Joshua 9
1 All the kings west of the Jordan heard what had happened. These included the kings of the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites who lived in the hill country, the lowlands, and along the coast as far as Lebanon.
त्यसपछि यर्दन पारिको पहाडी देशहरू र लेबनानपट्टि महासमुद्रको किनारका मैदानहरूमा हित्तीहरू, एमोरीहरू, कनानीहरू, परिज्जीहरू, हिव्वीहरू र यबूसीहरू बस्थे ।
2 So they gathered to fight together as a united army against Joshua and the Israelites.
यिनीहरू यहोशू र इस्राएलविरुद्ध युद्ध गर्न एउटै समूहमा सहभागी भए ।
3 But when the people of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done to Jericho and Ai,
जब गिबोनका बासिन्दाहरूले यहोशूले यरीहो र ऐलाई गरेका कुरा सुने,
4 they decided on a cunning plan. They sent messengers to Joshua, their donkeys wearing worn-out saddles and carrying old wineskins that were torn and patched.
उनीहरूले धूर्त योजना बनाएर काम गरे । उनीहरू समाचारवाहकको रूपमा गए । उनीहरूले फाटिसकेको बोराहरू लिए र उनीहरूका गधामाथि राखे । उनीहरूले पुरानो, फाटेको र मरम्मत गरिएका मशकहरू पनि लिए ।
5 They put on worn sandals that had been mended and wore old clothes. All their bread was dry and moldy.
उनीहरूले खुट्टामा पुरानो र टालेका जुत्ताहरू अनि लुगा पनि पुरानो फाटेको नै लगाए । उनीहरूले खानलाई लगेका सबै रोटी सुकिसकेका र ढुसी परेका थिए ।
6 They went to Joshua at the camp in Gilgal and told him and the men of Israel, “We have come from a land far away, so please make a treaty with us.”
उनीहरू गिलगालमा यहोशूको छाउनीमा गए र तिनलाई र इस्राएलका मानिसहरूलाई भने, “हामी धेरै टाढाको देशबाट आएका हौँ, त्यसैले अहिले हामीसँग सन्धि गर्नुहोस् ।
7 But the Israelites said to the Hivites, “Maybe you live close by. If you do, we cannot make a treaty with you.”
इस्राएलका मानिसहरूले हिव्वीहरूलाई भने, “सायद तिमीहरू हाम्रो नजकै बस्छौ । हामीले तिमीहरूसँग कसरी सन्धि गर्नु?”
8 “We are your servants,” they replied. “But who are you? Where do you come from?” Joshua asked.
उनीहरूले भने, “हामी तपाईंहरूका दासहरू हौँ ।” यहोशूले उनीहरूलाई भने, “तिमीहरू को हौ? तिमीहरू कहाँबाट आएका हौ?”
9 “Your servants have come from a land far away,” they replied. “For we have heard of the reputation of the Lord your God, and reports of all that he did in Egypt,
उनीहरूले तिनलाई भने, “परमप्रभु तपाईंका परमेश्वरको नाउँको कारण तपाईंका दासहरू टाढा देशबाट यहाँ आएका छन् । उहाँको बारेमा र उहाँले मिश्रमा गर्नुभएका सबै कुरा,
10 and what he did to the two Amorite kings east of the Jordan—to Sihon, king of Heshbon, and Og, king of Bashan, who ruled in Ashtaroth.
र यर्दन पारिका एमोरी राजाहरू अर्थात् हेश्बोनका राजा सीहोन, अस्तारोतमा बस्ने बाशानका राजा ओगलाई उहाँले गर्नुभएका सबै कुरा हामीले सुनेका छौँ ।
11 So our leaders and everyone who lives in our land told us: Take what you need with you for the journey. Go and meet with them, and tell them, ‘We are your servants. Please make a treaty with us.’
हाम्रा धर्म-गुरुहरू र हाम्रा देशका बासिन्दाहरूले हामीलाई भने, 'यात्राको निम्ति खानेकुराहरू लैजाओ । तिनीहरूलाई भेट्न जाओ र तिनीहरूलाई भन, 'हामी तपाईंका दासहरू हौँ । हामीसँग सन्धि गर्नुहोस् ।'
12 Look at this bread. It was warm when we took it from our houses on the day we set out to come here. But now it's dry and moldy, as you can see.
हामी तपाईंहरूकहाँ आउनलाई हाम्रो घरबाट यात्रा सुरु गरेको दिन यो रोटी तातै थियो । तर अहिले हेर्नुहोस्, यो सुकिसकेको र ढुसी परेको छ ।
13 These wineskins were new when we filled them, but look at them now—they're split and damaged. These clothes of ours and our sandals are all worn out because the journey took so long.”
१३ हामीले मशकहरू भर्दा यिनीहरू नयाँ नै थिए र हेर्नुहोस्, अहिले यी चुहिरहेका छन् । धेरै लामो यात्राको कारण हाम्रा लुगा र जुत्ताहरू फाटिसकेका छन्' ।”
14 The Israelites tried some of the food. However, they did not consult the Lord.
त्यसैले इस्राएलीहरूले उनीहरूका केही खानेकुरा लिए, तर उनीहरूले परमप्रभुको निर्देशनको खोजी गरेनन् ।
15 Then Joshua made a treaty with them, promising to spare their lives, and the leaders of the assembly swore an oath to guarantee it.
