Joshua 8
1 And the LORD said to Joshua, Fear not, neither be thou dismayed: take all the people of war with thee, and arise, go up to Ai: see, I have given into thy hand the king of Ai, and his people, and his city, and his land:
परमप्रभुले यहोशूलाई भन्नुभयो, “नडरा; निरुत्साहित नहो । युद्ध गर्ने सबै मानिसलाई तँसँगै लैजा । ऐमा जा । हेर्, मैले ऐका राजा, त्यसका मानिसहरू, त्यसको सहर र त्यसको भूमिलाई तेरो हातमा दिएको छु ।
2 And thou shalt do to Ai and her king, as thou didst to Jericho and her king: only its spoil, and its cattle, shall ye take for a prey to yourselves: lay thee an ambush for the city behind it.
तैँले ऐ र त्यसको राजालाई यरीहो र त्यसका राजालाई गरेझैँ गर्ने छस्, त्यसबाहेक, तैँले आफ्नो निम्ति लूटका मालहरू र गाईवस्तुहरू लिने छस् । सहरको पछाडिबाट ढुकेर बस्नू ।
3 So Joshua arose, and all the people of war, to go up against Ai: and Joshua chose out thirty thousand mighty men of valor, and sent them away by night.
त्यसैले यहोशू उठे र तिनीसँग भएका युद्ध गर्ने सबै मानिसलाई लिए । त्यसपछि यहोशूले बलियो र सहासी तिस हजार मानिस चुनी तिनीहरूलाई राति नै पठाए ।
4 And he commanded them, saying, Behold, ye shall lie in wait against the city, [even] behind the city: go not very far from the city, but be ye all ready:
तिनले तिनीहरूलाई आज्ञा गरे, “हेर, तिमीहरू यसको पछाडि सहरको विरुद्ध ढुकेर बस्ने छौ । सहरभन्दा धेरै टाढा नजाओ, तर तिमीहरू सबै तयार होओ ।
5 And I, and all the people that [are] with me, will approach to the city: and it shall come to pass when they come out against us, as at the first, that we will flee before them,
म र मसँग भएका सबै मानिस सहरको नजिक जाने छौँ, र जब उनीहरू हामीलाई आक्रमण गर्न आउँछन् हामी पहिलेझैँ उनीहरूबाट भाग्ने छौँ ।
6 (For they will come out after us) till we have drawn them from the city; for they will say, They flee before us, as at the first: therefore we will flee before them.
हामीले उनीहरूलाई सहरबाहिर नखिँचेसम्म उनीहरू हाम्रो पछिपछि आउने छन् । उनीहरूले भन्ने छन्, 'तिनीहरू पहिलेझैँ हामीबाट भागिरहेका छन् ।' त्यसैले हामी उनीहरूबाट भाग्ने छौँ ।
7 Then ye shall rise from the ambush and seize upon the city: for the LORD your God will deliver it into your hand,
त्यसपछि तिमीहरू आ-आफ्नो लुक्ने ठाउँबाट निस्केर आउने छौ, र तिमीहरूले सहरलाई कब्जा गर्ने छौ । परमप्रभु तिमीहरूका परमेश्वरले यसलाई तिमीहरूको हातमा दिनुहुने छ ।
8 And it shall be when ye have taken the city, [that] ye shall set the city on fire: according to the commandment of the LORD shall ye do. See, I have commanded you.
जब तिमीहरूले सहर कब्जा गर्छौ, तिमीहरूले यसलाई आगोले जलाइदिनू । परमप्रभुको वचनमा दिइएको आज्ञा पालन गरेर तिमीहरूले यो गर्ने छौ । हेर, मैले तिमीहरूलाई आज्ञा गरेको छु ।
9 Joshua therefore sent them forth; and they went to lie in ambush, and abode between Beth-el and Ai, on the west side of Ai: but Joshua lodged that night among the people.
