उपदेशक 5
1 परमेश्वरको भवनमा जाँदा आफ्ना कदमहरूको रखवाली गर् । मूर्खहरूको बलिदान चढाउनुभन्दा सुन्नलाई नजिक जा, किनकि के गल्ती गर्दै छन् भनी तिनीहरू बुझ्दैनन् ।
Keep thy foot when thou go to the house of God, for to draw near to hear is better than to give the sacrifice of fools. For they know not that they do evil.
2 बोल्नमा हतार नगर्, र परमेश्वरको सामु आफ्नो विषय लैजान तेरो हृदयमा आतुरी नगर् । परमेश्वर स्वर्गमा हुनुहुन्छ, तर तँ पृथ्वीमा छस् । त्यसैले तेरा वचनहरू थोरै होऊन् ।
Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thy heart be hasty to utter anything before God. For God is in heaven, and thou upon earth. Therefore let thy words be few.
3 तैँले गर्नुपर्ने र चिन्ता लिनुपर्ने धेरै कुराहरू छन् भने तैँले सम्भवतः खराब सपना देख्ने छस् । तैँले जति धेरै बोल्छस्, सम्भवतः त्यति नै धेरै मूर्ख कुराहरू ओकल्छस् ।
For a dream comes with a multitude of business, and a fool's voice with a multitude of words.
4 तैँले परमेश्वरमा भाकल गर्दा त्यसलाई पुरा गर्न ढिलो नगर्, किनकि परमेश्वर मूर्खहरूसित रमाउनुहुन्न । तैँले जे गर्छु भनेर भाकल गरेको छस्, त्यो गरिहाल् ।
When thou vow a vow to God, defer not to pay it, for he has no pleasure in fools. Pay that which thou vow.
5 भाकल गरेर पुरा नगर्नु भन्दा भाकलै नगरेको उत्तम हुन्छ ।
Better is it that thou should not vow, than that thou should vow and not pay.
6 तेरो शरीरलाई पाप गर्न तेरो मुखलाई अनुमति नदे । पुजारीको सन्देशवाहकलाई यसो नभन्, “त्यो भाकल भुल थियो ।” झुटो पाराले भाकल गरी परमेश्वरलाई किन रिस उठाउने? तेरा हातको कामलाई नष्ट पार्न परमेश्वरलाई किन चिढ्याउने?
Do not allow thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin, nor say thou before the agent, that is was an error. Why should God be angry at thy voice, and destroy the work of thy hands?
7 किनकि धेरै शब्दहरूमा जस्तै धेरै कल्पनामा अर्थहीन बाफ हुन्छ । त्यसैले परमेश्वरको भय मान् ।
For in the multitude of dreams there are vanities, and in many words. But fear thou God.
8 जब तैँले तेरो प्रान्तमा गरिबहरूलाई थिचोमिचो गरिएको र तिनीहरूबाट न्याय र असल व्यवहार खोसिएको देख्छस्, तब कसैलाई थाहै नभएजस्तै गरी चकित नहो, किनकि तिनीहरूको रेखदेख गर्ने मानिसहरू शक्तिमा छन्, र तिनीहरूभन्दा अझै उच्च पदमा रहेर तिनीहरूको रेखदेख गर्ने मानिसहरू पनि हुन्छन् ।
If thou see the oppression of a poor man, and the violent wresting of justice and righteousness in a province, marvel not at the matter. For a man higher than the high is observing, and there are higher men than they.
9 यस बाहेक, खेतबारीको उब्जनी हरेकको लागि हो, र राजा स्वयम्ले पनि खेतबारीबाट उब्जनी बटुल्छन् ।
Moreover the abundance of the land is for all. The king himself is served by the field.
10 चाँदीलाई प्रेम गर्ने चाँदीबाट सन्तुष्ट हुने छैन, र धन-सम्पत्तिलाई प्रेम गर्नेले सधैँ यसको बढी चाह गर्छ । यो पनि बाफ हो ।
He who loves silver shall not be satisfied with silver, nor he who loves abundance, with increase. This also is vanity.
