इजकिएल 20

1 सातौं वर्षको पाँचौं महिनाको दशौं दिनमा इस्राएलका धर्म-गुरुहरू परमप्रभुसित सोधपूछ गर्न आए र मेरो सामु बसे ।

And it happened that, in the seventh year, in the fifth month, on the tenth of the month, men from the elders of Israel arrived, so that they might inquire of the Lord, and they sat before me.

2 तब परमप्रभुको वचन यस भनेर मकहाँ आयो,

And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:

3 “ए मानिसको छोरो, इस्राएलका धर्म-गुरुहरूलाई घोषणा गर्‌ र तिनीहरूलाई यसो भन्, ‘परमप्रभु परमेश्‍वर यसो भन्‍नुहुन्‍छः के तिमीहरू मसित सोधपूछ गर्न आएका छौ? जस्‍तो म जीवित छु, तिमीहरूले मलाई सोधपूछ गर्नेछैनौ— यो परमप्रभु परमेश्‍वरको घोषणा हो ।'

“Son of man, speak to the elders of Israel, and you shall say to them: Thus says the Lord God: Have you arrived in order to inquire of me? As I live, I will not answer you, says the Lord God.

4 के तँ तिनीहरूको न्‍याय गर्नेछस्? ए मानिसको छोरो, के तँ तिनीहरूको न्‍याय गर्नेछस्‌? तिनीहरूका आफ्‍ना पुर्खाहरूका घिनलाग्‍दा कामको बारेमा तिनीहरूलाई जानकारी दे ।

If you judge them, if you judge, O son of man, reveal to them the abominations of their fathers.

5 तिनीहरूलाई भन्‌, 'परमप्रभु परमेश्‍वर यसो भन्‍नुहुन्‍छः जुन दिन मैले इस्राएललाई छानें, र याकूबको घरानासित शपथ खानलाई मैले हात उचाले र मैले आफूलाई मिश्रदेशमा तिनीहरूका बिचमा प्रकट गरें । जति बेला तिनीहरूसित शपथ खान मैले आफ्‍नो हात उचालें । मैले भनें, “म परमप्रभु तिमीहरूका परमेश्‍वर हुँ”—

And you shall say to them: Thus says the Lord God: In the day when I chose Israel, and I lifted up my hand on behalf of the stock of the house of Jacob, and I appeared to them in the land of Egypt, and I lifted up my hand on their behalf, saying, ‘I am the Lord your God,’

6 त्‍यस दिन मैले तिनीहरूसित यो शपथ खाएँ, कि म तिनीहरूलाई मिश्रदेशबाट बाहिर निकालेर मैले तिनीहरूका निम्‍ति मैले होसियारीसाथ छानेको देशमा ल्‍याउनेछु । त्‍यहाँ दूध र मह बग्‍दैथियो । यो सबै देशहरूभन्‍दा बढी सुन्‍दर गहना थियो ।

in that day, I lifted up my hand for their sake, so that I would lead them away from the land of Egypt, into a land which I had provided for them, flowing with milk and honey, which was singular among all lands.

7 मैले तिनीहरूलाई भनें, “हरेक मानिसले आफ्‍ना दृष्‍टिबाट घिनलाग्‍दा कुराहरू र मिश्रदेशका मूर्तिहरू हटाओस् । आफूलाई अशुद्ध नपार । म परमप्रभु तिमीहरूका परमेश्‍वर हुँ ।”

And I said to them: ‘Let each one cast away the offenses of his eyes, and do not choose to defile yourselves with the idols of Egypt. I am the Lord your God.’

8 तर तिनीहरूले मेरो विरुद्धमा विद्रोह गरे र मेरो कुरा सुन्‍न इच्छुक भएनन् । हरेक मानिसले आफ्‍ना दृष्‍टिबाट ती घिनलाग्‍दा कुराहरूलाई फालेनन् न त तिनीहरूले मिश्रदेशका मूर्तिहरूलाई नै त्‍यागे । यसैले मिश्रदेशको बिचमा तिनीहरूका माझमा मेरो क्रोध शान्त पार्नको निम्ति तिनीहरूमाथि मेरो रिस पोख्‍ने निश्‍चय मैले गरें ।

But they provoked me, and they were not willing to listen to me. Each one of them did not cast away the abominations of his eyes, nor did they leave behind the idols of Egypt. And so, I said that I would pour out my indignation upon them, and fulfill my wrath against them, in the midst of the land of Egypt.

