उपदेशक 1
1 यी वचनहरू एक जना उपदेशकका हुन् जो दाऊदका छोरा र यरूशलेमका राजा थिए ।
The words of Ecclesiastes, the son of David, the king of Jerusalem.
2 उपदेशक यसो भन्छन्, “तुवाँलोको बाफ र बतासमा भएको मन्द हावाजस्तै हरेक कुरा व्यर्थ छ, जसले धेरै प्रश्न उब्जाउँछ ।
Ecclesiastes said: Vanity of vanities! Vanity of vanities, and all is vanity!
3 मानिसले सूर्यमूनि कठिन परिश्रम गर्दा सारा कामबाट उसले के लाभ पाउँछ र?
What more does a man have from all his labor, as he labors under the sun?
4 एउटा पुस्ता जान्छ, र अर्को पुस्ता आउँछ, तर पृथ्वीचाहिँ सदासर्वदा रहिरहन्छ ।
A generation passes away, and a generation arrives. But the earth stands forever.
5 सूर्य उदाउँछ, र अस्ताउँछ, अनि आफू उदाएको ठाउँमा चाँडै फर्केर जान्छ ।
The sun rises and sets; it returns to its place, and from there, being born again,
6 बतास दक्षिणतिर बहन्छ, र अनि सधैँ उत्तरतिर चक्कर मार्छ । त्यो सधैँ आफ्नो मार्गमा जाने र फर्कने गर्छ ।
it circles through the south, and arcs toward the north. The spirit continues on, illuminating everything in its circuit, and turning again in its cycle.
7 सबै नदी समुद्रमा बगेर जान्छन्, तर समुद्र कहिल्यै भरिँदैन । जहाँ नदीहरू बहन्छन्, तिनीहरू फेरि त्यहीँ जान्छन् ।
All rivers enter into the sea, and the sea does not overflow. To the place from which the rivers go out, they return, so that they may flow again.
8 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 ।
Such things are difficult; man is not able to explain them with words. The eye is not satisfied by seeing, nor is the ear fulfilled by hearing.
9 जे भएको छ, त्यो हुने छ, र जे गरिएको छ, त्यो गरिने छ । सूर्यमूनि केही पनि नयाँ छैन ।
What is it that has existed? The same shall exist in the future. What is it that has been done? The same shall continue to be done.
10 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 ।
There is nothing new under the sun. Neither is anyone able to say: “Behold, this is new!” For it has already been brought forth in the ages that were before us.
11 प्राचीन कालमा भएका कुराहरू कसैले सम्झन्छजस्तो छैन; धेरै पछि भएका कुराहरू र भविष्यमा हुने कुराहरू पनि कसैले सम्झने छजस्तो छैन ।”
There is no remembrance of the former things. Indeed, neither shall there be any record of past things in the future, for those who will exist at the very end.
12 म उपदेशक हुँ, र मैले यरूशलेममा राजा भएर शासन गरेको छु ।
I, Ecclesiastes, was king of Israel at Jerusalem.
13 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 ।
And I was determined in my mind to seek and to investigate wisely, concerning all that is done under the sun. God has given this very difficult task to the sons of men, so that they may be occupied by it.
14 मैले सूर्यमूनि गरिने सबै काम देखेको छु, र ती सबै व्यर्थ छन् र बतासलाई खेदेजस्तो हो
I have seen all that is done under the sun, and behold: all is emptiness and an affliction of the spirit.
15 बाङ्गोलाई सोझो बनाउन सकिँदैन । हराएकोलाई गन्न सकिँदैन ।
The perverse are unwilling to be corrected, and the number of the foolish is boundless.
16 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 ।”
I have spoken in my heart, saying: “Behold, I have achieved greatness, and I have surpassed all the wise who were before me in Jerusalem.” And my mind has contemplated many things wisely, and I have learned.
17 त्यसैले बुद्धि, पागलपन र मूर्खता जान्न मेरो मन लगाएँ । यो पनि बतासको रेखदेख गर्ने कोसिस रहेछ भनी मैले बुझेँ ।
And I have dedicated my heart, so that I may know prudence and doctrine, and also error and foolishness. Yet I recognize that, in these things also, there is hardship, and affliction of the spirit.
18 किनकि बुद्धिको प्रशस्ततामा धेरै निराशा हुन्छ, र ज्ञान बढाउनेले पिर बढाउँछ ।
Because of this, with much wisdom there is also much anger. And whoever adds knowledge, also adds hardship.
