Ecclesiastes 1
1 The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.
यी वचनहरू एक जना उपदेशकका हुन् जो दाऊदका छोरा र यरूशलेमका राजा थिए ।
2 Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities! all is vanity.
उपदेशक यसो भन्छन्, “तुवाँलोको बाफ र बतासमा भएको मन्द हावाजस्तै हरेक कुरा व्यर्थ छ, जसले धेरै प्रश्न उब्जाउँछ ।
3 What profit hath man of all his labour wherewith he laboureth under the sun?
मानिसले सूर्यमूनि कठिन परिश्रम गर्दा सारा कामबाट उसले के लाभ पाउँछ र?
4 [One] generation passeth away, and [another] generation cometh, but the earth standeth for ever.
एउटा पुस्ता जान्छ, र अर्को पुस्ता आउँछ, तर पृथ्वीचाहिँ सदासर्वदा रहिरहन्छ ।
5 The sun also riseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to its place where it ariseth.
सूर्य उदाउँछ, र अस्ताउँछ, अनि आफू उदाएको ठाउँमा चाँडै फर्केर जान्छ ।
6 The wind goeth towards the south, and turneth about towards the north: it turneth about continually, and the wind returneth again to its circuits.
बतास दक्षिणतिर बहन्छ, र अनि सधैँ उत्तरतिर चक्कर मार्छ । त्यो सधैँ आफ्नो मार्गमा जाने र फर्कने गर्छ ।
7 All the rivers run into the sea, yet the sea is not full: unto the place whither the rivers go, thither they go again.
सबै नदी समुद्रमा बगेर जान्छन्, तर समुद्र कहिल्यै भरिँदैन । जहाँ नदीहरू बहन्छन्, तिनीहरू फेरि त्यहीँ जान्छन् ।
8 All things are full of toil; none can express it. The eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.
हरेक कुरो विरक्तलाग्दो छ, र कसैले यसको वर्णन गर्न सक्दैन । आँखाले जे देख्छ, त्यसबाट यो सन्तुष्ट हुँदैन, न त कानले जे सुन्छ, त्यसबाट यो सन्तुष्ट हुन्छ ।
9 That which hath been is that which shall be; and that which hath been done is that which will be done: and there is nothing new under the sun.
जे भएको छ, त्यो हुने छ, र जे गरिएको छ, त्यो गरिने छ । सूर्यमूनि केही पनि नयाँ छैन ।
10 Is there a thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? It hath been already in the ages which were before us.
के यस्तो कुनै कुरो छ जसको विषयमा 'हेर्, यो त नयाँ छ' भन्न सकिन्छ? जे अस्तित्वमा छ, त्यो लामो समयदेखि अस्तित्वमा रहिआएको छ, हामीभन्दा धेरै पहिले देखि रहँदै आएको छ ।
11 There is no remembrance of former things; neither shall there be remembrance of things that are to come with those who shall live afterwards.
प्राचीन कालमा भएका कुराहरू कसैले सम्झन्छजस्तो छैन; धेरै पछि भएका कुराहरू र भविष्यमा हुने कुराहरू पनि कसैले सम्झने छजस्तो छैन ।”
12 I, the Preacher, was king over Israel in Jerusalem.
म उपदेशक हुँ, र मैले यरूशलेममा राजा भएर शासन गरेको छु ।
13 And I applied my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all that is done under the heavens: this grievous occupation hath God given to the children of men to weary themselves therewith.
आकाशमूनि गरिने हरेक कुरोलाई बुद्धिद्वारा अध्ययन गर्न र अनुसन्धान गर्न मैले मेरो मन लगाएँ । त्यो अनुसन्धान एउटा कष्टकर काम हो जुन परमेश्वरले मानिसहरूलाई व्यस्त राख्न दिनुभएको हो ।
14 I have seen all the works that are done under the sun, and behold, all is vanity and pursuit of the wind.
मैले सूर्यमूनि गरिने सबै काम देखेको छु, र ती सबै व्यर्थ छन् र बतासलाई खेदेजस्तो हो
15 That which is crooked cannot be made straight; and that which is wanting cannot be numbered.
बाङ्गोलाई सोझो बनाउन सकिँदैन । हराएकोलाई गन्न सकिँदैन ।
16 I communed with mine own heart, saying, Lo, I have become great and have acquired wisdom more than all they that have been before me over Jerusalem; and my heart hath seen much of wisdom and knowledge.
मैले मेरो मनलाई यसो भनेको छु, “हेर्, यरूशलेममा मभन्दा अगि भएका सबैले भन्दा मैले धेरै बुद्धि प्राप्त गरेको छु । मेरो मनले धेरै बुद्धि र ज्ञान देखेको छ ।”
17 And I applied my heart to the knowledge of wisdom, and to the knowledge of madness and folly: I perceived that this also is a striving after the wind.
त्यसैले बुद्धि, पागलपन र मूर्खता जान्न मेरो मन लगाएँ । यो पनि बतासको रेखदेख गर्ने कोसिस रहेछ भनी मैले बुझेँ ।
18 For in much wisdom is much vexation, and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.
किनकि बुद्धिको प्रशस्ततामा धेरै निराशा हुन्छ, र ज्ञान बढाउनेले पिर बढाउँछ ।
