Jeremiah 2
1 Yahweh gave me another message
परमप्रभुको वचन मकहाँ यसो भनेर आयो,
2 [to proclaim to everyone in Jerusalem. He said that I should tell them this] [MET]: “I, Yahweh, remember that you very much wanted to please me [long ago]. [You tried to please me like] a bride [tries to please her husband]; You loved me, and you followed me through the desert [DOU].
“जा र यरूशलेमले सुन्ने गरी घोषणा गर् । यसो भन्, ‘परमप्रभु यसो भन्नुहुन्छः तेरो युवावस्थामा भएको करारको विश्वसनियता, हाम्रो मगनी भएको बेलाको तेरो प्रेम, बीउ नछरिएको त्यस देशको उजाड-स्थानमा तँ मेरो पछि लागेको समयलाई याद गर्न मैले तँलाई बोलाएको छु ।
3 [At that time you] Israelis (were set apart/belonged only) to me; [you belonged to me like] the first part of the harvests belong to me [MET]. I promised to punish all those who harmed you, my people, and truly I did send disasters on them. [That happened because I], Yahweh, said [that it would happen].”
परमपप्रभुको फसलको अगौटे फल इस्राएललाई उहाँको निम्ति अलग गरियो । अगौटे फलबाट खाने सबै जना दोषी ठहरिए । तिनीहरूमाथि विपत्ति आइपर्यो, यो परमप्रभुको घोषणा हो ' ।”
4 So, you [descendants of] [MTY] Jacob, all you people of [MTY] Israel,
हे याकूबका घराना र इस्राएलको घरानाका सबै वंश हो, परमप्रभुको वचन सुन ।
5 listen to what Yahweh says: “(What sin did I commit [RHQ] that caused your ancestors to turn far away from me?/Though your ancestors found no fault in me, they turned far away from me.) They worshiped worthless idols, and they themselves became worthless.
परमप्रभु यसो भन्नुहुन्छ, “तिमीहरूका पुर्खाहरूले ममा के गल्ति भेट्टाए जसको कारणले गर्दा मलाई पछ्याउनबाट तिनीहरू टाढा भए? तिनीहरू बेकम्मा मुर्तिहरूको पछि गए र आफै बेकम्मा भए ।
6 They did not say, ‘Yahweh brought us [safely] out of Egypt, and he led us through a desert where there were a lot of pits; he led us where there was no water and where it was very dangerous, through a land where no one lives, and no one even travels. (So where is Yahweh now?/So he should be helping us now!) [RHQ]’
तिनीहरूले यसो भनेनन्, 'हामीलाई मिश्रदेशबाट ल्याउनुहुने परमप्रभु कहाँ हुनुहुन्छ? हामीलाई उजाड-स्थानमा, अराबाको देश र खाडलहरूमा, सुख्खा र घोर अन्धकारको देशमा, कोही नजाने र कोही नबस्ने देशमा अगुवाइ गर्नुहुने परमप्रभु कहाँ हुनुहुन्छ?
7 And when I brought you into a very fertile land, in order that you could enjoy [all] the fruit and [other] good things that you would harvest, you caused the land that I promised to give to you to be unfit for me and to become disgusting/detestable to me.
तर मैले तिमीहरूलाई कर्मेलको फल र अन्य असल खानेकुराहरू खान त्यस देशमा ल्याएँ । तापनि जब तिमीहरू आयौ, तिमीहरूले मेरो देशलाई दुषित पार्यौ । तिमीहरूले मेरो उत्तराधिकारलाई घृणित बनायौ ।
8 [Your] priests also did not say, ‘(Where is Yahweh now?/Yahweh should be helping us now!)’ [RHQ] Those who teach/explain my laws do not [want to] know me, and [your] leaders have rebelled against me. [Your] prophets gave you messages from [their god] Baal, and they worship worthless idols.”
पुजारीले सोधेन, 'परमप्रभु कहाँ हुनुहुन्छ?', र व्यवस्थाका ज्ञाताहरूले मेरो बारेमा वास्तै गरेनन् । गोठालाहरूले मेरो विरुद्धमा अपराध गरे । अगमवक्ताहरूले बाल देवताको लागि अगमवाणी बोले, र व्यर्थैका कुराहरूको पछि लागे ।
9 “So, I will accuse you in court. [In future years], I will say what your children and your grandchildren have done that is wrong. [That will happen because I], Yahweh, have said [that it will happen].
त्यसैले परमप्रभु घोषणा गर्नुहुन्छ, म अझै पनि तिमीहरूलाई दोष लगाउनेछु र तिमीहरूका छोराहरूलाई दोष लगाउनेछु ।
10 If you go [west] to the island of Cyprus, or if you go [east] to Kedar [land, ] and if you ask people in those places, they will tell you that no people [from their countries] have ever done the wicked things that you people have done!
