Daniel 2
1 In the second year of the rule of Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuchadnezzar had dreams; and his spirit was troubled and his sleep went from him.
नबूकदनेसरको शासनकालको दोस्रो वर्षमा, तिनले सपनाहरू देखे । तिनको मन विचलित भयो, र तिनी सुत्न सकेनन् ।
2 Then the king gave orders that the wonder-workers, and the users of secret arts, and those who made use of evil powers, and the Chaldaeans, were to be sent for to make clear to the king his dreams. So they came and took their places before the king.
त्यसपछि राजाले जादुगरहरू र मृतहरूसँग बोल्न सक्छौं भनेर दावी गर्नेहरूलाई बोलाए । उनले जोखना हेर्नेहरू र बुद्धिमान् मानिसहरूलाई पनि बोलाए । उनका सपनाहरूका अर्थ तिनीहरूले उनलाई बताऊन् भन्ने उनको इच्छा थियो । यसैले तिनीहरू भित्र आए र राजाको सामु खडा भए ।
3 And the king said to them, I have had a dream, and my spirit is troubled by the desire to have the dream made clear to me.
राजाले तिनीहरूलाई भने, “मैले एउटा सपना देखें, र त्यो सपनाको अर्थ के हुन सक्छ भनेर जान्नलाई मेरो मन विचलित भएको छ ।”
4 Then the Chaldaeans said to the king in the Aramaean language, O King, have life for ever: give your servants an account of your dream, and we will make clear to you the sense of it.
तब ती बुद्धिमान् मानिसहरूले आरमेइक भाषामा राजालाई भने, “महाराजा, अमर रहून्! हामी तपाईंका सेवकहरूलाई उक्त सपना भन्नुहोस्, र हामी त्यसको अर्थ खोल्नेछौं ।”
5 The king made answer and said to the Chaldaeans, This is my decision: if you do not make clear to me the dream and the sense of it, you will be cut in bits and your houses made waste.
राजाले ती बुद्धिमान् मानिसहरूलाई जवाफ दिए, “निर्णय यो भएको छ । तिमीहरूले त्यो सपना मलाई प्रकट गरेनौ अनि त्यसको अर्थ खोलेनौ भने, तिमीहरूका शरीरहरू टुक्रा-टुक्रा पारिनेछन् र तिमीहरूका घरहरू भग्नावशेषको थुप्रो हुनेछन् ।
6 But if you make clear the dream and the sense of it, you will have from me offerings and rewards and great honour: so make clear to me the dream and the sense of it.
तर तिमीहरूले मलाई सपना र त्यसको अर्थ भन्यौ भने, तिमीहरूले मबाट उपहारहरू, इनाम अनि उच्च-सम्मान पाउनेछौ । यसैले उक्त सपना र त्यसको अर्थ मलाई भन ।”
7 A second time they said in answer, Let the king give his servants an account of his dream, and we will make clear the sense.
तिनीहरूले फेरि जवाफ दिए र यसो भने, “महाराजाले हामी आफ्ना सेवकहरूलाई त्यो सपना भन्नुहोस् र तपाईंलाई हामी त्यसको अर्थ भन्नेछौं ।”
8 The king made answer and said, I am certain that you are attempting to get more time, because you see that my decision is fixed;
राजाले जवाफ दिए, “मलाई यो निश्चय थाहा छ, कि तिमीहरू धेरै समय चाहन्छौ किनकी यस विषयमा मेरो निर्णय कति दृढ छ भनी तिमीहरूले देखेका छौ।
9 That if you do not make my dream clear to me there is only one fate for you: for you have made ready false and evil words to say before me till the times are changed: so give me an account of the dream, and I will be certain that you are able to make the sense of it clear.
तर तिमीहरूले मलाई सपना भनेनौ भने, तिमीहरूका निम्ति एउटै मात्र सजाय छ । मैले आफ्नो मन नबद्लेसम्म तिमीहरूले झुटो र छलपूर्ण शब्दहरू मलाई भन्ने तयारी गर्नलाई तिमीहरूले मिलेर निर्णय गरेका छौ । यसैले, मलाई सपना बताओ, र त्यसको अर्थ तिमीहरूले भन्न सक्छौ भनी मलाई थाहा हुनेछ ।”
10 Then the Chaldaeans said to the king in answer, There is not a man on earth able to make clear the king's business; for no king, however great his power, has ever made such a request to any wonder-worker or user of secret arts or Chaldaean.
