१ राजाहरू 18
1 धेरै दिन बितेपछि खडेरीको तेस्रो वर्षमा परमप्रभुको वचन एलियाकहाँ आयो, “आहाबकहाँ गएर आफैलाई प्रकट गर्, र म देशमा वृष्टि ल्याउने छु ।”
For almost three years there was no rain in Samaria. Then Yahweh said this to Elijah: “Go and meet with King Ahab and [tell him that] I will soon send rain.”
2 आफैलाई आहाबकहाँ प्रकट गर्न एलिया गए । सामरियामा घोर अनिकाल परेको थियो ।
So Elijah went to talk to Ahab. In Samaria there was almost no food for anyone to eat.
3 आहाबले राजदरबारको जिम्मावाल ओबदियालाई बोलाए । ओबदियाले परमप्रभुलाई अत्यन्तै आदर गर्थे ।
There was a man there named Obadiah. He was in charge of the king’s palace. He greatly revered Yahweh.
4 किनकि ईजेबेलले परमप्रभुका अगमवक्ताहरूलाई मार्दा ओबदियाले एक सय अगमवक्तालाई लिएर तिनीहरूलाई पचास-पचास गरी एउटा गुफामा लुकाई तिनीहरूलाई रोटी र पानी खुवाएका थिए ।
One time when [Queen] Jezebel had [tried to] kill all Yahweh’s prophets, Obadiah hid 100 of them in two caves. He put 50 prophets in each cave, and he brought food and water to them.
5 आहाबले ओबदियालाई भने, “देशको चारैतिर भएका खोलानाला र त्यसका मुहानहरूमा जाऊ । सायद हामीले घाँस पाउनेछौँ अनि घोडा र खच्चरहरूलाई जीवितै राख्न सक्छौँ । यसरी हामीले सबै पशु गुमाउने छैनौँ ।
[By this time, the (famine/lack of food and water) had become very severe in Samaria]. So Ahab summoned Obadiah and said to him, “We must check/look near every spring and in every valley to see if we can find enough grass to give to some of my horses and mules, so that they will not all die.”
6 त्यसैले निरीक्षण र पानीको खोजीको लागि तिनीहरूले देश विभाजन गरे । आहाब एकलै एकातिर गए, र ओबदिया अर्कोतिर गए ।
So they both started walking throughout the land. Obadiah went in one direction by himself, and Ahab went in another direction by himself.
7 ओबदिया बाटोमा जाँदै गर्दा एलियाले अकस्मात् तिनलाई भेटे । ओबदियाले तिनलाई चिनिहाले र भुइँतिर शिर निहुराए । तिनले भने, “के तपाईं मेरा मालिक एलिया हुनुहुन्न र?”
While Obadiah was walking along, he saw Elijah coming toward him. Obadiah recognized Elijah and bowed down in front of him and said, “Is it really you, Elijah, my master?”
8 एलियाले तिनलाई जवाफ दिए, “म नै हुँ । 'हेर, एलिया यहीँ छन्' भनी गएर तिम्रो मालिकलाई बताइदेऊ ।”
Elijah replied, “Yes. Now go and tell [Ahab, ] your master, that I am here.”
9 ओबदियाले भने, “मैले के पाप गरेको छु, कि तपाईं आफ्ना दासलाई आहाबको हातमा मर्नलाई सुम्पनुहुन्छ?”
Obadiah objected. He said, “Sir, I have not [RHQ] harmed you at all. So why are you sending me back to Ahab? He will kill me!
10 परमप्रभु तपाईंका परमेश्वरको नाउँमा म भन्दछु, कि यस्तो कुनै जाति वा राज्य छैन जहाँ मेरा मालिकले तपाईंलाई फेला पार्न मानिसहरू पठाएका छैनन् । 'एलिया यहाँ छैनन्' भनी कुनै जाति वा राज्यले बताउँदा तिनीहरूले फेला पार्न सकेनन् भनी आहाबले तिनीहरूलाई भाकल गर्न लगाउँछन् ।
Yahweh your God [knows that I am telling the truth when] I solemnly declare that King Ahab has searched in every kingdom all over the world [HYP] to find you. Each time that some king said to him, ‘Elijah is not here,’ Ahab demanded that the king of that country solemnly swear/declare that the king was telling the truth.
