Propovednik 9

1 Doista sve ovo složih u srce svoje da bih rasvijetlio sve to, kako su pravedni i mudri i djela njihova u ruci Božijoj, a èovjek ne zna ni ljubavi ni mržnje od svega što je pred njim.

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 is love or hatred, man doesn’t know it; all is before them.

2 Sve biva svjema jednako: pravedniku biva kao bezbožniku, dobromu i èistomu kao neèistomu, onome koji prinosi žrtvu kao onome koji ne prinosi, kako dobromu tako grješniku, onome koji se kune kao onome koji se boji zakletve.

All things come alike to all. There is one event to the righteous and to the wicked; to the good, to the clean, to the unclean, to him who sacrifices, and to him who doesn’t sacrifice. As is the good, so is the sinner; he who takes an oath, as he who fears an oath.

3 A to je najgore od svega što biva pod suncem što svjema jednako biva, te je i srce ljudsko puno zla, i ludost im je u srcu dok su živi, a potom umiru.

This is an evil in all that is done under the sun, that there is one event to all. Yes 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 Jer ko æe biti izabran? U živijeh svijeh ima nadanja; i psu živu bolje je nego mrtvu lavu.

For to him who is joined with all the living there is hope; for a living dog is better than a dead lion.

5 Jer živi znaju da æe umrijeti, a mrtvi ne znaju ništa niti im ima plate, jer im se spomen zaboravio.

For the living know that they will die, but the dead don’t know anything, neither do they have any more a reward; for their memory is forgotten.

6 I ljubavi njihove i mržnje njihove i zavisti njihove nestalo je, i više nemaju dijela nigda ni u èemu što biva pod suncem.

Also their love, their hatred, and their envy has perished long ago; neither do they any longer have a portion forever in anything that is done under the sun.

7 Hajde, jedi hljeb svoj s radošæu, i vesela srca pij vino svoje, jer su mila Bogu djela tvoja.

Go your way—eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a merry heart; for God has already accepted your works.

8 Svagda neka su ti haljine bijele, i ulja na glavi tvojoj da se ne premièe.

Let your garments be always white, and don’t let your head lack oil.

9 Uživaj život sa ženom koju ljubiš svega vijeka svojega taštega, koji ti je dat pod suncem za sve vrijeme taštine tvoje, jer ti je to dio u životu i od truda tvojega kojim se trudiš pod suncem.

Live joyfully with the wife whom you love all the days of your life of vanity, which he has given you under the sun, all your days of vanity, for that is your portion in life, and in your labor in which you labor under the sun.

10 Sve što ti doðe na ruku da èiniš, èini po moguænosti svojoj, jer nema rada ni mišljenja ni znanja ni mudrosti u grobu u koji ideš. (Sheol h7585)

Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might; for there is no work, nor plan, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in Sheol, where you are going. (Sheol h7585)

11 Opet vidjeh pod suncem da nije do brzijeh trka, ni rat do hrabrijeh, ni hljeb do mudrijeh, ni bogatstvo do razumnijeh, ni dobra volja do vještijeh, nego da sve stoji do vremena i zgode.

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 favor to men of skill; but time and chance happen to them all.

12 Jer èovjek ne zna vremena svojega, nego kao što se ribe hvataju mrežom nesreænom i kao što se ptice hvataju pruglom, tako se hvataju sinovi èovjeèiji u zao èas, kad navali na njih iznenada.

For man also doesn’t know his time. As the fish 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 falls suddenly on them.

13 Vidjeh i ovu mudrost pod suncem, koja mi se uèini velika:

I have also seen wisdom under the sun in this way, and it seemed great to me.

14 Bijaše malen grad i u njemu malo ljudi; i doðe na nj velik car, i opkoli ga i naèini oko njega velike opkope.

There was a little city, and few men within it; and a great king came against it, besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it.

15 A naðe se u njemu siromah èovjek mudar, koji izbavi grad mudrošæu svojom, a niko se ne sjeæaše toga siromaha èovjeka.

Now a poor wise man was found in it, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man.

16 Tada ja rekoh: bolja je mudrost nego snaga, ako se i ne maraše za mudrost onoga siromaha i rijeèi se njegove ne slušahu.

Then I said, “Wisdom is better than strength.” Nevertheless the poor man’s wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.

17 Rijeèi mudrijeh ljudi valja s mirom slušati više nego viku onoga koji zapovijeda meðu ludima.

The words of the wise heard in quiet are better than the cry of him who rules among fools.

18 Bolja je mudrost nego oružje ubojito; ali jedan grješnik kvari mnogo dobra.

Wisdom is better than weapons of war; but one sinner destroys much good.