इजकिएल 18
1 फेरि परमप्रभुको वचन यसो भनेर मकहाँ आयो,
Yahweh’s word came to me again, saying,
2 “इस्राएलका देशको बारेमा तैंले उखान भनेको अर्थ के होः “'बाबुहरू अमिलो अङ्गूर खाने र छोराछोरीका दाँत कुडिंने'?
“What do you mean, that you use this proverb concerning the land of Israel, saying, ‘The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children’s teeth are set on edge’?
3 जस्तो म जीवित छु— यो परमप्रभु परमेश्वरको घोषणा हो—इस्राएलमा तिमीहरूलाई फेरि कहिल्यै यो उखान भन्ने अवसर हुनेछैन ।
“As I live,” says the Lord Yahweh, “you shall not use this proverb any more in Israel.
4 हेर, हरेक जीवित प्राण मेरै हो— बुबा र छोरा दुवै मेरा हुन् । जुन प्राणले पाप गर्छ, त्यही मर्नेछ ।
Behold, all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine. The soul who sins, he shall die.
5 एक जना धर्मी र न्याय तथा धर्मिकता कायम राख्ने मानिसको बारेमा के भण्न सकिन्छ—
“But if a man is just, and does that which is lawful and right,
6 उसले डाँडाहरूमा खाँदैन, वा इस्राएलका घरानाका मूर्तिहरूतिर हेर्दैन, र उसले आफ्नो छिमेकीकी पत्नीलाई अपवित्र पार्दैन, न त महिनावारीको समयमा कुनै स्त्रीकहाँ जान्छ । के ऊ धर्मी मानिस हो?
and has not eaten on the mountains, hasn’t lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, hasn’t defiled his neighbor’s wife, hasn’t come near a woman in her impurity,
7 यस्तो मानिसको बारेमा के भन्न सकिन्छ, जसले कसैलाई थिचोमिचो गर्दैन, र लोन लिनेले धितो राखेको सामान लोन लिनेलाई उसले फर्काउँछ, र उसले चोरी गर्दैन, तर भोकालाई आफ्नो खानेकुरा दिन्छ, र नाङ्गालाई लुगा पहिराउँछ । के ऊ धर्मी मानिस हो?
and has not wronged any, but has restored to the debtor his pledge, has taken nothing by robbery, has given his bread to the hungry, and has covered the naked with a garment;
8 यस्तो मानिसको बारेमा के भन्ने, जसले आफूले दिएको लोनको ब्याज धेरै लिंदैन, र आफूले बेचेको कुरामा धेरै नाफा लिंदैन? उसको बारेमा यसो भनिन्छ, उसले न्याय गर्छ र मानिसहरूका बिचमा विश्वस्तता कायम गर्छ ।
he who hasn’t lent to them with interest, hasn’t taken any increase from them, who has withdrawn his hand from iniquity, has executed true justice between man and man,
9 एक जना मानिस मेरा विधिहरू पालन गर्छ, र विश्वाससित मेरा नियमहरू मान्छ भने त्यो धर्मी मानिसको निम्ति प्रतिज्ञा यो होः त्यो निश्चय नै बाँच्नेछ— यो परमप्रभु परमेश्वरको घोषणा हो ।
has walked in my statutes, and has kept my ordinances, to deal truly; he is just, he shall surely live,” says the Lord Yahweh.
10 तर मानौं, उसको एक जना हिंस्रक छोरो छ, जसले हत्या गर्छ र यी माथि उल्लेखित कुनै पनि काम गर्छ,
“If he fathers a son who is a robber who sheds blood, and who does any one of these things,
11 (उसका बुबाले यी कुरामध्ये एउटै पनि नगरेको भए पनि) । उसले डाँडाहरूमा खान्छ, र आफ्नो छिमेकीकी पत्नीलाई बिटुलो पार्छ । उसको बारेमा के भन्न सकिन्छ र?
or who does not do any of those things but has eaten at the mountain shrines and defiled his neighbor’s wife,
12 यो मानिसले गरीब र दरिद्रमाथि थिचोमिचो गर्छ, र उसले लुट्छ र डकैती गर्छ र धितो फर्काउँदैन, अनि उसले आफ्ना आँखा मूर्तिहरूतिर उचाल्छ, र घिनलाग्दा कामहरू गर्छ,
has wronged the poor and needy, has taken by robbery, has not restored the pledge, and has lifted up his eyes to the idols, has committed abomination,
13 र उसले महंगो ब्याजमा रुपियाँ दिन्छ र आफूले बेचेको कुरामा धेरै मुनाफा कमाउँछ । के यस्तो मानिस जीवित रहनुपर्छ? ऊ निश्चय पनि जीवित रहँदैन । ऊ निश्चय मर्नेछ र उसको रगत उसकै शिरमाथि पर्नेछ किनभने उसले यी सबै घिनलाग्दा कुराहरू गरेको छ ।
has lent with interest, and has taken increase from the poor, shall he then live? He shall not live. He has done all these abominations. He shall surely die. His blood will be on him.