ती बुद्धिमान् मानिसहरूले राजालाई जवाफ दिए, “महाराजाको माग पुरा गर्नलाई यस पृथ्वीमा कुनै मानिस छैन । कुनै यस्तो महान् र शक्तिशाली राजा पनि छैन जसले कुनै जादुगर, वा मृतसँग बोल्न सक्छु भनेर दावी गर्ने कुनै व्यक्ति, वा कुनै बुद्धिमान् मानिसबाट यस्तो कुराको माग गरेका छन् ।
11 The king's request is a very hard one, and there is no other who is able to make it clear to the king, but the gods, whose living-place is not with flesh.
महाराजाले जे माग गर्नुभएको छ त्यो अत्यन्तै कठिन छ, र यो कुरा महाराजालाई देवहरूले बाहेक अरू कसैले बताउन सक्दैन, र तिनीहरू मानिसहरूका बिचमा बस्दैनन् ।”
12 Because of this the king was angry and full of wrath, and gave orders for the destruction of all the wise men of Babylon.
यस कुराले राजालाई रिस उठायो र अत्यन्तै क्रोधित बनायो, र तिनले बेबिलोनमा भएका सबै बुद्धिमान् मानिसहरूलाई मार्ने एउटा आदेश दिए ।
13 So the order went out that the wise men were to be put to death; and they were looking for Daniel and his friends to put them to death.
यसैले आफूमा भएका बुद्धिको निम्ति प्रख्यात भएका सबै जनालाई मार्नको निम्ति उर्दी जारी भयो । यही उर्दीको कारणले, तिनीहरूले दानिएल र तिनका साथीहरूलाई पनि खोजे ताकि तिनीहरूलाई मार्न सकियोस् ।
14 Then Daniel gave an answer with wisdom and good sense to Arioch, the captain of the king's armed men, who had gone out to put to death the wise men of Babylon;
तब बेबिलोनका आफूमा भएको बुद्धिको निम्ति प्रख्यात सबै जनालाई मार्नको निम्ति आएका राजाका अङ्गरक्षकका कमान्डर अर्योकलाई दानिएलले विवेकपूर्ण र बुद्धिमान् किसिमले जवाफ दिए ।
15 He made answer and said to Arioch, O captain of the king, why is the king's order so cruel? Then Arioch gave Daniel an account of the business.
दानिएलले राजाका कमान्डरलाई सोधे, “किन महाराजाबाट तुरुन्तै यस्तो उर्दी आयो?” अनि अर्योकले जे भएको थियो त्यो दानिएललाई बताए ।
16 And Daniel went in and made a request to the king to give him time and he would make clear the sense of his dream to the king.
त्यसपछि दानिएल भित्र गए र राजासँग भेट गर्न दिन अनुरोध गरे जसले गर्दा तिनले सपनाको अर्थ राजालाई बताउन सकून्।
17 And Daniel went to his house and gave his friends Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah the news:
त्यसपछि दानिएल आफ्नो घरमा गए र जे भएको थियो त्यो हनन्याह, मीशाएल र अजर्याहलाई बताए ।
18 So that they might make a request for the mercy of the God of heaven in the question of this secret; so that Daniel and his friends might not come to destruction with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.
यो रहस्यको विषयमा स्वर्गका परमेश्वरको कृपा खोज्न तिनले उनीहरूलाई अनुरोध गरे, ताकि उनीहरू र तिनी बेबिलोनका अन्य ख्यातिप्राप्त बुद्धिमान् मानिसहरूसँगै नमारिऊन् ।
19 Then the secret was made clear to Daniel in a vision of the night. And Daniel gave blessing to the God of heaven.
त्यो रात एउटा दर्शनमा दनिएललाई त्यो रहस्य प्रकट गरियो । तब दानिएलले स्वर्गका परमेश्वरको प्रशंसा गरे,
20 And Daniel said in answer, May the name of God be praised for ever and ever: for wisdom and strength are his:
र यसो भने, “परमेश्वरको नाउँको सदासर्वदा प्रशंसा होस्, किनकि बुद्धि र शक्ति उहाँकै हुन् ।
21 By him times and years are changed: by him kings are taken away and kings are lifted up: he gives wisdom to the wise, and knowledge to those whose minds are awake:
उहाँले नै समय र ऋतुहरू परिवर्तन गर्नुहुन्छ । उहाँले राजाहरूलाई हटाउनुहुन्छ र राजाहरूलाई सिंहासनमा राख्नुहुन्छ । उहाँले बुद्धिमान्लाई बुद्धि र समझदारहरूलाई ज्ञान दिनुहुन्छ ।
22 He is the unveiler of deep and secret things: he has knowledge of what is in the dark, and the light has its living-place with him.
