यशायाह 42
1 १ मेरे दास को देखो जिसे मैं सम्भाले हूँ, मेरे चुने हुए को, जिससे मेरा जी प्रसन्न है; मैंने उस पर अपना आत्मा रखा है, वह जाति-जाति के लिये न्याय प्रगट करेगा।
[Yahweh says, “I want you people to know about] my servant, whom I encourage. I have chosen him, and I am pleased with him. I have given him my Spirit, and he will make certain that all the people-groups do what is right/just.
He will not [show his power by] shouting [DOU] or by talking very loudly.
He will not get rid of [anyone who is weak like] [MET] a smashed reed, and he will not [end the life of anyone who is helpless like] [MET] someone would extinguish a dimly burning wick [of an oil lamp]. He will faithfully/continually make sure that judges decide cases justly.
4 ४ वह न थकेगा और न हियाव छोड़ेगा जब तक वह न्याय को पृथ्वी पर स्थिर न करे; और द्वीपों के लोग उसकी व्यवस्था की बाट जोहेंगे।
He will not become exhausted or discouraged all during the time that he is causing things to be done justly throughout the earth. Even [people living on the islands in] [MTY] the oceans will confidently wait for [him to teach them] his laws.”
5 ५ परमेश्वर जो आकाश का सृजने और ताननेवाला है, जो उपज सहित पृथ्वी का फैलानेवाला और उस पर के लोगों को साँस और उस पर के चलनेवालों को आत्मा देनेवाला यहोवा है, वह यह कहता है:
Yahweh our God created the sky and spread it out. He also created the earth and everything on it. He gives breath to all the people on the earth; he causes them to live [DOU]. [And he is the one who says to his special servant],
6 ६ “मुझ यहोवा ने तुझको धार्मिकता से बुला लिया है, मैं तेरा हाथ थाम कर तेरी रक्षा करूँगा; मैं तुझे प्रजा के लिये वाचा और जातियों के लिये प्रकाश ठहराऊँगा;
“I, Yahweh, have chosen you to show people that I always act righteously/fairly. I will grasp your hand and protect you, and I will present you to [my Israeli] people to be the one who will put into effect my agreement with them. [You will be like] a light to the [other] nations.
7 ७ कि तू अंधों की आँखें खोले, बन्दियों को बन्दीगृह से निकाले और जो अंधियारे में बैठे हैं उनको कालकोठरी से निकाले।
You will enable blind [IDM] people to see, you will free those who are in prison (OR, who are bound [by the guilt of their sins]) [MET] and release those who are in dark dungeons.
8 ८ मैं यहोवा हूँ, मेरा नाम यही है; अपनी महिमा मैं दूसरे को न दूँगा और जो स्तुति मेरे योग्य है वह खुदी हुई मूरतों को न दूँगा।
I am Yahweh; that is my name. I will not allow anyone else to receive the honor that only I deserve. And I will not allow idols to be praised like only I should be praised.
9 ९ देखो, पहली बातें तो हो चुकी है, अब मैं नई बातें बताता हूँ; उनके होने से पहले मैं तुम को सुनाता हूँ।”
Everything that I have prophesied has happened, and now I will tell about other things that will happen. I will tell you things that will happen before they happen.”
10 १० हे समुद्र पर चलनेवालों, हे समुद्र के सब रहनेवालों, हे द्वीपों, तुम सब अपने रहनेवालों समेत यहोवा के लिये नया गीत गाओ और पृथ्वी की छोर से उसकी स्तुति करो।
Sing a new song to Yahweh! Sing to praise him throughout the world! All you people who sail across the oceans, and all you creatures that live in the oceans, and all you people who live on islands far away, sing!
11 ११ जंगल और उसमें की बस्तियाँ और केदार के बसे हुए गाँव जयजयकार करें; सेला के रहनेवाले जयजयकार करें, वे पहाड़ों की चोटियों पर से ऊँचे शब्द से ललकारें।
You people who live in towns in the desert, sing loudly! You people who live in the Kedar [area in the north of Arabia], you rejoice also! You people in Sela [city in Edom], you also should sing joyfully; shout [to praise him] from the tops of your mountains!
Even people who live on distant islands should honor Yahweh and sing to praise him.
13 १३ यहोवा वीर के समान निकलेगा और योद्धा के समान अपनी जलन भड़काएगा, वह ऊँचे शब्द से ललकारेगा और अपने शत्रुओं पर जयवन्त होगा।
[It will be as though] Yahweh will march out like [SIM] a mighty soldier; he will show that he is very angry. He will shout a battle-cry, and [then] he will defeat all his enemies.