11 तथापि अहिले तपाईं भन्नुहुन्छ, 'जाऊ, र एलिया यहाँ छन् भनी आफ्नो मालिकलाई बताइदेऊ ।'
Now you say to me, ‘Go and tell your master that Elijah is here!’
12 म यहाँबाट जानेबित्तिकै परमप्रभुका आत्माले तपाईंलाई मैले नचिनेको ठाउँमा लैजानुहुने छ । तब मैले आहाबलाई गएर बताउँदा तिनले तपाईंलाई फेला नपारेपछि तिनले मलाई मार्ने छन् । तापनि म तपाईंका दासले त मेरो बाल्यकालदेखि नै परमप्रभुको आराधना गरेको छु ।
But as soon as I leave you, the Spirit of Yahweh will carry you away, and I will not know where he will take you. So when [I tell] Ahab [that you are here and he] comes to me and he does not find you here, he will kill me! But [I do not deserve to die because] I have revered Yahweh since I was a boy.
13 हे मेरा मालिक, ईजेबेलले परमप्रभुका अगमवक्ताहरूलाई मार्दा मैले परमप्रभुका एक सय जना अगमवक्तालाई पचास-पचास गरी कसरी एउटा गुफामा लुकाई तिनीहरूलाई रोटी र पानी खुवाएँ भन्ने कुरो तपाईंलाई बताइएको छैन र?
My master, have you not heard about what I did when Jezebel wanted to kill all of Yahweh’s prophets? I hid 100 of them in two caves and took food and water to them.
14 अहिले तपाईं मलाई भन्नुहुन्छ, 'जाऊ, र एलिया यहाँ छन् भनी आफ्नो मालिकलाई बताइदेऊ ।' तिनले मलाई मार्ने छन् ।”
Now, sir, you say, ‘Go and tell your master that Elijah is here.’ But if I do that, [and he comes and you are not here, ] he will kill me!”
15 तब एलियाले जवाफ दिए, “सर्वशक्तिमान् परमप्रभु जसको अगि म खडा छु, उहाँको नाउँमा शपथ खाएर म भन्दछु, कि निश्चय नै म आजै आहाबकहाँ देखा पर्ने छु ।”
But Elijah replied, “Yahweh, the Almighty One whom I serve [IDM], knows that [I am telling the truth as] I solemnly declare that I will go to meet with Ahab today.”
16 त्यसैले ओबदिया आहाबलाई भेट्न गए, र एलियाले भनेका कुरा तिनलाई बताए ।
So Obadiah went to tell Ahab that Elijah had come. Ahab went to meet with him.
17 तब राजा एलियालाई भेट्न गए । जब आहाबले एलियालाई देखे, तिनले तिनलाई भने, “तिमी नै एलिया हौ? इस्राएलमा कष्ट ल्याउने तिमी नै हौ!”
When he saw Elijah, he said to him, “Is that you, the one who causes trouble for [the people of] Israel?”
18 एलियाले जवाफ दिए, “मैले इस्राएलमा कष्ट ल्याएको छैनँ, तर तपाईं र तपाईंको परिवारले परमप्रभुका आज्ञाहरू त्यागेर बाल देवताको पछि लागी कष्ट ल्याउनुभएको छ ।
Elijah replied, “It is not I who have caused trouble for the people of Israel! You and your family are the ones who have caused trouble! You have refused to obey Yahweh’s commands, and you have worshiped the idols of Baal instead.
19 अब मलाई कर्मेल डाँडामा भेट गर्न सारा इस्राएलीलाई बोलाउनुहोस् । ईजेबेलको टेबुलमा बसेर खाने बालका चार सय पचास अगमवक्ता र अशेराका चार सय अगमवक्तालाई पनि ल्याउनुहोस् ।”
So now, command all the Israeli people to come to Carmel Mountain, and [be sure to] bring all the 450 prophets who worship Baal and the 400 prophets who worship [the goddess] Asherah, the ones to whom [your wife] Jezebel brings food and water.”
20 त्यसैले आहाबले सारा इस्राएलीलाई भेल हुन खबर पठाए, र तिनीहरू अगमवक्ताहरूसँगै कर्मेल डाँडामा जम्मा भए ।
So Ahab summoned all his prophets and all the other [Israeli] people to the top of Carmel Mountain, [and Elijah went up there too.]
