उपदेशक 7
1 महङ्गो अत्तरभन्दा असल नाउँ उत्तम हुन्छ, र जन्मको दिनभन्दा मृत्युको दिन राम्रो हुन्छ ।
A good name is better than costly perfume, and the day of death is better than the day of birth.
2 भोजको घरमा जानुभन्दा शोकको घरमा जानु उत्तम हुन्छ, किनकि जीवनको अन्त्यमा सबै मानिसका शोक आउँछ । जीवित मानिसहरूले यसलाई मनमा राख्नैपर्छ ।
It is better to go to a house of mourning than to a house of feasting, for mourning comes to all people at the end of life, so living people must take this to heart.
3 हाँसोभन्दा अफसोस उत्तम हो, किनकि शोकित अनुहारपछि हृदयको प्रसन्नता आउँछ ।
Grief is better than laughter, for after sadness of face comes gladness of heart.
4 बुद्धिमान्को हृदय शोकको घरमा हुन्छ, तर मूर्खहरूको हृदय भोजको घरमा हुन्छ ।
The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning, but the heart of fools is in the house of feasting.
5 मूर्खहरूको गीत सुन्नुभन्दा बुद्धिमान्को हप्की सुन्नु उत्तम हो ।
It is better to listen to the rebuke of the wise than to listen to the song of fools.
6 किनभने मूर्खहरूको हाँसो भाँडामुनि पड्कने काँढाको आगोझैँ हुन्छ । यो पनि बाफ हो ।
For like the crackling of thorns burning under a pot, so also is the laughter of fools. This, too, is vapor.
7 करकापले निश्चय नै बुद्धिमान् मानिसलाई मूर्ख बनाउँछ, र घुसले हृदयलाई भ्रष्ट पार्छ ।
Extortion certainly makes a wise man foolish, and a bribe corrupts the heart.
8 कुनै पनि कुरो सुरुभन्दा अन्त्य राम्रो हो, र हृदयमा घमण्ड हुनुभन्दा हृदयमा धैर्यवान् हुनु उत्तम हुन्छ ।
Better is the end of a matter than the beginning; and the people patient in spirit are better than the proud in spirit.
9 आत्मामा क्रोधित हुन हतार नगर्, किनकि क्रोधले मूर्खहरूको हृदयमा बास गर्छ ।
Do not be quick to anger in your spirit, for anger resides in the hearts of fools.
10 यसो नभन्, “यीभन्दा पाकाहरूका दिन किन उत्तम हुन्छ?” किनकि बुद्धिको कारण तैँले यो प्रश्न सोधेको होइन ।
Do not say, “Why were the days of old better than these?” For it is not because of wisdom that you ask this question.
11 पैतृक-सम्पत्तिजस्तै बुद्धि राम्रो कुरो हो । यसले सूर्य देख्नेहरूलाई लाभ दिन्छ ।
Wisdom, like an inheritance, is good. It benefits those who see the sun.
12 किनकि रुपियाँ-पैसाले सुरक्षा दिएजस्तै बुद्धिले पनि सुरक्षा दिन्छ, तर ज्ञानको फाइदा यही हो, कि बुद्धि भएको मानिसलाई यसले जीवन दिन्छ ।
For wisdom provides protection as money can provide protection, but the advantage of knowledge is that wisdom gives life to whoever has it.
13 परमेश्वरका कामहरूलाई विचार गर्: उहाँले बाङ्गो बनाउनुभएकोलाई कसले सिधा पार्न सक्छ?
Consider the deeds of God: Who can straighten out anything he has made crooked?
14 समय राम्रो हुँदा त्यस राम्रो समयमा खुसी भएर बस्, तर समय नराम्रो हुँदा यो कुरा विचार गर्: परमेश्वरले दुवैलाई आमनेसामने रहने अनुमति दिनुभएको छ । यही कारणले गर्दा मानिसको पछि के हुँदै छ भनी कसैले पत्ता लगाउने छैन ।
When times are good, live happily in that good, but when times are bad, consider this: God has allowed both to exist side by side. For this reason, no one will find out anything that is coming after him.
15 मेरा बेकम्मा दिनहरूमा मैले धेरै कुराहरू देखेको छु । धर्मात्माहरूको धार्मिकताको बाबजुत पनि तिनीहरू नष्ट हुन्छ, र दुष्टहरूको दुष्टताको बाबजुत पनि तिनीहरू धेरै वर्षसम्म बाँच्छन् ।
I have seen many things in my meaningless days. There are righteous people who perish in spite of their righteousness, and there are wicked people who live a long life in spite of their evil.
