इजकिएल 17
1 परमप्रभुको वचन यसो भनेर मकहाँ आयो,
And the word of Yahweh came unto me saying:
2 “ए मानिसको छोरो, इस्राएलका घरानालाई एउटा उखान भन् र एउटा दृष्टान्त प्रस्तुत गर् ।
Son of man Put thou forth a riddle And speak thou a parable, - Unto the house of Israel:
3 यसो भन्, 'परमप्रभु परमेश्वर यसो भन्नुहुन्छः ठुला पखेटा र धैरै रङ्का लामा सुन्दर प्वाँखहरू भएको एउटा ठुलो चील उडेर लेबनानमा आयो, र देवदारुको टुप्पामा बस्यो ।
So then thou shalt say, Thus, saith My Lord. Yahweh, — A great eagle, with large wings of long pinion, full of plumage, which had divers colours, came unto Lebanon, and took the highest branch of the cedar:
4 त्यसले हाँगाहरूका टुप्पाहरू भाँच्यो र ती कनान देशमा लिएर गयो । त्यसले त्यो व्यापारीहरूका एउटा सहरमा रोप्यो ।
The crown of its young twigs, plucked he off, and brought it into a land of traffic, in a city of merchants, he set it.
5 त्यसले देशको केही बिउ लग्यो र ती मलिलो जमिनमा रोप्यो । त्यसले बैंसको बोटजस्तै प्रशस्त पानी भएको ठाउँमा त्यो रोप्यो ।
So he took of the seed of the land, and planted it in a field for seed, - He took it near mighty waters, Like a willow-tree, he set it.
6 तब त्यो उम्य्रो र जमिनमा झुकेर फैलिएको दाखको बोटजस्तो भयो । त्यसका हाँगाहरू ऊतिर फर्किए र त्यसका जराहरूचाहिं भित्रै बढे । यसरी त्यो एउटा दाखको बटो भयो र त्यसका हाँगाहरू र मुनाहरू पलाए ।
And it shot forth, and became a spreading vine of lowly stature, Its branches turning towards him, And its roots under him spread, - So it became a vine, And brought forth shoots, And sent forth boughs.
7 तर त्यहाँ ठुला पखेटा र धेरै प्वाखले भएको अर्को एउटा ठुलो चील थियो । हेर, त्यस दाखको बोटले आफू रोपिएको ठाउँबाट आफ्ना जराहरू त्यो चीलतिर फर्कायो र आफ्ना हाँगाहरू त्यही चीलतिर नै फैलायो, यसरी त्यसले पानी पाउन सकोस् ।
And it came to pass that there was another great eagle, with large wings, and abundant plumage, - And lo! this vine, stretched its roots hungry towards him. And its branches, sent it forth unto him, That he might cause it to drink out of the beds where it was planted:
8 प्रशस्त पानीको छेउमा एउटा राम्रो जमिनमा त्यो लगाइएको थियो, जसले गर्दा एउटा शानदार दाखको बोट हुनलाई त्यसमा हाँगाहरू पलाओस्, फलहरू पलोस् ।’
In a goodly field by mighty waters, was it planted, - That it might bring forth boughs, and bear fruit, That it might become a splendid vine.
9 मानिसहरूलाई भन्, 'परमप्रभु परमेश्वर यसो भन्नुहुन्छः के त्यो सप्रला त? के त्यो जरैसमेत उखेलिंदैन र त्यसका फलहरू टिपिंदैनन्, र त्यो ओइलाउनेछैन र? त्यसलाई जरैसमेत उखेल्नलाई बलियो हात वा धेरै मानिसहरू आवश्यक हुनेछैन् ।
Say thou, Thus, saith My Lord Yahweh, Shall it thrive? Its roots, will he not tear up? Its fruit, will he not cut off, that it wither? All the fresh leaves it hath caused to spring forth shall wither without a strong arm or many people, to pull it up by its roots.
10 यसैले हेर्, त्यसलाई रोपेपछि के त्यो बढ्छ र? पूर्वीय बतासले त्यसलाई हानेपछि के त्यो ओइलाउँदैन र? त्यो उम्रेकै बगैंचाको जमिनमा त्यो पूर्ण रूपमा सुक्छ' ।”
Lo! therefore though [it remain] planted, shall it thrive? As soon as an east wind toucheth it, will it not utterly wither? On the beds where it sprang up, will it not wither?
11 तब परमप्रभुको वचन यसो भनेर मकहाँ आयो,
Then came the word of Yahweh unto me saying:
12 “विद्रोही घरानालाई भन्, 'यी कुराको अर्थ के हुन्छ भनी तिमीहरू जान्दैनौ? बेबिलोनको राजा यरूशलेममा आयो, र त्यसका राजा र शासकहरूलाई लियो र तिनीहरूलाई आफूसँग बेबिलोनमा लग्यो ।
Say, I pray thee unto the perverse house, Know ye not what these things are? Say thou Lo! the King of Babylon entered Jerusalem And took her king and her princes, And brought them unto him in Babylon;
13 तब त्यसले राजकीय वंशमध्येको एक जनालाई लियो, ऊसित एउटा करार गर्यो र उसलाई शपथले बाँध्यो । उसले देशका शक्तिशाली मानिसहरूलाई लग्यो,
Yea took of the seed royal And solemnised with him a covenant, And brought him into an oath, Also the mighty ones of the land, did he take.
14 यसरी त्यो राज्य निर्बल रहोस् र फेरि खडा हुन नसकोस् । उसको करार पालन गरेर देश रहन सकोस् ।
That, the kingdom might be abased, so as not to lift itself up, — By the keeping of his covenant, might be made to stand.
