२ राजाहरू 8

1 अब एलीशाले त्‍यस स्‍त्रीसित बात गरेका थिए जसको छोरोलाई तिनले मृत्‍युबाट फेरि जिवित पारेका थिए । तिनले उनलाई भने, “उठ र आफ्ना घरानाको साथमा जाऊ र तिमीलाई जहाँ इच्छा लाग्‍छ त्‍यहाँ अर्को देशमा गएर बस, किनकि परमप्रभुले यस देशमा सात वर्षसम्म अनिकाल ल्याउने वचन दिनुभएको छ ।”

After Elisha caused the son of the woman from Shunem [town] to become alive again, he told her that she should leave with her family and live somewhere else for a while, because Yahweh was going to (send a famine/cause food to become very scarce) in the land. He said that the famine would last for seven years.

2 त्यसैले ती स्‍त्री उठिन् र परमेश्‍वरका मानिसको वचन मानिन् । तिनी आफ्ना घारानासित गइन् र सात वर्षसम्म पलिश्तीहरूको देशमा बसिन् ।

So the woman did what Elisha told her to do. She and her family went to live in [the] Philistia [region] for seven years.

3 सात वर्षको अन्त्यमा ती स्‍त्री पलिश्तीहरूको देशबाट फर्किन्, अनि आफ्नो घर र जमिन फिर्ता पाउन राजाकहाँ विन्‍ति चढाउन गइन् ।

After the seven years were ended, they returned to their home. The woman went to the king to request that her house and her land be given back to her.

4 राजाले परमेश्‍वरका मानिसको सेवक गेहजीलाई यसो भन्दै थिए, “एलीशाले गरेका सबै महान् काम मलाई भन ।”

When she arrived, the king was talking with Gehazi, Elisha’s servant. The king was saying to him, “Tell me all the great things that Elisha has done.”

5 तब कसरी एलीशाले मेरको बच्‍चालाई मृत्‍युबाट फेरि जिवित पारेका थिए भनी राजालाई बताइरहँदा मृत्‍युबाट फेरि जिवित भएको बच्‍चाकी आमा आफ्नो परिवार र जमिनको निम्ति बिन्ती गर्न राजाकहाँ आइन् । गेहजीले भने, “हे मेरा मालिक राजा, ती स्‍त्री यिनै हुन् र तिनको छोरो यही हो जसलाई एलीशाले मृत्‍युबाट फेरि जिवित पारेका थिए ।”

While Gehazi was telling the king that Elisha had caused the son of a woman [from Shunem] to become alive again, that woman came in and requested the king to enable her to get her house and land back again. Gehazi exclaimed, “Your Majesty, this is the woman whose son Elisha caused to become alive again!”

6 जब राजाले त्‍यो स्‍त्रीलाई तिनको छोरोको बारेमा सोधे, तब तिनले त्‍यो कुरा उनलाई व्याख्या गरिन् । त्यसैले राजाले तिनको निम्ति यसो भनेर एक जना अधिकारीलाई खटाए, “जे तिनका थिए ती सबै अनि तिनले देश छाडेर गएको दिनदेखि अहिलेम्मको उक्‍त जमिनको उब्जनीसमेत तिनैलाई फिर्ता दिनू।”

When the king asked her about it, she told him [that what Gehazi had said was true]. The king summoned one of his officials and said to him, “[I want] everything that this woman possessed previously, including the value of all the crops that have been harvested during these last seven years while she was away from her land, [to] be given back to her.” [So the official did that].

7 एलीशा दमस्कसमा आए जहाँ अरामका राजा बेन-हदद बिरामी थिए । राजालाई भनियो, “परमेश्‍वरका मानिस यहाँ आएका छन् ।”

Elisha went to Damascus, [the capital of Syria], when Ben-Hadad, the king of Syria, was [very] sick. When someone told the king that Elisha was in Damascus,

8 राजाले हजाएललाई भने, “आफ्नो हातमा उपहार लेऊ र गएर परमेश्‍वरका मानिसलाई भेट र तिनीद्वारा परमप्रभुसित यसो भनेर सल्‍लाह खोज, 'के म यस रोगबाट निको हुन्छु?'”

the king told [one of his officials named] Hazael, “Go and talk to that prophet and take a present/gift with you to give to him. Request him to ask Yahweh if I will recover from my illness.”

9 त्यसैले हजाएल तिनलाई भेट्न गए र तिनले आफूसित चालिसवटा ऊँटमाथि राखेर दमस्कसका हरेक असल थोक उपहार लगे । हजाएल आए र एलीशाको सामु खडा भए र भने, “तपाईंका छोरा अरामका राजा बेन-हददले मलाई तपाईंकहाँ यसो भनेर पठाउनुभएको छ, 'के म यस रोगबाट निको हुन्छु'?”

