Ecclesiastes 2
1 I SAID in mine heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth; therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also was vanity.
मैले मेरो मनमा भनेँ, “अब आइज । म तँलाई खुसीले जाँच गर्ने छु । त्यसैले सुख-विलास गर ।” तर यो पनि अस्थायी मन्द बतासमात्र रहेछ ।
2 I said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What doeth it?
मैले हाँसोको विषयमा भनेँ, “यो सन्काहा हो,” र सुख-विलासको विषयमा भनेँ, “यसको के फाइदा छ?”
3 I searched in mine heart how to cheer my flesh with wine, mine heart yet guiding [me] with wisdom, and how to lay hold on folly, till I might see what it was good for the sons of men that they should do under the heaven all the days of their life.
दाखमद्यले मेरा इच्छाहरूलाई कसरी तृप्त पार्ने भनी मैले मेरो मनमा अन्वेषण गरेँ । मैले अझै मूर्खतालाई पक्रिरहेको भए तापनि मैले मेरो मनलाई बुद्धिद्वारा डोर्याइन दिएँ । मानिसहरूको जीवन अवधिमा स्वर्गमूनि तिनीहरूको लागि के फाइदा छ भनेर म पत्ता लगाउन चाहन्थेँ ।
4 I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me vineyards;
मैले ठुला-ठुला कुराहरू सम्पन्न गरेँ । मैले आफ्नो लागि घरहरू बनाएँ र दाखबारीहरू लगाएँ ।
5 I made me gardens and parks, and I planted trees in them of all kinds of fruit:
मैले आफ्नो लागि बगैँचाहरू उद्यानहरू बनाएँ । मैले तिनमा हर किसिमका फलफुल लगाएँ ।
6 I made me pools of water, to water therefrom the forest where trees were reared:
जङ्गलमा सिँचाइ गर्न मैले पानीका तलाउहरू बनाएँ अनि रुखहरू लहलह बढे ।
7 I bought menservants and maidens, and had servants born in my house; also I had great possessions of herds and flocks, above all that were before me in Jerusalem:
मैले कमारा-कमारीहरू किनेँ । मेरो दरबारमा जन्मेका कमराहरू पनि थिए । यरूशलेममा मभन्दा अगि शासन गरेका कुनै पनि राजाको भन्दा मेरो भेडा-बाख्राका बगाल र गाईवस्तुका बथान बढी थिए ।
8 I gathered me also silver and gold, and the peculiar treasure of kings and of the provinces: I gat me men singers and women singers, and the delights of the sons of men, concubines very many.
मैले आफ्नो लागि चाँदी र सुन, राजाहरू र प्रान्तहरूका खजानाहरू थुपारेँ । मैले आफ्नो लागि गायक-गायिकाहरू अर्थात् मानव-जातिको मनोरञ्जन र धेरै उपपत्नीहरू राखेँ ।
9 So I was great, and increased more than all that were before me in Jerusalem: also my wisdom remained with me.
यसरी यरूशलेममा मभन्दा अगि भएका सबैभन्दा म धेरै महान् र धेरै धनी भएँ, अनि बुद्धि मसितै थियो ।
10 And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them: I withheld not my heart from any joy, for my heart rejoiced because of all my labour; and this was my portion from all my labour.
मेरा आँखाले चाहेको कुनै पनि कुरो प्राप्त गर्नदेखि मैले रोकिनँ । मैले हृदयलाई कुनै पनि सुख-विलास रोकिनँ, किनकि मेरो हृदय मेरा सबै परिश्रममा आनन्दित हुन्थ्यो, र सुख-विलास मेरा सबै कामको लागि इनाम थियो ।
11 Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do: and, behold, all was vanity and a striving after wind, and there was no profit under the sun.
तब मेरा हातले सम्पन्न गरेका सबै काम र मैले गरेका कामलाई मैले निरीक्षण गरेँ, तर फेरि पनि हरेक थोक बाफ र बतासलाई खेदेजस्तै मात्र थियो । सूर्यमूनि कुनै लाभ थिएन ।
12 And I turned myself to behold wisdom, and madness and folly; for what [can] the man [do] that cometh after the king? [even] that which hath been already done.
तब म बुद्धि, पागलपन र मूर्खताको विषयमा विचार गर्नतिर फर्किएँ । किनकि राजाले पहिले नै गरिसकेको कामभन्दा तिनको पछि आउनेले केचाहिँ बढी गर्न सक्छ र?
13 Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness.
जसरी अन्धकारभन्दा ज्योति उत्तम हो, त्यसै गरी मूर्खताभन्दा बुद्धिका फाइदाहरू रहेछन् भनी मैले बुझ्न थालेँ ।
14 The wise man’s eyes are in his head, and the fool walketh in darkness: and yet I perceived that one event happeneth to them all.
