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

¹Misli Propovjednika, Davidova sina, kralja u Jeruzalemu.

²“Vanity of vanities,” says the Preacher; “Vanity of vanities, all is vanity.”

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

³What does man gain from all his labor in which he labors under the sun?

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

⁴One generation goes, and another generation comes; but the earth remains forever.

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

⁵The sun also rises, and the sun goes down, and hurries to its place where it rises.

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

⁶The wind goes toward the south, and turns around to the north. It turns around continually as it goes, and the wind returns again to its courses.

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. To the place where the rivers flow, there they flow 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 weariness beyond uttering. 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.

⁹That which has been is that which shall be; and that which has been 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 a thing of which it may be said, “Behold, this is new?” It has been long ago, in the ages which were 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 memory of the former; neither shall there be any memory of the latter that are to come, among 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.

¹³I applied my heart to seek and to search out by wisdom concerning all that is done under the sky. It is a heavy burden that God The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “Elohim.” has given to the sons of men to be afflicted with.

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 a chasing after wind.

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

¹⁵That which is crooked can’t be made straight; and that which is lacking can’t be counted.

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

¹⁶I said to myself, “Behold, I have obtained for myself great wisdom above all who were before me in Jerusalem. Yes, my heart has 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."

¹⁷I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly. I perceived that this also was a chasing after wind.

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 who increases knowledge increases sorrow.

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