9 आफ्‍नो नाउँको खातिर मैले यो काम गरें, यसरी तिनीहरू बसोबास गरेका जातिहरूका दृष्‍टिमा मेरो नाउँ अपवित्र नहोस् । तिनीहरूलाई मिश्रदेशबाट बाहिर निकालेर ल्‍याएर मैले आफूलाई तिनीहरूका अघि प्रकट गरें ।

But I acted for the sake of my name, so that it would not be violated in the sight of the Gentiles, in the midst of whom they were, and among whom I appeared to them, so that I might lead them away from the land of Egypt.

10 यसैले मैले तिनीहरूलाई मिश्रदेशबाट बाहिर निकालें र तिनीहरूलाई उजाड-स्‍थान ल्‍याएँ ।

Therefore, I cast them out of the land of Egypt, and I led them away into the desert.

11 तब मैले तिनीहरूलाई मेरा विधिहरू दिएँ र मेरा नियमहरू तिनीहरूलाई प्रकट गरें । मानिसले ती पालन गर्‍यो भने त्‍यसद्वारा ऊ बाँच्‍नेछ ।

And I gave them my precepts, and I revealed to them my judgments, which, if a man does them, he shall live by them.

12 म परमप्रभु नै हुँ जसले तिनीहरूलाई पवित्र पार्छु भनी तिनीहरूले जानून्‌ भनेर तिनीहरू र मेरो बिचमा चिन्‍हको रूपमा मैले तिनीहरूलाई शबाथदिनहरू पनि दिएँ ।

Moreover, I also gave to them my Sabbaths, so that these would be a sign between me and them, and so that they would know that I am the Lord, who sanctifies them.

13 तर इस्राएल घरानाले उजाड-स्‍थान मेरो विरुद्धमा विद्रोह गरे । तिनीहरू मेरो विधिहरूमा चलेनन् । बरु, तिनीहरूले मेरा नियमहरूलाई इन्‍कार गरे । मानिसले ती पालन गर्‍यो भने त्‍यसद्वारा ऊ बाँच्‍नेछ । तिनीहरूले मेरा शबाथहरूलाई एकदमै बिटुलो पारे । यसैले मैले भनें, म तिनीहरूको नाश गर्नलाई यही उजाड-स्‍थान तिनीहरूमाथि आफ्‍नो क्रोध पोखाउनेछु ।

But the house of Israel provoked me in the desert. They did not walk in my precepts, and they cast aside my judgments, which, if a man does them, he shall live by them. And they grievously violated my Sabbaths. Therefore, I said that I would pour out my fury upon them in the desert, and that I would consume them.

14 तर जुन जातिहरूका दृष्‍टिमा मैले तिनीहरूलाई मिश्रदेशबाट बाहिर निकालेर ल्‍याएँ, तिनीहरूका दृष्‍टिमा मेरो नाउँ अपवित्र नहोस्‌ भनेर मेरो नाउँको खातिर मैले काम गरें ।

But I acted for the sake of my name, lest it be violated before the Gentiles, from whom I cast them out, in their sight.

15 यसैले मैले तिनीहरूलाई दिन लागेको देशमा म तिनीहरूलाई लानेछैनँ भनेर तिनीहरूसित उजाड-स्‍थान एउटा शपथ खानलाई म आफैले पनि आफ्‍नो हात उठाएँ । त्‍यो देश सबै देशहरूभन्‍दा सुन्‍दर गहनाको दूध र मह बग्‍ने देश हो ।

And so I lifted up my hand over them in the desert, so as not to lead them into the land that I had given to them, flowing with milk and honey, the foremost of all lands.

16 मैले यो शपथ खाएँ किनभने तिनीहरूले मेरा नियमहरूलाई इन्‍कार गरे र मेरा विधिहरूमा हिंडेनन्, र तिनीहरूले मेरा शबाथहरूलाई बिटुलो पारे, किनकि तिनीहरूका हृदय तिनीहरूका मूर्तिहरूका पछि लागेका थिए ।

For they cast aside my judgments, and they did not walk in my precepts, and they violated my Sabbaths. For their heart went after idols.

