उत्पत्ति 24
1 अब्राहाम दिन धेरै खाएर बुढा भइसकेका थिए र परमप्रभुले तिनलाई सबै कुरामा आशिष् दिनुभएको थियो ।
Now Abraham was old and far on in years: and the Lord had given him everything in full measure.
2 अब्राहामले आफ्नो घरको सबै भन्दा पुरानो र तिनीसँग भएका सबै कुराहरूका अख्तियार गर्ने प्रमुख नोकरलाई भने, “तेरो हात मेरो तिघ्रामुनि राख्
And Abraham said to his chief servant, the manager of all his property, Come now, put your hand under my leg:
3 अनि तैँले अहिले म बसेको ठाउँका कनानीका छोरीहरूमध्ये कसैलाई पनि मेरो छोरोकी पत्नीको रूपमा ल्याइदिने छैनस् भनी म तँलाई स्वर्ग र पृथ्वीका परमप्रभु परमेश्वरको यो शपथ खान लाउँछु ।
And take an oath by the Lord, the God of heaven and the God of the earth, that you will not get a wife for my son Isaac from the daughters of the Canaanites among whom I am living;
4 तर तैँले मेरो देशमा मेरै कुटुम्बकहाँ गएर मेरो छोरा इसहाकको लागि एउटी पत्नी ल्याउनेछस् ।”
But that you will go into my country and to my relations and get a wife there for my son Isaac.
5 त्यस नोकरले तिनलाई भन्यो, “यदि त्यो स्त्री मेरो पछि लागेर यस देशमा आउने इच्छा गरिन भने मैले के गर्ने? के मैले तपाईंका छोरालाई जुन देशबाट तपाईं आउनुभयो त्यहीँ नै लैजाने?”
And the servant said, If by chance the woman will not come with me into this land, am I to take your son back again to the land from which you came?
6 अब्राहामले त्यसलाई भने, “तैँले मेरो छोरालाई त्यहाँ फर्काएर नलानू!
And Abraham said, Take care that you do not let my son go back to that land.
7 मलाई मेरा पिताको घर र मेरो जन्मभूमिबाट यहाँ ल्याउनुहुने स्वर्ग र पृथ्वीका परमप्रभु परमेश्वरले शपथ खाई मसँग यसो भनेर प्रतिज्ञा गर्नुभएको छ, ‘तेरा सन्तानलाई म यो देश दिनेछु,’ उहाँले नै आफ्ना दूत तेरो अगिअगि पठाउनुहुनेछ, र तैँले मेरो छोराको लागि त्यहाँबाट एउटी पत्नी ल्याउनेछस् ।
The Lord God of heaven, who took me from my father's house and from the land of my birth, and made an oath to me, saying, To your seed I will give this land: he will send his angel before you and give you a wife for my son in that land.
8 त्यो केटी तेरो पछि आउन इच्छा गरिन भने तँ मेरो यो शपथबाट मुक्त हुनेछस् । केवल तैँले मेरो छोरालाई चाहिँ त्यहाँ फर्काएर नलैजानू ।”
And if the woman will not come with you, then you are free from this oath; only do not take my son back there.
9 त्यसैले त्यस नोकरले आफ्ना मालिक अब्राहामको तिघ्रामुनि हात राखेर यस विषयमा तिनीसित शपथ खायो ।
And the servant put his hand under Abraham's leg, and gave him his oath about this thing.
10 आफ्ना मालिकका दशवटा ऊँट लिएर त्यो नोकर बिदा भयो । त्यसले आफ्ना मालिकबाट सबै किसिमका सौगात पनि लिएर गयो । ऊ बिदा भएर अराम-नाहारैमतिर नाहोरको सहरमा गयो ।
And the servant took ten of his master's camels, and all sorts of good things of his master's, and went to Mesopotamia, to the town of Nahor.
11 त्यसले ऊँटहरूलाई सहरको बाहिर इनारको नजिकै घुँडा टेक्न लगायो । त्यो साँझपख स्त्रीहरू पानी भर्न आउने बेला थियो ।
And he made the camels take their rest outside the town by the water-spring in the evening, at the time when the women came to get water.
