इजकिएल 29
1 दशौं वर्षको दशौं महिनामा उक्त महिनाको बाह्रौं दिनमा परमप्रभुको वचन यसो भनेर मकहाँ आयो,
Almost ten [after we had been taken to Babylonia], on the twelfth day of the tenth [of that year], Yahweh gave me another message. [He said to me],
2 “ए मानिसको छोरो, तेरो मुख मिश्रदेशको राजा फारोतिर फर्का । त्यसको विरुद्धमा र सारा मिश्रदेशको विरुद्धमा अगमवाणी भन् ।
“You human, turn toward Egypt and proclaim the terrible things that will happen to the king of Egypt and all his people.
3 घोषणा गर र यसो भन्ः 'परमप्रभु परमेश्वर यसो भन्नुहुन्छः हेर्, ए मिश्रदेशको राजा फारो, म तेरो विरुद्धमा छु । आफ्नो नदीको बिचमा लडिरहने, ठुलो अजिङ्गर तँ यसो भन्छस्, “मेरो नदी मेरै हो । त्यो मैले आफ्नो निम्ति बनाएको हुँ ।”
Give the king this message from [me], Yahweh the Lord: ‘You king of Egypt, I am your enemy; [you are like] [MET] a great monster/crocodile that lies in the [along the Nile River]. You say, “The Nile [River] is mine; I made it [for myself].”
4 किनभने म तेरो बङ्गारामा बल्छी लगाउनेछु, र तेरै कत्लाहरूमा तेरा नाइलका माछाहरू टाँसिनेछन् । तेरा कत्लाहरूमा टाँसिएका ती माछासमेत, म तँलाई तेरा नदीको बिचबाट तानेर निकाल्नेछु ।
But [it will be as though] I will put hooks in your jaws and drag you out [from the river] onto the land, with fish sticking to your scales.
5 तँ र तेरा नदीका सबै माछालाई म उजाड-स्थान फाल्नेछु । तँ खुला मैदानमा ढल्नेछस् । तँलाई कसैले जम्मा गर्ने वा उठाउने छैन । पृथ्वीका प्राणीहरू र आकाशका चाराहरूका निम्ति आहारा हुन म तँलाई दिनेछु ।
I will leave you and all those fish to die in the desert; you will fall onto the ground, and your [corpse] will not be picked up and buried, because I have declared that your flesh will be food for the wild animals and birds.
6 तब मिश्रदेशमा बस्नेहरू सबैले म नै परमप्रभु हुँ भनी जान्नेछन् । किनकि तिनीहरू इस्राएलका घरानाको निम्ति एउटा नर्कटको लट्ठी भएका छन् ।
When that happens, all the people of Egypt will know that it is I, Yahweh, [who have the power to do what I say that I will do]. The Israeli people [trusted that you would help them]. But you have been [like] [MET] a reed pole in their hands.
7 जब तिनीहरूले तँलाई आफ्नो हातमा लिए, तब तैंले तिनीहरूका काँध भाँचिस् र च्यातिस् । अनि तिनीहरूले तँमा आड लिंदा, तँ भाँचिएको थिइस्, र तिनीहरूका खुट्टा लरबराउने बनाइस् ।
And when they leaned on that pole, it splintered and tore open their shoulders. When they leaned on you, [it was as though] you were a pole that broke, and as a result you wrenched their backs.
8 यसकारण परमप्रभु परमेश्वर यसो भन्नुहुन्छः हेर्, तेरो विरुद्धमा म तरवार ल्याउनेछु । तेरा मानिसहरू र पशुहरू दुवैलाई म खत्तम गर्नेछु ।
Therefore, this is what [I], Yahweh the Lord, say: “I will bring [your enemies to attack] you with their swords, and they will kill your people and your animals.
9 यसैले मिश्रदेश उजाड र बग्नावशेष हुनेछ । तब तिनीहरूले म नै परमप्रभु हुँ भनी जान्नेछन्, किनभने समुद्रको पशुले भनेको थियो, “नील नदी मेरै हो, किनकि मैले नै त्यो बनाएको हुँ ।”
Egypt will become an empty desert. Then the people of Egypt will know that I, Yahweh, [have the power to do what I say that I will do].” You [proudly] said, “The Nile [River] is mine; I made it!”
10 यसकारण हेर्, म तेरो विरुद्धमा र तेरो नदीको विरुद्धमा छु, र मिश्रदेशलाई म उजाड र निर्जन बनाउनेछु, अनि मिग्दोलदेखि आश्वानसम्म र कूश देशको सिमानासम्म नै तँ उजाड-स्थान हुनेछस् ।
Therefore I am opposed to you and your streams, and I will cause Egypt to be ruined, and cause it to be an empty desert, from Migdol [in the north] to Aswan [in the south], as far [south] as the border of Ethiopia.
11 कुनै मानिसको खुट्टाले त्यहाँ टेक्नेछैन, अनि र कुनै पशुको खुट्टाले त्यहाँ टेक्नेछैन । चालीस वर्षसम्म त्यहाँ कोही बस्नेछैन ।
For 40 years no one will walk through that area, and no one will live there.