21 एलिया सबै मानिसका नजिक आई भने, “कहिलेसम्म तिमीहरू आफ्नो मन बद्लिरहन्छौ? परमप्रभु नै परमेश्वर हुनुहुन्छ भने उहाँको पछि लाग । तर बाल परमेश्वर हो भने त्यसको पछि लाग ।” तापनि मानिसहरूले तिनलाई जवाफ दिएनन् ।
Then Elijah stood in front of them and said, “How long [RHQ] are you going to be undecided [about who is truly God]? If Yahweh is [truly] God, then worship/serve him. If Baal is truly God, then worship/serve him!” But the people said nothing [in reply, because they were afraid of what Jezebel would do to them if they admitted that they worshiped Yahweh].
22 तब एलियाले मानिसहरूलाई भने, “परमप्रभुको अगमवक्ताको रूपमा म एकलै छाडिएको छु, तर बालका अगमवक्ताहरू ४५० जना छन् ।
Then Elijah said to them, “I am the only true prophet of Yahweh who is left, but Baal has 450 prophets.
23 तिनीहरूले हामीलाई दुईवटा साँढे देऊन् । तिनीहरू आफैले एउटा साँढेको छनोट गरी त्यसलाई टुक्राटुक्रा पारून्, अनि त्यसलाई दाउरामाथि राखून्, तर त्यसको मुनि आगो भने नलगाऊन् । त्यसपछि म अर्को साँढेलाई तयार पार्ने छु, र त्यसलाई दाउरामाथि राख्ने छु, तर त्यसको मुनि आगो भने लगाउँदिनँ ।
Bring two bulls. The prophets of Baal may choose the one that they want. They must [kill it and] cut it into pieces and lay the pieces on the wood that is on the altar that they have made. But they must not light a fire [under the wood]. [I will kill the other bull and cut it in pieces and lay the pieces on the altar that I make].
24 तिमीहरूले आफ्नो देवतालाई पुकार गर, र म परमप्रभुलाई पुकार्ने छु । जसले आगोद्वारा जवाफ दिनुहुन्छ उहाँ नै परमेश्वर हुनुहुने छ ।” सबै मानिसले भने, “यो असल कुरो हो ।”
Then they must call to their god [MTY], and I will call to Yahweh. The god who answers by lighting a fire [to the wood that is on that altar] is [the true] God!” Then all the people thought that Elijah’s suggestion was good.
25 त्यसैले एलियाले बालका अगमवक्ताहरूलाई भने, “तिमीहरूले एउटा साँढे छनोट गरी त्यसलाई तयार पार किनकि तिमीहरू सङ्ख्यामा धेरै छौ । त्यसपछि आफ्नो देवतालाई पुकार गर, तर साँढेको मुनि आगो नलगाओ ।”
Then Elijah said to the prophets of Baal, “You call to Baal first, because there are many of you. Choose one of the bulls and prepare it, and then call to your god. But do not light a fire under the wood!”
26 तिनीहरूले तिनीहरूलाई दिइएको एउटा साँढे लिएर त्यसलाई तयार पारे, र बिहानदेखि दिउँसोसम्म यसो भन्दै बाललाई पुकार गरे, “हे बाल, हाम्रा कुरा सुन्नुहोस् ।” तर त्यहाँ कुनै आवाज आएन, न त कसैले जवाफ दियो । तिनीहरूले बनाएका वेदीको वरिपरि तिनीहरू नाचे ।
So they killed one of the bulls and cut it up and placed the pieces on the altar. Then they called out to Baal all morning. They shouted, “Baal, answer us!” But no one answered. There was no reply at all [DOU]. Then they danced wildly around the altar that they had made.
27 मध्यान्हमा एलियाले तिनीहरूको खिसी गर्दै भने, “अझै चर्को गरी कराओ । त्यो पो देवता हो! उसले सोचविचार गर्दै होला वा काममा व्यस्त होला वा यात्रामा होला वा सुतिहरको छ होला । त्यसैले उसलाई ब्युँझाइनुपर्छ ।”
About noontime, Elijah started to make fun of them. He said, “[Surely] Baal is a god, so it seems that you must shout louder! Perhaps he is thinking about something, or perhaps he has gone to the toilet. Or perhaps he is traveling somewhere, or perhaps he is asleep and you need to wake him up!”