14 तर हेर, मानौं एक जना मानिस छ र उसको एक जना छोरो छ, जसले आफ्ना बुबाले गरेका सबै पापहरू देख्छ, अनि उसले ती देखे तापनि उसले ती कुराहरू गर्दैन ।
“Now, behold, if he fathers a son who sees all his father’s sins which he has done, and fears, and doesn’t do likewise,
15 त्यो छोरोले डाँडाका थानहरूमा खाँदैन, र उसले इस्राएलका घरानाका मूर्तिहरूतिर आफ्ना आँखा लगाउँदैन, र उसले आफ्नो छिमेकीकी पत्नीलाई बिटुलो पार्दैन । उसको बारेमा के भन्न सकिन्छ?
who hasn’t eaten on the mountains, hasn’t lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, hasn’t defiled his neighbor’s wife,
16 त्यो छोरोले कसैलाई थिचोमिचो गर्दैन, वा बन्धक खोस्दैन वा चोरीका सामानहरू लिंदैन, तर त्यसको साटोमा आफ्नो खानेकुरा भोकालाई दिन्छ, र नाङ्गालाई लुगाले ढाक्छ ।
hasn’t wronged any, hasn’t taken anything to pledge, hasn’t taken by robbery, but has given his bread to the hungry, and has covered the naked with a garment;
17 त्यो छोरोले कसैलाई थिचोमिचो गर्दैन वा महंगो ब्याज लिंदैन वा लोनबाट धेरै मुनाफा कमाउँदैन, तर उसले मेरा नियमहरू मान्छ, र मेरा विधिहरूअनुसार हिंड्छ । त्यो छोरो आफ्नो बुबाका पापको कारण मर्नेछैनः ऊ निश्चय नै बाँच्नेछ ।
who has withdrawn his hand from the poor, who hasn’t received interest or increase, has executed my ordinances, has walked in my statutes; he shall not die for the iniquity of his father. He shall surely live.
18 उसको बुबाले अरूबाट जबरदस्ती लिएर थिचोमिचो गरेको र आफ्नो भाइको डकैती गरेको, र आफ्ना मानिसहरूका माझमा जे असल छैन त्यही गरेको कारणले, हेर, ऊ आफ्नो अधर्ममा मर्नेछ ।
As for his father, because he cruelly oppressed, robbed his brother, and did that which is not good among his people, behold, he will die in his iniquity.
19 तर तिमीहरू भन्छौ, 'छोरोले आफ्नो बुबाको अधर्मको फल भोग्नु किन नपर्ने?' किनकि छोराले न्याय र धार्मिकता पुरा गर्छ र मेरा सबै विधिहरू पालन गर्छ । उसले ती पुरा गर्छ । ऊ निश्चय नै बाँच्नेछ ।
“Yet you say, ‘Why doesn’t the son bear the iniquity of the father?’ When the son has done that which is lawful and right, and has kept all my statutes, and has done them, he will surely live.
20 जसले पाप गर्छ, मर्नेचाहिं उही हो । छोरोले आफ्नो बुबाको अधर्मको फल भोग्नेछैन, र बुबाले आफ्नो छोराको अधर्मको फल भोग्नेछैन । ठिक काम गर्नेको धार्मिकता उसमाथि नै रहनेछ र दुष्टको दुष्ट्याइँ पनि उसमाथि नै रहनेछ ।
The soul who sins, he shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son. The righteousness of the righteous shall be on him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be on him.
21 तर कुनै दुष्ट मानिसले आफूले गरेका सबै पापहरू त्याग्छ र मेरा सबै विधिहरू पालन गर्छ, र न्याय र धार्मिकता कायम गर्छ भने, ऊ निश्चय नै बाँच्नेछ, र मर्नेछैन ।
“But if the wicked turns from all his sins that he has committed, and keeps all my statutes, and does that which is lawful and right, he shall surely live. He shall not die.
