Joshua 24
1 And Joshua gathered all the tribe of Israel to Selo, and convoked their elders, and their officers, and their judges, and set them before God.
त्यसपछि यहोशूले इस्राएलका सबै कुललाई शकेममा भेला गरे र तिनीहरूका धर्म-गुरुहरू, तिनीहरूका अगुवाहरू, तिनीहरूका न्यायकर्ताहरू र तिनीहरूका अधिकृतहरूलाई बोलाए, र तिनीहरूले आफैलाई परमेश्वरको सामु प्रस्तुत गरे ।
2 And Joshua said to all the people, Thus says the Lord God of Israel, Your fathers at first sojourned beyond the river, [even] Thara, the father of Abraam and the father of Nachor; and they served other gods.
यहोशूले सबै मानिसलाई भने, “परमप्रभु इस्राएलका परमेश्वर यसो भन्नुहुन्छ, 'तिमीहरूका पुर्खा अब्राहम र नाहोरका पिता तेरह लामो समयअगि यूफ्रेटिस नदीपारि बस्थे र तिनीहरूले देवताहरू पुज्दथे ।
3 And I took your father Abraam from the other side of the river, and I guided him through all the land, and I multiplied his seed;
तर मैले तिमीहरूका पितालाई यूफ्रेटिस पारिबाट कनानको भूमिमा ल्याएँ र त्यसलाई त्यसको छोरा इसहाकद्वारा धेरै सन्तानहरू दिएँ ।
4 and I gave to him Isaac, and to Isaac Jacob and Esau: and I gave to Esau mount Seir for him to inherit: and Jacob and his sons went down to Egypt, and became there a great and populous and mighty nation: and the Egyptians afflicted them.
त्यसपछि मैले इसहाकलाई याकूब र एसाव दिएँ । मैले पहाडी देश एसावको अधीनमा दिएँ, तर याकूब र तिनका सन्तानहरू मिश्र देशतिर तल गए ।
5 And I struck Egypt with the wonders that I wrought among them.
मैले मोशा र हारूनलाई पठाएँ, र मैले मिश्रीहरूमाथि विपत्ति ल्याएँ । त्यसपछि मैले तिमीहरूलाई ल्याएँ ।
6 And afterwards [God] brought out our fathers from Egypt, and you entered into the Red Sea; and the Egyptians pursued after our fathers with chariots and horses into the Red Sea.
मैले तिमीहरूका पुर्खाहरूलाई मिश्रबाट ल्याएँ र तिमीहरू समुद्रमा आयौ । मिश्रीहरूले लाल समुद्रसम्म नै रथहरू र घोडाहरूसहित तिमीहरूको पिछा गरे ।
7 And we cried aloud to the Lord; and he put a cloud and darkness between us and the Egyptians, and he brought the sea upon them, and covered them; and your eyes have seen all that the Lord did in the land of Egypt; and you were in the wilderness many days.
जब तिमीहरूका पुर्खाहरूले परमप्रभुको पुकारा गरे, उहाँले तिमीहरू र मिश्रीहरूबिच अन्धकार राख्नुभयो । उहाँले समुद्रलाई तिनीहरूमाथि ल्याउनुभयो र तिनीहरूलाई ढाक्नुभयो । मैले मिश्रीहरूलाई गरेको कुरा तिमीहरूले देख्यौ । त्यसपछि तिमीहरू मरुभूमिमा लामो समयसम्म बस्यौ ।
8 And he brought us into the land of the Amorites that lived beyond Jordan, and the Lord delivered them into our hands; and you inherited their land, and utterly destroyed them from before you.
मैले तिमीहरूलाई एमोरीहरूको भूमिमा ल्याएँ, जो यर्दनपारि बस्थे । उनीहरू तिमीहरूसँग लडे र मैले तिनीहरूलाई तिमीहरूको हातमा दिएँ । तिमीहरूले तिनीहरूको भूमि अधीन गर्यौ र मैले तिनीहरूलाई तिमीहरूको सामु नष्ट गरेँ ।
9 And Balac, king of Moab, son of Sepphor, rose up, and made war against Israel, and sent and called Balaam to curse us.
त्यसपछि मोआबका राजा सिप्पोरका छोरा बालाक उठे र इस्राएललाई आक्रमण गरे । तिनले तिमीहरूलाई सराप दिन बओरका छोरा बालामलाई बोलाए ।
10 But the Lord your God would not destroy you; and he greatly blessed us, and rescued us out of their hands, and delivered them [to us].
तर मैले बालामको कुरा सुनिनँ । वास्तवमा, तिनले तिमीहरूलाई आशिष् दिए । त्यसैले मैले तिमीहरूलाई त्यसको हातबाट छुटकारा दिएँ ।
11 And you crossed over Jordan, and came to Jericho; and the inhabitants of Jericho fought against us, the Amorite, and the Chananite, and the Pherezite, and the Evite, and the Jebusite, and the Chettite, and the Gergesite, and the Lord delivered them into our hands.