28 त्यसैले तिनीहरू अझै चर्को गरी चिच्च्याए, र तिनीहरूको आदतअनुसार तिनीहरूले आ-आफूलाई तरवार र भालाले प्रहार गरे ।
So they shouted louder. Then, doing one of the things that they frequently did [when they worshiped Baal], they slashed/cut themselves with knives and swords until a lot of blood flowed.
29 मद्यदिन बितेर गयो, र तिनीहरू साँझको बलिदान चढाउने बेलासम्म तिनीहरू बरबराउँदै थिए, तर त्यहाँ कुनै आवाज सुनिएन न त कसैले जवाफ दियो । तिनीहरूका बिन्तीलाई ध्यान दिने कोही भएन ।
They continued calling out to Baal all afternoon. But there was no reply, no answer, no god who paid attention.
30 तब एलियाले मानिसहरूलाई भने, “मेरो नजिक आओ ।” सबै मानिस तिनको नजिक आए । त्यसपछि तिनले परमप्रभुको भत्केको वेदी मर्मत गरे ।
Then Elijah called to the people saying, “Come closer!” So they all crowded around him. Then Elijah repaired the altar of Yahweh that had previously been (ruined/torn down) [by the prophets of Baal].
31 एलियाले बाह्रवटा ढुङ्गा लिए । प्रत्येकले याकूबका बाह्र छोराको प्रतिनिधित्व गर्थ्यो । यी तिनै याकूब हुन् जसकहाँ परमप्रभुको यस्तो वचन आएको थियो, “तेरो नाउँ इस्राएल हुने छ ।”
Then he took twelve [large] stones, each one to represent one of the Israeli tribes. The names of those tribes were given to them by their ancestor Jacob.
32 ती ढुङ्गाहरूले तिनले परमप्रभुको नाउँमा एउटा वेदी बनाए, र त्यस वेदीको वरिपरि पन्ध्र लिटर जति बिउ जाने ठुलो खाडल खने ।
With these stones he rebuilt Yahweh’s altar. Then around the altar he dug a little ditch that was large enough to hold about (three gallons/12 liters) of water.
33 तिनले आगो लगाउन दाउराको बन्दोवस्त गरे, साँढेलाई टुक्राटुक्रा पारे, र ती टुक्राहरूलाई दाउरामाथि राखे । तिनले भने, “चार गाग्रा पानी भरेर यो बलि र दाउरामाथि खन्याइदेओ ।”
He piled wood on top of the stones. He killed the bull and cut it in pieces. Then he laid the pieces on top of the wood. Then he said, “Fill four large jars with water, and pour the water on top of the pieces of meat and the wood.” So they did that.
34 त्यसपछि तिनले भने, “दोस्रो पटक पनि यसै गर ।” तिनीहरूले दोस्रो पटक पनि त्यसै गरे । फेरि एक पटक तिनले भने, “तेस्रो पटक पनि यसै गर ।” तिनीहरूले तेस्रो पटक पनि त्यसै गरे ।
Then he said, “Do the same thing again!” So they did it again. Then he said “Do it a third time!” So they did it again.
35 पानी वेदीको चारैतिर पोखियो र खाडल भरियो ।
As a result, the water flowed down below the altar and filled the ditches.
36 साँझको बलिदान चढाउने समयमा एलिया अगमवक्ता नजिक आएर भने, “हे परमप्रभु, अब्राहाम, इसहाक र इस्राएलका परमेश्वर, तपाईं इस्राएलका परमेश्वर हुनुहुन्छ र म तपाईंका दास हुँ र यी सबै कुरा मैले तपाईंको वचनअनुसार गरेको छु भनी आज थाहा होस् ।
When it was time to offer the evening sacrifices, Elijah walked close [to the altar] and prayed. He said, “Yahweh, you who are the God that [our ancestors] Abraham and Isaac and Jacob [worshiped], prove today that you are the God whom the Israeli people [should worship], and prove that I am your servant. Prove that I have done all these things because you told me to do them.
