< Isaiah 41 >

1 Keep silence before me, O islands; and let the peoples renew their strength: let them come near; then let them speak: let us come near together to judgment.
ए समुद्री किनारहरू, मेरो सामु चुपचाप सुन । जातिहरूले आफ्‍ना बल नयाँ बनाऊन् । तिनीहरू नजिक आऊन् र बोलून् । एउटा विवादको बारेमा बहस गर्न हामी एकसाथ भेला हौं ।
2 Who hath raised up one from the east, whom he calleth in righteousness to his foot? he giveth nations before him, and maketh him rule over kings; he giveth them as the dust to his sword, as the driven stubble to his bow.
आफ्‍नो काम धार्मिकतामा गर्नलाई पुर्वको एक जनालाई बोलाएर कसले उत्तेजित पारेको छ? उहाँले जातिहरूलाई तिनीकहाँ सुम्‍पनुहुन्छ र राजाहरूलाई अधीन गर्न तिनलाई सहायता गर्नुहुन्छ । आफ्‍नो धनुको हावाले उडाएको पतकरझैं, तिनले उनीहरूलाई तरवारले जमिनमा ढाल्‍छन् ।
3 He pursueth them, and passeth on safely; even by a way that he had not gone with his feet.
तिनले उनीहरूलाई लखेट्‍छन् र छिटो पुग्‍ने बाटोद्वारा आफ्‍ना खुट्टाले जमिन नछोएझैं गरी तिनले सुरक्षित रूपमा भेट्टाउँछन् ।
4 Who hath wrought and done it, calling the generations from the beginning? I the LORD, the first, and with the last, I am he.
कसले यी कामहरू गरेको र पुरा गरेको छ? कसले सुरुदेखिका पुस्ताहरूलाई बलाएको छ? म, परमप्रभु पहिलो र अन्तिम म नै हुँ ।
5 The isles saw, and feared; the ends of the earth trembled: they drew near, and came.
टापुहरूले देखेका छन् र डराएका छन् । पृथ्वीका अन्तिम छेउहरू थरथर काम्छन् । तिनीहरू तयार हुन्‍छन् र आउँछन् ।
6 They helped every one his neighbour; and [every one] said to his brother, Be of good courage.
हरेकले आ-आफ्ना छिमेकीलाई सहायता गर्छ र हरेकले एकआपसमा भन्छन्, 'उत्साहित होओ ।'
7 So the carpenter encouraged the goldsmith, and he that smootheth with the hammer him that smiteth the anvil, saying of the soldering, It is good: and he fastened it with nails, that it should not be moved.
त्यसैले सिकर्मीले सुनारलाई उत्साह दिन्छ, अनि घन चलाउनेले लिहीमा काम गर्नेलाई 'यो असल छ' भन्दै वेल्‍डिङ् गर्न उत्साह दिन्छ । तिनीहरूले त्‍यो काँटीले कस्छन्, ताकि यो नहल्लियोस् ।
8 But thou, Israel, my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend;
तर तँ इस्राएल, मेरो सेवक, याकूब, जसलाई मैले चुनेको छु, मेरो मित्र अब्राहमको सन्तान,
9 thou whom I have taken hold of from the ends of the earth, and called thee from the corners thereof, and said unto thee, Thou art my servant, I have chosen thee and not cast thee away;
तँ जसलाई म पृथ्वीको अन्तिम छेउबाट फर्काएर ल्याउँदैछु र जसलाई मैले टाढा ठाउँहरूबाट बोलाएँ, अनि जसलाई मैले भनें, 'तँ मेरो सेवक होस्।' मैले तँलाई चुनेको छु, र तँलाई इन्कार गरेको छैन ।
10 Fear thou not, for I am with thee; be not dismayed, for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.
नडरा, किनकि म तँसँग छु । चिन्तित नहो, किनकि म नै तेरो परमेश्‍वर हुँ । म तँलाई बलियो बनाउनेछु, र म तँलाई सहायता गर्नेछु, अनि आफ्‍नो धर्मी दाहिने हातले म तँलाई थाम्‍नेछु ।
11 Behold, all they that are incensed against thee shall be ashamed and confounded: they that strive with thee shall be as nothing, and shall perish.
