उपदेशक 2
1 मैले मेरो मनमा भनेँ, “अब आइज । म तँलाई खुसीले जाँच गर्ने छु । त्यसैले सुख-विलास गर ।” तर यो पनि अस्थायी मन्द बतासमात्र रहेछ ।
I said in my heart, “Pray, come, I try you with mirth, and look on gladness”; and behold, even it [is] vanity.
2 मैले हाँसोको विषयमा भनेँ, “यो सन्काहा हो,” र सुख-विलासको विषयमा भनेँ, “यसको के फाइदा छ?”
Of laughter I said, “Foolish!” And of mirth, “What [is] this it is doing?”
3 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 ।
I have sought in my heart to draw out with wine my appetite (and my heart leading in wisdom), and to take hold on folly until I see where this [is]—the good to the sons of man of that which they do under the heavens, the number of the days of their lives.
4 मैले ठुला-ठुला कुराहरू सम्पन्न गरेँ । मैले आफ्नो लागि घरहरू बनाएँ र दाखबारीहरू लगाएँ ।
I made great my works, I built for myself houses, I planted for myself vineyards.
5 मैले आफ्नो लागि बगैँचाहरू उद्यानहरू बनाएँ । मैले तिनमा हर किसिमका फलफुल लगाएँ ।
I made for myself gardens and paradises, and I planted in them trees of every fruit.
6 जङ्गलमा सिँचाइ गर्न मैले पानीका तलाउहरू बनाएँ अनि रुखहरू लहलह बढे ।
I made for myself pools of water, to water from them a forest shooting forth trees.
7 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 ।
I acquired menservants, and maidservants, and sons of the house were to me; also, I had much substance—herd and flock—above all who had been before me in Jerusalem.
8 मैले आफ्नो लागि चाँदी र सुन, राजाहरू र प्रान्तहरूका खजानाहरू थुपारेँ । मैले आफ्नो लागि गायक-गायिकाहरू अर्थात् मानव-जातिको मनोरञ्जन र धेरै उपपत्नीहरू राखेँ ।
I also gathered for myself silver and gold, and the peculiar treasure of kings and of the provinces. I prepared for myself men-singers and women-singers, and the luxuries of the sons of man—a wife and wives.
9 यसरी यरूशलेममा मभन्दा अगि भएका सबैभन्दा म धेरै महान् र धेरै धनी भएँ, अनि बुद्धि मसितै थियो ।
And I became great, and increased above everyone who had been before me in Jerusalem; also, my wisdom stood with me.
10 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 ।
And all that my eyes asked I did not keep back from them; I did not withhold my heart from any joy, for my heart rejoiced because of all my labor, and this has been my portion, from all my labor,
11 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 ।
and I have looked on all my works that my hands have done, and on the labor that I have labored to do, and behold, the whole [is] vanity and distress of spirit, and there is no advantage under the sun!
12 तब म बुद्धि, पागलपन र मूर्खताको विषयमा विचार गर्नतिर फर्किएँ । किनकि राजाले पहिले नै गरिसकेको कामभन्दा तिनको पछि आउनेले केचाहिँ बढी गर्न सक्छ र?
And I turned to see wisdom, and madness, and folly, but what [is] the man who comes after the king? That which [is] already—they have done it!
13 जसरी अन्धकारभन्दा ज्योति उत्तम हो, त्यसै गरी मूर्खताभन्दा बुद्धिका फाइदाहरू रहेछन् भनी मैले बुझ्न थालेँ ।
And I saw that there is an advantage to wisdom above folly, like the advantage of the light above the darkness.
14 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 ।
The wise—his eyes [are] in his head, and the fool is walking in darkness, and I also knew that one event happens with them all;
15 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 ।”
and I said in my heart, “As it happens with the fool, it happens also with me, and why am I then more wise?” And I spoke in my heart, that also this [is] vanity:
16 किनकि मूर्खलाई झैँ बुद्धिमान् मानिसलाई पनि धेरै लामो समयसम्म सम्झँदैन । आउँदा दिनहरूमा हरेक कुरा बिर्सिएको हुने छ । बुद्धिमान् मानिस मूर्खझैँ मर्छ ।
That there is no remembrance to the wise—with the fool—for all time, for that which [is] already, [in] the days that are coming is all forgotten, and how dies the wise? With the fool!
17 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 ।
And I have hated life, for sad to me [is] the work that has been done under the sun, for the whole [is] vanity and distress of spirit.
18 सूर्यमूनि मैले काम गरेर हासिल गरेका मेरा सबै प्राप्तिहरूलाई मैले घृणा गरेँ, किनकि मैले ती मपछि आउनेको लागि छोड्नैपर्छ ।
And I have hated all my labor that I labor at under the sun, because I leave it to a man who is after me.
19 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 ।
And who knows whether he is wise or foolish? Yet he rules over all my labor that I have labored at, and that I have done wisely under the sun! This [is] also vanity.
20 त्यसकारण सूर्यमूनि मैले गरेका सबै कामको विषयमा मेरो मन निराश हुन थाल्यो ।
And I turned around to cause my heart to despair concerning all the labor that I labored at under the sun.
21 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 ।
For there is a man whose labor [is] in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in equity, and to a man who has not labored therein he gives it—his portion! Even this [is] vanity and a great evil.
22 किनकि सूर्यमूनि कडा मेहनतसाथ काम गर्ने र आफ्नो परिश्रमलाई पुरा गर्न कोसिस गर्ने मानिसले के लाभ पाउँछ र?
For what has been to a man by all his labor, and by the thought of his heart that he labored at under the sun?
23 हरेक दिन त्यसको काम दर्दनाक र तनावग्रस्त हुन्छ । त्यसैले रातमा त्यसको प्राणले विश्राम पाउने छैन । यो पनि बाफजस्तै हो ।
For all his days are sorrows, and his travail sadness; even at night his heart has not lain down; this [is] also vanity.
24 खानु, पिउनु र आफ्नो काममा भएको असल कुरोदेखि सन्तुष्ट हुनुभन्दा मानिसको लागि कुनै उत्तम कुरो छैन । यो सत्यताचाहिँ परमेश्वरको हातबाट आउँछ भनी मैले देखेँ ।
There is nothing good in a man who eats, and has drunk, and has shown his soul good in his labor. This also I have seen that it [is] from the hand of God.
25 किनकि परमेश्वरविना कसले खान र कुनै पनि किसिमको सुख-विलासमा रमाउन सक्छ?
For who eats and who hurries out more than I?
26 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 ।
For to a man who [is] good before Him, He has given wisdom, and knowledge, and joy; and to a sinner He has given travail, to gather and to heap up, to give to the good before God. Even this [is] vanity and distress of spirit.
