< Isaiah 17 >

1 The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap.
दमस्कसको बारेमा एउटा घोषणा ।
2 The cities of Aroer are forsaken: they shall be for 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 The fortress also shall cease from Ephraim, and the kingdom from Damascus, and the remnant of Syria; they shall be as the glory of the children of Israel, 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 in that day, that the glory of Jacob shall be made thin, and the fatness of his flesh shall wax 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 his arm reapeth the ears; yea, 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 Yet there shall be left therein gleanings, as the shaking of an olive tree, two or three berries in the top of the uppermost bough, four or five in 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 In that day shall a man look unto his Maker, and his eyes shall have respect to the Holy One of Israel.
त्यस दिन मानिसहरूले आफ्‍ना सृष्‍टिकर्तालाई हेर्नेछन् र तिनीहरूका आँखाले इस्राएलका पवित्रलाई हेर्नेछन् ।
8 And he shall not look to the altars, the work of his hands, neither shall he have respect to that which his fingers have made, either the Asherim, or the sun-images.
तिनीहरूले आफ्नो हातका कामहरू अर्थात् वेदीहरूतिर हेर्नेछैनन्, न त तिनीहरूले आफ्नै औंलाले बनाएका अशेराका खम्बाहरू न सूर्यका प्रतिमाहरूलाई नै हेर्नेछन् ।
9 In that day shall his strong cities be as the forsaken places in the wood and on the mountain top, which were forsaken from before the children of Israel: and it shall be a desolation.
त्यस दिन तिनीहरूका बलिया सहरहरू डाँडाका टाकुराहरूका भिरहरूमा त्यगिएका जङ्‍गलजस्‍तै हुनेछन्, जसलाई इस्राएलका मानिसहरूका कारणले त्यागिएका थिए र त्यो उजाड हुनेछ ।
10 For thou hast forgotten the God of thy salvation, and hast not been mindful of the rock of thy strength; therefore thou plantest pleasant plants, and settest it with strange slips:
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 In the day of thy planting thou hedgest it in, and in the morning thou makest thy seed to blossom: but the harvest fleeth away in the day of grief and of desperate sorrow.
तैंले रोपेको, बार लगाएको र खेती गरेको दिनमा । तेरा बीउहरू चाँडै वृद्धि हुनेछन्, तर कष्‍ट र घोर दुखको दिनमा फल दिनेछैन ।
12 Ah, the uproar of many peoples, which roar like the roaring of the seas; and the rushing of nations, that rush like the rushing of mighty waters!
धिक्‍कार! धेरै मानिसहरूको गर्जन, जुन समुद्रहरूको गर्जन, र जातिहरूका हल्लाझैं गर्जन्छ, जुन शक्तिशाली पानी बगेझैं बग्छ!
13 The nations shall rush like the rushing of many waters: but he shall rebuke them, and they shall flee far off, and shall be chased as the chaff of the mountains before the wind, and like the whirling dust before the storm.
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 eventide behold terror; [and] before the morning they are not. This is the portion of them that spoil us, and the lot of them that rob us.
हेर, साँझमा त्रास! बिहान हुनअगि ती बितिजानेछन्! हामीलाई लूट्नेहरू, हामीलाई डकैती गर्नेहरूको भाग यस्‍तै हुनेछ ।

< Isaiah 17 >