< Isaiah 13 >

1 This is the message Isaiah, son of Amoz, received about Babylon.
बेबिलोन बारेमा आमोजका छोरा यशैयाले प्राप्‍त गरेका घोषणाः
2 Set up a banner on a bare hilltop; shout out to them; wave your hand to encourage them to enter the palaces of princes.
नाङ्गो पहाडमाथि चिन्हका झण्डाहरू खडा गर, तिनका निम्‍ति उच्‍च सोरले कराओ, भारदारहरूका ढोकाहरूमा जानलाई हातले इशारा गर ।
3 I have ordered the ones I have chosen to attack; I have called my warriors to execute my furious judgment and to celebrate my triumph.
मेरो पवित्र जनलाई मैले आज्ञा गरेको छु, हो, मेरो क्रोध पुरा गर्न आफ्‍ना शक्तिशाली मानिसहरूलाई, गर्भका साथ आनन्दित हुने मेरो जनलाई समेत मैले बोलाएको छु ।
4 A noise comes from the mountains, sounding like that of a huge crowd! It's the roaring sound from the kingdoms, from nations gathering together! The Lord Almighty is calling up an army for war.
पर्वतहरूमा एउटा भीडको जस्‍तो धेरै जना मानिसहरूको हल्ला! धेरै जातिहरू भेला भएका राज्यहरूको होहल्लाको आवाज! सर्वशक्तिमान् परमप्रभुले युद्धका निम्ति फौज भेला पार्दै हुनुहुन्‍छ ।
5 They are coming from distant lands, from beyond the far horizons—the Lord and the weapons of his fury—coming to destroy the whole country.
तिनीहरू टाढा देशहरूबाट, क्षितिज परको बाटोबाट आउँछन् । परमप्रभुले आफ्नो न्यायको माध्‍यामले सम्‍पूर्ण देशलाई नाश गर्नुहुन्छ ।
6 Howl in fear, for the day of the Lord is approaching—the time when the Almighty destroys.
डाँको छोडेर रोओ, किनकि परमप्रभुको दिन नजिकै छ । यो सर्वशक्तिमान्‌बाट विनाशसँगै आउँछ ।
7 Everyone's hands will fall limp, and everyone will lose their minds in panic.
यसकारण सबै हात कमजोर हुन्छन् र हरेक मुटुले ठाउँ छोड्छ ।
8 They will be terrified; pain and anguish will seize them; they will suffer like a woman giving birth. They will look in shock at each other, their faces burning in fear.
तिनीहरू त्रसित हुनेछन् । प्रसव वेदनामा परेकी स्‍त्रलाई झै तिनीहरूलाई पीडा र वेदनाले समात्‍छ । तिनीहरूले चकित हुँदै एकअर्कालाई हेर्नेछन् । तिनीहरूका अनुहारहरू राता हुनेछन् ।
9 Look! The day of the Lord is coming—cruel, with fury and fierce anger—to devastate the land and to wipe out its sinners.
हेर, देशलाई विनाश पार्न र त्‍यसबाट पापीहरूलाई नाश पार्न, परमप्रभुको दिन निर्दयी क्रोध र प्रचूर रिस लिएर आउँछ ।
10 The stars in the constellations of heaven above will not shine. When the sun rises it will stay dark. The moon will give no light.
आकाशका ताराहरू र तारा पुन्‍जहरूले आफ्‍ना प्रकाश दिनेछैनन् । बिहानैदेखि सूर्य नै अध्याँरो हुनेछ र चन्द्रमा चम्कनेछैन ।
11 I will punish the world for its evil, and the wicked for their sin, says the Lord. I will put an end to the conceit of the arrogant, and I will humiliate tyrants and their pride.
संसारलाई त्‍यसको दुष्‍टताको निम्‍ति अनि दुष्‍टहरूलाई तिनीहरूका अपराधको निम्ति म सजाय दिनेछु । घमण्डीको अहङ्कारलाई म अन्त गर्नेछु र निर्दयीको अहङ्कारलाई तल खसाल्‍नेछु ।
12 I will make people scarcer than pure gold, rarer than the gold of Ophir.
मानिसहरूलाई निखुर सुनभन्दा पनि दुर्लभ र मानवजाति भेट्न ओपीरको शुद्ध सुनभन्दा पनि कठिन म बनाउनेछु ।
13 So I will shake the heavens and make the earth jump out of its place because of the fury of the Lord Almighty, at the time when his anger burns.
