१ राजाहरू 20
1 अरामका राजा बेन-हददले आफ्ना सबै सेनालाई जम्मा गरे । तिनीसित बत्तिस स-साना राजा, घोडाहरू र रथहरू थिए । तिनी माथि उक्लेर सामरियालाई घेरा हाली यसको विरुद्धमा लडे ।
Ben-Hadad, the king of Syria, gathered all his army, and he persuaded 32 other kings to join him with their armies and horses and chariots. They marched to Samaria [city, the capital of Israel], and surrounded it, and [prepared to] attack it.
2 तिनले इस्राएलका राजा आहाबको सहरमा सन्देशवाकहरू पठाएर भने, “बेन-हदद यसो भन्नुहुन्छ, '
Ben-Hadad sent messengers into the city to King Ahab, to say this to him: “This is what King Ben-Hadad says:
3 तपाईंका सुन र चाँदी मेरा हुन् । साथै, तपाईंका सबैभन्दा राम्रा-राम्रा पत्नीहरू र बालबच्चा मेरै हुन्' ।”
‘[You must give to] me all your silver and gold, your (good-looking/most beautiful) wives/women and strongest children.’”
4 इस्राएलका राजाले भने, “हे मेरा मालिक राजा, तपाईंले भन्नुभएझैँ म र मेरा सबै तपाईंकै हुन् ।”
The king of Israel replied to them, “Tell this to King Ben-Hadad: ‘I agree to do what you requested. You can have me and everything that I own.’”
5 सन्देशवाकहरू फर्केर आएर भने, “बेन-हदद यसो भन्नुहुन्छ, 'तपाईंले तपाईंका चाँदी, तपाईंका सुन, तपाईंका पत्नीहरू र बालबच्चा मलाई दिनुपर्छ भनी मैले समाचार पठाएँ ।
[The messengers told that to] Ben-Hadad, and he [sent them back with] another message: “I sent a message to you saying that you must give me all your silver and gold and your wives and your children.
6 तर म भोली यसै बेलातिर मेरा दासहरूलाई पठाउने छु, र तिनीहरूले तपाईंको घर र तपाईंका अधिकारीहरूका घरहरू खोजतलास गर्ने छन् । तिनीहरूलाई इच्छा लागेअनुसार तिनीहरूले आफ्ना हातले ती ल्याउने छन्' ।”
But [in addition to that], about this time tomorrow, I will send some of my officials to search your palace and the houses of your officials, and to bring to me everything that pleases them.”
7 तब इस्राएलका राजाले देशका धर्म-गुरुहरूलाई जम्मा गरी भने, “यी मानिसले त सङ्कष्ट ल्याउन खोज्दै छन् भनी ख्याल गर्नुहोस् । मेरा पत्नीहरू, बालबच्चा, चाँदी र सुन लैजान तिनले मकहाँ समाचार पठाएका छन्, तर मैले इन्कार गरिदिएको छु ।”
King Ahab summoned all the leaders of Israel, and said to them, “You can see/realize for yourselves that this man is trying to cause much trouble. He sent me a message insisting that I must give him my wives and my children, my silver and my gold, and I agreed to do that.”
8 सारा धर्म-गुरु र मानिसहरूले आहाबलाई भने, “तिनको कुरा नसुन्नुहोस्, वा तिनको आज्ञामा सहमति नजनाउनुहोस् ।”
The leaders and all the other people said to him, “Do not pay any attention to him! Do not do what he is requesting!”
9 त्यसैले आहाबले बेन-हददका सन्देशवाहकरूलाई भने, “मेरा मालिक राजालाई भनिदेऊ, 'तपाईंले पहिलो पटक आफ्नो दासमार्फत भन्नुभएको हरेक कुरामा म सहमत हुन्छु, तर यो दोस्रो मागलाई चाहिँ स्वीकार गर्दिनँ' ।” त्यसैले सन्देशवाहकरू त्यहाँबाट प्रस्थान गरे र बेन-हददको निम्ति यो जवाफ लिएर गए ।
So Ahab said to Ben-Hadad’s messengers, “Tell the king that I agree to give him the things that he first requested, but I do not agree to allow his officials to take anything that they want from my palace and from the houses of my officials.” So the messengers [reported that to King Ben-Hadad, and they] returned with another message from Ben-Hadad.
10 तब बेन-हददले आहाबलाई जवाफ पठाए, “सामरियाको बाँकी धूलो मेरो हरेक मानिसलाई एक-एक मुट्ठी दिन पुग्यो भने पनि देवताहरूले मलाई त्यस्तै वा त्योभन्दा कठोर व्यवहार गरून् ।”
In that message he said, “[We will destroy] your city [completely, with the result that] there will not be enough dust and rubble left for each of my soldiers to have one handful! I hope/wish that the gods will strike me dead if we do not do that!”
