Propovednik 8
1 Ko je kao mudri? i ko zna šta znaèe stvari? Mudrost prosvjetljuje èovjeku lice, a tvrdoæa lica njegova mijenja se.
The wisdom of a man shines in his countenance, and even the expression of a most powerful man will change.
2 Ja ti kažem: izvršuj zapovijest carevu, i to zakletve Božije radi.
I heed the mouth of the king, and the commandment of an oath to God.
3 Ne budi brz da otideš ispred njega; ne stoj u zloj stvari, jer æe uèiniti što god hoæe.
You should not hastily withdraw from his presence, nor should you remain in an evil work. For all that pleases him, he will do.
4 Jer gdje je god rijeè careva ondje je vlast, i ko æe mu reæi: šta radiš?
And his word is filled with authority. Neither is anyone able to say to him: “Why are you acting this way?”
5 Ko izvršuje zapovijest, neæe znati za zlo, jer srce mudroga zna vrijeme i naèin.
Whoever keeps the commandment will not experience evil. The heart of a wise man understands the time to respond.
6 Jer svaèemu ima vrijeme i naèin; ali mnoga zla snalaze èovjeka,
For every matter, there is a time and an opportunity, as well as many difficulties, for man.
7 Što ne zna šta æe biti; jer kad æe što biti, ko æe mu kazati?
For he is ignorant of the past, and he is able to know nothing of the future by means of a messenger.
8 Èovjek nije vlastan nad duhom da bi ustavio duh, niti ima vlasti nad danom smrtnijem, niti ima obrane u toj borbi; ni bezbožnost ne izbavlja onoga u koga je.
It is not in the power of a man to prohibit the spirit, nor does he have authority over the day of death, nor is he permitted to rest when war breaks out, and neither will impiety save the impious.
9 Sve ovo vidjeh, i upravih srce svoje na sve što se radi pod suncem. Katkad vlada èovjek nad èovjekom na zlo njegovo.
I have considered all these things, and I have applied my heart to all the works which are being done under the sun. Sometimes one man rules over another to his own harm.
10 I tada vidjeh bezbožnike pogrebene, gdje se vratiše; a koji dobro èinjahu otidoše sa svetoga mjesta i biše zaboravljeni u gradu. I to je taština.
I have seen the impious buried. These same, while they were still living, were in the holy place, and they were praised in the city as workers of justice. But this, too, is emptiness.
11 Što nema odmah osude za zlo djelo, zato srce sinova ljudskih kipi u njima da èine zlo.
For the sons of men perpetrate evils without any fear, because judgment is not pronounced quickly against the evil.
12 Neka grješnik sto puta èini zlo i odgaða mu se, ja ipak znam da æe biti dobro onima koji se boje Boga, koji se boje lica njegova.
But although a sinner may do evil of himself one hundred times, and by patience still endure, I realize that it will be well with those who fear God, who revere his face.
13 A bezbožniku neæe biti dobro, niti æe mu se produljiti dani, nego æe biti kao sjen onome koji se ne boji lica Božijega.
So, may it not go well with the impious, and may his days not be prolonged. And let those who do not fear the face of the Lord pass away like a shadow.
14 Taština je koja biva na zemlji što ima pravednika kojima biva po djelima bezbožnièkim, a ima bezbožnika kojima biva po djelima pravednièkim. Rekoh: i to je taština.
There is also another vanity, which is done upon the earth. There are the just, to whom evils happen, as though they had done the works of the impious. And there are the impious, who are very secure, as though they possess the deeds of the just. But this, too, I judge to be a very great vanity.
15 Zato ja hvalih veselje, jer nema ništa bolje èovjeku pod suncem nego da jede i pije i da se veseli; i to mu je od truda njegova za života njegova, koji mu Bog da pod suncem.
And so, I praised rejoicing, because there was no good for a man under the sun, except to eat and drink, and to be cheerful, and because he may take nothing with him from his labor in the days of his life, which God has given to him under the sun.
16 Kad upravih srce svoje da poznam mudrost i vidim šta se radi na zemlji, te ni danju ni noæu ne dolazi èovjeku san na oèi,
And I applied my heart, so that I might know wisdom, and so that I might understand a disturbance that turns upon the earth: it is a man, who takes no sleep with his eyes, day and night.
17 Vidjeh na svijem djelima Božijim da èovjek ne može dokuèiti ono što se radi pod suncem, oko èega se trudi èovjek tražeæi, ali ne nalazi, i ako i mudarac reèe da zna, ipak ne može dokuèiti.
And I understood that man is able to find no explanation for all those works of God which are done under the sun. And so, the more that he labors to seek, so much the less does he find. Yes, even if a wise man were to claim that he knows, he would not be able to discover it.
