< २ इतिहास 20 >
1 यसपछि यस्तो हुन आयो, मोआब र अम्मोनका मानिसहरू र तिनीहरूसँग केही मोनीहरू यहोशापातको विरुद्धमा युद्ध गर्न आए ।
And it came to pass after this, that the children of Moab, and the children of 'Ammon, and with them some of the 'Ammonim, came against Jehoshaphat to battle.
2 त्यसपछि केही यहोशापातकहाँ यसो भन्दै आए, “मृत-सागर पारि एदोमदेखि एउटा ठुलो भिड तपाईंको विरुद्धमा आइरहेछ । हेर्नहोस्, तिनीहरू हासेसोन-तामार, अर्थात् एन-गदीमा छन् ।”
And there came some and told unto Jehoshaphat, saying, There is coming against thee a great multitude from beyond the sea, from Syria; and, behold, they are in Chazazon-thamar, which is 'En-gedi.
3 यहोशापात डराए र परमप्रभुको खोजी गर्न अलग्गै गए । यहूदाभरि तिनले उपवासको घोषणा गरे ।
Then became Jehoshaphat afraid, and he directed his face to seek the Lord; and he proclaimed a fast over all Judah.
4 परमप्रभुको खोजी गर्न यहूदाका मानिसहरू एकसाथ भेला भए । यहूदाका सबै सहरबाट तिनीहरू परमप्रभुको खोजी गर्न आए ।
And [the people of] Judah gathered themselves together, to ask [help] of the Lord: also out of all the cities of Judah did they come to seek the Lord.
5 यहूदा र यरूशलेमका सभाको सामु परमप्रभुका मन्दिरको नयाँ चोकको अगि यहोशापात खडा भए ।
And Jehoshaphat stood forward in the assembly of Judah and Jerusalem, in the house of the Lord, before the new court.
6 तिनले भने, “हे परमप्रभु, हाम्रा पुर्खाहरूका परमेश्वर, के तपाईं स्वर्गका परमेश्वर हुनुहुन्न र? के तपाईं जातिहरूका सबै राज्यका शासक हुनुहुन्न र? शक्ति र बल तपाईंका हातमा छन् । यसैले कसैले पनि तपाईंको विरोध गर्न सक्दैन ।
And he said, O Lord, the God of our fathers, thou art God in the heavens, and thou rulest over all the kingdoms of the nations; and in thy hand are the power and might, and there is none that can withstand thee.
7 हे हाम्रा परमेश्वर, के तपाईंले नै आफ्नो मानिस इस्राएलका सामुबाट यस देशका बासिन्दाहरूलाई धपाउनुभएको र यसलाई सदासर्वदाको निम्ति अब्राहामका सन्तानलाई दिनुभएको होइन र?
Behold, it is thou, O our God, who hast driven out the inhabitants of this land from before thy people Israel; and thou gavest it to the seed of Abraham thy friend to eternity.
8 तिनीहरू यसमा बसे र यसमा यसो भनेर एउटा पवित्र स्थान बनाए,
And they have dwelt therein, and have built for thee therein a sanctuary for thy name, saying,
9 ‘हामीमाथि विपत्ति—तरवार, न्याय, वा रोग, वा अनिकाल आउँछ भने— हामी यस मन्दिरको अगि र तपाईंको अगि खडा हुने छौं (किनकी तपाईंको नाउँ यस मन्दिरमा छ), र हाम्रो कष्टमा हामी तपाईंसित पुकारा गर्ने छौं, र तपाईंले हाम्रा बिन्ती सुन्नुहुने छ र हामीलाई बचाउनुहुने छ ।'
If there should come over us any evil, the sword, punishment, or pestilence, or famine, [then] will we stand before this house, and in thy presence, for thy name is in this house, and we will cry unto thee out of our distress, and thou wilt hear and help.
10 अब हेर्नुहोस्, यहाँ अम्मोन, मोआब, र सेइर पर्वतका मानिसहरू छन्, जसलाई तपाईंले मिश्रदेशबाट आउँदा इस्राएललाई आक्रमण गर्न दिनुभएन । बरु, इस्राएल तिनीहरूबाट तर्केर गए र तिनीहरूलाई नष्ट गरेनन् ।
And now, behold, the children of 'Ammon and Moab and mount Se'ir, against whom thou wouldst not suffer Israel to come, when they came out of the land of Egypt, but they turned aside from them, and destroyed them not: —
11 हेर्नुहोस्, यिनीहरूले हामीलाई कस्तो प्रतिफल दिइरहेका छन् । तपाईंले हामीलाई अधिकार गर्न दिनुभएको ठाउँदेखि हामीलाई धपाउन तिनीहरू आउँदै छन् ।
And behold, they recompense us, by coming to drive us out of thy inheritance, which thou hast given us to possess.
