Judges 6
1 And the children of Israel did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, and Jehovah delivered them into the hand of Midian seven years.
परमप्रभुको दृष्टिमा जे खराब थियो इस्राएलीहरूले त्यही गरे, र उहाँले तिनीहरूलाई सात वर्षसम्म मिद्यानीका हातमा सुम्पिदिनुभयो ।
2 And the hand of Midian prevailed against Israel; and because of Midian the children of Israel made for themselves the dens which are in the mountains, and the caves, and the strongholds.
मिद्दानीको शक्तिले इस्राएललाई अत्याचार गर्यो । मिद्दानीका कारणले इस्राएलका मानिसहरूले पहाडका ओडारहरू, गुफाहरू, र किल्लाहरू बस्न लागे ।
3 And so it was, when Israel had sown, that Midian, Amalek, and the Kedemites would come up against them.
यस्तो भयो, जति बेला इस्राएलीहरूले आफ्ना बालीहरू लगाउँथे, त्यति बेला मिद्दानीहरू र अमालेकीहरू र पूर्वका मानिसहरूले इस्राएलीहरूलाई आक्रमण गर्थे ।
4 And they camped against them, and destroyed the increase of the earth, as far as Gaza, and they left no sustenance in Israel, as well as sheep, or ox, or donkey.
तिनीहरूले देशमा आफ्ना सेना तयार गर्थे, र गाजासम्मै सबै बालीहरू नष्ट गर्थे । तिनीहरूले इस्राएलमा भोजन, भेडाहरू, गाइवस्तु वा गधाहरू केही पनि छोड्दैनथे ।
5 For they came up with their livestock and their tents and their camels. They would come in like locusts in number, and they were innumerable. And they came into the land to ravage it.
तिनीहरूले आफ्ना पाल्तु वस्तुहरू र पालहरू लिएर आउँदा, तिनीहरू सलहहरूका हुलझैं हुन्थे, र तिनीहरूका मानिसहरू र ऊँटहरू गन्न असम्भव हुन्थ्यो । त्यस देशलाई नष्ट गर्नको निम्ति तिनीहरूले आक्रमण गर्थे ।
6 Israel was brought very low because of Midian; and the children of Israel cried to Jehovah.
मिद्दानीहरूले इस्राएलीहरूलाई यति धेरै कमजोर बनाए, जसको कारणले इस्राएलका मानिसहरूले परमप्रभुलाई पुकारे ।
7 It happened, when the children of Israel cried to Jehovah because of Midian,
जब मिद्दानीहरूका कारणले इस्राएलका मानिसहरूले परमप्रभुलाई पुकारा गरे,
8 that Jehovah sent a prophet to the children of Israel, and he said to them, "Thus says Jehovah, the God of Israel, 'I brought you up from the land of Egypt, and brought you forth out of the house of bondage;
तब परमप्रभुले इस्राएलका मानिसहरूका निम्ति एक जना अगमवक्ता पठाउनुभयो । ती अगमवक्ताले तिनीहरूलाई भने, “परमप्रभु इस्राएलका परमेश्वर यसो भन्नुहुन्छः ‘मैले तिमीहरूलाई मिश्रदेशबाट निकालेर ल्याएँ । मैले तिमीहरूलाई दासत्वको घरबाट बाहिर निकालेर ल्याएँ ।
9 and I delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of all who oppressed you, and drove them out from before you, and gave you their land;
मैले तिमीहरूलाई मिश्रीहरूका हातबाट र तिमीहरूलाई अत्याचार गरिरहेका सबै जनाका हातबाट बचाएँ । तिनीहरूलाई मैले तिमीहरूका सामुबाट लखेटें, र तिमीहरूलाई मैले तिनीहरूका देश दिएँ ।
10 and I said to you, "I am Jehovah your God; you shall not fear the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell." But you have not listened to my voice.'"
मैले तिमीहरूलाई भनें, “म परमप्रभु तिमीहरूका परमेश्वर हुँ । मैले तिमीहरूलाई एमोरीहरूका देवहरूलाई नपुज भनेर आज्ञा दिएँ, जसको देशमा तिमीहरू बसोबास गरिरहेका छौ ।” तर तिमीहरूले मेरो आज्ञा पालना गरेका छैनौ ।’”
11 The angel of Jehovah came, and sat under the oak which was in Ophrah, that pertained to Joash the Abiezrite: and his son Gideon was beating out wheat in the winepress, to hide it from the Midianites.
