उपदेशक 9
1 मैले धर्मात्मा र बुद्धिमान् मानिसहरू र तिनीहरूका कार्यहरूको विषयमा मेरो मनमा यी सबै कुराबारे विचार गरेँ । ती सबै परमेश्वरका हातमा छन् । कसैमाथि प्रेम वा घृणा के आइपर्ने छ भनी कसैलाई थाहा छैन ।
I thought about all those things, and I concluded that God controls [what happens to] everyone, even those who are wise and those who are righteous. No one knows whether [others] will love them or whether they will hate them.
2 सबैको अन्त्य उही किसिमको हुन्छ । धर्मी र दुष्ट मानिसहरू, असल, शुद्ध र अशुद्ध अनि बलिदान चढाउने र बलिदान नचढाउने सबैको दशा एउटै हुन्छ । जसरी असल मानिसहरू मर्छन्, त्यसै गरी पापीहरू मर्ने छन् । जसरी वाचा बाँध्ने मर्छ, त्यसै गरी शपथ खान डराउने मानिस पनि मर्ने छ ।
[But we know that some time in the future] we will all die; it does not matter whether we act righteously or wickedly, whether we are good or whether we are bad, whether we are acceptable for [worshiping God] or whether [we have done things to cause us to be] unacceptable; it does not matter if we offer sacrifices [to God] or if we do not; it does not matter if we do what we have promised God that we will do or if we do not; [we all die]. The same thing will happen to good people and to sinful people, to those who solemnly promise [to do things for God] and to those who are afraid to make such promises.
3 सूर्यमूनि गरिने हरेक कुराको लागि एउटा खराब दशा छ । तिनीहरू सबैमा उही कुरो आइपर्छ । मानिसको हृदय खराब कुराहरूले भरिएको छ, र तिनीहरू जिउँदा तिनीहरूको हृदयमा पागलपन हुन्छ । त्यसपछि तिनीहरू मरेकाहरूकहाँ जाने छन् ।
It seems wrong that the same thing happens to everyone on this earth: Everyone dies [EUP]. Furthermore, people’s inner beings are full of evil. People do foolish things while they are alive, and then they die and join those who are already dead.
4 सबै बाँचेकाहरूसित मिल्न जानेको आशा हुन्छ । मरेको सिंहभन्दा जिउँदो कुकुर असल हो ।
While we are alive, we confidently expect [that good things will happen to us]. [We despise] dogs, but it is better to be a dog that is alive than to be a [majestic] lion that is dead.
5 किनकि बाँचेकाहरू मर्ने छन् भनी तिनीहरूलाई थाहा छ, तर मरेकाहरूलाई केही पनि थाहा हुँदैन । तिनीहरूको स्मरणशक्ति गइसकेकोले तिनीहरूले कुनै इनाम पाउँदैन ।
We who are alive know that [some day] we will die, but dead people do not know anything. Dead people do not receive any more rewards, and people soon forget them.
6 तिनीहरूका प्रेम, घृणा र ईर्ष्या धेरै पहिलै नै गाएब भएर गइसकेका छन् । सूर्यमूनि गरिने कुनै पनि कुराको लागि तिनीहरूले फेरि कुनै ठाउँ पाउने छैनन् ।
[While they were alive], they loved [some people], they hated [some people], they envied [some people], but that all ends when they die. They will never again be a part of anything that happens here on the earth.
7 आफ्नो बाटो लाग्; आनन्द भएर आफ्नो रोटी खा, र प्रसन्न हृदय लिएर आफ्नो दाखमद्य पि, किनकि असल कामहरूको उत्सवलाई परमेश्वरले अनुमोदन गर्नुहुन्छ ।
[So I say], be joyful [DOU] while you eat your food and drink your wine, because that is what God wants you to do.
8 तेरा लुगाहरू सधैँ सेता होऊन्, र तेरो शिर तेलले अभिषेक गरियोस् ।
Wear nice [MTY] clothes and make your face look nice.