So Hazael went to talk with Elisha. He took with him forty camels that were carrying many kinds of goods that were produced in Damascus. When Hazael met him, he said to him, “Your friend Ben-Hadad, the king of Syria, sent me to ask you whether [you think] he will recover from his illness.”

10 एलीशाले तिनलाई भने, “जानुहोस्, र बेन-हददलाई भन्‍नुहोस्, 'निश्‍चय नै तपाईं निको हुनुहुनेछ,' तर तिनी निश्‍चय नै मर्नेछन् भनी परमप्रभुले मलाई देखाउनुभएको छ ।”

Elisha said to Hazael, “Go and say to him, ‘Yes, you will certainly not die from this illness,’ but Yahweh has shown me that he will certainly die [before he recovers].”

11 तब हजाएललाई शर्म नलागेसम्म एलीशाले तिनलाई एकटक लगाएर हेरे, अनि परमेश्‍वरका मानिस रोए ।

Then Elisha stared at him and had a terrified look on his face. That caused Hazael to feel uneasy/embarrassed. Then [suddenly] Elisha started to cry.

12 हजाएलले सोधे, “हे मेरा मालिक, तपाईं किन रुनुहुन्छ?” तिनले जवाफ दिए, “किनकि तपाईंले इस्राएलका मानिसमाथि गर्ने खराबी मलाई थाहा छ । तपाईंले तिनीहरूका किल्लाहरू आगोमा जलाउनुहुनेछ, र तिनीहरूका युवाहरूलाई तरवारले मार्नुहुनेछ अनि तिनीहरूका बालबच्‍चालाई टुक्राटुक्रा पार्नुहुनेछ र गर्भवती स्‍त्रीहरूका पेट चिर्नुहुनेछ ।”

Hazael said, “Sir, why are you crying?” Elisha replied, “Because [Yahweh has enabled] me [to] know the terrible things that you will do to the people of Israel: You will burn their cities with walls around them, you will kill their fine young men with a sword, you will bash the heads of their children, and you will rip open the bellies of their pregnant women [with a sword].”

13 हजाएलले भने, “तपाईंको दास को हो जसले यति ठुलो काम गरोस्? ऊ केवल एउटा कुकुर हो ।” एलीशाले भने, “तपाईं अरामका राजा बन्‍नुहुनेछ भनी परमप्रभुले मलाई देखाउनुभएको छ ।”

Hazael replied, “I am [as insignificant as] [MET] a dog; (how could I do such things?/I would never do such terrible things!)” [RHQ] Elisha replied, “Yahweh has also revealed to me that you will become the king of Syria.”

14 तब हजाएल एलीशाबाट बिदा भए र आफ्ना मालिककहाँ आए जसले तिनलाई सोधे, “एलीशाले तिमीलाई के भने?” तिनले जवाफ दिए, “तपाईं निश्‍चय नै निको हुनुहुनेछ भनी तिनले मलाई बताए ।”

Then Hazael left and returned to his master/boss [the king], who asked him, “What did Elisha say?” He replied, “He told me that you would certainly recover.”

15 तब अर्को दिन हजाएलले कम्बल लिए र त्‍यो पानीमा चोपे, अनि त्‍यो बेन-हददको मुखमा राखिदए ताकि तिनी मरे । त्यसपछि तिनको ठाउँमा हजाएल राजा भए ।

But the next day, [while the king was sleeping, ] Hazael took a blanket and soaked it in water. Then he spread it on the king’s face [in order that he could not breathe], and he died. Then Hazael became the king of Syria instead of Ben-Hadad.

16 इस्राएलका राजा आहाबका छोरा योरामको पाँचौँ वर्षमा यहोरामले राज्‍य गर्न थाले । तिनी यहूदाका राजा यहोशापातका छोरा थिए । यहोशापात यहूदाका राजा हुँदादेखि नै तिनले राज्‍य गर्न थाले ।

After King Joram, the son of Ahab, had been ruling in Israel for almost five years, Jehoshaphat’s son Jehoram became the king of Judah.

17 यहोरामले राज्‍य गर्न सुरु गर्दा तिनी बत्तिस वर्षका थिए, र तिनले यरूशलेममा आठ वर्ष राज्य गरे ।

He was thirty-two years old when he became the king, and he ruled in Jerusalem for eight years.

18 आहाबको घरानाले गरेझैँ, यहोराम इस्राएलका राजाहरूका चालमा हिंडे किनकि तिनले आहाबकी छोरीलाई विवाह गरेका थिए, र परमप्रभुको दृष्‍टिमा जे खराब थियो, त्यही तिनले गरे ।

His wife was the daughter of King Ahab. And like everyone in Ahab’s family, he continually did the evil things that the previous kings of Israel had done. He did things that Yahweh considered to be evil.

