< Malachias 3 >

1 Behold, I send forth my messenger, and he shall survey the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come into his temple, even the angel of the covenant, whom ye take pleasure in: behold, he is coming, saith the Lord Almighty.
“हेर, म आफ्नो समाचारवाहक पठाउँदै छु, र तिनले मेरो अगि बाटो तयार पार्नेछन् । अनि तिमीहरूले खोजेका प्रभु एक्‍कासी आफ्नो मन्दिरमा आउनेछन् । करारका समाचारवाहक जसमा तिमीहरू रमाहट गर्दछौ, हेर, तिनी आउनेछन्,” सेनाहरूका परमप्रभु भन्‍नुहुन्छ ।
2 And who will abide the day of his coming? or who will withstand at his appearing? for he is coming in as the fire of a furnace and as the herb of fullers.
तर उहाँको आगमनको दिन कसले सहन सक्छ र? उहाँ आउनुहुँदा को खडा हुन सक्छ र? किनभने उहाँ सुनारको आगो र धोबीको साबूनझैँ हुनुहुनेछ ।
3 He shall sit to melt and purify as it were silver, and as it were gold: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and refine them as gold and silver, and they shall offer to the Lord an offering in righteousness.
उहाँ चाँदी खार्ने र सफा गर्नेझैँ गरी बस्‍नुहुनेछ, र उहाँले लेवीका छोराहरूलाई शुद्ध पार्नुहुनेछ । उहाँले तिनीहरूलाई सुन र चाँदीलाई झैँ खार्नुहुनेछ, र तिनीहरूले धार्मिकताका भेटीहरू परमप्रभुकहाँ ल्याउनेछन् ।
4 And the sacrifice of Juda and Jerusalem shall be pleasing to the Lord, according to the former days, and according to the former years.
त्यसपछि यहूदा र यरूशलेमको भेटी, पुराना दिनमा झैँ, र प्राचीन वर्षहरूमा झैँ परमप्रभुको निम्ति प्रसन्‍न तुल्याउने किसिमको हुनेछ ।
5 And I will draw near to you in judgment; and I will be a sift witness against the witches, and against the adulteresses, and against them that swear falsely by my name, and against them that keep back the hireling's wages, and them that oppress the widow, and afflict orphans, and that wrest the judgment of the stranger, and fear not me, saith the Lord Almighty.
“अनि न्यायको निम्ति म तिमीहरूको नजिक आउनेछु । टुनामुना गर्नेहरू, व्यभिचारीहरू, झुटा साक्षी दिनेहरू, ज्यालादारीमा काम गर्ने श्रमिक, विधवा र टुहुरा-टुहुरीलाई दमन गर्नेहरू, परदेशीहरूलाई सहायता नगर्नेहरू, र मलाई आदर नगर्नेहरूका विरुद्ध म नै साक्षी हुनेछु,” सेनाहरूका परमप्रभु भन्‍नुहुन्छ ।
6 For I am the Lord your God, and I am not changed:
“किनभने म, परमप्रभु परिवर्तन भएको छैनँ, यसैकारण याकूबका सन्तान हो, तिमीहरू नष्‍ट भएका छैनौ ।
7 but ye, the sons of Jacob, have not refrained from the iniquities of your fathers: ye have perverted my statutes, and have not kept them. Return to me, and I will return to you, saith the Lord Almighty. But ye said, Wherein shall we return?
तिमीहरूका पिता-पुर्खाका समयदेखि नै तिमीहरू मेरा आज्ञाहरूबाट टाढा गएका छौ र ती पालना गरेका छैनौ । मकहाँ फर्क र म तिमीहरूकहाँ फर्कनेछु,” सेनाहरूका परमप्रभु भन्‍नुहुन्छ । “तर तिमीहरू भन्छौ, ‘हामी कसरी फर्कने?’
8 Will a man insult God? for ye insult me. But ye say, Wherein have we insulted thee? In that the tithes and first-fruits are with you [still].
के कुनै मानिसले परमेश्‍वरलाई लुट्छ? तर तिमीहरूले मलाई लुटिरहेका छौ । तर तिमीहरू भन्छौ, ‘हामीले कसरी तपाईंलाई लुटेका छौँ?’ दशांश र भेटीमा ।
9 And ye do surely look off from me, and ye insult me.
तिमीहरू श्रापित भएका छौ, किनभने तिमीहरू सारा जातिले मलाई लुटिरहेका छौ ।
10 The year is completed, and ye have brought all the produce into the storehouses; but there shall be the plunder thereof in its house: return now on this behalf, saith the Lord Almighty, [see] if I will not open to you the torrents of heaven, and pour out my blessing upon you, until ye are satisfied.
