उपदेशक 7
1 १ किंमती सुगंधी द्रव्यापेक्षा चांगले नाव असणे हे उत्तम आहे, आणि जन्मदिवसापेक्षा मरण दिवस उत्तम आहे.
[Having] a good reputation [MTY] is better than fine perfume, and the day that we die is better than the day that we are born.
2 २ मेजवाणीच्या घरी जाण्यापेक्षा, शोक करण्याऱ्याच्या घरी जाणे उत्तम आहे, जिवंतांनी हे मनात बिंबवून ठेवावे. म्हणून जिवंत हे मनात ठसवून राहील.
It is better to go to a house where people are mourning [about someone who has died] than to go to a house where people are feasting, because everyone will die some day, and people who are alive should think seriously [IDM] about that.
It is better to be sad than to be [always] laughing, because being sad can cause us to think more about how we should conduct our lives [IDM].
Wise [people] who go to where others are mourning think about [the fact that some day they also will] die, but foolish people [PRS] [do not think about that]; they are always [MTY] laughing.
It is better to pay attention to [someone who is wise] you than to listen to the songs of a foolish person.
By [listening to] foolish people laughing we will not [learn any more than by listening to] the crackling of thorns [being burned] under a pot. Listening to fools is senseless.
When wise people say to others, “You must pay me a lot of money for me to protect you,” that causes those wise people to become foolish, and [accepting] bribes causes people to become unable to do what is fair/just.
8 ८ एखाद्या गोष्टीच्या सुरुवातीपेक्षा तिचा शेवट उत्तम आहे. आणि आत्म्यात गर्विष्ठ असलेल्या लोकांपेक्षा आत्म्यात सहनशील असलेला उत्तम आहे.
Finishing something is better than starting something, and being patient is better than being proud.
Do not quickly (lose your temper/react to things angrily), because it is foolish people [SYN] who become very angry.
10 १० या दिवसापेक्षा पूर्वीचे दिवस बरे होते, हे का? असे म्हणू नको. कारण याविषयी तू शहाणपणाने हा प्रश्न विचारत नाही.
Do not say, “Things were a lot better [RHQ] previously,” because it is people who are not wise who say that.
11 ११ आमच्या पूर्वजापासून आम्हास वतनाबरोबर मिळालेल्या मौल्यवान वस्तूपेक्षा शहाणपण असल्यास अति उत्तम आहे. ज्या कोणाला सूर्य दिसतो त्यांचा फायदा होतो.
Being wise is better than inheriting [valuable things]; being wise provides lasting benefits for every person on the earth [MTY].
12 १२ कारण जसा पैसा रक्षणाची तरतूद करतो तसेच ज्ञानपण रक्षणाची तरतूद करू शकते. परंतु जो कोणी शहाणपणाने ज्ञान मिळवतो त्याचा फायदा हा आहे की, ते जीवन वाचविते.
We are [sometimes] protected by being wise like we are [sometimes] protected by having a lot of money, but being wise is better [than having a lot of money], [because] being wise prevents us from [doing foolish things that would] cause us to die.
Think [carefully about] what God has done. Certainly no one can [RHQ] cause to become straight the things that God has caused to be crooked.
14 १४ जेव्हा समय चांगला असतो, तेव्हा त्या समयात आनंदाने राहा. परंतु जेव्हा समय वाईट असतो, तेव्हा हे समजाः देवाने एकाच्या बरोबर तसेच त्याच्या बाजूला दुसरेही करून ठेवले आहे. या कारणामुळे भविष्यात त्यानंतर काय घडणार आहे ते कोणालाही कळू नये.
When things are going well for you, be happy, and when things are not going well for you, remember that God is the one who causes good things to happen and who also causes disasters.
15 १५ मी माझ्या अर्थहीन दिवसात पुष्कळ गोष्टी पाहिल्या आहेत. तेथे नीतिमान लोक जे त्यांच्या नीतीने वागत असताना देखील नष्ट होतात, आणि तेथे वाईट लोक वाईटाने वागत असतानाही खूप वर्षे जगतात.