उहाँले गहिरा र लुकेका कुराहरू प्रकट गर्नुहुन्छ किनभने अन्धकारमा के छ भनी उहाँले जानुहुन्छ र उज्यालोले उहाँसँग वास गर्छ ।
23 I give you praise and worship, O God of my fathers, who have given me wisdom and strength, and have now made clear to me what we were requesting from you: for you have given us knowledge of the king's business.
हे मेरा पुर्खाहरूका परमेश्वर, म तपाईंलाई धन्यावाद दिन्छु र तपाईंको प्रशंसा गर्छु, किनकि तपाईंले मलाई बुद्धि र शक्ति दिनुभयो । हामीले तपाईंसँग जे बिन्ती गर्यौं त्यो तपाईंले मलाई प्रकट गर्नुभएको छ, राजाको चिन्ताको विषयलाई तपाईंले हामीलाई जानकारी गराउनुभएको छ ।”
24 For this reason Daniel went to Arioch, to whom the king had given orders for the destruction of the wise men of Babylon, and said to him, Do not put to death the wise men of Babylon: take me in before the king and I will make clear to him the sense of the dream.
त्यसपछि दानिएल अर्योकलाई भेट्न गए (जसलाई बेबिलोनका सबै बुद्धिमान्लाई मार्नलाई राजाले नियुक्त गरेका थिए) । तिनी गए र उनलाई भने, “बेबिलोनका बुद्धिमान् मानिसहरूलाई नमार्नुहोस् । मलाई राजाकहाँ लानुहोस् र राजाको सपनाको अर्थ म उहाँलाई खोलिदिनेछु ।”
25 Then Arioch quickly took Daniel in before the king, and said to him, Here is a man from among the prisoners of Judah, who will make clear to the king the sense of the dream.
त्यसपछि अर्योकले तुरुन्तै दानिएललाई राजाको सामु लगे र यसो भने, “मैले यहूदाका निर्वासितहरूका बिचमा एक जना मानिस भेट्टाएको छु जसले, महाराजाको सपनाको अर्थ खोल्नेछ ।”
26 The king made answer and said to Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, Are you able to make clear to me the dream which I saw and its sense?
राजाले दानिएललाई (जसको नाउँ बेलतसजर थयो) सोधे, “मैले देखेको सपना र त्यसको अर्थ के तिमी मलाई भन्न सक्छौ?”
27 Then Daniel said in answer to the king, No wise men, or users of secret arts, or wonder-workers, or readers of signs, are able to make clear to the king the secret he is searching for;
दानिएलले राजालाई जवाफ दिए र यसो भने, “राजाले सोध्नुभएको रहस्यलाई बुद्धि भएकाहरूले प्रकट गर्न सक्दैनन्, न त मृतहरूसँग बोल्न सक्छौं भनेर दावी गर्नेहरूले, न त जादुगरहरूले र ज्योतिषीहरूले नै गर्न सक्छन् ।
28 But there is a God in heaven, the unveiler of secrets, and he has given to King Nebuchadnezzar knowledge of what will take place in the last days. Your dreams and the visions of your head on your bed are these:
तापनि, त्यहाँ एक यस्तो परमेश्वर हुनुहुन्छ जो स्वर्गमा वास गर्नुहुन्छ, जसले रहस्यहरू प्रकट गर्नुहुन्छ र आउने दिनहरूमा के हुनेछ भनी उहाँले हजुर महाराजा नबूकदनेसरलाई प्रकट गर्नुभएको छ । हजुर आफ्नो ओछ्यानमा पल्टनुहुँदा हजुरले देख्नुभएको सपना र हजुरका मनका दर्शनहरू यसप्रकार थिए ।
29 As for you, O King, the thoughts which came to you on your bed were of what will come about after this: and the unveiler of secrets has made clear to you what is to come.
महाराजा, हजुरको सम्बन्धमा, ओछ्यानमा हुँदा हजुरमा भएका विचारहरू हुन आउने कुराहरूका बारेमा थिए, र भविष्यमा के हुँदैछ भनेर रहस्य खोल्नुहुनेले नै हजुरलाई प्रकट गर्नुभएको छ ।
30 As for me, this secret is not made clear to me because of any wisdom which I have more than any living man, but in order that the sense of the dream may be made clear to the king, and that you may have knowledge of the thoughts of your heart.
