Ecclesiastes/Qohelet 1

NEW JERUSALEM	Biblija Hrvatski
1 Composition of Qoheleth son of David, king in Jerusalem.	1 Misli Propovjednika, Davidova sina, kralja u Jeruzalemu.
2 Sheer futility, Qoheleth says. Sheer futility: everything is futile!	2 Ispraznost nad ispraznošću, veli Propovjednik, ispraznost nad ispraznošću, sve je ispraznost!
3 What profit can we show for al our toil, toiling under the sun?	3 Kakva je korist čovjeku od svega truda njegova kojim se trudi pod suncem?
4 A generation goes, a generation comes, yet the earth stands firm for ever.	4 Jedan naraštaj odlazi, drugi dolazi, a zemlja uvijek ostaje.
5 The sun rises, the sun sets; then to its place it speeds and there it rises.	5 Sunce izlazi, sunce zalazi i onda hiti svojem mjestu odakle izlazi.
6 Southward goes the wind, then turns to the north; it turns and turns again; then back to its circling goesthe wind.	6 Vjetar puše na jug i okreće se na sjever, kovitla sad ovamo sad onamo i vraća se u novom vrtlogu.
7 Into the sea go al the rivers, and yet the sea is never fil ed, and stil to their goal the rivers go.	7 Sve rijeke teku u more i more se ne prepunja; odakle teku rijeke, onamo se vraćaju da ponovno počnu svoj tok.
8 Al things are wearisome. No one can say that eyes have not had enough of seeing, ears their fil ofhearing.	8 Sve je mučno. Nitko ne može reći da se oči nisu do sita nagledale i uši dovoljno naslušale.
9 What was, wil be again, what has been done, wil be done again, and there is nothing new under thesun!	9 Što je bilo, opet će biti, i što se činilo, opet će se činiti, i nema ništa novo pod suncem.
10 Take anything which people acclaim as being new: it existed in the centuries preceding us.	10 Ima li išta o čemu bi se moglo reći: »Gle, ovo je novo!«? Sve je već davno prije nas postojalo.
11 No memory remains of the past, and so it wil be for the centuries to come -- they will not beremembered by their successors.	11 Samo, od prošlosti ne ostade ni spomena, kao što ni u budućnosti neće biti sjećanja na ono što će poslije doći.
12 I, Qoheleth, have reigned over Israel in Jerusalem.	12 Ja, Propovjednik, bijah kralj nad Izraelom u Jeruzalemu.
13 Wisely I have applied myself to investigation and exploration of everything that happens under heaven.What a wearisome task God has given humanity to keep us busy!	13 I trudih se da mudrošću istražim i dokučim sve što biva pod nebom; o, kako mučnu zadaću zadade Bog sinovima ljudskim.
14 I have seen everything that is done under the sun: how futile it al is, mere chasing after the wind!	14 Vidjeh sve što se čini pod suncem: kakve li ispraznosti i puste tlapnje!
15 What is twisted cannot be straightened, what is not there cannot be counted.	15 Što je krivo, ne može se ispraviti; čega nema, izbrojiti se ne može.
16 I thought to myself: I have acquired a greater stock of wisdom than anyone before me in Jerusalem. Imyself have mastered every kind of wisdom and science.	16 Rekoh onda sam sebi: »Gle, stekao sam veću mudrost nego bilo tko od mojih prethodnika u Jeruzalemu. Duh moj sabrao je golemu mudrost i znanje.«
17 I have applied myself to understanding philosophy and science, stupidity and fol y, and I now realisethat all this too is chasing after the wind.	17 Mudrost pomnjivo proučih, a tako i glupost i ludost, ali sam spoznao da je to pusta tlapnja.
18 Much wisdom, much grief; the more knowledge, the more sorrow.	18 Mnogo mudrosti – mnogo jada; što više znanja, to više boli.