Pridigar 1
1 Besede Pridigarja, Davidovega sina, kralja v Jeruzalemu.
The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.
2 »Ničevost ničevosti, « pravi Pridigar, »ničevost ničevosti; vse je ničevost.«
Vanity of vanities, says the Preacher, vanity of vanities, all is vanity.
3 Kakšno korist ima človek od vsega svojega truda, ki se ga loteva pod soncem?
What profit has man from all his labor in which he labors under the sun?
4 En rod mineva in drug rod prihaja, toda zemlja ostaja na veke.
One generation goes, and another generation comes, but the earth abides forever.
5 Tudi sonce vzhaja in sonce gre dol in hiti k svojemu kraju, kjer vstaja.
The sun also arises, and the sun goes down and hastens to its place where it arises.
6 Veter gre proti jugu in se obrača k severu, nenehno se vrti naokoli in veter se ponovno vrača, glede na svoje kroge.
The wind goes toward the south, and turns around to the north. It turns around continually in its course, and the wind returns again to its circuits.
7 Vse reke tečejo v morje, vendar morje ni polno; na kraj, od koder reke prihajajo, tja se ponovno vrnejo.
All the rivers run into the sea, yet the sea is not full. To the place from where the rivers come, there they go again.
8 Vse stvari so polne truda, človek tega ne more izreči. Oko ni nasičeno z gledanjem niti uho nasičeno s poslušanjem.
All things are full of weariness, man cannot utter it. The eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.
9 Stvar, ki je bila, to je ta, ki bo in to, kar je storjeno, je to, kar bo storjeno, in pod soncem ni nobene nove stvari.
That which has been is that which shall be, and that which has been done is that which shall be done. And there is no new thing under the sun.
10 Ali je katerakoli stvar, o čemer bi bilo lahko rečeno: »Glej, to je novo? To je bilo že od starih časov, ki so bili pred nami.«
Is there a thing of which it may be said, See, this is new? It has been long ago, in the ages which were before us.
11 Ni spominjanja o prejšnjih stvareh niti ne bo kakršnegakoli spominjanja o stvareh, ki pridejo s tistimi, ki bodo prišle potem.
There is no remembrance of the former things, nor shall there be any remembrance of the latter that are to come, among those who shall come after.
12 Jaz, Pridigar, sem bil kralj nad Izraelom v Jeruzalemu.
I the Preacher was king over Israel in Jerusalem.
13 Izročil sem svoje srce, da išče in preiskuje z modrostjo glede vseh stvari, ki so storjene pod nebom. To bolečo muko je Bog izročil človeškim sinovom, da bi bili vežbani s tem.
And I applied my heart to seek and to search out by wisdom concerning all that is done under heaven. It is a great tribulation that God has given to the sons of men to be exercised therewith.
14 Videl sem vsa dela, ki so storjena pod soncem in glej, vse je ničevost in draženje duha.
I have seen all the works that are done under the sun, and, behold, all is vanity and a striving after wind.
15 To, kar je skrivljeno, ne more biti izravnano; in to, kar je pomanjkljivo, ne more biti prešteto.
That which is crooked cannot be made straight, and that which is wanting cannot be numbered.
16 Posvetoval sem se s svojim lastnim srcem, rekoč: »Glej! Prišel sem k velikemu premoženju in prejel sem več modrosti kakor vsi tisti, ki so bili pred menoj v Jeruzalemu. Da, moje srce je imelo sijajno izkušnjo modrosti in spoznanja.
I communed with my own heart, saying, Lo, I have gotten for me great wisdom above all who were before me in Jerusalem. Yea, my heart has had great experience of wisdom and knowledge.
17 Izročil sem svoje srce, da spoznam modrost in da spoznam norost in neumnost. Zaznal sem, da je tudi to draženje duha.
And I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly. I perceived that this also was a striving after wind.
18 Kajti v mnogi modrosti je mnogo žalosti in kdor povečuje spoznanje, povečuje bridkost.«
For in much wisdom is much grief, and he who increases knowledge increases sorrow.