17 तर तिनीहरूको सर्वनाश हुनबाट मैले तिनीहरूमा दया गरें, र मैले उजाड-स्‍थान तिनीहरूको अस्‍तित्‍व मेटाइन ।

Yet my eye was lenient concerning them, so that I did not utterly destroy them, nor did I consume them in the desert.

18 उजाड-स्‍थान मैले तिनीहरूका छोराछोरीलाई भनें, “तिमीहरूका पुर्खाहरूका विधिहरूमा नहिंड न त तिनीहरूका नियमहरू पालन गर, न त तिनीहरूका मूर्तिहरूले आफूलाई बिटुलो पार्ने काम गर ।

Then I said to their sons in the wilderness: ‘Do not choose to advance by the precepts of your fathers, nor should you observe their judgments. And do not be defiled by their idols.

19 म परमप्रभु तिमीहरूका परमेश्‍वर हुँ, मेरा विधिहरूमा हिंड, र मेरा नियमहरू मान र पालन गर ।

I am the Lord your God. Walk in my precepts, and observe my judgments, and accomplish them.

20 मेरा शबाथहरूलाई पवित्र राख, ताकि मेरो र तिमीहरूका बिचमा ती एउटा चिन्‍ह हुनेछन्, ताकि म नै परमप्रभु तिमीहरूका परमेश्‍वर हुँ भनी तिमीहरूले जान्‍नेछौ ।”

And sanctify my Sabbaths, so that these may be a sign between me and you, and so that you may know that I am the Lord your God.’

21 तर तिनीहरूका छोराछोरीले मेरो विरुद्धमा विद्रोह गरे । तिनीहरू मेरा उर्दीहरूमा हिंडेनन्, न त मेरा व्‍यवस्‍थाहरू पालन गरे । मानिसले ती पालन गर्‍यो भने त्‍यसद्वारा ऊ बाँच्‍नेछ । तिनीहरूले मेरा शबाथहरूलाई बिटुलो पारे, यसैले मेरो क्रोध शान्त पार्न मैले उजाड-स्‍थान आफ्‍नो रिस तिनीहरूका विरुद्धमा खन्‍याउने निश्‍चय गरें ।

But their sons provoked me. They did not walk in my precepts. And they did not observe my judgments, so as to do them; for if a man does them, he shall live by them. And they violated my Sabbaths. And so, I threatened that I would pour out my fury upon them, and that I would fulfill my wrath among them in the desert.

22 तर मैले आफ्‍नो हात फर्काएँ, र मेरो नाउँको खातिर काम गरें यसरी मैले इस्राएलीहरूलाई निकालेर ल्‍याएको देखेका जातिहरूका दृष्‍टिमा त्‍यो अपवित्र नहोस्‌ ।

But I turned aside my hand, and I acted for the sake of my name, so that it would not be violated before the Gentiles, from whom I cast them out, before their eyes.

23 तिनीहरूलाई म जातिहरूका बिचमा छरपष्‍ट पार्नेछु, र तिनीहरूलाई देशहरूमा तितरबितर पार्नेछु भनेर तिनीहरूसित उजाड-स्‍थान एउटा शपथ खानलाई म आफैले पनि आफ्‍नो हात उठाएँ ।

Again, I lifted up my hand against them, in the wilderness, so that I would disperse them among the nations, and scatter them among the lands.

24 तिनीहरूले मेरा नियमहरू नमानेका हुनाले र तिनीहरूले मेरा विधिहरूलाई इन्‍कार गरेका र मेरा शबाथहरूलाई बिटुलो पारेका हुनाले मैले यसो गर्ने निर्णय गरें । तिनीहरूका आँखाहरूले आफ्‍ना पुर्खाहरूका मूर्तिहरूको लालसा गरे ।

For they had not accomplished my judgments, and they had rejected my precepts, and they had violated my Sabbaths. And their eyes had been after the idols of their fathers.

25 तब मैले तिनीहरूलाई यस्‍ता विधानहरू पनि दिएँ जो असल थिएनन्, र यस्‍ता नियमहरू दिएँ जसद्वारा तिनीहरू बाँच्‍न सकेनन् ।

Therefore, I also gave them precepts that were not good, and judgments by which they shall not live.

