Ecclesiastes 3
1 For, every thing, there is a season, —and a time for every pursuit, under the heavens: —
Za vsako stvar je obdobje in čas za vsak namen pod nebom:
2 A time to be born, and a time to die, —A time to plant, and a time to uproot what is planted;
čas, da si rojen in čas za smrt, čas za sajenje in čas za ruvanje tega, kar je vsajeno,
3 A time to kill, and a time to heal, —A time to break down, and a time to build up;
čas za ubijanje in čas za zdravljenje, čas za rušenje in čas za gradnjo,
4 A time to weep, and a time to laugh, —A time to wail, and a time to dance for joy;
čas za jokanje in čas za smejanje, čas za žalovanje in čas za ples,
5 A time to cast away stones, and a time to heap up stones, —A time to embrace, and a time to be far from loving embrace;
čas za odmetavanje kamnov in čas za zbiranje kamnov, čas za objemanje in čas za zadržanje pred objemanjem,
6 A time to seek, and a time to give up as lost, —A time to keep, and a time to cast away;
čas za pridobivanje in čas za izgubljanje, in čas za hranjenje in čas za odmetavanje,
7 A time to rend, and a time to sew, —A time to be silent, and a time to speak;
čas za paranje in čas za šivanje, čas za molčanje in čas za govorjenje,
8 A time to love and a time to hate, —A time of war, and a time of peace.
čas za ljubezen in čas za sovraštvo, čas vojne in čas miru.
9 What profit hath he that worketh, in that wherein, himself, hath toiled?
Kakšno korist ima kdor dela v tem, v čemer se trudi?
10 I looked at the employment which God hath given to the sons of men, to work therein:
Videl sem muko, ki jo Bog daje človeškim sinovom, da bi bili vežbani v tem.
11 Everything, hath he made beautiful in its own time, —also, intelligence, hath he put in their heart, without which men could not find out the work which God hath wrought, from the beginning even unto the end.
Vsako stvar je naredil krasno ob svojem času. Prav tako je v njihovo srce postavil svet, tako da noben človek ne more spoznati dela, ki ga Bog dela od začetka do konca.
12 I know that there is no blessedness in them, —save to be glad, and to do well with one’s life.
Vem, da ni dobrega v njih, temveč za človeka, da se veseli in da v svojem življenju dela dobro.
13 Though indeed, that any man should eat and drink, and see blessedness, in all his toil, it is, the gift of God.
Prav tako, da naj bi vsak človek jedel, pil in užival dobro od vsega svojega truda, to je darilo od Boga.
14 I know, that, whatsoever God doeth, the same, shall be age-abiding, unto it, there is nothing to add, and, from it, there is nothing to take away, —and, God, hath done it, that men should stand in awe before him.
Vem, da karkoli Bog dela, bo to za vedno. Nič ne more biti k temu dodano niti karkoli od tega odvzeto. Bog to dela, da naj bi se ljudje bali pred njim.
15 That which was, already, had been, and, that which shall be, already, shall have been, —but, God, seeketh that which hath been chased away.
To, kar je bilo, je sedaj in to, kar naj bi bilo, je že bilo in Bog zahteva to, kar je minilo.
16 Then, again, I saw under the sun, the place of justice, that there was lawlessness, and, the place of righteousness, that there was lawlessness.
Poleg tega sem pod soncem videl kraj sodbe, da je bila tam zlobnost in kraj pravičnosti, da je bila tam krivičnost.
17 Said, I, in my heart, Both the righteous and the lawless, will God judge, —for [there will be] a time for every pursuit, and concerning every work—there.
V svojem srcu sem rekel: ›Bog bo sodil pravičnega in zlobnega, kajti tam je čas za vsak namen in za vsako delo.‹
18 Said, I, in my heart, as concerning the sons of men, That God was minded to prove them, —and that they might see, that they were beasts, of themselves.
V svojem srcu sem rekel glede stanja človeških sinov, da bi se jim Bog lahko pokazal in da bi lahko videli, da so oni sami živali.
19 For, as regardeth the destiny of the sons of men and the destiny of beasts, one fate, have they, as dieth the one, so, dieth the other, and, one spirit, have they all, —and, the pre-eminence of man over beast, is nothing, for, all, were vanity:
Kajti to, kar zadene človeške sinove, zadene živali, celo ena stvar jih zadene; kakor umre eden, tako umre drugi, da, vsi imajo en dih, tako da človek nima nobene premoči nad živaljo, kajti vse je ničevost.
20 all, go unto one place, —all, came from the dust, and all, return to the dust.
Vsi gredo k enemu kraju, vsi so iz prahu in vsi se ponovno spremenijo v prah.
21 Who knoweth the spirit of the sons of men, whether it, ascendeth, above, —or the spirit of the beast, whether it, descendeth, below, to the earth?
Kdo pozna človekovega duha, ki gre navzgor in duha živali, ki gre navzdol k zemlji?
22 So I saw, that there was nothing better than that a man should be glad in his works, for, that, is his portion, —for who can bring him in, to look upon that which shall be after him?
Zatorej zaznavam, da ni ničesar boljšega, kakor da naj bi se človek veselil v svojih lastnih delih, kajti to je njegov delež, kajti kdo ga bo privedel, da vidi kaj bo za njim?