किनकि कित्तीमका किनारहरू पार गर र हेर । केदारमा सन्देशवाहकहरू पठाओ र पत्ता लगाओ, र त्यहाँ यस्तो काम पहिले कहिल्यै भएको रहेछ कि भनी हेर ।
11 The people of no other nation have ever [RHQ] abandoned their gods that they thought were glorious and started to worship gods that are not really gods, but you people have abandoned me, your glorious God, and are worshiping gods that are useless.
के कुनै जातिले आफ्ना देवताहरू साटेका छन्? यद्यपि ती देवताहरू नै थिएनन् । तर जुन कुराले मेरो जातिलाई मदत गर्न सक्दैन, तिनै कुरासित तिनीहरूले आफ्नो महिमालाई साटेका छन् ।
12 [It is as though everything in] the sky is surprised and dismayed/appalled [about what you have done]; [it is as though] they tremble because they are very horrified.
यही कारणले गर्दा हे आकाशमण्डल, थरथर हो, चकित हो र डरले काँप, यो परमप्रभुको घोषणा हो ।
13 [You], my people, have done two evil things: You have rejected me, the one who is [like] [MET] a fountain [where you can obtain] fresh water, and you [are worshiping gods that are like] [MET] pits in the ground that are cracked and which are not able to hold any water.
किनकि मेरो जातिले मेरो विरुद्धमा दुईवटा दुष्ट काम गरेको छः तिनीहरूले जिउँदो पानीको मुललाई त्यागेका छन्, र तिनीहरूले आफ्नै निम्ति पानी चुहिने कुवाहरू खनेका छन् ।
14 You Israeli people, you were certainly not [RHQ] slaves when you were born; you were captured [by your enemies].
के इस्राएल दास हो? के त्यो आफ्नो मालिकको घरमा जन्मेको थियो? त्यसो भए, त्यो किन लुटको माल भएको छ त?
15 [Your enemies] [MET] roared [like] lions, and they destroyed your land. [Now] your towns have been burned, and no one lives in them.
जवान सिंहहरू त्यसको विरुद्धमा गर्जे । तिनीहरूले ठुलो स्वरले गर्जेका छन्, र त्यसको देशलाई त्रसित पारेका छन् । त्यसका सहरहरू बासिन्दाहरू नरहने गरी नष्ट पारिएका छन् ।
16 Soldiers from Memphis and Tahpenes, [cities in Egypt], have [defeated you] [and] shaved your heads [to show that you are their slaves].
साथै, मेम्फिस र तहपनेसका मानिसहरूले तेरो शिर खौरिनेछन् ।
17 But it is [RHQ] because you abandoned [me], Yahweh, that these disasters have happened to you.
परमप्रभु तिमीहरूका परमेश्वरले तिमीहरूलाई अगुवाइ गरिरहनुहुँदा तिमीहरूले उहाँलाई त्यागेर के यो तिमीहरू आफ्नै निम्ति गरेका होइनौ र?
18 So (why are you trying to make an alliance with [MET] the rulers of Egypt?/it certainly will not help you to make an alliance with the rulers of Egypt) [RHQ]. Why are you trying to make an alliance with [MET] the rulers of Assyria who live near the [Euphrates] River?
त्यसैले अब, शिहोर नदीको पानी पिउन किन मिश्रदेशमा पुर्याउने बाटो भएर जान्छौ? यूफ्रेटिस नदीको पानी पिउन किन अश्शूरमा पुर्याउने बाटो भएर जान्छौ?
19 [It is because] you have been [very] wicked that I [PRS] will punish you. It is because you have turned away from me that I [PRS] will condemn you. [When I do that], you will realize that painful and evil [DOU] things will happen to you because you have forsaken [me], Yahweh, your God, and you no [longer] revere me. [That will certainly happen because] I, Yahweh, the Commander of the armies of angels in heaven, have said it.
तिमीहरूको दुष्टताले नै तिमीहरूलाई हप्काउँछ, र तिमीहरूको अविश्वासले नै तिमीहरूलाई दण्ड दिन्छ । त्यसैले यसबारे विचार गर, र बुझ, परमप्रभु तिमीहरूका परमेश्वरलाई त्यागेर उहाँको डर नमान्नु भनेको दुष्ट र तितो कुरा हो, यो सर्वशक्तिमान् परमप्रभु परमेश्वरको घोषणा हो ।
20 Long ago, you stopped obeying [me] [MET], and you would not allow [me] to lead you [MET]; you refused to worship [me]. Instead, you worship idols that are under trees on the top of every hill, and your young women have sex with [EUP] [men at those places].