26 तिनीहरूका उपहारहरूद्वारा मैले तिनीहरूलाई अशुद्ध घोषणा गरें— तिनीहरूले गर्भका हरेक जेठोको बलिदान चढाए र तिनीहरूलाई आगोमा हिंड्न लगाए—कि मैले तिनीहरूलाई त्रसित बनाउन सकूँ यसरी म परमप्रभु हुँ भनी तिनीहरूले जान्‍नेछन् ।’

And I defiled them by their own gifts, when they offered everything that opened the womb, because of their offenses. And they shall know that I am the Lord.

27 यसकारण, ए मानिसको छोरो, इस्राएलका घरानासँग बोल् र तिनीहरूलाई भन्, 'परमप्रभु परमेश्‍वर यसो भन्‍नुहुन्‍छः यसमा पनि तिमीहरूका पुर्खाहरू मप्रति विश्‍वासघाती बनेर मेरो निन्‍दा गरे ।

For this reason, son of man, speak to the house of Israel, and you shall say to them: Thus says the Lord God. Yet also in this did your fathers blaspheme me, after they had spurned and despised me,

28 जब मैले शपथ खाएर तिनीहरूलाई दिन्‍छु भनेको देशमा मैले तिनीहरूलाई ल्‍याएँ, तब जहाँ तिनीहरूले कुनै अग्‍लो डाँडा वा कुनै झ्‍याम्‍म पातहरू भएको रूख देखे, त्‍यहाँ तिनीहरूले आफ्‍ना बलिदानहरू चढाए । अनि आफ्‍ना भेटीहरूद्वारा तिनीहरूले मलाई रिस उठाए, र त्‍यहाँ तिनीहरूले आफ्‍ना सुगन्‍धित धूप पनि बाले र आफ्‍ना अर्घ-बलि चढाए ।

though I had led them into the land, about which I lifted up my hand, so that I might give it to them: They saw every lofty hill and every leafy tree, and there they immolated their victims, and there they presented the provocation of their oblations, and there they stationed their sweet fragrances, and poured out their libations.

29 तब मैले तिनीहरूलाई सोधें, “तिमीहरूले भेटी चढाउने गरेको अग्‍लो ठाउँ के हो?” आजको दिनसम्‍म त्‍यो ठाउँलाई बामा भनिन्‍छ ।

And I said to them, ‘What is exalted about the place to which you go?’ And yet its name is called ‘Exalted,’ even to this day.

30 यसकारण इस्राएलको घरानालाई यसो भन्‌: 'परमप्रभु परमेश्‍वर यसो भन्‍नुहुन्‍छः तिमीहरू आफ्‍ना पुर्खाहरूका चालमा हिंडेर तिमीहरू आफूलाई पनि किन बिटुलो पार्छौ? घिनलाग्‍दा कुराहरूको खोजी गरेर किन तिमीहरू वेश्याहरूझैं काम गर्छौ?

Because of this, say to the house of Israel: Thus says the Lord God: Certainly, you are defiled by the way of your fathers, and you have fornicated after their stumbling blocks.

31 जब तिमीहरू आफ्‍ना उपहारहरू चढाउँछौ— जब तिमीहरू आफ्‍ना छोराहरूलाई आगोमा हिंड्न लगाउँछौ— तब आजको दिनसम्‍म पनि तिमीहरूले आफ्‍ना मूर्तिहरूको कारणले आफैलाई बिटुलो पार्छौ । यसैले ए इस्राएलको घराना, मसँग सोधपूछ गर्न मैले तिमीहरूलाई किन दिनु? जस्तो म जीवित छु— यो परमप्रभु परमेश्‍वरको घोषणा हो— तिमीहरूले मलाई सोधपूछ गर्न म दिनेछैनँ ।

And you are being defiled by all of your idols, even to this day, by the oblation of your gifts, when you lead your sons through the fire. And should I respond to you, O house of Israel? As I live, says the Lord God, I will not answer you.

32 तिमीहरूको मनमा उठेको विचार कहिले पुरा हुँनेछैन । तिमीहरू भन्‍छौ, “हामीहरू अरू जातिहरूजस्‍तै, काठ र ढुङ्गालाई पुज्ने अरू देशका जातिहरूजस्तै बनौं ।”

And the plan of your mind will not occur, saying: ‘We will be like the Gentiles, and like the families of the earth, so that we worship what is wood and stone.’

