Judges 6
1 And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD: and the LORD delivered them into the hand of Midian seven years.
परमप्रभुको दृष्टिमा जे खराब थियो इस्राएलीहरूले त्यही गरे, र उहाँले तिनीहरूलाई सात वर्षसम्म मिद्यानीका हातमा सुम्पिदिनुभयो ।
2 And the hand of Midian prevailed against Israel: [and] because of the Midianites the children of Israel made them the dens which [are] in the mountains, and caves, and strong holds.
मिद्दानीको शक्तिले इस्राएललाई अत्याचार गर्यो । मिद्दानीका कारणले इस्राएलका मानिसहरूले पहाडका ओडारहरू, गुफाहरू, र किल्लाहरू बस्न लागे ।
3 And [so] it was, when Israel had sown, that the Midianites came up, and the Amalekites, and the children of the east, even they came up against them;
यस्तो भयो, जति बेला इस्राएलीहरूले आफ्ना बालीहरू लगाउँथे, त्यति बेला मिद्दानीहरू र अमालेकीहरू र पूर्वका मानिसहरूले इस्राएलीहरूलाई आक्रमण गर्थे ।
4 And they encamped against them, and destroyed the increase of the earth, till thou comest to Gaza; and left no sustenance for Israel, neither sheep, nor ox, nor ass.
तिनीहरूले देशमा आफ्ना सेना तयार गर्थे, र गाजासम्मै सबै बालीहरू नष्ट गर्थे । तिनीहरूले इस्राएलमा भोजन, भेडाहरू, गाइवस्तु वा गधाहरू केही पनि छोड्दैनथे ।
5 For they came up with their cattle, and their tents, and they came as grasshoppers for multitude; [for] both they and their camels were without number: and they entered into the land to destroy it.
तिनीहरूले आफ्ना पाल्तु वस्तुहरू र पालहरू लिएर आउँदा, तिनीहरू सलहहरूका हुलझैं हुन्थे, र तिनीहरूका मानिसहरू र ऊँटहरू गन्न असम्भव हुन्थ्यो । त्यस देशलाई नष्ट गर्नको निम्ति तिनीहरूले आक्रमण गर्थे ।
6 And Israel was greatly impoverished because of the Midianites; and the children of Israel cried to the LORD.
मिद्दानीहरूले इस्राएलीहरूलाई यति धेरै कमजोर बनाए, जसको कारणले इस्राएलका मानिसहरूले परमप्रभुलाई पुकारे ।
7 And it came to pass, when the children of Israel cried to the LORD because of the Midianites,
जब मिद्दानीहरूका कारणले इस्राएलका मानिसहरूले परमप्रभुलाई पुकारा गरे,
8 That the LORD sent a prophet to the children of Israel, who said to them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, I brought you up from Egypt, and brought you forth from the house of bondage;
तब परमप्रभुले इस्राएलका मानिसहरूका निम्ति एक जना अगमवक्ता पठाउनुभयो । ती अगमवक्ताले तिनीहरूलाई भने, “परमप्रभु इस्राएलका परमेश्वर यसो भन्नुहुन्छः ‘मैले तिमीहरूलाई मिश्रदेशबाट निकालेर ल्याएँ । मैले तिमीहरूलाई दासत्वको घरबाट बाहिर निकालेर ल्याएँ ।
9 And I delivered you from the hand of the Egyptians, and from the hand of all that oppressed you, and drove them out from before you, and gave you their land;
मैले तिमीहरूलाई मिश्रीहरूका हातबाट र तिमीहरूलाई अत्याचार गरिरहेका सबै जनाका हातबाट बचाएँ । तिनीहरूलाई मैले तिमीहरूका सामुबाट लखेटें, र तिमीहरूलाई मैले तिनीहरूका देश दिएँ ।
10 And I said to you, I [am] the LORD your God; fear not the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but ye have not obeyed my voice.
मैले तिमीहरूलाई भनें, “म परमप्रभु तिमीहरूका परमेश्वर हुँ । मैले तिमीहरूलाई एमोरीहरूका देवहरूलाई नपुज भनेर आज्ञा दिएँ, जसको देशमा तिमीहरू बसोबास गरिरहेका छौ ।” तर तिमीहरूले मेरो आज्ञा पालना गरेका छैनौ ।’”
11 And there came an angel of the LORD, and sat under an oak which [was] in Ophrah, that [pertained] to Joash the Abi-ezrite: and his son Gideon thrashed wheat by the wine-press, to hide [it] from the Midianites.
