1 Samuel 30

1 On the third day David and his men arrived in Ziklag, and the Amalekites had raided the Negev, attacked Ziklag, and burned it down.

जब दाऊद र तिनका मानिसहरू तेस्रो दिनमा सिक्लगमा आए, अमालेकीहरूले नेगेव र सिक्लगलाई लूटेका थिए । तिनीहरूले सिग्‍लगलाई आक्रमण गरे र त्‍यसलाई आगोले लगाए,

2 They had taken captive the women and all who were there, both young and old. They had not killed anyone, but had carried them off as they went on their way.

र यसमा भएका स्‍त्रीहरू र साना-ठुला हरेकलाई कब्जा गरे । तिनीहरूले कसैलाई पनि मारेनन्, तर तिनीहरू आफ्नो बाटो जाँदा तिनीहरूलाई लिएर गए ।

3 When David and his men came to the city, they found it burned down and their wives and sons and daughters taken captive.

जब दाऊद र तिनका मानिसहरू त्यो सहरमा आए, यसलाई जलाइएको थियो र तिनीहरूका पत्‍नीहरू, छोराहरू र छोरीहरूलाई कैदीको रूपमा लगिएका थियो ।

4 So David and the troops with him lifted up their voices and wept until they had no strength left to weep.

जब दाऊद र तिनीसँग भएका मानिसहरू डाँको छोडेर तिनीहरूमा रुने शक्ति नै नभएसम्म रोए ।

5 David’s two wives, Ahinoam of Jezreel and Abigail the widow of Nabal of Carmel, had been taken captive.

दाऊदका दुवै पत्‍नीहरू यिजरेली अहीनोम र कार्मेली नाबालकी पत्‍नी अबीगेललाई कैदीको रूपमा लगिएका थियो ।

6 And David was greatly distressed because the people spoke of stoning him, because the soul of every man grieved for his sons and daughters. But David found strength in the LORD his God.

दाऊद साह्रै व्याकु भए, किनभने मानिसहरूले तिनलाई ढुङ्गाले हान्‍ने कुरा गरिरहेका थिए, किनकि सबै मानिसहरूको मन आ-आफ्नो छोराहरू र छोरीहरूका निम्ति तितो भएको थियो । तर दाऊदले परमप्रभु परमेश्‍वरमा आफूलाई शक्तिशाली बनाए ।

7 Then David said to Abiathar the priest, the son of Ahimelech, “Bring me the ephod.” So Abiathar brought it to him,

दाऊदले पुजारी अहीमेलेकका छोरा अबीयाथारलाई भने, “बिन्ती छ, यहाँ मकहाँ एपोद ल्याऊ ।” अबीयाथारले दाऊदकहाँ एपोद ल्याए ।

8 and David inquired of the LORD: “Should I pursue these raiders? Will I overtake them?” “Pursue them,” the LORD replied, “for you will surely overtake them and rescue the captives.”

दाऊदले निर्देशनको निम्ति परमप्रभुसँग यसरी प्रार्थना गरे, “के मैले यो फौजको पिछा गरे भने, म तिनीहरूलाई भेट्टाउन सक्‍छु?” परमप्रभुले तिनलाई जवाफ दिनुभयो, “खेदेर जा, किनकि तैंले तिनीहरूलाई निश्‍चय नै भेट्टाउनेछस् र तैंले निश्‍चय नै सबै थोक छुटाउनेछस् ।”

9 So David and his six hundred men went to the Brook of Besor, where some stayed behind

त्यसैले दाऊद, आफू र आफूसँग भएका छ सय जना मानिस लिएर गए । तिनीहरू बसोरको खोल्सामा आए, जहाँ छोडिएकाहरू बसेका थिए ।

10 because two hundred men were too exhausted to cross the brook. But David and four hundred men continued in pursuit.

