यशया 37
1 १ मग असे झाले की, जेव्हा हिज्कीया राजाने त्यांचा निरोप ऐकून, त्याने आपले कपडे फाडले, स्वतःला गोणपाटाने झाकून आणि परमेश्वराच्या मंदिरात गेला.
When King Hezekiah heard what they reported, he tore his clothes and put on clothes made of rough sackcloth [because he was very distressed]. Then he went into the temple of Yahweh [and prayed].
2 २ त्याने एल्याकीम जो घरावर कारभारी होता, आणि शेबना चिटणीस आणि याजकातील वडील यांना गोणपाट घातलेले असे आमोजाचा मुलगा यशया संदेष्ट्याकडे पाठवले, त्या सगळ्यांनी खास शोकप्रदर्शक कपडे घातले.
Then he sent Eliakim, Shebna, and the (older/most important) priests, who were also wearing clothes made of rough sackcloth, to talk to me.
3 ३ ते त्यास म्हणाले, हिज्कीया असे म्हणतो, हा दिवस यातनेचा, धिक्काराचा व अपमानाचा दिवस आहे, कारण जसे बालक जन्मायला तयार आहे, पण आईला तिच्या बालकाला जन्म देण्यास शक्ती नाही.
He said to them, “Tell this to Isaiah: ‘King Hezekiah says that this is a day when we are greatly distressed. Other nations are causing us to be insulted and disgraced. We are like [SIM] a woman who is about to give birth to a baby, but she does not have the strength that she needs to do it.
4 ४ परमेश्वर तुझा देव रब-शाकेचे शब्द ऐकेल, त्याचा धनी अश्शूरचा राजा याने त्यास जिवंत देवाची निंदा करायला पाठवले आहे, आणि जे शब्द तुझा देव परमेश्वर याने ऐकली आहेत त्यांचा तो कदाचित निषेध करील, म्हणून जे उरलेले आहेत त्यांच्यासाठी आपली प्रार्थना उंच कर.
[But] perhaps Yahweh our God has heard what the official from Assyria said. Perhaps he knows that his boss, the King of Assyria, sent him to insult the all-powerful God, and that Yahweh will punish the King of Assyria for what he said. And the king requests that you pray for the few of us who are still alive [here in Jerusalem].’”
After those men gave me that message,
6 ६ आणि यशया त्यांना म्हणाला, तुझ्या धन्याला सांग; परमेश्वर म्हणतो, अश्शूरी राजाच्या सेवकांनी ज्या शब्दांनी माझा अपमान केला आहे, ते शब्द तू ऐकले आहेस, त्याने तू घाबरून जाऊ नको.
I replied, “Tell the King, ‘This is what Yahweh says: “Those messengers from the King of Assyria have said evil things about me. But do not be disturbed by what they said.
7 ७ पाहा, मी एक आत्मा त्याच्यात घालीन आणि तो काही बातमी ऐकून आपल्या देशात परत जाईल, तो आपल्याच देशात तलवारीने पडेल, असे मी करीन.
Listen to this: I will cause Sennacherib to hear a rumor [that the armies of Babylon are about to attack his country], and that will worry him. So he will return to his own country, and there I will cause him to be assassinated by [men using] swords.”’”
8 ८ मग रब-शाके माघारी आला आणि त्यास अश्शूराचा राजा लिब्नाविरूद्ध लढाई करताना सापडला, कारण त्याने राजा लाखीशाहून गेला आहे, हे त्याने ऐकले.
The official from Assyria found out that the King of Assyria [and his army] had captured Lachish [city] and that they were attacking Libnah, [which is a nearby city]. So the official left Jerusalem and went to Libnah [to report to the king what had happened in Jerusalem].