तिमीहरूले यर्दन तर्यौ र यरीहोमा आयौ । यरीहोका अगुवाहरूले एमोरीहरू, परिज्जीहरू, कनानीहरू, हित्तीहरू, गिर्गाशीहरू, हित्तीहरू, हिव्वीहरू र यबूसीहरूसँगै तिमीहरूसँग लडे । मैले तिमीहरूलाई तिनीहरूमाथि विजय दिएँ र तिमीहरूको नियन्त्रणमा राखेँ ।
12 And he sent forth the hornet before you; and he drove them out from before you, [even] twelve kings of the Amorites, not with your sword, nor with your bow.
मैले तिमीहरूका अगिअगि अरिङ्गालहरू पठाएँ, जसले उनीहरूलाई र दुई जना एमोरी राजालाई धपाए । यो तिमीहरूको तरवार वा धानुवाणले भएको थिएन ।
13 And he gave you a land on which you did not labor, and cities which you did not build, and you were settled in them; and you eat [of] vineyards and olive yards which you did not plant.
मैले तिमीहरूलाई तिमीहरूले श्रम नगरेको भूमि, तिमीहरूले निर्माण नगरेका सहरहरू दिएँ, र तिमीहरू तिनमा बस्छौ । तिमीहरूले नरोपेको दाखबारी र जैतूनको बगैँचाको फल तिमीहरूले खान्छौ ।'
14 And now fear the Lord, and serve him in righteousness and justice; and remove the strange gods, which our fathers served beyond the river, and in Egypt; and serve the Lord.
परमप्रभुको भय मान र सारा इमानदारी र विश्वनीयतामा उहाँको आराधना गर; तिमीहरूका पुर्खाहरूले यूफ्रेटिसपारि पुजेका देवताहरूबाट अलग रहो र परमप्रभुको आराधना गर ।
15 But if it seem not good to you to serve the Lord, choose to yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods of your fathers that were on the other side of the river, or the gods of the Amorites, among whom you dwell upon their land: but I and my house will serve the Lord, for he is holy.
यदि परमप्रभुको आराधना गर्न तिमीहरूको दृष्टिमा गलत देखिन्छ भने, तिमीहरूले कसको सेवा गर्ने तिमीहरूका पुर्खाहरूले यूफ्रेटिसपारि पुजेका देवताहरूको वा एमोरीहरूका देवताहरू जसको भूमिमा तिमीहरूले बसोबास गरेका छौ । तर म र मेरो घरानाले चाहिँ परमप्रभुको आराधना गर्छौं ।
16 And the people answered and said, Far be it from us to forsake the Lord, so as to serve other gods.
मानिसहरूले जवाफ दिए र भने, “अरू देवताहरूको सेवा गर्न हामी परमप्रभुलाई कहिल्यै त्याग्ने छैनौँ,
17 The Lord our God, he is God; he brought up us and our fathers from Egypt, and kept us in all the way wherein we walked, and among all the nations through whom we passed.
किनभने हामीलाई र हाम्रा पुर्खाहरूलाई मिश्र अर्थात् दासत्वको घरबाट ल्याउनुहुने परमप्रभु नै हाम्रा परमेश्वर हुनुहुन्छ, र उहाँले हाम्रो दृष्टिमा ठुला-ठुला चिन्हका कामहरू गर्नुभयो, हामी हिँडेका सबै मार्गमा र हामीले पार गरेका सबै जातिमाझ हामीलाई सुरक्षा दिनुभयो ।
18 And the Lord cast out the Amorite, and all the nations that inhabited the land from before us: yes, we will serve the Lord, for he is our God.
त्यसपछि त्यो भूमिमा बसोबास गर्ने एमोरीहरूलगायत सबै मानिसलाई हाम्रो सामु धपाउनुभयो । त्यसैले हामी पनि परमप्रभुको सेवा गर्छौं किनकि उहाँ हाम्रो परमेश्वर हुनुहुन्छ ।
19 And Joshua said to the people, Indeed you will not be able to serve the Lord, for God is holy; and he being jealous will not forgive your sins and your transgressions.
तर यहोशूले मानिसहरूलाई भने, “तिमीहरूले परमप्रभुको सेवा गर्न सक्दैनौ, किनभने उहाँ पवित्र हुनुहुन्छ, उहाँ डाही परमेश्वर हुनुहुन्छ; उहाँले तिमीहरूका पाप र अपराधलाई क्षमा गर्नुहुने छैन ।
20 Whenever you shall forsake the Lord and serve other gods, then he shall come upon you and afflict you, and consume you, because he has done you good.
