उपदेशक 7
1 महङ्गो अत्तरभन्दा असल नाउँ उत्तम हुन्छ, र जन्मको दिनभन्दा मृत्युको दिन राम्रो हुन्छ ।
A good name is better than fine perfume; and the day of death better than the day of one’s 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 the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting; for that is the end of all men, and the living should take this to heart.
3 हाँसोभन्दा अफसोस उत्तम हो, किनकि शोकित अनुहारपछि हृदयको प्रसन्नता आउँछ ।
Sorrow is better than laughter; for by the sadness of the face the heart is made good.
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 mirth.
5 मूर्खहरूको गीत सुन्नुभन्दा बुद्धिमान्को हप्की सुन्नु उत्तम हो ।
It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise than for a man to hear the song of fools.
6 किनभने मूर्खहरूको हाँसो भाँडामुनि पड्कने काँढाको आगोझैँ हुन्छ । यो पनि बाफ हो ।
For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool. This also is vanity.
7 करकापले निश्चय नै बुद्धिमान् मानिसलाई मूर्ख बनाउँछ, र घुसले हृदयलाई भ्रष्ट पार्छ ।
Surely extortion makes the wise man foolish; and a bribe destroys the understanding.
8 कुनै पनि कुरो सुरुभन्दा अन्त्य राम्रो हो, र हृदयमा घमण्ड हुनुभन्दा हृदयमा धैर्यवान् हुनु उत्तम हुन्छ ।
Better is the end of a thing than its beginning. The patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.
9 आत्मामा क्रोधित हुन हतार नगर्, किनकि क्रोधले मूर्खहरूको हृदयमा बास गर्छ ।
Don’t be hasty in your spirit to be angry, for anger rests in the bosom of fools.
10 यसो नभन्, “यीभन्दा पाकाहरूका दिन किन उत्तम हुन्छ?” किनकि बुद्धिको कारण तैँले यो प्रश्न सोधेको होइन ।
Don’t say, “Why were the former days better than these?” For you do not ask wisely about this.
11 पैतृक-सम्पत्तिजस्तै बुद्धि राम्रो कुरो हो । यसले सूर्य देख्नेहरूलाई लाभ दिन्छ ।
Wisdom is as good as an inheritance. Yes, it is more excellent for 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 is a defence, even as money is a defence; but the excellency of knowledge is that wisdom preserves the life of him who has it.
13 परमेश्वरका कामहरूलाई विचार गर्: उहाँले बाङ्गो बनाउनुभएकोलाई कसले सिधा पार्न सक्छ?
Consider the work of God, for who can make that straight which 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 ।
In the day of prosperity be joyful, and in the day of adversity consider; yes, God has made the one side by side with the other, to the end that man should not find out anything 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 ।
All this I have seen in my days of vanity: there is a righteous man who perishes in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man who lives long in his evildoing.
16 स्वधर्मी नबन्; तेरो आफ्नै दृष्टिमा बुद्धिमान् नबन् । तँ किन आफैलाई नष्ट गर्छस्?
Don’t be overly righteous, neither make yourself overly wise. Why should you destroy yourself?
17 ज्यादै दुष्ट र मूर्ख नबन् । तेरो समय आउनुअगि नै तँ किन मर्छस्?
Don’t be too wicked, neither be 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. Yes, also don’t withdraw your hand from that; for he who fears God will come out of them all.
19 कुनै सहरमा भएको दस जना शासकभन्दा बुद्धिमान् मानिससित भएको बुद्धि शक्तिशाली हुन्छ ।
Wisdom is a strength to the wise man more than ten rulers who are in a city.
20 पृथ्वीमा भलाइ गर्ने र कहिल्यै पाप नगर्ने धर्मी मानिस छैन ।
Surely there is not a righteous man on earth who does good and doesn’t sin.
21 बोलिएको हरेक वचनलाई नसुन्, किनकि त्यसो गर्दा तैँले तेरो नोकरको श्रापलाई पनि सुन्लास् ।
Also don’t take heed to all words that are spoken, lest you hear your servant curse you;
22 त्यसै गरी, तेरो हृदयमा तैँले प्रायः धेरैलाई सरापेको छस् भनी तँलाई थाहा छ ।
for often your own heart knows that you yourself have likewise 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 I have proved in wisdom. I said, “I will be wise;” but it was far from me.
24 बुद्धि धेरै टाढा र निकै गहिरो छ । कसले यसलाई पाउन सक्छ र?
That which is, is far off and exceedingly deep. Who can find it out?
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 around, and my heart sought to know and to search out, and to seek wisdom and the scheme of things, and to know that wickedness is stupidity, and that foolishness 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 find more bitter than death the woman whose heart is snares and traps, whose hands are chains. Whoever pleases God shall escape from her; but the sinner will be ensnared by her.
27 “मैले जे पत्ता लगाएको छु, त्यसलाई विचार गर्,” उपदेशक भन्छन् । “वास्तविकताको व्याख्या पत्ता लगाउन मैले एकपछि अर्को खोज थप्दै आएको छु ।
“Behold, I have found this,” says the Preacher, “to one another, to find an explanation
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 ।
which my soul still seeks, but I have not found. I have found one man amongst a thousand, but I have not found a woman amongst all those.
29 मैले पत्ता लगाएको कुरो केवल यही होः परमेश्वरले मानव-जातिलाई सोझो सृष्टि गर्नुभयो, तर धेरै कठिनाइको खोजी गर्दै तिनीहरू तर्केर गएका छन् ।”
Behold, I have only found this: that God made mankind upright; but they search for many inventions.”
