Jeremiah 23

1 "Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture." says YHWH.

यो परमप्रभुको घोषणा हो, “मेरो खर्कका भेडाहरूलाई नष्‍ट गर्ने र छरपष्‍ट पार्ने गोठालाहरूलाई धिक्‍कार!”

2 Therefore thus says YHWH, the God of Israel, against the shepherds who feed my people: "You have scattered my flock, and driven them away, and have not visited them; look, I will visit on you the evil of your doings," says YHWH.

त्यसकारण आफ्‍ना मानिसका रेखदेख गर्ने गोठालाहरूको विषयमा परमप्रभु इस्राएलका परमेश्‍वर यसो भन्‍नुहुन्छ, “तिमीहरूले मेरो बगाललाई छरपष्‍ट पारेका छौ, र तिनीहरूलाई धपाइदिएका छौ । तिमीहरूले तिनीहरूको वास्ता गरेका छैनौ । त्‍यसैले तिमीहरूले गरेका दुष्‍ट्याइँको लागि मैले तिमीहरूलाई दण्ड दिनै लागेको छु, यो परमप्रभुको घोषणा हो ।

3 "I will gather the remnant of my flock out of all the countries where I have driven them, and will bring them again to their folds; and they shall be fruitful and multiply.

मेरो बगालका वचेकाहरूलाई मैले तिनीहरूलाई धपाएका सबै देशबाट म आफै जम्मा गर्नेछु, र म तिनीहरूलाई एउटा खर्कमा फर्काउनेछु, जहाँ तिनीहरू फलवन्त हुनेछन् र बढ्नेछन् ।

4 I will set up shepherds over them, who shall feed them; and they shall fear no more, nor be dismayed, neither shall any be lacking," says YHWH.

त्‍यसपछि म तिनीहरूको रेखदेख गर्ने गोठालाहरू खडा गर्नेछु जसले तिनीहरूलाई गोठाला गर्नेछन्, यसरी तिनीहरू फेरि डराउने वा छरपष्‍ट हुनेछैनन् । तिनीहरूमध्ये कोही पनि हराउनेछैनन्, यो परमप्रभुको घोषणा हो ।

5 "Look, the days come," says YHWH, "that I will raise to David a righteous Branch, and he shall reign as king and deal wisely, and shall execute justice and righteousness in the land.

यो परमप्रभुको घोषणा हो, हेर्, यस्‍ता दिनहरू आउँदैछन्, जति बेला म दाऊदको लागि एउटा धार्मिक हाँगा खडा गर्नेछु । उसले राजाको रूपमा राज्य गर्नेछ । तिनले बुद्धिमानीपूर्वक काम गर्नेछ, र देशमा न्याय र धार्मिकता कायम राख्‍नेछ ।

6 In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely; and this is his name by which he shall be called: 'YHWH our righteousness.'

उसको दिनमा यहूदा यहूदा बचाइनेछ, र इस्राएल सुरक्षितसाथ जिउनेछ । तब यो नाउँले उसलाई बोलाइनेछः परमप्रभु हाम्रो धार्मिकता हुनुहुन्छ ।

7 Therefore look, the days come," says YHWH, "that they shall no more say, 'As YHWH lives, who brought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt';

यो परमप्रभुको घोषणा हो, यसकारण हेर्, यस्‍ता दिनहरू आउँदैछन्, जति बेला तिनीहरूले फेरि यसो भन्‍ने छैनन्, 'इस्राएलका मानिसहरूलाई मिश्रदेशबाट ल्याउनुहुने जीवित परमप्रभुको नाउँमा ।'

8 but, 'As YHWH lives, who brought up and who led the descendants of the house of Israel out of the north country, and from all the countries where he had driven them.' They shall dwell in their own land."'

त्‍यसको सटोमा, तिनीहरूले यसो भन्‍नेछन्, 'इस्राएलको घरानाका सन्तानहरूलाई उत्तर देश र जहाँ तिनीहरू धपाइए, ती सबै देशबाट निकालेर ल्याउनुहुने जीवित परमप्रभुको नाउँमा ।' तब तिनीहरूका आफ्नै देशमा तिनीहरू बस्‍नेछन् ।

9 Concerning the prophets: My heart within me is broken, all my bones shake; I am like a drunken man, and like a man whom wine has overcome, because of YHWH, and because of his holy words.

