Prædikeren 12
1 Tænk På ding Skaber i Ungdommens Dage, førend de onde Dage kommer og Årene nærmer sig, om hvilke du vil sige: "I dem har jeg ikke Behag!"
And remember creator your in [the] days of youth your until that not they will come [the] days of evil and they will arrive years which you will say not [belongs] to me in them pleasure.
2 før Sol og Lys og Måne og Stjerner hylles i Mørke og der atter kommer Skyer efter Regn,
Until that not it will become dark the sun and the light and the moon and the stars and they will return the clouds after the rain.
3 Tiden, da Husets Vogtere bæver, de stærke Mænd bliver krumme, da Møllepigerne svigter, fordi de er få, og de bliver mørke, som kigger ved Gluggerne,
In the day when they will tremble [the] keepers of the house and they will bend themselves [the] people of strength and they will cease the [female] grinders for they have become few and they will grow dim the [women who] look in the windows.
4 da begge Gadedørene lukkes, mens Møllen går med dæmpet Lyd, da man står op ved Spurvenes Kvidder og alle Sangens Døtre hvisker,
And they will be shut up [the] doors on the street when becomes low [the] sound of the grinding mill for someone may arise to [the] sound of bird and they may be reduced all [the] daughters of song.
5 da man også ængstes for Bakker, og Rædsler lurer på Vejen, da Mandeltræet blomstrer; Græshoppen slappes og Kapersbærret svigter, nu Mennesket går til sin evige Bolig og Sørgetoget går gennem Gaden,
Also from a high [place] people will be afraid and terrors [are] in the way and it may blossom the almond tree so it may drag itself along the grasshopper and it may fail the caper-berry for [is] going humankind to [the] house of perpetuity its and they will go about in the street the mourners.
6 førend Sølvsnoren brister og Guldskålen brydes itu, før Krukken slås i Stykker ved Kilden og det søndrede Hjul falder ned i Brønden
Until that not (it will be snapped *QK) [the] cord of silver so it may be crushed [the] bowl of gold so it may be broken [the] jar at the water spring and it will be crushed the [water] wheel to the well.
7 og Støvet vender tilbage til Jorden som før og Ånden til Gud, som gav den.
And it will return the dust to the earth like which it was and the spirit it will return to God who he gave it.
8 Endeløs Tomhed, sagde Prædikeren, alt er Tomhed.
Futility of futilities he said the Teacher everything [is] futility.
9 Endnu skal siges, at Prædikeren var viis; han gav også Folket Kundskab; han granskede og ransagede og formede mange Ordsprog.
And besides that he was Teacher wise again he taught knowledge the people and he weighed and he searched out he arranged in order proverbs [surely] a multitude.
10 Prædikeren søgte at finde Fyndord og optegnede sanddru Lære, Sandhedsord.
sought Teacher to find words of delight and [what] was written uprightness [was] words of truth.
11 Som Pigkæppe er de vises Ord, som inddrevne Søm, der sidder tæt; de er givet af en og samme Hyrde.
[the] words of Wise [people] [are] like goads and [are] like nails firmly fixed masters of collections they are given from a shepherd one.
12 Endnu skal siges: Min Søn, var dig! Der er ingen Ende på, som der skrives Bøger, og megen Gransken trætter Legemet.
And excess more than them O child my be warned to make books many there not [is] an end and study much [is] weariness of flesh.
13 Enden på Sagen, når alt er hørt, er: Frygt Gud og hold hans Bud! Thi det bør hvert Menneske gøre.
[the] end of [the] matter Everything it has been heard God fear and commandments his keep for this [is] all humankind.
14 Thi hver en Gerning bringer Gud for Retten, når han dømmer alt, hvad der er skjult, være sig godt eller ondt.
For every deed God he will bring in judgment with every hidden thing whether good and or evil.