12 हे हाम्रा परमेश्वर, के तपाईं उनीहरूको न्याय गर्नुहुन्न र? किनकि हाम्रो विरूद्ध आइरहेको यो ठुलो फौज को सामना गर्ने शक्ति हामीसँग छैन । हामीले के गर्नुपर्ने हो सो हामी जान्दैनौं, तर हाम्रा दृष्टि तपाईंमा छन् ।”
O our God, wilt thou not execute justice on them? for there is no power in us against this great multitude that is coming against us; and we indeed know not what we are to do: but upon thee are our eyes [directed].
13 सारा यहूदा आफ्ना सासाना बालबालिका, पत्नीहरू र छोराछोरीसमेत परमप्रभुको अगि खडा भए ।
And all Judah were standing before the Lord, also their little ones, their wives, and their sons.
14 तब सभाको बिचमा आसापका छोरामध्येका मत्तन्याहका जनाति, यहीएलका पनाति, बनायाहका नाति र जकरियाका छोरा एक जना लेवी यहासेलमाथि परमप्रभुका आत्मा आउनुभयो ।
And upon Jachaziel the son of Zecharyahu, the son of Benayah, the son of Je'iel, the son of Matthanyah, the Levite, of the sons of Assaph, came the spirit of the Lord in the midst of the assembly;
15 यहासेलले भने, “हे सारा यहूदा र यरूशलेमका सबै बासिन्दा र राजा यहोशापात, सुन्नुहोस् । परमप्रभु तपाईंहरूलाई यही भन्नुहुन्छ, ‘नडराओ, यस ठूलो फौजका कारणले हतास नहोओ, किनकि लडाइँ तपाईंहरूको होइन, तर परमप्रभुको हो ।
And he said, Listen ye, all Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem, and thou king Jehoshaphat, Thus hath said the Lord unto you, Be ye not afraid and be not dismayed because of this great multitude; for not unto you belongeth the battle, but unto God.
16 तिमीहरू भोलि उनीहरूका विरुद्धमा जानुपर्छ । हेर, उनीहरू जीजको बाटो भएर आउँदैछन् । तिमीहरूले उनीहरूलाई बेसीको पल्लो छेउमा यरूएलको उजाड-स्थान अगि भेट्ने छौ ।
Tomorrow go ye down against them behold, they come up by the ascent of Ziz; and ye will find them at the end of the valley, in front of the wilderness of Jeruel.
17 यो लडाइँ तिमीहरूले लड्नुपर्ने छैन । ए यहूदा र यरूशलेम, आफ्नो पंक्तिमा खडा होओ, स्थिर खडा होओ, र परमप्रभुले तिमीहरूलाई बचाउनुभएको कामलाई हेर । नडराओ, न त हतास होओ । तिनीहरूको विरुद्ध भोलि निस्केर जाओ, किनकि परमप्रभु तिमीहरूसँग हुनुहुन्छ ।’”
Ye shall not need to fight in this place: stand firmly, stand still, and see the salvation of the Lord with you, O Judah and Jerusalem: fear not, and be not dismayed; tomorrow go out to meet them, and the Lord will be with you.
18 यहोशापातले आफ्नो शिरलाई भूइँमा घोप्टो पारे । यहूदा र यरूशलेमका सबै बासिन्दा परमप्रभुको आराधना गर्दै उहाँको सामुन्ने घोप्टो परे ।
And Jehoshaphat bowed his head with his face to the ground: and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem fell down before the Lord, to prostrate themselves unto the Lord.
19 कहाती र कोरहका वंशका कोही लेवीहरू चर्को सोरमा परमप्रभु इस्राएलका परमेश्वरको प्रशंसा गर्न खडा भए ।
And then arose the Levites, of the children of the Kehathites, and of the children of the Korehites, to praise the Lord the God of Israel with a very loud voice.
