१ शमूएल 16

1 परमप्रभुले शमूएललाई भन्‍नुभयो, “मैले शाऊललाई इस्राएलको राजा हुनबाट इन्कार गरेको कारणले तँ उसको निम्ति कहिलेसम्म विलाप गर्नेछस्? तेरो सीङ्‌मा तेल भर् र जा । म तँलाई बेथलेहेमको यिशैकहाँ पठाउनेछु, किनकि मैले त्यसका छोराहरूका बिचबाट एक जनालाई मेरो निम्ति राजा चुनेको छु ।”

And YHWH says to Samuel, “Until when are you mourning for Saul, and I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? Fill your horn with oil and go, I send you to Jesse the Beth-Lehemite, for I have seen among his sons a king for Myself.”

2 शमूएलले सोधे, “म कसरी जान सक्‍छु? शाऊलले यो सुने भने, उसले मलाई मार्नेछ ।” परमप्रभुले भन्‍नुभयो, “तँसँगै एउटा कोरली लैजा र भन्, 'म परमप्रभुलाई बलिदान चढाउन आएको छु ।'

And Samuel says, “How do I go? When Saul has heard, then he has slain me.” And YHWH says, “You take a heifer of the herd in your hand, and have said, I have come to sacrifice to YHWH;

3 यिशैलाई पनि बलिदानमा बोला र तैंले के गर्नुपर्नेछ म तँलाई देखाउनेछु । मैले तँलाई देखाएको एक जनालाई तैंले अभिषेक गर्नेछस् ।”

and you have called for Jesse in the sacrifice, and I cause you to know that which you do, and you have anointed for Me him of whom I speak to you.”

4 शमूएलले परमप्रभुले भन्‍नुभएझैं गरे र बेथलेहेम गए । सहरका धर्म-गुरुहरू तिनलाई भेट्न आउँदा तिनीहरू डरले कामिरहेका थिए र भने, “के तपाईं शान्तिमा नै आउँदै हुनुहुन्छ?”

And Samuel does that which YHWH has spoken, and comes to Beth-Lehem, and [the] elderly of the city tremble to meet him, and [one] says, “Is your coming peace?”

5 तिनले भने, “शान्तिमा नै हो । म परमप्रभुलाई बिलदान चढाउन आएको छु । आफैलाई अलग गर्न तयार होओ र मसँगै बलिदानमा आओ ।” तिनले यिशै र तिनका छोराहरूलाई अलग गरे र तिनीहरूलाई बलिदानमा निमन्त्रणा गरे ।

And he says, “Peace; I have come to sacrifice to YHWH, sanctify yourselves, and you have come in with me to the sacrifice”; and he sanctifies Jesse and his sons, and calls them to the sacrifice.

6 जब तिनीहरू आए, तिनले एलीआबलाई हेरे र मनमनै भने परमप्रभुको अभिषिक्‍त जन निश्‍चय नै तिनको सामु उभिरहेका थिए ।

And it comes to pass, in their coming in, that he sees Eliab and says, “Surely His anointed [is] here before YHWH.”

7 तर परमप्रभुले शमूएललाई भन्‍नुभयो, “त्यसको बाह्य स्वरूप वा त्यसको कदको उचाइलाई नहेर्, किनभने मैले त्यसलाई इन्कार गरेको छु । किनभने परमप्रभुले मानिसले झैं हे्र्नुहुन्‍न । मानिसले बाहिरी स्वरूपलाई हेर्छ, तर परमप्रभुले हृदयलाई हेर्नुहुन्छ ।”

And YHWH says to Samuel, “Do not look at his appearance, and at the height of his stature, for I have rejected him; for [it is] not as man sees—for man looks at the eyes, and YHWH looks at the heart.”

8 यिशैले अबीनादाबलाई बोलाए र शमूएलको सामुन्‍ने हिंड्न लगाए । तब शमूएलले भने, “परमप्रभुले यसलाई पनि चुन्‍नुभएको छैन ।”

And Jesse calls to Abinadab, and causes him to pass by before Samuel; and he says, “Indeed, YHWH has not fixed on this [one].”

9 यिशैले शम्मालाई नि हिंड्न लगाए, तर शमूएलले भने, “परमप्रभुले यसलाई पनि चुन्‍नुभएको छैन ।”

And Jesse causes Shammah to pass by, and he says, “Indeed, YHWH has not fixed on this [one].”

10 यिशैले तिनका सातै जना छोराहरूलाई शमूएलको सामु हिंड्न लगाए । शमूएलले यिशैलाई भने, “परमप्रभुले यिनीहरू कुनैलाई पनि चुन्‍नुभएको छैन ।”

And Jesse causes seven of his sons to pass by before Samuel, and Samuel says to Jesse, “YHWH has not fixed on these.”

11 तब शमूएलले यिशैलाई भने, “के तपाईंका छोराहरू सबै जना यहाँ नै छन्?” तिनले जवाफ दिए, “अझै कान्छो बाँकी नै छ, तर उसले भेडाको गोठाला गरिरहेको छ ।” शमूएलले यिशैलाई भने, “कसैलाई पठाउनुहोस् र तिनलाई झिकाउनुहोस् । तिनी यहाँ नआएसम्म, हामी बस्‍नेछैनौं ।”

And Samuel says to Jesse, “Are the young men finished?” And he says, “Yet the youngest has been left; and behold, he delights himself among the flock”; and Samuel says to Jesse, “Send and take him, for we do not turn around until his coming in here.”

