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 all this I laid to my heart, even to explore all this; that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God: whether it be love or hatred, man knoweth it not; 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 things come alike to all: there is one event to the righteous and to the wicked; to the good and 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; [and] 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 in all that is done under the sun, that there is one event unto all: yea also, the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after that [they go] to the dead.

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

For to him that is joined 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, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them 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.

As well their love, as their hatred and their envy, is now perished; neither have they any more a portion for ever in any thing that is done 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 merry heart; for God hath already accepted 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 thy head lack ointment.

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.

Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of the life of thy vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all the days of thy vanity: for that is thy portion in life, and in thy labour wherein thou labourest 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)

Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do [it] with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, 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 returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but fame and chance happeneth 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 also knoweth not his time: as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare, even so, are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly upon them.

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

I have also seen wisdom under the sun on this wise, and it seemed great unto 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 there came a great king 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 in it a poor wise 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: nevertheless 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 words of the wise [spoken] in quiet are heard more than the cry of him that ruleth among fools.

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

Wisdom is better than weapons of war: but one sinner destroyeth much good.