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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 goest to the house of God; for to draw nigh 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 month, and let not thine heart be hasty 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 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 vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou vowest.
5 भाकल गरेर पुरा नगर्नु भन्दा भाकलै नगरेको उत्तम हुन्छ ।
Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest 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 cause thy flesh to sin; neither say thou before the angel, that it was an error: wherefore should God be angry at thy voice, and destroy the work of thine hands?
7 किनकि धेरै शब्दहरूमा जस्तै धेरै कल्पनामा अर्थहीन बाफ हुन्छ । त्यसैले परमेश्‍वरको भय मान् ।
For [thus it cometh to pass] through the multitude of dreams and vanities and 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 seest the oppression of the poor, and the violent taking away of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for one higher than the high regardeth; and there be higher than they.
9 यस बाहेक, खेतबारीको उब्जनी हरेकको लागि हो, र राजा स्वयम्‌ले पनि खेतबारीबाट उब्जनी बटुल्छन् ।
Moreover the profit of the earth 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 that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth 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 that eat them: and what advantage is there to the owner thereof, saving 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 labouring man is sweet, whether he eat little or much: but the fulness 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 grievous evil, which I have seen under the sun, [namely], 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 ।
and those riches perish by evil adventure; and if he hath 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 of his mother’s womb, naked shall he go again as he came, and shall take nothing for his labour, 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 hath he that he laboureth for the wind?
17 आफ्नो जीवनकालमा त्यसले नैराश्यमा खान्छ, अनि रोग र रिसबाट ज्यादै निराश हुन्छ ।
All his days also he eateth in darkness, and he is sore vexed and hath sickness and wrath.
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 comely is for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy good in all his labour, wherein he laboureth under the sun, all the days of his life which God hath 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 hath given riches and wealth, and hath given him power to eat thereof, and to take his portion, and to rejoice in his labour; 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 answereth [him] in the joy of his heart.

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