22 उसको विरुद्धमा उसले गरेको सारा अपराधको सम्झना फेरि गरिनेछैन । उसले अभ्यास गरेको धर्मिकताको कारणले ऊ बाँच्नेछ ।
None of his transgressions that he has committed will be remembered against him. In his righteousness that he has done, he shall live.
23 के दुष्टको मृत्युमा म खुशी हुन्छु र—यो परमप्रभु परमेश्वरको घोषणा हो—र ऊ बाँचोस् भनी ऊ आफ्नो चाल छोडेर फर्केकोमा खुसी हुन्न र?
Have I any pleasure in the death of the wicked?” says the Lord Yahweh, “and not rather that he should return from his way, and live?
24 तर धर्मी मानिसले आफ्नो धार्मिकतालाई त्यागेर पाप गर्छ, र दुष्ट मानिसले गरेका घिनलाग्दा कामहरू गर्छ भने, के त्यो बाँच्नेछ र? उसले विद्रोह गरेर मलाई धोका दिएको कारणले उसले अघि गरेको कुनै पनि धर्मिकताको कामको सम्झना हुनेछैन । यसैले उसले गरेका पापहरूमा नै ऊ मर्नेछ ।
“But when the righteous turns away from his righteousness, and commits iniquity, and does according to all the abominations that the wicked man does, should he live? None of his righteous deeds that he has done will be remembered. In his trespass that he has trespassed, and in his sin that he has sinned, in them he shall die.
25 तर तिमीहरू भन्छौ, 'परमप्रभुको चाल न्यायपुर्ण छैन' । ए इस्राएलका घराना, सुन । के मेरो चालहरू न्यायपुर्ण छैनन्? अन्यायपुर्ण त तिमीहरूका चालहरू होइनन् र?
“Yet you say, ‘The way of the Lord is not equal.’ Hear now, house of Israel: Is my way not equal? Aren’t your ways unequal?
26 जब धर्मी मानिसले आफ्नो धार्मिकता त्याग्छ र अधर्म गर्छ, र तिनका कारणले मर्छ, तब ऊ आफैले गरको अधर्मको कारणले ऊ मर्छ ।
When the righteous man turns away from his righteousness, and commits iniquity, and dies in it, then he dies in his iniquity that he has done.
27 तर जब दुष्ट मानिसले आफूले गरेका दुष्ट कामबाट फर्कन्छ, र न्याय र धार्मिकता कायम गर्छ, तब उसले आफ्नो जीवन बचाउनेछ ।
Again, when the wicked man turns away from his wickedness that he has committed, and does that which is lawful and right, he will save his soul alive.
28 किनकि आफूले गरेका सबै अपराधहरू उसले देखेको छ र तीबाट फर्केको छ । ऊ निश्चय नै बाँच्नेछ, र ऊ मर्नेछैन ।
Because he considers, and turns away from all his transgressions that he has committed, he shall surely live. He shall not die.
29 तर इस्राएलको घरानाले भन्छ, 'परमप्रभुको चाल न्यायपुर्ण छैन' । ए इस्राएलको घराना, मेरो चाल कसरी न्यायपुर्ण छैन? तिमीहरूको चालचाहिं न्यायपुर्ण छैन ।
Yet the house of Israel says, ‘The way of the Lord is not fair.’ House of Israel, aren’t my ways fair? Aren’t your ways unfair?
30 यसकारण, ए इस्राएलका घराना, म तिमीहरू हरेक मानिसको न्याय उसको चालअनुसार गर्नेछु— यो परमप्रभु परमेश्वरको घोषणा हो । पश्चात्ताप गर, आफ्ना सबै अपराधहरूबाट फर्क, ताकि तिमीहरूको पाप तिमीहरूको विरुद्ध ठेस लाग्ने ढुङ्गाहरू नबनून् ।
“Therefore I will judge you, house of Israel, everyone according to his ways,” says the Lord Yahweh. “Return, and turn yourselves from all your transgressions, so iniquity will not be your ruin.
31 तिमीहरूले गरेका सबै अपराधहरू आफूलाई अलग गर । आफ्ना निम्ति नयाँ हृदय र नयाँ आत्मा बनाओ । तिमीहरू किन मर्छौ, ए इस्राएलका घराना?
Cast away from you all your transgressions in which you have transgressed; and make yourself a new heart and a new spirit. For why will you die, house of Israel?
32 किनकि मर्नेको मृत्युमा म खुसी हुन्न—यो परमप्रभु परमेश्वरको घोषणा हो—यसैले पश्चात्ताप गर, र बाँच ।
For I have no pleasure in the death of him who dies,” says the Lord Yahweh. “Therefore turn yourselves, and live!