15 तर मिश्रदेशबाट घोडाहरू र फौज झिकाउनलाई यरूशलेमका राजाले उसको विरुद्धमा विद्रोह गरेर मिश्रदेशमा आफ्ना राजदूतहरू पठायो । के त्यो सफल हुनेछ र? के यस्ता कुराहरू गर्ने मानिस उम्कन सक्छ र? करार भङ्ग गरेपछि पनि के त्यो उम्कन सक्छ र?
But he hath rebelled against him by sending his messengers to Egypt, that there should be given to him horses, and much people. Shall he thrive? Shall he escape that doeth these things? Shall he break a covenant and escape?
16 जस्तो म जीवित छु— यो परमप्रभु परमेश्वरको घोषणा हो— उसलाई राजा बनाउने राजाको देशमा नै ऊ मर्नेछ, जुन राजाको शपथलाई उसले तुच्छ ठान्यो र जसको करारलाई उसले भङ्ग गर्यो । बेबिलोनको बिचमा ऊ मर्नेछ ।
As I live, Declareth My Lord Yahweh, Very! in the place where dwelleth the king that made him king, Whose oath he hath despised, And whose covenant he hath broken With him in the midst of Babylon, shall he die.
17 फारोले आफ्ना शक्तिशाली फौज र ठुलो दलको साथमा लडाइँमा उसलाई सहायता गर्नेछैन । त्यति बेला धेरै जना मानिसलाई नाश गर्न ठुला घेरा-मचान तयार गरिन्छन् र घेरा हाल्नलाई पर्खालहरू बनाइन्छन् ।
Neither shall Pharaoh with a great force. or with a large gathered host, work with him in the war, by casting up an earthwork and by building a siege-wall, —to the cuting off of many lives.
18 किनकि त्यो राजाले करार भङ्ग गरेर उसको शपथलाई अपमान गर्यो । हेर, उसले प्रतिज्ञा गर्नको निम्ति आफ्नो हात पसार्यो तापनि उसले यी कामहरू गर्यो । ऊ उम्कनेछैन ।
Seeing he hath despised an oath. by breaking a covenant—yea lo! hath given his hand and all these things hath done he shall not escape.
19 यसैकारण परमप्रभु परमेश्वर यसो भन्नुहुन्छः जस्तो म जीवित छु, मेरो शपथलाई उसले अपमान गरेको र मेरो करारलाई उसले भङ्ग गरेको होइन र? त्यसैले उसको दण्ड म उसकै शिरमा खन्याइदिनेछु ।
Therefore, Thus saith My Lord Yahweh As I live, Surely it is mine oath which he hath despised, and my covenant which he hath broken, Therefore will I bring it upon his own head:
20 म आफ्नो जाल त्यसमाथि फिंजाउनेछु र मेरो शिकारी जालमा ऊ पर्नेछ । तब म उसलाई बेबिलोनमा लानेछु, र उसले मलाई धोका दिंदा उसले मप्रति गरेको विद्रोहको निम्ति म उसको न्याय गर्नेछु ।
And I will spread over him my net, And he shall be taken in my snare, And I will bring him into Babylon and will enter into judgment with him there, as to his treachery wherewith he hath been treacherous against me;
21 उसका शरणार्थी फौज सबै तरवारले मारिनेछन्, र बाँचेकाहरू चारैतिर तितरबितर हुनेछन् । तब म नै परमप्रभु हुँ भनी तैंले जान्नेछस् । यो हुनेछ भनी मैले घोषणा गरेको हुँ ।
And all his fugitives throughout all his bands by the sword, shall fall, And they who are left, to every wind, shall be scattered, - [So shall ye know that I, Yahweh, have spoken!]
22 परमप्रभु परमेश्वर यसो भन्नुहुन्छ, 'यसैले त्यो देवदारुको सबैभन्दा टुप्पाको भाग म नै लिएर जानेछु, र म त्यसलाई त्यसका कोमल हाँगादेखि टाढा रोप्नेछु । त्यसलाई म भाँच्नेछु र त्यसलाई एउटा उच्च पर्वतमा रोप्नेछु ।
Thus, saith My Lord Yahweh, Therefore will I, Myself, take of the highest branch of the lofty cedar and set it, — Of the crown of its young twigs, a tender one, will I pluck off, and I. myself will plant it upon a mountain high and terraced,
23 त्यसलाई इस्राएलको पर्वतहरूमा रोप्नेछु, ताकि त्यसमा हाँगाहरू पलाउनेछन् र फल फलाउनेछ, र त्यो एउटा सुन्दर देवदारु होस् ताकि पखेटा भएका हरेक चरा त्योमुनि बस्न सकोस् । त्यसका हाँगाहरूका छायामा तिनीहरूले गुँड लागाउन सकून् ।
In the mountain of the height of Israel, will I plant it, And it shall put forth boughs And bear fruit, And become a majestic cedar, - And every bird of every wing shall dwell under it, In the shade of its branches, shall they dwell.
24 तब मैदानका सबै रूखले म नै परमप्रभु हुँ भनी जान्नेछन् । म अग्लो रूखलाई होचो बनाउनेछु, र होचो रूखलाई अल्गो बनाउनेछु । पानी पाएको रूखलाई म सुकाइदिन्छु र सुकेको रूखलाई म हरियो बनाउँछु । म परमप्रभु हुँ । मैले नै यो कुरा हुनेछ भनी घोषणा गरेको छु । अनि मैले यो गरेको छु ।
So shall all the trees of the field know that I Yahweh Have laid low the high tree Have exalted the low tree, Have dried up the moist tree, And have caused to flourish the tree, that was dry, — I, Yahweh, have spoken, and performed.
