Pridigar 6
1 Je zlo, ki sem ga videl pod soncem in to je pogosto med ljudmi.
There is also another evil, which I have seen under the sun, and, indeed, it is frequent among men.
2 Človek, ki mu je Bog dal bogastva, premoženje in čast, tako da za svojo dušo ne potrebuje ničesar od vsega, kar si želi, pa mu vendar Bog ne daje moči, da od tega jé, temveč to jé tujec. To je ničevost in to je zla bolezen.
It is a man to whom God has given wealth, and resources, and honor; and out of all that he desires, nothing is lacking to his life; yet God does not grant him the ability to consume these things, but instead a man who is a stranger will devour them. This is emptiness and a great misfortune.
3 Če človek zaplodi sto otrok in živi mnogo let, tako da je dni njegovih let mnogo in njegova duša ne bo nasičena z dobrinami in tudi da nima pogreba, pravim, da je prezgodaj rojeni boljši kakor on.
If a man were to produce one hundred children, and to live for many years, and to attain to an age of many days, and if his soul were to make no use of the goods of his resources, and if he were lacking even a burial: concerning such a man, I declare that a miscarried child is better than he.
4 Kajti vstopa z ničevostjo in odhaja v temi in njegovo ime bo prekrito s temo.
For he arrives without a purpose and he continues on into darkness, and his name shall be wiped away, into oblivion.
5 Poleg tega ni videl sonca niti ni poznal nobene stvari; ta ima več počitka kakor drugi.
He has not seen the sun, nor recognized the difference between good and evil.
6 Da, čeprav je bilo rečeno, da živi dvakrat tisoč let, vendar ni videl dobrega; mar ne gredo vsi na en kraj?
Even if he were to live for two thousand years, and yet not thoroughly enjoy what is good, does not each one hurry on to the same place?
7 Vse človekovo delo je za njegova usta, pa vendar apetit ni potešen.
Every labor of man is for his mouth, but his soul will not be filled.
8 Kajti kaj ima modri več kakor bedak? Kaj ima ubogi, da zna hoditi pred živečimi?
What do the wise have which is more than the foolish? And what does the pauper have, except to continue on to that place, where there is life?
9 Boljši je pogled oči kakor tavanje poželenja. Tudi to je ničevost in draženje duha.
It is better to see what you desire, than to desire what you cannot know. But this, too, is emptiness and a presumption of spirit.
10 To, kar je bilo, je že imenovano in je znano, da je to človek; niti se ne more pričkati s tistim, ki je mogočnejši kakor on.
Whoever shall be in the future, his name has already been called. And it is known that he is a man and that he is not able to contend in judgment against one who is stronger than himself.
11 Ker je tukaj mnogo stvari, ki povečujejo ničevost, kaj je človek boljši?
There are many words, and many of these, in disputes, hold much emptiness.
12 Kajti kdo ve kaj je boljše za človeka v tem življenju, vse dni njegovega praznega življenja, ki jih preživlja kakor senca? Kajti kdo lahko človeku pove kaj bo za njim pod soncem?
Why is it necessary for a man to seek things that are greater than himself, when he does not know what is advantageous for himself in his life, during the number of the days of his sojourn, and while time passes by like a shadow? Or who will be able to tell him what will be in the future after him under the sun?