हेर, तँसँग रिसाएकाहरू सबै जना, तिनीहरू लज्‍जित र अपमानित हुनेछन् । तेरो विरोध गर्नेहरू, तिनीहरू बेकामको हुनेछन् र नाश हुनेछन् ।
12 Thou shalt seek them, and shalt not find them, even them that contend with thee: they that war against thee shall be as nothing, and as a thing of nought.
तँसँग झगडा गर्नेहरूलाई तैंले खोज्‍नेछस् र पाउनेछैनस् । तँसँग युद्ध गर्नेहरू बेकामको हुनेछन् र पुर्ण रूपमा बेकामको हुनेछन् ।
13 For I the LORD thy God will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee.
किनकि म, परमप्रभु तेरो परमेश्‍वरले तेरो दाहिने हात समातेर यसो भन्‍नेछु, 'नडरा, म तँलाई सहायता गर्दैर्छु ।'
14 Fear not, thou worm Jacob, and ye men of Israel; I will help thee, saith the LORD, and thy redeemer is the Holy One of Israel.
नडरा, ए किरा याकूब र इस्राएलका मानिसहरू, तँलाई म सहायात गर्नेछु— यो परमप्रभु, तिमीहरूका उद्धारक, इस्राएलका परमपवित्रको घोषणा हो ।
15 Behold, I will make thee a new sharp threshing instrument having teeth: thou shalt thresh the mountains, and beat them small, and shalt make the hills as chaff.
हेर्, म तँलाई नयाँ र दुई धारहरू भएको एउटा अन्‍न कुट्ने हतियार बनाउँदैछु । तैंले पहाडहरूलाई कुट्नेछस् र तिनीहरूलाई कुल्चनेछस् । तैंले डाँडाहरूलाई भुसजस्तै बनाउनेछस् ।
16 Thou shalt fan them, and the wind shall carry them away, and the whirlwind shall scatter them: and thou shalt rejoice in the LORD, thou shalt glory in the Holy One of Israel.
तैंले तिनीहरूलाई निफन्‍नेछस् र हावाले तिनीहरूलाई उडाएर लानेछ । हावाले तिनीहरूलाई तितरबितर पार्नेछ । तँ परमप्रभुमा रमाउनेछस्, इस्राएका परमपवित्रमा तँ आनन्दित हुनेछस् ।
17 The poor and needy seek water and there is none, and their tongue faileth for thirst; I the LORD will answer them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them.
अत्यचारमा परेका र खाँचोमा परेकाहरूले पानी खोज्नेछन्, तर त्यहाँ हुनेछैन, अनि तिर्खाले गर्दा तिनीहरूको जिब्रो सुक्‍खा हुन्छन् । म, परमप्रभुले तिनीहरूको प्रार्थनाको जवाफ दिनेछु । म, इस्राएलका परमेश्‍वरले तिनीहरूलाई त्‍याग्‍नेछैन ।
18 I will open rivers on the bare heights, and fountains in the midst of the valleys: I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water.
ठाडो भिरमा म खोला बगाउनेछु र मैदानको माझमा मुल फुटाउनेछु । मरुभूमीमा पानीको तलाउ र सुख्‍खा जमिनमा पानीको मुल म बनाउनेछु ।
19 I will plant in the wilderness the cedar, the acacia tree, and the myrtle, and the oil tree; I will set in the desert the fir tree, the pine, and the box tree together:
उजाड-स्‍थानमा म देवदारु, बबुल, मेंहदी र जैतूनको रूख रोप्‍नेछु । मैले धूपी र सल्लालाई उजाड मैदानमा म खडा गर्नेछु ।
20 that they may see, and know, and consider, and understand together, that the hand of the LORD hath done this, and the Holy One of Israel hath created it.
