Kazateľ

1 (CPDV) The words of Ecclesiastes, the son of David, the king of Jerusalem.
1 (KAT) Úvahy Dávidovho syna Kazateľa, kráľa nad Jeruzalemom.

2 (CPDV) Ecclesiastes said: Vanity of vanities! Vanity of vanities, and all is vanity!
2 (KAT) Márnosť, len márnosť - hovorí Kazateľ. Márnosť, len márnosť, všetko je iba márnosť.

3 (CPDV) What more does a man have from all his labor, as he labors under the sun?
3 (KAT) Aký osoh má človek zo všetkej svojej námahy, ktorou sa ustáva, (kým je) pod slnkom?

4 (CPDV) A generation passes away, and a generation arrives. But the earth stands forever.
4 (KAT) (Jedno) pokolenie prichádza, (iné) pokolenie odchádza. Zem však stojí naveky.

5 (CPDV) The sun rises and sets; it returns to its place, and from there, being born again,
5 (KAT) Slnko vychádza a slnko zapadá a ženie sa späť na miesto, kde (zasa) vyjde.

6 (CPDV) it circles through the south, and arcs toward the north. The spirit continues on, illuminating everything in its circuit, and turning again in its cycle.
6 (KAT) Veje na juh a obráti sa na sever, v ustavičnom krúžení duje vietor a vietor sa vo svojom kolobehu opätovne vracia.

7 (CPDV) All rivers enter into the sea, and the sea does not overflow. To the place from which the rivers go out, they return, so that they may flow again.
7 (KAT) Všetky rieky tečú do mora, a more sa nepreplňuje. Kde vyvreli, k tomu miestu tečú rieky späť, aby sa odtiaľ vydali na novú cestu.

8 (CPDV) Such things are difficult; man is not able to explain them with words. The eye is not satisfied by seeing, nor is the ear fulfilled by hearing.
8 (KAT) Všetky bytosti sú podrobené ustávaniu - vyrozprávať to nevládze nik. Oko sa nenasycuje videním, ucho sa nenapĺňa počúvaním.

9 (CPDV) What is it that has existed? The same shall exist in the future. What is it that has been done? The same shall continue to be done.
9 (KAT) Čo bolo, je to, čo aj zasa bude. A čo sa už stalo, to sa opäť stane. Nič nie je nové pod slnkom.

10 (CPDV) There is nothing new under the sun. Neither is anyone able to say: “Behold, this is new!” For it has already been brought forth in the ages that were before us.
10 (KAT) Ak je niečo, o čom by človek povedal: „Pozri toto je niečo nové!“, už to bolo v časoch, ktoré boli pred nami.

11 (CPDV) There is no remembrance of the former things. Indeed, neither shall there be any record of past things in the future, for those who will exist at the very end.
11 (KAT) Však na minulosť už niet spomienky a s budúcnosťou to bude tiež len tak. Nebude po nich spomienky u tých, čo budú nasledovať za nimi.

12 (CPDV) I, Ecclesiastes, was king of Israel at Jerusalem.
12 (KAT) Ja, Kazateľ, bol som kráľom nad Izraelom v Jeruzaleme.

13 (CPDV) And I was determined in my mind to seek and to investigate wisely, concerning all that is done under the sun. God has given this very difficult task to the sons of men, so that they may be occupied by it.
13 (KAT) A svojou mysľou som sa dal na to, že múdro preskúmam a vystopujem všetko, čo sa deje pod nebom. To trápne zamestnanie uložil Boh Adamovým synom, aby sa ním umárali.

14 (CPDV) I have seen all that is done under the sun, and behold: all is emptiness and an affliction of the spirit.
14 (KAT) Videl som všetko, čo sa deje pod slnkom, - ale to všetko je márnosť a honba za vetrom!

15 (CPDV) The perverse are unwilling to be corrected, and the number of the foolish is boundless.
15 (KAT) Krivé sa nedá urobiť rovným a čoho niet, to nemožno počítať.

16 (CPDV) I have spoken in my heart, saying: “Behold, I have achieved greatness, and I have surpassed all the wise who were before me in Jerusalem.” And my mind has contemplated many things wisely, and I have learned.
16 (KAT) Povedal som si v srdci: „Hľa, vzrástol som a zbohatol v múdrosti, moja myseľ videla mnoho múdrosti a vedomosti.“

17 (CPDV) And I have dedicated my heart, so that I may know prudence and doctrine, and also error and foolishness. Yet I recognize that, in these things also, there is hardship, and affliction of the spirit.
17 (KAT) Preto som sa v srdci rozhodol poznávať múdrosť a tiež poznávať, (čo je) bláznovstvo a pochabosť. Ale zistil som, že aj to je iba honba za vetrom.

18 (CPDV) Because of this, with much wisdom there is also much anger. And whoever adds knowledge, also adds hardship.
18 (KAT) Lebo čím viac je múdrosti, tým väčšmi pribúda aj mrzutosti; a ako si niekto zväčšuje vedomosti, tak si zväčšuje aj bolesť.