Ecclesiastes 3
1 To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
Sve ima svoje doba i svaki posao pod nebom svoje vrijeme.
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;
Vrijeme rađanja i vrijeme umiranja; vrijeme sađenja i vrijeme čupanja posađenog.
3 a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;
Vrijeme ubijanja i vrijeme liječenja; vrijeme rušenja i vrijeme građenja.
4 a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
Vrijeme plača i vrijeme smijeha; vrijeme tugovanja i vrijeme plesanja.
5 a time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;
Vrijeme bacanja kamenja i vrijeme sabiranja kamenja; vrijeme grljenja i vrijeme kad se ostavlja grljenje.
6 a time to seek, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;
Vrijeme traženja i vrijeme gubljenja; vrijeme čuvanja i vrijeme odbacivanja.
7 a time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
Vrijeme deranja i vrijeme š§ijenja; vrijeme šutnje i vrijeme govorenja.
8 a time to love, and a time to hate; a time for war, and a time for peace.
Vrijeme ljubljenja i vrijeme mržnje; vrijeme rata i vrijeme mira.
9 What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboureth?
Koja je posleniku korist od njegovih napora?
10 I have seen the travail which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised therewith.
Razmišljam o mučnoj zadaći što je Bog zadade sinovima ljudskim.
11 He hath made every thing beautiful in its time: also he hath set the world in their heart, yet so that man cannot find out the work that God hath done from the beginning even to the end.
Sve što on čini prikladno je u svoje vrijeme; ali iako je dopustio čovjeku uvid u vjekove, čovjek ne može dokučiti djela koja Boga čini od početka do kraja.
12 I know that there is nothing better for them, than to rejoice, and to do good so long as they live.
Znam da nije druge sreće čovjeku osim da se veseli i čini dobro za svojega života.
13 And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy good in all his labour, is the gift of God.
I kad čovjek jede i pije i uživa u svojem radu, i to je Božji dar.
14 I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God hath done it, that men should fear before him.
I znam da sve što Bog čini, čini za stalno. Tome se ništa dodati ne može niti mu se može oduzeti; a Bog čini tako da ga se boje.
15 That which is hath been already; and that which is to be hath already been: and God seeketh again that which is passed away.
Što biva, već bijaše, i što će biti, već je bilo; a Bog obnavlja što je prohujalo.
16 And moreover I saw under the sun, in the place of judgment, that wickedness was there; and in the place of righteousness, that wickedness was there.
Još vidim kako pod suncem umjesto pravice vlada nepravda i umjesto pravednika zločinac.
17 I said in mine heart, God shall judge the righteous and the wicked: for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work.
Zato rekoh u sebi: “Bog će suditi i pravedniku i zločincu, jer ovdje ima vrijeme za svaku namjeru i čin.”
18 I said in mine heart, [It is] because of the sons of men, that God may prove them, and that they may see that they themselves are [but as] beasts.
Još rekoh u sebi: “Ljudi se ponašaju tako da Bog može pokazati kakvi su uistinu, da su jedni drugima poput zvijeri.”
19 For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; and man hath no preeminence above the beasts: for all is vanity.
Jer zaista, kob ljudi i zvijeri jedna je te ista. Kako ginu oni, tako ginu i one; i dišu jednakim dahom, i čovjek ničim ne nadmašuje zvijer, jer sve je ispraznost.
20 All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.
I jedni i drugi odlaze na isto mjesto; svi su postali od praha i u prah se vraćaju.
21 Who knoweth the spirit of man whether it goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast whether it goeth downward to the earth?
Tko zna da li dah ljudski uzlazi gore, a dah zvijeri silazi dolje k zemlji?
22 Wherefore I saw that there is nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his works; for that is his portion: for who shall bring him [back] to see what shall be after him?
Uviđam da čovjeku druge sreće nema osim radosti u svome djelu, jer to je ljudska sudbina. A tko će ga dovesti do toga da dozna što će biti poslije njega?