यति बेला परमप्रभुका दूत आए र अबीएजेरी योआशको, ओप्रा भन्ने ठाउँको फलाँटको रूखमुनि बसे, जति बेला मिद्दानीहरूबाट लुकाउनलाई योआशका छोरा गिदोनचाहिं दाखको कोल भइँमा गहूँ चुटेर छुट्याउँदै थिए ।
12 The angel of Jehovah appeared to him, and said to him, "Jehovah is with you, mighty warrior."
परमप्रभुका दूत तिनीकहाँ देखा परे र तिनलाई भने, “तँ बलवान् योद्धा होस्, परमप्रभु तँसँग हुनुहुन्छ!”
13 Gideon said to him, "Oh, my lord, if Jehovah is with us, why then has all this happened to us? Where are all his wondrous works which our fathers told us of, saying, 'Didn't Jehovah bring us up from Egypt?' But now Jehovah has cast us off, and delivered us into the hand of Midian."
गिदोनले तिनलाई भने, “ओहो, मेरा मालिक, परमप्रभु हामीसँग हुनुहुन्छ भने, किन हामीलाई यी सबै कुरा हुन आएका हुन्? उहाँका सबै आश्चर्यपूर्ण कामहरू कहाँ छन् जसका बारेमा हाम्रा पुर्खाहरूले हामीलाई यसो भनेका थिए, ‘के परमप्रभुले हामीलाई मिश्रदेशबाट बाहिर निकाल्नुभएन र?’ तर अहिले परमप्रभुले हामीलाई त्याग्नुभएको र हामीलाई मिद्दानीका हातमा दिनुभएको छ ।”
14 And Jehovah looked at him, and said, "Go in this strength of yours and save Israel from the hand of Midian. Look, haven't I sent you?"
परमप्रभुले तिनलाई हेर्नुभयो र यसो भन्नुभयो, “तँसँग भएको बलमा तँ जा । इस्राएललाई मिद्दानीको हातबाट छुटा । के मैले तँलाई पठाएको होइन र?”
15 He said to him, "O Lord, how shall I save Israel? Look, my family is the poorest in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father's house."
गिदोनले उहाँलाई भने, “कृपया, परमप्रभु, म कसरी इस्राएललाई छुटाउन सक्छु र? हेर्नुहोस्, मेरो परिवार मनश्शेमा सबैभन्दा कमजोर छ, र मेरो पिताको घरानामा म सबैभन्दा कम महत्त्वको छु ।”
16 Jehovah said to him, "Surely I will be with you, and you shall strike the Midianites as one man."
परमप्रभुले तिनलाई भन्नुभयो, “म तँसँग हुनेछु, र तैंले सम्पूर्ण मिद्दानी सेनालाई एक जना मानिसलाई झैं गरी परास्त गर्नेछस् ।”
17 He said to him, "If now I have found favor in your sight, then show me a sign that it is you who talk with me.
गिदोनले उहाँलाई भने, “तपाईं मसँग खुशी हुनुहुन्छ भने, मसँग बोल्ने तपाईं नै हुनुहुन्छ भनेर तपाईंले मलाई एउटा चिन्ह दिनुहोस् ।
18 Please do not go away, until I come to you, and bring out my present, and lay it before you." He said, "I will wait until you come back."
म तपाईंकहाँ आउन र तपाईंलाई मेरो उपहार ल्याएर तपाईंको सामु नराखेसम्म, कृपया यहाँबाट नजानुहोस् ।” परमप्रभुले भन्नुभयो, “तँ नफर्केसम्म म पर्खनेछु ।”
19 Gideon went in, and made ready a kid, and unleavened cakes of an ephah of meal: the meat he put in a basket, and he put the broth in a pot, and brought it out to him under the oak, and presented it.
गिदोन गए र एउटा पाठो तयार गरे र पाँच पाथी पिठोबाट अखमिरी रोटी बनाए । उनले मासुलाई एउटा टोकरीमा राखे, र झोलचाहिं एउटा भाँडोमा राखे, अनि ती फलाँटको रूखमुनि उहाँकहाँ ल्याए र ती टक्र्याए ।
20 The angel of God said to him, "Take the meat and the unleavened cakes, and lay them on this rock, and pour out the broth." And he did so.
तब परमप्रभुका दूतले तिनलाई भने, “मासु र अखमिरी रोटी उठा र ती यस चट्टानमाथि राख्, र तीमाथि त्यो झोल खन्याइदे ।” गिदोनले त्यसै गरे ।
21 Then the angel of Jehovah put forth the end of the staff that was in his hand, and touched the flesh and the unleavened cakes; and there went up fire out of the rock, and consumed the flesh and the unleavened cakes; and the angel of Jehovah departed out of his sight.