11 इस्राएलका राजाले जवाफ दिए, “बेन-हददलाई भन्, 'भर्खरै कवच भिर्ने मानिसले त्यो फुकाल्ने मानिसले झैँ घमण्ड गर्नुहुँदैन' ।”
King Ahab replied [to the messengers], “Tell King Ben-Hadad that a soldier who is putting on his armor [preparing to fight a battle] [MTY] should not boast at that time; he [should wait until] after he wins the battle.”
12 बेन-हदद र तिनी मुनिका राजाहरूले तिनीहरूका पालहरूमा मद्य पिइरहँदा तिनले यो समाचार सुने । बेन-हददले आफ्ना मानिसहरूलाई आज्ञा दिए, “युद्धको लागि पङ्क्तिबद्ध होओ ।” त्यसैले तिनीहरू त्यस सहरलाई आक्रमण गर्न तयार भए ।
Ben-Hadad heard that message while he and the other rulers were drinking [wine] in their temporary shelters. He told his men to prepare to attack [MTY] the city. So his men did that.
13 तब हेर, एक जना अगमवक्ता इस्राएलका राजाकहाँ आई भने, “परमप्रभु भन्नुहुन्छ, 'के तैँले यो विशाल सेनालाई देख्दै छस्? हेर्, म आज यसलाई तेरो हातमा सुम्पिदिने छु, र म नै परमप्रभु हुँ भनी तैँले थाहा पाउने छस्' ।”
At that moment, a prophet came to King Ahab and said to him, “This is what Yahweh says: ‘[Do not be at all afraid of] [RHQ] the large enemy army that you see! I will enable your army to defeat them today, and you will know that it is I, Yahweh, [who have the power to do what I say that I will do].’”
14 आहाबले जवाफ दिए, “कोद्वारा?” परमप्रभुले जवाफ दिनुभयो, “जिल्ला-जिल्लाका जिल्लापालहरूको सेवा गर्ने जवान अधिकृतहरूद्वारा ।” तब आहाबले भने, “कसले युद्धको थालनी गर्ने छ?” परमप्रभुले जवाफ दिनुभयो, “तैँले ।”
Ahab asked, “What group [of our army] will defeat them?” The prophet replied, “The young soldiers who are commanded by the district governors will do it.” The king asked, “Who should lead the attack?” The prophet replied, “You should!”
15 तब आहाबले जिल्ला-जिल्लाका जल्लापालहरूको सेवा गर्ने जवान अधिकृतहरूलाई भेला गराए । तिनीहरू दुई सय बत्तिस जना थिए । त्यसपछि तिनले इस्राएलका सबै सिपाहीलाई जम्मा गरे । तिनीहरू सात हजार थिए ।
So Ahab gathered the young soldiers who were commanded by the district governors. There were 232 of those men. Then he also summoned all the Israeli army. There were [only] 7,000 soldiers.
16 तिनीहरू मध्य दिनमा बाहिर निस्के । बेन-हदद र तिनको समर्थन गर्ने तिनीमुनिका बत्तिस जना राजा पालमा मद्य पिएर मातिरहेका थिए ।
They started to attack at noon, while Ben-Hadad and the other rulers were getting drunk in their temporary shelters.
17 पहिले जिल्ला-जिल्लाका जिल्लापालहरूको सेवा गर्ने जवान अधिकृतहरू अगाडि बढे । बेन-हददद्वारा पठाइएका चेवा गर्ने मानिसहरूले तिनलाई भने, “सामरियाबाट मानिसहरू आउँदै छन् ।”
The young soldiers advanced first. Some scouts who had been sent out by Ben-Hadad reported to him, “There are men coming out of Samaria [city]”!
18 बेन-हददले भने, “तिनीहरू मेलमिलाप वा युद्ध जेसुकैको लागि आएको भए तापनि तिनीहरूलाई जिउँदै ल्याओ ।”
He said, “It does not matter whether they are coming to fight against us or to ask for peace. Capture them, but do not kill them
19 त्यसैले जिल्ला-जिल्लाका जिल्लापालहरूको सेवा गर्ने जवान अधिकृतहरू सहरबाट बाहिर गए, र सेना तिनीहरूको पछिपछि लागे ।
The young Israeli soldiers went out of the city to attack [the Syrian army], and the other soldiers in the Israeli army followed them.
