उपदेशक 1
1 यी वचनहरू एक जना उपदेशकका हुन् जो दाऊदका छोरा र यरूशलेमका राजा थिए ।
The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.
2 उपदेशक यसो भन्छन्, “तुवाँलोको बाफ र बतासमा भएको मन्द हावाजस्तै हरेक कुरा व्यर्थ छ, जसले धेरै प्रश्न उब्जाउँछ ।
Vanity of vanities, says the Preacher, vanity of vanities, all is vanity.
3 मानिसले सूर्यमूनि कठिन परिश्रम गर्दा सारा कामबाट उसले के लाभ पाउँछ र?
What profit has man from all his labor in which he labors under the sun?
4 एउटा पुस्ता जान्छ, र अर्को पुस्ता आउँछ, तर पृथ्वीचाहिँ सदासर्वदा रहिरहन्छ ।
One generation goes, and another generation comes, but the earth abides forever.
5 सूर्य उदाउँछ, र अस्ताउँछ, अनि आफू उदाएको ठाउँमा चाँडै फर्केर जान्छ ।
The sun also arises, and the sun goes down and hastens to its place where it arises.
6 बतास दक्षिणतिर बहन्छ, र अनि सधैँ उत्तरतिर चक्कर मार्छ । त्यो सधैँ आफ्नो मार्गमा जाने र फर्कने गर्छ ।
The wind goes toward the south, and turns around to the north. It turns around continually in its course, and the wind returns again to its circuits.
7 सबै नदी समुद्रमा बगेर जान्छन्, तर समुद्र कहिल्यै भरिँदैन । जहाँ नदीहरू बहन्छन्, तिनीहरू फेरि त्यहीँ जान्छन् ।
All the rivers run into the sea, yet the sea is not full. To the place from where the rivers come, there they go again.
8 हरेक कुरो विरक्तलाग्दो छ, र कसैले यसको वर्णन गर्न सक्दैन । आँखाले जे देख्छ, त्यसबाट यो सन्तुष्ट हुँदैन, न त कानले जे सुन्छ, त्यसबाट यो सन्तुष्ट हुन्छ ।
All things are full of weariness, man cannot utter it. The eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.
9 जे भएको छ, त्यो हुने छ, र जे गरिएको छ, त्यो गरिने छ । सूर्यमूनि केही पनि नयाँ छैन ।
That which has been is that which shall be, and that which has been done is that which shall be done. And there is no new thing under the sun.
10 के यस्तो कुनै कुरो छ जसको विषयमा 'हेर्, यो त नयाँ छ' भन्न सकिन्छ? जे अस्तित्वमा छ, त्यो लामो समयदेखि अस्तित्वमा रहिआएको छ, हामीभन्दा धेरै पहिले देखि रहँदै आएको छ ।
Is there a thing of which it may be said, See, this is new? It has been long ago, in the ages which were before us.
11 प्राचीन कालमा भएका कुराहरू कसैले सम्झन्छजस्तो छैन; धेरै पछि भएका कुराहरू र भविष्यमा हुने कुराहरू पनि कसैले सम्झने छजस्तो छैन ।”
There is no remembrance of the former things, nor shall there be any remembrance of the latter that are to come, among those who shall come after.
12 म उपदेशक हुँ, र मैले यरूशलेममा राजा भएर शासन गरेको छु ।
I the Preacher was king over Israel in Jerusalem.
13 आकाशमूनि गरिने हरेक कुरोलाई बुद्धिद्वारा अध्ययन गर्न र अनुसन्धान गर्न मैले मेरो मन लगाएँ । त्यो अनुसन्धान एउटा कष्टकर काम हो जुन परमेश्वरले मानिसहरूलाई व्यस्त राख्न दिनुभएको हो ।
And I applied my heart to seek and to search out by wisdom concerning all that is done under heaven. It is a great tribulation that God has given to the sons of men to be exercised therewith.
14 मैले सूर्यमूनि गरिने सबै काम देखेको छु, र ती सबै व्यर्थ छन् र बतासलाई खेदेजस्तो हो
I have seen all the works that are done under the sun, and, behold, all is vanity and a striving after wind.
15 बाङ्गोलाई सोझो बनाउन सकिँदैन । हराएकोलाई गन्न सकिँदैन ।
That which is crooked cannot be made straight, and that which is wanting cannot be numbered.
16 मैले मेरो मनलाई यसो भनेको छु, “हेर्, यरूशलेममा मभन्दा अगि भएका सबैले भन्दा मैले धेरै बुद्धि प्राप्त गरेको छु । मेरो मनले धेरै बुद्धि र ज्ञान देखेको छ ।”
I communed with my own heart, saying, Lo, I have gotten for me great wisdom above all who were before me in Jerusalem. Yea, my heart has had great experience of wisdom and knowledge.
17 त्यसैले बुद्धि, पागलपन र मूर्खता जान्न मेरो मन लगाएँ । यो पनि बतासको रेखदेख गर्ने कोसिस रहेछ भनी मैले बुझेँ ।
And I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly. I perceived that this also was a striving after wind.
18 किनकि बुद्धिको प्रशस्ततामा धेरै निराशा हुन्छ, र ज्ञान बढाउनेले पिर बढाउँछ ।
For in much wisdom is much grief, and he who increases knowledge increases sorrow.
