Pridigar 7
1 Dobro ime je boljše kakor dragoceno mazilo in dan smrti [je boljši] kakor dan rojstva nekoga.
A good name is better than costly perfume, and the day of death is better than the day of birth.
2 Bolje je iti v hišo žalujočega, kakor iti v hišo pojedine, kajti to je konec vseh ljudi; in živi si bodo to položili k srcu.
It is better to go to a house of mourning than to a house of feasting, for mourning comes to all people at the end of life, so living people must take this to heart.
3 Bridkost je boljša kot smeh, kajti z žalostjo obličja je srce postalo boljše.
Grief is better than laughter, for after sadness of face comes gladness of heart.
4 Srce modrega je v hiši žalovanja, toda srce bedakov je v hiši veselja.
The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning, but the heart of fools is in the house of feasting.
5 Bolje je poslušati oštevanje modrega, kakor za človeka poslušati pesem bedakov.
It is better to listen to the rebuke of the wise than to listen to the song of fools.
6 Kajti kakor je prasketanje trnja pod loncem, tak je smeh bedaka. Tudi to je ničevost.
For like the crackling of thorns burning under a pot, so also is the laughter of fools. This, too, is vapor.
7 Zatiranje modrega zagotovo dela besnega in podkupnina uničuje srce.
Extortion certainly makes a wise man foolish, and a bribe corrupts the heart.
8 Boljši je konec stvari kakor njen začetek, in potrpežljivi v duhu je boljši kakor ponosni v duhu.
Better is the end of a matter than the beginning; and the people patient in spirit are better than the proud in spirit.
9 V svojem duhu ne bodi nagel, da bi bil jezen, kajti jeza počiva v naročju bedakov.
Do not be quick to anger in your spirit, for anger resides in the hearts of fools.
10 Ne reci: »Kaj je razlog, da so bili prejšnji dnevi boljši kakor tile?« Kajti glede tega nisi modro poizvedel.
Do not say, “Why were the days of old better than these?” For it is not because of wisdom that you ask this question.
11 Modrost je dobra z dediščino; in z njo je korist tistim, ki gledajo sonce.
Wisdom, like an inheritance, is good. It benefits those who see the sun.
12 Kajti modrost je obramba in denar je obramba, toda odličnost spoznanja je, da modrost daje življenje tem, ki jo imajo.
For wisdom provides protection as money can provide protection, but the advantage of knowledge is that wisdom gives life to whoever has it.
13 Preudari Gospodovo delo, kajti kdo lahko izravna to, kar je on skrivil?
Consider the deeds of God: Who can straighten out anything he has made crooked?
14 Na dan uspevanja bodi radosten, toda na dan nadloge preudari; tudi Bog je postavil enega nasproti drugemu, z namenom, da človek ne bi ničesar našel za njim.
When times are good, live happily in that good, but when times are bad, consider this: God has allowed both to exist side by side. For this reason, no one will find out anything that is coming after him.
15 Vse stvari sem videl v dneh svoje ničevosti. Je pravičen človek, ki propada v svoji pravičnosti in je zloben človek, ki v svoji zlobnosti podaljšuje svoje življenje.
I have seen many things in my meaningless days. There are righteous people who perish in spite of their righteousness, and there are wicked people who live a long life in spite of their evil.
16 Ne bodi preko mere pravičen niti se ne delaj preveč modrega. Zakaj bi samega sebe uničil?
Do not be self-righteous, wise in your own eyes. Why should you destroy yourself?
17 Ne bodi preveč zloben niti ne bodi nespameten. Zakaj bi umrl pred svojim časom?
Do not be too wicked or foolish. Why should you die before your time?
18 Dobro je, da bi to zgrabil, da, tudi pred tem ne umikaj svoje roke, kajti kdor se boji Boga, bo izmed vseh prišel naprej.
It is good that you should take hold of this wisdom, and that you should not let go of righteousness. For the person who fears God will meet all his obligations.
19 Modrost krepi modrega bolj kakor deset silnih mož, ki so v mestu.
Wisdom is powerful in the wise man, more than ten rulers in a city.
20 Kajti na zemlji ni pravičnega človeka, ki dela dobro in ne greši.
There is not a righteous man on earth who does good and never sins.
21 Prav tako se ne oziraj na vse besede, ki so izgovorjene, da ne bi slišal svojega služabnika [kako] te preklinja,
Do not listen to every word that is spoken, because you might hear your servant curse you.
22 kajti pogosto tudi tvoje lastno srce ve, da si ti sam podobno preklinjal druge.
Similarly, you know yourself that in your own heart you have often cursed others.
23 Vse to sem preizkusil z modrostjo. Rekel sem: »Moder bom, « toda to je bilo daleč od mene.
All this have I proven by wisdom. I said, “I will be wise,” but it was more than I could be.
24 To, kar je daleč proč in presegajoče globoko, kdo to lahko spozna?
Wisdom is far off and very deep. Who can find it?
25 Svoje srce sem posvetil védenju in preiskovanju in iskanju modrosti in razlogu za stvari in da spoznam zlobnost neumnosti, celo nespametnost in norost.
I turned my heart to learn and examine and seek wisdom and the explanations of reality, and to understand that evil is stupid and that folly is madness.
26 Našel sem grenkejše kakor smrt, žensko, čigar srce so pasti in mreže in njene roke kakor trakovi. Kdorkoli ugaja Bogu, bo zbežal pred njo, toda grešnik bo vzet po njej.
I found that more bitter than death is any woman whose heart is full of snares and nets, and whose hands are chains. Whoever pleases God will escape from her, but the sinner will be taken by her.
27 »Glej, to sem našel, « pravi pridigar, naštevajoč enega za drugim, da spozna razlog.
“Consider what I have discovered,” says the Teacher. “I have been adding one discovery to another in order to find an explanation of reality.
28 Kar vendar moja duša išče, toda ne najdem. Našel sem enega med tisočimi, toda ženske med vsemi tistimi nisem našel.
This is what I am still looking for, but I have not found it. I did find one righteous man among a thousand, but a woman among all those I did not find.
29 Glej, samo to sem našel, da je Bog človeka naredil poštenega, toda oni so iskali mnoge domiselnosti.
I have discovered only this: That God created humanity upright, but they have gone away looking for many difficulties.”