किनकि तँसित प्राचिन समयमा भएको तेरो जुवा मैले भाँचिदिएँ । मैले तेरा बन्धनहरू फुकाइदिएँ । तरै पनि तैंले भनिस्, 'म तपाईंको सेवा गर्नेछैनँ!' किनकि हरेक अग्लो डाँडा र हरेक झ्याम्म परेको रुखमुनि तैंले आफ्नो शिर झुकाइस्, तँ वेश्या होस् ।
21 [It is as though] [MET] you were a grapevine that I planted when it was a cutting from a very good vine. So now it is disgusting that [RHQ] you have become [like] a rotten worthless vine.
मैले तँलाई पूर्ण रूपले शुद्ध बीउबाट असल दाखको बोटको रूपमा रोपेको थिएँ । तब तैंले आफैलाई भ्रष्ट र बेकम्मा दाखको बोटको रूपमा कसरी परिवर्तन गरिस्?
22 Your guilt from your sins is like [MET] very bad stains on a cloth, and you cannot get rid of those stains even by using very strong soap. [This is true because I], Yahweh, have said it.
तैंले आफैलाई नदीमा सफा गरिस् वा साबुनले धोइस् भने पनि, तेरो अधर्म मेरो सामु दागझैं छ, यो परमप्रभु परमेश्वरको घोषणा हो ।
23 You say that you have not sinned. You say ‘We have not become unacceptable to God; we have not worshiped Baal.’ But think about [the disgusting things that you do very eagerly] in [Hinnom] Valley [outside Jerusalem]. You are like desperate female camels, running here and there [to find male camels to have sex with].
'म बिटुलो पारिएको छैनँ! म बाल देवताको पछि लागेको छैनँ' भनी तैले कसरी भन्न सक्छस्? तैंले उपत्यकाहरूमा के गरिस्, सो हेर् । तैंले गरेको कुरालाई विचार गर् । तँ यताउता कुदिहिंड्ने चञ्चल पोथी ऊँट हो,
24 You are [like] wild female donkeys in the desert. They sniff the air to find where the male donkeys are, and no one can [RHQ] restrain them. The male donkeys that want them do not become tired searching for them, because at mating time they find them [easily].
तँ उजाड-स्थानमा बस्न आदत भएको कामातुर भएर हावा सुँघ्दै हिंड्ने वन-गधैनी हो। त्यसको कामवासनालाई कसले नियन्त्रण गर्न सक्छ? त्यसको पछि लाग्ने कुनै पनि गधा थकित हुनुपर्दैन । मैथुनको समयमा तिनीहरूले त्यसलाई फेला पार्नेछन् ।
25 You constantly run here and there [to find idols to worship], with the result that your sandals are worn out, and your throats have become dry. [I told you to stop doing that], but you said, ‘We cannot stop, because we love foreign gods, and we must worship them.’”
तेरो खुट्टालाई नाङ्गो हुनबाट र तेरो घाँटीलाई तिर्खाउनबाट तैंले नियन्त्रण गर्नुपर्छ । तर तैंले भनेको छस्, 'यो आशारहित छ! अहँ, म परदेशीहरूलाई प्रेम गर्छु र तिनीहरूकै पछि लाग्छु ।'
26 [Yahweh says this]: “A robber is disgraced when he is caught. And all of you, including your kings and priests and prophets, are similarly disgraced.
चोर समातिंदा त्यो लज्जित भएझैं, इस्राएलको घराना लज्जित हुने छ । तिनीहरू, तिनीहरूका राजाहरू, तिनीहरूका राजकुमारहरू, र तिनीहरूका पुजारीहरू र तिनीहरूका अगमवक्ताहरू लज्जित हुनेछन् ।
27 You say to [a piece of] wood [that is carved to become a sacred idol], ‘You are our father!’ And you say to a stone [that you have set up], ‘You are our mother!’ You have rejected [IDM] me, but when you experience troubles, you cry out to me to rescue you.
यी तिनै हुन् जसले रुखलाई भन्छन्, 'तिमी मेरा पिता हौ', र ढुङ्गालाई 'तिमीले मलाई जन्म दियौ' । किनकि तिनीहरूले मतर्फ पिठिउँ फर्काउँछन्, आफ्ना अनुहार होइन । तापनि सङ्कष्टको समयमा तिनीहरू भन्छन्, 'उठ्नुहोस् र हामीलाई बचाउनुहोस्!'
