1 Doista sve ovo složih u srce svoje da bih rasvetlio sve to, kako su pravedni i mudri i dela njihova u ruci Božijoj, a čovek ne zna ni ljubavi ni mržnje od svega što je pred njim. 2 Sve biva svima jednako: pravedniku biva kao bezbožniku, dobrom i čistom kao nečistom, onom koji prinosi žrtvu kao onom koji ne prinosi, kako dobrom tako grešniku, onom koji se kune kao onom koji se boji zakletve. 3 A to je najgore od svega što biva pod suncem što svima jednako biva, te je i srce ljudsko puno zla, i ludost im je u srcu dok su živi, a potom umiru. 4 Jer ko će biti izabran? U živih svih ima nadanja; i psu živom bolje je nego mrtvom lavu. 5 Jer živi znaju da će umreti, a mrtvi ne znaju ništa niti im ima plate, jer im se spomen zaboravio. 6 I ljubavi njihove i mržnje njihove i zavisti njihove nestalo je, i više nemaju dela nikada ni u čemu što biva pod suncem. 7 Hajde, jedi hleb svoj s radošću, i veselog srca pij vino svoje, jer su mila Bogu dela tvoja. 8 Svagda neka su ti haljine bele, i ulja na glavi tvojoj da ne nedostaje. 9 Uživaj život sa ženom koju ljubiš svega veka svog taštog, koji ti je dat pod suncem za sve vreme taštine tvoje, jer ti je to deo u životu i od truda tvog kojim se trudiš pod suncem. 10 Sve što ti dođe na ruku da činiš, čini po mogućnosti svojoj, jer nema rada ni mišljenja ni znanja ni mudrosti u grobu u koji ideš. 11 Opet videh pod suncem da nije do brzih trka, ni rat do hrabrih, ni hleb do mudrih, ni bogatstvo do razumnih, ni dobra volja do veštih, nego da sve stoji do vremena i zgode. 12 Jer čovek ne zna vreme svoje, nego kao što se ribe hvataju mrežom nesrećnom i kao što se ptice hvataju pruglom, tako se hvataju sinovi čovečiji u zao čas, kad navali na njih iznenada. 13 Videh i ovu mudrost pod suncem, koja mi se učini velika: 14 Beše malen grad i u njemu malo ljudi; i dođe na nj velik car, i opkoli ga i načini oko njega velike opkope. 15 A nađe se u njemu siromah čovek mudar, koji izbavi grad mudrošću svojom, a niko se ne sećaše tog siromaha čoveka. 16 Tada ja rekoh: Bolja je mudrost nego snaga, ako se i ne maraše za mudrost onog siromaha i reči se njegove ne slušahu. 17 Reči mudrih ljudi valja s mirom slušati više nego viku onog koji zapoveda među ludima. 18 Bolja je mudrost nego oružje ubojito; ali jedan grešnik kvari mnoga dobra.
Ecclesiastes · 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).
Cross references (18)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Deuteronomy 33:3; John 10:27–30; Job 12:10; Ecclesiastes 8:14; 1 Peter 1:5
- 2 Malachi 3:18; Ecclesiastes 2:14–16; Job 9:22; Psalm 73:3; Malachi 3:5
- 3 Jeremiah 17:9; Ecclesiastes 8:11; Ecclesiastes 1:17; Job 15:16; Titus 3:3
- 4 Job 14:7–12; Isaiah 38:18; Luke 16:26–29; Lamentations 3:21–22; Job 27:8
- 5 Isaiah 26:14; Ecclesiastes 1:11; Psalm 6:5; Psalm 88:10–12; Hebrews 9:27
- 6 Psalm 146:3–4; Matthew 2:20; Ecclesiastes 6:12; Job 3:17–18; Ecclesiastes 2:18–23
- 7 Ecclesiastes 3:12–13; Deuteronomy 12:7; Ecclesiastes 10:19; Ecclesiastes 8:15; Ecclesiastes 2:24–26
- 8 Revelation 19:14; Revelation 3:4–5; Revelation 19:8; Revelation 7:13–14; Revelation 16:15
- 9 Proverbs 5:18–19; Ecclesiastes 2:10; Malachi 2:15; Ecclesiastes 6:12; Ecclesiastes 3:13
- 10 Colossians 3:23; Ephesians 5:16; Romans 12:11; Psalm 6:5; Ecclesiastes 11:6
- 11 Jeremiah 9:23; Proverbs 21:30–31; Lamentations 3:37–38; Job 5:11–14; Ecclesiastes 3:17
- 12 1 Thessalonians 5:3; Luke 21:34–36; Proverbs 6:15; Luke 12:20; Proverbs 29:6
- 13 Ecclesiastes 8:16; Ecclesiastes 7:15; Ecclesiastes 6:1; Ecclesiastes 9:11
- 14 2 Samuel 20:15–22; 2 Kings 6:24–7:20
- 15 Ecclesiastes 4:13; Genesis 40:23; Esther 6:2–3; 2 Samuel 20:22; Ecclesiastes 2:16
- 16 Ecclesiastes 7:19; Proverbs 24:5; Proverbs 21:22; Mark 6:2–3; James 2:2–6
- 17 James 3:17–18; Proverbs 28:23; James 1:20; Isaiah 42:2; Genesis 41:33–40
- 18 Joshua 7:1; Joshua 7:11–12; Joshua 7:5; 2 Timothy 2:16–18; Ecclesiastes 9:16
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What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
… thy wine with a merry heart (that is, the spiritual wine); and let oil be poured out upon thy head (thou seest he alludes even to the mystic Chrism); and let thy garments be always white, for the Lord is well pleased with thy works; for before thou camest to Baptism, thy works were vanity of vanities.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)
So, since no human voice is strong enough to be heard in such a disturbance, I reckon silence more profitable than speech, for if there is any truth in the words of the Preacher, "The words of wise men are heard in quiet," in the present condition of things any discussion of them must be anything but becoming.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 8 (1895)