Isaiah 48
1 Listen to this, descendants of Jacob, called by the name of Israel, and who come from the lineage of Judah. Listen, you people who swear by the name of the Lord, or who invoke the God of Israel, but not truly or sincerely.
ए याकूबको घराना, यो कुरा सुन जसलाई इस्राएलको नाउँले बोलाइन्छ र यहूदाको वीर्यबाट आएको छ । तिमीहरू जसले परमप्रभुको नाउँमा शपथ खान्छौ र इस्राएलको परमेश्वरलाई पुकार्छौ, तर साँचो रूपले गर्दैनौ न धार्मिक तरिकाले गर्छौ ।
2 You say you're from the “Holy City,” and claim you're trusting in the God of Israel, whose name is the Lord Almighty.
किनकि तिनीहरूले आफूलाई पवित्र सहरका मानिसहरू भन्छन् र इस्राएलको परमेश्वरमा भरोसा गर्छन् । सर्वशक्तिमान् परमप्रभु उहाँको नाउँ हो ।
3 I predicted long ago what was going to happen—I said it and let people know. Then suddenly I decided to act, and it all came true.
“मैले धेरै पहिलेदेखि नै घोषणा गरेको छु । तिनीहरू मेरो मुखबाट निस्के र मैले नै तिनीहरूलाई प्रकट गरें । तब मैले अचानक ती गरें र ती हुन आए ।
4 I know how stubborn you are, with necks as unbending as iron and foreheads as hard as bronze.
किनभने तिमीहरू हठी भएको म जान्दथें, तिमीहरूका गर्दनका मांशपेशी फलामजस्तै कडा थियो, अनि तिमीहरूका निधार काँसाजस्तै थियो,
5 I predicted these things to you long ago, before they happened. I explained them to you so that you couldn't say “My idol did this,” or “My image and my metal god ordered this to happen.”
यसकारण मैले यी कुराहरू तिमीहरूलाई पहिले नै बताएँ । ती हुनुअगि नै मैले तिमीहरूलाई जानकारी दिएँ, त्यसैले तिमीहरूले यसो भन्न सक्नेछैनौ, 'मेरो मूर्तीले त्यो गरेको छ,' वा 'मेरो खोपेको आकृति र मेरो धातुबाट बनाइएको आकृतिले यी कुराहरू ठहराए ।’
6 You've heard all I predicted, and seen it happen. Won't you admit it? Now I'm going to tell you new things, secrets you don't know anything about.
तिमीहरूले यी कुराहरूका बारेमा सुन्यौ । यी सबै प्रमाणलाई हेर । अनि के मैले जे भनें सो सत्य हो भनी तिमीहरू स्वीकार गर्नेछैनौ? अबदेखि, तिमीहरूले नजानेका नयाँ कुराहरू, लुकाइएका थोकहरू म तिमीहरूलाई देखाउँदैछु ।
7 These are brand-new, not something from the past. Before today you won't have heard anything about them, so you can't say, “Oh yes, I know about that.”
अहिले र पहिलेदेखि होइन, तिनीहरू अस्तित्वमा आउँछन् र आजभन्दा पहिले तिनीहरूका बारेमा तिमीहरूले सुनेका छैनौ, त्यसैले तिमीहरूले यसो भन्न सक्दैनौ, 'हो, तिनीहरूका बारेमा मलाई थाहा थियो ।'
8 No, you've never heard that, and you've never known that! Nobody's told you about that before! I know how deviously you operate—you're called “rebels from birth”!
तिमीहरूले कहिल्यै सुनेनौ । तिमीहरूले जानेनौ । यी कुराहरू तिमीहरूका कानमा यसअघि भनिएको थिएन । किनकि तिमीहरू धेरै छली भएका छौ र जन्मैदेखि तिमीहरू विद्रोही भएका छौ भनी मलाई थाहा थियो ।
9 But because of my nature I am delaying my punishment; and because of my reputation, I'm not going to destroy you.
मेरै नाउँको निम्ति म आफ्नो क्रोधलाई ढिला गर्नेछु, मेरो इज्जतको निम्ति म तिमीहरूलाई नाश गर्न रोक्नेछु ।
10 Look how I've refined you, but not like silver—I chose you in the furnace of trouble.
हेर, तिमीहरूलाई मैले शुद्ध पारें, तर चाँदीलाई झैं होइन । तिमीहरूलाई मैले दुःखकष्टको भट्टीमा शुद्ध पारेको छु ।
11 The reason I'm doing this is because of who I am, yes, because of my very nature. I won't let my reputation be damaged—I won't let anyone else have it.
