Joshua 22
1 Then Joshua sent for the Reubenites and the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh,
त्यस बेला यहोशूले रूबेनीहरू, गादीहरू र मनश्शेको आधा कुललाई बोलाए ।
2 And said to them, You have kept all the orders of Moses, the Lord's servant, and have done everything I gave you orders to do:
तिनले तिनीहरूलाई भने, “तिमीहरूले परमप्रभु परमेश्वरका दास मोशाले आज्ञा गरेका सबै गरेका छौ । तिमीहरूले मैले आज्ञा गरेका सबै कुरामा मेरो आज्ञा पालन गरेका छौ ।
3 You have now been with your brothers for a long time; till this day you have been doing the orders of the Lord your God.
तिमीहरूले वर्तमानसम्म यति धेरै दिनसम्म पनि आफ्ना दाजुभाइहरूलाई छाडेका छैनौ, र तिमीहरूले परमप्रभु तिमीहरूका परमेश्वरको आज्ञाअनुसार आवश्यक कर्तव्यहरू पुरा गरेका छौ ।
4 And now the Lord your God has given your brothers rest, as he said: so now you may go back to your tents, to the land of your heritage, which Moses, the Lord's servant, gave to you on the other side of Jordan.
अहिले परमप्रभु तिमीहरूका परमेश्वरले तिमीहरूलाई प्रतिज्ञा गर्नुभएझैँ तिमीहरूका दाजुभाइहरूलाई विश्राम दिनुभएको छ । यसकारण, फर्क र तिमीहरूको आफ्नै भूमिमा जाओ, जुन परमप्रभुका दास मोशाले यर्दन पारिपट्टि तिमीहरूलाई दिएका छन् ।
5 Only take great care to do the orders and the law which Moses, the Lord's servant, gave you; to have love for the Lord your God and to go in all his ways; and to keep his laws and to be true to him and to be his servants with all your heart and with all your soul.
परमप्रभुका दास मोशाले तिनीहरूलाई दिएका आज्ञाहरू र व्यवस्था पालन गर्न, परमप्रभु तिमीहरूका परमेश्वरलाई प्रेम गर्न, उहाँका सबै मार्गमा हिँड्न, उहाँका सबै आज्ञा पालन गर्न, उहाँमा नै रहिरहन र तिमीहरूका सारा ह्रदय र सारा प्राणले उहाँको आराधना गर्नमा होसियार होओ ।”
6 Then Joshua gave them his blessing and sent them away: and they went back to their tents.
त्यसैले यहोशूले तिनीहरूलाई आशिष् दिएर पठाए, र तिनीहरू आफ्ना पालहरूतिर गए ।
7 Now to the one half of the tribe of Manasseh, Moses had given a heritage in Bashan; but to the other half, Joshua gave a heritage among their brothers on the west side of Jordan. Now when Joshua sent them away to their tents, he gave them his blessing,
मनश्शेको आधा कुललाई मोशाले बाशानमा नै उत्तराधिकार दिएका थिए, तर बाँकी आधा कुललाई तिनीहरूका दाजुभाइको छेउमा यर्दनको पश्चिमपट्टि दिए । यहोशूले तिनीहरूलाई आ-आफ्ना पालहरूमा पठाए; तिनले तिनीहरूलाई आशिष् दिए
8 And said to them, Go back with much wealth to your tents, and with very much cattle, with silver and gold and brass and iron, and with a very great store of clothing; give your brothers a part of the goods taken in the war.
र तिनीहरूलाई भने, “धेरै रुपियाँ-पैसा र सुन, चाँदी, काँसा र फलामसहित धेरै लत्ताकपडासहित तिमीहरूका पालहरूमा फर्क । तिमीहरूका शत्रुहरूबाट लिएका लूटका मालहरू तिमीहरूका दाजुभाइहरूसँग बाँड ।
9 So Reuben and Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh went back, parting from the children of Israel at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, to go to the land of Gilead, to the land of their heritage which had been given to them by the Lord's order to Moses.