19 तापनि, परमप्रभुका दास दाऊदको कारणले उहाँले यहूदालाई नष्‍ट गर्न चाहनुभएन, किनकि तिनलाई सधैँ सन्तानहरू दिनेछु भनी उहाँले तिनलाई भन्‍नुभएको थियो ।

But Yahweh did not want to get rid of the people of Judah, because of what he had promised David, who served him [very well]. He had promised David that his descendants [MET] would always rule Judah.

20 यहोरामको समयमा, यहूदाको विरुद्धमा एदोम बागी भयो र आफ्‍नो निम्‍ति आफैले राजा नियुक्‍त गर्‍यो ।

During the time that Jehoram ruled, [the king of] Edom rebelled against Judah, and they appointed their own king.

21 त्यसपछि यहोराम आफ्ना सबै रथ लिएर जाईरमा गए । जब एदोमीहरूले यहोरामलाई घेरा हाले, तब तिनका रथ सेनापतिहरू उठे र तिनीहरूलाई रातमा आक्रमण गरे। तर यहोरामका सेना भागे र आ-आफ्ना घर फर्के ।

So Jehoram went with his army and all their chariots to Zair [city near the border of Edom]. There the army of Edom surrounded them. But during the night, Jehoram and the commanders in their chariots were able to get through the enemy lines and escaped. And all his soldiers also fled to their homes.

22 त्यसैले आजको दिनसम्म नै एदोम यहूदाको शासनको विरुद्धमा बागी भएको छ । त्यसै बेला लिब्ना पनि बागी भयो ।

So after that, Edom was no longer controlled by Judah, and it is still like that. During that same time, the people of Libnah [city] also freed themselves from being controlled by Judah.

23 यहोराम, र तिनले गरेका सबै कामका बारेमा यहूदाका राजाहरूको इतिहासको पुस्तकमा लेखिएका छैनन् र?

[If you want to read about] the other things that Jehoram did, they are written in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Judah’.

24 यहोराम आफ्ना पुर्खाहरूसित सुते र तिनीहरूसँगै दाऊदको सहरमा गाडिए । त्यसपछि तिनको ठाउँमा तिनका छोरा अहज्याह राजा भए ।

Jehoram died [EUP] and was buried where the other kings of Judah had been buried in [the part of Jerusalem called] ‘The City of David’. Then Jehoram’s son Ahaziah became the king.

25 इस्राएलका राजा आहाबका छोरा योरामको बार्‍हौँ वर्षमा यहूदाका राजा यहोरामका छोरा अहज्याहले राज्‍य गर्न सुरु गरे ।

After Ahab’s son Joram has been ruling in Israel for almost twelve years, Jehoram’s son Ahaziah became the king of Judah.

26 अहज्याहले राज्‍य गर्न सुरु गर्दा तिनी बाइस वर्षका थिए । तिनले यरूशलेममा एक वर्ष राज्य गरे । तिनकी आमाको नाउँ अतल्याह थियो । उनी इस्राएलका राजा ओम्रीकी छोरी थिइन् ।

Ahaziah was twenty-two years old when he started to rule. He ruled in Jerusalem for [only] one year. His mother’s name was Athaliah, [the daughter of King Ahab and] the granddaughter of King Omri of Israel.

27 अहज्याह आहाबको घरानाका चालमा हिंडे । आहाबको घरानाले गरेझैँ परमप्रभुको दृष्‍टिमा जे खराब थियो, तिनले त्यही गरे किनकि अहज्याह आहाबको घरानाका ज्वाइँ थिए ।

King Ahab conducted his life just like the members of Ahab’s family had done. He did things that Yahweh considered to be very evil.

28 रामोत-गिलादमा अरामका राजा हजाएलको विरुद्धमा लडाइँ गर्न आहाबका छोरा योरामसितै अहज्याह गए । अरामीहरूले योरामलाई घाइते बनाए ।

Ahaziah’s army joined the army of King Joram of Israel to fight against the army of King Hazael of Syria. Their armies started fighting at Ramoth [city] in [the] Gilead [region], and the soldiers of Syria wounded Joram.

29 अरामका राजा हजाएलको विरुद्धमा राजा योरामले लडाइँ गर्दा रामोतमा अरामीहरूले तिनमा पारेको चोटबाट निको हुन तिनी यिजरेलमा फर्के । त्यसैले यहूदाका राजा यहोरामका छोरा अहज्याह आहाबका छोरा योरामलाई भेट्न यिजरेलमा झरे किनकि योराम घाइते भएका थिए ।

King Joram returned to Jezreel [city] to recover from his wounds. King Ahaziah went to visit him there.