¹The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.

¹Misli Propovjednika, Davidova sina, kralja u Jeruzalemu.

²Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.

²Ispraznost nad ispraznošću, veli Propovjednik, ispraznost nad ispraznošću, sve je ispraznost!

³What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun?

³Kakva je korist čovjeku od svega truda njegova kojim se trudi pod suncem?

⁴One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever.

⁴Jedan naraštaj odlazi, drugi dolazi, a zemlja uvijek ostaje.

⁵The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place where he arose.

⁵Sunce izlazi, sunce zalazi i onda hiti svojem mjestu odakle izlazi.

⁶The wind goeth toward the south, and turneth about unto the north; it whirleth about continually, and the wind returneth again according to his circuits.

⁶Vjetar puše na jug i okreće se na sjever, kovitla sad ovamo sad onamo i vraća se u novom vrtlogu.

⁷All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full; unto the place from whence the rivers come, thither they return again.

⁷Sve rijeke teku u more i more se ne prepunja; odakle teku rijeke, onamo se vraćaju da ponovo počnu svoj tok.

⁸All things are full of labour; man cannot utter it: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.

⁸Sve je mučno. Nitko ne može reći da se oči nisu do sita nagledale i uši dovoljno naslušale.

⁹The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.

⁹Što je bilo, opet će biti, i što se činilo, opet će se činiti, i nema ništa novo pod suncem.

¹⁰Is there any thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? it hath been already of old time, which was before us.

¹⁰Ima li išta o čemu bi se moglo reći: "Gle, ovo je novo!" Sve je već davno prije nas postojalo.

¹¹There is no remembrance of former things; neither shall there be any remembrance of things that are to come with those that shall come after.

¹¹Samo, od prošlosti ne ostade ni spomena, kao što ni u budućnosti neće biti sjećanja na ono što će poslije doći.

¹²I the Preacher was king over Israel in Jerusalem.

¹²Ja, Propovjednik, bijah kralj nad Izraelom u Jeruzalemu.

¹³And I gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all things that are done under heaven: this sore travail hath God given to the sons of man to be exercised therewith.

¹³I trudih se da mudrošću istražim i dokučim sve što biva pod nebom; o, kako mučnu zadaću zadade Bog sinovima ljudskim.

¹⁴I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit.

¹⁴Vidjeh sve što se čini pod suncem: kakve li ispraznosti i puste tlapnje!

¹⁵That which is crooked cannot be made straight: and that which is wanting cannot be numbered.

¹⁵Što je krivo, ne može se ispraviti; čega nema, izbrojiti se ne može.

¹⁶I communed with mine own heart, saying, Lo, I am come to great estate, and have gotten more wisdom than all they that have been before me in Jerusalem: yea, my heart had great experience of wisdom and knowledge.

¹⁶Rekoh onda sam sebi: "Gle, stekao sam veću mudrost nego bilo tko od mojih prethodnika u Jeruzalemu. Duh moj sabrao je golemu mudrost i znanje."

¹⁷And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit.

¹⁷Mudrost pomnjivo proučih, a tako i glupost i ludost, ali sam spoznao da je to pusta tlapnja.

¹⁸For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.

¹⁸Mnogo mudrosti - mnogo jada; što više znanja, to više boli.