तर दाऊदले आफू र आफूसँग भएका चार सय जान मानिसले पिछा गरिरहे, किनकि दुई सय जना पछाडी नै बसे, जो यति धेरै थाकेका थिए, कि तिनीहरू बसोर खोल्सा पारि जान सकेनन् ।

11 Now his men found an Egyptian in the field and brought him to David. They gave the man water to drink and food to eat—

तिनीहरूले एक जना मिश्रीलाई खेतमा भेट्टाए र उसलाई दाऊदकहाँ ल्याए । तिनीहरूले उसलाई रोटी दिए र उसले खायो । तिनीहरूले उसलाई पानी पिउन दिए ।

12 a piece of a fig cake and two clusters of raisins. So he ate and was revived, for he had not had any food or water for three days and three nights.

र तिनीहरूले उसलाई एक डल्लो नेभारा र दुई झुप्पा किशमिश दिए । जब उसले ती खाइसक्‍यो, उसले फेरि शक्ति पायो, किनकि उसले तिन दिन र तिन रातदेखि रोटी खाएको वा पानी पिएको थिएन ।

13 Then David asked him, “To whom do you belong, and where are you from?” “I am an Egyptian,” he replied, “the slave of an Amalekite. My master abandoned me three days ago when I fell ill.

दाऊदले उसलाई सोधे, “तिमी को हौ? तिमी कहाँबाट आएका हौ?” उसले भन्‍यो, “म मिश्रको एक जना जवान मानिस, अमालेकीको सेवक हुँ । मेरो मालिकले मलाई छोडे, किनभने तिन दिनअघि म बिरामी भएँ ।

14 We raided the Negev of the Cherethites, the territory of Judah, and the Negev of Caleb, and we burned down Ziklag.”

हामीले करेतीहरूको नेगेव, यहूदाको भाग, कालेबको नेगेवलाई लूट्यौं र सिग्लगमा आगो लगायौं ।”

15 “Will you lead me to these raiders?” David asked. And the man replied, “Swear to me by God that you will not kill me or deliver me into the hand of my master, and I will lead you to them.”

दाऊदले उसलाई भने, “के तिमीले मलाई यो लूटपाट गर्ने समूहकहाँ लैजान सक्छौ?” त्‍यो मिश्रीले भने, “तपाईंले मलाई मार्नुहुन्‍न वा मलाई मेरो मालिकको हातमा सुम्‍पनुहुन्‍न भनी परमेश्‍वरको नाउँमा शपथ खानुहोस् र म तपाईंलाई यो लूटपाट गर्ने समूहकहाँ लानेछु ।”

16 So he led David down, and there were the Amalekites spread out over all the land, eating, drinking, and celebrating the great amount of plunder they had taken from the land of the Philistines and the land of Judah.

जब त्‍यो मिश्रीले दाऊदलाई तल ल्याए, तब लूटपाट गर्नेहरू मैदानभरि छरिएर तिनीहरूले पलिश्‍तीहरूको देश र यहूदाको देशबाट लिएका सबै लूटका मालको कारणले खाँदै, पिउँदै र नाच्दै थिए ।

17 And David struck them down from twilight until the evening of the next day. Not a man escaped, except four hundred young men who fled, riding off on camels.

दाऊदले तिनीहरूलाई बिहान सबैरैदेखि अर्को दिनको साँझसम्म नै तिनीहरूलाई आक्रमण गरे । ऊँटमा चढेर भागेका चार सय जना जवान मानिसबाहेक एक जना पनि उम्केनन् ।

18 So David recovered everything the Amalekites had taken, including his two wives.

अमालेकीहरूले लगेका सबै थोक दाऊदले पुनः प्राप्‍त गरे । अनि दाऊदले आफ्‍नी दुई जना पत्‍नीलाई पनि छुटाए ।

19 Nothing was missing, young or old, son or daughter, or any of the plunder the Amalekites had taken. David brought everything back.

कुनै पनि कुरा पनि गुमेनन्, न साना न त ठुला, न छोराहरू न त छोरीहरू, न त लूटपाट गर्नेहरूले कब्जा गरेका कुनै कुरा नै गुम्‍यो । दाऊदले हरेक कुरा फिर्ता ल्याए ।

20 And he recovered all the flocks and herds, which his men drove ahead of the other livestock, calling out, “This is David’s plunder!”

