< Hosea 12 >

1 Ephraim, feedeth on wind, and pursueth the east wind, all the day, falsehood and force, doth he magnify, —and, a covenant with Assyria, would they solemnize, and, oil into Egypt, must be borne along.
एफ्राइमले हावा खान्‍छ र त्यसले पूर्वीय बतासको पछि लाग्‍छ । त्यसले झुट र हिंसालाई निरन्तर बढाउँछ । तिनीहरूले अश्‍शूरसँग करार बाँध्‍दछन् र मिश्रदेशमा जैतूनको तेल लान्छन् ।
2 But, a controversy, hath Yahweh with Judah, —so that he may bring punishment on Jacob, according to his ways, According to his doings, repay him.
यहूदाको विरुद्ध परमप्रभुसँग एउटा मुद्धा छ र याकूबले जे गरेको छ, त्यसको लागि दण्ड दिनुहुनेछ । त्यसका कामहरूका निम्‍ति उहाँले त्यसलाई बदला दिनुहुनेछ ।
3 In the womb, took he his brother by the heel; and, in his manly vigour, strove he with God:
गर्भमा नै याकूबले आफ्नो दाजुको कुर्कुच्‍चा समाते, र आफ्नो जवान अवस्थामा तिनले परमेश्‍वरसँग लडन्‍त गरे ।
4 Yea he strove against a Messenger, and prevailed, he wept, and made supplication unto him, —At Bethel, he found him, and, there, he spake with us;
तिनले स्वर्गदूतसँग लडन्‍त गरे र जिते । तिनी रोए र उहाँको निगाहको निम्ति बिन्ती गरे । तिनले बेथेलमा परमेश्‍वरलाई भेटे । त्यहाँ तिनीसँग परमेश्‍वर बोल्‍नुभयो ।
5 And, Yahweh, is God of host, —Yahweh, is his memorial.
उहाँ सर्वशक्तिमान् परमप्रभु परमेश्‍वर हुनुहुन्छ । पुकारा गर्नुपर्ने उहाँको नाउँ “परमप्रभु” हो ।
6 Thou, therefore, by thy God, shalt return, —lovingkindness and justice, do thou keep, so wait thou for thy God, continually.
यसैले आफ्नो परमेश्‍वरकहाँ फर्क । करारको विश्‍वस्‍तता र न्याय कायम राख र आफ्नो परमेश्‍वरमा निरन्तर पर्ख ।
7 A trafficker! in his hand, are balances of deceit, to oppress, he loveth.
व्यापारीहरूका हातमा छलको तराजु रहेको छ, तिनीहरूलाई छल गर्न मन पराउँछन् ।
8 So then Ephraim said, Surely I have gotten me riches, I have found wealth for myself, —in all my toils, they cannot find in me perversity which is sin.
एफ्राइमले भन्‍यो, “निश्‍चय नै म धेरै धनी भएको छु । आफ्‍नो निम्ति मैले धनसम्पत्ति पाएको छु । मेरो सबै काममा कुनै अपराध हुने कुरा, पाप हुने कुनै कुरा तिनीहरूले भेट्‍टाउनेछैनन् ।”
9 But, I, Yahweh, have been thy God, from the land of Egypt, —I will yet make thee dwell in tents, as in the days of appointed meeting.
“मिश्रदेशदेखि नै म परमप्रभु तिमीहरूका परमेश्‍वर हुँ । तोकिएको चाडका दिनहरूमा झैं, तिमीहरूलाई फेरि म पालहरूमा बस्‍ने बनाउनेछु ।
10 And I will lay my word upon the prophets, yea, I myself, have magnified, vision, —and, by the hand of the prophets, will I use similitudes.
म अगमवक्ताहरूसँग बोलें, र तिमीहरूका निम्ति मैले तिनीहरूलाई धेरै दर्शनहरू दिएँ । अगमवक्ताहरूका हातद्वारा मैले दृष्‍टान्‍तहरू दिएँ ।”
11 If, Gilead, is in sorrow, surely false, have they been, In Gilgal, have they sacrificed, bullocks, —their very altars, shall become as heaps upon the furrows of the field.
गिलादमा दुष्‍टता छ भने, निश्‍चय नै त्यहाँका मानिसहरू बेकामका छन् । गिलगालमा तिनीहरू साँढेहरू बलि चढाउँछन् । तिनीहरूका वेदीहरू जोतेको खेतमा ढुङ्गाका थुप्रोझैं हुनेछन् ।
12 When Jacob fled to the country of Syria, then Israel served for a wife, and, for a wife, he watched over a flock.
याकूब अरामको देशमा भागे । एक जना पत्‍नी पाउनलाई इस्राएलले काम गरे, र एक जना पत्‍नी पाउनलाई तिनले भेडाका बगालको रेखदेख गरे ।
13 And, by a prophet, Yahweh, brought up, Israel out of Egypt, —and, by a prophet, was he watched over.
परमप्रभुले एक जना अगमवक्ताद्वारा इस्राएललाई मिश्रदेशबाट बाहिर ल्याउनुभयो, र एक जना अगमवक्ताद्वारा नै उहाँले तिनीहरूको रेखदेख गर्नुभयो ।
14 Ephraim hath provoked, very bitterly, —his own blood, therefore, upon him, will he leave, and, his reproach, shall his Lord, bring back to him.
एफ्राइमले परमप्रभुलाई अत्यन्तै क्रोधित पारेको छ । यसैले त्यसका परमप्रभुले त्यसको रगतको दोष त्यसमाथि नै छोड्नुहुनेछ र त्यसको अपमान त्‍यसैलाई फर्काउनुहुनेछ ।

< Hosea 12 >