12 यिशैले कसैलाई पठाए र तिनलाई ल्याए । यो छोराको राता गाला, सुन्दर आँखा र सुन्दर स्वरूप थियो । परमप्रभुले भन्‍नुभयो, “उठ्, त्यसलाई अभिषेक गर् । किनभने यही नै हो ।”

And he sends, and brings him in, and he [is] ruddy, with beautiful eyes, and of good appearance; and YHWH says, “Rise, anoint him, for this [is] he.”

13 अनि शमूएलले तेल भएको सीङ् लिए र तिनलाई आफ्‍ना दाजुहरूका माझमा अभिषेक गरे । त्यस दिनदेखि परमप्रभुको आत्मा दाऊदमाथि आउनुभयो । त्यसपछि शमूएल उठे र रामातिर गए ।

And Samuel takes the horn of oil, and anoints him in the midst of his brothers, and the Spirit of YHWH prospers over David from that day and onward; and Samuel rises and goes to Ramath.

14 परमप्रभुको आत्माले शाऊललाई छोड्नुभयो र परमप्रभुको हानिकारक आत्माले तिनलाई दुःख दियो ।

And the Spirit of YHWH turned aside from Saul, and a spirit of sadness from YHWH terrified him;

15 शाऊलका सेवकहरूले तिनलाई भने, “हे्र्नुहोस्, परमप्रभुको हानिकारक आत्माले तपाईंलाई दुःख दिन्छ ।

and the servants of Saul say to him, “Now behold, a spirit of sadness [from] God is terrifying you;

16 तपाईंको सामु भएका सेवकहरूलाई कोही वीणा बजाउन निपुण व्यक्‍तिलाई खोज्‍न हाम्रो मालिकले आज्ञा गर्नुहोस् । जब परमप्रभुको हानिकारक आत्मा तपाईंमाथि आउँछ, त्यसले वीणा बजाउनेछ, र तपाईं ठीक हुनुहुनेछ ।”

now let our lord command your servants before you [that] they seek a skillful man playing on a harp, and it has come to pass, in the spirit of sadness [from] God being on you, that he has played with his hand and [it is] well with you.”

17 शाऊलले तिनका सेवकहरूलाई भने, “बजाउन निपुण एक जना मानिस मेरो निम्ति खोज र त्यसलाई मकहाँ ल्याऊ ।”

And Saul says to his servants, “Now provide for me a man playing well—then you have brought [him] to me.”

18 जवानहरूमध्ये एक जनाले जवाफ दिए, “मैले बेथलेहमका यिशैका छोरा बजाउनमा निपुण, बलियो, साहसी, लडाकु, बोलीवचनमा चतुर, सुन्‍दर मानिस देखेको छु । अनि परमप्रभु तिनीसँग हुनुहुन्छ ।”

And one of the servants answers and says, “Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Beth-Lehemite, skillful in playing, and a mighty, virtuous man, and a man of battle, and intelligent in word, and a man of form, and YHWH [is] with him.”

19 त्यसैले शाऊलले यिशैकहाँ दूतहरू पठाए र भने, “भेडाहरूसँग भएको तिम्रो छोरा दाऊदलाई मकहाँ पठाऊ ।”

And Saul sends messengers to Jesse and says, “Send to me your son David, who [is] with the flock.”

20 यिशैले रोटी, दाखमद्यको भाँडो, एउटा पाठोलाई गधामा बोकाए र आफ्‍नो छोरा दाऊदसँगै ती शाऊलकहाँ पठाए ।

And Jesse takes a donkey, bread, and a bottle of wine, and one kid of the goats, and sends [them] by the hand of his son David to Saul.

21 तब दाऊद शाऊलकहाँ आए र तिनको सेवामा प्रवेश गरे । शाऊलले तिनलाई धेरै प्रेम गरे र तिनी उनको हतियार बोक्‍ने बने ।

And David comes to Saul, and stands before him, and he loves him greatly; and he is a bearer of his weapons.

22 “दाऊद मेरो सामु खडा रहोस्, किनभने उसले मेरो दृष्‍टिमा निगाह पाएको छ” भन्‍ने सामाचार शाऊलले यिशैलाई पठाए ।

And Saul sends to Jesse, saying, “Please let David stand before me, for he has found grace in my eyes.”

23 जब-जब शाऊलमाथि परमेश्‍वरको हानिकारक आत्मा आउँथ्यो, दाऊदले वीणा लिन्थे र त्‍यो बजाउँथे । यसरी शाऊल पुनः ताजा र सञ्‍चो हुन्थे, र हानिकारक आत्माले तिनीलाई छोड्‍थ्‍यो।

And it has come to pass, in the spirit of [sadness from] God being on Saul, that David has taken the harp, and played with his hand, and Saul has refreshment and gladness, and the spirit of sadness has turned aside from off him.