अगमवक्ताहरूको सम्बन्धमा मेरो हृदय टुटेको छ, र मेरा सबै हड्‍डी काम्दछन् । परमप्रभु र उहाँको पवित्र वचनको कारणले म एक जना मातेको मान्छेजस्तै भएको छु, जसलाई मदिराले नियन्त्रण गरेको हुन्‍छ ।

10 For the land is full of adulterers; for because of swearing the land mourns; the pastures of the wilderness are dried up. "Their course is evil, and their might is not right;

किनकि देश व्यभिचारीहरूले भरिएको छ । यी कारणले गर्दा देश सुक्खा भएको छ । उजाड-स्थानमा भएको खर्क सुकेको छ । यी अगमवक्ताहरूका मार्गहरू दुष्‍ट छन् । तिनीहरूको शक्ति ठिक तरिकाले प्रयोग गरिएको छैन ।

11 for both prophet and priest are profane; yes, in my house have I found their wickedness," says YHWH.

“अगमवक्ता र पुजारीहरू दुवै दुषित भएका छन् । मेरै मन्दिरमा पनि मैले तिनीहरूको दुष्‍टता भेट्टाएको छु,” यो परमप्रभुको घोषणा हो—

12 "Therefore their way shall be to them as slippery places in the darkness: they shall be driven on, and fall in it; for I will bring evil on them, even the year of their visitation," says YHWH.

त्यसकारण तिनीहरूको मार्ग अन्धकारमा चिप्लने ठाउँजस्तै हुनेछ । तिनीहरू धकेलिनेछन्, र तिनीहरू त्‍यसमा लोट्नेछन् । किनकि तिनीहरूको दण्डको वर्षमा म तिनीहरूको विरुद्धमा विपत्ती पठाउनेछु,” यो परमप्रभुको घोषणा हो ।

13 "I have seen folly in the prophets of Samaria; they prophesied by Baal, and caused my people Israel to err.

“किनकि सामरियामा भएका अगमवक्ताहरूले घृणित कार्य गरेका मैले देखेको छुः तिनीहरूले बाल देवताको नाउँमा अगमवाणी बोले, र मेरो मानिस इस्राएललाई कुमार्गतिर डोर्‍याए ।

14 In the prophets of Jerusalem also I have seen a horrible thing: they commit adultery, and walk in lies; and they strengthen the hands of evildoers, so that none does return from his wickedness: they are all of them become to me as Sodom, and its inhabitants as Gomorrah.

यरूशलेमका अगमवक्ताहरूका बिचमा मैले अति घिनलाग्दा कुराहरू देखेको छु । तिनीहरू व्यभिचार गर्छन्, र झूटो चालमा हिंड्छन् । खराब काम गर्नेहरूका हात तिनीहरूले बलियो पार्छन्, र कोही पनि आफ्नो खराबीबाट पछि हट्दैन । मेरो लागि तिनीहरू सबै सदोमझैं र यसका बासिन्दाहरू गमोराझैं भएका छन् ।”

15 Therefore thus says YHWH of hosts concerning the prophets: 'Look, I will feed them with wormwood, and make them drink the water of gall; for from the prophets of Jerusalem is ungodliness gone forth into all the land.'

त्यसकारण सर्वशक्तिमान् परमप्रभु अगमवक्ताहरूको विषयमा यसो भन्‍नुहुन्छ, “हेर, मैले तिनीहरूलाई ऐरेलु खुवानै लागेको छु, र विषालु पानी पियाउनै लागेको छु, किनकि यरूशलेमका अगमवक्ताहरूबाट प्रदुषण सबै देशमा फैलिएको छ ।”

16 Thus says YHWH of hosts, 'Do not listen to the words of the prophets who prophesy to you: they teach you vanity; they speak a vision of their own heart, and not out of the mouth of YHWH.

सर्वशक्तिमान् परमप्रभु यसो भन्‍नुहुन्छ, “तिमीहरूलाई अगमवाणी बोल्ने अगमवक्ताहरूका वचनहरू नसुन । तिनीहरूले तिमीहरूलाई भ्रमित तुल्याएका छन् । तिनीहरूले परमप्रभुको मुखबाट नभई आफ्नै समझबाट दर्शनहरूको घोषणा गर्दै छन् ।

17 They say continually to those who despise me, "YHWH has said, 'You shall have peace'"; and to everyone who walks in the stubbornness of his own heart they say, "No evil shall come on you."

मेरो अनादर गर्नेहरूलाई तिनीहरूले निरन्तर यसो भनिरहेका छन्, 'तिमीहरूका निम्ति शान्ति हुने छ भनी परमप्रभु घोषणा गर्नुहुन्‍छ ।' आफ्नै हृदयको हठमा हिंड्ने हरेक व्‍यक्‍तिले भन्छ, 'तिमीहरूमाथि विपत्ति आउनेछैन ।'

18 For who has stood in the council of YHWH, that he should perceive and hear his word? Who has marked my word, and heard it?

तापनि परमप्रभुको परिषद् सभामा को खडा भएको छ र? उहाँको वचनलाई कसले देख्‍ने र कसले सुन्‍ने गर्छ र? उहाँको वचनलाई कसले ध्यान दिने र सुन्‍ने गर्छ र?

