एज्रा 9
1 जब यी कुराहरू भए तब अधिकारीहरू मकहाँ आए र भने, “इस्राएलका मानिसहरू, पुजारीहरू र लेवीहरूले अन्य देशमा बस्ने जातिहरू अर्थात् कनानी, हित्ती, परिज्जी, यबूसी, अम्मोनी, मोआबी, मिश्री र एमोरीहरू अनि तिनीहरूका घिनलाग्दा कुराहरूदेखि आफैलाई अलग गरेका छैनन् ।
Then, after these things were completed, the leaders came to me, saying: “The people of Israel, the priests, and the Levites, have not been separated from the peoples of the lands and from their abominations, especially those of the Canaanites, and Hittites, and Perizzites, and Jebusites, and Ammonites, and Moabites, and Egyptians, and Amorites.
2 किनकि तिनीहरूले उनीहरूका केही छोराछोरीसित विहेवा गरेका छन् र अरू देशका जातिहरूसित पवित्र जातिलाई मिसाएका छन्, अनि अधिकारीहरू र अगुवाहरूले नै पहिले यस्तो अविश्वासको काम गरेका छन् ।”
For they have taken from their daughters for themselves and for their sons, and they have mixed a holy lineage with the peoples of the lands. And even the hand of the leaders and the magistrates has been first in this transgression.”
3 जब मैले यो सुनें तब मैले मेरो लुगा र खास्टो च्यातें अनि मेरो शिरको कपाल र दाह्री उखेलें र दुःखित भई बसें ।
And when I had heard this word, I tore my cloak and my tunic, and I pulled out the hairs of my head and beard, and I sat in mourning.
4 साँझको बलिदान चढाउने समयसम्म नै म बसिरहँदा यस अविश्वासयोग्य कामको बारेमा इस्राएलका परमेश्वरको वचनदेखि डराउने सबै जना मकहाँ भेला भए ।
Then all those who feared the word of the God of Israel gathered to me, because of the transgression of those who had arrived from the captivity. And I sat in sorrow, until the evening sacrifice.
5 तर साँझको बलिदानको समयमा आफ्नो च्यातिएकै लुगा र खास्टोमा विनम्र भएकै अवस्थामा म उठें, र घुँडा टेकें अनि परमप्रभु मेरा परमेश्वर हुनुभएतिर आफ्ना हात फैलाएँ ।
And at the evening sacrifice, I rose up from my affliction, and, having torn my cloak and my tunic, I fell to my knees, and I reached out my hands to the Lord, my God.
6 मैले भने, “हे मेरा परमेश्वर, मेरो अनुहार तपाईंकहाँ उठाउन म लज्जित र अयोग्य भएको छु, किनकि हाम्रा अपराध हाम्रा शिरमाथि पुगेका छन्, र हाम्रा दोष स्वर्गसम्मै पुगेका छन् ।
And I said: “My God, I am confounded and ashamed to lift up my face to you. For our iniquities have been multiplied over our heads, and our offenses have increased, even up to heaven,
7 हाम्रा पुर्खाहरूको समयदेखि अहिलेसम्म हामी ठुलो दोषमा छौं । हाम्रा अपराधहरूको कारणले हामी, हाम्रा राजाहरू, हाम्रा पुजारीहरूलाई यस संसारका राजाहरूका हातमा, तरवारको धारमा, निर्वासनमा, लुट र बेइज्जतको लागि सुम्पिदियो जस्तो आज हामी छौं ।
from the days of our fathers. But also, we ourselves have sinned gravely, even to this day. And for our iniquities, we ourselves, and our kings and our priests, have been delivered into the hands of the kings of the lands, and to the sword, and to captivity, and to plunder, and to confusion of face, just as it is also in this day.
8 तरै पनि अब परमप्रभु हाम्रा परमेश्वरले केही जीवित रहेकाहरूलाई हामीकहाँ दिएर र आफ्नो पवित्रस्थानमा सुरक्षित ठाउँ दिएर हामीलाई छोटो समयको लागि भए पनि कृपा देखाउनुभएको छ । हाम्रा आँखा खोल्न र हाम्रो दासत्वमा हामीलाई थोरै राहत दिन परमेश्वरले यसो गर्नुभयो ।
And now, to a small extent and for a moment, our petition has been made with the Lord our God, so that they may leave us a remnant, and so that a secure place in his holy land may be given to us, and so that our God may illuminate our eyes, and may give us a little life in our servitude.
