Ecclesiastes · Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Cyrillic)
Ecclesiastes 2 Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Cyrillic)
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Notes on this text (3)
- eBible.org's edition in the ekavian pronunciation (e.g. свет, грех); Karadžić and Daničić wrote in ijekavian (свијет, гријех).
- 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).
1 Ја рекох у срцу свом: Дај да те окушам весељем; уживај добра. Али гле и то беше таштина.
1 I said in my heart, “Come now, I will test you with mirth; therefore enjoy pleasure;” and behold, this also was vanity.
2 Смеху рекох: Лудујеш; и весељу: Шта то радиш?
2 I said of laughter, “It is foolishness;” and of mirth, “What does it accomplish?”
3 Размишљах у срцу свом да пуштам тело своје на пиће, и срцем својим управљајући мудро да се држим лудости докле не видим шта би добро било синовима људским да чине под небом док су живи.
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 Велика дела учиних: сазидах себи куће, насадих себи винограде;
4 I made myself great works. I built myself houses. I planted myself vineyards.
5 начиних себи вртове и воћњаке, и насадих у њима свакојаких дрвета родних;
5 I made myself gardens and parks, and I planted trees in them of all kinds of fruit.
6 начиних себи језера водена да заливам из њих шуму где расту дрвета;
6 I made myself pools of water, to water the forest where trees were grown.
7 набавих себи слуга и слушкиња, и имах слуга рођених у кући мојој; и имах говеда и оваца више од свих који бише пре мене у Јерусалиму;
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 такође накупих себи сребра и злата и заклада од царева и земаља; набавих себи певача и певачица и милина људских, и справа музичких свакојаких.
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 И тако постах већи и силнији од свих који бише пре мене у Јерусалиму; и мудрост моја оста са мном.
9 So I was great, and increased more than all who were before me in Jerusalem. My wisdom also remained with me.
10 И шта год жељаху очи моје, не брањах им нити ускраћивах срцу свом какво весеље, него се срце моје весељаше са сваког труда мог, и то ми беше део од сваког труда мог.
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 А кад погледах на сва дела своја што урадише руке моје, и на труд којим се трудих да урадим, гле, све беше таштина и мука духу, и нема користи под сунцем.
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 Тада се обратих да видим мудрост и лудост и безумље, јер шта би чинио човек који би настао после цара? Шта је већ учињено.
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 И видех да је боља мудрост од лудости, као што је боља светлост од мрака.
13 Then I saw that wisdom excels folly, as far as light excels darkness.
14 Мудри има очи у глави, а безумни иде по мраку; али такође дознах да једнако бива свима.
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 Зато рекох у срцу свом: Мени ће бити као безумнику што бива; шта ће ми дакле помоћи што сам мудар? И рекох у срцу свом: и то је таштина.
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 Јер се неће спомињати мудрац као ни безумник до века; јер што сада јесте, све се заборавља после, и мудрац умире као и безумник.
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 Зато ми омрзе живот, јер ми није мило шта бива под сунцем, јер је све таштина и мука духу.
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 И омрзе ми сав труд мој око ког се трудих под сунцем, јер ћу га оставити човеку који ће настати након мене.
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 И ко зна хоће ли бити мудар или луд? И опет ће бити господар од свега труда мог око ког се трудих и мудровах под сунцем. И то је таштина.
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 Зато дођох на то да ми срце изгуби надање о сваком труду око ког се трудих под сунцем.
20 Therefore I began to cause my heart to despair concerning all the labor in which I had labored under the sun.
21 Јер има људи који се труде мудро и разумно и право, па то остављају у део другом који се није трудио око тога. И то је таштина и велико зло.
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 Јер шта има човек од свега труда свог и од муке срца свог, коју подноси под сунцем?
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 Јер су сви дани његови мука, а послови његови брига; ни ноћу се не одмара срце његово. И то је таштина.
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 Није ли, дакле, добро човеку да једе и пије и да гледа да му је души добро од труда његовог? Ја видех и то да је из руке Божије.
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 Јер ко је јео и уживао више него ја?
25 For who can eat, or who can have enjoyment, more than I?
26 Јер човеку који Му је по вољи даје мудрост и разум и радост, а грешнику даје муку да сабира и скупља да да ономе који је по вољи Богу. И то је таштина и мука духу.
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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