उपदेशक 6
1 मैले सूर्यमूनि एउटा खराबी देखेको छु, र यसले मानिसहरूलाई सार्है थिचेको छ ।
I have seen something [else here] on this earth that troubles people.
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 enables some people to get a lot of money and possessions and to be honored; they have everything [LIT] that they want. But God [sometimes] does not allow them to continue to enjoy those things. Someone else gets them and enjoys them. That seems senseless and unfair.
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 ।
Someone might have 100 children and live for many years. But if he is not able to enjoy the things that he has acquired, and if he is not buried [properly after he dies], [I say that] a child that is dead when it is born is more fortunate.
4 यस्तो बच्चा व्यर्थमा जन्मन्छ र अन्धकारमा लोप हुन्छ, अनि त्यसको नाउँ लुकेको अवस्थामा रहन्छ ।
That dead baby’s birth is meaningless; it does not even have a name. It goes directly to the place where there is only darkness.
5 त्यस बच्चाले घामलाई नदेखे तापनि र कुनै कुरा नजाने तापनि त्यस मानिसले भन्दा यसको विश्राम असल हुन्छ ।
It does not [live to] see the sun or know anything. But it finds more rest than rich people do [who are alive].
6 मानिस दुई हजार वर्षसम्म बाँचेर पनि असल थोकहरूको आनन्द लिन पाउँदैन भने त्यो मानिस पनि त्यहीँ जान्छ, जहाँ हरेक मानिस जान्छ ।
Even if people could live for 2,000 years, if they do not enjoy the things that God gives to them, [it would have been better for them never to have been born]. [All people who live a long time] certainly [RHQ] all go to the same place— [to the grave].
7 मानिसका सबै काम त्यसको मुखको लागि हो, तापनि त्यसको भोक सन्तुष्ट हुँदैन ।
People work hard to [earn enough money to buy] food to eat [MTY], but [often] they never get enough to eat.
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 it seems that [RHQ] wise people do not receive more lasting benefits than foolish people do. And it seems that [RHQ] poor people do not benefit from knowing how to conduct their lives.
9 भौँतारिहिँड्ने भोकको लालसाले गर्ने इच्छाभन्दा आँखाले जे देख्छ, त्यसबाट सन्तुष्ट हुनु उत्तम हुन्छ । यो पनि बाफ र बतासलाई खेद्ने कोसिस मात्र हो ।
It is better to enjoy the things that we already have [MTY] than to constantly want more things; continually wanting more things is [senseless], [like] 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 ।
All the things that exist [on the earth] have been given names. And everyone knows what people are like, [so] it is useless to argue with someone (OR, with God) who is stronger than we are.
11 जति धेरै वचन बोलिन्छ, त्यति नै धेरै व्यर्थताको वृद्धि हुन्छ । त्यसो भए, मानिसलाई के लाभ हुन्छ र?
The more [that we] talk, the more [often we say things that are] senseless, so it certainly does not [RHQ] benefit us to talk a lot.
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?
We live for only a short time; we disappear like [SIM] a shadow disappears [in the sunlight]. No one [RHQ] knows what is best for us while we are alive, and no one [RHQ] knows what will happen to us after we die [EUP].