मेरो बारेमा, अरू कुनै जीवित मानिसभन्दा धेरै बुद्धि मसँग भएको कारण मलाई त्यो रहस्य प्रकट भएको होइन । हजुर, महाराजाले त्यसको अर्थ बुझ्न सक्नुभएको होस्, र आफूभित्रका गहिरा कुराहरू हजुरले जान्न सक्नुभएको होस् भनेर हजुरलाई त्यो रहस्य प्रकट भएको हो ।
31 You, O King, were looking, and a great image was there. This image, which was very great, and whose glory was very bright, was placed before you: its form sent fear into the heart.
महाराजा, हजुरले माथि हेर्नुभयो र हजुरले एउटा ठुलो सालिक देख्नुभयो । त्यो धेरै शक्तिशाली र उज्यालो सालिक हजुरको सामु खडा भयो । त्यसको चमक डरलाग्दो थियो ।
32 As for this image, its head was made of the best gold, its breast and its arms were of silver, its middle and its sides were of brass,
त्यस सालिकको शिर निक्खर सुनले बनेको थियो । त्यसको छाती र हातहरू चाँदीका थिए । त्यसको पेट र तिघ्राहरू काँसाका थिए,
33 Its legs of iron, its feet were in part of iron and in part of potter's earth.
र त्यसका गोडाहरू फलामका थिए । त्यसका पाउहरू केही फलाम र केही माटोले बनेका थिए ।
34 While you were looking at it, a stone was cut out, but not by hands, and it gave the image a blow on its feet, which were of iron and earth, and they were broken in bits.
हजुरले माथि हेर्नुभयो, र एउटा ढुङ्गो काटियो । तापनि त्यो मानिसको हातले होइन, अनि फलाम र माटोले बनेको सालिकको पाउहरूमा त्यो ठोक्कियो, र त्यसले ती चकनाचूर पार्यो ।
35 Then the iron and the earth, the brass and the silver and the gold, were smashed together, and became like the dust on the floors where grain is crushed in summer; and the wind took them away so that no sign of them was to be seen: and the stone which gave the image a blow became a great mountain, covering all the earth.
तब फलाम, माटो, काँसा, चाँदी र सुन सबै सँगै टुक्रा-टुक्रा भए र ती ग्रीष्म ऋतुमा अन्न चुट्ने खलाका भुसझैं भए । बतासले तिनलाई उडायो र त्यहाँ तिनका कुनै नाउँ निशाना रहेन । तर त्यो सालिकलाई हिर्काउने ढुङ्गोचाहिं एउटा ठुलो पर्वत बन्यो र त्यसले सम्पूर्ण पृथ्वीलाई ढाक्यो ।
36 This is the dream; and we will make clear to the king the sense of it.
हजुरको सपना यही थियो । अब हामी महाराजालाई अर्थ बताउँछौं।
37 You, O King, king of kings, to whom the God of heaven has given the kingdom, the power, and the strength, and the glory,
महाराजा, हजुर राजाहरूका महाराजा हुनुहुन्छ जसलाई स्वर्गका परमेश्वरले राज्य, शक्ति, बल र सम्मान दिनुभएको छ ।
38 Wherever the children of men are living; into whose hands he has given the beasts of the field and the birds of heaven, and has made you ruler over them all, you are the head of gold.
मानवजातिहरू बस्ने ठाउँ उहाँले हजुरका हातमा दिनुभएको छ । जमिनका पशुहरू र आकाशका चराहरू उहाँले हजुरका हातमा दिनुभएको छ, र ती माथि हजुरलाई शासन गर्ने बनाउनुभएको छ । हजुर नै त्यस सालिकको सुनको शिर हुनुहुन्छ ।
39 And after you another kingdom, lower than you, will come to power; and a third kingdom, of brass, ruling over all the earth.
हजुरपछि, अर्को एउटा राज्य खडा हुनेछ जुन हजुरको भन्दा कमजोर हुनेछ, र त्यसपछि अझै काँसाको अर्को तेस्रो राज्यले सबै पृथ्वीमाथि शासन गर्नेछ ।
40 And the fourth kingdom will be strong as iron: because, as all things are broken and overcome by iron, so it will have the power of crushing and smashing down all the earth.
त्यहाँ फलामझैं बलियो चौथो राज्य हुनेछ, किनकि फलामले अरू कुराहरूलाई टुक्रा-टुक्रा पार्छ र हरेक कुरालाई चकनाचूर पार्छ । त्यसले यी सबै कुराहरूलाई चकनाचूर पार्नेछ र कुल्चनेछ ।
41 And as you saw the feet and toes, part of potter's work and part of iron, there will be a division in the kingdom; but there will be some of the strength of iron in it, because you saw the iron mixed with the potter's earth.
