Propovednik 1
1 Rijeèi propovjednika sina Davidova cara u Jerusalimu.
The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.
2 Taština nad taštinama, veli propovjednik, taština nad taštinama, sve je taština.
Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities! all is vanity.
3 Kaka je korist èovjeku od svega truda njegova, kojim se trudi pod suncem?
What profit hath man of all his labour wherewith he laboureth under the sun?
4 Naraštaj jedan odlazi i drugi dolazi, a zemlja stoji uvijek.
[One] generation passeth away, and [another] generation cometh, but the earth standeth for ever.
5 Sunce izlazi i zalazi, i opet hiti na mjesto svoje odakle izlazi.
The sun also riseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to its place where it ariseth.
6 Vjetar ide na jug i obræe se na sjever: ide jednako obræuæi se, i u obrtanju svom vraæa se.
The wind goeth towards the south, and turneth about towards the north: it turneth about continually, and the wind returneth again to its circuits.
7 Sve rijeke teku u more, i more se ne prepunja; odakle teku rijeke, onamo se vraæaju da opet teku.
All the rivers run into the sea, yet the sea is not full: unto the place whither the rivers go, thither they go again.
8 Sve je muèno, da èovjek ne može iskazati; oko se ne može nagledati, niti se uho može naslušati.
All things are full of toil; none can express it. The eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.
9 Što je bilo to æe biti, što se èinilo to æe se èiniti, i nema ništa novo pod suncem.
That which hath been is that which shall be; and that which hath been done is that which will be done: and there is nothing new under the sun.
10 Ima li što za što bi ko rekao: vidi, to je novo? Veæ je bilo za vijekova koji su bili prije nas.
Is there a thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? It hath been already in the ages which were before us.
11 Ne pominje se što je prije bilo; ni ono što æe poslije biti neæe se pominjati u onijeh koji æe poslije nastati.
There is no remembrance of former things; neither shall there be remembrance of things that are to come with those who shall live afterwards.
12 Ja propovjednik bijah car nad Izrailjem u Jerusalimu;
I, the Preacher, was king over Israel in Jerusalem.
13 I upravih srce svoje da tražim i razberem mudrošæu sve što biva pod nebom; taj muèni posao dade Bog sinovima ljudskim da se muèe oko njega.
And I applied my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all that is done under the heavens: this grievous occupation hath God given to the children of men to weary themselves therewith.
14 Vidjeh sve što biva pod suncem, i gle, sve je taština i muka duhu.
I have seen all the works that are done under the sun, and behold, all is vanity and pursuit of the wind.
15 Što je krivo ne može se ispraviti, i nedostaci ne mogu se izbrojiti.
That which is crooked cannot be made straight; and that which is wanting cannot be numbered.
16 Ja rekoh u srcu svom govoreæi: evo, ja postah velik, i pretekoh mudrošæu sve koji biše prije mene u Jerusalimu, i srce moje vidje mnogo mudrosti i znanja.
I communed with mine own heart, saying, Lo, I have become great and have acquired wisdom more than all they that have been before me over Jerusalem; and my heart hath seen much of wisdom and knowledge.
17 I upravih srce svoje da poznam mudrost i da poznam bezumlje i ludost; pa doznah da je i to muka duhu.
And I applied my heart to the knowledge of wisdom, and to the knowledge of madness and folly: I perceived that this also is a striving after the wind.
18 Jer gdje je mnogo mudrosti, mnogo je brige, i ko umnožava znanje, umnožava muku.
For in much wisdom is much vexation, and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.