12 अनि त्यसले प्रार्थना गर्यो, “हे परमप्रभु मेरा मालिकका परमेश्वर, आज मलाई मेरो काममा सफल गराएर मेरा मालिक अब्राहामलाई आफ्नो दया देखाउनुहोस् ।
And he said, O Lord, the God of my master Abraham, let me do well in what I have undertaken this day, and give your mercy to my master Abraham.
13 हेर्नुहोस्, म यो इनारनेर उभिरहेको छु, र सहरका मानिसहरूका छोरीहरू पानी भर्नलाई आउँदै छन् ।
See, I am waiting here by the water-spring; and the daughters of the town are coming out to get water:
14 यसैले यसो होस्: जुन कन्यालाई म ‘तिम्रो गाग्रो मतिर पानी पिउनलाई ढल्काइदेऊ’ भनुँला, र जसले मलाई ‘खानुहोस्, म तपाईंका ऊँटहरूलाई पनि खुवाइदिन्छु’ भन्छिन्, तिनलाई नै तपाईंले आफ्ना दास इसहाकको निम्ति रोज्नुभएको होस् । तपाईंले मेरा मालिकलाई करारको दया देखाउनुभएको रहेछ भन्ने म त्यसैबाट थाहा पाउनेछु ।”
Now, may the girl to whom I say, Let down your vessel and give me a drink, and who says in answer, Here is a drink for you and let me give water to your camels: may she be the one marked out by you for your servant Isaac: so may I be certain that you have been good to my master Abraham.
15 त्यसले यो भनिसकेको पनि थिएन, रिबेका काँधमा गाग्रो राखेर आइन् । तिनी अब्राहामका भाइ नाहोरकी पत्नी मिल्काको छोरो बतूएलकी छोरी थिइन् ।
And even before his words were ended, Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel, the son of Milcah, who was the wife of Nahor, Abraham's brother, came out with her water-vessel on her arm.
16 ती जवान स्त्री अत्यन्त सुन्दरी र कुमारी थिइन् । तिनको कुनै मानिससित पनि सहवास भएको थिएन । इनारमा ओर्लेर तिनले गाग्रोमा पानी भरिन् र उक्लेर आइन् ।
She was a very beautiful girl, a virgin, who had never been touched by a man: and she went down to the spring to get water in her vessel.
17 तब त्यो नोकर तिनलाई भेट गर्न दगुर्यो र भन्यो, “कृपया तिम्रो गाग्रोबाट मलाई अलिकता पानी पिउन देऊ ।”
And the servant came running to her and said, Give me a little water from your vessel.
18 तिनले “हजूर, पिउनुहोस्” भनेर तुरुन्तै गाग्रो झारिन्, र आफ्नो हातमा गाग्रो राखेर त्यसलाई पानी पियाइन् ।
And she said, Take a drink, my lord: and quickly letting down her vessel onto her hand, she gave him a drink.
19 त्यसलाई पिउन दिइसकेपछि तिनले भनिन्, “तपाईंका ऊँटहरूका निम्ति पनि तिनीहरूले पिई नसकुञ्जेल म पानी उघाएर दिनेछु ।”
And having done so, she said, I will get water for your camels till they have had enough.
20 तब तिनले झट्टै आफ्नो गाग्रोको पानी डुँडमा खन्याएर फेरि पानी उघाउन इनारतिर दौडेर गइन्, र तिनले सबै ऊँटहरूका निम्ति पनि पानी उघाइदिइन् ।
And after putting the water from her vessel into the animals' drinking-place, she went quickly back to the spring and got water for all the camels.
21 त्यो मानिसचाहिँ परमप्रभुले आफ्नो यात्रा सफल गरिदिनुभएको हो कि होइन भनी थाहा पाउनलाई चुप लागेर तिनलाई हेरिरह्यो ।
And the man, looking at her, said nothing, waiting to see if the Lord had given his journey a good outcome.
22 ऊँटहरूले पानी खाइसकेपछि त्यस मानिसले छ ग्राम तौलका सुनको एउटा नत्थ र एक सय ग्राम जति तौलका सुनका बालाहरू झिकेर
And when the camels had had enough, the man took a gold nose-ring, half a shekel in weight, and two ornaments for her arms of ten shekels weight of gold;
23 भन्यो, “तिमी कसकी छोरी हौ? कृपया मलाई भन, के तिम्रा बुबाको घरमा रात गुजार्नको निम्ति हाम्रो निम्ति ठाउँ छ?”