20 तिनीहरू बिहान सबेरै उठे र निस्केर तकोको उजाड-स्थानमा गए । जब तिनीहरू निस्केर गए, तब यहोशापात खडा भए र भने, “हे यहूदा र यरूशलेमका बासिन्दा हो, मेरो कुरा सुन । परमप्रभु आफ्ना परमेश्वरमा भरोसा राख र तिमीहरूलाई सहायता मिल्ने छ । उहँका अगमवक्तामाथि भरोसा गर, र तिमीहरू सफल हुने छौ ।”
And they rose up early in the morning, and went forth into the wilderness of Thekoa': and as they went forth, Jehoshaphat stood forward and said, Hear me, O Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem; believe in the Lord your God, and ye will have permanence; believe his prophets, and ye will prosper.
21 मानिसहरूसित सल्लाह लिएपछि, परमप्रभुको निम्ति गाउने र उहाँको प्रशंसा गर्नेहरूलाई तिनीहरू हिंड्दै गर्दा, उहाँको महान् वैभवताको प्रशंसा गरेर यसो भन्दै गाउनलाई केहीलाई तिनले नियुक्त गरे, “परमप्रभुलाई धन्यवाद देओ, किन उहाँको करारको विश्वस्तात सदासर्वदा रहन्छ ।”
And he consulted with his people, and he appointed singers unto the Lord, and those that should praise in the holy ornaments, as they went out before the armed array, and said, Give thanks unto the Lord; for unto everlasting endureth his kindness.
22 जब तिनीहरूले गाउन र प्रशंसा गर्न सुरु गरे, तब परमप्रभुले यहूदासँग युद्ध गर्न आइरहेका अम्मोनी, मोआबी र सेइर पर्वतका मानिसहरूको विरूद्ध ढुकेर आक्रमण गर्ने मानिसहरू खडा गर्नुभयो । उनीहरू परास्त भए ।
And at the time when they began with the song and the praise, the Lord set an ambush against the children of 'Ammon, Moab, and mount Se'ir, who were come against Judah, and they were smitten.
23 किनकि सेइर पर्वतका मानिसहरूलाई पूर्ण रूपले मारेर सिद्ध्याउन र तिनीहरूलाई नाश गर्न भनेर अम्मोनी र मोआबीहरू तिनीहरूका विरुद्धमा उठे । जब तिनीहरूले सेइरका बासिन्दाहरूलाई नाश गरेर सिद्ध्याए, तब तिनीहरू सबैले एक-अर्कालाई नाश गर्न मदत गरे ।
And the children of 'Ammon and Moab stood up against the inhabitants of mount Se'ir, utterly to annihilate and to destroy them; and when they had made an end of the inhabitants of Se'ir, they helped to destroy one another.
24 जब यहूदाका मानिसहरू उजाड-स्थान देखिने अल्गो ठाउँमा आइपुगे, तब तिनीहरूले फौजलाई हेरे । हेर, तिनीहरू मरेर भूइँमा ढलेका थिए । एक जना पनि बाँचेको थिएन ।
And when Judah came toward the watchtower in the wilderness, they looked toward the multitude, and, behold, they were dead bodies fallen to the earth, and none had escaped.
25 जब यहोशापात र तिनका मानिसहरू उनीहरूका लूटका माल जम्मा गर्न आउँदा, तिनीहरूले उनीहरूका बिचमा प्रशस्त सामानहरू, लुगाफाटा र बहुमूल्य थोकहरू भेटाए, जसलाई तिनीहरूले बोक्न सक्नेभन्दा धेरै आफूसँग लगे । लूटका माल ओसार्न तिनीहरूलाई तीन दिन लाग्यो । त्यो सह्रै धेरै थियो ।
And then came Jehoshaphat and his people to plunder their booty, and they found among them in abundance both riches and dead bodies, and costly vessels, which they stript off for themselves, more than they could carry away: and they were three days in plundering the booty, for it was so much.
26 चौथो दिन तिनीहरू बराकाहको बेसीमा भेला भए । तिनीहरूले त्यहाँ परमप्रभुको प्रशंसा गरे। यसैले त्यस ठाउँको नाउँ आजको दिनसम्म पनि, ‘बराकाको बेसी’ रहेको छ ।
And on the fourth day they assembled themselves in the valley of Berachah; for there they blessed the Lord: therefore did they call the name of this place, The valley of Berachah [[Blessing]], until this day.
