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.
Then again, I, considered all the oppressive deeds which were done under the sun, —and lo! the tears of the oppressed, and they have no comforter, and, on the side of their oppressing, is power, and they have no comforter.
2 Zato hvalih mrtve koji veæ pomriješe više nego žive koji još žive.
So, I, pronounced happy the dead, who were, already, dead, —more than the living, who were living, still;
3 Ali je bolji i od jednijeh i od drugih onaj koji još nije postao, koji nije vidio zla što biva pod suncem.
and, as better than both, him who had not yet come into being, —who had not seen the vexatious work, which was done under the sun.
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.
Then saw, I, all the toil and all the skill of the work, that, for this, a man was envied of his neighbour, —even this, was vanity, and a feeding on wind.
5 Bezumnik sklapa ruke svoje, i jede svoje tijelo.
The dullard, claspeth his hands, and consumeth his own flesh.
6 Bolja je jedna grst u miru nego obje grsti s trudom i mukom u duhu.
Better a handful—with quietness, —than both hands, full—with toil, and feeding on wind.
7 Opet vidjeh taštinu pod suncem:
Then again, I, looked at a vain thing under the sun: —
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.
Here is one, without a second, even son or brother, he hath none, yet is there no end to all his toil, even his eye, is not satisfied with riches, —neither [saith he] For whom, am I toiling, and letting my soul want good? Even this, was vanity, yea a vexatious employment, it was!
9 Bolje je dvojici nego jednomu, jer imaju dobru dobit od svoga truda.
Better are two, than one, —in that they have a good reward for their toil.
10 Jer ako jedan padne, drugi æe podignuti druga svojega; a teško jednomu! ako padne, nema drugoga da ga podigne.
For, if the one should fall, [the other] would raise up his companion, —but alas! for him who is alone when he falleth, with no second to raise him up!
11 Jošte ako dvojica spavaju zajedno, grije jedan drugoga; a jedan kako æe se zgrijati?
Moreover, if two lie together, then have they warmth, —but how can, one, have warmth?
12 I ako bi ko nadjaèao jednoga, dvojica æe mu odoljeti; i trostruka vrvca ne kida se lako.
And, though an enemy should prevail against one, two, might make a stand before him, —and, a threefold cord, cannot soon be broken.
13 Bolje je dijete ubogo a mudro nego car star a bezuman, koji se veæ ne zna pouèiti.
Better a boy poor and wise, —than a king, old and stupid, who knoweth not how to take warning any longer.
14 Jer jedan izlazi iz tamnice da caruje, a drugi koji se rodi da caruje osiromaši.
For, out of prison, came he forth to reign, yea, even in his own kingdom, was he born poor.
15 Vidjeh sve žive koji hode pod suncem gdje pristaju za djetetom drugim, koje æe stupiti na njegovo mjesto.
I saw all the living, who were going hither and thither under the sun, —[that they were] with the boy who was to be the second, who was to stand in the other’s 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 was no end to all the people, to all before whom he came, yet, they who should come later, would not rejoice in him, —surely, even this, was vanity, and a feeding on wind.