11 जब समृद्धि बढ्छ, तब यसलाई खाने मुख पनि बढ्छ । मालिकले आफ्ना आँखाले धन-सम्पत्तिलाई हेर्नुभन्दा बाहेक उसलाई केचाहिँ बढी लाभ हुन्छ र?
When goods increase, they are increased who eat them. And what advantage is there to the owner of it, except the beholding of them with his eyes?
12 धेरै खाए पनि थोरै खाए पनि काम गर्ने मानिसको निद्रा मिठो हुन्छ, तर धनी मानिसको धन-सम्पत्तिले त्यसलाई राम्ररी सुत्न दिँदैन ।
The sleep of a laboring man is sweet, whether he eats little or much, but the fullness of the rich will not allow him to sleep.
13 सूर्यमूनि मैले एउटा खराबी देखेको छुः मालिकले आफ्नै दुर्दशाको निम्ति धन-सम्पत्ति थुपार्छ ।
There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun: Riches were kept by the owner of it to his hurt.
14 जब धनी मानिसले दुर्भाग्यबाट आफ्नो धन-सम्पत्ति गुमाउँछ, तब त्यसले पालन-पोषण गरेको त्यसको आफ्नै छोरोको हातमा केही पनि हुँदैन ।
And those riches perish in a bad venture. And if he has begotten a son, there is nothing in his hand.
15 मानिस आफ्नी आमाको कोखबाट नाङ्गै आएजस्तै त्यो पनि नाङ्गै छाडिने छ । त्यसले आफ्नो हातमा आफ्नो परिश्रमको कुनै फल लैजान सक्दैन ।
As he came forth from his mother's womb, naked shall he go again as he came, and shall take nothing for his labor, which he may carry away in his hand.
16 अर्कोचाहिँ खराबी यही हो, कि मानिस जसरी आउँछ, त्यसरी नै फर्केर जान्छ । त्यसैले बतासको लागि काम गर्ने मानिसलाई केचाहिँ लाभ छ र?
And this also is a grievous evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go. And what profit has he that he labored for the wind?
17 आफ्नो जीवनकालमा त्यसले नैराश्यमा खान्छ, अनि रोग र रिसबाट ज्यादै निराश हुन्छ ।
All his days also he eats in gloom, and he is greatly troubled, and has depression and anger.
18 परमेश्वरले हामीलाई दिनुभएको यस जीवनकालमा सूर्यमूनि हामीले परिश्रम गर्दा हाम्रा सारा कामबाट प्राप्त कुराहरूको आनन्द मनाउनु, खानु र पिउनु नै ठिक र उचित हो भनी मैले देखेको छु । किनकि यो नै मानिसको जिम्मेवारी हो ।
Behold, that which I have seen to be good and to be fitting is for a man to eat and to drink, and to enjoy good in all his labor in which he labors under the sun all the days of his life which God has given him, for this is his portion.
19 जसलाई परमेश्वरले धन-सम्पत्ति र जग्गा-जमिन, अनि त्यसको काममा त्यसको हिस्सा प्राप्त गर्ने र आनन्द मनाउने खुबी दिनुभएको छ, त्योचाहिँ परमेश्वरको वरदान हो ।
Every man also to whom God has given riches and wealth, and has given him power to eat of it, and to take his portion, and to rejoice in his labor-this is the gift of God.
20 किनकि त्यसले आफ्नो जीवनका दिनहरूको प्रायः स्मरण गर्दैन, किनकि परमेश्वरले त्यसलाई यस्ता कुराहरूमा व्यस्त पारिदिनुहुन्छ जसमा त्यो काम गर्नमा रमाउँछ ।
For he shall not much remember the days of his life, because God answers him in the joy of his heart.
