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 thought about all this in my mind to understand about the righteous and wise people and their deeds. They are all in God's hands. No one knows whether love or hate will come to someone.
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.
Everyone has the same fate. The same fate awaits righteous people and wicked, the good, the clean and the unclean, and the one who sacrifices and the one who does not sacrifice. As good people will die, so also will the sinner. As the one who swears will die, so also will the man who fears to make 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.
There is an evil fate for everything that is done under the sun, the same event happens to them all. The hearts of human beings are full of evil, and madness is in their hearts while they live. So 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 anyone who is united to all the living, there is hope, just as 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 living people know they will die, but the dead do not know anything. They no longer have any reward because 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, hatred, and envy have vanished long ago. They will never have a place again in anything 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 your way, eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a happy heart, for God approves of celebrating good works.
8 Naj bodo tvoje obleke vedno bele in tvoji glavi naj ne manjka mazila.
Let your clothes be always white and your head anointed with oil.
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 happily with the wife whom you love all the days of your life of uselessness, the days that God has given you under the sun during your days of uselessness. That is your reward in life for your work 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 your hand finds to do, work at it with your strength, because there is no work or explanation or knowledge or wisdom in Sheol, where you are going. (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 have seen some interesting things under the sun: The race does not belong to swift people. The battle does not belong to strong people. Bread does not belong to wise people. Riches do not belong to people of understanding. Favor does not belong to people of knowledge. Instead, time and chance affect 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.
Surely, no one knows when his time will come. As fish are caught in a deadly net, or birds are caught in a snare, the children of human beings are ensnared by evil times that suddenly fall 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 in a way that 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 small city with only a few men in it, and a great king came against it and besieged it and built great siege ramps 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 in the city was found a poor, wise man, who by his wisdom saved the city. Yet later, no one 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.«
So I concluded, “Wisdom is better than strength, but 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 wise people spoken quietly are heard better than the shouts of any ruler 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 can ruin much good.