9 ९ मग सन्हेरीबाने ऐकले की, कूशाचा व मिसराचा राजा तिऱ्हाका आपणाशी लढावयास गेला आहे, असे बोलताना कोणी ऐकले, ते ऐकून त्याने हिज्कीयाकडे पुन्हा निरोप घेऊन जासूद पाठवले की,
Soon after that, King [Sennacherib] received a report that King Tirhakah of Ethiopia was leading his army to attack them. So before King Sennacherib left Libnah [with his army to fight against the army from Ethiopia], he sent other messengers to Hezekiah in Jerusalem with a letter. [In the letter he wrote this] to Hezekiah:
10 १० यहूदाचा राजा हिज्कीया, याला सांगा, तू ज्या देवावर भरवसा ठेवतोस तो यरूशलेम अश्शूराच्या राजाच्या हाती दिले जाणार नाही, असे म्हणून तुला न फसवो.
“Do not allow your god, on whom you are relying, to deceive you by promising you that Jerusalem will not be captured by my army.
11 ११ पाहा, तू ऐकले आहेस अश्शूराच्या राजांने त्यांच्या सर्व देशांचा पूर्णपणे कसा नाश केला आहे, तर तू सुटशील काय?
You have certainly heard what the armies of the kings of Assyria have done to all the other countries; our armies have destroyed them completely. So, (do you think that you will escape?/do not think that your god will save you!) [RHQ]
12 १२ गोजान, हारान, रेसफ व तलस्सारातले एदेनाचे लोक या ज्या राष्ट्रांचा माझ्या वाडवडीलांनी नाश केला त्यांच्या देवांनी त्यांना वाचवले का?
Did the gods of the nations that were about to be destroyed by the armies of the previous kings of Assyria rescue them? Did those gods rescue Gozan [region], and Haran and Rezeph [cities in northern Syria], and the people of Eden [region] who were forced to go to Tel-Assar [city]?
What happened to the King of Hamath and the King of Arpad? What happened to the kings of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivvah [cities]? [Did their gods rescue them] [RHQ]?”
14 १४ हिज्कीयाने जासूदाकडून हे पत्र स्विकारुन त्याने ते वाचले, नंतर तो परमेश्वराच्या मंदिरात गेला आणि त्याने ते परमेश्वरापुढे पसरले.
Hezekiah received the letter that the messengers gave him, and he read it. Then he went up to the temple and spread out the letter in front of Yahweh.
And [then] Hezekiah prayed this:
16 १६ हे सैन्यांच्या परमेश्वरा, इस्राएलाच्या देवा, जो तू करुबावर बसतो, तो तूच मात्र सर्व राज्यांचा देव आहेस, तूच स्वर्ग आणि पृथ्वी निर्माण केलीस.
“O Yahweh, Commander of the armies of angels, the God to whom [we] Israelis belong, you are seated on your throne above the statues of the creatures with wings, [above the Sacred Chest]. Only you are [truly] God. You rule all the kingdoms on this earth. You are the one who created everything on the earth and in the sky.
17 १७ हे परमेश्वरा, कान लाव व ऐक! हे परमेश्वरा तुझे डोळे उघड आणि पाहा, आणि सन्हेरीबाचे शब्द ऐक, जी त्याने जिवंत देवाची निंदा करण्यासाठी पाठवली आहेत.
[So], Yahweh, [please] listen to what I am saying, and look at [what is happening]! And listen to what Sennacherib has said to insult you, the all-powerful God!
Yahweh, it is true that [the armies of] the kings of Assyria have completely destroyed many nations and ruined their land.
19 १९ त्यांनी त्यांचे देव अग्नीत टाकले, कारण ते देव नव्हते परंतु मनुष्यांच्या हाताचे काम होते, फक्त लाकूड व दगड होते, म्हणून अश्शूऱ्यांनी त्यांना नष्ट केले.
And they have thrown all the idols of those nations into fires and burned them. But they were not [really] gods. They were only idols made of wood and stone, [and that is why they were destroyed easily].
20 २० तर आता, हे परमेश्वरा, आमच्या देवा, आम्हास त्यांच्या हातातून सोडीव, म्हणजे तूच मात्र परमेश्वर आहेस हे पृथ्वीतल्या सर्व राजांनी जाणावे.
