< Judges 11 >

1 And Jephthae the Galaadite [was] a mighty man; and he [was] the son of a harlot, who bore Jephthae to Galaad.
गिलादी यिप्‍ता एक जना शक्तिशाली योद्धा थिए, तर तिनी एक जना वेश्याका छोरा थिए । गिलाद तिनका पिता थिए ।
2 And the wife of Galaad bore him sons; and the sons of his wife grew up, and they cast out Jephthae, and said to him, You shall not inherit in the house of our father, for you are the son of a concubine.
गिलादकी पत्‍नीले पनि तिनका निम्‍ति अरू छोराहरू जन्माइन् । जब तिनकी पत्‍नीकी छोराहरू हुर्के, तिनीहरूले यिप्‍तालाई घर छोड्न बाध्‍य पारे र तिनलाई भने, “हाम्रो परिवारबाट तैंले केही पनि पैतृक अंश पाउनेछैनस् । तँ अर्कै स्‍त्रीको छोरा होस् ।”
3 And Jephthae fled from the face of his brethren, and lived in the land of Tob; and vain men gathered to Jephthae, and went out with him.
यसैले यिप्‍ता आफ्ना दाजुभाइबाट भागे र तोब देशमा बसोबास गरे । हुर्दुङ्गे मानिसहरू यिप्‍तासँग मिले र उनीहरू आए र तिनीसँगै गए ।
4 And it came to pass when the children of Ammon prepared to fight with Israel,
केही दिनपछि, अम्मोनका मानिसहरूले इस्राएलको विरुद्ध युद्ध सुरु गरे ।
5 that the elders of Galaad went to fetch Jephthae from the land of Tob.
जब अम्मोनका मानिसहरूले इस्राएलको विरुद्ध युद्ध गरे, तब गिलादका एल्डरहरू तोब देशबाट यिप्‍तालाई फर्काएर ल्याउनको निम्ति त्यहाँ गए ।
6 And they said to Jephthae, Come, and be our head, and we will fight with the sons of Ammon.
तिनीहरूले यिप्‍तालाई भने, “आउनुहोस् र हाम्रो अगुवा हुनुहोस् ताकि हामी अम्मोनका मानिहरूसँग युद्ध लड्न सकौं ।”
7 And Jephthae said to the elders of Galaad, Did you not hate me, and cast me out of my father's house, and banish me from you? and therefore are you come to me now when you lack me?
यिप्‍ताले गिलादका अगुवाहरूलाई भने, “तपाईंहरूले मलाई हेला गर्नुभयो र मेरो पिताको घर छोडेर जान मलाई बाध्‍ये पार्नुभयो । अब तपाईंहरू समस्यामा पर्नुहुँदा चाहिं तपाईंहरू मकहाँ किन आउनुहुन्‍छ?”
8 And the elders of Galaad said to Jephthae, Therefore have we now turned to you, that you should go with us, and fight against the sons of Ammon, and be our head over all the inhabitants of Galaad.
गिलादका अगुवाहरूले यिप्‍तालाई भने, “त्यसकारण अब हामी तपाईंकहाँ फर्केका छौं । हामीसँग आउनुहोस् र अम्मोनका मानिसहरूसँग युद्ध गर्नुहोस्, र तपाईं नै गिलादमा बस्‍ने सबैका अगुवा हुनुहुनेछ ।”
9 And Jephthae said to the elders of Galaad, If you turn me back to fight with the children of Ammon, and the Lord should deliver them before me, then will I be your head.
यिप्‍ताले गिलादका अगुवाहरूलाई भने, “अम्मोनका मानिसहरूसँग युद्ध गर्नलाई तपाईंहरूले मलाई फेरि घर लानुभयो भने, र परमप्रभुले हामीलाई तिनीहरूमाथि विजय दिनुभयो भने, म तपाईंहरूका अगुवा हुनेछु ।”
10 And the elders of Galaad said to Jephthae, The Lord be witness between us, if we shall not do according to your word.
गिलादका अगुवाहरूले यिप्‍तालाई भने, “हामीले जस्‍तो भन्‍छौं त्यस्‍तै गरेनौं भने हाम्रा बिचमा परमप्रभु नै साक्षी हुनुहुन्‍छ!”
11 And Jephthae went with the elders of Galaad, and the people made him head and ruler over them: and Jephthae spoke all his words before the Lord in Massepha.
