यशायाह 21
1 समुद्र किनारे की मरुभूमि के विरुद्ध भविष्यवाणी: जिस प्रकार दक्षिण के भूमि में आंधी आती है, उसी प्रकार बंजर भूमि से, अर्थात् आतंक का देश से निकलकर आक्रमणकारी आ रहा है.
[I received] this message [from Yahweh about Babylonia], [a land that is] near the [Persian] Gulf [but which will soon be] a desert. [An army] will soon come from the desert to invade that land; it is an army that causes its enemies to be terrified, an army that will come like a whirlwind from the south.
2 मुझे एक दर्शन मिला जो दुःख का था कि: विश्वासघाती विश्वासघात करता है और नाशक नाश करता है. हे एलाम, चढ़ाई करो! हे मेदिया, सबको घेर लो! मैं उन सबके दुःख को खत्म कर दूंगा जो उसके कारण हुए हैं.
Yahweh showed me a terrifying vision. [In the vision I saw an army] that will betray/deceive people and steal their possessions [after they conquer them]. [Yahweh said], “You armies from Elam and Media, surround [Babylon] and prepare to attack it! I will cause the groaning [and suffering] that Babylon caused to cease!”
3 इस कारण मेरे शरीर में दर्द है, मैं इतना घबरा गया हूं, कि मुझे सुनाई नहीं देता; मैं इतना डर गया हूं, कि मुझे दिखाई नहीं देता.
Because of that, my body is full of pain; my pain is like the pain that women who are giving birth experience. When I hear about and see [what God is planning to do], I am shocked.
4 मेरा हृदय कांपता है, डर ने मुझे घेर लिया है; वह शाम जिसकी मुझे चाह थी वह डर में बदल गई है.
I cannot think straight/correctly, and I tremble. I was eager for it to be nighttime, but now it is night, and I am horrified.
5 भोजन की तैयारी हो गई और मेहमानों को बिठाया जा रहा है, शासकों उठो, ढालों पर तेल लगाओ!
[In the vision I saw that the leaders of Babylonia] were preparing a great feast. They had spread rugs [for people to sit on]; everyone was eating and drinking. [But] they should get up and prepare their shields, [because they are about to be attacked]!
6 प्रभु ने मुझसे कहा है: “जाओ, एक पहरेदार को खड़ा करो और जो कुछ वह देखे उसे बताने दो.
Then Yahweh said to me, “Put a watchman [on the wall of Jerusalem], and tell him to shout/proclaim what he sees.
7 जब घोड़ों, गधों और ऊंटों पर सवारी आता देखे तब उन पर खास दे.”
Tell him to watch for chariots pulled by pairs of horses, and [men riding] camels and donkeys, [coming from Babylon]. Tell the watchman to watch and listen carefully!”
8 तब वह पहरेदार सिंह के समान गुर्राते हुए कहेगा, “हे स्वामी, मैं दिन भर खड़ा पहरा देता रहता हूं; और पूरी रात जागता हूं.
[So I did that], and one day the watchman called out, “Day after day I have stood on this watchtower, and I have continued to watch during the day and during the night.
9 और देखो रथ में एक आदमी आता है, दो-दो घोड़ों के रथ में सवार होकर आ रहे हैं. उसने कहा: ‘गिर गया, बाबेल गिर गया! सभी मूर्तियां गिरकर चूर-चूर हो गई हैं!’”
Now, I saw a man riding in a chariot pulled by two horses. [I called out to him], and he answered/shouted, ‘Babylon has been destroyed! All the idols in Babylon lie in pieces on the ground!’”
10 हे मेरे कुचले गए पुत्र, हे मेरे खलिहान के पुत्र सर्वशक्तिमान याहवेह इस्राएल के परमेश्वर ने, मुझसे जो कुछ कहा, वह मैंने तुम्हें बता दिया.
My people [in Judah], [the army of Babylon has caused] you to suffer greatly [as though] [MET] you were grain that was threshed and (winnowed/thrown up into the air for the wind to blow away the chaff). [But now] I have told you what the Commander of the armies of angels the God whom we Israelis [worship], told me [about Babylon].
11 दूमाह के विरोध में भविष्यवाणी: सेईर से मुझे कोई बुला रहा है, “हे पहरेदार, रात की क्या ख़बर है?”
[I received] this message [from Yahweh] about Edom: Someone from Edom has been calling/shouting to me saying, “Watchman, how long will it be before the night is ended? [DOU]”
12 पहरेदार ने कहा, “सुबह होती है, और रात भी. और जो कुछ आप पूछना चाहते हैं, पूछिए; और पूछने के लिये आईये.”
[I], the watchman, replied, “It will [soon] be morning, but after that, it will [soon] be night again. If you want to inquire [again about what will happen in our country], come back and inquire again.”
13 अराबिया के खिलाफ़ एक भविष्यवाणी: ददान के यात्री संघो, अराबिया के बंजर भूमि में तुम रात बिताओगे,
[I received] this message about Arabia: Give this message to people traveling in caravans from Dedan [town in northwest Arabia], who camp in the scrub there. Tell them to bring water for those who are thirsty.
14 तेमा देश के लोगों को पानी पिलाओगे; भागे हुओं को खाना दो.
And you people who live in Tema [city in northwest Arabia], must bring food for the (refugees/people who are fleeing from their enemies).
15 क्योंकि वे युद्ध से भागे हुए हैं, और तलवार और धनुष के सामने से भागे हुए हैं.
They are fleeing in order not to be killed by [their enemies’] swords and not to be shot in battles by arrows.
16 क्योंकि प्रभु ने मुझसे ऐसा कहा है: “मज़दूर के अनुसार एक ही वर्ष में, केदार की शान खत्म हो जाएगी.
Yahweh said to me, “Exactly one year from now, all the greatness of the Kedar [area in Arabia] will end.
17 केदार के तीर चलानेवालों की गिनती कम हो जाएगी.” यह याहवेह, इस्राएल के परमेश्वर, का वचन है.
Only a few of their soldiers who know well how to shoot arrows will remain alive. [That will surely happen] because [I], Yahweh, have said it.”