16 स्वधर्मी नबन्; तेरो आफ्नै दृष्टिमा बुद्धिमान् नबन् । तँ किन आफैलाई नष्ट गर्छस्?
Do not be self-righteous, wise in your own eyes. Why should you destroy yourself?
17 ज्यादै दुष्ट र मूर्ख नबन् । तेरो समय आउनुअगि नै तँ किन मर्छस्?
Do not be too wicked or foolish. Why should you die before your time?
18 यो बुद्धिलाई पक्रेर राख्नु र धार्मिकतालाई जान नदिनु तेरो लागि राम्रो हुन्छ । किनकि परमेश्वरको भय मान्ने मानिसले त्यसका सबै कर्तव्य पुरा गर्ने छ ।
It is good that you should take hold of this wisdom, and that you should not let go of righteousness. For the person who fears God will meet all his obligations.
19 कुनै सहरमा भएको दस जना शासकभन्दा बुद्धिमान् मानिससित भएको बुद्धि शक्तिशाली हुन्छ ।
Wisdom is powerful in the wise man, more than ten rulers in a city.
20 पृथ्वीमा भलाइ गर्ने र कहिल्यै पाप नगर्ने धर्मी मानिस छैन ।
There is not a righteous man on earth who does good and never sins.
21 बोलिएको हरेक वचनलाई नसुन्, किनकि त्यसो गर्दा तैँले तेरो नोकरको श्रापलाई पनि सुन्लास् ।
Do not listen to every word that is spoken, because you might hear your servant curse you.
22 त्यसै गरी, तेरो हृदयमा तैँले प्रायः धेरैलाई सरापेको छस् भनी तँलाई थाहा छ ।
Similarly, you know yourself that in your own heart you have often cursed others.
23 मैले बुद्धिले यी सबै प्रमाणित गरेको छु । मैले भनेँ, “म बुद्धिमान् बन्ने छु,” तर यो मैले सक्नेभन्दा परको कुरो थियो ।
All this have I proven by wisdom. I said, “I will be wise,” but it was more than I could be.
24 बुद्धि धेरै टाढा र निकै गहिरो छ । कसले यसलाई पाउन सक्छ र?
Wisdom is far off and very deep. Who can find it?
25 बुद्धि र वास्तविकताको विषयमा सिक्न, जाँच गर्न र खोज्न अनि खराबी बेवकुफ हो र मूर्खताचाहिँ पागलपन हो भनी बुझ्न मैले मेरो मन लगाएँ ।
I turned my heart to learn and examine and seek wisdom and the explanations of reality, and to understand that evil is stupid and that folly is madness.
26 पासो र जालहरूले भरिएकी कुनै पनि स्त्रीको मृत्यभन्दा त्योचाहिँ बढी तितो भएको मैले पाएँ । परमेश्वरलाई खुसी पार्ने जो कोही त्यस स्त्रीबाट भाग्ने छ, तर पापीलाई भने त्यसले लिएर जान्छे ।
I found that more bitter than death is any woman whose heart is full of snares and nets, and whose hands are chains. Whoever pleases God will escape from her, but the sinner will be taken by her.
27 “मैले जे पत्ता लगाएको छु, त्यसलाई विचार गर्,” उपदेशक भन्छन् । “वास्तविकताको व्याख्या पत्ता लगाउन मैले एकपछि अर्को खोज थप्दै आएको छु ।
“Consider what I have discovered,” says the Teacher. “I have been adding one discovery to another in order to find an explanation of reality.
28 मैले अझै पनि यसको खोजी गर्दै छु, तर मैले यसलाई भेट्टाएको छैनँ । मैले एक हजार पुरुषका बिचमा एउटा धर्मी मानिस भेट्टाएँ, तर स्त्रीहरूका बिचमा एउटै पनि भेट्टाइनँ ।
This is what I am still looking for, but I have not found it. I did find one righteous man among a thousand, but a woman among all those I did not find.
29 मैले पत्ता लगाएको कुरो केवल यही होः परमेश्वरले मानव-जातिलाई सोझो सृष्टि गर्नुभयो, तर धेरै कठिनाइको खोजी गर्दै तिनीहरू तर्केर गएका छन् ।”
I have discovered only this: That God created humanity upright, but they have gone away looking for many difficulties.”