12 किनकि म मिश्रदेशलाई बस्ती नभएका देशहरूका बिचमा उजाड पार्नेछु, र त्यसका सहरहरू भग्नावशेष भएका सहरहरूका बिचमा चालीस वर्षसम्मै उजाड रहनेछन् । अनि म मिश्रीहरूलाई जातिहरूका बिचमा छरपष्ट पार्नेछु र देशहरूमा म तिनीहरूलाई तितरबितर पार्नेछु ।
Egypt will be barren/empty, and it will be surrounded by other desolate nations. The cities in Egypt will be empty and deserted for 40 years, surrounded by ruined cities in nearby nations. I will cause the people of Egypt to be scattered to countries [far away].
13 किनकि परमप्रभु परमेश्वर यसो भन्नुहुन्छः चालीस वर्षको अन्तमा मिश्रीहरूलाई तिनीहरू छरपष्ट भएका मानिसहरूका बिचबाट म भेला गर्नेछु ।
But this is what [I], Yahweh the Lord, [also] say: “At the end of 40 years, I will enable the people of Egypt to return home [again] from the nations to which they were scattered.
14 म मिश्रदेशको सुदिन फर्काउनेछु र तिनीहरूलाई फारोको राज्यमा, तिनीहरूका सुरुको देशमा फर्काएर ल्याउनेछु । तब तिनीहरू त्यहाँ एक तुच्छ राज्य भएर बस्नेछन् ।
I will bring back the people of Egypt who had been captured, and I will enable them to live again in the Pathros area [in the south], where they lived previously. But Egypt will be a very unimportant [DOU] kingdom.
15 त्यो सारा राज्यहरूमा सबैभन्दा तुच्छ हुनेछ, अनि त्यो फेरि जातिहरूका माझमा कहिल्यै उच्च पारिनेछैन । म त्यसलाई घटाउनेछु, जसले गर्दा तिनीहरूले फेरि कहिल्यै जातिहरूमाथि राज्य गर्नेछैनन् ।
It will be the least important of [all] the nations; it will never again be greater than the nearby countries. I will cause Egypt to be very weak, with the result that it will never again rule over other nations.
16 इस्राएलका घरानाका निम्ति मिश्रदेश फेरि कहिल्यै दृढताको कारण हुनेछैन । बरु, इस्राएलले मिश्रदेशसित सहायता माग्न जाँदा त्यहाँ तिनीहरूले गरेको अपराधका सम्झना तिनीहरूलाई हुनेछ । तब तिनीहरूले म नै परमप्रभु परमेश्वर हुँ भनी जान्नेछन्' ।”
[When that happens, the leaders of] Israel will no longer be tempted to ask Egypt to help them. Egypt will be punished, and that will cause the Israeli people to not forget that they previously sinned by trusting that Egypt could help them. And the people of Israel will know that I, Yahweh the Lord, [have the power to do what I say that I will do].” '”
17 तब सत्ताइसौं वर्षको पहिलो महिनाको पहिलो दिनमा परमप्रभुको वचन यसो भनेर मकहाँ आयो,
Almost twenty-seven years [after we had been taken to Babylonia], on the first day [of the new year], Yahweh gave me this message:
18 ए मानिसको छोरो, बेबिलोनको राजा नबूकदनेसरले टुरोसको विरुद्धमा कडा परिश्रम गर्नलाई आफ्नो फौजले तयार राख्यो । हरेकको टाउको तालु खुइले नभएसम्म दलियो र हरेक कुमलाई खस्रो पारियो । तापनि टुरोसको विरुद्धमा त्यसले गरेको परिश्रमको सट्टा त्यसले र त्यसको सेनाले केही इनाम पाउन सकेनन् ।
“You human, the army of king Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon fought very hard against Tyre, with the result that their heads were rubbed bare and their shoulders became (raw/full of blisters). But Nebuchadnezzar and his army did not get any valuable things from Tyre to reward them for their hard work [to destroy Tyre].
19 यसकारण परमप्रभु परमेश्वर यसो भन्नुहुन्छ, 'हेर्, म मिश्रदेशलाई बेबिलोनको राजा नबूकदनेसरको हातमा दिनेछु, र त्यसले उसका धन-सम्पत्ति, र भेट्टाएका जति सबै थोक लानेछ । त्यो त्यसको फौजको ज्याला हुनेछ ।
Therefore, this is what [I], Yahweh the Lord, say: 'I will enable King Nebuchadnezzar’s army to conquer Egypt. They will carry away from there all the valuable things, in order that the king can give them to his soldiers.
20 त्यसले मेरो निम्ति गरेको परिश्रमको ज्यालाको रूपमा मिश्रदेश मैले त्यसलाई दिएको छु— यो परमप्रभु परमेश्वरको घोषणा हो ।
I will enable them to conquer Egypt as a reward for what they did [to Tyre], because [I], Yahweh say that [it was as though] his army was working for me, [doing what I wanted them to do, when they destroyed Tyre].
21 त्यस दिन म इस्राएलका घरानाको निम्ति एउटा सीङ उमार्नेछु, र तिनीहरूका बिचमा म तँलाई बोल्ने बनाउनेछु, ताकि तिनीहरूले म नै परमप्रभु हुँ भनी जान्नेछन्' ।”
And some day Israel will become a glorious nation [MET] again. When that happens, I will cause the Israeli people to respect what you say [MTY]. And then they will know that [it has happened because] I, Yahweh, [have the power to do what I say that I will do].'”