यसैले यिप्‍ता गिलादका अगुवाहरूसँग गए, र मानिसहरूले तिनलाई आफूमाथि अगुवा र कमाण्‍डर बनाए । जब यिप्‍ता मिस्पामा परमप्रभुको सामु थिए, तब तिनले आफूले गरेका सबै प्रतिज्ञाहरू दोहोर्‍याए ।
12 And Jephthae sent messengers to the king of the children of Ammon, saying, What have I to do with you, that you have come against me to fight in my land?
अनि यिप्‍ताले अम्मोनका मानिसहरूका राजाकहाँ यसो भनेर दूतहरू पठाए, “हाम्रा बिचमा के कुराले द्वन्द भएको हो? हाम्रो देश कब्‍जा गर्न सेनासित तपाईं किन आउनुभएको छ?”
13 And the king of the children of Ammon said to the messengers of Jephthae, Because Israel took my land when he went up out of Egypt, from Arnon to Jaboc, and to Jordan: now then return them peaceably and I will depart.
अम्मोनका मानिसहरूका राजाले यिप्‍ताका दूतहरूलाई जवाफ दिए, “किनभने जब इस्राएल मिश्रदेशबाट आए, तब तिनीहरूले मेरो देशलाई अर्नोनदेखि यब्बोक हुँदै यर्दनसम्म कब्‍जा गरे । अब शान्तिसित ती जमिन फिर्ता दिनुहोस् ।”
14 And Jephthae again sent messengers to the king of the children of Ammon,
फेरि यिप्‍ताले अम्मोनका मानिसहरूका राजाकहाँ दूतहरू पठाए,
15 and said to him, Thus says Jephthae, Israel took not the land of Moab, nor the land of the children of Ammon;
र तिनले भने, “यिप्‍ता यसो भन्छन्: इस्राएलले मोआब देश र अम्मोनका मानिसहरूका देशलाई लिएको थिएन,
16 for in their going up out of Egypt Israel went in the wilderness as far as the sea of Siph, and came to Cades.
तर तिनीहरू मिश्रदेशबाट आए, र इस्राएल उजाड-स्‍थान हुँदै लाल समुद्रमा र कादेशमा गए ।
17 And Israel sent messengers to the king of Edom, saying, I will pass, if it please you, by your land: and the king of Edom complied not: and [Israel] also sent to the king of Moab, and he did not consent; and Israel sojourned in Cades.
जब इस्राएलले यसो भनेर एदोमका राजालाई दूतहरू पठाए, ‘कृपया हामीलाई तपाईंको देशबाट भएर जान दिनुहोस्,’ एदोमका राजाले सुनेनन् । तिनीहरूले मोआबका राजाकहाँ पनि दूतहरू पठाए, तर तिनले इन्कार गरे । यसरी इस्राएलचाहिं कादेशमा नै बसे ।
18 And [they] journeyed in the wilderness, and compassed the land of Edom and the land of Moab: and they came by the east of the land of Moab, an encamped in the country beyond Arnon, and came not within the borders of Moab, for Arnon [is] the border of Moab.
त्यसपछि तिनीहरू उजाड-स्‍थानबाट गए र एदोम र मोआबको देशबाट टाढा गए, र तिनीहरू मोआब देशको पूर्वी ठाउँ हुँदै हिंडे र तिनीहरूले अर्नोनको अर्कोपट्टि छाउनी हाले । तर तिनीहरू मोआबको सिमानाभित्र गएनन्, किनकि अर्नोनचाहिं मोआबको सिमानामा थियो ।
19 And Israel sent messengers to Seon king of the Amorite, king of Esbon, and Israel said to him, Let us pass, we pray you, by your land to our place.
इस्राएलले हेश्बोनमा राज्‍य गर्ने एमोरीहरूका राजा सीहोनकहाँ दूतहरू पठाए । इस्राएलले उनलाई भने, ‘कृपया हामीलाई आफ्‍नो देशमा जानलाई तपाईंको देशको बाटो भएर जान दिनुहोस् ।’
20 And Seon did not trust Israel to pass by his coast; and Seon gathered all his people, and they encamped at Jasa; and he set the battle in array against Israel.
