Ecclesiastes 3
1 To every [thing there is] a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
Za vsako stvar je obdobje in čas za vsak namen pod nebom:
2 A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up [that which is] planted;
čas, da si rojen in čas za smrt, čas za sajenje in čas za ruvanje tega, kar je vsajeno,
3 A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;
čas za ubijanje in čas za zdravljenje, čas za rušenje in čas za gradnjo,
4 A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
čas za jokanje in čas za smejanje, čas za žalovanje in čas za ples,
5 A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;
čas za odmetavanje kamnov in čas za zbiranje kamnov, čas za objemanje in čas za zadržanje pred objemanjem,
6 A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;
čas za pridobivanje in čas za izgubljanje, in čas za hranjenje in čas za odmetavanje,
7 A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
čas za paranje in čas za šivanje, čas za molčanje in čas za govorjenje,
8 A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.
čas za ljubezen in čas za sovraštvo, čas vojne in čas miru.
9 What profit hath he that worketh in that in which he laboreth?
Kakšno korist ima kdor dela v tem, v čemer se trudi?
10 I have seen the labor, which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised in it.
Videl sem muko, ki jo Bog daje človeškim sinovom, da bi bili vežbani v tem.
11 He hath made every [thing] beautiful in its time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end.
Vsako stvar je naredil krasno ob svojem času. Prav tako je v njihovo srce postavil svet, tako da noben človek ne more spoznati dela, ki ga Bog dela od začetka do konca.
12 I know that [there is] no good in them, but for [a man] to rejoice, and to do good in his life.
Vem, da ni dobrega v njih, temveč za človeka, da se veseli in da v svojem življenju dela dobro.
13 And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labor, it [is] the gift of God.
Prav tako, da naj bi vsak človek jedel, pil in užival dobro od vsega svojega truda, to je darilo od Boga.
14 I know that, whatever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can be added to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God doeth [it], that [men] should fear before him.
Vem, da karkoli Bog dela, bo to za vedno. Nič ne more biti k temu dodano niti karkoli od tega odvzeto. Bog to dela, da naj bi se ljudje bali pred njim.
15 That which hath been is now; and that which is to be hath already been; and God requireth that which is past.
To, kar je bilo, je sedaj in to, kar naj bi bilo, je že bilo in Bog zahteva to, kar je minilo.
16 And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, [that] wickedness [was] there; and the place of righteousness, [that] iniquity [was] there.
Poleg tega sem pod soncem videl kraj sodbe, da je bila tam zlobnost in kraj pravičnosti, da je bila tam krivičnost.
17 I said in my heart, God will judge the righteous and the wicked: for [there is] a time there for every purpose and for every work.
V svojem srcu sem rekel: ›Bog bo sodil pravičnega in zlobnega, kajti tam je čas za vsak namen in za vsako delo.‹
18 I said in my heart concerning the state of the sons of men, that God might manifest them, and that they might see that they themselves are beasts.
V svojem srcu sem rekel glede stanja človeških sinov, da bi se jim Bog lahko pokazal in da bi lahko videli, da so oni sami živali.
19 For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yes, they have all one breath; so that a man hath no pre-eminence above a beast: for all [is] vanity.
Kajti to, kar zadene človeške sinove, zadene živali, celo ena stvar jih zadene; kakor umre eden, tako umre drugi, da, vsi imajo en dih, tako da človek nima nobene premoči nad živaljo, kajti vse je ničevost.
20 All go to one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.
Vsi gredo k enemu kraju, vsi so iz prahu in vsi se ponovno spremenijo v prah.
21 Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the earth?
Kdo pozna človekovega duha, ki gre navzgor in duha živali, ki gre navzdol k zemlji?
22 Wherefore I perceive that [there is] nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his own works; for that [is] his portion: for who shall bring him to see what shall be after him?
Zatorej zaznavam, da ni ničesar boljšega, kakor da naj bi se človek veselil v svojih lastnih delih, kajti to je njegov delež, kajti kdo ga bo privedel, da vidi kaj bo za njim?
