उपदेशक 6
1 मैले सूर्यमूनि एउटा खराबी देखेको छु, र यसले मानिसहरूलाई सार्है थिचेको छ ।
I have observed another evil here on earth, and it has a great impact on humanity.
2 मानिसले इच्छा गरेको कुनै पनि कुरो कमी नहोस् भनेरे परमेश्वरले उसलाई धन-सम्पत्ति, जग्गा-जमिन र मान-सम्मान दिनुहोला, तर त्यसपछि परमेश्वरले उसलाई त्यसको उपभोग गर्ने कुनै खुबी दिनुहुन्न । बरु त्यसको थोकहरू अरू कसैले उपभोग गर्दछ । यो बाफ र खराब पीडा हो ।
God gives wealth, possessions, and honor to someone. They have everything they want. But God doesn't let them enjoy what they have. Instead somebody else does! This is hard to fathom, and is truly evil.
3 कुनै मानिस एक सय जना छोराछोरीको बुबा बन्यो र त्यो धेरै वर्षसम्म बाँच्यो अनि त्यसका दिनहरू धेरै भएर पनि असल कुराहरूले त्यसको हृदय सन्तुष्ट भएन र त्यसलाई गाडिएन भने त्यो मानिसभन्दा जन्मँदै मरेको बच्चा उत्तम हो ।
A man could have one hundred children, and grow old, but it wouldn't matter how long his life was if he couldn't enjoy it and at the end receive a decent burial. I would say that a stillborn child would be better off than him.
4 यस्तो बच्चा व्यर्थमा जन्मन्छ र अन्धकारमा लोप हुन्छ, अनि त्यसको नाउँ लुकेको अवस्थामा रहन्छ ।
The way a stillborn child comes into the world and then leaves is painfully hard to understand—arriving and departing in darkness—and who he would have been is never known.
5 त्यस बच्चाले घामलाई नदेखे तापनि र कुनै कुरा नजाने तापनि त्यस मानिसले भन्दा यसको विश्राम असल हुन्छ ।
He never saw the light of day or knew what it was like to live. Yet the child finds rest, and not this man.
6 मानिस दुई हजार वर्षसम्म बाँचेर पनि असल थोकहरूको आनन्द लिन पाउँदैन भने त्यो मानिस पनि त्यहीँ जान्छ, जहाँ हरेक मानिस जान्छ ।
Even if this man were to live a thousand years twice over he still wouldn't be happy. Don't we all end up in the same place—the grave?
7 मानिसका सबै काम त्यसको मुखको लागि हो, तापनि त्यसको भोक सन्तुष्ट हुँदैन ।
Everyone works so they can live, but they're never satisfied.
8 वास्तवमा मूर्खलाई भन्दा बुद्धिमान् मानिसलाई केचाहिँ बढी फाइदा छ र? अरू मानिसहरूको सामुन्ने कसरी व्यवहार गर्ने भनी गरिब मानिसलाई थाहा भए तापनि त्यसलाई के लाभ हुन्छ र?
So then, what real advantage do wise people have over those who are fools? And do poor people really gain anything in knowing how to behave in front of others?
9 भौँतारिहिँड्ने भोकको लालसाले गर्ने इच्छाभन्दा आँखाले जे देख्छ, त्यसबाट सन्तुष्ट हुनु उत्तम हुन्छ । यो पनि बाफ र बतासलाई खेद्ने कोसिस मात्र हो ।
Be happy with what you have instead of running after what you don't! But this is also hard to do, like running after the wind.
10 जे अस्तित्वमा रहेको छ, त्यसको पहिले नै नाउँ राखिएको छ, र मानव-जाति के हो भनी पहिले नै जानिएको छ । सबैका शक्तिशाली न्यायाधीशसित बहस गर्नु अर्थहीन भएको छ ।
Everything that exists has already been described. Everyone knows what people are like, and that you can't win an argument with a superior.
11 जति धेरै वचन बोलिन्छ, त्यति नै धेरै व्यर्थताको वृद्धि हुन्छ । त्यसो भए, मानिसलाई के लाभ हुन्छ र?
For the more words you use, the harder it is to make sense. So what's the point?
12 किनभने छायाझैँ बितिजाने मानिसको छोटो जीवनमा त्यसको व्यर्थताको बेलामा केचाहिँ असल हो भनी कसलाई थाहा हुन्छ र? सूर्यमूनि मानिसको मृत्यु भएपछि के हुन्छ भनी कसले भन्न सक्छ र?
Who knows what's best for us and our lives? During our short lives that pass like shadows we have many unanswered questions. And who can tell us what will happen when we're gone?