तर आफ्नो सिमानाभित्रबाट जानको निम्ति सीहोनले इस्राएलमाथि विश्‍वास गरेनन् । यसैले सीहोनले आफ्ना सबै सेना जाम्‍मा गरे र उनले तिनीहरूलाई यहसामा लगे, र त्यहाँ उनले इस्राएलको विरुद्ध युद्ध गरे ।
21 And the Lord God of Israel delivered Seon and all his people into the hand of Israel, and they struck him; and Israel inherited all the land of the Amorite who lived in that land,
तब इस्राएलका परमप्रभु परमेश्‍वरले सीहोन र तिनका सारा मानिसलाई इस्राएलको हातमा दिनुभयो र तिनीहरूले उनीहरूलाई परास्त गरे । यसैले इस्राएलले एमोरीहरूको देशको सबै जमिन अधिकार गरे ।
22 from Arnon and to Jaboc, and from the wilderness to Jordan.
तिनीहरूले एमोरीहरूका सिमानाभित्र अर्नोनदेखि यब्बोकसम्म, र उजाड-स्‍थानदेखि यर्दनसम्म हरेक कुरामा अधीन गरे ।
23 And now the Lord God of Israel has removed the Amorite from before his people Israel, and shall you inherit his [land]?
यसरी इस्राएलका परमप्रभु परमेश्‍वरले आफ्‍ना मानिस इस्राएलको सामुबाट एमोरीहरूलाई खेद्‍नुभएको हो, र के तपाईं अब उनीहरूको देशमाथि अधिकार गर्नुहुन्‍छ?
24 Will you not inherit those possessions which Chamos your god shall cause you to inherit; and shall not we inherit the [land of] all those whom the Lord our God has removed from before you?
के तपाईंहरूका देवता कमोशले तपाईंहरूलाई जुन देश दिन्छन्, त्यही तपाईंहरू लिनुहुन्‍छ होइन र? यसैले हाम्रा परमप्रभु परमेश्‍वरले जुन देश हामीलाई दिनुभएको छ, त्‍यो हामी अधिकार गर्छौं ।
25 And now are you any better than Balac son of Sepphor, king of Moab? did he indeed fight with Israel, or indeed make war with him,
के अब तपाईं मोआबका राजा, सिप्पोरका छोरा बालकभन्दा असल हुनुहुन्‍छ र? के तिनले इस्राएलसँग बहस गर्ने आँट गरे?
26 when [Israel] lived in Esebon and in its coasts, and in the land of Aroer and in its coasts, and in all the cities by Jordan, three hundred years? and therefore did you not recover them in that time?
जब इस्राएल हेश्बोन र त्यसका गाउँहरू, र अरोएर र त्यसका गाउँहरू, र अर्नोनका किनारका सबै सहरहरूमा तिन सय वर्षसम्‍म बसोबास गर्दा, तपाईंहरूले किन त्यस बेला ती फिर्ता लिनुभएन?
27 And now I have not sinned against you, but you wrong me in preparing war against me: may the Lord the Judge judge this day between the children of Israel and the children of Ammon.
मैले तपाईंहरूलाई केही गलत गरेको छैनँ, तर तपाईंहरूले मलाई आक्रमण गरेर मेरो खराबी गर्दै हुनुहुन्‍छ । न्यायकर्ता परमप्रभुले नै आज इस्राएलका मानिस र अम्मोनका मानिसहरूका बिचमा निर्णय गर्नुहुनेछ ।”
28 But the king of the children of Ammon listened not to the words of Jephthae, which he sent to him.
तर अम्मोनका मानिसहरूका राजाले यिप्‍ताले पठाएका चेतावनीलाई इन्कार गरे ।
29 And the spirit of the Lord came upon Jephthae, and he passed over Galaad, and Manasse, and passed by the watch-tower of Galaad to the other side of the children of Ammon.
तब परमप्रभुको आत्मा यिप्‍तामाथि आउनुभयो, र तिनी गिलाद र मनश्शेबाट भएर गए, र गिलादको मिस्पाबाट भएर तिनी अम्मोनका मानिसहरूकहाँ पुगे ।
30 And Jephthae vowed a vow to the Lord, and said, If you will indeed deliver the children of Ammon into my hand,
यिप्‍ताले परमप्रभुसँग एउटा बाकल गरे र भने, “तपाईंले मलाई अम्मोनका मानिसहरूमाथि विजय दिनुभयो भने,
31 then it shall come to pass that whoever shall first come out of the door of my house to meet me when I return in peace from the children of Ammon, he shall be the Lord's: I will offer him up for a whole burnt offering.
