उपदेशक 5
1 परमेश्वरको भवनमा जाँदा आफ्ना कदमहरूको रखवाली गर् । मूर्खहरूको बलिदान चढाउनुभन्दा सुन्नलाई नजिक जा, किनकि के गल्ती गर्दै छन् भनी तिनीहरू बुझ्दैनन् ।
Look well to thy feet, when thou goest to the house of God, and draw nigh to hear, rather than to offer sacrifice as fools. For they consider 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 hasty with thy mouth, and let not thy heart be swift to utter any thing 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 cometh with much bustle, 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 vowest a vow to God, delay not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools. Pay that which thou hast vowed.
5 भाकल गरेर पुरा नगर्नु भन्दा भाकलै नगरेको उत्तम हुन्छ ।
Better is it that thou shouldst not vow than that thou shouldst 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?
Suffer not thy mouth to bring punishment on thy flesh, and say not before the angel, “It was a mistake.” Wherefore should God be angry on account of 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 a multitude of dreams is a multitude of vanities; so also in a multitude of 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 seest oppression of the poor, and justice and equity perverted in a province, be not alarmed at the matter. For over the high there is a higher, who watcheth, and there is one higher than they all.
9 यस बाहेक, खेतबारीको उब्जनी हरेकको लागि हो, र राजा स्वयम्ले पनि खेतबारीबाट उब्जनी बटुल्छन् ।
An advantage to a land in all respects is a king over cultivated ground.
10 चाँदीलाई प्रेम गर्ने चाँदीबाट सन्तुष्ट हुने छैन, र धन-सम्पत्तिलाई प्रेम गर्नेले सधैँ यसको बढी चाह गर्छ । यो पनि बाफ हो ।
He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; and he that loveth riches shall have no profit from them. 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 that eat them; and what advantage hath the owner thereof, save 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 ।
Sweet is the sleep of a laboring man, whether he have eaten little or much; but the repletion of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.
13 सूर्यमूनि मैले एउटा खराबी देखेको छुः मालिकले आफ्नै दुर्दशाको निम्ति धन-सम्पत्ति थुपार्छ ।
There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun, — riches kept by the owner thereof to his hurt.
14 जब धनी मानिसले दुर्भाग्यबाट आफ्नो धन-सम्पत्ति गुमाउँछ, तब त्यसले पालन-पोषण गरेको त्यसको आफ्नै छोरोको हातमा केही पनि हुँदैन ।
For those riches perish by some calamity, and, if he have 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, so shall he go away again, as he came, and shall take away nothing of his labor which he may carry 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?
This is also a sore evil, that, in all points as he came, so shall he go. And what profit is there to him who toileth for wind?
17 आफ्नो जीवनकालमा त्यसले नैराश्यमा खान्छ, अनि रोग र रिसबाट ज्यादै निराश हुन्छ ।
Also all his days he ate in darkness, and had much grief and anxiety and vexation.
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, what I have seen is, that it is good and proper for one to eat and drink, and to enjoy the good of all his labor which he taketh under the sun all the days of his life, which God giveth him; for it 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 ।
To whatever man also God hath given riches and wealth, and hath given him to enjoy them, 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 will not much remember the days of his life; for God answereth him with the joy of his heart.