यति बेला परमप्रभुका दूत आए र अबीएजेरी योआशको, ओप्रा भन्ने ठाउँको फलाँटको रूखमुनि बसे, जति बेला मिद्दानीहरूबाट लुकाउनलाई योआशका छोरा गिदोनचाहिं दाखको कोल भइँमा गहूँ चुटेर छुट्याउँदै थिए ।
12 And the angel of the LORD appeared to him, and said to him, The LORD [is] with thee, thou mighty man of valor.
परमप्रभुका दूत तिनीकहाँ देखा परे र तिनलाई भने, “तँ बलवान् योद्धा होस्, परमप्रभु तँसँग हुनुहुन्छ!”
13 And Gideon said to him, O my LORD, if the LORD is with us, why then hath all this befallen us? and where [are] all his miracles which our fathers told us of, saying, Did not the LORD bring us up from Egypt? but now the LORD hath forsaken us, and delivered us into the hands of the Midianites.
गिदोनले तिनलाई भने, “ओहो, मेरा मालिक, परमप्रभु हामीसँग हुनुहुन्छ भने, किन हामीलाई यी सबै कुरा हुन आएका हुन्? उहाँका सबै आश्चर्यपूर्ण कामहरू कहाँ छन् जसका बारेमा हाम्रा पुर्खाहरूले हामीलाई यसो भनेका थिए, ‘के परमप्रभुले हामीलाई मिश्रदेशबाट बाहिर निकाल्नुभएन र?’ तर अहिले परमप्रभुले हामीलाई त्याग्नुभएको र हामीलाई मिद्दानीका हातमा दिनुभएको छ ।”
14 And the LORD looked upon him, and said, Go in this thy might, and thou shalt save Israel from the hand of the Midianites: have not I sent thee?
परमप्रभुले तिनलाई हेर्नुभयो र यसो भन्नुभयो, “तँसँग भएको बलमा तँ जा । इस्राएललाई मिद्दानीको हातबाट छुटा । के मैले तँलाई पठाएको होइन र?”
15 And he said to him, O my LORD, by what means shall I save Israel? behold, my family [is] poor in Manasseh, and I [am] the least in my father's house.
गिदोनले उहाँलाई भने, “कृपया, परमप्रभु, म कसरी इस्राएललाई छुटाउन सक्छु र? हेर्नुहोस्, मेरो परिवार मनश्शेमा सबैभन्दा कमजोर छ, र मेरो पिताको घरानामा म सबैभन्दा कम महत्त्वको छु ।”
16 And the LORD said to him, Surely I will be with thee, and thou shalt smite the Midianites as one man.
परमप्रभुले तिनलाई भन्नुभयो, “म तँसँग हुनेछु, र तैंले सम्पूर्ण मिद्दानी सेनालाई एक जना मानिसलाई झैं गरी परास्त गर्नेछस् ।”
17 And he said to him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, then show me a sign that thou talkest with me.
गिदोनले उहाँलाई भने, “तपाईं मसँग खुशी हुनुहुन्छ भने, मसँग बोल्ने तपाईं नै हुनुहुन्छ भनेर तपाईंले मलाई एउटा चिन्ह दिनुहोस् ।
18 Depart not hence, I pray thee, until I come to thee, and bring forth my present, and set [it] before thee. And he said, I will tarry until thou comest again.
म तपाईंकहाँ आउन र तपाईंलाई मेरो उपहार ल्याएर तपाईंको सामु नराखेसम्म, कृपया यहाँबाट नजानुहोस् ।” परमप्रभुले भन्नुभयो, “तँ नफर्केसम्म म पर्खनेछु ।”
19 And Gideon went in, and made ready a kid, and unleavened cakes of an ephah of flour: the flesh he put in a basket, and he put the broth in a pot, and brought [it] out to him under the oak, and presented [it].
गिदोन गए र एउटा पाठो तयार गरे र पाँच पाथी पिठोबाट अखमिरी रोटी बनाए । उनले मासुलाई एउटा टोकरीमा राखे, र झोलचाहिं एउटा भाँडोमा राखे, अनि ती फलाँटको रूखमुनि उहाँकहाँ ल्याए र ती टक्र्याए ।
20 And the angel of God said to him, Take the flesh and the unleavened cakes, and lay [them] upon this rock, and pour out the broth. And he did so.
तब परमप्रभुका दूतले तिनलाई भने, “मासु र अखमिरी रोटी उठा र ती यस चट्टानमाथि राख्, र तीमाथि त्यो झोल खन्याइदे ।” गिदोनले त्यसै गरे ।
21 Then the angel of the LORD put forth the end of the staff that [was] in his hand, and touched the flesh and the unleavened cakes; and there rose fire out of the rock, and consumed the flesh and the unleavened cakes. Then the angel of the LORD departed from his sight.
