Ecclesiastes, 1

1. The words of Ecclesiastes, the son of David, the king of Jerusalem.

1. Misli Propovjednika, Davidova sina, kralja u Jeruzalemu.

2. Ecclesiastes said: Vanity of vanities! Vanity of vanities, and all is vanity!

2. Ispraznost nad ispraznošæu, veli Propovjednik, ispraznost nad ispraznošæu, sve je ispraznost!

3. What more does a man have from all his labor, as he labors under the sun?

3. Kakva je korist èovjeku od svega truda njegova kojim se trudi pod suncem?

4. A generation passes away, and a generation arrives. But the earth stands forever.

4. Jedan naraštaj odlazi, drugi dolazi, a zemlja uvijek ostaje.

5. The sun rises and sets; it returns to its place, and from there, being born again,

5. Sunce izlazi, sunce zalazi i onda hiti svojem mjestu odakle izlazi.

6. it circles through the south, and arcs toward the north. The spirit continues on, illuminating everything in its circuit, and turning again in its cycle.

6. Vjetar puše na jug i okreæe se na sjever, kovitla sad ovamo sad onamo i vraæa se u novom vrtlogu.

7. All rivers enter into the sea, and the sea does not overflow. To the place from which the rivers go out, they return, so that they may flow again.

7. Sve rijeke teku u more i more se ne prepunja; odakle teku rijeke, onamo se vraæaju da ponovo poènu svoj tok.

8. Such things are difficult; man is not able to explain them with words. The eye is not satisfied by seeing, nor is the ear fulfilled by hearing.

8. Sve je muèno. Nitko ne može reæi da se oèi nisu do sita nagledale i uši dovoljno naslušale.

9. What is it that has existed? The same shall exist in the future. What is it that has been done? The same shall continue to be done.

9. Što je bilo, opet æe biti, i što se èinilo, opet æe se èiniti, i nema ništa novo pod suncem.

10. There is nothing new under the sun. Neither is anyone able to say: “Behold, this is new!” For it has already been brought forth in the ages that were before us.

10. Ima li išta o èemu bi se moglo reæi: "Gle, ovo je novo!" Sve je veæ davno prije nas postojalo.

11. There is no remembrance of the former things. Indeed, neither shall there be any record of past things in the future, for those who will exist at the very end.

11. Samo, od prošlosti ne ostade ni spomena, kao što ni u buduænosti neæe biti sjeæanja na ono što æe poslije doæi.

12. I, Ecclesiastes, was king of Israel at Jerusalem.

12. Ja, Propovjednik, bijah kralj nad Izraelom u Jeruzalemu.

13. And I was determined in my mind to seek and to investigate wisely, concerning all that is done under the sun. God has given this very difficult task to the sons of men, so that they may be occupied by it.

13. I trudih se da mudrošæu istražim i dokuèim sve što biva pod nebom; o, kako muènu zadaæu zadade Bog sinovima ljudskim.

14. I have seen all that is done under the sun, and behold: all is emptiness and an affliction of the spirit.

14. Vidjeh sve što se èini pod suncem: kakve li ispraznosti i puste tlapnje!

15. The perverse are unwilling to be corrected, and the number of the foolish is boundless.

15. Što je krivo, ne može se ispraviti; èega nema, izbrojiti se ne može.

16. I have spoken in my heart, saying: “Behold, I have achieved greatness, and I have surpassed all the wise who were before me in Jerusalem.” And my mind has contemplated many things wisely, and I have learned.

16. Rekoh onda sam sebi: "Gle, stekao sam veæu mudrost nego bilo tko od mojih prethodnika u Jeruzalemu. Duh moj sabrao je golemu mudrost i znanje."

17. And I have dedicated my heart, so that I may know prudence and doctrine, and also error and foolishness. Yet I recognize that, in these things also, there is hardship, and affliction of the spirit.

17. Mudrost pomnjivo prouèih, a tako i glupost i ludost, ali sam spoznao da je to pusta tlapnja.

18. Because of this, with much wisdom there is also much anger. And whoever adds knowledge, also adds hardship.

18. Mnogo mudrosti - mnogo jada; što više znanja, to više boli.