Ecclesiastes · Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Latin script)
Ecclesiastes 2 Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Latin script)
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Notes on this text (3)
- eBible.org's Latin-script edition, ekavian pronunciation (e.g. svet, greh).
- No deuterocanonical books.
- Chapter divisions follow the Hebrew Bible in Job 39–41, Ezekiel 20–21, Hosea 11–12 and Jonah 1–2 (verse numbers there differ from English Bibles).
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1 Ja rekoh u srcu svom: Daj da te okušam veseljem; uživaj dobra. Ali gle i to beše taština.
1 I said in my heart, “Come now, I will test you with mirth; therefore enjoy pleasure;” and behold, this also was vanity.
2 Smehu rekoh: Luduješ; i veselju: Šta to radiš?
2 I said of laughter, “It is foolishness;” and of mirth, “What does it accomplish?”
3 Razmišljah u srcu svom da puštam telo svoje na piće, i srcem svojim upravljajući mudro da se držim ludosti dokle ne vidim šta bi dobro bilo sinovima ljudskim da čine pod nebom dok su živi.
3 I searched in my heart how to cheer my flesh with wine, my heart yet guiding me with wisdom, and how to lay hold of folly, until I might see what it was good for the sons of men that they should do under heaven all the days of their lives.
4 Velika dela učinih: sazidah sebi kuće, nasadih sebi vinograde;
4 I made myself great works. I built myself houses. I planted myself vineyards.
5 načinih sebi vrtove i voćnjake, i nasadih u njima svakojakih drveta rodnih;
5 I made myself gardens and parks, and I planted trees in them of all kinds of fruit.
6 načinih sebi jezera vodena da zalivam iz njih šumu gde rastu drveta;
6 I made myself pools of water, to water the forest where trees were grown.
7 nabavih sebi sluga i sluškinja, i imah sluga rođenih u kući mojoj; i imah goveda i ovaca više od svih koji biše pre mene u Jerusalimu;
7 I bought male servants and female servants, and had servants born in my house. I also had great possessions of herds and flocks, above all who were before me in Jerusalem.
8 takođe nakupih sebi srebra i zlata i zaklada od careva i zemalja; nabavih sebi pevača i pevačica i milina ljudskih, i sprava muzičkih svakojakih.
8 I also gathered silver and gold for myself, and the treasure of kings and of the provinces. I got myself male and female singers, and the delights of the sons of men: musical instruments of all sorts.
9 I tako postah veći i silniji od svih koji biše pre mene u Jerusalimu; i mudrost moja osta sa mnom.
9 So I was great, and increased more than all who were before me in Jerusalem. My wisdom also remained with me.
10 I šta god željahu oči moje, ne branjah im niti uskraćivah srcu svom kakvo veselje, nego se srce moje veseljaše sa svakog truda mog, i to mi beše deo od svakog truda mog.
10 Whatever my eyes desired, I didn’t keep from them. I didn’t withhold my heart from any joy, for my heart rejoiced because of all my labor, and this was my portion from all my labor.
11 A kad pogledah na sva dela svoja što uradiše ruke moje, i na trud kojim se trudih da uradim, gle, sve beše taština i muka duhu, i nema koristi pod suncem.
11 Then I looked at all the works that my hands had worked, and at the labor that I had labored to do; and behold, all was vanity and a chasing after wind, and there was no profit under the sun.
12 Tada se obratih da vidim mudrost i ludost i bezumlje, jer šta bi činio čovek koji bi nastao posle cara? Šta je već učinjeno.
12 I turned myself to consider wisdom, madness, and folly; for what can the king’s successor do? Just that which has been done long ago.
13 I videh da je bolja mudrost od ludosti, kao što je bolja svetlost od mraka.
13 Then I saw that wisdom excels folly, as far as light excels darkness.
14 Mudri ima oči u glavi, a bezumni ide po mraku; ali takođe doznah da jednako biva svima.
14 The wise man’s eyes are in his head, and the fool walks in darkness—and yet I perceived that one event happens to them all.
15 Zato rekoh u srcu svom: Meni će biti kao bezumniku što biva; šta će mi dakle pomoći što sam mudar? I rekoh u srcu svom: i to je taština.
15 Then I said in my heart, “As it happens to the fool, so will it happen even to me; and why was I then more wise?” Then I said in my heart that this also is vanity.
16 Jer se neće spominjati mudrac kao ni bezumnik do veka; jer što sada jeste, sve se zaboravlja posle, i mudrac umire kao i bezumnik.
16 For of the wise man, even as of the fool, there is no memory forever, since in the days to come all will have been long forgotten. Indeed, the wise man must die just like the fool!
17 Zato mi omrze život, jer mi nije milo šta biva pod suncem, jer je sve taština i muka duhu.
17 So I hated life, because the work that is worked under the sun was grievous to me; for all is vanity and a chasing after wind.
18 I omrze mi sav trud moj oko kog se trudih pod suncem, jer ću ga ostaviti čoveku koji će nastati nakon mene.
18 I hated all my labor in which I labored under the sun, because I must leave it to the man who comes after me.
19 I ko zna hoće li biti mudar ili lud? I opet će biti gospodar od svega truda mog oko kog se trudih i mudrovah pod suncem. I to je taština.
19 Who knows whether he will be a wise man or a fool? Yet he will have rule over all of my labor in which I have labored, and in which I have shown myself wise under the sun. This also is vanity.
