Propovednik 1
1 Rijeèi propovjednika sina Davidova cara u Jerusalimu.
The words of the preacher, the son of David, king of 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 a man of all his labor, which he taketh 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 abideth 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 his place where he arose.
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 to the north; it whirleth about continually, and the wind returneth again according 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; to the place from whence the rivers come, thither they return 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 labor; man cannot utter [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.
The thing that hath been, it [is that] which shall be; and that which is done [is] that which shall be done: and [there is] no new [thing] 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 [any] thing of which it may be said, See, this [is] new? it hath been already of old time, which was 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 [any] remembrance of [things] that are to come with [those] that shall come after.
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 gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all [things] that are done under heaven: this grievous labor hath God given to the sons of man to be exercised with it.
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 vexation of spirit.
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 my own heart, saying, Lo, I have come to great estate, and have gained more wisdom than all [they] that have been before me in Jerusalem: and my heart had great experience 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 gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit.
18 Jer gdje je mnogo mudrosti, mnogo je brige, i ko umnožava znanje, umnožava muku.
For in much wisdom [is] much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.
