Ecclesiastes 4
1 Again I looked, and I considered all the oppression taking place under the sun. I saw the tears of the oppressed, and they had no comforter; the power lay in the hands of their oppressors, and there was no comforter.
फेरि एक पटक मैले सूर्यमूनि भएका सबै थिचोमिचोको विषयमा विचार गरेँ । मैले थिचोमिचोमा परेकाहरूको आँसु देखेँ, र तिनीहरूलाई सान्त्वना दिने कोही थिएन । शक्ति तिनीहरूलाई थिचोमिचो गर्नेहरूको हातमा थियो, र तिनीहरूलाई सान्त्वना दिने कोही थिएन ।
2 So I admired the dead, who had already died, above the living, who are still alive.
अझै बाँचिरहेकाहरूभन्दा पहिले नै मरेकाहरू बढी भाग्यमानी हुन् भनी मैले विचार गरेँ ।
3 But better than both is he who has not yet existed, who has not seen the evil that is done under the sun.
तथापि, ती दुवैभन्दा पनि अझै नजन्मेकोचाहिँ बढी भाग्यमानी हो । त्यसले सूर्यमूनि गरिएको कुनै पनी खराब कामहरू देख्नै पाएको हुँदैन ।
4 I saw that all labor and success spring from a man’s envy of his neighbor. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.
तब हरेक परिश्रम र हरेक सिपालु काम आफ्नो छिमेकीको ईर्ष्याबाट आउँदोरहेछ भनी मैले देखेँ । यो पनि बाफ नै हो र बतासलाई खेद्ने कोसिस मात्र हो ।
5 The fool folds his hands and consumes his own flesh.
मूर्खले आफ्ना हात बाँधेर बस्छ, र कुनै काम गर्दैन । त्यसैले त्यसको भोजन त्यसको आफ्नै शरीर हुन्छ ।
6 Better one handful with tranquility than two handfuls with toil and pursuit of the wind.
बतासलाई खेद्ने कोसिसबाट प्राप्त दुई मुट्ठीभन्दा मौन कामबाट प्राप्त एक मुट्ठी लाभ उत्तम हुन्छ ।
7 Again, I saw futility under the sun.
त्यसपछि मैले सूर्यमूनि व्यर्थता अर्थात् हराएर जाने बाफको विषयमा अझै सोचविचार गरेँ ।
8 There is a man all alone, without even a son or brother. And though there is no end to his labor, his eyes are still not content with his wealth: “For whom do I toil and bereave my soul of enjoyment?” This too is futile—a miserable task.
एउटा एक्लै बस्ने किसिमको मानिस छ । त्यसको कोही छैन, न छोरा, न दाजुभाइ । त्यसको कामको कुनै अन्त्य छैन, र त्यसका आँखा धन-सम्पत्ति आर्जन गर्नमा सन्तुष्ट हुँदैनन् । त्यो छक्क पर्छ, “मैले कसको लागि मेहनत गर्दै छु? मैले किन सुख-विलासलाई त्याग्दै छु?” यो पनि बाफ र खराब अवस्था हो ।
9 Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their labor.
एकलोले भन्दा दुई जना मानिसले उत्तम काम गर्छ । सँगसँगै मिलेर तिनीहरूले आफ्नो परिश्रमको लागि राम्रो आम्दानी गर्न सक्छन् ।
10 For if one falls down, his companion can lift him up; but pity the one who falls without another to help him up!
एउटा खस्यो भने अर्कोले आफ्नो साथीलाई उठाउन सक्छ । तथापि एकलो भएको मानिस खस्दा त्यसलाई उठाउने कोही भएन भने त्यसलाई शोकले पिछा गर्छ ।
11 Again, if two lie down together, they will keep warm; but how can one keep warm alone?
दुई जना सँगसँगै सुते भने न्यानो हुन्छ, तर एक जना मात्र त कसरी न्यानो हुने?
12 And though one may be overpowered, two can resist. Moreover, a cord of three strands is not quickly broken.
एक जनालाई जित्न सकिन्छ, तर दुई जनाले आक्रमणको सामना गर्न सक्छन्, र तिन सूतले बाटेको डोरी झट्टै चुँडिँदैन ।
13 Better is a poor but wise youth than an old but foolish king who no longer knows how to take a warning.
चेताउनीहरूलाई कसरी सुन्ने भनी नजान्ने वृद्ध र मूर्ख राजा हुनुभन्दा गरिब तर बुद्धिमान् जवान मानिस हुनु उत्तम हो ।
14 For the youth has come from the prison to the kingship, though he was born poor in his own kingdom.
त्यो जवान मानिस झ्यालखानाबाट निस्केर राजा भए तापनि वा आफ्नै राज्यमा गरिब जन्मेको भए तापनि यो साँचो हुन्छ ।
15 I saw that all who lived and walked under the sun followed this second one, the youth who succeeded the king.
मैले देखेँ, कि सूर्यमूनि हरेक जिउँदो मानिस र यताउता हिँडडुल गर्नेहरू त्यही जवान मानिससित हिँड्दै थिए जसले आफ्नो ठाउँ लिनै लागेको थियो ।
16 There is no limit to all the people who were before them. Yet the successor will not be celebrated by those who come even later. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.
नयाँ राजाको आज्ञा मान्न चाहने सबै मानिसहरूका लागि कुनै अन्त्य छैन, तर पछि तिनीहरूमध्ये धेरैले युवकको प्रशंसा गर्ने छैनन् । निश्चय नै यो अवस्था पनि बाफ हो, र बतासलाई खेद्ने कोसिस मात्र हो ।
