Pridigar 9

1 Kajti vse to sem preudaril v svojem srcu, celo da vse to oznanim, da so pravični in modri in njihova dela v roki Boga. Noben človek ne spozna bodisi ljubezni ali sovraštva po vsem, kar je pred njimi.

For I gave my mind to all this, even to search out all this, that the righteous and the wise and their works are in the hand of God, and yet neither his love nor hatred doth any man know. All is before them.

2 Vse stvari pridejo podobno k vsem: je en dogodek pravičnemu in zlobnemu; dobremu, čistemu in nečistemu; tistemu, ki daruje in tistemu, ki ne daruje; kakor je dobri, tako je grešnik; in kdor prisega, kakor tisti, ki se prisege boji.

All [[cometh to them]] as to all. There is one event to the righteous and to the wicked; to the good, to the clean, and to the unclean; to him that sacrificeth, and to him that sacrificeth not; as is the good, so is the sinner; he that sweareth, as he that feareth an oath.

3 To je zlo med vsemi stvarmi, ki so storjene pod soncem, da je en dogodek za vse. Da, tudi srce človeških sinov je polno zla in dokler živijo je v njihovih srcih norost, potem pa gredo k smrti.

This is an evil among all things which take place under the sun, that there is one event to all; therefore also the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and afterward they go down to the dead.

4 Kajti za tistega, ki je pridružen k vsem živim, je upanje, kajti živ pes je boljši kakor mrtev lev.

For who is there that is excepted? With all the living there is hope; for a living dog is better than a dead lion.

5 Kajti živi vedo, da bodo umrli, toda mrtvi ne vedo ničesar niti nimajo več nobene nagrade, kajti spomin nanje je pozabljen.

For the living know that they shall die; but the dead know not any thing, and there is no more to them any advantage, for their memory is forgotten.

6 Prav tako je njihova ljubezen, njihovo sovraštvo in njihova zavist sedaj izginila niti nimajo več deleža na veke v katerikoli stvari, ki je storjena pod soncem.

Their love also, and their hatred, and their envy, is now perished; neither have they a portion any more for ever in any thing which taketh place under the sun.

7 Pojdi svojo pot, svoj kruh jej z radostjo in svoje vino pij z veselim srcem, kajti Bog sedaj sprejema tvoja dela.

Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a cheerful heart; for long since hath God been pleased with thy works.

8 Naj bodo tvoje obleke vedno bele in tvoji glavi naj ne manjka mazila.

Let thy garments be always white, and let not fragrant oil be wanting upon thy head.

9 Živi radostno, z ženo, ki jo ljubiš, vse dni življenja svoje ničevosti, ki ti je dana pod soncem vse dni tvoje ničevosti, kajti to je tvoj delež v tem življenju in v tvojem trudu, ki se ga lotevaš pod soncem.

Enjoy life with the wife whom thou lovest, all the days of thy vain life which he hath given thee under the sun, all thy vain days. For this is thy portion in life, and in thy labor with which thou weariest thyself under the sun.

10 Karkoli tvoja roka najde, da stori, to stôri z vso svojo močjo, kajti v grobu, kamor greš, ni dela, niti naklepa, niti spoznanja, niti modrosti. (Sheol h7585)

Whatever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might! For there is no work nor device nor knowledge nor wisdom in the under-world, whither thou goest. (Sheol h7585)

11 Vrnil sem se in videl pod soncem, da tek ni za nagle, niti bitka za močne, niti kruh za modre, niti bogastva za ljudi spoznanja, niti celo naklonjenost veščim ljudem, temveč se čas in priložnost dogajata njim vsem.

I turned and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, nor yet bread to the wise, nor riches to men of understanding, nor favor to men of knowledge; but time and chance happen to them all.

12 Kajti tudi človek ne pozna svojega časa. Kakor ribe, ki so ujete v zlo mrežo in kakor ptice, ki so ujete v zanko, tako so človeški sinovi ujeti v zlobnem času, ko le-ta nenadoma pade nanje.

For man knoweth not his time. As fishes that are taken in a destructive net, and as birds that are caught in a snare, so are the sons of men snared in a time of distress, when it falleth suddenly upon them.

13 Tudi to modrost sem videl pod soncem in ta se mi je zdela velika:

This also have I seen; even wisdom under the sun, and it seemed great to me.

14 bilo je majhno mesto in znotraj njega malo ljudi in zoper njega je prišel velik kralj, ga oblegal in zoper njega zgradil velike branike.

There was a little city, and few men within it; and a great king came against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it.

15 Torej v njem je bil najden reven, moder človek in on je s svojo modrostjo osvobodil mesto, vendar se noben človek ni spominjal tega ubogega moža.

Now there was found within it a wise poor man; and he, by his wisdom, delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man.

16 Potem sem rekel: »Modrost je boljša kakor moč; kljub temu je modrost revnega moža prezirana in njegove besede niso slišane.«

Then said I, “Wisdom is better than strength;” and yet the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.

17 Besede modrih ljudi se bolj slišijo v tišini kakor vpitje tistega, ki vlada med bedaki.

The quiet words of the wise are sooner heard than the shouting of a foolish ruler.

18 Modrost je boljša kakor bojna orožja, toda en grešnik uničuje mnogo dobrega.

Wisdom is better than weapons of war. But one offender destroyeth much good.