20 हरेकले आ-आफ्नो प्रतिद्वन्द्वीलाई मार्यो । अरामीहरू भागे, र इस्राएलीहरूले तिनीहरूलाई खेदे । अरामका राजा बेन-हदद केही घोडचढीहरूसँगै घोडामा चढेर उम्के ।
Each [Israeli soldier] killed a [Syrian] soldier. The rest of the Syrian army then ran away, and the Israeli soldiers pursued them. But King Ben-Hadad escaped riding his horse, along with some other men riding horses.
21 तब इस्राएलका राजा बाहिर निस्केर घोडाहरू र रथहरूलाई आक्रमण गरे, र अरामीहरूको ठुलो संहार गरे ।
Then the king of Israel went out [of the city], and he and his soldiers captured [all] the [other Syrian] horses and chariots, and also killed a large number of Syrian soldiers.
22 त्यसैले अगमवक्ता इस्राएलका राजाकहाँ आई भने, “जानुहोस्, र आफैलाई बलियो पार्नुहोस्, अनि तपाईंले जे गर्दै हुनुहुन्छ त्यसलाई बुझेर योजना बनाउनुहोस् किनकि नयाँ वर्षमा अरामका राजा तपाईंको विरुद्धमा आउने छन् ।”
Then that same prophet went to King Ahab and said to him, “Go back and prepare your soldiers, and think carefully about what will be necessary for you to do, because the king of Syria with attack with his army again in the springtime of next year.”
23 अरामका राजाका अधिकारीहरूले तिनलाई भने, “तिनीहरूका ईश्वर त पहाडहरूका ईश्वर रहेछन् । त्यसकारण तिनीहरू हामीभन्दा शक्तिशाली भएका हुन् । तर अब तिनीहरूको विरुद्धमा मैदानमा लडौँ, र निश्चय नै हामी तिनीहरूभन्दा शक्तिशाली हुने छौँ ।
[After the Syrian army was defeated, ] Ben-Hadad’s officials said to him, “The gods that the Israelis [worship] are gods [who live] in the hills. [Samaria is built on a hill, and] that is why their soldiers were able to defeat us. But if we fight against them in the plains/lowlands, we certainly will be able to defeat them.
24 त्यसैले तपाईंले यसो गर्नुहोस्, 'सबै राजालाई तिनीहरूका पदबाट हटाई तिनीहरूको सट्टामा सेनाका नायकहरूलाई राख्नुहोस् ।
So, this is what you should do: You must remove the 32 kings [who are leading your troops] and replace them with army commanders.
25 तपाईंले गुमाउनुभएका सेनाजस्तै सेना तयार पार्नुहोस् । घोडाको लागि घोडा र रथको लागि रथ तयार पार्नुहोस् । यसरी हामी तिनीहरूसित मैदानमा लड्न सक्छौँ । तब निश्चय नै हामी तिनीहरूभन्दा शक्तिशाली हुने छौँ ।” त्यसैले बेन-हददले तिनीहरूको कुरा सुनेर त्यसैअनुसार गरे ।
Then gather an army like the army that was defeated. Gather an army that has as many horses and chariots as the first army had. Then we will fight the Israelis in the plains/lowlands, and we will surely defeat them.” Ben-Hadad agreed with them, and he did what they suggested.
26 नयाँ वर्षको थालनीपछि बेन-हददले अरामीहरूलाई जम्मा गरी इस्राएलको विरुद्धमा लड्न अपेकमा गए ।
In the spring of the following year, he gathered his soldiers and marched [with them] to Aphek [city east of Galilee Lake], to fight against the Israeli army.
27 इस्राएलीहरू पनि भेला भए, र अरामीहरूको विरुद्धमा लड्न तिनीहरूलाई खानेकुरा दिइयो । इस्राएलीहरूले तिनीहरूको सामुन्ने छाउनी हाले, र तिनीहरू बाख्राका दुईवटा स-साना बगालजस्तै थिए, जब कि अरामीहरूले पुरै मैदानलाई ढाकेका थिए ।
The Israeli army was also gathered together, and they were equipped with the things that they needed [for the battle]. Then they marched out and formed two groups facing the Syrian army. Their army was very small; they resembled two small flocks of goats, whereas the Syrian army [was very large and] spread all over the countryside.