37 हे परमप्रभु, मेरो कुरा सुन्नुहोस्, तपाईं परमप्रभु नै परमेश्वर हुनुहुन्छ र तपाईंले नै यी मानिसहरूका ह्रदय फर्काउनुभएको छ भनी यी मानिसहरूले जानून् ।”
Yahweh, answer me! Answer me in order that these people will know that you, Yahweh God, [have the power to do what you say that you will do], and that you have caused them to trust in [IDM] you again!”
38 तब परमप्रभुको आगो खसी होमबलि, दाउरा, ढुङ्गाहरू, धूलोलाई नष्ट पार्यो, र खाडलको पानी पनि सुकाइदियो ।
Immediately a fire from Yahweh flashed down from the sky. The fire burned up the pieces of meat, the wood, the stones, and the dirt [that was around the altar]. It even dried up all the water in the ditch!
39 जब सबै मानिसले यो देखे तिनीहरूले आ-आफ्ना शिर झुकाई भने, “परमप्रभु नै परमेश्वर हुनुहुन्छ! परमप्रभु नै परमेश्वर हुनुहुन्छ!”
When the people saw that, they prostrated themselves on the ground and shouted, “Yahweh is God! Yahweh is God!”
40 त्यसैले एलियाले तिनीहरूलाई भने, “बालका अगमवक्ताहरूलाई पक्र । एउटै पनि भाग्न नपाओस् ।” त्यसैले तिनीहरूले बालका अगमवक्कताहरूलाई पक्रे र तिनीहरूलाई कीशोन खोलामा ल्याई मारे ।
Then Elijah commanded them, “Seize all the prophets of Baal! Do not allow any of them to escape!” So the people seized all the prophets of Baal, and took them down the mountain to the Kishon Valley, and Elijah killed them all there.
41 एलियाले आहाबलाई भने, “उठ्नुहोस्, खानपान गर्नुहोस् र पिउनुहोस् किनकि ठुलो झरीको आवाज आउँदै छ ।”
Then Elijah said to Ahab, “Go and get something to eat and drink. [But do it quickly, because] it is soon going to rain very hard!”
42 त्यसैले आहाब खानपान गर्न र पिउनलाई गए । तब एलिया कर्मेल डाँडाको टाकुरामा उक्ले, भुइँमा आफ्नो शिर झुकाई आफ्ना घुँडाहरूका बिचमा आफ्नो मुहार राखे ।
So Ahab [and his men] left to prepare a big meal. But Elijah went back up to the top of Carmel Mountain and prayed.
43 तिनले आफ्नो नोकरलाई भने, “गएर समुद्रतिर गएर हेर् ।” तिनको नोकर गएर हेर्यो र फर्केर आई भन्यो, “त्यहाँ केही छैन ।” त्यसैले एलियाले भने, “सातपल्ट गएर हेर् ।”
Then he said to his servant, “Go and look out toward the sea, [to see if there are any rain clouds.]” So his servant went and looked, [and came back] and said, “I do not see anything.” This happened six times.
44 सातौँ पटकमा नोकरले भन्यो, “हेर्नुहोस्, मानिसको हातजस्तै समुद्रबाट सानो बादल उठिरहेको छ ।” एलियाले जवाफ दिए, “गएर आहाबलाई भन्, 'आफ्नो रथ तयार गरेर तल जानुहोस् नत्रता पानीले तपाईंलाई रोक्ने छ ।”
But when the servant went the seventh time, he came back and said, “I saw a very small cloud above the sea. [As I extend my arm, ] the cloud is about the size of my hand/fist.” Then Elijah shouted to him, “Go and tell King Ahab to get his chariot ready and go home immediately! If he does not do that, the rain will stop him!”
45 केही क्षणमा नै बादल कालो भयो र हुरी चल्यो, अनि त्यहाँ ठुलो झरी पर्यो । आहाब रथमा चढेर यिजरेलमा गए,
Very soon the sky was full of black clouds. There was a strong wind, and then it began to rain very hard. Ahab got into his chariot and started to return to Jezreel [city].
46 तर परमप्रभुको हात एलियामाथि थियो । तिनले आफ्नो खास्टो पटुकामा कसे, र यिजरेलको प्रवेशद्वारसम्मै आहाबको अगिअगि कुदे ।
Yahweh gave extra strength to Elijah. He tucked his cloak into his belt [in order to run fast], and he ran ahead of Ahab’s [chariot] all the way [17 miles/26 km.] to Jezreel.