And said to her, Whose daughter are you? is there room in your father's house for us?
24 तिनले त्यसलाई भनिन्, “म नाहोरबाट मिल्काले जन्माएका बतूएलकी छोरी हुँ ।”
And she said to him, I am the daughter of Bethuel, the son of Milcah, Nahor's wife.
25 तिनले त्यसलाई अझै भनिन्, “हामीसँग दाना र पराल प्रशस्त छन्, र रात गुजार्नलााई कोठा पनि छन् ।”
And she said, We have a great store of dry grass and cattle-food, and there is room for you.
26 तब त्यस मानिसले आफ्नो शिर निहुराएर परमप्रभुको आराधना गर्यो ।
And with bent head the man gave worship to the Lord;
27 त्यसले भन्यो, “परमप्रभु, मेरा मालिक अब्राहामका परमेश्वर धन्यका हुनुहुन्छ, जसले मेरा मालिकप्रतिको करारको दया र विश्वस्तता त्याग्नुभएको छैन । परमप्रभुले नै मलाई डोर्याएर मेरा मालिकका कुटुम्बको घरमा ल्याइदिनुभएको छ ।”
And said, Praise be to the Lord, the God of my master Abraham, who has given a sign that he is good and true to my master, by guiding me straight to the house of my master's family.
28 तब ती कन्या गइन् र आफ्नी आमाका परिवारलाई सबै कुरा बताइन् ।
So the girl went running and took the news of these things to her mother's house
29 रिबेकाका लाबान नाउँ भएका एक जना दाजु थिए । लाबान दौडेर बाहिर बाटोमा इनारनेर भएका त्यस मानिसतिर गए ।
Now Rebekah had a brother named Laban, and he came out quickly to the man at the water-spring.
30 जब उनले आफ्नी बहिनीको नाकमा नत्थ र हातमा बाला देखे र “त्यस मानिसले मलाई यसो भन्यो” भन्ने कुरा आफ्नी बहिनीबाट सुने, तब उनी त्यस मानिसकहाँ गए, त्यो मानिस इनारको छेउमा ऊँटहरूका नजिकै उभिइरहेको थियो ।
And when he saw the nose-ring and the ornaments on his sister's hands, and when she gave him word of what the man had said to her, then he went out to the man who was waiting with the camels by the water-spring.
31 त्यसपछि लाबानले भने, “हे परमप्रभुका आशीर्वादी जन, आउनुहोस् । किन बाहिरै उभिरहनुहुन्छ? मैले तपाईंको निम्ति घर र ऊँटहरूका लागि ठाउँ तयार पारिराखेको छु ।”
And he said to him, Come in, you on whom is the blessing of the Lord; why are you waiting outside? for I have made the house ready for you, and a place for the camels.
32 तब त्यो मानिस घरमा गयो र ऊँटहरूका भारीहरू झार्यो । उँटहरूलाई पराल र दाना दिइयो, अनि त्यस मानिस र त्यससित हुने मानिसहरूका निम्ति खुट्टा धुने पानी पनि दिइयो ।
Then the man came into the house, and Laban took their cords off the camels and gave them dry grass and food, and he gave to him and the men who were with him water for washing their feet.
33 तिनीहरूले त्यसको सामु खानेकुरा पनि राखिदिए, तर त्यसले भन्यो, “जबसम्म मेरो समाचार म भन्दिनँ तबसम्म म केही खान्नँ ।” तब लाबानले भने, “ल, भन्नुहोस् ।”
And meat was put before him, but he said, I will not take food till I have made my business clear to you. And they said, Do so.
34 त्यसले भन्यो, “म अब्राहामको एक नोकर हुँ ।
And he said, I am Abraham's servant.
35 परमप्रभुले मेरा मालिकलाई धेरै आशिष् दिनुभएको छ र तिनी एक ठुला मानिस भएका छन् । उहाँले तिनलाई बगालहरू र बथानहरू, सुनचाँदी, दास-दासी, ऊँटहरू र गधाहरू दिनुभएको छ ।
The Lord has given my master every blessing, and he has become great: he has given him flocks and herds and silver and gold, and men-servants and women-servants and camels and asses.
