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 together; and there were thirty-two kings with him, with horses and chariots. He went up and besieged Samaria, and fought against it.
2 तिनले इस्राएलका राजा आहाबको सहरमा सन्देशवाकहरू पठाएर भने, “बेन-हदद यसो भन्नुहुन्छ, '
He sent messengers into the city to Ahab king of Israel and said to him, “Ben Hadad says,
3 तपाईंका सुन र चाँदी मेरा हुन् । साथै, तपाईंका सबैभन्दा राम्रा-राम्रा पत्नीहरू र बालबच्चा मेरै हुन्' ।”
‘Your silver and your gold are mine. Your wives also and your children, even the best, are mine.’”
4 इस्राएलका राजाले भने, “हे मेरा मालिक राजा, तपाईंले भन्नुभएझैँ म र मेरा सबै तपाईंकै हुन् ।”
The king of Israel answered, “It is according to your saying, my lord, O king. I am yours, and all that I have.”
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 came again and said, “Ben Hadad says, ‘I sent indeed to you, saying, “You shall deliver me your silver, your gold, 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 I will send my servants to you tomorrow about this time, and they will search your house and the houses of your servants. Whatever is pleasant in your eyes, they will put it in their hand, and take it away.”’”
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 ।”
Then the king of Israel called all the elders of the land, and said, “Please notice how this man seeks mischief; for he sent to me for my wives, and for my children, and for my silver, and for my gold; and I didn’t deny him.”
8 सारा धर्म-गुरु र मानिसहरूले आहाबलाई भने, “तिनको कुरा नसुन्नुहोस्, वा तिनको आज्ञामा सहमति नजनाउनुहोस् ।”
All the elders and all the people said to him, “Don’t listen, and don’t consent.”
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 ।
Therefore he said to the messengers of Ben Hadad, “Tell my lord the king, ‘All that you sent for to your servant at the first I will do, but this thing I cannot do.’” The messengers departed and brought him back the message.
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 ।”
Ben Hadad sent to him, and said, “The gods do so to me, and more also, if the dust of Samaria will be enough for handfuls for all the people who follow me.”
11 इस्राएलका राजाले जवाफ दिए, “बेन-हददलाई भन्, 'भर्खरै कवच भिर्ने मानिसले त्यो फुकाल्ने मानिसले झैँ घमण्ड गर्नुहुँदैन' ।”
The king of Israel answered, “Tell him, ‘Don’t let him who puts on his armor brag like he who takes it off.’”
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 ।
When Ben Hadad heard this message as he was drinking, he and the kings in the pavilions, he said to his servants, “Prepare to attack!” So they prepared to attack the city.
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' ।”
Behold, a prophet came near to Ahab king of Israel, and said, “The LORD says, ‘Have you seen all this great multitude? Behold, I will deliver it into your hand today. Then you will know that I am the LORD.’”
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 said, “By whom?” He said, “The LORD says, ‘By the young men of the princes of the provinces.’” Then he said, “Who shall begin the battle?” He answered, “You.”
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 ।
Then he mustered the young men of the princes of the provinces, and they were two hundred and thirty-two. After them, he mustered all the people, even all the children of Israel, being seven thousand.
16 तिनीहरू मध्य दिनमा बाहिर निस्के । बेन-हदद र तिनको समर्थन गर्ने तिनीमुनिका बत्तिस जना राजा पालमा मद्य पिएर मातिरहेका थिए ।
They went out at noon. But Ben Hadad was drinking himself drunk in the pavilions, he and the kings, the thirty-two kings who helped him.
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 men of the princes of the provinces went out first; and Ben Hadad sent out, and they told him, saying, “Men are coming out from Samaria.”
18 बेन-हददले भने, “तिनीहरू मेलमिलाप वा युद्ध जेसुकैको लागि आएको भए तापनि तिनीहरूलाई जिउँदै ल्याओ ।”
He said, “If they have come out for peace, take them alive; or if they have come out for war, take them alive.”
19 त्यसैले जिल्ला-जिल्लाका जिल्लापालहरूको सेवा गर्ने जवान अधिकृतहरू सहरबाट बाहिर गए, र सेना तिनीहरूको पछिपछि लागे ।
So these went out of the city, the young men of the princes of the provinces, and the army which followed them.
20 हरेकले आ-आफ्नो प्रतिद्वन्द्वीलाई मार्यो । अरामीहरू भागे, र इस्राएलीहरूले तिनीहरूलाई खेदे । अरामका राजा बेन-हदद केही घोडचढीहरूसँगै घोडामा चढेर उम्के ।
They each killed his man. The Syrians fled, and Israel pursued them. Ben Hadad the king of Syria escaped on a horse with horsemen.
21 तब इस्राएलका राजा बाहिर निस्केर घोडाहरू र रथहरूलाई आक्रमण गरे, र अरामीहरूको ठुलो संहार गरे ।
The king of Israel went out and struck the horses and chariots, and killed the Syrians with a great slaughter.
