१ शमूएल 9
1 बेन्यामीन कुलका एक जना प्रभावशाली मानिस थिए । तिनी बन्यामीनका खनाति, अपीहका जनाति, बकोरतका पनाति, जरोरका नाति अबीएलका छोरा कीश थिए ।
There was a wealthy and influential man from the tribe of Benjamin, whose name was Kish son of Abiel, son of Zeror, son of Bekorath, son of Aphiah, a descendant of Benjamin.
2 तिनको शाऊल नाउँ गरेका एक जना सुन्दर जवान छोरा थिए । इस्राएलका मानिसहरू माझ तिनीभन्दा सुन्दर मानिस अरू कोही थिएनन् । तिनका कुमबाट माथि तिनी सबै मानिसहरूभन्दा अग्ला थिए ।
Kish had a son called Saul, the most handsome young man in all of Israel. He was head and shoulders taller than anyone else.
3 शाऊलका बुबा कीशका गधाहरू हराएका थिए । त्यसैले कीशले आफ्ना छोरा शाऊललाई भने, “एक जना सेवकलाई आफ्नो साथमा लैजाऊ । उठ् र गधाहरूलाई खोज्न जाऊ ।”
One time the donkeys of Saul's father Kish went astray. Kish told to his son Saul, “Please go and look for the donkeys. You can take one of the servants with you.”
4 त्यसैले शाऊल एफ्राइमको पहाडी देशबाट भएर गए र सालिसाको देशबाट भएर गए, तर तिनीहरूले ती भेट्टाएनन् । तब तिनीहरू शालीमको देश पार गरे, तर ती त्यहाँ थिएनन् । त्यसपछि तिनी बेन्यामीनहरूका भूभागबाट भएर गए तर तिनीहरूले ती भेट्टाएनन् ।
Saul searched the hill country of Ephraim and then the land of Shalishah, but didn't find the donkeys. He and the servant searched the region of Shaalim, but they weren't there. Then they searched the land of Benjamin, and they still couldn't find them.
5 जब तिनीहरू सूपको देशमा आए, तब शाऊलले आफूसँग भएका आफ्नो सेवकलाई भने, “आऊ, हामी फर्केर जाऔं, नत्र मेरो बुबाले गधाको चिन्ता लिन छोडेर हाम्रो बारे चिन्ता गर्लान् ।”
When they got to the land of Zuph, Saul told his servant, “Come on, let's go back, otherwise my father won't be worrying about the donkeys, but about us.”
6 तर सेवकले तिनलाई भने, “सुन्नुहोस्, यो सहरमा एक जना परमेश्वरका मानिस हुनुहुन्छ । तिनी आदर पाएका मानिस हुन् । तिनले भनेका हरेक कुरा पुरा हुन्छ । हामी त्यहाँ जाऔं । सायद हामी कुन बाटो जानुपर्छ भनी तिनले हामीलाई भन्नेछन् ।”
But the servant replied, “Hold on! There's a man of God here in this town. He's very well thought of, and everything he says comes true. Let's go and see him. Maybe he can tell us which way we should take.”
7 तब शाऊलले आफ्नो सेवकलाई भने, “तर हामी त्यहाँ गयौं भने, हामीले त्यो मानिसलाई के लिएर जाने? किनभने हाम्रो झोलामा भएको रोटी सकिएको छ र परमेश्वरका मानिसलाई दिने कुनै उपहार हामीसँग छैन । हामीसँग के छ र?”
“But if we do go, what can we give him?” Saul replied. “All the bread in our bags is gone. We don't have anything to take to the man of God. What do we have with us?”
8 त्यो सेवकले शाऊललाई जवाफ दियो र भन्यो, “यहाँ, मसँग एक चौथाइ शेकेल चाँदी छ, जुन हामीले कुन बाटो जानुपर्छ बताउनलाई म परमेश्वरका मानिसलाई दिनेछु ।”
“Look, I've got a quarter shekel of silver with me. I'll give it to the man of God so he can tell us the way we should take,” the servant told Saul.
9 (इस्राएलमा पहिले, जब मानिसले परमेश्वरको इच्छा खोज्न जान्थे, तब तिनले भन्थे, “आऊ, हामी दर्शीकहाँ जाऔं ।” किनकि आजका अगमवक्तालाई पहिले दर्शी भनिन्थ्यो ।)
(In the old days in Israel, someone who went to inquire of God would say, “Come on, let's go to the seer,” because prophets used to be known as seers.)
