Pridigar 1
1 Besede Pridigarja, Davidovega sina, kralja v Jeruzalemu.
The words of Ecclesiastes, the son of David, the king of Jerusalem.
2 »Ničevost ničevosti, « pravi Pridigar, »ničevost ničevosti; vse je ničevost.«
Ecclesiastes said: Vanity of vanities! Vanity of vanities, and all is vanity!
3 Kakšno korist ima človek od vsega svojega truda, ki se ga loteva pod soncem?
What more does a man have from all his labor, as he labors under the sun?
4 En rod mineva in drug rod prihaja, toda zemlja ostaja na veke.
A generation passes away, and a generation arrives. But the earth stands forever.
5 Tudi sonce vzhaja in sonce gre dol in hiti k svojemu kraju, kjer vstaja.
The sun rises and sets; it returns to its place, and from there, being born again,
6 Veter gre proti jugu in se obrača k severu, nenehno se vrti naokoli in veter se ponovno vrača, glede na svoje kroge.
it circles through the south, and arcs toward the north. The spirit continues on, illuminating everything in its circuit, and turning again in its cycle.
7 Vse reke tečejo v morje, vendar morje ni polno; na kraj, od koder reke prihajajo, tja se ponovno vrnejo.
All rivers enter into the sea, and the sea does not overflow. To the place from which the rivers go out, they return, so that they may flow again.
8 Vse stvari so polne truda, človek tega ne more izreči. Oko ni nasičeno z gledanjem niti uho nasičeno s poslušanjem.
Such things are difficult; man is not able to explain them with words. The eye is not satisfied by seeing, nor is the ear fulfilled by 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.
What is it that has existed? The same shall exist in the future. What is it that has been done? The same shall continue to be done.
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.«
There is nothing new under the sun. Neither is anyone able to say: “Behold, this is new!” For it has already been brought forth in the ages that 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. Indeed, neither shall there be any record of past things in the future, for those who will exist at the very end.
12 Jaz, Pridigar, sem bil kralj nad Izraelom v Jeruzalemu.
I, Ecclesiastes, was king of Israel at 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 was determined in my mind to seek and to investigate wisely, concerning all that is done under the sun. God has given this very difficult task to the sons of men, so that they may be occupied by it.
14 Videl sem vsa dela, ki so storjena pod soncem in glej, vse je ničevost in draženje duha.
I have seen all that is done under the sun, and behold: all is emptiness and an affliction of the spirit.
15 To, kar je skrivljeno, ne more biti izravnano; in to, kar je pomanjkljivo, ne more biti prešteto.
The perverse are unwilling to be corrected, and the number of the foolish is boundless.
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 have spoken in my heart, saying: “Behold, I have achieved greatness, and I have surpassed all the wise who were before me in Jerusalem.” And my mind has contemplated many things wisely, and I have learned.
17 Izročil sem svoje srce, da spoznam modrost in da spoznam norost in neumnost. Zaznal sem, da je tudi to draženje duha.
And I have dedicated my heart, so that I may know prudence and doctrine, and also error and foolishness. Yet I recognize that, in these things also, there is hardship, and affliction of the spirit.
18 Kajti v mnogi modrosti je mnogo žalosti in kdor povečuje spoznanje, povečuje bridkost.«
Because of this, with much wisdom there is also much anger. And whoever adds knowledge, also adds hardship.
