उपदेशक 11
1 तेरो अन्न पानीमा फालिदे, किनकि धेरै दिनपछि तैँले फेरि त्यसलाई भेट्टाउने छस् ।
Give generously to others [some of] the money [MET] that you have; if you do that, later you will get back an equal amount.
2 त्यसलाई सात वा आठ जना मानिससित बाँडचुँड गर्, किनकि पृथ्वीमा कस्तो किसिमका विपत्तिहरू आउँदै छन् भनी तँलाई थाहा छैन ।
Share some of what you have with (seven or eight/several) [others], because you do not know when you will experience a disaster, [and if you give some of what you have to others], [when you experience that disaster, they will kindly help you].
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 ।
[It is always true that] when clouds are full of water, they pour rain on the earth. [Similarly], wherever a tree falls on the ground, that is where it will remain.
4 बतासलाई हेर्नेले बिउ नछर्ला, र बादललाई हेर्नेले कटनी नगर्ला ।
If farmers see in what direction the wind is blowing, they will know whether it is wise at that time to plant things or not. [It is also true that] if farmers look at the clouds [and see that they are blowing from the west, which means that it will probably rain, ] they will not [try to] harvest their crops on that day.
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 ।
We do not know where the wind comes from or where it goes, and we do not know how bodies are formed in women’s wombs. Similarly [SIM], God is the one who made everything, and we cannot [fully] understand what God does.
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 ।
[Start] planting your seeds in the morning, and do not stop planting them until the evening, because you do not know which ones will grow better, the ones you plant in the morning or the ones you plant later in the day, or whether both will grow well.
7 उज्यालो वास्तवमै रमणीय हुन्छ, र घामलाई देख्न पाउनु आँखाको लागि मनोहर कुरो हो ।
It is very delightful to be alive and see [MTY] the sun [rise every morning].
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 ।
[Even] if people live for many years, they should enjoy all of them. But they should not forget that [some day they will die] and then they will never be able to see any light again, and we do not know what will happen to us after we die.
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 ।
You young people, be happy while you are still young. Enjoy [IDM] doing the things that you want to do. But do not forget that [some day] God will judge you concerning all the things that you do.
10 तेरो हृदयबाट रिसलाई हटा, र तेरो शरीरमा भएको कुनै पनि दर्दलाई बेवास्ता गर्, किनकि युवावस्था र यसको शक्ति व्यर्थ हुन् ।
[So when you are young] [MTY], do not worry about anything, and do not pay attention to the pains that you have in your body, because we will not remain young and strong forever.