10 तब शाऊलले आफ्नो सेवकलाई भने, “राम्रो भन्यौ । आऊ, हामी जाऔं ।” त्यसैले तिनीहरू त्यस सहरमा गए जहाँ परमेश्वरका मानिस बस्थे ।
“That's good,” Saul told his servant. “So let's go.” They went to the town where the man of God was.
11 जब तिनीहरू सहरतिर जानलाई पहाड चढे, तिनीहरूले पानी लिन आउने जवान स्त्रीहरूलाई भेटे । शाऊल र तिनका सेवकले तिनीहरूलाई सोधे, “के दर्शी यहाँ हुनुहुन्छ?”
As they were going up the hill to the town, they met some young women coming out to draw water and asked them, “Is the seer here?”
12 तिनीहरूले जवाफ दिए र भने, “उहाँ हुनुहुन्छ । हेर्नुहोस्, उहाँ तपाईंहरूकै अगाडि हुनुहुन्छ । छिटो जानुहोस्, किनकि मानिसहरूले आज उच्च स्थानमा बलिदान चढाउने हुनाले उहाँ आज सहर जाँदै हुनुहुन्छ ।
“He is,” they replied, “up ahead of you. But you'll have to hurry. He's come to town today because the people are having a sacrifice at the high place.
13 खानलाई उहाँ उच्च स्थानमा जानुअघि नै, तपाईंहरूले सहर पस्नेबित्तिकै उहाँलाई भेट्नुहुनेछ । उहाँ नआएसम्म मानिसहरूले खाने छैनन्, किनभने उहाँले बलिदानलाई आशिर्वाद दिनुहुनेछ । त्यसपछि मात्र निम्ताइएकाहरूले खानेछन् । अहिले माथि गइहाल्नुहोस्, तपाईंहरूले उहाँलाई तुरुन्तै भेट्नुहुनेछ ।”
When you enter the town you can find him before he goes up to eat at the high place. The people won't eat before he comes, because he has to bless the sacrifice. After that, those who've been invited will eat. If you leave now you'll catch him.”
14 त्यसैले तिनीहरू सहरमा गए । तिनीहरू सहर पस्नैलाग्दा, उच्च स्थनामा जानलाई शमूएल आफूतर्फ आउँदै गरेको तिनीहरूले देखे ।
So they carried on their way up to the town. As they arrived there was Samuel going in the opposite direction. They met him on his way up to the high place.
15 अब शाऊल आउनुभन्दा अगिल्लो दिन नै परमप्रभुले शमूएललाई प्रकट गर्नुभएको थियोः
The day before Saul arrived, the Lord had told Samuel,
16 “भोलि करिब यति बेला, म बेन्यामीनको इलाकाबाट एक जना मानिसलाई पठाउनेछु र मेरा मानिस इस्राएलका शासक हुनलाई तैंले उसलाई अभिषेक गर्नू । उसले मेरा मानिसहरूलाई पलिश्तीहरूका हातहरूबाट बाचाउनेछन् । किनकि मैले आफ्ना मानिसहरूलाई दयादृष्टिले हेरेको छु किनभने मदतको लागि तिनीहरूले गरेको पुकारा मैले सुनेको छु ।”
“Around this time tomorrow I'm going to send you a man from the land of Benjamin. Anoint him as ruler over my people Israel, and he will rescue them from the Philistines. I have seen what's happening to my people and I have heard their cry for help.”
17 जब शमूएलले शाऊललाई देखे, तब परमप्रभुले तिनलाई भन्नुभयो, “मैले तँलाई भनेको मानिस यही हो । मेरा मानिसहरूमाथि राज्य गर्ने मानिस यही हो ।”
When Samuel saw Saul, the Lord said to him, “This is the man I told you about. He is the one who is going to rule my people.”
18 तब शाऊल प्रवेशद्वारमा शमूएलको नजिक आए र भने, “दर्शीको घर कहाँ छ मलाई भन्नुहोस्?”
Saul went up to Samuel in the gateway and asked him, “Could you please tell me where the house of the seer is?”
