Ecclesiastes 4
1 And I returned and saw all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold, the tears of the oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors was power, and they had 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 Then I praised the dead who are already dead more than the living who are yet alive;
अझै बाँचिरहेकाहरूभन्दा पहिले नै मरेकाहरू बढी भाग्यमानी हुन् भनी मैले विचार गरेँ ।
3 and more fortunate than both is he who hath not yet been, who hath not seen the evil work 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 And I saw all labour, and all success of work, that it is man's jealousy of his neighbour. This also is vanity and 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 foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh.
मूर्खले आफ्ना हात बाँधेर बस्छ, र कुनै काम गर्दैन । त्यसैले त्यसको भोजन त्यसको आफ्नै शरीर हुन्छ ।
6 Better is a handful with quietness, than both hands full with labour and pursuit of the wind.
बतासलाई खेद्ने कोसिसबाट प्राप्त दुई मुट्ठीभन्दा मौन कामबाट प्राप्त एक मुट्ठी लाभ उत्तम हुन्छ ।
7 And I returned and saw vanity under the sun.
त्यसपछि मैले सूर्यमूनि व्यर्थता अर्थात् हराएर जाने बाफको विषयमा अझै सोचविचार गरेँ ।
8 There is one [alone] and without a second; also he hath neither son nor brother: yet is there no end of all his labour, neither is his eye satisfied with riches, and [he saith not], For whom then am I labouring, and depriving my soul of good? This also is vanity and a grievous occupation.
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 reward for their labour.
एकलोले भन्दा दुई जना मानिसले उत्तम काम गर्छ । सँगसँगै मिलेर तिनीहरूले आफ्नो परिश्रमको लागि राम्रो आम्दानी गर्न सक्छन् ।
10 For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow; but woe to him that is alone when he falleth, and who hath not another to lift 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 together, then they have warmth; but how can one alone be warm?
दुई जना सँगसँगै सुते भने न्यानो हुन्छ, तर एक जना मात्र त कसरी न्यानो हुने?
12 And if a [man] overpower the one, the two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord 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 and foolish king, who knoweth no more how to be admonished.
चेताउनीहरूलाई कसरी सुन्ने भनी नजान्ने वृद्ध र मूर्ख राजा हुनुभन्दा गरिब तर बुद्धिमान् जवान मानिस हुनु उत्तम हो ।
14 For out of the prison-house he came forth to reign, although he was born poor in his kingdom.
त्यो जवान मानिस झ्यालखानाबाट निस्केर राजा भए तापनि वा आफ्नै राज्यमा गरिब जन्मेको भए तापनि यो साँचो हुन्छ ।
15 I saw all the living that walk under the sun, with the child, the second, that should stand up in his stead.
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 end of all the people, of all that stood before them; those however that come after shall not rejoice in him. Surely this also is vanity and a striving after 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 ।