तब परमप्रभुका दूतले आफ्नो हातको लौरोको टुप्पोले त्यो छोए । त्यसले उहाँले मासु र अखमिरी रोटीलाई छुनुभयो । त्यो चट्टानबाट एउटा आगो निस्कियो, र मासु र अखमिरी रोटीलाई भस्म गर्यो । तब परमप्रभुका दूत गइहाले र गिदोनले उनलाई फेरि देखेनन् ।
22 Gideon saw that he was the angel of Jehovah; and Gideon said, "Alas, Lord Jehovah. Because I have seen the angel of Jehovah face to face."
तिनी परमप्रभुका दूत रहेछन् भनेर गिदोनले बुझे । गिदोनले भने, “हे परमप्रभु परमेश्वर! किनकि मैले परमप्रभुका दूतलाई आमने-सामने देखें!”
23 Jehovah said to him, "Peace be to you. Do not be afraid. You shall not die."
परमप्रभुले तिनलाई भन्नुभयो, “तँलाई शान्ति होस्! नडरा, तँ मर्नेछैनस् ।”
24 Then Gideon built an altar there to Jehovah, and called it "Jehovah is Peace." To this day it is still in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
यसैले गिदोनले त्यहाँ परमप्रभुको निम्ति एउटा वेदी बनाए । तिनले त्यसको नाउँ “परमप्रभु शान्ति हुनुहुन्छ” भने । आजको दिनसम्म त्यो अबीएजेरी वंशको ओप्रामा छ ।
25 It happened the same night, that Jehovah said to him, "Take your father's bull, even the second bull seven years old, and tear down the altar of Baal that your father has, and cut down the Asherah that is beside it;
त्यस रात परमप्रभुले तिनलाई भन्नुभयो, “तेरो बुबाको एउटा साँढे, र अर्को सात वर्षको एउटा साँढे ले, र तेरो बुबाको बाल देवताको वेदी भत्काइदे, र त्यसको छेऊमा भएको अशेरा देवीको मुर्ति ढालिदे ।
26 and build an altar to Jehovah your God on the top of this stronghold, in the orderly manner, and take the second bull, and offer a burnt offering with the wood of the Asherah which you shall cut down."
यो शरणस्थानको माथिल्लो भागमा परमप्रभु तेरा परमेश्वरको निम्ति एउटा वेदी बना र त्यसलाई ठिक किसिमले बना । तैँले काटेर ढालेको अशेरा देवीको काठ प्रयोग गरेर दोस्रो साँढेलाई होमबलिको रूपमा चढा ।”
27 Then Gideon took ten men of his servants, and did as Jehovah had spoken to him: and it came about, because he feared his father's household and the men of the city, so that he could not do it by day, that he did it by night.
यसैले गिदोनले आफ्ना दश जना सेवकलाई लिए र परमप्रभुले तिनलाई भन्नुभएझैं गरे । तर दिनको समयमा त्यो काम गर्न तिनी आफ्ना पिताका घराना र नगरका मानिसहरूसँग सह्रै डराएका हुनाले, तिनले त्यो काम रातमा गरे ।
28 When the men of the city arose early in the morning, look, the altar of Baal was broken down, and the Asherah was cut down that was by it, and the second bull was offered on the altar that was built.
बिहान जब नगरका मानिसहरू उठे, तब बाल देवताको वेदी भत्किएको, र त्यसको छेऊमा भएको अशेरा देवीको मुर्ति काटेर ढलिएको थियो, र त्यहाँ बनाइएको वेदीमाथि त्यो दोस्रो साँढेलाई चढाइएको थियो ।
29 And they said to one another, "Who has done this thing?" When they inquired and asked, they said, "Gideon the son of Joash has done this thing."
सहरका मानिसहरूले एक-अर्कामा यसो भने, “यो कसले गरेको हो?” जब तिनीहरूले अरूसँग कुरा गरे र जवाफको खोजे, तब तिनीहरूले भने, “योआशका छोरा गिदोनले यो कुरा गरेको हो ।”
30 Then the men of the city said to Joash, "Bring out your son, that he may die, because he has broken down the altar of Baal, and because he has cut down the Asherah that was by it."
अनि सहरका मानिसहरूले योआशलाई भने, “तिम्रो छोरालाई बाहिर ल्याऊ, ताकि त्यो मारियोस्, किनभने त्यसले बाल देवताको वेदी भत्काइदिएको र त्यस छेऊको अशेरा देवीको मुर्ति ढालिदिएको छ ।”
31 Joash said to all who stood against him, "Will you contend for Baal? Or will you save him? He who will contend for him, let him be put to death while it is yet morning: if he is a god, let him contend for himself, because someone has broken down his altar."