परमप्रभुको हातले नै यसो गरेको छ, इस्राएलको परमपवित्रले नै यसलाई सृजनुभएको छ, भनेर मानिसहरूले हेरून्, चिनून् अनि बुझून् भन्‍ने उदेश्‍यले म यो गर्नेछु ।
21 Produce your cause, saith the LORD; bring forth your strong reasons, saith the King of Jacob.
परमप्रभु भन्‍नुहुन्छ, “तेरो मुद्दा पेस गर् ।” याकूबका राजा भन्‍नुहुन्छ, “तेरा मूर्तीहरूका निम्ति तेरा उत्तम बहसहरू पेस गर् ।”
22 Let them bring them forth, and declare unto us what shall happen: declare ye the former things, what they be, that we may consider them, and know the latter end of them; or shew us things for to come.
तिनीहरूले आ-आफ्ना बहसहरू ल्याऊन् । तिनीहरू अघि आऊन् र के हुनेछ भनी बताऊन्, ताकि हामीले यी कुराहरू राम्ररी जान्‍न सक्‍छौं । तिनीहरूले हामीलाई सुरुका अगमवाणीका कुराहरू भनून्, ताकि हामीले तिनमा विचार गरौं र ती कसरी पुरा भए जानौं ।
23 Declare the things that are to come hereafter, that we may know that ye are gods: yea, do good, or do evil, that we may be dismayed, and behold it together.
भविष्यको बारेमा कुराहरू भन, ताकि तिमीहरू देवहरू हौ भनी हामी जान्‍न सकौं । कुनै असल वा खराब गर, ताकि हामी डराऔं वा प्रभावित बनौं ।
24 Behold, ye are of nothing, and your work of nought: an abomination is he that chooseth you.
हेर्, मूर्तीहरू केही पनि होइनन्, र तिमीहरूका कामहरू केही पनि होइनन् । तिमीहरूलाई रोज्‍ने मानिस घृणित हुन्छ ।
25 I have raised up one from the north, and he is come; from the rising of the sun one that calleth upon my name: and he shall come upon rulers as upon mortar, and as the potter treadeth clay.
उत्तरबाट मैले एक जनालाई खडा गरेको छु, र त्यो आउँछ । सुर्य उदय हुने दिशाबाट त्यसलाई म बोलाउँछु, जसले मेरो नाउँ पुकार्छ, अनि हिलोलाई झैं, माटोलाई कुल्चने कुमालेले झैं त्यसले शासकहरूलाई कुल्चनेछ ।
26 Who hath declared it from the beginning, that we may know? and beforetime, that we may say, [He is] righteous? yea, there is none that declareth, yea, there is none that sheweth, yea, there is none that heareth your words.
यसलाई कसले सुरुदेखि नै घोषणा गर्‍यौ, ताकि हामीले जान्‍न सकौं? “उहाँ ठिक हुनुहुन्छ” भनी हामीले भन्‍नुभन्‍दा पहिले? वास्तवमा, तिनीहरू कसैले पनि यो घोषणा गरेनन्, हो, तिमीहरूले कुनै कुरा भनेको कसैले पनि सुनेन ।
27 [I] first [will say] unto Zion, Behold, behold them; and I will give to Jerusalem one that bringeth good tidings.
मैले पहिले सियोनलाई भनें, “हेर, तिनीहरू यहाँ छन् ।” मैले यरूशलेममा एक जना दूतलाई पठाएँ ।
28 And when I look, there is no man; even among them there is no counsellor, that, when I ask of them, can answer a word.
मैले हेर्दा त्यहाँ कोही पनि छैन, असल सल्लाह दिने तिनीहरूका माझमा कोही पनि छैन । मैले सोध्दा एक शब्द जवाफ दिने कोही छैन ।
29 Behold, all of them, their works are vanity [and] nought: their molten images are wind and confusion.
हेर, ती सबै केही पनि होइनन्, अनि तिनीहरूका कामहरू केही पनि होइनन् । तिनीहरूका ढालेका धातुका आकृतिहरू हावा र रित्ता हुन् ।

< Isaiah 41 >