9 हामी दासहरू हौं, तर हाम्रा परमेश्वरले हामीलाई बिर्सनुभएको छैन, तर हामीसम्म करारको विश्वासनीयता फैलाउनुभएको छ । हामीले हाम्रा परमेश्वरको मन्दिर पुनर्निर्माण गर्न सकौं र यसका भग्नावशेषहरूलाई उठाउन सकौं भनेर हामीलाई नयाँ शक्ति प्रदान गर्न उहाँले फारसका राजाको दृष्टिमा यसो गर्नुभएको छ । उहाँले हामीलाई यहूदा र यरूशलेममा सुरक्षाको पर्खाल दिनलाई उहाँले यसो गर्नुभयो ।
For we are servants, yet in our servitude our God has not forsaken us, but he has inclined mercy upon us in the sight of the king of the Persians, so that he may give us life, and may raise up the house of our God, and repair its desolations, and give us a hedge in Judah and Jerusalem.
10 तर अब हे हाम्रा परमेश्वर, यसपछि हामी के भन्न सक्छौं र? हामीले तपाईंका आज्ञाहरू भुलेका छौं ।
And now, our God, what should we say after these things? For we abandoned your commandments,
11 ती आज्ञाहरू जुन तपाईंले आफ्ना सेवक अगमवक्ताहरूलाई तपाईंले भनेर दिनुभयो, “तिमीहरू जुन देश अधिकार गर्न लाग्दैछौ, त्यो अशुद्ध देश हो । त्यस देशका जातिहरूका घिनलाग्दा कुराहरूले यो देश दूषित भएको छ । तिनीहरूले यसको एउटा कुनादेखि अर्को कुनासम्म अशुद्धताले भरेका छन् ।
which you instructed by the hand of your servants, the prophets, saying: ‘The land, which you shall enter so that you may possess it, is an unclean land, due to the uncleanness of the peoples and of the other lands, the abominations of those who have filled it, from mouth to mouth, with their filth.’
12 त्यसैले अब आफ्ना छोरीहरू तिनीहरूका छोराहरूलाई नदिनू । तिनीहरूका छोरीहरू आफ्ना छोराहरूका लागि नलिनू, र तिनीहरूका जारी शान्ति र भलाइको खोजी नगर्नू, जसको कारणले तिमीहरू बलिया हुनेछौ, र त्यस देशका असल थोकहरूको उपभोग गर्नेछौ अनि तिमीहरूले आफ्ना छोराछोरीका लागि सदाको लागि यो देश अधिकार गर्नेछौ ।”
Now therefore, you should not give your daughters to their sons, nor should you receive their daughters for your sons. And you should not seek their peace, nor their prosperity, even forever. So shall you be strengthened, and so shall you eat the good things of the land, and have your sons as your heirs, even for all time.
13 तापनि हाम्रो दुष्ट अभ्यास र हाम्रो ठुलो दोषको कारणले हामीमाथि हरेक कुरा आइपरे पनि तपाईं हाम्रा परमेश्वरले हामीलाई हाम्रा अपराधअनुसार कम दण्ड दिनुभएको छ र हामीलाई बाँचेकाहरू छाड्नुभएको छ,
And after all that has happened to us because of our very wicked works and our great offense, you, our God, have freed us from our iniquity, and you have given us salvation, just as it is this day,
14 हामीले फेरि तपाईंका आज्ञाहरू भङ्ग गर्न र यी घिनलाग्दा जातिहरूसित मिश्रित विवाह गर्न हुन्छ र? के तपाईं क्रोधित भएर कोही पनि नरहने गरी हामीलाई निमिट्यान्न पार्नुहुन्न र?
so that we would not turn away and make your commandments void, and so that we would not unite in marriage with the peoples of these abominations. Could you be angry with us even to the very end, so that you would not leave us a remnant to be saved?
15 हे इस्राएलका परमप्रभु परमेश्वर, तपाईं धर्मी हुनुहुन्छ, किनकि आजको दिनसम्म हामी केही बाँचेकाहरू अझै छौं । हाम्रो दोषको कारणले कोही पनि तपाईंको सामु खडा हुन नसक्ने भए तापनि हामी हाम्रा दोषमा तपाईंको सामु छौं ।
O Lord, the God of Israel, you are just. For we have been left behind to be saved, just as it is this day. Behold, we are before your sight in our offense. And it is not possible to withstand you in this matter.”