आफ्नो विरुद्धमा भएका सबै जनालाई योआशले भने, “के तिमीहरू बालको पक्षमा बोल्दछौ? के तिमीहरू त्यसलाई बचाउँछौ? जसले त्यसको पक्षमा बोल्छ, त्यो बिहानकै समयमा मारियोस् । बाल देवता हो भने, कसैले त्यसको वेदी भत्काइदिंदा त्यसले आफ्नो सुरक्षा आफैं गरोस् ।”
32 Therefore on that day he named him Jerubbaal, saying, "Let Baal contend against him, because he has broken down his altar."
त्यसकारण, त्यो दिनमा तिनीहरूले गिदोनलाई “यरूब-बाल” भने, किनभने तिनले यसो भनेका थिए, “बालले त्यसको विरुद्ध आफ्नो सुरक्षा आफैं गरोस्,” किनभने गिदोनले बालको वेदी भत्काए ।
33 Then all Midian and Amalek and the Kedemites assembled themselves together; and they crossed over, and camped in the Valley of Jezreel.
यत बेला सबै मिद्दानीहरू, अमालेकीहरू, र पूर्वका मानिसहरू एकसाथ भेला भए । तिनीहरूले यर्दन तरे र यिजरेलको बेसीमा छाउनी हाले ।
34 But the Spirit of Jehovah came on Gideon; and he blew a trumpet; and Abiezer was gathered together after him.
तर परमप्रभुको आत्मा गिदोनमाथि आउनुभयो । गिदोनले तुरही फुके, र अबीएजेरी वंशलाई बोलाए ताकि उनीहरू तिनको पछि लाग्न सकून् ।
35 He sent messengers throughout all Manasseh; and they also were gathered together after him: and he sent messengers to Asher, and to Zebulun, and to Naphtali; and they came up to meet them.
उनले मनश्शेभरि नै दूतहरू पठाए, र उनीहरूलाई पनि तिनको पछि लाग्न बोलाइयो । तिनले आशेर, जबूलून, र नप्तालीकहाँ पनि दूतहरू पठाए, र उनीहरू तिनलाई भेट्न निस्के ।
36 Gideon said to God, "If you will save Israel by my hand, as you have spoken,
गिदोनले परमेश्वरलाई भने, “तपाईंले भन्नुभएझैं, तपाईंले इस्राएललाई बचाउनलाई मलाई प्रयोग गर्ने इच्छा गर्नुहुन्छ भने—
37 look, I will put a fleece of wool on the threshing floor; if there is dew on the fleece only, and it is dry on all the ground, then shall I know that you will save Israel by my hand, as you have spoken."
हेर्नुहोस्, म खलामा भेडाको ऊन राख्दैछु । यस ऊनमा मात्र शीत पर्यो, र जमिनचाहिं पुरै सुक्खा रह्यो भने, तब तपाईंले भन्नुभएझैं इस्राएललाई बचाउनलाई तपाईंले मलाई प्रयोग गर्नुहुनेछ भनी म जान्नेछु ।”
38 It was so; for he rose up early on the next day, and pressed the fleece together, and wrung the dew out of the fleece, a bowl full of water.
यस्तो भयो – भोलिपल्ट बिहानै गिदोन उठे, उनले ऊन निचोरे, र ऊनबाट शीत निचरेर एक बटुको पानी भरे ।
39 Gideon said to God, "Do not let your anger be kindled against me, and I will speak but this once. Please let me make one more test with the fleece; let it now be dry only on the fleece, and on all the ground let there be dew."
त्यसपछि गिदोनले परमप्रभुलाई भने, “कृपया मसँग नरिसाउनुहोस्, म फेरि एकपल्ट बोल्नेछु । मलाई फेरि एकपल्ट ऊनको प्रयोग गरेर जाँच गर्न दिनुहोस् । योपल्ट त्यो ऊनलाई सुक्खा छोडिदिनुहोस्, र त्यसको वरिपरिको जमिनमा सबैतिर शीत रहोस् ।”
40 God did so that night, for it was dry on the fleece only, and there was dew all over the ground.
तिनले त्यस रात जे होस् भनी मागेका थिए, परमेश्वरले त्यस्तै गर्नुभयो । त्यो ऊन सुक्खा थियो, र त्यसको वरिपरिको जमिनमा चारैतिर शीत थियो ।