33 जस्‍तो म जीवित छु— यो परमप्रभु परमेश्‍वरको घोषणा हो— शक्तिशाली हात र पसारेको पाखुराद्वारा म तिमीहरूमाथि राज्‍य गर्नेछु र तिमीहरूमाथि क्रोध खन्‍याउनेछु ।

As I live, says the Lord God, I will reign over you with a strong hand, and with an outstretched arm, and with fury poured forth.

34 तिमीहरूलाई म अरू जातिहरूका बिचबाट निकालेर ल्‍याउनेछु, र तिमीहरू छरपष्‍ट भएका देशहरूबाट म तिमीहरूलाई भेला गर्नेछु । मेरो शक्तिशाली हातले म यसो गर्नेछु र क्रोध खन्‍याउनेछु ।

And I will lead you away from the peoples. And I will gather you from the lands into which you were dispersed. I will reign over you with a powerful hand, and with an outstretched arm, and with fury poured out.

35 तब म तिमीहरूलाई जातिहरूको उजाड-स्‍थान ल्‍याउनेछु, र त्‍यहाँ म तिमीहरूको न्‍याय आमने-सामनेमा गर्नेछु ।

And I will lead you into the desert of the peoples, and there I will enter into judgment with you, face to face.

36 जसरी मिश्रदेशको उजाड-स्‍थान मैले तिमीहरूका पुर्खाहरूको न्‍याय गरें, त्‍यसरी नै म तिमीहरूको न्‍याय म गर्नेछु— यो परमप्रभु परमेश्‍वरको घोषणा हो ।

Just as I contended in judgment against your fathers in the desert of the land of Egypt, so also will I enter into judgment with you, says the Lord God.

37 म तिमीहरूलाई मेरो लौरो मुनि छिर्न लाउनेछु, र तिमीहरूलाई करारमा भएका कुराहरू मान्‍न लगाउनेछु ।

And I will subject you to my scepter, and I will lead you into the bonds of the covenant.

38 तिमीहरूका माझबाट विद्रोह गर्नेहरू र मेरो विरुद्धमा अपराध गर्नेहरूलाई म हटाउनेछु । तिनीहरू प्रवासी भएर बसेको देशबाट म तिनीहरूलाई बाहिर पठाउनेछु, तर तिनीहरू इस्राएल देशमा पस्‍नेछैनन् । तब म नै परमप्रभु हुँ भनी तिमीहरूले जान्‍नेछौ ।

And I will select, from among you, the transgressors and the impious. And I will lead them away from the land of their sojourn, but they shall not enter into the land of Israel. And you shall know that I am the Lord.

39 यसैले ए इस्राएलका घराना, परमप्रभु परमेश्‍वर तिमीहरूलाई यसो भन्‍नुहुन्‍छः तिमीहरू हरेक आ-आफ्‍नो मूर्तिहरूतिर जानुपर्छ । तिमीहरू मेरो कुरा सुन्‍न इन्‍कार गर्छौ भने तिनीहरूकै पुजा गर, तर आफ्‍ना उपहारहरू र मूर्तिहरूले मेरो पवित्र नाउँलाई तिमीहरूले अपवित्र पार्नुहुँदैन ।

And as for you, house of Israel: thus says the Lord God: Walk, each one of you, after your idols and serve them. But if in this also you will not listen to me, and you continue to defile my holy name with your gifts and with your idols,

40 किनकि मेरो पवित्र पर्वतमा, इस्राएलको पहाडको टाकुरामा— यो परमप्रभु परमेश्‍वरको घोषणा हो— इस्राएलका जम्‍मै घरानाले त्‍यहाँ मेरो आराधना गर्नेछन् । त्‍यहीं नै म तिमीहरूका भेटीहरू, तिमीहरूका सबैभन्‍दा उत्तम उपहारहरू, तिमीहरूका सबै पवित्र थोकहरूको बलिदानहरू ग्रहण गर्नेछु ।

on my holy mountain, on the exalted mountain of Israel, says the Lord God, there all the house of Israel shall serve me; all of them, I say, in the land in which they shall please me, and there I will require your first-fruits, and the foremost of your tithes, with all your sanctifications.

