उपदेशक 4
1 फेरि एक पटक मैले सूर्यमूनि भएका सबै थिचोमिचोको विषयमा विचार गरेँ । मैले थिचोमिचोमा परेकाहरूको आँसु देखेँ, र तिनीहरूलाई सान्त्वना दिने कोही थिएन । शक्ति तिनीहरूलाई थिचोमिचो गर्नेहरूको हातमा थियो, र तिनीहरूलाई सान्त्वना दिने कोही थिएन ।
Then again, I, considered all the oppressive deeds which were done under the sun, —and lo! the tears of the oppressed, and they have no comforter, and, on the side of their oppressing, is power, and they have no comforter.
2 अझै बाँचिरहेकाहरूभन्दा पहिले नै मरेकाहरू बढी भाग्यमानी हुन् भनी मैले विचार गरेँ ।
So, I, pronounced happy the dead, who were, already, dead, —more than the living, who were living, still;
3 तथापि, ती दुवैभन्दा पनि अझै नजन्मेकोचाहिँ बढी भाग्यमानी हो । त्यसले सूर्यमूनि गरिएको कुनै पनी खराब कामहरू देख्नै पाएको हुँदैन ।
and, as better than both, him who had not yet come into being, —who had not seen the vexatious work, which was done under the sun.
4 तब हरेक परिश्रम र हरेक सिपालु काम आफ्नो छिमेकीको ईर्ष्याबाट आउँदोरहेछ भनी मैले देखेँ । यो पनि बाफ नै हो र बतासलाई खेद्ने कोसिस मात्र हो ।
Then saw, I, all the toil and all the skill of the work, that, for this, a man was envied of his neighbour, —even this, was vanity, and a feeding on wind.
5 मूर्खले आफ्ना हात बाँधेर बस्छ, र कुनै काम गर्दैन । त्यसैले त्यसको भोजन त्यसको आफ्नै शरीर हुन्छ ।
The dullard, claspeth his hands, and consumeth his own flesh.
6 बतासलाई खेद्ने कोसिसबाट प्राप्त दुई मुट्ठीभन्दा मौन कामबाट प्राप्त एक मुट्ठी लाभ उत्तम हुन्छ ।
Better a handful—with quietness, —than both hands, full—with toil, and feeding on wind.
7 त्यसपछि मैले सूर्यमूनि व्यर्थता अर्थात् हराएर जाने बाफको विषयमा अझै सोचविचार गरेँ ।
Then again, I, looked at a vain thing under the sun: —
8 एउटा एक्लै बस्ने किसिमको मानिस छ । त्यसको कोही छैन, न छोरा, न दाजुभाइ । त्यसको कामको कुनै अन्त्य छैन, र त्यसका आँखा धन-सम्पत्ति आर्जन गर्नमा सन्तुष्ट हुँदैनन् । त्यो छक्क पर्छ, “मैले कसको लागि मेहनत गर्दै छु? मैले किन सुख-विलासलाई त्याग्दै छु?” यो पनि बाफ र खराब अवस्था हो ।
Here is one, without a second, even son or brother, he hath none, yet is there no end to all his toil, even his eye, is not satisfied with riches, —neither [saith he] For whom, am I toiling, and letting my soul want good? Even this, was vanity, yea a vexatious employment, it was!
9 एकलोले भन्दा दुई जना मानिसले उत्तम काम गर्छ । सँगसँगै मिलेर तिनीहरूले आफ्नो परिश्रमको लागि राम्रो आम्दानी गर्न सक्छन् ।
Better are two, than one, —in that they have a good reward for their toil.
10 एउटा खस्यो भने अर्कोले आफ्नो साथीलाई उठाउन सक्छ । तथापि एकलो भएको मानिस खस्दा त्यसलाई उठाउने कोही भएन भने त्यसलाई शोकले पिछा गर्छ ।
For, if the one should fall, [the other] would raise up his companion, —but alas! for him who is alone when he falleth, with no second to raise him up!
11 दुई जना सँगसँगै सुते भने न्यानो हुन्छ, तर एक जना मात्र त कसरी न्यानो हुने?
Moreover, if two lie together, then have they warmth, —but how can, one, have warmth?
12 एक जनालाई जित्न सकिन्छ, तर दुई जनाले आक्रमणको सामना गर्न सक्छन्, र तिन सूतले बाटेको डोरी झट्टै चुँडिँदैन ।
And, though an enemy should prevail against one, two, might make a stand before him, —and, a threefold cord, cannot soon be broken.
13 चेताउनीहरूलाई कसरी सुन्ने भनी नजान्ने वृद्ध र मूर्ख राजा हुनुभन्दा गरिब तर बुद्धिमान् जवान मानिस हुनु उत्तम हो ।
Better a boy poor and wise, —than a king, old and stupid, who knoweth not how to take warning any longer.
14 त्यो जवान मानिस झ्यालखानाबाट निस्केर राजा भए तापनि वा आफ्नै राज्यमा गरिब जन्मेको भए तापनि यो साँचो हुन्छ ।
For, out of prison, came he forth to reign, yea, even in his own kingdom, was he born poor.
15 मैले देखेँ, कि सूर्यमूनि हरेक जिउँदो मानिस र यताउता हिँडडुल गर्नेहरू त्यही जवान मानिससित हिँड्दै थिए जसले आफ्नो ठाउँ लिनै लागेको थियो ।
I saw all the living, who were going hither and thither under the sun, —[that they were] with the boy who was to be the second, who was to stand in the other’s place: —
16 नयाँ राजाको आज्ञा मान्न चाहने सबै मानिसहरूका लागि कुनै अन्त्य छैन, तर पछि तिनीहरूमध्ये धेरैले युवकको प्रशंसा गर्ने छैनन् । निश्चय नै यो अवस्था पनि बाफ हो, र बतासलाई खेद्ने कोसिस मात्र हो ।
There was no end to all the people, to all before whom he came, yet, they who should come later, would not rejoice in him, —surely, even this, was vanity, and a feeding on wind.