तब परमप्रभुका दूतले आफ्नो हातको लौरोको टुप्पोले त्यो छोए । त्यसले उहाँले मासु र अखमिरी रोटीलाई छुनुभयो । त्यो चट्टानबाट एउटा आगो निस्कियो, र मासु र अखमिरी रोटीलाई भस्म गर्यो । तब परमप्रभुका दूत गइहाले र गिदोनले उनलाई फेरि देखेनन् ।
22 And when Gideon perceived that he was [an] angel of the LORD, Gideon said, Alas, O LORD God! for because I have seen an angel of the LORD face to face.
तिनी परमप्रभुका दूत रहेछन् भनेर गिदोनले बुझे । गिदोनले भने, “हे परमप्रभु परमेश्वर! किनकि मैले परमप्रभुका दूतलाई आमने-सामने देखें!”
23 And the LORD said to him, Peace [be] to thee; fear not: thou shalt not die.
परमप्रभुले तिनलाई भन्नुभयो, “तँलाई शान्ति होस्! नडरा, तँ मर्नेछैनस् ।”
24 Then Gideon built an altar there to the LORD, and called it Jehovah-shalom: to this day it [is] yet in Ophrah of the Abi-ezrites.
यसैले गिदोनले त्यहाँ परमप्रभुको निम्ति एउटा वेदी बनाए । तिनले त्यसको नाउँ “परमप्रभु शान्ति हुनुहुन्छ” भने । आजको दिनसम्म त्यो अबीएजेरी वंशको ओप्रामा छ ।
25 And it came to pass the same night, that the LORD said to him, Take thy father's young bullock, even the second bullock of seven years old, and throw down the altar of Baal that thy father hath, and cut down the grove that [is] by it:
त्यस रात परमप्रभुले तिनलाई भन्नुभयो, “तेरो बुबाको एउटा साँढे, र अर्को सात वर्षको एउटा साँढे ले, र तेरो बुबाको बाल देवताको वेदी भत्काइदे, र त्यसको छेऊमा भएको अशेरा देवीको मुर्ति ढालिदे ।
26 And build an altar to the LORD thy God upon the top of this rock, in the ordered place, and take the second bullock, and offer a burnt-sacrifice with the wood of the grove which thou shalt cut down.
यो शरणस्थानको माथिल्लो भागमा परमप्रभु तेरा परमेश्वरको निम्ति एउटा वेदी बना र त्यसलाई ठिक किसिमले बना । तैँले काटेर ढालेको अशेरा देवीको काठ प्रयोग गरेर दोस्रो साँढेलाई होमबलिको रूपमा चढा ।”
27 Then Gideon took ten men of his servants, and did as the LORD had said to him: and [so] it was, because he feared his father's household, and the men of the city, that he could not do [it] by day, that he did [it] by night.
यसैले गिदोनले आफ्ना दश जना सेवकलाई लिए र परमप्रभुले तिनलाई भन्नुभएझैं गरे । तर दिनको समयमा त्यो काम गर्न तिनी आफ्ना पिताका घराना र नगरका मानिसहरूसँग सह्रै डराएका हुनाले, तिनले त्यो काम रातमा गरे ।
28 And when the men of the city arose early in the morning, behold, the altar of Baal was cast down, and the grove was cut down that [was] by it, and the second bullock was offered upon the altar [that was] built.
बिहान जब नगरका मानिसहरू उठे, तब बाल देवताको वेदी भत्किएको, र त्यसको छेऊमा भएको अशेरा देवीको मुर्ति काटेर ढलिएको थियो, र त्यहाँ बनाइएको वेदीमाथि त्यो दोस्रो साँढेलाई चढाइएको थियो ।
29 And they said one to another, Who hath done this thing? And when they inquired and asked, they said, Gideon the son of Joash hath done this thing.
सहरका मानिसहरूले एक-अर्कामा यसो भने, “यो कसले गरेको हो?” जब तिनीहरूले अरूसँग कुरा गरे र जवाफको खोजे, तब तिनीहरूले भने, “योआशका छोरा गिदोनले यो कुरा गरेको हो ।”
30 Then the men of the city said to Joash, Bring out thy son, that he may die: because he hath cast down the altar of Baal, and because he hath cut down the grove that [was] by it.
अनि सहरका मानिसहरूले योआशलाई भने, “तिम्रो छोरालाई बाहिर ल्याऊ, ताकि त्यो मारियोस्, किनभने त्यसले बाल देवताको वेदी भत्काइदिएको र त्यस छेऊको अशेरा देवीको मुर्ति ढालिदिएको छ ।”
31 And Joash said to all that stood against him, Will ye plead for Baal? will ye save him? he that will plead for him, let him be put to death whilst [it is yet] morning: if he [is] a god, let him plead for himself, because [one] hath cast down his altar.