41 जब म तिमीहरूलाई मानिसहरूबाट निकालेर ल्‍याउँछ र तिमीहरू छरपष्‍ट भएका देशहरूबाट तिमीहरूलाई भेला गराउनेछु, तब म तिमीहरूलाई बास्‍ना आउने धूपझैं ग्रहण गर्नेछु । जातिहरूका दृष्‍टिमा म तिमीहरूका बिचमा आफैलाई पवित्र प्रकट गर्नेछु ।

I will receive from you a fragrance of sweetness, when I will have led you away from the peoples, and gathered you from the lands into which you were dispersed. And I will be sanctified in you before the eyes of the nations.

42 जब म तिमीहरूलाई इस्राएल देशमा ल्‍याउनेछु, जुन देश तिमीहरूका पुर्खाहरूलाई दिन्‍छु भनी मैले आफ्‍ना हात उचालेर शपथ खाएको थिएँ, तब तिमीहरूले म नै परमप्रभु हुँ भनी जान्‍नेछौ ।

And you shall know that I am the Lord, when I will have led you into the land of Israel, into the land about which I lifted up my hand, so that I would give it to your fathers.

43 आफ्‍ना जुन व्‍यवहार र कामहरूले तिमीहरूले आफूलाई अशुद्ध पार्‍यौ, ती त्‍यहाँ तिमीहरूले सम्‍झनेछौ, र तिमीहरूले गरेका सबै दुष्‍ट कामहरूका निम्‍ति आफ्‍नै दृष्‍टिमा तिमीहरूले आफूलाई तुच्‍छ ठान्‍नेछौ ।

And there you shall remember your ways and all your wickedness, by which you have been defiled. And you will be displeased with yourselves in your own sight, over all your evil deeds which you did.

44 यसरी, ए इस्राएलका घराना, तिमीहरूका दुष्‍ट कामहरू र तिमीहरूका भ्रष्‍टा कामहरूका कारणले होइन, तर मेरो नाउँको खातिर मैले तिमीहरूसित व्‍यवहार गर्दा, तिमीहरूले म नै परमप्रभु हुँ भनी जान्‍नेछौ— यो परमप्रभु परमेश्‍वरको घोषणा हो'।”

And you shall know that I am the Lord, when I will have acted well toward you for the sake of my name, and not according to your evil ways, nor according to your very great wickedness, O house of Israel, says the Lord God.”

45 तब परमप्रभुको वचन यसो भनेर मकहाँ आयो,

And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:

46 ए मानिसको छोरो, आफ्‍नो अनुहार दक्षिण देशतिर फर्का र दक्षिणको विरुद्धमा बपल् । नेगेभको वनको विरुद्धमा अगमवाणी भन्‌ ।

“Son of man, set your face against the way of the south, and pour in drops toward Africa, and prophesy against the forest of the field of the meridian.

47 नेगेभको वनलाई भन्‌, 'यो परमप्रभुको घोषणा हो— परमप्रभु परमेश्‍वर यसो भन्‍नुहुन्‍छः हेर्, म तेरो माझमा आगो सल्‍काउनेछु । त्यसले तेरा माझमा भएका हरेक हरिया रूख र हरेक सुकेका रूखलाई भष्‍म गर्नेछ । त्‍यो दन्‍केको ज्‍वाला निभाइनेछैन । दक्षिणदेखि उत्तरसम्‍मका हरेक अनुहार जल्‍नेछन् ।

And you shall say to the meridian forest: Listen to the word of the Lord. Thus says the Lord God: Behold, I will kindle a fire in you, and I will burn up within you every green tree and every dry tree. The flame of the kindling will not be extinguished. And every face will be burned up within it, from the south, even to the north.

48 जब म आगो सल्काउँछु र त्‍यसलाई निभइनेछैन, तब हरेक प्रणीले म परमप्रभुले हुँ भनी देख्‍नेछ ।’”

And all flesh will see that I, the Lord, have kindled it, and that it will not be extinguished.”

49 तब मैले भने, “धिक्‍कार! हे परमप्रभु परमेश्‍वर, तिनीहरूले मलाई यसो भन्‍दैछन्, ‘के उसले उखानहरू मात्र भनेको होइन र'?”

And I said: “Alas, alas, alas, O Lord God! They are saying about me: ‘Does this man not speak except through parables?’”