Ecclesiastes, 6

1. There is also another evil, which I have seen under the sun, and, indeed, it is frequent among men.

1. I vidjeh: ima još jedno zlo pod suncem i teško tišti ljude.

2. 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.

2. Nekomu Bog udijeli bogatstvo i blago i poèasti te ima sve što mu duša poželi, ali mu ne udijeli da to i uživa, nego uživa tuðinac. To je ispraznost i grdna nevolja.

3. 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.

3. I velim: bolje je nedonošèe od onoga koji bi rodio stotinu djece i živio mnogo godina, a sam se ne bi naužio dobra niti bi imao pogreba;

4. For he arrives without a purpose and he continues on into darkness, and his name shall be wiped away, into oblivion.

4. jer je nedonošèe uzalud došlo i u tamu otišlo i ime mu je tamom pokriveno;

5. He has not seen the sun, nor recognized the difference between good and evil.

5. sunca èak ne vidje niti spozna - a spokojnije je od onoga.

6. 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?

6. Pa kad bi takav živio i dvije tisuæe godina, a svojeg dobra ne bi uživao, zar ne odlaze obojica jednako na isto mjesto?

7. Every labor of man is for his mouth, but his soul will not be filled.

7. Èovjek se trudi samo da bi jeo, a želudac njegov nikad da se nasiti.

8. 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?

8. Jer po èemu je mudrac bolji od luðaka i što reæi o siromahu koji se umije držati pred ljudima?

9. 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.

9. Bolje je oèima vidjeti nego duhom lutati. I to je ispraznost i pusta tlapnja.

10. 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.

10. Što je veæ bilo, ime ima; i zna se što je èovjek; i on se ne može parbiti s jaèim od sebe.

11. There are many words, and many of these, in disputes, hold much emptiness.

11. Što više rijeèi, to veæa ispraznost svega, i koja je od toga korist èovjeku?

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12. Tko zna što je dobro èovjeku u životu njegovu, za ono malo dana koje tako isprazno živi, koji mu prolaze kao sjena? Tko æe kazati èovjeku što æe biti poslije njega pod suncem?