भण्डारमा पूर्ण दशांश ल्याओ, ताकि मेरो भवनमा भोजन होस्, र मैले स्वर्गका ढोकाहरू खोलेर तिमीहरूकहाँ राख्‍ने ठाउँ नहुनेसम्‍म गरी तिमीहरूमाथि आशिष् खन्याउँछु, कि खन्याउँदिन, यसमा मलाई जाँचेर हेर,” सेनाहरूका परमप्रभु भन्‍नुहुन्छ ।
11 And I will appoint food for you, and I will not destroy the fruit of your land; and your vine in the field shall not fail, saith the Lord Almighty.
“तिमीहरूका बालीहरू नष्‍ट गर्नेहरूको विरुद्ध म बोल्नेछु, ताकि तिनीहरूले तिमीहरूका भूमिको जम्‍मै फसल नष्‍ट नगरून् । भूमिका तिमीहरूका दाखको बोटले आफ्ना फल गुमाउनेछैनन्,” सेनाहरूका परमप्रभु भन्‍नुहुन्छ ।
12 And all nations shall call you blessed: for ye shall be a desirable land, saith the Lord Almighty.
“सारा जातिहरूले तिमीहरूलाई आशिषित् भन्‍नेछन्, किनभने तिमीहरू रमाहटको देश हुनेछौ,” सेनाहरूका परमप्रभु भन्‍नुहुन्छ ।
13 Ye have spoken grievous words against me, saith the Lord. Yet ye said, Wherein have we spoken against thee?
“मेरो विरूद्ध तिमीहरूका वचन कडा भएका छन्,” परमप्रभु भन्‍नुहुन्छ । “तर तिमीहरू भन्छौ, ‘हामीहरूले हाम्रो बिचमा तपाईंको विरुद्ध के भनेका छौँ?’
14 Ye said, He that serves God labours in vain: and what have we gained in that we have kept his ordinances, and in that we have walked as suppliants before the face of the Lord Almighty?
तिमीहरूले भनेका छौ, ‘परमेश्‍वरको सेवा गर्नु व्यर्थ छ । हामीले उहाँले भनेअनुसार गरेर वा सेनाहरूहरूका परमप्रभुको अगि विलाप गर्दै हिँडेर हामीलाई के लाभ?
15 And now we pronounce strangers blessed; and all they who act unlawfully are built up; and they have resisted God, and [yet] have been delivered.
यसैकारण अब हामी हठीहरूलाई नै आशिषित् भन्छौँ । दुष्‍ट काम गर्नेहरू सफल मात्र हुँदैनन्, तर तिनीहरूले परमेश्‍वरलाई जाँच गरेर उम्कन्छन् ।’”
16 Thus spoke they that feared the Lord, every one to his neighbour: and the Lord gave heed, and hearkened, and he wrote a book of remembrance before him for them that feared the Lord and reverenced his name.
अनि परमप्रभुको भय मान्‍नेहरू एक-आपसमा बोले । परमप्रभुले ध्यान दिनुभयो र सुन्‍नुभयो, र परमप्रभुको भय मान्‍ने र उहाँको नाउँलाई आदर गर्नेहरूका विषयमा उहाँकै सामु सम्झनाको पुस्तक लेखियो ।
17 And they shall be mine, saith the Lord Almighty, in the day which I appoint for a peculiar possession; and I will make choice of them, as a man makes choice of his son that serves him.
“मैले काम गर्ने दिनमा, तिनीहरू मेरा हुनेछन्, मेरो आफ्नै धन-सम्पत्ति हुनेछन्,” सेनाहरूका परमप्रभु भन्‍नुहुन्छ । बुबाको सेवा गर्ने छोरोमाथि त्यो बुबाले दया देखाएझैँ, म तिनीहरूमाथि दया देखाउनेछु ।
18 Then shall ye return, and discern between the righteous and the wicked, and between him that serves God, and him that serves [him] not.
अनि फेरि एकपटक तिमीहरूले धर्मी र दुष्‍ट बिच भिन्‍नता गर्नेछौ, तिनीहरूबिच जसले परमेश्‍वरको आराधना गर्छन् र जसले उहाँको आराधना गर्दैनन् ।

< Malachias 3 >