28 तब एक जना परमेश्वरका जन नजिक आई इस्राएलका राजालाई भने, “परमप्रभु भन्नुहुन्छ, 'अरामीहरूले परमप्रभु पहाडहरूका ईश्वर हुनुहुँदोरहेछ, उपत्यकाको ईश्वर होइन रहेछ भनी भनेकाले म यो विशाल सेनालाई तेरो हातमा सुम्पिदिने छु, र म नै परमप्रभु हुँ भनी तैँले थाहा पाउने छस्' ।”
A prophet came to King Ahab and said to him, “This is what Yahweh says: ‘The Syrians say that I am a god who lives in the hills, and that I am not a god who lives in the valleys. So I will [show that they are wrong by] enabling your men to defeat this huge army [IDM] [in the valley], and you will know that I, Yahweh, [have done it].’”
29 त्यसैले सेनाहरूले सात दिनसम्म एक-अर्काको सामुन्ने छाउनी हाले । अनि सातौँ दिनमा युद्ध सुरु भयो । इस्राएलका मानिसहरूले एकै दिनमा एक लाख पैदल अरामीलाई मारे ।
The two armies stayed in their tents for seven days, in groups that faced each other. Then, on the seventh day, they started fighting. The Israeli army killed 100,000 Syrian soldiers.
30 बाँकी रहेकाहरू अपेक सहरभित्र भागे, र सत्ताइस हजारमाथि पर्खाल ढलेर बज्र्यो । बेन-हदद भागेर सहरको भित्री कोठामा गए ।
The other Syrian soldiers ran away into Aphek City. Then the wall of the city collapsed and killed 27,000 more Syrian soldiers. Ben-Hadad also escaped into the city, and hid in the back room of a house.
31 बेन-हददका अधिकारीहरूले तिनलाई भने, “अब हेर्नुहोस्, इस्राएलको घरानाका राजाहरू कृपालु छन् भनी हामीले सुनेका छौँ । हाम्रा कम्मरको वरिपरि भाङ्ग्रा लगाएर शिरका वरिपरि फेटा बाँधेर इस्राएलका राजाकहाँ जाऔँ । सायद तिनले तपाईंको ज्यान जोगाउनुहुने छ ।”
His officials went to him and said, “We have heard a report that the Israelis act mercifully. So allow us to go to the king of Israel, wearing coarse sacks around our waists and ropes on our heads/necks [to indicate that we will be his slaves]. Perhaps [if we do that, ] he will allow you to remain alive.”
32 त्यसैले तिनीहरूले आ-आफ्ना कम्मरवरिपरि भाङ्ग्रा लगाए, र शिरमा फेटा बाँधे अनि इस्राएलका राजाकहाँ आई भने, 'तपाईंका दास बेन-हददले भन्नुभएको छ, 'कृपया, मलाई बाँच्न दिनुहोस्' ।” आहाबले भने, “के तिनी अझै जिउँदै छन्? तिनी त मेरा भाइ हुन् ।”
[The king permitted them to do that, ] so they wrapped coarse sacks around their waists and put ropes on their heads/necks, and they went to the king of Israel and said to him, “Ben-Hadad, who greatly respects you, says, ‘Please do not kill me.’” Ahab replied, “Is he still alive? He is like a brother to me!”
33 अब ती मानिसहरूले राजाबाट कुनै चिन्ह सुन्ने अपेक्षा गर्दै थिए । त्यसैले तिनीहरूले झट्टै उत्तर दिए, “ज्यू, हजुरका दास बेन-हदद जीवितै हुनुहुन्छ ।” तब बेन-हददले भने, “गएर तिनलाई ल्याओ ।” तब बेन-हदद तिनीकहाँ आए, र आहाबले तिनलाई आफ्नो रथमा चढाए ।
Ben-Hadad’s officials were trying to find out if Ahab would act mercifully, and when Ahab said “brother,” they (were optimistic/thought that Ahab would be merciful). So they replied, “Yes, he is like your brother!” Ahab said, “Go and bring him to me.” So they [went and] brought Ben-Hadad to him. [When Ben-Hadad arrived, ] Ahab told him to get in his chariot [and sit with him].
34 बेन-हददले आहाबलाई भने, “मेरा पिताले तपाईंका पिताबाट लिनुभएका सहरहरू म तपाईंलाई पुनर्स्थापित गरिदिने छु, र मेरा पिताले सामरियामा गरेझैँ तपाईंले आफ्नो लागि दमस्कसमा बजारहरू स्थापित गर्न सक्नुहुन्छ ।” आहाबले जवाफ दिए, “यो सम्झौतासहित म तिमीलाई छाडिदिने छु ।” त्यसैले आहाबले तिनीसित सम्झौता गरी तिनलाई जान दिए ।
Ben-Hadad said to him, “I will give back to you the towns that my father’s army took from your father. And I will allow you to set up market areas for your merchants in Damascus [my capital], just as my father did in Samaria [your capital].” Ahab replied, “Because you agree to do that, I will not execute you.” So Ahab made an agreement with Ben-Hadad, and allowed him to go home.