27 त्यसपछि यहूदा र यरूशलेमका हरेक मानिस यहोशापातलाई अगि लगाएर विजयको साथ यरूशलेम जानलाई फर्के, किनकि परमप्रभुले तिनीहरूका शत्रुमाथि तिनीहरूलाई आनन्दित तुल्याउनुभएको थियो ।
Then returned all the men of Judah and Jerusalem, and Jehoshaphat at their head, to return to Jerusalem with joy; for the Lord had caused them to rejoice over their enemies.
28 तिनीहरू वीणा, सितार र तुरही बजाउँदै यरूशलेममा र परमप्रभुको मन्दिरमा आए ।
And they came to Jerusalem with psalteries and with harps and with trumpets unto the house of the Lord.
29 परमप्रभुले इस्राएलका शत्रुहरूका विरुद्धमा युद्ध गर्नुभएको कुरा सुनेर सबै देशका राज्यहरूमा परमेश्वरको भय फैलियो ।
And a dread from God was on all the kingdoms of [those] countries, when they heard that the Lord had fought with the enemies of Israel.
30 यसरी यहोशापातको राज्यमा शान्ति भयो, किनकि तिनका परमेश्वरले तिनका चारैतिरबाट तिनलाई शान्ति दिनुभयो ।
So the kingdom of Jehoshaphat had repose, and his God gave him rest all round about.
31 यहोशापातले यहूदामाथि राज्य गरेः तिनले राज्य गर्न सुरु गर्दा तिनी पैंतिस वर्षका थिए, र तिनले यरूशलेममा पच्चिस वर्ष राज्य गरे । तिनकी आमाको नाउँ अजूबा थियो, र तिनी शिल्हीकी छोरी थिइन् ।
And [so] did Jehoshaphat reign over Judah; thirty and five years old was he when he became king, and twenty and five years did he reign in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was 'Azubah the daughter of Shilchi.
32 तिनी आफ्ना बुबा आसाका चालमा हिंडे । तीबाट तिनी तर्केर गएनन् । परमप्रभुको दृष्टिमा जे असल थियो सो तिनले गरे ।
And he walked in the way of his father Assa, and turned not aside from it, doing what is right in the eyes of the Lord.
33 तापनि तिनले डाँडाका थानहरू तिनले हटाएनन् । मानिसहरूले अझैसम्म पनि आफ्ना पुर्खाहरूका परमेश्वरमाथि आफ्नो हृदय लाएनन् ।
Nevertheless the high-places were not removed; for the people had not yet directed their heart firmly unto the God of their fathers.
34 यहोशापातको राजकालका अरू घटनाहरू सुरुदेखि अन्त्यसम्म नै हनानीका छोरा येहूको इतिहासमा लेखिएका छन्, जुन इस्राएलका राजाहरूका इतिहासको पुस्तकमा लेखिएका छन् ।
And the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, the first and the last, behold, they are written in the history of Jehu the son of Chanani, which was entered into the book of the kings of Israel.
35 त्यसपछि यहूदाका राजा यहोशापातले इस्राएलका राजा अहज्याहसँग मित्रता गरे, जसले धेरै दुष्ट काम गरे ।
And after this did Jehoshaphat the king of Judah connect himself with Achazyah the king of Israel, the same who acted very wickedly;
36 तर्शीशमा जाने जहाजहरू बनाउनको निम्ति तिनले उनीसँग मित्रता गरे । तिनीहरूले एस्योन-गेबेरमा जहाजहरू बनाए ।
And he connected himself with him to make ships to go to Tharshish: and they made ships in 'Ezyon-geber.
37 तब मारेशाका दोदाबाहुका छोरा एलीएजरले यहोशापातको विरुद्धमा अगमवाणी बोले । तिनले भने, “तपाईंले अहज्याहसँग मित्रता गर्नुभएको हुनाले, परमप्रभुले तपाईंका योजनाहरू नष्ट पार्नुभएको छ ।” ती जहाजहरू नष्ट भए ताकि ती तैरन सकेनन् ।'
Then prophesied Eli'ezer the son of Dodavahu of Mareshah against Jehoshaphat, saying, Because thou hast connected thyself with Achazyahu, the Lord hath broken down thy works. And the ships were wrecked, so that they were not able to go to Tharshish.