During all the time that I have been alive I have seen a lot of [HYP] things that seem senseless. I have seen righteous people die [while they are still young], and I have seen wicked people remain alive for a very long time in [spite of] their continuing to be wicked.
[So] do not think that you are very righteous and do not think that you are very wise, [because if you think those things], you will destroy yourself.
If you do what is evil or do what is foolish, you might die while you are still young.
18 १८ तू हे ज्ञान धरून ठेवावे ते चांगले आहे, आणि नीतीपासून आपला हात मागे काढून घेऊ नकोस. जो देवाचे भय धरतो तो त्याच्या सर्व बंधनातून निभावेल.
Continue to avoid doing what is evil and doing what is foolish; avoid doing both of those things by continually revering God.
If you are wise, you will be more powerful/influential than the ten most powerful/influential men in your city.
There is no one in this world who [always] does what is right and who never sins.
Do not pay attention [IDM] to everything that people say, because if you do that, you might hear your servant cursing you.
22 २२ त्याचप्रमाणे, तुझ्या स्वतःच्या मनास तुला माहित आहे तुम्ही सुध्दा इतरांना वारंवार शाप दिले आहेत.
You know that you have also cursed other people.
23 २३ मी हे सर्व माझ्या ज्ञानाने सिद्ध केले. मी म्हणालो, मी ज्ञानी होईन, परंतु ते माझ्यापासून दूरच राहिले होते.
I said [to myself] that I would use my wisdom to study all the things [that I have written about], but I was not able to do it successfully.
Wisdom seems to be far from me; there is no one [RHQ] who can truly understand everything.
25 २५ मी माझे मन अभ्यास आणि निरीक्षण याकडे वळवले. आणि ज्ञान आणि वस्तुस्थितीचे स्पष्टीकरण शोधले, आणि मला हे कळाले की, दुष्ट असणे हा मूर्खपणा आहे. आणि मूर्खासारखे वागणे हा शुद्ध वेडेपणा आहे.
But I decided to investigate things and by my wisdom try to understand the reason for everything. I also wanted to understand why people act wickedly and why they act very foolishly.
26 २६ मला मृत्यूपेक्षाही अधिक कडू अशी पाशरूप असलेली स्त्री सापडली, तिचे हृदय पूर्ण पाश व जाळी आहे, आणि तिचे बाहू साखळ्यांसारखे आहेत. जो कोणी देवाला प्रसन्न करतो तो तिच्यापासून निसटतो. पण पापी मात्र तिच्याकडून पकडला जातो.
[One thing I learned was that] (allowing a woman to seduce you/having sex with a woman to whom you are not married) is worse than dying. A woman who tries to seduce men is [as dangerous as] a trap [MET]. [If you allow her to put] her arms [around you, it will be as though she will be fastening you with] chains. Women like that will capture sinful men, but men who please God will escape from such women.
27 २७ मी काळजीपूर्वक काय शोधून काढले, उपदेशक म्हणतो, मी वास्तविकतेचे स्पष्टीकरण करण्यासाठी एका मागून एक गोळाबेरीज शोधून एकत्र केल्या.
This is what I have learned: I tried to learn more and more about things to try to find out the reason for everything,
28 २८ मी माझ्या मनात अजूनही त्याचा शोध करीत आहे, परंतु मला हे मात्र सापडले नाही. मला हजारात एक नीतिमान मनुष्य मिळाला. पण मला सर्व स्त्रियात एकही सापडली नाही.
and I continued to try to learn more, but I could not find [all that I was searching for]. [But] one thing that I found out was that among 1,000 [people] I found one righteous man, but I did not find even one righteous woman.
29 २९ मला यातून सापडले की, देवाने मनुष्यास सरळ असे निर्माण केले पण तो अनेक योजनांच्या मागे गेले आहे.
[But] I did learn one thing: When God created people, they were righteous, but they have found many ways to do many evil things.