यहोशूले तिनीहरूलाई पठाए, र तिनीहरू लुक्ने ठाउँतिर गएर तिनीहरू ऐको पश्चिमपट्टि बेथेल र ऐको बिचमा लुके ।
10 And Joshua rose early in the morning, and numbered the people, and went up, he and the elders of Israel, before the people to Ai.
यहोशू बिहान सबेरै उठे र तिनका सिपाहीहरूलाई तयार पारे । योहोशू र इस्राएलका धर्म-गुरुहरूले ऐका मानिसहरूलाई आक्रमण गरे ।
11 And all the people, [even the people] of war that [were] with him, went up, and drew nigh, and came before the city, and pitched on the north side of Ai: now [there was] a valley between them and Ai.
तिनीसँग भएका लड्ने मानिसहरू गए र सहरको नजिक पुगे । तिनीहरू सहरको नजिक आइपुगे र ऐको उत्तरतिर छाउनी हाले । ऐ र तिनीहरू बिचमा एउटा बेँसी थियो ।
12 And he took about five thousand men; and set them to lie in ambush between Beth-el and Ai, on the west side of the city.
तिनले झण्डै पाँच हजार जना मानिस लिए र सहरको पश्चिमपट्टि बेथेल र ऐको बिचमा लुक्न पठाए ।
13 And when they had set the people, [even] all the host that [was] on the north of the city, and their liers in wait on the west of the city, Joshua went that night into the midst of the valley.
तिनीहरूले मुख्य फौजलाई सहरको उत्तरतिर र पछाडितिरको सुरक्षाकर्मीहरूलाई पश्चिमपट्टि गरी सबै सिपाहीलाई तैनाथ गरे । त्यस रात यहोशूले बेँसीमा नै रात बिताए ।
14 And it came to pass when the king of Ai saw [it], that they hasted and rose early, and the men of the city went out against Israel to battle, he and all his people, at a time appointed, before the plain: but he knew not that [there were] liers in ambush against him behind the city.
जब ऐका राजाले यो देखे, तिनी र तिनका फौज बिहान सबेरै उठे र माथिबाट यर्दन नदीलाई देख्ने ठाउँमा इस्राएललाई आक्रमण गर्न निस्के । लुकेका मानिसहरूले सहरलाई पछाडिबाट आक्रमण गर्न पर्खिरहेका छन् भन्ने तिनलाई थाहा थिएन ।
15 And Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them, and fled by the way of the wilderness.
यहोशू र सबै इस्राएलले तिनीहरू सामु आफैलाई पराजित हुन दिए र तिनीहरू मरुभूमितिर भागे ।
16 And all the people that [were] in Ai were called together to pursue them: and they pursued Joshua, and were drawn away from the city.
सहरमा भएका सबै मानिसलाई तिनीहरूको पिछा गर्नलाई आह्वान गरियो र तिनीहरू यहोशूको पछिपछि गए अनि तिनीहरूलाई सहरबाट बाहिर निकालियो ।
17 And there was not a man left in Ai, or Beth-el that went not out after Israel: and they left the city open, and pursued Israel.
इस्राएललाई लखेट्न नजाने ऐ र बेथेलमा एक जना पनि मानिस बाँकी रहेन । तिनीहरूले इस्राएलको पिछा गर्दा सहरलाई त्यागे र यसलाई खुला नै छोडे ।
18 And the LORD said to Joshua, Stretch out the spear that [is] in thy hand towards Ai; for I will give it into thy hand. And Joshua stretched out the spear that [he had] in his hand towards the city.
परमप्रभुले यहोशूलाई भन्नुभयो, “तेरो हातमा भएको भालालाई ऐतिर पसार, किनभने म ऐलाई तेरो हातम दिने छु ।” यहोशूले तिनको हातमा भएको भाला सहरतिर पसारे ।
19 And the ambush arose quickly out of their place, and they ran as soon as he had stretched out his hand: and they entered into the city, and took it, and hasted, and set the city on fire.
