Propovednik 7
1 Bolje je ime nego dobro ulje, i dan smrtni nego dan u koji se ko rodi.
[Having] a good reputation [MTY] is better than fine perfume, and the day that we die is better than the day that we are born.
2 Bolje je iæi u kuæu gdje je žalost nego iæi u kuæu gdje je gozba, jer je ondje kraj svakoga èovjeka, i ko je živ, slaže u srce svoje.
It is better to go to a house where people are mourning [about someone who has died] than to go to a house where people are feasting, because everyone will die some day, and people who are alive should think seriously [IDM] about that.
3 Bolja je žalost nego smijeh, jer kad je lice neveselo, srce postaje bolje.
It is better to be sad than to be [always] laughing, because being sad can cause us to think more about how we should conduct our lives [IDM].
4 Srce je mudrijeh ljudi u kuæi gdje je žalost, a srce bezumnijeh u kuæi gdje je veselje.
Wise [people] who go to where others are mourning think about [the fact that some day they also will] die, but foolish people [PRS] [do not think about that]; they are always [MTY] laughing.
5 Bolje je slušati karanje mudroga nego da ko sluša pjesmu bezumnijeh.
It is better to pay attention to [someone who is wise] you than to listen to the songs of a foolish person.
6 Jer kao što prašti trnje pod loncem, taki je smijeh bezumnikov; i to je taština.
By [listening to] foolish people laughing we will not [learn any more than by listening to] the crackling of thorns [being burned] under a pot. Listening to fools is senseless.
7 Nasilje obezumljuje mudroga, i poklon izopaèuje srce.
When wise people say to others, “You must pay me a lot of money for me to protect you,” that causes those wise people to become foolish, and [accepting] bribes causes people to become unable to do what is fair/just.
8 Bolji je kraj stvari nego poèetak joj; bolji je ko je strpljiva duha negoli ko je ponosita duha.
Finishing something is better than starting something, and being patient is better than being proud.
9 Ne budi nagao u duhu svom na gnjev, jer gnjev poèiva u njedrima bezumnijeh.
Do not quickly (lose your temper/react to things angrily), because it is foolish people [SYN] who become very angry.
10 Ne govori: šta je to, te su preðašnji dani bili bolji od ovijeh? jer ne bi bilo mudro da za to pitaš.
Do not say, “Things were a lot better [RHQ] previously,” because it is people who are not wise who say that.
11 Dobra je mudrost s imanjem, i korisna je onima koji vide sunce.
Being wise is better than inheriting [valuable things]; being wise provides lasting benefits for every person on the earth [MTY].
12 Jer je mudrost zaklon, i novci su zaklon; ali je pretežnije znanje mudrosti tijem što daje život onome ko je ima.
We are [sometimes] protected by being wise like we are [sometimes] protected by having a lot of money, but being wise is better [than having a lot of money], [because] being wise prevents us from [doing foolish things that would] cause us to die.
13 Pogledaj djelo Božije; jer ko može ispraviti što on iskrivi?
Think [carefully about] what God has done. Certainly no one can [RHQ] cause to become straight the things that God has caused to be crooked.
14 U dobro vrijeme uživaj dobro, a u zlo vrijeme gledaj, jer je Bog stvorio jedno prema drugom zato da èovjek ne zna šta æe biti.
When things are going well for you, be happy, and when things are not going well for you, remember that God is the one who causes good things to happen and who also causes disasters.
15 Svašta vidjeh za vremena taštine svoje: pravednika koji propada u pravdi svojoj, i bezbožnika koji dugo živi u svojoj zloæi.
During all the time that I have been alive I have seen a lot of [HYP] things that seem senseless. I have seen righteous people die [while they are still young], and I have seen wicked people remain alive for a very long time in [spite of] their continuing to be wicked.
16 Ne budi suviše pravedan ni suviše mudar; zašto bi sebe upropastio?
[So] do not think that you are very righteous and do not think that you are very wise, [because if you think those things], you will destroy yourself.
17 Ne budi suviše bezbožan ni lud; zašto bi umro prije vremena?
If you do what is evil or do what is foolish, you might die while you are still young.
18 Dobro je da držiš jedno a drugo da ne puštaš iz ruke; jer ko se boji Boga izbaviæe se od svega.
Continue to avoid doing what is evil and doing what is foolish; avoid doing both of those things by continually revering God.
19 Mudrost krijepi èovjeka više nego deset knezova koji su u gradu.
If you are wise, you will be more powerful/influential than the ten most powerful/influential men in your city.
20 Doista nema èovjeka pravedna na zemlji koji tvori dobro i ne griješi.
There is no one in this world who [always] does what is right and who never sins.
21 Ne uzimaj na um svašta što se govori, ako bi i slugu svojega èuo gdje te psuje;
Do not pay attention [IDM] to everything that people say, because if you do that, you might hear your servant cursing you.
22 Jer srce tvoje zna da si i ti više puta psovao druge.
You know that you have also cursed other people.
23 Sve to ogledah mudrošæu i rekoh: biæu mudar; ali mudrost bješe daleko od mene.
I said [to myself] that I would use my wisdom to study all the things [that I have written about], but I was not able to do it successfully.
24 Što je tako daleko i vrlo duboko, ko æe naæi?
Wisdom seems to be far from me; there is no one [RHQ] who can truly understand everything.
25 Okretoh se srcem svojim da poznam i izvidim i iznaðem mudrost i razum, i da poznam bezbožnost ludosti i ludost bezumlja.
But I decided to investigate things and by my wisdom try to understand the reason for everything. I also wanted to understand why people act wickedly and why they act very foolishly.
26 I naðoh da je grèa od smrti žena kojoj je srce mreža i pruglo, kojoj su ruke okovi; ko je mio Bogu, saèuvaæe se od nje, a grješnika æe uhvatiti ona.
[One thing I learned was that] (allowing a woman to seduce you/having sex with a woman to whom you are not married) is worse than dying. A woman who tries to seduce men is [as dangerous as] a trap [MET]. [If you allow her to put] her arms [around you, it will be as though she will be fastening you with] chains. Women like that will capture sinful men, but men who please God will escape from such women.
27 Gle, to naðoh, veli propovjednik, jedno prema drugom, tražeæi da razumijem.
This is what I have learned: I tried to learn more and more about things to try to find out the reason for everything,
28 Još traži duša moja, ali ne naðoh. Èovjeka jednoga u tisuæi naðoh, ali žene meðu svjema ne naðoh.
and I continued to try to learn more, but I could not find [all that I was searching for]. [But] one thing that I found out was that among 1,000 [people] I found one righteous man, but I did not find even one righteous woman.
29 Samo, gle, ovo naðoh: da je Bog stvorio èovjeka dobra; a oni traže svakojake pomisli.
[But] I did learn one thing: When God created people, they were righteous, but they have found many ways to do many evil things.