यहोशूले उनीहरूसँग शान्ति सम्झौता गरे, उनीहरूसँग सन्धि गरे र उनीहरूलाई जीवित रहन दिए । मानिसहरूका अगुवाहरूले पनि उनीहरूसँग शपथ खाए ।
16 Three days after they had made the treaty, the Israelites learned that the Gibeonites lived nearby, right among them!
इस्राएलीहरूले उनीहरूसँग यो सन्धि गरेको तिन दिनपछि उनीहरू छिमेकी रहेछन् र उनीहरू नजिकै बस्दा रहेछन् भनी तिनीहरूले थाहा पाए ।
17 The Israelites left to go to the Gibeonite towns, and arrived there on the third day. The towns were Gibeon, Kephirah, Beeroth and Kiriath Jearim.
त्यसपछि इस्राएलका मानिसहरू निस्के र तेस्रो दिनमा सहरमा आए । उनीहरूका सहरहरू गिबोन, कपीरा, बरोत, किर्यात-यारीम थिए ।
18 But the Israelites did not attack them because of the treaty sworn by the leaders of the assembly in the name of the Lord, the God of Israel. At this all the Israelites protested against the leaders.
इस्राएलका मानिसहरूले उनीहरूलाई आक्रमण गरेनन्, किनभने तिनीहरूका अगुवाहरूले परमप्रभु इस्राएलका परमेश्वरको सामु उनीहरूबाट शपथ खाएका थिए । सबै इस्राएलीले तिनीहरूका अगुवाहरूविरुद्ध गनगन गरे ।
19 But the leaders replied to the people, “We swore to them by the Lord, the God of Israel, so we cannot lay a hand on them now.
तर सबै अगुवाले मानिसहरूलाई भने, “हामीले उनीहरूको बारेमा परमप्रभु इस्राएलका परमेश्वरद्वारा शपथ खाएका छौँ र अहिले हामी उनीहरूको हानि गर्न सक्दैनौ ।
20 So this is what we're going to do to them. We'll let them live, so that we won't be punished for breaking the oath that we swore to them.”
हामी उनीहरूलाई यसो गर्ने छौँ: हामीले उनीहरूसँग शपथ खाएका कारण हामीमाथि आइपर्ने क्रोधबाट बच्न हामी उनीहरूलाई बाँच्न दिने छौँ ।”
21 The leaders concluded, “Let them live.” So the Gibeonites became woodcutters and water-carriers in service to the entire assembly, as the Israelite leaders had ordered.
अगुवाहरूले तिनीहरूका मानिसहरूलाई भने, “उनीहरूलाई बाँच्न देओ ।” त्यसैले अगुवाहरूले तिनीहरूलाई भने झै गिबोनीहरू सबै इस्राएलीका निम्ति पानी बोक्ने र दाउरा काट्ने मानिसहरू भए ।
22 Then Joshua summoned the Gibeonites and asked them, “Why did you trick us? You told us, ‘We live a long way from you,’ but you live right next door to us!
यहोशूले उनीहरूलाई बोलाए र भने, “'हामी टाढाबाट आएका हौँ' भनी तिमीहरूले हामीसँग किन छल गर्यौ, जब कि तिमीहरू हाम्रै माझमा बस्दा रहेछौ?
23 Consequently you are under a curse. From now on you shall forever be servants, woodcutters and water-carriers for the house of my God.”
अब यसैकारण तिमीहरू श्रापित भएका छौ र तिमीहरूमध्ये केही सधैँको निम्ति मेरा परमेश्वरको भवनमा दाउरा काट्ने र पानी तान्ने दासहरू हुने छौ ।”
24 They answered Joshua, “We your servants were told very clearly that the Lord your God had ordered Moses to give you all this land, and that all its inhabitants were to be wiped out before you. So we really feared for our lives because of you. That's why we did what we did.
उनीहरूले यहोशूलाई जवाफ दिए र भने, “परमप्रभु तपाईंका परमेश्वरले उहाँका दास मोशालाई सबै भूमि दिन र तपाईं सामु भएका भूमिका सबै बासिन्दालाई नष्ट पार्नलाई आज्ञा दिनुभएको तपाईंका दासहरूलाई बताइएको हुनाले तपाईंहरूको कारण हामी हाम्रो जीवनको निम्ति साह्रै भयभीत भएका थियौँ । यसैले हामीले यसो गर्यौँ ।
25 Now we're in your hands. Do to us what you think is right and just.”
अब हेर्नुहोस्, हामीलाई तपाईंको शक्तिमा राख्नुहोस् । तपाईंको नजरमा हामीलाई जे गर्न असल र उचित लाग्छ, त्यही गर्नुहोस् ।”
26 Joshua did as he had said. He saved them from the Israelites, so that they did not kill them.
त्यसैले यहोशूले उनीहरूका निम्ति यसो गरेः तिनले उनीहरूलाई इस्राएलका मानिसहरूको नियन्त्रणबाट छुटकारा दिए । त्यसैले इस्राएलीहरूले उनीहरूलाई मारेनन् ।
27 That day Joshua made them woodcutters and water-carriers in service to the entire assembly and for the altar of the Lord wherever the Lord should choose. That is what they do right up to this very day.
त्यस दिन यहोशूले गिबोनीहरूलाई समुदायको निम्ति र परमप्रभुले चुन्नुभएको ठाउँको निम्ति दाउरा काट्ने र पानी बोक्नेहरू बनाए ।
