Propovednik 5
1 Èuvaj nogu svoju kad ideš u dom Božji, i pristupi da slušaš; to je bolje nego što bezumni daju žrtve, jer ne znaju da zlo èine.
KEEP thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be more ready to hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they consider not that they do evil.
2 Nemoj nagliti ustima svojim, i srce tvoje da ne bude brzo izgovoriti što pred Bogom, jer je Bog na nebu a ti si na zemlji, zato neka bude malo rijeèi tvojih.
Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few.
3 Jer san dolazi od mnogoga posla, a glas bezumnikov od mnogih rijeèi.
For a dream cometh through the multitude of business; and a fool’s voice is known by multitude of words.
4 Kad uèiniš zavjet Bogu, ne oklijevaj ispuniti ga, jer mu nijesu mili bezumnici; što god zavjetuješ, ispuni.
When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou hast vowed.
5 Bolje je da ne zavjetuješ negoli da zavjetuješ pa ne ispuniš.
Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay.
6 Ne daj ustima svojima da na grijeh navode tijelo tvoje, i ne govori pred anðelom da je bilo nehotice. Zašto bi se gnjevio Bog na rijeèi tvoje i potro djelo ruku tvojih?
Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin; neither say thou before the angel, that it was an error: wherefore should God be angry at thy voice, and destroy the work of thine hands?
7 Jer kao što u mnoštvu sanova ima taštine, tako i u mnogim rijeèima; nego boj se Boga.
For in the multitude of dreams and many words there are also divers vanities: but fear thou God.
8 Ako vidiš gdje se èini nepravda siromahu i otima sud i pravda u zemlji, ne èudi se tome, jer viši pazi na visokoga, i ima još viših nad njima.
If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for he that is higher than the highest regardeth; and there be higher than they.
9 Ali je zemlja korisnija od svega; i car njivi služi.
Moreover the profit of the earth is for all: the king himself is served by the field.
10 Ko ljubi novce, neæe se nasititi novaca; i ko ljubi bogatstvo, neæe imati koristi od njega. I to je taština.
He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity.
11 Gdje je mnogo dobra, mnogo je i onijeh koji ga jedu; pa kaka je korist od toga gospodaru? osim što gleda svojim oèima.
When goods increase, they are increased that eat them: and what good is there to the owners thereof, saving the beholding of them with their eyes?
12 Sladak je san onome koji radi, jeo malo ili mnogo; a sitost bogatome ne da spavati.
The sleep of a labouring man is sweet, whether he eat little or much: but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.
13 Ima ljuto zlo koje vidjeh pod suncem: bogatstvo koje se èuva na zlo onome èije je.
There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt.
14 Jer tako bogatstvo propadne zlom nezgodom, te sinu kojega je rodio ne ostane ništa u ruku.
But those riches perish by evil travail: and he begetteth a son, and there is nothing in his hand.
15 Kao što je izašao iz utrobe matere svoje nag, tako opet odlazi kako je došao; i ništa ne uzima od truda svojega da ponese u ruci svojoj.
As he came forth of his mother’s womb, naked shall he return to go as he came, and shall take nothing of his labour, which he may carry away in his hand.
16 I to je ljuto zlo što odlazi kako je došao; i kaka mu je korist što se trudio u vjetar,
And this also is a sore evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go: and what profit hath he that hath laboured for the wind?
17 I svega vijeka svojega jeo u mraku, i mnogo se brinuo i žalostio i ljutio?
All his days also he eateth in darkness, and he hath much sorrow and wrath with his sickness.
18 Eto, to vidjeh da je dobro i lijepo èovjeku da jede i pije i uživa dobro od svega truda svojega kojim se trudi pod nebom za života svojega, koji mu Bog da, jer mu je to dio.
Behold that which I have seen: it is good and comely for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy the good of all his labour that he taketh under the sun all the days of his life, which God giveth him: for it is his portion.
19 I kad kome Bog da bogatstvo i blago, i da mu da uživa i uzima svoj dio i da se veseli s truda svojega, to je dar Božji.
Every man also to whom God hath given riches and wealth, and hath given him power to eat thereof, and to take his portion, and to rejoice in his labour; this is the gift of God.
20 Jer se neæe mnogo opominjati dana života svojega, jer mu Bog daje da mu je srce veselo.
For he shall not much remember the days of his life; because God answereth him in the joy of his heart.
