< Joshua 23 >

1 And it came to pass after many days, after the Lord had given rest unto Israel from all their enemies round about, and Joshua had grown old and was well stricken in age,
परमप्रभुले तिनीहरूको वरिपरि भएका तिनीहरूका सबै शत्रुबाट विश्राम दिनुभएको धेरै समयपछि यहोशू वृद्ध भइसकेका थिए ।
2 That Joshua called for all Israel, for their elders, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers, and said unto them, I am become old and well stricken in age;
यहोशूले इस्राएलका धर्म-गुरुहरू, अगुवाहरू, न्यायकर्ताहरू सबैलाई बोलाए र तिनीहरूलाई भने, “म निकै वृद्ध भइसकेको छु ।
3 And ye have yourselves seen all that the Lord your God hath done unto all these nations, because of you; for the Lord your God it is that hath fought for you.
परमप्रभु तिमीहरूका परमेश्‍वरले तिमीहरूका खातिर यी सबै जातिलाई गर्नुभएका सबै कुरा तिमीहरूले देखेका छौ, किनभने तिमीहरूका निम्ति लड्नुहुने परमप्रभु तिमीहरूका परमेश्‍वर नै हुनुहुन्छ ।
4 Behold, I have divided unto you by lot those nations that yet remain, to be an inheritance according to your tribes, from the Jordan, with all the nations that I have cut off, as far as the great sea, toward the setting of the sun.
हेर, मैले तिमीहरूलाई पश्‍चिममा यर्दनदेखि महासमुद्रसम्म पहिले नै नष्‍ट पारेका जातिहरूका साथै तिमीहरूका कुलहरूका निम्ति उत्तराधिकारको रूपमा हुन विजय हासिल गर्न बाँकी रहेका जातिहरू तिमीहरूलाई दिएको छु ।
5 And the Lord your God will indeed expel them from before you, and drive them out from before you; and ye shall possess their land, as the Lord your God hath spoken unto you.
परमप्रभु तिमीहरूका परमेश्‍वरले तिनीहरूलाई धपाउनुहुने छ । उहाँले तिनीहरूलाई तिमीहरूका खातिर फ्याँक्‍नुहुने छ । उहाँले तिनीहरूको भू-भाग कब्जा गर्नुहुने छ र परमप्रभु तिमीहरूका परमेश्‍वरले तिमीहरूलाई प्रतिज्ञा गर्नुभएझैँ तिमीहरूले तिनीहरूको भूमि अधीन गर्ने छौ ।
6 But be ye very steadfast to keep and to do all that is written in the book of the law of Moses, so as not to turn aside therefrom to the right or to the left;
त्यसैले निकै बलियो होओ, ताकि मोशाको व्यवस्थाबाट न त दहिने न त देब्रेतिर नलागी सबै पालन गर ।
7 So as not to come among these nations, those that are left remaining near you; and of the name of their gods shall ye not make mention, nor cause any to swear thereby, neither shall ye serve them, nor bow yourselves down unto them;
त्यसैले तिमीहरू तिमीहरूका माझमा रहेका जातिहरूसँग नमिसिओ वा तिनीहरूका देवताहरूको नाउँ उच्‍चारण नगर, तिनीहरूको शपथ नखाओ, तिनीहरूको आराधना नगर वा तिनीहरूलाई दण्डवत् नगर ।
8 But unto the Lord your God shall ye cleave, as ye have done unto this day.
बरु, तिमीहरूले आजको दिनसम्म गरेझैँ तिमीहरूका परमप्रभु परमश्‍वरमा नै रहिरहो ।
9 And the Lord drove out from before you great and mighty nations; but as for you, no man hath been able to stand up before you unto this day.