बुद्धिमान् मानिसले आफ्नो शिरमा भएका आँखा त्यो कहाँ जाँदै छ भनी हेर्न प्रयोग गर्छ, तर मूर्खचाहिँ अन्धकारमा हिँड्छ । तर यी सबैमाथि उही दशा आइपर्छ भनी मलाई थाहा छ ।
15 Then said I in my heart, As it happeneth 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 was vanity.
तब मैले मेरो मनमा भनेँ, “मूर्खलाई जे हुन्छ, मलाई पनि त्यही हुने छ । त्यसैले म ज्यादै बुद्धिमान् भएकोमा केचाहिँ फरक पर्छ त?” मैले मेरो मनमा निष्कर्ष निकालेँ, “यो पनि केवल बाफ हो ।”
16 For of the wise man, even as of the fool, there is no remembrance for ever; seeing that in the days to come all will have been already forgotten. And how doth the wise man die even as the fool!
किनकि मूर्खलाई झैँ बुद्धिमान् मानिसलाई पनि धेरै लामो समयसम्म सम्झँदैन । आउँदा दिनहरूमा हरेक कुरा बिर्सिएको हुने छ । बुद्धिमान् मानिस मूर्खझैँ मर्छ ।
17 So I hated life; because the work that is wrought under the sun was grievous unto me: for all is vanity and a striving after wind.
सूर्यमूनि गरिएका सबै काम मेरो लागि खराबै मात्र भएकाले मैले जीवनको जाँच गरेँ । यसो हुनुको कारणचाहिँ हरेक कुरो बाफजस्तै हो र बतासलाई खेद्ने कोसिस मात्र हो ।
18 And I hated all my labour wherein I laboured under the sun: seeing that I must leave it unto the man that shall be after me.
सूर्यमूनि मैले काम गरेर हासिल गरेका मेरा सबै प्राप्तिहरूलाई मैले घृणा गरेँ, किनकि मैले ती मपछि आउनेको लागि छोड्नैपर्छ ।
19 And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise man or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labour wherein I have laboured, and wherein I have shewed wisdom under the sun. This also is vanity.
किनकि त्यो बुद्धिमान् वा मूर्ख मानिस कुनचाहिँ हुने छ भनी कसलाई थाहा छ र? तापनि सूर्यमूनि मेरो काम र बुद्धिले बनाएको हरेक कुरोमाथि त्यो मालिक हुने छ । यो पनि बाफ हो ।
20 Therefore I turned about to cause my heart to despair concerning all the labour wherein I had laboured under the sun.
त्यसकारण सूर्यमूनि मैले गरेका सबै कामको विषयमा मेरो मन निराश हुन थाल्यो ।
21 For there is a man whose labour is with wisdom, and with knowledge, and with skilfulness; yet to a man that hath not laboured therein shall he leave it for his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil.
किनकि बुद्धि, ज्ञान र सिपले काम गर्ने कुनै मानिस होला, तर त्यसले आफूसित भएका सबै थोक अर्को मानिसलाई छाडिदिने छ । यो पनि बाफ र ठुलो दुर्भाग्य हो ।
22 For what hath a man of all his labour, and of the striving of his heart, wherein he laboureth under the sun?
किनकि सूर्यमूनि कडा मेहनतसाथ काम गर्ने र आफ्नो परिश्रमलाई पुरा गर्न कोसिस गर्ने मानिसले के लाभ पाउँछ र?
23 For all his days are [but] sorrows, and his travail is grief; yea, even in the night his heart taketh no rest. This also is vanity.
हरेक दिन त्यसको काम दर्दनाक र तनावग्रस्त हुन्छ । त्यसैले रातमा त्यसको प्राणले विश्राम पाउने छैन । यो पनि बाफजस्तै हो ।
24 There is nothing better for a man [than] that he should eat and drink, and make his soul enjoy good in his labour. This also I saw, that it is from the hand of God.
खानु, पिउनु र आफ्नो काममा भएको असल कुरोदेखि सन्तुष्ट हुनुभन्दा मानिसको लागि कुनै उत्तम कुरो छैन । यो सत्यताचाहिँ परमेश्वरको हातबाट आउँछ भनी मैले देखेँ ।
25 For who can eat, or who can have enjoyment, more than I?
किनकि परमेश्वरविना कसले खान र कुनै पनि किसिमको सुख-विलासमा रमाउन सक्छ?
26 For to the man that pleaseth him [God] giveth wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: but to the sinner he giveth travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him that pleaseth God. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.
परमेश्वरलाई खुसी पार्ने जो कसैलाई उहाँले बुद्धि, ज्ञान र आनन्द दिनुहुन्छ । तथापि पापीलाई चाहिँ परमेश्वरले उहाँलाई खुसी तुल्याउने मानिसको निम्ति जम्मा गर्ने र थुपार्ने काम दिनुहुन्छ । यो पनि बाफ र बतासलाई खेद्ने कोसिस मात्र हो ।
