< Isaiah 17 >

1 The doom of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is deprived of being a city, and it shall become decaying ruins.
दमस्कसको बारेमा एउटा घोषणा ।
2 Forsaken are the cities of 'Aro'er: they shall be [given up] to flocks, which shall lie down, and none shall make them afraid.
अरोएरका सहरहरूलाई त्यागिनेछ । तिनीहरू बथानहरू बस्‍ने ठाउँहरू हुनेछन् र तिनीहरूलाई कसैले पनि तर्साउनेछैन ।
3 And there shall cease the fortress from Ephraim, and the kingdom from Damascus, and the remnant of Syria: like the glory of the children of Israel shall they be, saith the Lord of hosts.
किल्लाबन्‍दी गरिएका सहरहरू एफ्राइमबाट, दमस्कसको राज्यबाट लोप हुनेछन्, र अरामका बाँकी रहेकाहरू—तिनीहरू इस्राएलका मानिसहरूको गौरवझैं हुनेछन्— यो सर्वशक्तिमान् परमप्रभुको घोषणा हो ।
4 And it shall come to pass on that day, that the glory of Jacob shall vanish, and the fatness of his flesh shall become lean.
त्‍यो दिनमा यस्‍तो हुनेछ, याकूबको गौरव दुब्‍लो हुनेछ र त्यसको शरीरको मोटाइ पातलो हुनेछ ।
5 And it shall be as when the harvestman gathereth the standing-corn, and reapeth the ears with his arm; and it shall be as when one gleaneth ears in the valley of Rephaim.
यो अन्‍न जम्‍मा गर्नेले अन्‍न थुपारेजस्तो हुनेछ, र त्यसका हातहरूले अन्‍न कटानी गर्छ । यो रपाईको बेसीमा शिला-बाला बटुलेजस्‍तो हुनेछ ।
6 And there shall be left on it gleaning-fruit, as one shaketh an olive-tree, two or three berries on the top of the uppermost bough, four or five on the outmost branches of a fruitful tree, saith the Lord the God of Israel.
जैतूनको रुखलाई हल्लाए जसरी पनि शिलाहरू छोडिनेछन्: माथिल्‍लो हाँगामा दुइ-तिन वटा वा फलको सबभन्‍दा अग्लो हाँगाहरूमा चार-पाँच वटा जैतून छोडिन्‍छन्— यो परमप्रभु इस्राएलका परमेश्‍वरको घोषणा हो ।
7 On that day shall a man turn his regard up to his Maker, and his eyes shall look toward the Holy One of Israel.
त्यस दिन मानिसहरूले आफ्‍ना सृष्‍टिकर्तालाई हेर्नेछन् र तिनीहरूका आँखाले इस्राएलका पवित्रलाई हेर्नेछन् ।
8 And he shall not turn his regard to the altars, the work of his hands; and he shall not look at what his fingers have made, both the groves and the sun-images.
तिनीहरूले आफ्नो हातका कामहरू अर्थात् वेदीहरूतिर हेर्नेछैनन्, न त तिनीहरूले आफ्नै औंलाले बनाएका अशेराका खम्बाहरू न सूर्यका प्रतिमाहरूलाई नै हेर्नेछन् ।
9 On that day shall his strong cities be as a forsaken ruin in a forest, and on a mountain-peak, which they left because of the children of Israel: and the land shall be desolate.
त्यस दिन तिनीहरूका बलिया सहरहरू डाँडाका टाकुराहरूका भिरहरूमा त्यगिएका जङ्‍गलजस्‍तै हुनेछन्, जसलाई इस्राएलका मानिसहरूका कारणले त्यागिएका थिए र त्यो उजाड हुनेछ ।
10 Because thou hast forgotten the God of thy salvation, and the rock of thy strength thou hast not remembered; therefore wouldst thou plant luxuriant plantings, and wouldst set out the shoots of the stranger therein.
किनकि तैंले आफ्‍नो मुक्‍तिको परमेश्‍वरलाई बिर्सेको छस् र तेरो सामर्थ्यको चट्टानलाई बेवास्ता गरेको छस् । त्‍यसैले तैंले सुन्दर बिरुवाहरू रोपिस् र विदेशीबाट पाएको दाखका हाँगाहरू रोपिस्,
11 [Already] on the day that thou plantedst thou causedst to grow, and in the morning thou madest thy seed to blossom; but now fleeth the harvest on the day of disease and of incurable pain.
तैंले रोपेको, बार लगाएको र खेती गरेको दिनमा । तेरा बीउहरू चाँडै वृद्धि हुनेछन्, तर कष्‍ट र घोर दुखको दिनमा फल दिनेछैन ।
12 Woe to the raging of many people, who rage like the raging of the seas; and to the noise of nations, that make a noise like the roar of mighty waters!
धिक्‍कार! धेरै मानिसहरूको गर्जन, जुन समुद्रहरूको गर्जन, र जातिहरूका हल्लाझैं गर्जन्छ, जुन शक्तिशाली पानी बगेझैं बग्छ!
13 The nations will make a noise like the roaring of many waters; but He will rebuke it, and it shall flee afar off, and shall be chased as the chaff of the mountains before the wind, and as thistle-down before the tempest.
जातिहरू धेरै पानी बगेझैं गर्जन्‍छन्, तर उहाँले तिनीहरूलाई हप्‍काउनुहुनेछ र तिनीहरू टाढा भाग्‍नेछन्, डाँडाहरूमाथि भुसझैं तिनीहरू हावाको सामु उड्‍नेछन् र आँधीको सामु मडारिएको झारझैं हुनेछन् ।
14 At eveningtide, behold, there is trouble; before yet it is morning it is no more. This is the portion of our spoilers, and the lot of those that plunder us.
हेर, साँझमा त्रास! बिहान हुनअगि ती बितिजानेछन्! हामीलाई लूट्नेहरू, हामीलाई डकैती गर्नेहरूको भाग यस्‍तै हुनेछ ।

< Isaiah 17 >