यदि तिमीहरूले परमप्रभुलाई त्याग्यौ र विदेशी देवताहरू पुज्यौ भने उहाँ फर्कनुहुने छ र तिमीहरूलाई हानि गर्नुहुने छ । उहाँले तिमीहरूलाई असल गर्नुभएपछि तिमीहरूलाई नष्ट पार्नुहुने छ ।”
21 And the people said to Joshua, Nay, but we will serve the Lord.
तर मानिसहरूले यहोशूलाई भने, “होइन, हामी परमप्रभुको आराधना गर्ने छौँ ।
22 And Joshua said to the people, You [are] witnesses against yourselves, that you have chosen the Lord to serve him.
त्यसपछि यहोशूले मानिसहरूलाई भने, “तिमीहरूले परमप्रभुको आराधना गर्ने छौ भनी आफैले चुनेका छौ भनी तिमीहरूको विरुद्धमा तिमीहरू आफै साक्षीहरू हौ । तिनीहरूले भने, “हामी साक्षी छौँ ।”
23 And now take away the strange gods that are among you, and set your heart right toward the Lord God of Israel.
“अहिले तिमीहरूसँग भएका विदेशी देवताहरू फ्याँक, र तिमीहरूका हृदय परमप्रभु इस्राएलतिर फर्काओ ।”
24 And the people said to Joshua, We will serve the Lord, and we will listen to his voice.
मानिसहरूले यहोशूलाई भने, “हामीले परमप्रभु हाम्रा परमेश्वको नै आराधना गर्ने छौँ । हामी उहाँको सोर सुन्ने छौँ ।
25 So Joshua made a covenant with the people on that day, and gave them a law and an ordinance in Selo before the tabernacle of the God of Israel.
यहोशूले त्यस दिन मानिसहरूसँग करार बाँधे । तिनले त्यस दिन आदेशहरू र व्यवस्थाहरू दिए ।
26 And he wrote these words in the book of the laws of God: and Joshua took a great stone, and set it up under the oak before the Lord.
यहोशूले यी वचनहरूलाई परमेश्वरको व्यवस्थाको पुस्तकमा लेखे । तिनले ठुलो ढुङ्गा लिए र यसलाई परमप्रभुको नजिकको पवित्र वासस्थान नजिकै रुखमुनि खडा गरे ।
27 And Joshua said to the people, Behold, this stone shall be among you for a witness, for it has heard all the words that have been spoken to it by the Lord; for he has spoken to you this day; and this [stone] shall be among you for a witness in the last days, whenever you shall deal falsely with the Lord my God.
यहोशूले सबै मानिसलाई भने, “हेर, यो ढुङ्गा तिमीहरूको विरुद्धमा गवाही हुने छ । परमप्रभुले हामीलाई भन्नुभएका सबै कुरा यसले सुनेको छ । त्यसैले तिमीहरूले तिमीहरूका परमेश्वरलाई त्याग्यौ भने, यो तिमीहरूका विरुद्ध गवाही हुने छ ।
28 And Joshua dismissed the people, and they went every man to his place.
यहोशूले मानिसहरूलाई हरेकको आ-आफ्ना उत्तराधिकारमा पठाए ।
29 And it came to pass after these things that Joshua the son of Naue the servant of the Lord died, [at the age] of a hundred and ten years.
यी सबै कुरा भएपछि नूनका छोरा यहोशू ११० वर्षको उमेरमा मरे ।
30 And they buried him by the borders of his inheritance in Thamnasarach in the mount of Ephraim, northward of the mount of Galaad.
तिनीहरूले तिनलाई आफ्नै अंशको सिमानाभित्र अर्थात् तिम्नथ-सेरामा नै गाडे, जुनचाहिँ एफ्राइमको पहाडी देश, गास पर्वत हो ।
31 And Israel served the Lord all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that lived as long as Joshua, and all that knew all the works of the Lord which he wrought for Israel.
इस्राएलले यहोशू र तिनीभन्दा पछिसम्म बाँचेका धर्म-गुरुहरूको जीवनकालभरि परमप्रभुको आराधना गरे, जसले परमप्रभुले इस्राएलका निम्ति गर्नुभएका सबै कुराको अनुभव गरेका थिए ।
32 And the children of Israel brought up the bones of Joseph out of Egypt, and buried [them] in Sicima, in the portion of the land which Jacob bought of the Amorites who lived in Sicima for a hundred ewe-lambs; and he gave it to Joseph for a portion.
इस्राएलका मानिसहरूले मिश्रबाट ल्याएका योसेफका हड्डीहरूलाई तिनीहरूले शकेममा गाडे, त्यो याकूबले शकेमका पिता हमोरका छोराहरूबाट किनेका थिए । तिनले यो एक सय चाँदीका टुक्रामा किने र यो योसेफका सन्तानहरूको उत्तराधिकार बन्यो ।
33 And it came to pass afterwards that Eleazar the high-priest the son of Aaron died, and was buried in Gabaar of Phinees his son, which he gave him in mount Ephraim.
हारूनका छोरा एलाजार पनि मरे । तिनीहरूले तिनलाई गिबा अर्थात् तिनका छोरा पीनहासको सहरमा गाडे, जुन तिनलाई दिइएको थियो । यो एफ्राइमको पहाडी देशमा थियो ।
