इजकिएल 17
1 परमप्रभुको वचन यसो भनेर मकहाँ आयो,
And the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
2 “ए मानिसको छोरो, इस्राएलका घरानालाई एउटा उखान भन् र एउटा दृष्टान्त प्रस्तुत गर् ।
Son of man, put forth a riddle, and speak a parable to 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 ।
And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; A great eagle with great wings, long-winged, full of feathers, which had divers colors, came to 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 ।
He cropped off the top of its young twigs, and carried it into a land of traffick; he set it in a city of merchants.
5 त्यसले देशको केही बिउ लग्यो र ती मलिलो जमिनमा रोप्यो । त्यसले बैंसको बोटजस्तै प्रशस्त पानी भएको ठाउँमा त्यो रोप्यो ।
He took also of the seed of the land, and planted it in a fruitful field; he placed [it] by great waters, [and] set it [as] a willow tree.
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 grew, and became a spreading vine of low stature, whose branches turned towards him, and its roots were under him: so it became a vine, and brought forth branches, and shot forth sprigs.
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 ।
There was also another great eagle with great wings and many feathers: and behold, this vine did bend her roots towards him, and shot forth her branches towards him, that he might water it by the furrows of her plantation.
8 प्रशस्त पानीको छेउमा एउटा राम्रो जमिनमा त्यो लगाइएको थियो, जसले गर्दा एउटा शानदार दाखको बोट हुनलाई त्यसमा हाँगाहरू पलाओस्, फलहरू पलोस् ।’
It was planted in a good soil by great waters, that it might bring forth branches, and that it might bear fruit, that it might be a goodly 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 the Lord GOD; Shall it prosper? shall he not pull up its roots, and cut off its fruit, that it may wither? it shall wither in all the leaves of her spring, even without great power or many people to pluck 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' ।”
Yes, behold, [being] planted, shall it prosper? shall it not utterly wither, when the east wind toucheth it? it shall wither in the furrows where it grew.
11 तब परमप्रभुको वचन यसो भनेर मकहाँ आयो,
Moreover the word of the LORD came to 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 now to the rebellious house, Know ye not what these [things mean]? tell [them], Behold, the king of Babylon hath come to Jerusalem, and hath taken its king, and its princes, and led them with him to Babylon;
13 तब त्यसले राजकीय वंशमध्येको एक जनालाई लियो, ऊसित एउटा करार गर्यो र उसलाई शपथले बाँध्यो । उसले देशका शक्तिशाली मानिसहरूलाई लग्यो,
And hath taken of the king's seed, and made a covenant with him, and hath taken an oath from him: he hath also taken the mighty of the land:
14 यसरी त्यो राज्य निर्बल रहोस् र फेरि खडा हुन नसकोस् । उसको करार पालन गरेर देश रहन सकोस् ।
That the kingdom might be base, that it might not lift itself up, [but] that by keeping his covenant it might 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 rebelled against him in sending his embassadors into Egypt, that they might give him horses and many people. Shall he prosper? shall he escape that doeth such [things]? or shall he break the covenant, and be delivered?
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, saith the Lord GOD, surely in the place [where] the king [dwelleth] that made him king, whose oath he despised, and whose covenant he broke, [even] with him in the midst of Babylon he shall 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 [his] mighty army and great company make for him in the war, by casting up mounts, and building forts, to cut off many persons:
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 despised the oath by breaking the covenant, when lo, he had given his hand, and hath done all these [things], 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 the Lord GOD; [As] I live, surely my oath that he hath despised, and my covenant that he hath broken, even that will I recompense 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 my net upon him, and he shall be taken in my snare, and I will bring him to Babylon, and will plead with him there for his trespass that he hath trespassed 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 with all his bands shall fall by the sword, and they that remain shall be scattered towards all winds: and ye shall know that I the LORD have spoken [it].
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 the Lord God, I will also take of the highest branch of the high cedar, and will set [it]; I will crop off from the top of its young twigs a tender one, and will plant [it] upon a high mountain and eminent:
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 hight of Israel will I plant it: and it shall bring forth boughs, and bear fruit, and be a goodly cedar: and under it shall dwell all fowl of every wing; 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 ।
And all the trees of the field shall know that I the LORD have brought down the high tree, have exalted the low tree, have dried up the green tree, and have made the dry tree to flourish: I the LORD have spoken and have done [it].