So now, Yahweh our God, [please] rescue us from the power [MTY] of [the King of Assyria], in order that [the people in] all the kingdoms of the world will know that you, Yahweh, are the only one who is [truly] God.”
21 २१ नंतर आमोजाचा मुलगा यशया याने हिज्कीयाला निरोप पाठवून म्हणाला, “इस्राएलाचा देव परमेश्वर म्हणतो, ‘कारण अश्शूराचा राजा सन्हेरीब याच्याबद्दल तू माझी प्रार्थना केली.
Then I sent this message to Hezekiah: “This is what Yahweh, the God to whom [we] Israelis belong, says: Because you prayed about what King Sennacherib of Assyria [said],
22 २२ त्याच्याबद्दल परमेश्वर हे शब्द बोलला आहे. सियोनेची कुमारी तुला तुच्छ मानून तिरस्काराने तुला हसते, यरूशलेमेची कन्या, तुला डोके हलवून दाखवते.
this is what I say to him: ‘The people of Jerusalem despise you and make fun of you. They will wag/shake their heads to mock you while you flee from here.
23 २३ तू कोणाची निंदा आणि अपमान केलास? आणि कोणाविरूद्ध आवाज उंच केलास आणि आपले डोळे गर्वाने उंचावले? इस्राएलाच्या पवित्र प्रभूच्या विरुध्द.
Whom do you think you have been despising and ridiculing? Whom do you think you were shouting at? Whom do you think you were looking at [very] proudly/arrogantly? [It was I], the Holy One whom the Israelis worship!
24 २४ तू आपल्या सेवकांकडून प्रभूची अवज्ञा करून म्हटले, मी आपल्या पुष्कळशा रथाबरोबर मी पर्वताच्या उंचावर, लबानोनाच्या अगदी आतल्या भागावर चढून आलो आहे, त्याचे उंच गंधसरू, व त्याचे निवडक देवदारू मी तोडीन आणि मी त्याच्या अगदी दूरच्या उंचीवर त्याच्या फळझाडांच्या जंगलात प्रवेश करीत आलो
The messengers whom you sent made fun of me. You said, “With my many chariots I have gone to the highest mountains, [even] to the highest mountains in Lebanon. We have cut down its tallest cedar [trees] and its nicest pine/cypress [trees]. We have been to the most distant/remote peaks and to its densest forests.
25 २५ मी विहिरी खणल्या व विदेशी पाणी प्यालो; मी आपल्या पायाच्या तळव्यांनी मिसरच्या सर्व नद्या सुकवून टाकीन.
We have dug wells [in many countries] and drunk water [from them]. And by marching through [MTY] the streams of Egypt, we dried them all up [HYP]!”
26 २६ मी हे मागच्या काळात कसे केले आणि प्राचीन दिवसात हे कसे योजिल्याप्रमाणे केले, हे तू ऐकले नाही काय? आता हे मी घडवून आणले आहे. तू अजिंक्य नगरे घटवून त्यांचे नासाडीचे ढीग करण्यास येथे आहे.
[But I, Yahweh, reply], “Have you never heard that long ago I determined [those things]; I planned them long ago, and now I have been causing those things to occur. I planned that your army would destroy cities and cause them to become piles of rubble.
27 २७ त्यामध्ये राहणारे, अल्प शक्तीचे होते, ते मोडून गेले व फजीत झाले. ते शेतात लावलेल्या रोपासारखे, हिरवे गवत, छतावरचे किंवा शेतातले गवत, वाढ होण्यापूर्वी पूर्वेच्या वाऱ्यापुढे करपले आहे.
The people in those cities have no power, and as a result they are dismayed and discouraged. They are [as frail as] [MET] grass and plants in the fields, as frail as grass that grows on the roofs of houses and is scorched by the hot east wind.
[But] I know [everything about you]; I know when you are [in your house and] when you go outside; I also know that you are (raging/speaking very angrily) against me.
