Isaiah 21
1 The word about the waste land. As storm-winds in the South go rushing through, it comes from the waste land, from the land greatly to be feared.
समुद्र नजिकको मरुभूमिको बारेमा एउटा घोषणा । नेगेवमा चल्ने आँधीहुरी जस्तै मरुभूमि र डरलाग्दो देशबाट यो आउँछ ।
2 A vision of fear comes before my eyes; the worker of deceit goes on in his false way, and the waster goes on making waste. Up! Elam; to the attack! Media; I have put an end to her sorrow.
मलाई एउटा कष्टप्रद दर्शन दिइएको छः “धोकेबाजले धोकापुर्ण किसिमले काम गर्छ र विनाश गर्नेले विनाश गर्छ । ए एलाम, माथि जा र आक्रमण गर् । ए मादी घेरा हाल् । त्यसको सबै शोकलाई म रोक्नेछु ।
3 For this cause I am full of bitter grief; pains like the pains of a woman in childbirth have come on me: I am bent down with sorrow at what comes to my ears; I am shocked by what I see.
यसकारण मेरो कमर दुखेको छ । स्त्रीको प्रसव पीडाजस्तो पीडाले मलाई समातेको छ । मैले जे सुनेको छु त्यसद्वारा म झुकेको छु । मैले जे देखेको छु सोद्वारा म व्याकुल भएको छु ।
4 My mind is wandering, fear has overcome me: the evening of my desire has been turned into shaking for me.
मेरो मुटु धड्कन्छ । म डरले काँप्छु । मैले साँझको इच्छा गरें, तर त्यसले ममा त्रास ल्यायो ।
5 They make ready the table, they put down the covers, they take food and drink. Up! you captains; put oil on your breastplates.
तिनीहरू टेबल तयार गर्छन्, तिनीहतरू राडी ओछ्याउँछन्, अनि खान्छन् र पिउँछन् । ए शासकहरू उठ, आफ्ना ढालहरूमा तेल लगाओ ।
6 For so has the Lord said to me, Go, let a watchman be placed; let him give word of what he sees:
किनकि परमप्रभुले मलाई यसो भन्नुभयो, “जा, एक जना पहरेदार राख । उसले जे देख्छ सो बताउनुपर्छ ।
7 And when he sees war-carriages, horsemen by twos, war-carriages with asses, war-carriages with camels, let him give special attention.
जब उसले एउटा रथ, एक जोडी घोडचढी, गधामाथि चढ्नेहरू र उँटमाथि चढ्नेहरू देख्छ, तब उसले ध्यान दिनुपर्छ र निकै सजग हुनुपर्छ ।”
8 And the watchman gave a loud cry, O my lord, I am on the watchtower all day, and am placed in my watch every night:
पहरेदार कराउँछ, “हे परमप्रभु, म दिनभरि, हरेक दिन पहरा बस्ने धरहरमाथि बस्छु, अनि आफ्नो अखडामा म रातभरि खडा रहन्छु ।”
9 See, here come war-carriages with men, horsemen by twos: and in answer he said, Babylon is made low, is made low, and all her images are broken on the earth.
यहाँ एक जना मानिस र एक जोडी घोडचढी लिएर एउटा रथ आउँछ । उसले भन्छ, “बेबिलोनको पतन भएको छ, पतन भएको छ र यसका कुँदेका सबै देवताहरूका मूर्तीहरू जमिनमा चकनाचूर भएका छन् ।”
10 O my crushed ones, the grain of my floor! I have given you the word which came to me from the Lord of armies, the God of Israel.
ए मेरा चुटिएका र निफनिएकाहरू हो, मेरा खलाका सन्तानहरू हो! सर्वशक्तिमान् परमप्रभु इस्राएलका परमेश्वरबाट मैले जे सुनेको छु सो मैले तिमीहरूलाई घोषणा गरेको छु ।
11 The word about Edom. A voice comes to me from Seir, Watchman, how far gone is the night? how far gone is the night?
दुमाको बारेमा एउटा घोषणा । कसैले मलाई सेइरबाट बोलाउँछ, “ए पहरेदार, रात कति बाँकी छ? ए पहरेदार, रात कति बाँकी छ?”
12 The watchman says, The morning has come, but night is still to come: if you have questions to put, put them, and come back again.
पहरेदारले भन्यो, “बिहान आउँछ र रात पनि आउँछ । तिमीलाई सोध्नुछ भने सोध । अनि फेरि फेर्केर आऊ ।”
13 The word about Arabia. In the thick woods of Arabia will be your night's resting-place, O travelling bands of Dedanites!
अरब देशको बारेमा एउटा घोषणा । तिमीहरू ददानीहरूका यात्री दलहरूले अरबको मरुभूमिमा रात बिताओ ।
14 Give water to him who is in need of water; give bread, O men of the land of Tema, to those in flight.
तिर्खाउनेहरूका निम्ति पानी ल्याओ । ए तेमा देशका बासिन्दाहरू, रोटी लिएर भगौडाहरूलाई भेट ।
15 For they are in flight from the sharp sword, and the bent bow, and from the trouble of war.
किनकि तिनीहरू तरवार, थुतेको तरवाट, ताँदो चढाएको धनुबाट र युद्धको भारबाट भागेका छन् ।
16 For so has the Lord said to me, In a year, by the years of a servant working for payment, all the glory of Kedar will come to an end:
किनकि परमप्रभुले मलाई यसो भन्नुभयो, “एक वर्षभित्रमा नै ज्यालामा लिइएको श्रमिकले यो देख्नेछ, केदारको सारा गौरवको अन्त हुनेछ ।
17 And the rest of the bowmen, the men of war of the children of Kedar, will be small in number: for the Lord, the God of Israel, has said it.
केदारका धनुर्धारी अर्थात् योद्धाहरूमध्ये केही मात्र रहेनेछन्,” किनकि परमप्रभु इस्राएलका परमेश्वरले यसो भन्नुभएको छ ।