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 ।”
The prophet came near to the king of Israel and said to him, “Go, strengthen yourself, and plan what you must do, for at the return of the year, the king of Syria will come up against you.”
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 ।
The servants of the king of Syria said to him, “Their god is a god of the hills; therefore they were stronger than we. But let’s fight against them in the plain, and surely we will be stronger than they.
24 त्यसैले तपाईंले यसो गर्नुहोस्, 'सबै राजालाई तिनीहरूका पदबाट हटाई तिनीहरूको सट्टामा सेनाका नायकहरूलाई राख्नुहोस् ।
Do this thing: take the kings away, every man out of his place, and put captains in their place.
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 ।
Muster an army like the army that you have lost, horse for horse and chariot for chariot. We will fight against them in the plain, and surely we will be stronger than they are.” He listened to their voice and did so.
26 नयाँ वर्षको थालनीपछि बेन-हददले अरामीहरूलाई जम्मा गरी इस्राएलको विरुद्धमा लड्न अपेकमा गए ।
At the return of the year, Ben Hadad mustered the Syrians and went up to Aphek to fight against Israel.
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 children of Israel were mustered and given provisions, and went against them. The children of Israel encamped before them like two little flocks of young goats, but the Syrians filled the country.
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 man of God came near and spoke to the king of Israel, and said, “The LORD says, ‘Because the Syrians have said, “The LORD is a god of the hills, but he is not a god of the valleys,” therefore I will deliver all this great multitude into your hand, and you shall know that I am the LORD.’”
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 ।
They encamped opposite each other for seven days. Then on the seventh day the battle was joined; and the children of Israel killed one hundred thousand footmen of the Syrians in one day.
30 बाँकी रहेकाहरू अपेक सहरभित्र भागे, र सत्ताइस हजारमाथि पर्खाल ढलेर बज्र्यो । बेन-हदद भागेर सहरको भित्री कोठामा गए ।
But the rest fled to Aphek, into the city; and the wall fell on twenty-seven thousand men who were left. Ben Hadad fled and came into the city, into an inner room.
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 servants said to him, “See now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful kings. Please let us put sackcloth on our bodies and ropes on our heads, and go out to the king of Israel. Maybe he will save your life.”
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 ।”
So they put sackcloth on their bodies and ropes on their heads, and came to the king of Israel, and said, “Your servant Ben Hadad says, ‘Please let me live.’” He said, “Is he still alive? He is my brother.”
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 ।
Now the men observed diligently and hurried to take this phrase; and they said, “Your brother Ben Hadad.” Then he said, “Go, bring him.” Then Ben Hadad came out to him; and he caused him to come up into the chariot.
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, “The cities which my father took from your father I will restore. You shall make streets for yourself in Damascus, as my father made in Samaria.” “I”, said Ahab, “will let you go with this covenant.” So he made a covenant with him and let him go.
35 अगमवक्ताका छोराहरूमद्ये कोही एक जनाले आफ्नो कुनै अगमवक्ता साथीलाई परमप्रभुको वचनद्वारा भने, “मलाई हिर्काऊ ।” तर ती मानिसले तिनलाई हिर्काउन इन्कार गरे ।
A certain man of the sons of the prophets said to his fellow by the LORD’s word, “Please strike me!” The man refused to strike him.
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 ।
Then he said to him, “Because you have not obeyed the LORD’s voice, behold, as soon as you have departed from me, a lion will kill you.” As soon as he had departed from him, a lion found him and killed him.
37 तब अगमवक्ताले अर्को मानिसलाई फेला पारी तिनलाई भने, “मलाई हिर्काऊ ।”
Then he found another man, and said, “Please strike me.” The man struck him and wounded 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 ।
So the prophet departed and waited for the king by the way, and disguised himself with his headband over his eyes.
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 ।'
As the king passed by, he cried to the king, and he said, “Your servant went out into the middle of the battle; and behold, a man came over and brought a man to me, and said, ‘Guard this man! If by any means he is missing, then your life shall be for his life, or else you shall pay a talent of silver.’
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 ।”
As your servant was busy here and there, he was gone.” The king of Israel said to him, “So shall your judgment be. You yourself have decided it.”
41 तब ती अगमवक्ताले झट्टै आफ्ना आँखाबाट पट्टी निकाले, र तिनी त एक अगमवक्ता रहेछन् भनी इस्राएलका राजाले चिने ।
He hurried, and took the headband away from his eyes; 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' ।”
He said to him, “The LORD says, ‘Because you have let go out of your hand the man whom I had devoted to destruction, therefore your life will take the place of his life, and your people take the place of his people.’”
43 त्यसैले इस्राएलका राजा उदास भए, र रिसाएर सामरियामा आफ्नो महलमा आइपुगे ।
The king of Israel went to his house sullen and angry, and came to Samaria.
