which are yet aliue.
3 Ali je bolji i od jednijeh i od drugih onaj koji još nije postao, koji nije vidio zla što biva pod suncem.
And I count him better then them both, which hath not yet bin: for he hath not seene the euill workes which are wrought vnder the sunne.
4 Jer vidjeh svaki trud i svako dobro djelo da od njega biva zavist èovjeku od bližnjega njegova. I to je taština i muka duhu.
Also I beheld all trauaile, and all perfection of workes that this is ye enuie of a man against his neighbour: this also is vanitie and vexation of spirit.
5 Bezumnik sklapa ruke svoje, i jede svoje tijelo.
The foole foldeth his hands, and eateth vp his owne flesh.
6 Bolja je jedna grst u miru nego obje grsti s trudom i mukom u duhu.
Better is an handfull with quietnesse, then two handfuls with labour and vexation of spirit.
7 Opet vidjeh taštinu pod suncem:
Againe I returned, and sawe vanitie vnder the sunne.
8 Ima ko je sam, inokosan, nema ni sina ni brata, i opet nema kraja trudu njegovu, i oèi njegove ne mogu da se nasite bogatstva; a ne misli: za koga se muèim i oduzimam svojoj duši dobra? I to je taština i zao posao.
There is one alone, and there is not a second, which hath neither sonne nor brother, yet is there none end of all his trauaile, neither can his eye be satisfied with riches: neither doeth he thinke, For whome doe I trauaile and defraude my soule of pleasure? this also is vanitie, and this is an euill trauaile.
9 Bolje je dvojici nego jednomu, jer imaju dobru dobit od svoga truda.
Two are better then one: for they haue better wages for their labour.
10 Jer ako jedan padne, drugi æe podignuti druga svojega; a teško jednomu! ako padne, nema drugoga da ga podigne.
For if they fal, the one wil lift vp his felow: but wo vnto him that is alone: for he falleth, and there is not a second to lift him vp.
11 Jošte ako dvojica spavaju zajedno, grije jedan drugoga; a jedan kako æe se zgrijati?
Also if two sleepe together, then shall they haue heate: but to one how should there be heate?
12 I ako bi ko nadjaèao jednoga, dvojica æe mu odoljeti; i trostruka vrvca ne kida se lako.
And if one ouercome him, two shall stand against him: and a threefolde coard is not easily broken.
13 Bolje je dijete ubogo a mudro nego car star a bezuman, koji se veæ ne zna pouèiti.
Better is a poore and wise childe, then an olde and foolish King, which will no more be admonished.
14 Jer jedan izlazi iz tamnice da caruje, a drugi koji se rodi da caruje osiromaši.
For out of the prison he commeth forth to reigne: when as he that is borne in his kingdome, is made poore.
15 Vidjeh sve žive koji hode pod suncem gdje pristaju za djetetom drugim, koje æe stupiti na njegovo mjesto.
I behelde all the liuing, which walke vnder the sunne, with the second childe, which shall stand vp in his place.
16 Nema kraja narodu koji bijaše pred njim, a koji poslije nastanu neæe se radovati njemu. I to je taština i muka duhu.
There is none ende of all the people, nor of all that were before them, and they that come after, shall not reioyce in him: surely this is also vanitie and vexation of spirit.