28 Why do you not [RHQ] cry out to the gods that you made? You have as many gods as you have cities [and towns] in Judah. So why do you not plead with them to rescue you when you experience disasters?
तापनि तिमीहरूले आफ्ना निम्ति बनाएका देवताहरू कहाँ छन्? तिमीहरूको सङ्कष्टको समयमा तिमीहरूलाई बचाउन तिनीहरूको इच्छा भए तिनीहरू उठून्, किनकि हे यहूदा, तेरा जति सहरहरू छन्, त्यति नै तेरा मुर्तिहरू छन् ।
29 You complain that it was wrong for me [not to have rescued you], but you have all rebelled against me.
त्यसैले मैले गलत गरेको छु भनी मलाई किन दोष लगाउँछस्? तिमीहरू सबैले मेरो विरुद्धमा पाप गरेका छौ, यो परमप्रभुको घोषणा हो ।
30 I punished some of you, but you did not learn anything from my doing that. You have killed many of the prophets that I [sent to you], like [SIM] fierce lions kill [other animals].
मैले तेरो जातिलाई व्यर्थैमा दण्ड दिएको छु । तिनीहरूले अनुशासनलाई स्वीकार गर्दैनन् । तिमीहरूको तरवारले तिमीहरूका अगमवक्ताहरूलाई विनाश गर्ने सिंहले झैं निलेको छ ।
31 You people of Israel, pay attention to what I say. I have certainly [RHQ] never [abandoned you] in a desert; I have never [left you] in a land full of darkness. So, why do you, my people, say ‘We are free from God’s control; we will not return to [worship] God any more’?
हे यस पुस्ताका मानिस हो, मेरा वचन, परमप्रभुको वचनमा ध्यान देओ । के म इस्राएलको निम्ति उजाड-स्थान वा घोर अन्धकारको देश भएँ र? किन मेरो जातिले यसो भन्छ, 'हामी वरिपरि घुम्न दिनुहोस्, हामी फेरि तपाईंकहाँ आउनेछैनौं'?
32 A young woman would certainly never [RHQ] forget [to wear] her jewelry, and a bride would never [RHQ] forget to wear her wedding dress, but you my people have forgotten me for many years.
के कन्याले आफ्नो गरगहना, दुलहीले आफ्ना घुम्टो भुल्छे र? तरै पनि मेरो जातिले मलाई गन्नै नसक्ने दिनदेखि भुलेको छ ।
33 You know how to easily find [gods from other countries] whom you can love. You can find them as easily as a prostitute [can find men to sleep with].
प्रेमको खोजी गर्न कसरी तैंले आफ्नो मार्ग बनाउँछेस्? तैंले दुष्ट स्त्रीहरूलाई पनि आफ्ना मार्गहरू सिकाएको छेस् ।
34 Although you have on your clothes the blood of poor people whom you have murdered, people who (were innocent/had not done things that are wrong),
तेरा वस्त्रहरूमा निर्दोष गरिब मानिसहरूको जीवनको रगत भेट्टाइएको छ । यी मानिसहरू घरमा चिरी गरिरहँदा भेट्टाइएका होइनन् ।
35 you say ‘We have not done anything that is wrong; so surely [Yahweh] is not angry with us.’ But I will punish [MTY] you [severely] for saying ‘We have not sinned.’
तरै पनि तँ भन्छेस्, 'म निर्दोष छु । निश्चय नै उहाँको क्रोध मबाट तर्केर गएको छ ।' तर हेर! 'मैले पाप गरेको छैनँ' भनी तैंले भनेको हुनाले म तँमाथि इन्साफ ल्याउनेछु ।
36 Previously you requested [the army of] Assyria to help you, but they were not able to help you. Now you have requested [the army of] Egypt to help you, but they will not be able to help you, either.
तेरा मार्गमा यो बद्लाउलाई तँ किन निकै हलुकासित लिन्छेस्? जसरी अश्शूरले तँलाई निरुत्साही पार्यो, त्यसै गरी मिश्रदेशले पनि तँलाई निरुत्साही पार्नेछ ।
37 They will capture you, and you will be [their prisoners] [MTY], led to Egypt, [very ashamed] with your hands on your heads. That will happen because I, Yahweh, have rejected those [nations] that you are relying on, and they will not be able to help you at all.”
आफ्नो शिरमा आफ्ना हात राखेर तँ त्यहाँबाट दुःखी भएर जानुपर्ने हुन्छ, किनकि तैंले जस-जसमाथि भरोसा गरेको छेस्, तिनीहरूलाई परमप्रभुले इन्कार गर्नुभएको छ । त्यसैले तिनीहरूबाट तैंले मदत पाउनेछैनस् ।