दाऊदले सबै बेडाबाख्रा र गाईवस्तु ल्याए, जसलाई मानिसहरूले अरू गाइवस्तुको अगि धपाए । तिनीहरूले भने, “यो दाऊदको लूटको माल हो ।”

21 When David came to the two hundred men who had been too exhausted to follow him from the Brook of Besor, they came out to meet him and the troops with him. As David approached the men, he greeted them,

दाऊदको पछि जानलाई साह्रै कमजोर भएका दुई सय जना मानिसकहाँ तिनी आए, जसलाई अरूले बसोरको खोल्सामा नै बस्‍न लगाएका थिए । दाऊद र तिनीसँग भएका मानसिहरूलाई भेट्न यी मानिसहरू अगाडि गए । जब दाऊद यी मानिसकहाँ आए, तब तिनले उनीहरूलाई अभिवादन गरे ।

22 but all the wicked and worthless men among those who had gone with David said, “Because they did not go with us, we will not share with them the plunder we recovered, except for each man’s wife and children. They may take them and go.”

तब दाऊदसँग गएका सबै दुष्‍ट र वेकामका मानिसले भने, “यी मानिसहरू हामीसँग नगएका हुनाले हामीले फिर्ता ल्‍याएका कुनै पनि लूटका मालहरू हामी तिनीहरूलाई दिनेछैनौं । हरेक मानिसले आफ्ना पत्‍नी र छोराछोरी लिन र तिनीहरूलाई लिएर जान सक्छ ।”

23 But David said, “My brothers, you must not do this with what the LORD has given us. He has protected us and delivered into our hands the raiders who came against us.

तब दाऊदले भने, “मेरा भाइ हो, परमप्रभुले हामीलाई दिनुभएको कुरामा तिमीहरूले यस्‍तो व्‍यवहार गर्नुहुँदैन । उहाँले हाम्रो सुरक्षा गर्नुभएको छ र हाम्रो विरुद्धमा आउने लूटपाट गर्नेहरूलाई हाम्रो हातमा सुम्पनुभएको छ ।

24 Who will listen to your proposal? The share of the one who went to battle will match the share of the one who stayed with the supplies. They will share alike.”

तिमीहरूको यो कुरा कसले सुन्‍नेछ? किनभने युद्धमा जानेहरूको हिस्‍सा जत्ति हुन्छ सामानहरू कुर्नेहरूको हिस्‍सा पनि त्‍यत्ति नै हुनेछ । तिनीहरूले बाँड्‍नेछन् अनि बराबर बाँड्‍नेछन् ।”

25 And so it has been from that day forward. David established this statute as an ordinance for Israel to this very day.

त्यस दिनदेखि आजको दिनसम्म यस्तै चलन छ, किनभने दाऊदले यसलाई इस्राएलको निम्ति नियम र आदेश नै बनाए ।

26 When David arrived in Ziklag, he sent some of the plunder to his friends, the elders of Judah, saying, “Here is a gift for you from the plunder of the LORD’s enemies.”

जब दाऊद सिक्लगमा आए, तिनले आफ्‍ना मित्रहरू अर्थात् यहूदाका धर्म-गुरुहरुलाई केही लूटका मालहरू पठाएर भने, “हेर्नुहोस्, परमप्रभुका शत्रहरूबाट लिइएका लुटका मालबाट तपाईंहरूका निम्‍ति उपहार यहाँ छ ।”

27 He sent gifts to those in Bethel, Ramoth Negev, and Jattir;

तिनले बेथेलमा भएका, दक्षिणको रामोतमा, यत्तीरमा भएकाहरू,

28 to those in Aroer, Siphmoth, and Eshtemoa;

र अरोएरमा भएका, सिपमोतमा भएका, एश्तामिमा भएका धर्म-गुरुहरुलाई केही पठाए ।

29 to those in Racal and in the cities of the Jerahmeelites and Kenites;

तिनले केही कुरा राकालमा भएका, यरहमेलीहरूका सहरहरूमा भएका, केनीहरूका सहरमा भएका,

30 to those in Hormah, Bor-ashan, and Athach;

होर्मामा भएका, बोर-आशानमा भएका, अत्ताकमा भएका,

31 and to those in Hebron and in all the places where David and his men had roamed.

र हेब्रोनमा भएका र दाऊद आफै र आफ्‍ना मानिसहरू सधैं जाने गरेका सबै ठाउँतिर पनि केही पठाए ।