त्यसैले रूबेनका सन्तानहरू, गादका सन्तानहरू र मनश्शेका आधा कुल इस्राएलका मानिसहरूलाई शीलोमा छोडेर घरतिर फर्के, जुन कनानको भूमि हो । तिनीहरू आफ्नै भू-भाग गिलादको प्रदेशमा जानलाई हिँडे, जुन तिनीहरूले मोशाद्वारा परमप्रभुको आज्ञा पालनमा आफैले स्वामित्वमा लिएका थिए ।
10 Now when they came to the country by Jordan in the land of Canaan, the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh put up there, by Jordan, a great altar, seen from far.
जब तिनीहरू कनानको भूमि यर्दनमा आए, रूबेनीहरू, गादीहरू र मनश्शेका आधा कुलहरूले यर्दन नजिकै निकै ठुलो र सजिलै देखिने वेदी बनाए ।
11 And news came to the children of Israel, See, the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh have put up an altar opposite the land of Canaan, in the country by Jordan on the side which is Israel's.
इस्राएलका मानिसहरूले यो सुने र भने, “हेर, रूबेन, गाद र मनश्शेका आधा कुलका मानिसहरूले इस्राएलका मानिसहरूको अधीनमा पर्ने यर्दन नजिकको प्रदेशको गलिलोथको कनानको भूमिको सामुन्ने वेदी निर्माण गरेका छन् ।”
12 Then all the meeting of the children of Israel, hearing this, came together at Shiloh to go up against them to war.
जब इस्राएलका मानिसहरूले यो कुरा सुने, इस्राएलका मानिसको सारा भेला तिनीहरू विरुद्ध युद्ध गर्न जान शीलोमा जान सँगै भेला भए ।
13 And the children of Israel sent Phinehas, the son of Eleazar the priest, to the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh, to the land of Gilead,
त्यसपछि इस्राएलका मानिसहरूले गिलादको भूमिमा रूबेनीहरू, गादीहरू र मनश्शेका आधा कुलकहाँ समाचारवाहकहरू पठाए । तिनीहरूले एलाजारका छोरा पुजारी पीनहास,
14 And with him they sent ten chiefs, one for every tribe of the children of Israel, every one of them the head of his house among the families of Israel.
र इस्राएलको हरेक कुलबाट एक-एक जना गरी दस जना अगुवालाई तिनीसँगै पठाए र तिनीहरू सबै इस्राएलको कुलका परिवारको प्रमुख थिए ।
15 And they came to the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh, to the land of Gilead, and said to them,
तिनीहरू गिलादको मुलुकमा रूबेन, गाद र मनश्शेको आधा कुलकहाँ आए र तिनीहरूले तिनीहरूलाई भने,
16 This is what all the meeting of the people of the Lord has said, What is this wrong which you have done against the God of Israel, turning back this day from the Lord and building an altar for yourselves, and being false to the Lord?
“परमप्रभुका सारा समुदाय यसो भन्छ, 'परमप्रभुको विरुद्धमा आजको दिन आफ्नो निम्ति वेदी निर्माण गरेर परमप्रभुलाई पछ्याउनबाट तर्किएर इस्राएलका परमेश्वरको विरुद्ध तिमीहरूले कस्तो बेइमानी गरेको?
17 Was not the sin of Baal-peor great enough, from which we are not clear even to this day, though punishment came on the people of the Lord,
के पोरको हाम्रो पाप पर्याप्त थिएन? तैपनि हामीले आफूलाई यसबाट अझै शुद्ध पारेका छैनौँ । त्यो पापको निम्ति परमप्रभुको समुदायमा विपत्ति आइपर्यो ।
18 That now you are turned back from the Lord? and, because you are false to him today, tomorrow his wrath will be let loose on all the people of Israel.
के तिमीहरू पनि अहिले नै परमप्रभुलाई पछ्याउनबाट तर्किनुपर्छ? यदि तिमीहरूले आज उहाँको विरुद्ध विद्रोह गर्यौ भने, उहाँ भोलि हामी इस्राएलको सबै समुदायसँग रिसाउनुहुने छ ।
19 But if the land you now have is unclean, come over into the Lord's land where his House is, and take up your heritage among us: but do not be false to the Lord and to us by building yourselves an altar in addition to the altar of the Lord our God.
