< Isaiah 9 >

1 Nevertheless, there will be no more gloom for those in distress. In the past He humbled the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, but in the future He will honor the Way of the Sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the nations:
जो वेदनमा थियो, उसबाट नैराश्‍यता दूर गरिनेछ । जबूलूनको देश र नप्‍तालीको देशलाई, पहिलेको समयमा उहाँले होच्‍याउनुभयो, तर पछिल्लो समयमा उहाँले त्‍यसको समुद्र जाने बाटोमा, यर्दनपारि जातिहरूका गलीलमा त्‍यसलाई महिमित पार्नुहुनेछ ।
2 The people walking in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow of death, a light has dawned.
अन्धकारमा हिंड्ने मानिसहरूले एउटा ठुलो ज्‍योति देखेका छन् । मृत्युको छायाको देशमा बसेकाहरू, तिनीहरूमाथि ज्योति चम्केको छ ।
3 You have enlarged the nation and increased its joy. The people rejoice before You as they rejoice at harvest time, as men rejoice in dividing the plunder.
तपाईंले जातिहरूलाई वृद्धि गर्नुभएको छ । तपाईंले तिनीहरूका आनन्दलाई वृद्धि गर्नुभएको छ । कटनीको समयमा झैं तिनीहरू तपाईंको सामु आनन्‍दित हुन्‍छन्, जसरी मानिसहरूले लूटको माल बाँड्दा तिनीहरू आनन्‍दित हुन्‍छन् ।
4 For as in the day of Midian You have shattered the yoke of their burden, the bar across their shoulders, and the rod of their oppressor.
किनकि त्यसको भरी जुवा, त्यसको पिठ्युको नाल, त्यसको अत्याचारीको लट्ठीलाई तपाईंले मिद्यानको समयमा झैं चकनाचूर पार्नुभएको छ ।
5 For every trampling boot of battle and every garment rolled in blood will be burned as fuel for the fire.
दुश्‍मन सिपाहीका हरेक जुत्ता र रगतमा मुछिएको पोशाकलाई जलाइनेछ र आगोको निम्ति इन्धन हुनेछ ।
6 For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given, and the government will be upon His shoulders. And He will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
किनकि हाम्रा निम्ति एउटा बालकको जन्म भएको छ, हाम्रो निम्ति एउटा छोरा जन्‍मेको छ, र शासन उहाँको काँधमा हुनेछ । अनि उहाँको नाउँ अचम्मको सल्लाकार, शक्तिशाली परमेश्‍वर, अनन्‍तका पिता र शान्तिका राजकुमार राखिनेछ ।
7 Of the increase of His government and peace there will be no end. He will reign on the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish and sustain it with justice and righteousness from that time and forevermore. The zeal of the LORD of Hosts will accomplish this.
दाऊदको सिंहासनमा र उनको राज्यलाई स्थापित गर्न, अनि त्‍यसलाई न्याय र धार्मिकताले थाम्‍न उहाँले अहिलेदेखि लिएर सदासर्वदा राज्‍य गर्नुहुँदा, उहाँको शासन र शान्ति वृद्धिको अन्त हुनेछैन । सर्वशक्तिमान् परमप्रभुको जोशले यो पुरा गर्नेछ ।
8 The Lord has sent a message against Jacob, and it has fallen upon Israel.
परमप्रभुले याकूबको विरुद्धमा वचन पठाउनुभयो र यो इस्राएलमा पर्‍यो ।
9 All the people will know it— Ephraim and the dwellers of Samaria. With pride and arrogance of heart they will say:
सबै मानिसहरूले जान्‍नेछन्, घमण्डसाथ र अहङ्कारी हृदयले भन्‍ने एफ्राइम र सामरियाले पनि जान्‍नेछन्,
10 “The bricks have fallen, but we will rebuild with finished stone; the sycamores have been felled, but we will replace them with cedars.”
“इँटहरू खसेका छन्, तर कुँदेका ढुङ्गाहरूले नै हामी पुनःनिर्माण गर्नेछौं । अञ्जीरका रूखहरू काटिएका छन्, तर तिनका ठाउँमा हामी देवदारुका रूखहरू रोप्‍नेछौं ।”
11 The LORD has raised up the foes of Rezin against him and joined his enemies together.
यसकारण परमप्रभुले उसको शत्रु रसीनलाई उसको विरुद्धमा खडा हुनुहुनेछ र उसका शत्रुहरूलाई,
12 Aram from the east and Philistia from the west have devoured Israel with open mouths. Despite all this, His anger is not turned away; His hand is still upraised.
