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

¹Slová kazateľa, syna Dávidovho, kráľa v Jeruzaleme.

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

²Márnosť márností, riekol kazateľ; márnosť márností a všetko márnosť.

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

³Aký užitok má človek zo všetkej svojej trudnej práce, ktorou sa trudí pod slnkom?

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

⁴Pokolenie ide, a pokolenie prijde, a zem stojí na veky.

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

⁵A slnko vychádza a slnko zachádza a chvatom spiecha k svojemu miestu, kde zase vychádza.

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.

⁶Ide k poludniu a obracia sa k polnoci; obracajúc sa hneď sem hneď ta, tak ide ta vietor, a na svojich okruhoch zase sa navracia vietor.

⁷All the rivers run into the sea, yet the sea is not full. To the place where the rivers flow, there they flow again.

⁷Všetky rieky tečú do mora, a more nie je preplnené; na to miesto, z ktorého tečú rieky, ta sa zase navracujú, aby zase tiekly.

⁸All things are full of weariness beyond uttering. The eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.

⁸Všetky veci sú plné trudu; nemohol by to človek vypovedať; oko sa nenasýti hľadenia, a ucho sa nenaplní počúvaním.

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.

⁹Čo bolo, to i bude, a čo sa dialo, to sa i bude diať, ani nieto ničoho nového pod slnkom.

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.

¹⁰Ak i je nejaká vec, o ktorej niekto povie: Pozri, toto je nové, už to bolo dávno za vekov, ktoré boly pred nami.

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.

¹¹Nieto pamäti predošlým pokoleniam, ani budúcim, ktoré povstanú, nebude pamäti u tých, ktorí povstanú potom.

¹²I, the Preacher, was king over Israel in Jerusalem.

¹²Ja, kazateľ, som bol kráľom nad Izraelom v Jeruzaleme

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.

¹³a priložil som svoje srdce k tomu, aby som hľadal a zkúmal v múdrosti všetko, čo sa deje pod nebom. Je to trudné zamestnanie, ktoré dal Bôh synom človeka, aby sa ním trápili.

¹⁴I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and behold, all is vanity and a chasing after wind.

¹⁴Videl som všetky skutky, ktoré sa dejú pod slnkom, a hľa, všetko je márnosť a honba po vetre.

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

¹⁵To, čo je krivé, nedá sa narovnať, a nedostatok sa nedá vypočítať.

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.”

¹⁶Hovoril som so svojím srdcom a riekol som: Hľa, nadobudol som veľkej a vše väčšej múdrosti nad všetkých, ktorí boli predo mnou nad Jeruzalemom, a moje srdce videlo mnoho múdrosti a vedomosti,

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

¹⁷preto som priložil svoje srdce poznať múdrosť a poznať nerozum a bláznovstvo, ale som poznal, že aj to je shon po vetre;

¹⁸For in much wisdom is much grief; and he who increases knowledge increases sorrow.

¹⁸lebo kde je mnoho múdrosti, tam i mnoho hnevu, a ten, kto rozmnožuje vedomosť, rozmnožuje bolesť.