Ecclesiastes 5

Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be more ready to hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they consider not that they do evil.

Ne nagli ustima svojim i ne žuri se s riječima pred Bogom, jer je Bog na nebu, a ti si na zemlji; zato štedi svoje riječi.

Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few.

San dolazi od mnogih briga, a lud govor od mnoštva riječi.

For a dream cometh through the multitude of business; and a fool's voice is known by multitude of words.

Kad zavjetuješ štogod Bogu, odmah to izvrši, jer njemu nisu mili bezumnici. Zato ispuni svaki svoj zavjet.

When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou hast vowed.

Bolje je ne zavjetovati, nego zavjetovati a ne izvršiti zavjeta.

Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay.

Ne daj ustima svojim da te navode na grijeh i ne reci kasnije pred anđelom da je bilo nehotice. Zašto pružati Bogu priliku da se srdi na riječ tvoju i uništi djelo tvojih ruku?

Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin; neither say thou before the angel, that it was an error: wherefore should God be angry at thy voice, and destroy the work of thine hands?

Koliko sanja, toliko i ispraznosti; mnogo riječi - isprazna tlapnja. Zato boj se Boga.

For in the multitude of dreams and many words there are also divers vanities: but fear thou God.

Ako vidiš gdje tlače siromaha i gaze pravo i pravicu u zemlji, ne čudi se tomu, jer nad visokim straži viši, a nad njim najviši.

If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for he that is higher than the highest regardeth; and there be higher than they.

Korist zemlje je nada sve; i kralj ovisi o zemljištu.

Moreover the profit of the earth is for all: the king himself is served by the field.

Tko novce ljubi, nikad ih dosta nema; tko bogatstvo ljubi, nikad mu dosta probitka. I to je ispraznost.

He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity.

Gdje je mnogo bogatstva, mnogo je i gotovana, pa kakva je korist od toga gospodaru, osim što ga očima gleda?

When goods increase, they are increased that eat them: and what good is there to the owners thereof, saving the beholding of them with their eyes?

Sladak je dan radiši, jeo malo ili mnogo, dok bogatstvo ne da bogatašu zaspati.

The sleep of a labouring man is sweet, whether he eat little or much: but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.

I vidjeh teško zlo pod suncem: skupljeno blago što je na propast svojemu vlasniku.

There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt.

Jer zlom nezgodom propadne takvo bogatstvo te sinu što mu se rodi ne ostane ništa.

But those riches perish by evil travail: and he begetteth a son, and there is nothing in his hand.

Gol je izašao iz utrobe majke svoje i tako će gol i otići kakav je i došao; ništa nema od svega svojeg truda da ponese.

As he came forth of his mother's womb, naked shall he return to go as he came, and shall take nothing of his labour, which he may carry away in his hand.

I to je teško zlo što tako odlazi kako je i došao; pa kakva mu je korist što se u vjetar mučio.

And this also is a sore evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go: and what profit hath he that hath laboured for the wind?

Sve svoje dane živi u tami, nevolji, brizi, bolesti i srdžbi.

All his days also he eateth in darkness, and he hath much sorrow and wrath with his sickness.

Ovo, stoga, zaključujem: prava je sreća čovjeku jesti i piti i biti zadovoljan sa svim svojim trudom kojim se muči pod suncem za kratka vijeka koji mu je dao Bog, jer takva mu je sudbina dosuđena.

Behold that which I have seen: it is good and comely for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy the good of all his labour that he taketh under the sun all the days of his life, which God giveth him: for it is his portion.

Pa ako je čovjeku Bog dao bogatstvo i imanje da ih uživa i bude zadovoljan svojim djelom - i to je dar od Boga.

Every man also to whom God hath given riches and wealth, and hath given him power to eat thereof, and to take his portion, and to rejoice in his labour; this is the gift of God.

Jer tada barem ne misli mnogo na dane svog života, kad mu Bog daje da mu se srce veseli.

For he shall not much remember the days of his life; because God answereth him in the joy of his heart.