19 शमूएलले शाऊललाई जवाफ दिए र भने, “दर्शी म नै हुँ । मभन्दा अगि-अगि उच्च स्थानमा जानुहोस्, किनकि आज तपाईंले मसँग खानुहुनेछ । बिहान भएपछि म तपाईंलाई जान दिनेछु, र तपाईंको मनमा भएका हरेक कुरा म तपाईंलाई भनिदिनेछु ।
“I am the seer,” Samuel told Saul. “Go up ahead of me and we will eat together. Then in the morning I will answer all your questions and then send you on your way.
20 तिन दिनअघि हराएका तपाईंका गधाहरूको बारेमा, तिनको बारेमा चिन्ता नगर्नुहोस्, किनकि ती भेट्टाइएका छन् । अनि इस्राएलको सबै इच्छाहरू कसमाथि छ? के तपाईं र तपाईंका बुबाको घरानामाथि होइन?”
About the donkeys you lost three days ago—don't worry about them because they've been found. But now—doesn't the hope of all of Israel rest on you and your family line?”
21 शाऊलले जवाफ दिए र भने, “के इस्राएलका कुलहरूमध्ये सबभन्दा सानो बेन्यामीनको म होइन? के बेन्यामीनको कुलमा पनि मेरो वंश सबभन्दा सानो होइन र? अनि तपाईंले मलाई किन यसो भन्नुहुन्छ?”
“But I'm from the tribe of Benjamin, the smallest tribe in Israel, and my family is the least significant of all the families of the tribe of Benjamin!” Saul replied. “Why are you telling me this?”
22 त्यसैले शमूएलले शाऊल र तिनको सेवकलाई लगे र तिनीहरूलाई एउटा कोठाभित्र ल्याए र करिब तिस जना निम्तो पाएकाहरूमध्येको उनीहरूलाई प्रमूख आशनमा तिनले राखे ।
Then Samuel brought Saul and his servant into the hall, and sat them at the head of the thirty people who'd been invited.
23 शमूएलले भान्सेलाई भने, “'अलग्गै राख' भनी मैले तिमीलाई भनेको भाग ल्याऊ ।”
Samuel told the cook, “Bring the special piece of meat I gave you and told you to keep to one side.”
24 त्यसैले भान्सेले फिला र यसमा भएको सबै ल्याए र शाऊलको सामु राखिदिए । तब शमूएलले भने, “हेर्नुहोस्, जे अलग राखिएको थियो सो तपाईंको अगि राखिएको छ । यो खानुहोस्, किनभने, 'मैले मानिसहरूलाई बोलाएको छु' भनेर मैले भनेको समयदेखि तोकिएको समयसम्म यसलाई तपाईंको निम्ति अलग्गै राखिएको छ ।” त्यसैले त्यस दिन शाऊलले शमूएलसँग खाए ।
So the cook took the upper thigh of meat and what was with it and placed it before Saul. Then Samuel said, “See, this is what was kept to one side. It was reserved for you. Eat it, for it was kept for you for this particular time, right from when I said, ‘I have invited the people.’” So Saul ate with Samuel that day.
25 जब तिनीहरू उच्च स्थानबाट सहरमा आएका थिए, शमूएलले शाऊलसँग छतमाथि कुरा गरे ।
Once they had returned from the high place to the town, Samuel spoke with Saul on the roof of his house.
26 त्यसपछि शामूएलले शाऊललाई बिहान छतमाथि बोलाए र भने, “उठ्नुहोस्, यसरी म तपाईंलाई आफ्नो बाटो पठाउनेछु ।” त्यसैले शाऊल उठे, अनि तिनी र शामूएल दुवै जना गल्लीतिर गए ।
At dawn the next day Samuel called out to Saul on the roof, “Get up! I need to send you on your way!” So Saul got up, and he went outside with Samuel.
27 जसै तिनीहरू सहरको छेउतिर पुग्नै लागे, शमूएलले शाऊललाई भने, “सेवकलाई हामीभन्दा अगि जाने आज्ञा गर्नुहोस्”— र ऊ अगि गयो— “तर तपाईं केही क्षण यहीं रहनुपर्छ, ताकि तपाईंलाई परमेश्वरको सन्देश म भन्नेछु ।”
As they approached the edge of town, Samuel said to Saul, “Tell your servant to go on ahead of us. Once he's gone stay here for a while, because I have a message from God to give you.” So the servant went on ahead.