14 १४ बहुत काल से तो मैं चुप रहा और मौन साधे अपने को रोकता रहा; परन्तु अब जच्चा के समान चिल्लाऊँगा मैं हाँफ-हाँफकर साँस भरूँगा।
[He will say], “I have remained silent [DOU] for a long time; I have restrained myself [from doing what I need to do]. But now, like [SIM] a woman who is giving birth to a baby, I will cry out and gasp and pant.
15 १५ पहाड़ों और पहाड़ियों को मैं सूखा डालूँगा और उनकी सब हरियाली झुलसा दूँगा; मैं नदियों को द्वीप कर दूँगा और तालों को सूखा डालूँगा।
I will level off the hills and mountains, and I will cause all the plants and trees to dry up. I will cause the rivers to become small streams, and little islands will appear in them, and I will cause all the pools to become dry.
16 १६ मैं अंधों को एक मार्ग से ले चलूँगा जिसे वे नहीं जानते और उनको ऐसे पथों से चलाऊँगा जिन्हें वे नहीं जानते। उनके आगे मैं अंधियारे को उजियाला करूँगा और टेढ़े मार्गों को सीधा करूँगा। मैं ऐसे-ऐसे काम करूँगा और उनको न त्यागूँगा।
[My people who have been taken to Babylonia are like] [MET] blind people, [but] I will lead them along a road on which they have not walked before, on a road that they have not seen before. They have felt [very helpless, as though] they were walking in the darkness, but I will take away that darkness and I will make smooth the road that is in front of them. Those are the things that I will do for them; I will not abandon them.
17 १७ जो लोग खुदी हुई मूरतों पर भरोसा रखते और ढली हुई मूरतों से कहते हैं, “तुम हमारे ईश्वर हो,” उनको पीछे हटना और अत्यन्त लज्जित होना पड़ेगा।
But those who trust in carved idols, and say to images, ‘You are our gods,’ will be completely humiliated/disgraced.”
You [Israeli people who have acted toward God like] deaf [people], listen [to what Yahweh says]! “You [who have been like] [MET] blind [people], look!
19 १९ मेरे दास के सिवाय कौन अंधा है? मेरे भेजे हुए दूत के तुल्य कौन बहरा है? मेरे मित्र के समान कौन अंधा या यहोवा के दास के तुल्य अंधा कौन है?
No people are [RHQ] as blind as my people, who [should have been] serving me. No people are [RHQ] as much like [MET] deaf people as [the Israelis, who should have been] my messengers. No people are [RHQ] as much like [MET] blind people as those whom I chose to serve me.
20 २० तू बहुत सी बातों पर दृष्टि करता है परन्तु उन्हें देखता नहीं है; कान तो खुले हैं परन्तु सुनता नहीं है।
You see and know what are the right things to do, but you do not do them. You hear [what I say to you], but you do not pay attention.”
Because Yahweh is righteous, he has honored his glorious laws.
22 २२ परन्तु ये लोग लुट गए हैं, ये सब के सब गड्ढों में फँसे हुए और कालकोठरियों में बन्द किए हुए हैं; ये पकड़े गए और कोई इन्हें नहीं छुड़ाता; ये लुट गए और कोई आज्ञा नहीं देता कि उन्हें लौटा ले आओ।
But [the armies of Babylon have destroyed Jerusalem] and have completely (plundered/taken away) [DOU] all the valuable things, and they have captured Yahweh’s people and taken them away and put them in prison. They have been captured easily, because there was no one to protect them; there was no one to say that they should be allowed to return home.
Who among you will listen carefully to these things? Who will pay attention from now on?
24 २४ किसने याकूब को लुटवाया और इस्राएल को लुटेरों के वश में कर दिया? क्या यहोवा ने यह नहीं किया जिसके विरुद्ध हमने पाप किया, जिसके मार्गों पर उन्होंने चलना न चाहा और न उसकी व्यवस्था को माना?
Who allowed the valuable possessions of the people of Israel to be stolen [RHQ, DOU]? It was Yahweh, because he is he one against whom we had sinned; we did not conduct our lives like he wanted us to, and we did not obey his laws.
25 २५ इस कारण उस पर उसने अपने क्रोध की आग भड़काई और युद्ध का बल चलाया; और यद्यपि आग उसके चारों ओर लग गई, तो भी वह न समझा; वह जल भी गया, तो भी न चेता।
Therefore, he was extremely angry with us, and he caused our soldiers to be destroyed in battles. [It was as though] [MET] he lit a fire around us, but we did not understand [what he was trying to tell us]. [His being angry with us was like] a fire that would burn us up, but we did not pay attention [IDM].