19 Look, the storm of YHWH, his wrath, has gone forth. Yes, a whirling storm. It shall burst on the head of the wicked.

हेर, परमप्रभुबाट आँधी-बेहरी आउँदैछ । उहाँको क्रोध बाहिर निस्केको छ, र तुफान वरिपरि चक्‍कर मार्दैछ । दुष्‍टहरूका शिरवरिपरि त्‍यसले चक्‍कर मार्दैछ ।

20 The anger of YHWH shall not return, until he has executed, and until he have performed the intents of his heart: in the latter days you shall understand it perfectly.

परमप्रभुको क्रोध कार्यान्वयन हुने र उहाँको हृदयका मनसायहरू पुरा हुने नभएसम्म त्‍यो थामिने छैन । आखिरी दिनमा तिमीहरूले बुझ्नेछौ ।

21 I sent not these prophets, yet they ran: I did not speak to them, yet they prophesied.

यी अगमवक्ताहरूलाई मैले पठाइनँ । तिनीहरू आफै देखा परे । तिनीहरूलाई मैले कुनै कुरा पनि घोषणा गरिनँ, तर तिनीहरूले अझै पनि अगमवाणी गरेका छन् ।

22 But if they had stood in my council, then had they caused my people to hear my words, and had turned them from their evil way, and from the evil of their doings.

किनकि तिनीहरू मेरो परिषद् सभामा खडा भए त तिनीहरूले मेरा मानिसहरूलाई मेरो वचन सुन्‍न लगाउनेथिए, तिनीहरूले उनीहरूका दुष्‍ट वचन र भ्रष्‍ट अभ्यासहरूबाट फर्कन लगाउनेथिए ।

23 Am I a God at hand,' says YHWH, 'and not a God afar off?

के म नजिक मात्र रहने तर टाढा नरहने परमेश्‍वर हुँ र? यो परमप्रभुको घोषणा हो ।

24 Can any hide himself in secret places so that I shall not see him?' says YHWH. 'Do I not fill heaven and earth?' says YHWH.

के मैले देख्‍न नसक्‍ने गरी कोही गुप्‍त ठाउँमा लुक्‍न सक्छ र? यो परमप्रभुको घोषणा हो, र के स्वर्ग र पृथ्वीलाई म ढाक्दिनँ र? यो परमप्रभुको घोषणा हो ।

25 'I have heard what the prophets have said, who prophesy lies in my name, saying, "I have dreamed, I have dreamed."

मेरो नाउँमा छलको अगमवाणी बोलिरहेका अगमवक्ताहरूले के भनेका छन्, त्‍यो मैले सुनेको छु । तिनीहरूले भने, 'मैले एउटा सपना देखेँ! मैले एउटा सपना देखेँ!'

26 How long shall this be in the heart of the prophets who prophesy lies, even the prophets of the deceit of their own heart,

अगमवक्ताहरूले आफ्नै मनबाट झूटा कुराहरूको अगमवाणी बोल्‍ने, र तिनीहरूले आफ्ना हृदयबाट छली अगमवाणी बोल्‍ने कुरा कहिलेसम्म भइरहन्‍छ?

27 who think to cause my people to forget my name by their dreams which they tell every man to his neighbor, as their fathers forgot my name for Baal.

जसरी बाल देवताको नाउँमा मेरा मानिसहरूका पुर्खाहरूले मेरो नाउँ बिर्से, त्यसरी नै तिनीहरू प्रत्‍येकले आफ्नो छिमेकीलाई बताएका सपनाहरूद्वारा उनीहरूलाई मेरो नाउँ बिर्साउने योजना तिनीहरूले बनाउँदैछन् ।

28 The prophet who has a dream, let him tell a dream; and he who has my word, let him speak my word faithfully. What is the straw to the wheat?' says YHWH.

सपना देख्‍ने अगमवक्ताले, आफूले देखेको सपना बताओस् । तर जसलाई मैले कुनै कुराको घोषणा गरेको छु, त्यसले साँचो तवरले मेरो वचन घोषणा गरोस् । परालको अन्‍नसित के सरोकार छ? यो परमप्रभुको घोषणा हो ।

29 'Isn't my word like fire?' says YHWH; 'and like a hammer that breaks the rock in pieces?

यो परमप्रभुको घोषणा हो, के मेरो वचन आगोजस्तै छैन र? चट्टानलाई टुक्रा-टुक्रा पार्ने घनजस्तै छैन र?

