Propovednik 9
1 Doista sve ovo složih u srce svoje da bih rasvijetlio sve to, kako su pravedni i mudri i djela njihova u ruci Božijoj, a èovjek ne zna ni ljubavi ni mržnje od svega što je pred njim.
For all this I laid to my heart, even to explore all this: that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God; whether it be love or hatred, man knoweth it not; all is before them.
2 Sve biva svjema jednako: pravedniku biva kao bezbožniku, dobromu i èistomu kao neèistomu, onome koji prinosi žrtvu kao onome koji ne prinosi, kako dobromu tako grješniku, onome koji se kune kao onome koji se boji zakletve.
All things come alike to all: there is one event to the righteous and to the wicked; to the good and to the clean and to the unclean; to him that sacrificeth and to him that sacrificeth not; as is the good, so is the sinner; [and] he that sweareth, as he that feareth an oath.
3 A to je najgore od svega što biva pod suncem što svjema jednako biva, te je i srce ljudsko puno zla, i ludost im je u srcu dok su živi, a potom umiru.
This is an evil in all that is done under the sun, that there is one event unto all: yea also, the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after that [they go] to the dead.
4 Jer ko æe biti izabran? U živijeh svijeh ima nadanja; i psu živu bolje je nego mrtvu lavu.
For to him that is joined with all the living there is hope; for a living dog is better than a dead lion.
5 Jer živi znaju da æe umrijeti, a mrtvi ne znaju ništa niti im ima plate, jer im se spomen zaboravio.
For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not anything, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.
6 I ljubavi njihove i mržnje njihove i zavisti njihove nestalo je, i više nemaju dijela nigda ni u èemu što biva pod suncem.
As well their love, as their hatred and their envy, is perished long ago; neither have they any more a portion for ever in anything that is done under the sun.
7 Hajde, jedi hljeb svoj s radošæu, i vesela srca pij vino svoje, jer su mila Bogu djela tvoja.
Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God hath already accepted thy works.
8 Svagda neka su ti haljine bijele, i ulja na glavi tvojoj da se ne premièe.
Let thy garments be always white; and let not thy head lack oil.
9 Uživaj život sa ženom koju ljubiš svega vijeka svojega taštega, koji ti je dat pod suncem za sve vrijeme taštine tvoje, jer ti je to dio u životu i od truda tvojega kojim se trudiš pod suncem.
Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of thy life of vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all thy days of vanity: for that is thy portion in life, and in thy labor wherein thou laborest under the sun.
10 Sve što ti doðe na ruku da èiniš, èini po moguænosti svojoj, jer nema rada ni mišljenja ni znanja ni mudrosti u grobu u koji ideš. (Sheol h7585)
Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do [it] with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in Sheol, whither thou goest. (Sheol h7585)
11 Opet vidjeh pod suncem da nije do brzijeh trka, ni rat do hrabrijeh, ni hljeb do mudrijeh, ni bogatstvo do razumnijeh, ni dobra volja do vještijeh, nego da sve stoji do vremena i zgode.
I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favor to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.
12 Jer èovjek ne zna vremena svojega, nego kao što se ribe hvataju mrežom nesreænom i kao što se ptice hvataju pruglom, tako se hvataju sinovi èovjeèiji u zao èas, kad navali na njih iznenada.
For man also knoweth not his time: as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare, even so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly upon them.
13 Vidjeh i ovu mudrost pod suncem, koja mi se uèini velika:
I have also seen wisdom under the sun on this wise, and it seemed great unto me:
14 Bijaše malen grad i u njemu malo ljudi; i doðe na nj velik car, i opkoli ga i naèini oko njega velike opkope.
There was a little city, and few men within it; and there came a great king against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it.
15 A naðe se u njemu siromah èovjek mudar, koji izbavi grad mudrošæu svojom, a niko se ne sjeæaše toga siromaha èovjeka.
Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man.
16 Tada ja rekoh: bolja je mudrost nego snaga, ako se i ne maraše za mudrost onoga siromaha i rijeèi se njegove ne slušahu.
Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the poor man’s wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.
17 Rijeèi mudrijeh ljudi valja s mirom slušati više nego viku onoga koji zapovijeda meðu ludima.
The words of the wise heard in quiet are better than the cry of him that ruleth among fools.
18 Bolja je mudrost nego oružje ubojito; ali jedan grješnik kvari mnogo dobra.
Wisdom is better than weapons of war; but one sinner destroyeth much good.