पुर्वका अरामीहरू र पश्‍चिमका पलिश्‍तीहरू उक्साउनुहुनेछ । तिनीहरूले खुल्ला मुखले इस्राएललाई निल्नेछन् । यी सबै कुराले उहाँको रिस मर्दैन । बरु, उहाँको हात अझै पसारिएकै छ ।
13 But the people did not return to Him who struck them; they did not seek the LORD of Hosts.
तापनि उहाँले प्रहार गरेका मानिसहरू उहाँतिर फर्कंदैनन्, न त तिनीहरूले परमप्रभुको खोजी गर्नेछन् ।
14 So the LORD will cut off Israel’s head and tail, both palm branch and reed in a single day.
यसकारण परमप्रभुले इस्राएलबाट टाउको र पुच्छर, खजूरको हाँगा र नर्कट एकै दिनमा नष्‍ट पार्नुहुनेछ ।
15 The head is the elder and honorable man, and the tail is the prophet who teaches lies.
अगुवाहरू र भद्र मानिसहरू मुखिया हुन् । झुटो सिकाउने अगमवक्ता पुच्छर हो ।
16 For those who guide this people mislead them, and those they mislead are swallowed up.
यी मानिसहरूलाई डोर्‍याउनेहरूले तिनीहरूलाई पथभ्रष्‍ट पार्छन् र तिनीहरूद्वारा डोर्‍याइनेहरू निलिन्छन् ।
17 Therefore the Lord takes no pleasure in their young men; He has no compassion on their fatherless and widows. For every one of them is godless and wicked, and every mouth speaks folly. Despite all this, His anger is not turned away; His hand is still upraised.
यसकारण परमप्रभु तिनीहरूका जवानहरूसित आनन्‍दित हुनुहुन्‍न, न त उहाँले तिनीहरूका अनाथ र विधवाहरूमाथि दया गर्नुहुनेछ, किनकि हरेक व्‍यक्‍ति अधर्मी र दुष्‍ट छन्, अनि हरेक मुखले मूर्ख कुराहरू गर्छन् । यी सबै कुराहरूमा उहाँको रिस मर्दैन । बरु, उहाँको हात अझै पसारिएकै छ ।
18 For wickedness burns like a fire that consumes the thorns and briers and kindles the forest thickets which roll upward in billows of smoke.
दुष्‍टता आगोझैं बल्छ । त्‍यसले सिउँडी र काँढालाई भष्‍म पार्छ । यसले जङ्गलको झाडीलाई पनि जलाउँछ, जसले धूँवाको मुस्लोमा उठ्नेछ ।
19 By the wrath of the LORD of Hosts the land is scorched, and the people are fuel for the fire. No man even spares his brother.
सर्वशक्तिमान् परमप्रभुको क्रोधले देश जलेको छ र मानिसहरू आगोको निम्ति इन्धनजस्तै छन् । कुनै मानिसले आफ्नो भाइलाई छोड्दैन ।
20 They carve out what is on the right, but they are still hungry; they eat what is on the left, but they are still not satisfied. Each one devours the flesh of his own offspring.
तिनीहरूल दाहिने हातमा खानेकुरा समात्छन् तर तिनीहरू अझै भोको नै हुन्‍छन् । तिनीहरूले देब्रे हातमा खाना खानेछन्, तर अझै तृप्‍त हुनेछैनन् । प्रत्‍येकले आफ्नै बाहुलीको मासु पनि खानेछ ।
21 Manasseh devours Ephraim, and Ephraim Manasseh; together they turn against Judah. Despite all this, His anger is not turned away; His hand is still upraised.
मनश्‍शेले एफ्राइमलाई, अनि एफ्राइमले मनश्‍शेलाई भस्म गर्नेछ । तिनीहरू एकसाथ यहूदालाई आक्रमण गर्नेछन् । यी कुराहरूमा, उहाँको रिस मर्दैन । बरु, उहाँको हात अझै पसारिएकै छ ।

< Isaiah 9 >