जसरी हजुरले देख्नुभयो, पाउहरू र बुढी औंलाहरू केही पाकेका माटो र केही फलामले बनेका थिए, त्यसरी नै त्यो एउटा विभाजित राज्य हुनेछ । त्यसमा केही फलामको शक्ति हुनेछ, जसरी हजुरले फलाम र नरम माटो मिसिएको देख्नुभयो ।
42 And as the toes of the feet were in part of iron and in part of earth, so part of the kingdom will be strong and part of it will readily be broken.
जसरी पाउहरूका बुढी औंलाहरू केही फलाम र केही माटोले बनेका थिए, त्यसरी नै त्यो राज्य केही शक्तिशाली र केही सजिलै टुक्रिने किसिमको हुनेछ ।
43 And as you saw the iron mixed with earth, they will give their daughters to one another as wives: but they will not be united one with another, even as iron is not mixed with earth.
जसरी हजुरले फलामलाई नरम माटोसँग मिसिएको देख्नुभयो, त्यसरी नै मानिसहरू पनि मिश्रित हुनेछन् । तिनीहरू मिलेर बस्नेछैनन्, जसरी फलाम माटोसँग मिल्न सक्दैन ।
44 And in the days of those kings, the God of heaven will put up a kingdom which will never come to destruction, and its power will never be given into the hands of another people, and all these kingdoms will be broken and overcome by it, but it will keep its place for ever.
ती राजाहरूको समयमा, स्वर्गका परमेश्वरले एउटा राज्य खडा गर्नुहुनेछ, जुन कहिल्यै नाश पारिनेछैन, नत कुनै अर्को जातिद्वारा परास्त हुनेछ । त्यसले अरू राज्यहरूलाई टुक्रा-टुक्रा पार्नेछ र तिनीहरू सबैको अन्त्य गर्नेछ, र त्योचाहिं सदाको निम्ति रहनेछ ।
45 Because you saw that a stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that by it the iron and the brass and the earth and the silver and the gold were broken to bits, a great God has given the king knowledge of what is to take place in the future: the dream is fixed, and its sense is certain.
जसरी पर्वतबाट एउटा ढुङ्गो काटिएको हजुरले देख्नुभयो, तर मानिसको हातले होइन । त्यसले फलाम, काँसा, माटो, चाँदी र सुनलाई टुक्रा-टुक्रा पार्यो । महाराजा, महान् परमेश्वरले हजुरलाई यसपछि के हुनेछ भनेर बताउनुभएको छ । यो सपना साँचो हो र त्यसको अर्थ विश्वासयोग्य छ ।”
46 Then King Nebuchadnezzar, falling down on his face, gave worship to Daniel, and gave orders for an offering and spices to be given to him;
राजा नबूकदनेसर दानिएलको अगि घोप्टो परे र तिनको सम्मान गरे । तिनलाई भेटी चढाइयोस् र तिनको निम्ति धूप बालियोस् भनेर तिनले आज्ञा दिए ।
47 And the king made answer to Daniel and said, Truly, your God is a God of gods and a Lord of kings, and an unveiler of secrets, for you have been able to make this secret clear.
राजाले दानिएललाई भने, “साँच्चै नै तिम्रा परमेश्वरचाहिं देवताहरूका परमेश्वर, राजाहरूका परमप्रभु हुनुहुन्छ, र उहाँले रहस्यहरू प्रकट गर्नुहुन्छ, किनकि तिमीले यो रहस्य प्रकट गर्न सफल भएका छौ ।”
48 Then the king made Daniel great, and gave him offerings in great number, and made him ruler over all the land of Babylon, and chief over all the wise men of Babylon.
अनि राजाले दानिएललाई उच्च सम्मान दिए र तिनलाई धेरै असल उपहारहरू दिए । तिनले उनलाई बेबिलोनको सम्पूर्ण प्रदेशमाथि शासक बनाए । बेबिलोनका सबैभन्दा ज्ञानी मानिसहरूमाथि दानिएल प्रमुख गभर्नर भए ।
49 And at Daniel's request, the king gave Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego authority over the business of the land of Babylon: but Daniel was kept near the king's person.
दानिएलले राजासँग एउटा अनुरोध गरे, र राजाले शद्रक, मेशक, र अबेद्नगोलाई बेबिलोनको प्रदेशमाथि प्रशासकहरू नियुक्त गरे । तर दानिएल राजाको दरवारमा नै रहे ।