यसकारण सर्वशक्तिमान् परमभुको डरलाग्‍दो क्रोध र उहाँको प्रचण्‍ड रिसको दिनमा, आकाशलाई म हल्लाउनेछु, र पृथ्वी आफ्‍नो ठाउँमा हल्‍लिनेछ ।
14 Like a gazelle being hunted, or like sheep without a shepherd, the Babylonians will return to their own people, they will run away to their own land.
लखेटिएको हरिण वा गठालो नभएको भेडाझैं, हरेक मानिस आफ्ना मानिसतिर फर्कनेछ र आफ्नै देशतिर भाग्‍नेछ ।
15 Anyone who is captured will be stabbed to death; anyone who is caught will be killed by the sword.
भेट्टाइएका हरेक व्‍यक्‍तिलाई मारिनेछ र कब्जा गरिएका हरेक व्‍यक्‍ति तरवारले मर्नेछ ।
16 Their little children will be dashed to pieces as they watch, their houses will be looted, and their wives will be raped.
तिनीहरू दूधे बालकहरूलाई पनि तिनीहरूकै आँखाको सामु पछारेर टुक्रा-टुक्रा पारिनेछ । तिनीहरूका घरहरू लुटिनेछ र तिनीहरूका पत्‍नीहरूलाई बलत्‍कार गरिनेछ ।
17 I'm going to get the Medes to attack them, people who don't care about silver or gold.
हेर, तिनीहरूलाई आक्रमण गर्न मैले मादीहरूलाई उक्साउनै लागेको छु, जसले चाँदीको ख्याल गर्दैनन् न त तिनीहरू सुनमा नै खुसी हुन्छन् ।
18 Their bows will slaughter their young men; they will show no mercy to babies; they will have no pity on children.
तिनीहरूका धनुले जवान मानिसहरूलाई प्रहार गर्नेछ । तिनीहरूले दूधे बालकहरूलाई दया देखाउँदैनन् र तिनीहरूले बालबालिकालाई दया देखाउँदैनन् ।
19 Babylon, the most marvelous city of any kingdom, the greatest pride of the Babylonian people, will be demolished by God like Sodom and Gomorrah.
त्यसपछि राज्यहरूमध्ये धेरै प्रशंसा गरिएको कल्दीहरूका गौरवको वैभव बेबिलोनलाई, परमेश्‍वरले सदोम र गमोरालाई झैं नष्‍ट पार्नुहुनेछ ।
20 No one will ever live in Babylon again. It will be deserted—no desert nomad will set up a tent there, no shepherd will bring a flock to rest there.
पुस्‍तौं-पुस्‍तासम्म त्‍यसमा कोही बसोवास गर्नेछैनन् । अरबीले त्यहाँ आफ्नो पाल टाँग्‍नेछैन, न त गोठालाहरूले आफ्ना बगालहरूलाई त्यहाँ विश्राम गराउनेछन् ।
21 Only desert animals will make their homes there, and the ruined houses will be inhabited by wild dogs. Owls will live there, and wild goats will leap around.
तर मरूभुमिका जङ्‍गली पशुहरू त्यहाँ बस्‍नेछन् । तिनीहरूका घरहरू लाटोकोसेराले भरिनेछन् । सुतुर्मुगहरू र घोरलहरू त्यहाँ उफ्रनेछन् ।
22 Hyenas will howl in her fortresses and jackals in her lavish palaces. Babylon's time is coming soon—they will not last much longer.
तिनीहरूका किल्लाहरूमा हुँडारहरू कराउनेछन् र तिनीहरूका सुन्दर दरबारहरूमा स्यालहरू हुनेछन् । त्यसको समय नजिकै छ र त्यसका दिनहरू बिलम्व हुनेछैनन् ।

< Isaiah 13 >