उपदेशक 6
1 मैले सूर्यमूनि एउटा खराबी देखेको छु, र यसले मानिसहरूलाई सार्है थिचेको छ ।
There is an evil that I have seen under the sun, and it weighs heavy on men.
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 might give riches, wealth, and honor to a man so that he lacks nothing that he desires for himself, but then God gives him no ability to enjoy it. Instead, someone else uses his things. This is vapor, an evil affliction.
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 ।
If a man fathers a hundred children and lives many years, so that the days of his years are many, but if his heart is not satisfied with good and he is not buried, then I say that a baby that is born dead is better off than he is.
4 यस्तो बच्चा व्यर्थमा जन्मन्छ र अन्धकारमा लोप हुन्छ, अनि त्यसको नाउँ लुकेको अवस्थामा रहन्छ ।
Even such a baby is born in futility and passes away in darkness, and its name remains hidden.
5 त्यस बच्चाले घामलाई नदेखे तापनि र कुनै कुरा नजाने तापनि त्यस मानिसले भन्दा यसको विश्राम असल हुन्छ ।
Although this child does not see the sun or know anything, it has rest even though that man did not.
6 मानिस दुई हजार वर्षसम्म बाँचेर पनि असल थोकहरूको आनन्द लिन पाउँदैन भने त्यो मानिस पनि त्यहीँ जान्छ, जहाँ हरेक मानिस जान्छ ।
Even if a man should live for two thousand years but does not learn to enjoy good things, he goes to the same place as everyone else.
7 मानिसका सबै काम त्यसको मुखको लागि हो, तापनि त्यसको भोक सन्तुष्ट हुँदैन ।
All a man's work is for his mouth, yet his appetite is not 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?
Indeed, what advantage has the wise person over the fool? What advantage does the poor man have even if he knows how to act in front of other people?
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 be satisfied with what the eyes see than to desire what a wandering appetite craves, which is also vapor and an attempt to shepherd 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 ।
Whatever has existed has already been given its name, and what mankind is like has already been known. So it has become useless to dispute with the one who is the mighty judge of all.
11 जति धेरै वचन बोलिन्छ, त्यति नै धेरै व्यर्थताको वृद्धि हुन्छ । त्यसो भए, मानिसलाई के लाभ हुन्छ र?
The more words that are spoken, the more futility increases, so what advantage is that to a man?
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?
For who knows what is good for man in his life during his futile, numbered days through which he passes like a shadow? Who can tell a man what will come under the sun after he passes?