आफ्नो विरुद्धमा भएका सबै जनालाई योआशले भने, “के तिमीहरू बालको पक्षमा बोल्दछौ? के तिमीहरू त्यसलाई बचाउँछौ? जसले त्यसको पक्षमा बोल्छ, त्यो बिहानकै समयमा मारियोस् । बाल देवता हो भने, कसैले त्यसको वेदी भत्काइदिंदा त्यसले आफ्नो सुरक्षा आफैं गरोस् ।”
32 Therefore on that day he called him Jerubbaal, saying, Let Baal plead against him, because he hath thrown down his altar.
त्यसकारण, त्यो दिनमा तिनीहरूले गिदोनलाई “यरूब-बाल” भने, किनभने तिनले यसो भनेका थिए, “बालले त्यसको विरुद्ध आफ्नो सुरक्षा आफैं गरोस्,” किनभने गिदोनले बालको वेदी भत्काए ।
33 Then all the Midianites, and the Amalekites, and the children of the east were assembled, and went over, and encamped in the valley of Jezreel.
यत बेला सबै मिद्दानीहरू, अमालेकीहरू, र पूर्वका मानिसहरू एकसाथ भेला भए । तिनीहरूले यर्दन तरे र यिजरेलको बेसीमा छाउनी हाले ।
34 But the Spirit of the LORD came upon Gideon, and he blew a trumpet; and Abiezer was called after him.
तर परमप्रभुको आत्मा गिदोनमाथि आउनुभयो । गिदोनले तुरही फुके, र अबीएजेरी वंशलाई बोलाए ताकि उनीहरू तिनको पछि लाग्न सकून् ।
35 And he sent messengers throughout all Manasseh; who also was called after him: and he sent messengers to Asher, and to Zebulun, and to Naphtali; and they came up to meet them.
उनले मनश्शेभरि नै दूतहरू पठाए, र उनीहरूलाई पनि तिनको पछि लाग्न बोलाइयो । तिनले आशेर, जबूलून, र नप्तालीकहाँ पनि दूतहरू पठाए, र उनीहरू तिनलाई भेट्न निस्के ।
36 And Gideon said to God, If thou wilt save Israel by my hand, as thou hast said,
गिदोनले परमेश्वरलाई भने, “तपाईंले भन्नुभएझैं, तपाईंले इस्राएललाई बचाउनलाई मलाई प्रयोग गर्ने इच्छा गर्नुहुन्छ भने—
37 Behold, I will put a fleece of wool on the floor; [and] if the dew shall be on the fleece only, and [it] shall [be] dry upon all the earth [besides], then shall I know that thou wilt save Israel by my hand, as thou hast said.
हेर्नुहोस्, म खलामा भेडाको ऊन राख्दैछु । यस ऊनमा मात्र शीत पर्यो, र जमिनचाहिं पुरै सुक्खा रह्यो भने, तब तपाईंले भन्नुभएझैं इस्राएललाई बचाउनलाई तपाईंले मलाई प्रयोग गर्नुहुनेछ भनी म जान्नेछु ।”
38 And it was so: for he rose early on the morrow, and pressed the fleece, and wrung the dew out of the fleece, a bowl-full of water.
यस्तो भयो – भोलिपल्ट बिहानै गिदोन उठे, उनले ऊन निचोरे, र ऊनबाट शीत निचरेर एक बटुको पानी भरे ।
39 And Gideon said to God, Let not thy anger be hot against me, and I will speak but this once: Let me make trial, I pray thee, but this once with the fleece; let it now be dry only upon the fleece, and upon all the ground let there be dew.
त्यसपछि गिदोनले परमप्रभुलाई भने, “कृपया मसँग नरिसाउनुहोस्, म फेरि एकपल्ट बोल्नेछु । मलाई फेरि एकपल्ट ऊनको प्रयोग गरेर जाँच गर्न दिनुहोस् । योपल्ट त्यो ऊनलाई सुक्खा छोडिदिनुहोस्, र त्यसको वरिपरिको जमिनमा सबैतिर शीत रहोस् ।”
40 And God did so that night: for it was dry upon the fleece only, and there was dew on all the ground.
तिनले त्यस रात जे होस् भनी मागेका थिए, परमेश्वरले त्यस्तै गर्नुभयो । त्यो ऊन सुक्खा थियो, र त्यसको वरिपरिको जमिनमा चारैतिर शीत थियो ।