35 अगमवक्ताका छोराहरूमद्ये कोही एक जनाले आफ्नो कुनै अगमवक्ता साथीलाई परमप्रभुको वचनद्वारा भने, “मलाई हिर्काऊ ।” तर ती मानिसले तिनलाई हिर्काउन इन्कार गरे ।
Then Yahweh spoke to a member of a group of prophets and said to him, “Ask one of your fellow prophets to strike and wound you.” [So he did what Yahweh told him to do]. [He said to one of his fellow prophets, ‘Strike me and wound me].’ But that man refused to do it.
36 तब अगमवक्ताले आफ्ना मित्र अगमवक्तालाई भने, “तिमीले परमप्रभुको कुरा नमानेकाले तिमी मबाट जानेबित्तिकै एउटा सिंहले तिमीलाई मार्ने छ ।” ती मानिस प्रस्थान गर्नेबित्तिकै एउटा सिंह आएर तिनलाई मारिदियो ।
So the prophet said to him, “Because you refused to obey what Yahweh told you to do, a lion will kill you as soon as you leave me.” And as soon as he left that prophet, a lion suddenly pounced on him and killed him.
37 तब अगमवक्ताले अर्को मानिसलाई फेला पारी तिनलाई भने, “मलाई हिर्काऊ ।”
Then the prophet found another prophet, and said to him, “Strike me!” So that man hit him [very hard] and injured him.
38 त्यसैले ती मानिसले तिनलाई हिर्काई घाइते बनाए । तब अगमवक्ता प्रस्थान गरे र बाटोनेर राजाको प्रतीक्षा गरे । तिनले आँखामा पट्टी बाँधेर गुप्त भेष बनाएका थिए ।
Then the prophet put a large bandage/cloth over his face so that no one would recognize him. Then he went and stood alongside the road, waiting for the king to come by.
39 राजा त्यही बाटो भएर आउँदा अगमवक्ताले राजालाई बोलाएर भने, “तपाईंका दास युद्धको मुखैमा गएका थिए, र एक जना सिपाहीले मलाई रोकेर मकहाँ एक जना मानिस लिएर आई मलाई भन्यो, 'यो मानिसको रक्षा गर । कुनै कारणले गर्दा यो मानिस हरायो भने यसको सट्टामा तिमीले आफ्नो प्राण दिनुपर्ने छ वा तिमीले करिब चौँतिस किलोग्राम चाँदी तिर्नुपर्ने हुन्छ ।'
When the king passed by, the prophet cried out to him, saying “Your majesty, [after I was wounded] while I was fighting in a battle, a soldier brought to me one of our enemies that he had captured, and said to me, ‘Guard this man! If he escapes, you must pay me 3,000 pieces of silver, and if you do not pay that, you will be executed!’
40 तर तपाईंका दास यताउता जाँदैमा व्यस्त भएकाले त्यो मानिस भाग्यो ।” तब इस्राएलका राजाले तिनलाई भने, “तेरो दण्ड यही हुने छ जुन तँ आफैले निधो गरिस् ।”
But while I was busy doing other things, the man escaped!” The king of Israel said to him, “That is your problem! You yourself have said that you deserve to be punished.”
41 तब ती अगमवक्ताले झट्टै आफ्ना आँखाबाट पट्टी निकाले, र तिनी त एक अगमवक्ता रहेछन् भनी इस्राएलका राजाले चिने ।
The prophet immediately took off the bandage, and the king of Israel recognized that he was one of the prophets.
42 अगमवक्ताले राजालाई भने, “परमप्रभु भन्नुहुन्छ, 'मैले मृत्युदण्ड तोकेको मानिसलाई तैँले आफ्नो हातबाट फुत्किन दिएकोले त्यसको प्राणको सट्टा तेरो प्राण र तिनीहरूका मानिसहरूको सट्टा तेरा मानिसहरू हुने छन्' ।”
And the prophet said to him, “This is what Yahweh says: ‘You have allowed that man [Ben-Hadad] to escape after I commanded you to be sure to execute him! Since you did not do that, you will be killed instead. And your army will be destroyed because you allowed [some of] his army to escape!’”
43 त्यसैले इस्राएलका राजा उदास भए, र रिसाएर सामरियामा आफ्नो महलमा आइपुगे ।
The king went back home to Samaria, very angry and depressed/dejected.
