उपदेशक 11
1 तेरो अन्न पानीमा फालिदे, किनकि धेरै दिनपछि तैँले फेरि त्यसलाई भेट्टाउने छस् ।
Cast your bread over running waters. For, after a long time, you shall find it again.
2 त्यसलाई सात वा आठ जना मानिससित बाँडचुँड गर्, किनकि पृथ्वीमा कस्तो किसिमका विपत्तिहरू आउँदै छन् भनी तँलाई थाहा छैन ।
Give a portion to seven, and indeed even to eight. For you do not know what evil may be upon the earth in the future.
3 बादलहरू पानीले भरिएका छन् भने तिनीहरू पृथ्वीमा बर्सेर आफै रित्तिन्छन्, र रुख उत्तर वा दक्षिणतिर ढल्यो भने त्यो जहाँसुकै ढले तापनि त्यो रहने छ ।
If the clouds have been filled, they will pour forth rain upon the earth. If a tree falls to the south, or to the north, or to whatever direction it may fall, there it shall remain.
4 बतासलाई हेर्नेले बिउ नछर्ला, र बादललाई हेर्नेले कटनी नगर्ला ।
Whoever heeds the wind will not sow. And whoever considers the clouds will never reap.
5 जसरी तँलाई बतासको बाटो थाहा छैन, न त गर्भवती महिलाको गर्भमा बच्चाका हड्डीहरू कसरी बढ्छन् भनी थाहा छ, त्यसै गरी हरेक थोक सृष्टि गर्नुहुने परमेश्वरको कामलाई पनि तैँले बुझ्न सक्दैनस् ।
In the same manner that you do not know the way of the spirit, nor the way that bones are joined together in the womb of a pregnant woman, so you do not know the works of God, who is the Maker of all.
6 बिहान तेरो बिउ रोप् । साँझसम्म आवश्यकताअनुसार तेरो हातले काम गर्, किनकि बिहान वा साँझ, त्यो वा यो कुनचाहिँ बिउ उम्रन्छ वा दुवै राम्रा हुन्छन् भनी तँलाई थाहा छैन ।
In the morning, sow your seed, and in the evening, do not let your hand cease. For you do not know which of these may rise up, the one or the other. But if both rise up together, so much the better.
7 उज्यालो वास्तवमै रमणीय हुन्छ, र घामलाई देख्न पाउनु आँखाको लागि मनोहर कुरो हो ।
Light is pleasant, and it is delightful for the eyes to see the sun.
8 कोही धेरै वर्षसम्म बाँच्यो भने त्यो ती सबै वर्ष प्रसन्न होस्, तर त्यसले आउनेवाला अन्धकार दिनहरूको बारेमा सोचोस्, किनकि त्यस्ता दिनहरू धेरै हुने छन् । हुन आउने हरेक कुरो बिलाएर जाने बाफ हुन् ।
If a man lives for many years, and if he has rejoiced in all of these, he must remember the many days of the dark times, which, when they will have arrived, will accuse the past of vanity.
9 हे जवान मानिस, तेरो युवावस्थामा आनन्द मना, र तेरो युवावस्थाको बेलामा तेरो हृदय आनन्दित होस् । तेरो हृदय र तेरा आँखाले देख्न सक्ने असल इच्छाहरूको पछि लाग् । तथापि यी सबै कुराको लागि परमेश्वरले तँमाथि इन्साफ ल्याउनुहुने छ भनी जान् ।
So then, rejoice, O young man, in your youth, and let your heart remain in what is good during the days of your youth. And walk in the ways of your heart, and with the perception of your eyes. And know that, concerning all these things, God will bring you to judgment.
10 तेरो हृदयबाट रिसलाई हटा, र तेरो शरीरमा भएको कुनै पनि दर्दलाई बेवास्ता गर्, किनकि युवावस्था र यसको शक्ति व्यर्थ हुन् ।
Remove anger from your heart, and set aside evil from your flesh. For youth and pleasure are empty.
