दानिएल 1
1 यहूदाका राजा यहोयाकीमका शासनकालको तेस्रो वर्षमा, बेबिलोनका राजा नबूकदनेसर यरूशलेममा आए र यसका सबै आपूर्तिहरू बन्द गर्न सहरलाई घेरा हाले ।
During the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, attacked Jerusalem and surrounded it.
2 परमप्रभुले यहूदाका राजा यहोयाकीममाथि नबूकदनेसरलाई विजय दिनुभयो, र उहाँले परमेश्वरको मन्दिरबाट केही पवित्र थोकहरू तिनलाई दिनुभयो । ती तिनले बेबिलोनियाको देशको आफ्नो देवताको भवनमा ल्याए, र ती पवित्र थोकहरूलाई तिनले आफ्नो देवताको भण्डारमा राखे ।
The Lord allowed him to defeat King Jehoiakim, and also to remove some of the objects used in the Temple of God. He took them back to Babylon, to the house of his god, placing them in the treasury of his god.
3 राजाले आफ्ना प्रमुख अधिकारी अशपेनजलाई इस्राएलका राजकीय परिवार र कुलिनहरूबाट केही मानिसहरू ल्याउने हुकुम गरे—
Then the king ordered Ashpenaz, his chief eunuch, to take charge of some of the captured Israelites from the royal and noble families,
4 खोटबिनाका जवान मानिसहरू, आकर्षक देखिनेहरू, सबै बुद्धिका सीप भएकाहरू, ज्ञान र समझले भरिएकाहरू, र राजाको दरवारमा सेवा पुर्याउनलाई योग्यहरू हुनुपर्थ्यो । तिनले उनीहरूलाई बेबिलोनका साहित्य र भाषा सिकाउनुपर्थ्यो ।
“They are to be young men without any physical defect who are good-looking,” he said. “They must be well-educated, quick to learn, have good insight, and be well able to serve in the king's palace and be taught the literature and language of Babylon.”
5 राजाले आफ्ना मीठा भोजन र आफूले पिउने दाखमद्यबाट तिनीहरूका निम्ति दैनिक भाग अलग गर्थे । ती जवान मानिसहरूलाई तिन वर्षसम्म तालिम दनुपर्थ्यो, र त्यसपछि, तिनीहरूले राजाको सेवा गर्नुपर्थ्यो ।
The king also provided them with a daily allowance of the same kind of rich food and wine he was served. At the end of their three years of education they would enter the king's service.
6 यहूदाका ती मानिसमध्ये कोही दानिएल, हनन्याह, मीशाएल र अजर्याह थिए ।
Among those chosen were Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, from the tribe of Judah.
7 प्रमुख अधिकारीले तिनीहरूलाई यी नाउँहरू दिए: दानिएललाई तिनले बेलतसजर भने, हनन्याहलाई तिनले शद्रक भने, मीशाएललाई तिनले मेशक भने र अजर्याहलाई तिनले अबेद्नगो भने ।
The chief eunuch gave them new names: Daniel he called Belteshazzar, Hananiah he called Shadrach, Mishael he called Meshach, and Azariah he called Abednego.
8 तर दानिएलले राजाका मीठा भोजन र तिनले पिउने दाखमद्यले आफैंलाई अशुद्ध नपार्नलाई आफ्नो मनमा इच्छा गरे । यसैले तिनले आफैंलाई अशुद्ध पार्नु नपरोस् भनेर प्रमुख अधिकारीसँग तिनले अनुमति मागे ।
However, Daniel made up his mind not to make himself impure by eating the king's rich food and wine. He asked the chief eunuch to allow him not to make himself impure.
9 अब प्रमुख अधिकारीले दानिएललाई गरेको आदरद्वारा परमेश्वरले तिनलाई कृपा र सहानुभूति देखाउनुभयो ।
God had helped Daniel to be viewed with kindness and sympathy by the chief eunuch.
10 प्रमुख अधिकारीले दानिएललाई यसो भने, “म आफ्ना मालिक, महाराजादेखि डराउँछु । तिमीले के खाने र पिउने भन्ने बारेमा उहाँले आज्ञा गर्नुभएको छ । तिमीहरूकै उमेरका अरू जवान मानिसहरूभन्दा तिमीहरू उहाँको सामु किन कमजोर देखिने?”