यदि तिमीहरूको अधीनमा भएको भूमि अशुद्ध छ भने, तिमीहरू परमप्रभुको पवित्र वासस्थान खडा भएको भूमिमा नै तरेर आउनुपर्छ र हाम्रो माझमा नै भाग लिन आउनुपर्छ । परमप्रभुको विरुद्ध विद्रोह मात्र नगर, न त परमप्रभुको वेदीबाहेक अन्य वेदी निर्माण गरेर हाम्रो विरुद्धमा विद्रोह गर ।
20 Did not Achan, the son of Zerah, do wrong about the cursed thing, causing wrath to come on all the people of Israel? And not on him only came the punishment of death.
के परमेश्वरलाई सुम्पेका थोकहरूको विषयमा जेरहको छोरो आकानले विश्वास तोडेनन्? के सबै इस्राएलका मानिसमाथि क्रोध परेन? त्यसको पापको निम्ति आफू मात्रै मरेन' ।”
21 Then the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh said in answer to the heads of the families of Israel,
त्यसपछि रूबेन, गाद, र मनश्शेका आधा कुलले इस्राएलका कुलका प्रमुखहरूलाई जवाफ दिए,
22 God, even God the Lord, God, even God the Lord, he sees, and Israel will see — if it is in pride or in sin against the Lord,
“हे सर्वशक्तिमान्, परमप्रभु परमेश्वर सर्वशक्तिमान्, हे परमप्रभु परमेश्वर! उहाँ जान्नुहुन्छ, इस्राएलले जानोस्! यदि यो विद्रोह वा विश्वास तोड्नलाई परमप्रभुको विरुद्धमा थियो भने,
23 That we have made ourselves an altar, being false to the Lord, keep us not safe from death this day; and if for the purpose of offering burned offerings on it and meal offerings, or peace-offerings, let the Lord himself send punishment for it;
परमप्रभुलाई पछ्याउनबाट आफै तर्कन यो वेदी बनाएका हौँ भने आज हामीलाई नछोड्नुहोस् ।
24 And if we have not, in fact, done this designedly and with purpose, having in our minds the fear that in time to come your children might say to our children, What have you to do with the Lord, the God of Israel?
यदि हामीले यो वेदी होमबलि, अन्नबलि वा मेलबलि चढाउनलाई निर्माण गरेका हौँ भने, परमप्रभुले हामीलाई यसको निम्ति मूल्य चुकाउन लगाउनुभएको होस् । होइन! हामीले आउँदो दिनमा तिमीहरूका सन्तानहरूले हाम्रा सन्तानहरूलाई यसो भन्लान् भन्ने डरले हामीले यसो गर्यौँ, 'परमप्रभु इस्राएलका परमेश्वरसँग तिमीहरूको के सरोकार?
25 For the Lord has made Jordan a line of division between us and you, the children of Reuben and the children of Gad; you have no part in the Lord: so your children will make our children give up fearing the Lord.
किनभने परमप्रभुले तिमीहरू र हामीबिच यर्दनलाई सिमान बनाउनुभएको छ । तिमीहरू रूबेन र गादका मानिसहरू, तिमीहरूको परमप्रभुसँग कुनै सरोकार छैन ।'
26 So we said, Let us now make an altar for ourselves, not for burned offerings or for the offerings of beasts:
त्यसैले तिमीहरूका सन्तानहरूले हाम्रा सन्तानहरूलाई परमप्रभुको आराधना गर्न छोड्न लगाउन सक्छन् । त्यसैले हामीले भन्यौ, 'एउटा वेदी बनाऔँ, न त कुनै होमबलि न त कुनै बलिदानको निम्ति,
27 But to be a witness between us and you, and between the future generations, that we have the right of worshipping the Lord with our burned offerings and our offerings of beasts and our peace-offerings; so that your children will not be able to say to our children in time to come, You have no part in the Lord.