9 परमेश्वरले सूर्यमूनि दिनुभएको यस व्यर्थ जीवनकालभरि तेरी पत्नीसित खुसी भएर बस् । सूर्यमूनि तेरो कामको लागि त्यो नै तेरो इनाम हो ।
Enjoy living with your wife whom you love, all during the time that God has given to you to be alive here on this earth. And even though it is difficult to understand why many things happen, enjoy doing the work that you do here on this earth.
10 तेरो हातले जे काम पाउँछ, त्यो शक्ति लगाएर गर्, किनकि तँ जान लागिरहेको पातलमा कुनै काम वा व्याख्या वा ज्ञान वा बुद्धि छैन । (Sheol h7585)
Whatever you are able to do, do it with all your energy, because [some time you will die], and in the place of the dead where you are going, no one works or plans to do anything or knows anything or is wise. (Sheol h7585)
11 मैले सूर्यमूनि केही रोचक कुराहरू देखेको छुः तीव्रगतिमा कुद्नेहरूले दौड जित्दैनन् । बलिया मानिसहरूले युद्ध जित्दैनन् । बुद्धिमान् मानिसहरूले रोटी पाउँदैनन् । समझशक्ति भएका मानिसहरूले धन-सम्पत्ति पाउँदैनन् । ज्ञान भएका मानिसहरूले निगाह पाउँदैनन् । बरु, समय र अवसरले तिनीहरू सबैलाई प्रभाव पार्छन् ।
I have seen something else here on the earth: The person who runs fastest does not [always] win the race, the strongest soldiers do not [always] win the battle, the wisest people do not [always] have food, the smartest people do not [always] become rich, and people who have studied a lot are not [always] (honored/treated very specially) by others; we cannot [always] control what things will happen to us and where they will happen.
12 निश्चय नै त्यसको समय कहिले आउने छ भनी कसैलाई थाहा छैन । माछा घातक जालमा परेझैँ वा चराचुरुङ्गी पासोमा परेझैँ मानव-जाति खराब समयको पासोमा जेलिएका छन्, जुन पासो अकस्मात् तिनीहरूमाथि आइपर्छन् ।
No one knows when he will die [EUP]; fish are cruelly caught in a net, and birds are caught in snares/traps; similarly [SIM], people experience disasters at times when they do not expect them to happen.
13 मैले सूर्यमूनि यस्तो बुद्धि पनि देखेको छु, जसले मलाई निकै प्रभावित पार्यो ।
Once I saw something that a wise man did that impressed me.
14 एउटा सानो सहर थियो जहाँ थोरै मात्र मानिसहरू थिए । एउटा महान् राजा यसको विरुद्धमा आएर यसलाई घेरा हाले र यसको विरुद्धमा चारैतिर घेरा-मचान लगाए ।
There was a small town, where only a few people lived. The army of a great king came to that town and surrounded it. They built dirt ramps up against the walls in order to climb up and attack the town.
15 अब त्यस सहरमा एउटा गरिब मानिस फेला पारियो । त्यो बुद्धिमान् थियो, जसले आफ्नो बुद्धिले सहरलाई बचायो । तरै पनि पछि कसैले पनि त्यस गरिब मानिसलाई सम्झेन ।
In that town there was a man who was poor but very wise. Because of doing what that man [suggested], the town was saved; but people [soon] forgot about him.
16 त्यसैले मैले निष्कर्ष निकालेँ, “शक्तिभन्दा बुद्धि उत्तम हो, तर त्यस गरिब मानिसको बुद्धिलाई तुच्छ ठानियो, र त्यसका वचनहरूलाई ध्यानै दिइएन ।”
So I realized that although being wise is better than being strong, if you are poor, no one will appreciate what you do, and people will soon forget what you said.
17 मूर्खहरूका बिचमा भएको शासकको चर्को सोरभन्दा नम्र भएर बोलिएका बुद्धिमान् मानिसका वचनहरूलाई राम्ररी ध्यान दिइन्छ ।
Speaking quietly what is [very] wise is [much] more sensible than a king shouting to foolish people.
18 युद्धका तरवारहरूभन्दा बुद्धि उत्तम हो, तर एउटा पापीले धेरै असल कामलाई विनाश गर्छ ।
Being wise is more useful than [a lot of] weapons; but if you do one foolish thing, [it is possible that] because of doing that, you will ruin all the good things that you have done.
