¹For everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven:

¹Vse ima svoj določeni čas in vsako početje pod nebom svojo dobo.

²a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;

²Je čas rojenja in je čas smrti; je čas, da se sadi, in čas, da se vsajeno izruje;

³a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;

³je čas morjenja in čas ozdravljanja, čas podiranja in čas zidanja,

⁴a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;

⁴čas jokanja in čas smejanja, čas žalovanja in čas plesanja,

⁵a time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;

⁵čas razmetavanja kamenov in čas zbiranja kamenov, čas objemanja in čas, zdrževati se objemanja,

⁶a time to seek, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;

⁶čas iskanja in čas izgubljanja, čas spravljanja in čas zametanja,

⁷a time to tear, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;

⁷čas, da se raztrga, in čas, da se sešije, čas molčanja in čas govorjenja,

⁸a time to love, and a time to hate; a time for war, and a time for peace.

⁸čas ljubezni in čas sovraštva, čas vojne in čas miru.

⁹What profit has he who works in that in which he labors?

⁹Kaj ima koristi, kdor karkoli dela, od tega, s čimer se trudi?

¹⁰I have seen the burden which God has given to the sons of men to be afflicted with.

¹⁰Videl sem trudno opravilo, ki ga je Bog dal otrokom človeškim, da se ž njim ukvarjajo.

¹¹He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in their hearts, yet so that man can’t find out the work that God has done from the beginning even to the end.

¹¹On je vse storil, da je lepo ob svojem času; tudi večnost jim je položil v srce, samo da ne more človek doumeti dela, ki ga je Bog napravil, od začetka do konca.

¹²I know that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice, and to do good as long as they live.

¹²Spoznal sem, da ni nič boljšega med njimi, nego da se veselé in delajo dobro v življenju svojem;

¹³Also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy good in all his labor, is the gift of God.

¹³pa tudi, ko človek jé in pije in uživa dobro pri vsem trudu svojem, da je to vsakemu dar Božji.

¹⁴I know that whatever God does, it shall be forever. Nothing can be added to it, nor anything taken from it; and God has done it, that men should fear before him.

¹⁴Spoznal sem, da bode vse, kar Bog dela, za večno: nič se temu ne more prideti, nič od tega vzeti; in Bog je to storil, da se ga boje.

¹⁵That which is has been long ago, and that which is to be has been long ago: and God seeks again that which is passed away.

¹⁵Kar je, je bilo že preje, in kar bode, je bilo zdavnaj, in Bog gleda, da pride na svetlo, kar je minilo.

¹⁶Moreover I saw under the sun, in the place of justice, that wickedness was there; and in the place of righteousness, that wickedness was there.

¹⁶Dalje sem videl pod solncem: na mestu sodbe je bila nepravda in na mestu pravičnosti je bila brezbožnost.

¹⁷I said in my heart, “God will judge the righteous and the wicked; for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work.”

¹⁷Rekel sem v srcu svojem: Bog bo sodil pravičnega in brezbožnega, zakaj on je določil čas vsakemu počenjanju in vsakemu delu.

¹⁸I said in my heart, “As for the sons of men, God tests them, so that they may see that they themselves are like animals.

¹⁸Rekel sem v srcu svojem: Zaradi otrok človeških se tako godi, da jih Bog izkusi in da vidijo, da sami ob sebi so kakor živina.

¹⁹For that which happens to the sons of men happens to animals. Even one thing happens to them. As the one dies, so the other dies. Yes, they have all one breath; and man has no advantage over the animals: for all is vanity.

¹⁹Kajti kar se naključi otrokom človeškim in kar se naključi živalim, je ista naključba: kakor te umrjo, umrjo tudi oni, in enak dih imajo vsi, in človek nima prednosti proti živini; zakaj vse je ničemurnost.

²⁰All go to one place. All are from the dust, and all turn to dust again.

²⁰Vse gre na eno mesto; vse je postalo iz prahu in vse se vrača zopet v prah.

²¹Who knows the spirit of man, whether it goes upward, and the spirit of the animal, whether it goes downward to the earth?”

²¹Kdo pozna dih otrok človeških, če gre navzgor, in dih živine, če gre navzdol k zemlji?Tako sem videl, da ni nič boljšega, nego da se človek veseli del svojih, zakaj to je delež njegov. Kajti kdo ga privede nazaj, da bi videl, kaj bode za njim?

²²Therefore I saw that there is nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his works; for that is his portion: for who can bring him to see what will be after him?

²²Tako sem videl, da ni nič boljšega, nego da se človek veseli del svojih, zakaj to je delež njegov. Kajti kdo ga privede nazaj, da bi videl, kaj bode za njim?