29 २९ कारण माझ्याविरूद्धच्या तुझ्या क्रोधामुळे आणि व तुझा उद्धटपणा माझ्या कानी पोहचला आहे, मी आपले वेसण तुझ्या नाकात व आपला लगाम तुझ्या तोंडात घालीन; तू ज्या मार्गाने आलास त्यानेच मी तुला मागे फिरवीन.
[So], because you have raged against me and because I have heard you speak very proudly/arrogantly, [it will be as though] I will put a hook in your nose and I will put an iron (bit/metal bar) in your mouth [in order that I can lead you where I want you to go], and I will force you to return [to your own country], on the same road on which you came [here, without conquering Jerusalem].”’
30 ३० तुझ्यासाठी हे चिन्ह होईलः या वर्षी तुम्ही जे काही आपोआप उगवेल ते खाल आणि दुसऱ्या वर्षी जे त्यातून उगवेल ते खाल, परंतु तिसऱ्या वर्षी तुम्ही पेरणी करा व कापा, द्राक्षमळे लावा आणि त्याचे फळ खा.
[Then I said to Hezekiah], ‘This will prove to you [that what I said will happen]: “This year, you(pl) will eat [only the crops] that grow by themselves, and next year the same thing will happen. But in the third year you will plant [crops] and harvest them; you will take care of your vineyards and eat the grapes.
And [you] people who are still [here] in Judah, will be strong and prosper again [MET].
32 ३२ कारण यरूशलेमेमधून अवशेष बाहेर येतील; सियोनाच्या डोंगरावरून वाचलेले येतील, सेनाधीश परमेश्वराचा आवेश हे करील.
A small number of my people will survive, and they will spread out from Jerusalem [DOU].” That will happen because [I], the Commander of the armies of angels, am desiring very much to accomplish it.’
33 ३३ म्हणून अश्शूरच्या राजाविषयी परमेश्वर हे म्हणतोः तो या नगरात येणार नाही, किंवा येथे एकही बाण मारणार नाही, तो या समोर ढालीसह येणार नाही किंवा याविरूद्ध वेढा रचून थैमान घालणार नाही.
And this is what [I], Yahweh, say about the King of Assyria: ‘His [armies] will not enter Jerusalem; they will not [even] shoot arrows into it. His soldiers will not [march outside] the city gates holding their shields, and they will not build high mounds of dirt against the walls of the city [to enable them to attack the city].
34 ३४ तो ज्या मार्गाने आला त्याच मार्गाने निघून जाईल; तो या नगरात प्रवेश करणार नाही, ही परमेश्वराची घोषणा आहे.
And their king will return [to his own country] on the same road on which he came [here]. He will not enter this city!’ [That will happen because I], Yahweh, have said it!
For the sake of my own reputation and because of what I promised King David, who served me [well], I will defend this city and prevent it from being destroyed.”
36 ३६ मग परमेश्वराच्या देवदूताने जाऊन अश्शूराच्या तळावरील एक लक्ष पंचाऐंशी हजार सैनिकांना ठार मारले, जेव्हा पहाटेस माणसे उठली, तेव्हा सर्वत्र प्रेते पडलेली होती.
[That night], an angel from Yahweh went out to where the army of Assyria had set up their tents and killed 185,000 of their soldiers. When [the rest of the soldiers] woke up the next morning, they saw that there were corpses everywhere.
Then King Sennacherib left and returned home to Nineveh [in Assyria], and stayed there.
38 ३८ तेव्हा असे झाले की, तो आपला देव निस्रोख याच्या घरात पूजा करीत असताना, त्याची मुले अद्रम्मेलेक व शरेसर यांनी त्यास तलवारीने ठार मारले, मग ते अरारात देशात पळून गेले, नंतर त्याचा मुलगा एसरहद्दोन त्याच्या जागी राज्य करू लागला.
[One day], when he was worshiping in the temple of his god Nisroch, his two sons, Adrammelech and Sharezer, killed him with their swords. Then they escaped and went to the Ararat [region northwest of Nineveh]. And another of Sennacherib’s sons, Esarhaddon, became the King of Assyria.