तिनले आफ्नो हातको भाला पसार्दा लुकेर बसेका सिपाहीहरू आ-आफ्नो ठाउँबाट हतार-हतार निस्के । तिनीहरू दौडे र सहरभित्र पसी यसलाई कब्जा गरे । तिनीहरूले सहरलाई आगो लगाइदिए ।
20 And when the men of Ai looked behind them, they saw, and behold, the smoke of the city ascended to heaven, and they had no power to flee this way or that way: and the people that fled to the wilderness turned back upon the pursuers.
ऐका मानिसहरू फर्के र पछाडि हेरे । तिनीहरूले सहरबाट आकाशतिर धूवाँ गइरहेको देखे र तिनीहरू यता-उता कतै पनि उम्कन सकेनन् । किनभने मरुभूमितिर भागेका इस्राएली सिपाहीहरू तिनीहरूका पिछा गर्नेहरूको सामना गर्न फर्केका थिए ।
21 And when Joshua and all Israel saw that the ambush had taken the city, and that the smoke of the city ascended, then they turned again and slew the men of Ai.
जब यहोशू र सारा इस्राएलले धूवाँको मुस्लोसँगै सहर कब्जा गरेको देखे, तिनीहरू फर्के र ऐका मानिसहरूलाई मारे ।
22 And the other issued out of the city against them; so they were in the midst of Israel, some on this side, and some on that side: and they smote them, so that they let none of them remain or escape.
सहरभित्र गएका अरू सिपाहीहरू पनि तिनीहरूलाई आक्रमण गर्न बाहिर निस्के । त्यसैले ऐका मानिसहरू यतापट्टि र उतापट्टिका इस्राएलका फौजको बिचमा फसे । इस्राएलले ऐका मानिसहरूलाई आक्रमण गर्यो; तिनीहरू कोही पनि बचेनन् वा उम्केनन् ।
23 And the king of Ai they took alive, and brought him to Joshua.
तिनीहरूले ऐका राजालाई सुरक्षित राखे, जसलाई तिनीहरूले जीवितै समातेका थिए र तिनीहरूले तिनलाई यहोशूकहाँ ल्याए ।
24 And it came to pass when Israel had made an end of slaying all the inhabitants of Ai in the field, in the wilderness in which they chased them, and when they had all fallen on the edge of the sword, until they were consumed, that all the Israelites returned to Ai, and smote it with the edge of the sword.
जब इस्राएलले मरुभूमि नजिकैको मैदानमा ऐका बासिन्दाहरू सबैलाई मारिसिद्ध्याए, जहाँ उनीहरूले तिनीहरूको पिछा गरेका थिए र तिनीहरू सबै तरवारद्वारा मारिए, तब सबै इस्राएल ऐतिर फर्के । तिनीहरूले यसलाई तरवारले आक्रमण गरे ।
25 And [so] it was, [that] all that fell that day, both of men and women, [were] twelve thousand, [even] all the men of Ai.
त्यस दिन मरेका पुरुष र महिला बाह्र हजार जना थिए । ऐका सबै मानिस यति नै थिए ।
26 For Joshua drew not his hand back with which he stretched out the spear, until he had utterly destroyed all the inhabitants of Ai.
यहोशूले ऐका मानिसहरू सबैलाई पूर्ण रूपमा नष्ट नपारेसम्म भाला समाइरहेका तिनको हात पछाडि फर्काएनन् ।
27 Only the cattle and the spoil of that city Israel took for a prey to themselves, according to the word of the LORD which he commanded Joshua.
परमप्रभुले यहोशूलाई आज्ञा गर्नुभएमुताबिक तिनीहरूले सहरबाट गाईवस्तुहरू र लूटका मालहरू मात्र लिए ।
28 And Joshua burnt Ai, and made it a heap for ever, [even] a desolation to this day.
यहोशूले ऐलाई जलाए र यसलाई भग्नावशेषको थुप्रोमा परिणत गरिदिए । यो आजको दिनसम्म पनि त्यागिएको ठाउँ भएको छ ।
29 And the king of Ai he hanged on a tree until evening: and as soon as the sun was down, Joshua commanded that they should take his carcass down from the tree, and cast it at the entering of the gate of the city, and raise upon it a great heap of stones, [that remaineth] to this day.