30 Therefore look, I am against the prophets,' says YHWH, 'who steal my words everyone from his neighbor.

त्यसैले, हेर, अर्को व्यक्तिबाट वचन चोर्ने र मबाट आएजस्तै गरी बोल्ने अगमवक्ताहरूको विरुद्धमा म हुन्‍छु, यो परमप्रभुको घोषणा हो ।

31 Look, I am against the prophets,' says YHWH, 'who use their tongues, and say, "He says."

हेर, म त्‍यस्‍ता अगमवक्ताहरूको विरुद्धमा हुन्‍छु, जसले, यो परमप्रभुको घोषणा हो, भनेर घोषणा गर्न आफ्‍नो जिब्रोलाई चलाउँछन् ।

32 Look, I am against the prophets who prophesy lying dreams,' says YHWH, 'and do tell them, and cause my people to err by their lies, and by their vain boasting: yet I did not send them, nor commanded them; neither do they profit this people at all,' says YHWH.

हेर, यो परमप्रभुको घोषणा हो, भनेर छलपूर्ण सपनाहरू देख्‍ने र त्‍यसपछि ती घोषणा गर्ने र यसरी आफ्‍ना छल र अहङ्कारले मेरा मानिसहरूलाई भ्रममा पार्ने अगमवक्ताहरूका विरुद्धमा म छु । म तिनीहरूको विरुद्धमा छु, किनकि मैले तिनीहरूलाई पठाएको होइन, न त तिनीहरूलाई आज्ञा दिएको छु । त्यसैले तिनीहरूले निश्‍चय नै यी मानिसलाई मदत गर्नेछैन, यो परमप्रभुको घोषणा हो ।

33 'When this people, or the prophet, or a priest, shall ask you, saying, "What is the burden of YHWH?" Then you shall tell them, "You are the burden, and I will cast you off," says YHWH.

यी मानिसहरू, वा अगमवक्ता वा पुजारीले तँलाई 'परमप्रभुको बोझ के हो?' भनी सोधे भने तैंले तिनीहरूलाई भन्‍नेछस्, 'तिमीहरू नै बोझ हौ, र म तिमीहरूलाई निष्कासित गर्नेछु,' यो परमप्रभुको घोषणा हो ।

34 As for the prophet, and the priest, and the people, who shall say, "The burden of YHWH," I will even punish that man and his house.

‘यो परमप्रभुको बोझ हो,’ भनिरहने अगमवक्ता, पुजारी र मानिसका सम्‍बन्‍धमा म त्‍यो मानिस र उसको घरानालाई दण्ड दिनेछु ।

35 You shall say everyone to his neighbor, and everyone to his brother, "What has YHWH answered?" and, "What has YHWH spoken?"

तिमीहरू हरेक व्‍यक्‍तिले आफ्नो छिमेकीलाई र हरेक मानिसले आफ्नो भाइलाई निरन्‍तर सोधिरहन्छौ, 'परमप्रभुले के जवाफ दिनुभयो?' र 'परमप्रभुले के घोषणा गर्नुभयो?' ।

36 You shall mention the burden of YHWH no more: for every man's own word shall be his burden; for you have perverted the words of the living God, of YHWH of hosts our God.

तर तिमीहरू फेरि 'परमप्रभुको बोझ' को बारेमा कुरा गर्नेछैनौ, किनकि बोझचाहिं हरेक मानिसको आफ्नै वचन हो, र तिमीहरूले जीवित परमेश्‍वर, सर्वशक्तिमान् परमप्रभु, हाम्रा परमेश्‍वरका वचनलाई बङ्ग्याएका छौ ।

37 You shall say to the prophet, "What has YHWH answered you?" and, "What has YHWH spoken?"

अगमवक्तालाई तैंले यसो भनेर सोध्‍नेछस्, 'परमप्रभुले तिमीलाई के जवाफ दिनुभयो?' वा 'परमप्रभुले के भन्‍नुभयो?'

38 But if you say, "The burden of YHWH"; therefore thus says YHWH: Because you say this word, "The burden of YHWH," and I have sent to you, saying, "You shall not say, 'The burden of YHWH'";

तर तिमीहरू भन्‍छौ, 'यो परमप्रभुको बोझ हो,' भने, परमप्रभु यसो भन्‍नुहुन्‍छः ‘यो परमप्रभुको बोझ हो,’ भनी तिमीहरूले भन्‍नेछैनौ भनेर मैले तिमीहरूलाई पठाउँदा पनि तिमीहरूले, ‘यो परमप्रभुको बोझ हो,’ भन्‍यौ,

39 therefore, look, I will surely lift you up and I will cast you off, and the city that I gave to you and to your fathers, away from my presence:

यसकारण, हेर, तिमीहरू र तिमीहरूका पुर्खाहरूलाई मैले दिएको सहरसाँगै म तिमीहरूलाई समातेर मेरो उपस्थितिबाट टाढा फल्‍नै लागेको छु ।

40 and I will bring an everlasting reproach on you, and a perpetual shame, which shall not be forgotten.'"

तब म तिमीहरूमाथि अनन्त लाज र अपमान हालिदिनेछु, जुन कहिल्यै बिर्सिने छैन ।”