मेरै निम्ति, मेरै निम्ति म काम गर्नेछु । किनकि मेरो नाउँलाई म कसरी अपवित्र हुन दिन सक्छु र? म आफ्नो महिमा अरू कसैलाई दिनेछैन ।
12 Listen to me, Jacon, and Israel, the one I called. Only I am God. I am the first, and I am the last.
ए याकूब, मेरो कुरा सुन्, ए इस्राएल जसलाई मैले बोलाएँ: म उही हुँ । म पहिलो हुँ र म अन्तिम पनि हुँ ।
13 I laid the foundations of the earth with my own hands; I personally spread out the heavens. When I call the stars, they all take their positions.
हो, मेरो हातले पृथ्वीको जग बसाल्यो र मेरो दाहिने हातले आकाश फिंजायो । जब म तिनीहरूलाई बोलाउँछु, तब तिनीहरू एकसाथ खडा हुन्छन् ।
14 Everyone gather round and listen. Which of your “gods” told you anything like this? The one the Lord loves will carry out the Lord's wishes against Babylon—he will attack the Babylonians.
तिमीहरू सबैले आफूलाई भेला पार र सुन! तिमीहरूका माझमा कसले यी कुराहरू घोषणा गरेको छ? परमप्रभुको मित्रले बेबिलोनविरुद्ध उहाँको उद्देश्य पुरा गर्ने छ । कल्दीहरूका विरुद्धमा उसले परमप्रभुको इच्छा पुरा गर्नेछन् ।
15 I myself have spoken. I have called him to do this, and he will be successful in what he does.
म, मैले बोलेको छु, हो, मैले त्यसलाई बोलाएको छु, मैले त्यसलाई ल्याएको छु र त्यो सफल हुनेछ ।
16 Come close to me, and listen to this. From the very beginning I haven't spoken in secret; I am always there right when it happens. Now the Lord God and his Spirit has sent me to tell you this:
मेरो नजिक आओ र यो कुरा सुनः “सुरुदेखि नै मैले गुप्तमा बोलेको छैन । जब यो हुन्छ, तब म त्यहाँ हुन्छु ।” अहिले परमप्रभु परमेश्वरले मलाई र उहाँको आत्मालाई पठाउनुभएको छ ।
17 This is what the Lord says, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel, I am the Lord your God. I am the one who teaches you what is good for you, who leads you along the way you should go.
परमप्रभु, तिमीहरूका उद्धारक, इस्राएलका परमपवित्र यसो भन्नुहुन्छ, “म परमप्रभु तिमीहरूका परमेश्वर हुँ, जसले कसरी सफल हुने भनी सिकाउँछ, जसले तिमीहरू जानुपर्ने बाटोमा डोर्याउँछ ।
18 If you had only listened carefully to what I told you! Then your blessings would have flowed like a river, and goodness would have washed over you like the waves of the sea.
तिमीहरूले मेरा आज्ञाहरू मात्र पालन गरेका भए । तिमीहरूका शान्ति र समृद्धि नदीझैं बग्ने थियो र तिमीहरूका उद्धार समुद्रको छालझैं हुनेथियो ।
19 Your children, your descendants, would have been like all those grains of sand. They wouldn't have had to be destroyed, wiped out before me.
तिमीहरूका सन्तानहरू बालुवाझैं असंख्या हुने थिए र तिमीहरूका गर्भबाट जन्मेका छोराछोरीका बलुवाका कणझैं अनगिन्ति हुने थिए । तिनीहरूका नाउँ मेरो सामुबाट काटिने वा मेटिने थिएन ।
20 Leave Babylon! Run away from Babylonia with happy shouts! Let everyone know, telling the whole earth, “The Lord has redeemed his servant Jacob!”
बेबिलोनबाट बाहिर आओ! कल्दीहरूबाट भाग! गुञ्जयमान् आवाजसँगै यो घोषणा गर! यसलाई प्रकट गर, यसलाई पृथ्वीको अन्तिम छेउसम्म जान देओ । यसो भन, 'परमप्रभुले आफ्नो सेवक याकूबलाई उद्धार गर्नुभएको छ ।'
21 They weren't thirsty when he led them through the desert—he made water come out of the rock for them. He split the rock open and water poured out.
उहाँले तिनीहरूलाई मरुभूमिमा डोर्याउनुहुँदा तिनीहरूलाइ तिर्खा लागेन । उहाँले तिनीहरूको निम्ति चट्टानबाट पानी बगाउनुभयो । उहाँले चट्टानलाई चिरा पार्नुभयो र पानी बाहिर बगेर आयो ।
22 The wicked have no peace, says the Lord.
त्यहाँ दुष्टहरूलाई शान्ति हुँदैन,’ परमप्रभु भन्नुहुन्छ ।”