अम्मोनका मानिसहरूबाट म शान्‍तमा फर्केर आउँदा मेरा घरको ढोकाहरूबाट मलाई भेट्न जेसुकै कुरा बाहिर आए पनि त्‍यो परमप्रभुको हुनेछ, र त्‍यसलाई म होमबलिको रूपमा चढाउनेछु ।”
32 And Jephthae advanced to meet the sons of Ammon to fight against them; and the Lord delivered them into his hand.
यसैले अम्मोनीहरूसँग युद्ध गर्न यिप्‍ता तिनीहरूकहाँ गए, र परमप्रभुले उनलाई विजय दिनुभयो ।
33 And he struck them from Aroer till [one] comes to Arnon, in number twenty cities, and as far as Ebelcharmim, with a very great destruction: and the children of Ammon were straitened before the children of Israel.
तिनले तिनीहरूलाई आक्रमण गरे र अरोएरदेखि मिन्‍नीतसम्म बिसवटा सहर र हाबिल-करमीमसम्म ठुलो सङ्ख्यामा मारे । यसरी अम्मोनका मानिसहरूलाई इस्राएलका मानिसहरूको अधीनमा पारे ।
34 And Jephthae came to Massepha to his house; and behold, his daughter came forth to meet him with timbrels and dances; and she was his only child, he had not another son or daughter.
यिप्‍ता आफ्नो घर मिस्पामा आए र त्यहाँ तिनकी छोरी तिनलाई भेट्न खैंजडी बजाउँदै र नाच्दै बाहिर आइन् । यिनी तिनकी एक मात्र छोरी थिइन्, र यिनीबाहेक तिनको अरू छोरा वा छोरी थिएन ।
35 And it came to pass when he saw her, that he tore his garments, and said, Ah, ah, my daughter, you have indeed troubled me, and you were the cause of my trouble; and I have opened my mouth against you to the Lord, and I shall not be able to return from it.
तिनले उनलाई देख्‍नेबित्तिकै, तिनले आफ्ना लुगाहरू च्याते र भने, “ओहो, मेरी छोरी! तिमीले मलाई दुःखले चुर पारेकी छ्‍यौ, र मलाई कष्‍ट दिने एउटा कारण तिमी भएकी छ्‍यौ! किनकि मैले परमप्रभुसँग एउटा भाकल गरेको छु, र मेरो भाकलबाट म पछि हट्न सक्दिनँ ।”
36 And she said to him, Father, have you opened your mouth to the Lord? Do to me accordingly as [the word] went out of your mouth, in that the Lord has wrought vengeance for you on your enemies of the children of Ammon.
उनले तिनलाई भनिन्, “मेरा बुबा, तपाईंले परमप्रभुसँग भाकल गर्नुभएको छ, तपाईंले प्रतिज्ञा गर्नुभएको हरेक कुरा मलाई गर्नुहोस्, किनभने परमप्रभुले तपाईंका शत्रु अम्मोनीहरूसँग बदला लिनुभएको छ ।”
37 And she said to her father, Let my father now do this thing: let me alone for two months, and I will go up and down on the mountains, and I will bewail my virginity, I and my companions.
उनले आफ्नो बुबालाई भनिन्, “मेरो निम्ति यो प्रतिज्ञा पुरा होस् । मलाई दुई महिनाको लागि मात्र छोडिदिनुहोस्, ताकि म र मेरा सहेलीहरू तल पहाडहरूमा जान र आफ्नो कुमारी अवस्थाको मृत्युको निम्ति शोक पाऊँ ।”
38 And he said, Go: and he sent her away for two months; and she went, and her companions, and she bewailed her virginity on the mountains.
तिनले भने, “जाऊ ।” तिनले उनलाई दुई महिनाको निम्ति पठाइदिए । उनी र उनका सहेलीहरू तिनीसँग बिदा भए, र तिनीहरूले उनको कुमारी अवस्थाको मृत्युको निम्ति पहाडहरूमा शोक गरे ।
39 And it came to pass at the end of the two months that she returned to her father; and he performed upon her his vow which he vowed; and she knew no man:
दुई महिनाको अन्त्यमा उनी आफ्ना बुबाकहाँ फर्किन्, र आफूले गरेको भाकलअनुसार तिनले उनलाई गरे । यति बेलासम्‍म उनले कुनै मानिससित सहवास गरेकी थिइनन्, र इस्राएलमा एउटा यस्तो प्रचलन बन्यो,
40 and it was an ordinance in Israel, [That] the daughters of Israel went from year to year to bewail the daughter of Jephthae the Galaadite for four days in a year.
कि हरेक वर्ष इस्राएलका छोरीहरूले चार दिनसम्म गिलादी यिप्‍ताकी छोरीको कथालाई दोहोर्‍याउने गर्थे ।

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