तर हामीपछिका हाम्रा पुस्ताहरूका निम्ति हामीहरू र तिमीहरूबिच साक्षी हुनलाई, ताकि हामीले हाम्रा होमबलिहरू र हाम्रा मेलबलिसहित हामीले परमप्रभुको सेवा गर्न सकौँ, ताकि तिमीहरूका सन्तानहरूले हाम्रा सन्तानहरूलाई, “परमप्रभुमा तिमीहरूको कुनै हिस्सा छैन” भनी आउँदो समयमा कहिल्यै नभनून् ।'
28 For we said to ourselves, If they say this to us or to future generations, then we will say, See this copy of the Lord's altar which our fathers made, not for burned offerings or offerings of beasts, but for a witness between us and you.
त्यसैले हामीले भन्यौँ, 'यदि भविष्यमा हामीलाई वा हाम्रा सन्तानहरूलाई यसो भनिएमा, हामीले भन्नेथियौँ, “हेर, यो वेदीको प्रतिरूप, जुन हाम्रा पुर्खाहरूले न त होमबलि, न त बलिदानहरूको निम्ति, तर हामीहरू र तिमीहरू बिच गवाही हुनको निम्ति बनाए ।”
29 Never let it be said that we were false to the Lord, turning back this day from him and building an altar for burned offerings and meal offerings and offerings of beasts, in addition to the altar of the Lord our God which is before his House.
हामी आज परमप्रभुको पवित्र वासस्थान सामु रहेको हाम्रो परमप्रभु परमेश्वरको वेदीभन्दा अर्को वेदी होमबलि वा अन्नबलि वा बलिदानको निम्ति निर्माण गरेर उहाँलाई पछ्याउन छोडेर परमप्रभुको विरुद्धमा विद्रोह गर्ने कुरा हामीबाट दूर होस्' ।”
30 Then Phinehas the priest and the chiefs of the meeting and the heads of the families of Israel who were with him, hearing what the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the children of Manasseh said, were pleased.
जब पुजारी पीनहास र मानिसहरूका अगुवाहरू अर्थात् तिनीसँग भएका इस्राएलका कुलहरूका प्रमुखहरूले रूबेन, गाद र मनश्शेका मानिसहरूको कुरा सुने । यो तिनीहरूलाई नजरमा असल लाग्यो ।
31 And Phinehas, the son of Eleazar the priest, said to the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the children of Manasseh, Now we are certain that the Lord is among us, because you have not done this wrong against the Lord: and you have kept us from falling into the hands of the Lord.
एलाजारका छोरा पुजारी पीनहासले रूबेन, गाद र मनश्शेका मानिसहरूलाई भने, “आज परमप्रभु हाम्रा माझमा हुनुहुन्छ भनी हामीले थाहा पायौँ, किनभने तिमीहरूले यो उहाँको विरुद्धमा विश्वासलाई तोडेका छैनौ । अहिले तिमीहरूले इस्राएलका मानिसरूलाई परमप्रभुको हातबाट छुटकारा दिएका छौ ।”
32 Then Phinehas, the son of Eleazar the priest, and the chiefs went back from the land of Gilead, from the children of Reuben and the children of Gad, and came to the children of Israel in Canaan and gave them the news.
त्यसपछि एलाजारका छोरा पीनहास र अगुवाहरू रूबेनीहरू, गादीहरूको गिलादको मुलुकबाट कनानको भू-भागमा इस्राएलका मानिसहरूकहाँ फर्के र तिनीहरूलाई यो समाचार ल्याए । तिनीहरूको प्रतिवेदन इस्राएलका मानिसहरूको नजरमा असल थियो ।
33 And the children of Israel were pleased about this; and they gave praise to God, and had no more thought of going to war against the children of Reuben and the children of Gad for the destruction of their land.
इस्राएलका मानिसहरूले परमेश्वरको प्रशंसा गरे र रूबेनी र गादीहरूलाई तिनीहरू बसोबास गरेका ठाउँबाट नष्ट पार्नलाई तिनीहरूको विरुद्धमा युद्ध गर्नेबारे कुनै कुरा गरेनन् ।
34 And the children of Reuben and the children of Gad gave to that altar the name of Ed. For, they said, It is a witness between us that the Lord is God.
रूबेनीहरू र गादीहरूले त्यो वेदीलाई “साक्षी” नाउँ राखे, किनभने तिनीहरूले भने, “यो हामी र परमप्रभु नै परमेश्वर हुनुहन्छ भन्ने बिच साक्षी छ ।”