20 Zato dođoh na to da mi srce izgubi nadanje o svakom trudu oko kog se trudih pod suncem.
20 Therefore I began to cause my heart to despair concerning all the labor in which I had labored under the sun.
21 Jer ima ljudi koji se trude mudro i razumno i pravo, pa to ostavljaju u deo drugom koji se nije trudio oko toga. I to je taština i veliko zlo.
21 For there is a man whose labor is with wisdom, with knowledge, and with skillfulness; yet he shall leave it for his portion to a man who has not labored for it. This also is vanity and a great evil.
22 Jer šta ima čovek od svega truda svog i od muke srca svog, koju podnosi pod suncem?
22 For what does a man have of all his labor and of the striving of his heart, in which he labors under the sun?
23 Jer su svi dani njegovi muka, a poslovi njegovi briga; ni noću se ne odmara srce njegovo. I to je taština.
23 For all his days are sorrows, and his travail is grief; yes, even in the night his heart takes no rest. This also is vanity.
24 Nije li, dakle, dobro čoveku da jede i pije i da gleda da mu je duši dobro od truda njegovog? Ja videh i to da je iz ruke Božije.
24 There is nothing better for a man than that he should eat and drink, and make his soul enjoy good in his labor. This also I saw, that it is from the hand of God.
25 Jer ko je jeo i uživao više nego ja?
25 For who can eat, or who can have enjoyment, more than I?
26 Jer čoveku koji Mu je po volji daje mudrost i razum i radost, a grešniku daje muku da sabira i skuplja da da onome koji je po volji Bogu. I to je taština i muka duhu.
26 For to the man who pleases him, God gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy; but to the sinner he gives travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him who pleases God. This also is vanity and a chasing after wind.
Cross references (26)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Luke 12:19; Ecclesiastes 8:15; James 5:1; James 5:5; Psalm 27:8
- 2 Proverbs 14:13; Ecclesiastes 7:2–6; 1 Peter 4:2–4; Amos 6:3–6; Isaiah 22:12–13
- 3 Proverbs 20:1; Ecclesiastes 1:17; Proverbs 31:4–5; Ecclesiastes 6:12; Ecclesiastes 12:13
- 4 1 Kings 7:1–12; 2 Chronicles 8:11; 2 Chronicles 8:1–6; Psalm 49:11; 1 Kings 9:1
- 5 Song of Songs 6:2; Luke 17:27–29; Song of Songs 4:12–5:1; Genesis 2:8–9; Jeremiah 39:4
- 6 Nehemiah 2:14; Song of Songs 7:4; Psalm 1:3; Jeremiah 17:8
- 7 2 Chronicles 32:27–29; Genesis 13:2; 2 Kings 3:4; 1 Kings 9:20–22; 2 Chronicles 26:10
- 8 1 Kings 10:10; 1 Kings 9:28; 2 Samuel 19:35; 1 Kings 10:14; 1 Chronicles 25:6
- 9 1 Chronicles 29:25; Ecclesiastes 1:16; 1 Kings 10:23; 2 Chronicles 9:22–23; 1 Kings 3:12
- 10 Ecclesiastes 9:9; Ecclesiastes 5:18; Ecclesiastes 3:22; Psalm 119:37; Psalm 128:2
- 11 Ecclesiastes 1:14; 1 John 2:16–17; Ecclesiastes 1:3; Genesis 1:31; Exodus 39:43
- 12 Ecclesiastes 1:17; Ecclesiastes 7:25; Ecclesiastes 1:9–10
- 13 Ephesians 5:8; Ecclesiastes 7:11–12; Matthew 6:23; Ecclesiastes 11:7; Malachi 3:18–4:2
- 14 Psalm 49:10; Proverbs 17:24; Ecclesiastes 9:11; Ecclesiastes 9:1–3; 1 John 2:11
- 15 Ecclesiastes 6:8; Ecclesiastes 1:14; Ecclesiastes 1:18–2:1; 1 Kings 3:12; Ecclesiastes 1:16
- 16 Ecclesiastes 1:11; Ecclesiastes 9:5; Malachi 3:16; Exodus 1:8; Psalm 88:12
- 17 Ecclesiastes 2:11; Ecclesiastes 4:2; Jonah 4:8; 1 Kings 19:4; Numbers 11:15
- 18 Psalm 39:6; Psalm 49:10; Luke 16:27–28; Luke 12:20; Ecclesiastes 5:18
- 19 Ecclesiastes 3:22; James 3:17; 1 Kings 14:25–28; Ecclesiastes 9:13; James 1:17
- 20 1 Thessalonians 3:3–4; Job 17:11–15; Psalm 39:6–7; Genesis 43:14; 2 Corinthians 1:8–10
- 21 Ecclesiastes 2:17–18; Ecclesiastes 9:18; Jeremiah 22:15; 2 Chronicles 31:20–21; 2 Chronicles 35:18
- 22 Psalm 127:2; Ecclesiastes 1:3; Ecclesiastes 3:9; Ecclesiastes 4:6; Philippians 4:6
- 23 Job 14:1; Job 5:7; Job 7:13–14; Psalm 127:2; Psalm 6:6–7
- 24 Ecclesiastes 3:22; 1 Timothy 6:17; Ecclesiastes 8:15; Ecclesiastes 3:12–13; Ecclesiastes 5:18–19
- 25 Ecclesiastes 2:1–12
- 26 Proverbs 13:22; Job 27:16–17; Proverbs 28:8; John 16:24; Isaiah 3:10–11
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