Књига проповедникова 2
1 Ја рекох у срцу свом: Дај да те окушам весељем; уживај добра. Али гле и то беше таштина.
[Then] I said to myself, “Okay, I will try to do everything that I enjoy. I will find out whether doing what I enjoy can truly enable me to be happy.” But I found out that doing that was also useless/senseless.
2 Смеху рекох: Лудујеш; и весељу: Шта то радиш?
[So] I said [to myself], “It is foolish to laugh [all the time], and continually doing what I enjoy does not seem to bring any lasting benefit.”
3 Размишљах у срцу свом да пуштам тело своје на пиће, и срцем својим управљајући мудро да се држим лудости докле не видим шта би добро било синовима људским да чине под небом док су живи.
[So], after thinking a lot about it, I decided to (cheer myself/cause myself to be happy) by drinking [a lot of] wine. [So] while I was still trying to be wise, I decided to do things that [many] people do to be happy during the short time that they are alive on the earth.
4 Велика дела учиних: сазидах себи куће, насадих себи винограде;
I did great things: I [caused] houses to be built for myself and vineyards to be planted.
5 Начиних себи вртове и воћњаке, и насадих у њима свакојаких дрвета родних;
I [told my workers] to make gardens and parks. [Then] I [told them to] fill the gardens with many kinds of fruit trees.
6 Начиних себи језера водена да заливам из њих шуму где расту дрвета;
I [told them to] build reservoirs to store water to irrigate the fruit trees.
7 Набавих себи слуга и слушкиња, и имах слуга рођених у кући мојој; и имах говеда и оваца више од свих који бише пре мене у Јерусалиму;
I bought male and female slaves, and babies [who later became my slaves] were born in my palace. I also owned more livestock than any of the previous kings in Jerusalem had owned.
8 Такође накупих себи сребра и злата и заклада од царева и земаља; набавих себи певача и певачица и милина људских, и справа музичких свакојаких.
I also accumulated large amounts of silver and gold [that were paid to me] from the treasures of kings and rulers of provinces. [I hired] men and women to sing for me, and I had many (concubines/slave wives) who gave me [much] pleasure [EUP].
9 И тако постах већи и силнији од свих који бише пре мене у Јерусалиму; и мудрост моја оста са мном.
So, I became greater than anyone else who had ever lived in Jerusalem, and I was [very] wise.
10 И шта год жељаху очи моје, не брањах им нити ускраћивах срцу свом какво весеље, него се срце моје весељаше са сваког труда мог, и то ми беше део од сваког труда мог.
I got everything [LIT] that I [SYN] saw and wanted. I did everything [LIT] that I thought would enable me to be happy. All those things that I [SYN] enjoyed were [like] a reward for all my hard work.
11 А кад погледах на сва дела своја што урадише руке моје, и на труд којим се трудих да урадим, гле, све беше таштина и мука духу, и нема користи под сунцем.
[But] then I thought about all the hard work that I [SYN] had done [to get all those things], and none of it seems to bring any lasting benefit [DOU]. It was all [like] chasing the wind.
12 Тада се обратих да видим мудрост и лудост и безумље, јер шта би чинио човек који би настао после цара? Шта је већ учињено.
Then I started to think about being wise, and [also about] being foolish [DOU]. [I said to myself, “I certainly do not think that] [RHQ] the next king will be able to do anything better than I can.”
13 И видех да је боља мудрост од лудости, као што је боља светлост од мрака.
And I thought, “Surely it is better to be wise than to be foolish, like light is better than darkness,
14 Мудри има очи у глави, а безумни иде по мраку; али такође дознах да једнако бива свима.
[because] wise people [walk in the daylight and] [IDM] can see where they are going, but foolish people walk in the darkness [and cannot see where they are going].” But I [also] realized that both wise people and foolish people eventually die.
15 Зато рекох у срцу свом: Мени ће бити као безумнику што бива; шта ће ми дакле помоћи што сам мудар? И рекох у срцу свом: и то је таштина.
So I said to myself, “I am very wise, but I will [die at the end of my life], like foolish people do. So (how has it benefited me to be very wise?/it certainly has not benefited me to be very wise [RHQ]). I do not understand why [people consider that] it is valuable to be wise.
16 Јер се неће спомињати мудрац као ни безумник до века; јер што сада јесте, све се заборавља после, и мудрац умире као и безумник.
Wise people and foolish people all die. And after we die, we will all eventually be forgotten [DOU].”
17 Зато ми омрзе живот, јер ми није мило шта бива под сунцем, јер је све таштина и мука духу.
So I hated being alive, because everything that we do here on the earth [MTY] distresses me. It all seems to be useless [like] chasing the wind.
18 И омрзе ми сав труд мој око ког се трудих под сунцем, јер ћу га оставити човеку који ће настати након мене.
I [also began to] hate all the hard work that I had done, because [when I die], everything [that I have acquired] will belong to the next king.
19 И ко зна хоће ли бити мудар или луд? И опет ће бити господар од свега труда мог око ког се трудих и мудровах под сунцем. И то је таштина.
And (who/no one) knows [RHQ] whether he will be wise or whether he will be foolish. But even if he is foolish, he will acquire all the things that I worked very hard and wisely to get.
20 Зато дођох на то да ми срце изгуби надање о сваком труду око ког се трудих под сунцем.
I thought about all the hard work that I had done. [It seemed useless], and I became depressed/discouraged.
21 Јер има људи који се труде мудро и разумно и право, па то остављају у део другом који се није трудио око тога. И то је таштина и велико зло.
Some people work wisely and skillfully, using the things that they have learned. But [when they die], they leave everything, and someone who has not worked hard acquires those things. And that also [seemed to] be senseless and caused me to be discouraged.
22 Јер шта има човек од свега труда свог и од муке срца свог, коју подноси под сунцем?
So, it seems that people do not [RHQ] get much for all the hard work that they do and for worrying.
23 Јер су сви дани његови мука, а послови његови брига; ни ноћу се не одмара срце његово. И то је таштина.
Every day the work that they do causes them to experience pain and to be worried. And during the night, their minds are not able to rest. That also is very frustrating.
24 Није ли, дакле, добро човеку да једе и пије и да гледа да му је души добро од труда његовог? Ја видех и то да је из руке Божије.
[So I decided that] the best thing that we can do is to enjoy what we eat and drink, and [also] enjoy our work. And I realized that those things are what God intends for us.
25 Јер ко је јео и уживао више него ја?
There is absolutely no one [RHQ] who is able to enjoy those things if God does not give those things to him.
26 Јер човеку који Му је по вољи даје мудрост и разум и радост, а грешнику даје муку да сабира и скупља да да ономе који је по вољи Богу. И то је таштина и мука духу.
God enables those who please him to be wise, to know [many things], and to enjoy [many things]. But if sinful people work hard and become rich, God [can] take their money away from them and give it to those who please him. But that also is something that is difficult for me to understand. [Their working hard seems] useless, [like] chasing the wind.