किनभने परमप्रभुले ठुलो र बलियो जातिहरूलाई तिमीहरूको सामु धपाउनुभएको छ, आजको दिनसम्म कोही तिमीहरूको सामु खडा हुन सकेको छैन ।
10 One man of you can chase a thousand; for the Lord your God it is that fighteth for you, as he hath spoken unto you.
तिमीहरूमध्ये एक जनाले हजार जनालाई भगाउनेछ, किनभने तिमीहरूका परमप्रभु परमेश्‍वरले तिमीहरूलाई प्रतिज्ञा गर्नुभएझैँ उहाँ तिमीहरूका निम्ति लड्नुहुने छ ।
11 Take good heed therefore for your souls' sake, to love the Lord your God.
विशेष ध्यान देऊ, ताकि तिमीहरूले परमप्रभु तिमीहरूका परमेश्‍वरलाई प्रेम गर
12 For if ye do in any wise turn back, and cleave unto the remnant of these nations, those that are left remaining near you, and make marriages with them, and come in among them, and they among you:
तर यदि तिमीहरू तिमीहरूमाझ बाँकी रहेका यी जातिहरूसँग लाग्यौ र पछि हट्यौ भने वा यदि तिमीहरूले तिनीहरूसँग अन्तर-जातीय विवाह गर्‍यौ भने वा यदि तिमीहरू उनीहरूसँगै आयौ र उनीहरू तिमीहरूसँग सबै आए भने,
13 Know for a certainty that the Lord your God will no more drive out these nations from before you; but they shall be snares and traps unto you, and scourges in your sides, and stings in your eyes, until ye perish from off this good land which the Lord your God hath given you.
यो जान कि परमप्रभु तिमीहरूका परमेश्‍वरले तिमीहरू माझबाट यी जातिहरूलाई धपाउनुहुने छैन । बरु, परमप्रभु तिमीहरूका परमेश्‍वरले तिमीहरूलाई दिनुभएको यो असल भूमिबाट तिमीहरू नष्‍ट नभएसम्म उनीहरू तिमीहरूका निम्ति पासो र जाल अनि तिमीहरूका पीठमा कोर्रा, तिमीहरूका आँखाका कसिङ्गर हुने छन् ।
14 And, behold, I am going this day the way of all the earth; and ye know with all your heart and with all your soul, that not one thing hath failed of all the good things which the Lord your God spoke concerning you: all are come to pass unto you, not one thing thereof hath failed.
म सबै पृथ्वीको मार्गमा जाँदै छु, र परमप्रभु तिमीहरूका परमेश्‍वरले तिमीहरूको बारेमा प्रतिज्ञा गर्नुभएको कुनै पनि असल कुरा सत्य साबित हुन एक शब्द पनि चुकेको छैन भनी तिमीहरूले आफ्नो सारा ह्रदय र आफ्नो सारा प्राणले जान्दछौ । यी सबै कुरा तिमीहरूका निम्ति पुरा भएका छन् । तिनमा एउटै पनि चुकेको छैन ।
15 But it shall come to pass, that as every good thing is come upon you, which the Lord your God spoke unto you: so will the Lord bring upon you every evil thing, until he have destroyed you from off this good land which the Lord your God hath given unto you.
तर जसरी परमप्रभु तिमीहरूका परमेश्‍वरले तिमीहरूलाई प्रतिज्ञा गर्नुभएका सबै वचन पुरा भएको छ, त्यसरी नै परमप्रभु तिमीहरूका परमेश्‍वरले तिमीहरूलाई दिनुभएको यो असल भूमिबाट तिमीहरूलाई नष्‍ट नगरेसम्म परमप्रभुले तिमीहरूमाथि सबै खराबी ल्याउनुहुने छ ।
16 When ye transgress the covenant of the Lord your God, which he hath commanded you, and go and serve other gods, and bow yourselves down to them: then will the anger of the Lord be kindled against you, and ye shall perish quickly from off the good land which he hath given unto you.
यदि तिमीहरूले पालन गर्न तिमीहरूलाई उहाँले आज्ञा गर्नुभएको परमप्रभु तिमीहरूका परमेश्‍वरको करार तोड्यौ भने, उहाँले यो गर्नुहुने छ । यदि तिमीहरू जान्छौ र अरू देवताहरूको आराधना गर्छौ र दण्डवत् गर्छौ भने, परमप्रभुको क्रोध तिमीहरूविरुद्ध दन्किने छ र उहाँले तिमीहरूलाई दिनुभएको असल भूमिबाट तिमीहरू चाँडै नष्‍ट हुने छौ ।”

< Joshua 23 >