But the chief eunuch told Daniel, “I'm afraid of what my lord the king would do to me. He's the one who decided what you should eat and drink. What if he were to see you looking pale and sickly compared to the other young men of your age. Because of you the king would have my head!”
11 तब दानिएल, हनन्याह, मीशाएल र अजर्याहमाथि प्रमुख अधिकारीले खटाएका भण्डारेसँग दानिएलले कुरा गरे ।
Daniel then spoke with the guard that the chief eunuch had put in charge of Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah.
12 तिनले भने, “कृपया, हामी तपाईंका सेवकहरूलाई दस दिनसम्म जाँच्नुहोस् । हामीलाई खानलाई सागपात र पिउनलाई पानी मात्र दिनुहोस् ।
“Please put us, your servants, to the test and just give us vegetables to eat and water to drink for ten days,” Daniel told him.
13 त्यसपछि राजाका मिठा भोजन खाने जवान मानिसहरूका सामु हाम्रो अनुहार कस्तो देखिन्छ तुलना गरेर हेर्नुहोस्, र हामी तपाईंका सेवकहरूलाई तपाईंले जे देख्नुहुन्छ, त्यसअनुसार व्यवहार गर्नुहोस् ।”
“After that, compare us with those young men who ate the king's rich food. Then decide on the basis of what you see.”
14 यसैले भण्डारे तिनका कुरामा सहमत भए, र तिनले दस दिनसम्म तिनीहरूको जाँच गरे ।
The guard agreed to the proposal they made and tested them for ten days.
15 दस दिनको अन्त्यमा, राजाका मीठा भोजन खाने सबै जवान मानिसहरूभन्दा तिनीहरूका अनुहार बढी स्वस्थ देखिए, र तिनीहरूले बढी पोषण पाएका देखा परे ।
When the ten days were up they looked healthier and better fed than all the young men who had eaten the king's rich food.
16 यसैले ती भण्डारेले तिनीहरूका सबै राजकीय मीठा भोजन र दाखमद्य हटाइदिए, अनि तिनीहरूलाई सागपात मात्र दिए ।
After that the guard didn't give them the rich food and wine, just vegetables.
17 यी चार जना जवान मानिसहरूका विषयमा परमेश्वरले तिनीहरूलाई सबै साहित्य र बुद्धिमा ज्ञान र अन्तर्दृष्टि दिनुभयो, अनि दानिएलले सबै किसिमका दर्शनहरू र सपनाहरू बुझ्न सक्थे ।
God gave these four young men the ability to learn and understand in all areas of literature and knowledge, while Daniel was also given the gift of interpreting all kinds of visions and dreams.
18 तिनीहरूलाई हाजिर गराउनलाई राजाले दिएका समयको अन्तमा, प्रमुख अधिकारीले तिनीहरूलाई भित्र नबूकदनेसरको सामु लगे ।
When their time of education ordered by the king was over, the chief eunuch brought all the young men before King Nebuchadnezzar.
19 राजाले तिनीहरूसँग कुरा गरे, र दानिएल, हनन्याह, मीशाएल र अजर्याहसँग तुलना गर्नलाई सम्पूर्ण समूहमा अरू कोही भेटिएन । तिनीहरू राजाको सामु तिनको सेवा गर्न खडा भए ।
The king talked with them and none could compare with Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah. So they entered the king's service.
20 राजाले तिनीहरूलाई सोधेका ज्ञान र समझका सबै प्रश्नहरूमा, तिनको सारा राज्यमा भएका जादुगरहरू र मृतहरूसँग बातचित गर्न सक्छौं भनेर दावी सबै जनाभन्दा तिनीहरू दस गुणा असल थिए ।
Whatever subject the king asked them about, everything that required wisdom of understanding, he found them ten times better than all the magicians and enchanters in his whole kingdom.
21 राजा कोरेसको शासनकालको पहिलो वर्षसम्म दानिएल त्यहाँ थिए ।
Daniel remained in this position until the first year of King Cyrus' reign.