तिनले ऐका राजालाई साँझसम्मै रुखमा झुण्ड्याए । जब सूर्य अस्ताउँदै थियो, यहोशूले आज्ञा दिए र तिनीहरूले राजाको शरीरलाई रुखबाट निकाले र यसलाई सहरको प्रवेशद्वारअगि फ्याँके । तिनीहरूले यसमाथि ढङ्गाको ठुलो थुप्रो लगाए । त्यहाँ त्यो थुप्रो आजसम्म पनि छ ।
30 Then Joshua built an altar to the LORD God of Israel in mount Ebal,
त्यसपछि यहोशूले परमप्रभुका दास मोशाले इस्राएलका मानिसहरूलाई
31 As Moses the servant of the LORD commanded the children of Israel, as it is written in the book of the law of Moses, an altar of whole stones, over which no man hath lifted up [any] iron: and they offered upon it burnt-offerings to the LORD, and sacrificed peace-offerings.
आज्ञा गरेअनुसार परमप्रभु इस्राएलका परमेश्वरको निम्ति एबाल डाँडामाथि एउटा वेदी बनाए, जस्तो मोशाको व्यवस्थाको पुस्तकमा लेखिएको छः “नकाटेका ढुङ्गाहरूबाट बनाइएको एउटा वेदी, जसमाथि कसैले पनि फलामको हतियार चलाएको छैन ।” तिनले वेदीमाथि परमप्रभुको होमबलि चढाए र तिनीहरूले मेलबलि चढाए ।
32 And he wrote there upon the stones a copy of the law of Moses, which he wrote in the presence of the children of Israel.
त्यहाँ तिनले इस्राएलका मानिसहरूको सामु मोशाको व्यवस्थाको प्रतिलिपी ढुङ्गाहरूमा लेखे ।
33 And all Israel, and their elders, and officers, and their judges, stood on this side of the ark, and on that side, before the priests the Levites, who bore the ark of the covenant of the LORD, as well the stranger, as he that was born among them; half of them over against mount Gerizim, and half of them over against mount Ebal; as Moses the servant of the LORD had commanded before, that they should bless the people of Israel.
स्वदेशी र विदेशी सारा इस्राएल, तिनीहरूका धर्म-गुरुहरू, अधिकृतहरू र तिनीहरूका न्यायकर्ताहरू परमप्रभुको सन्दुक बोक्ने लेवीहरू र पुजारीको सामु सन्दुकको दुवैतिर खडा भए । तिनीहरूको आधा भाग गीरीज्जीम डाँडाको अगि र अर्को आधा भागचाहिँ एबाल डाँडाको अगि खडा भए । परमप्रभुका दास मोशाले तिनीहरूलाई पहिले आज्ञा गरेझैँ तिनीहरूले इस्राएलका मानिसहरूलाई आशिष् दिए ।
34 And afterward he read all the words of the law, the blessings and cursings, according to all that is written in the book of the law.
त्यसपछि यहोशूले व्यवस्थाका वचनहरू अर्थात् आशिष्हरू र सरापहरू सबै पढे, जस्तो तिनीहरूलाई व्यवस्थाको पुस्तकमा लेखिएको थियो ।
35 There was not a word of all that Moses commanded, which Joshua read not before all the congregation of Israel, with the women, and the little ones, and the strangers that were conversant among them.
इस्राएलको भेला अर्थात् महिला, स-साना छोराछोरीहरू र तिनीहरूमाझ बसोबास गरेका परदेशीहरूको सामु मोशाले यहोशूलाई आज्ञा गरेका वचन तिनले नपढेका कुनै पनि थिएनन् ।