36 मेरा मालिककी पत्नी साराले बुढेसकालमा तिनको निम्ति एक जना छोरो जन्माइन्, र उनैलाई तिनले आफ्ना सबै कुरा दिएका छन् ।
And when Sarah, my master's wife, was old, she gave birth to a son, to whom he has given all he has.
37 मेरो मालिकले मलाई यसो भनेर शपथ खान लाएका छन्, ‘तैँले मेरो छोराको लागि म अहिले बसेको देशका कनानीहरूका छोरीहरूमध्ये कुनै पनि विवाह गर्नलाई नल्याउनू ।
And my master made me take an oath, saying, Do not get a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites among whom I am living;
38 बरु, तैँले मेरा पिताका परिवार र मेरा कुटुम्बहरूकहाँ गएर मेरो छोराको निम्ति पत्नी ल्याउनू ।'
But go to my father's house and to my relations for a wife for my son.
39 मैले मेरो मालिकलाई भनेँ, 'सायद त्यो स्त्री मेरो साथमा आउन मान्दिन होला?'
And I said to my master, What if the woman will not come with me?
40 तिनले मलाई भने, ‘जुन परमप्रभुको सामुन्ने म हिँड्छु, उहाँले नै आफ्ना दूत तँसित पठाउनुहुनेछ, र तेरो कार्य सफल हुनेछ, ताकि तैैँले मेरो कुटुम्ब र मेरा पिताको घरबाट मेरो छोराको लागि एउटी पत्नी ल्याउनेछस् ।
And he said, The Lord, whom I have ever kept before me, will send his angel with you, who will make it possible for you to get a wife for my son from my relations and my father's house;
41 तर तँ मेरो कुटुम्बकहाँ पुगिस् र तिनीहरूले तिनलाई दिएनन् भने तँ मेरो यस शपथबाट छुट्नेछस् ।'
And you will be free from your oath to me when you come to my people; and if they will not give her to you, you will be free from your oath.
42 यसैले आज इनारमा आइपुगेर मैले यसो भनेँ, 'हे परमप्रभु, मेरा मालिक अब्राहामका परमेश्वर, मेरो यात्रा सफल गराइदिने तपाईंको इच्छा भए,
And I came today to the water-spring, and I said, O Lord, the God of my master Abraham, if it is your purpose to give a good outcome to my journey,
43 म इनारको छेउमा उभिरहेछु, पानी भर्नलाई आउने स्त्रीलाई मैले 'तिम्रो गाग्रोबाट मलाई अलिकता पानी पिउन देऊ,' भन्दा
Let it come about that, while I am waiting here by the water-spring, if a girl comes to get water and I say to her, Give me a little water from your vessel, and she says,
44 तिनले मलाई “खानुहोस्, र म तपाईंका ऊँटहरूलाई पनि पानी उघाइदिनेछु,” भनिन् भने, मेरा मालिकका छोराको लागि परमप्रभुले ठहराउनुभएको स्त्री त्यही होस् ।
Take a drink, and I will get water for your camels; let her be the woman marked out by the Lord for my master's son.
45 “मैले यी कुरा मनमनै भनिसक्न अगि नै, हेर्नुहोस्, रिबेका काँधमा आफ्नो गाग्रो बोकेर आइन्, र इनारमा ओर्लेर पानी उघाइन् । मैले तिनलाई भनेँ, ‘कृपया मलाई पानी पिउन देऊ ।’
And even while I was saying this to myself, Rebekah came out with her vessel on her arm; and she went down to the spring to get water; and I said to her, Give me a drink.
46 “तिनले तुरुन्तै आफ्नो काँधबाट गाग्रो झारेर भनिन्, ‘पिउनुहोस् र म तपाईंका ऊँटहरूका निम्ति पनि पानी पिउन दिनेछु ।’ तब मैले पानी पिएँ, र तिनले मेरा ऊँटहरूलाई पनि पानी पिउन दिइन् ।
And straight away she took down her vessel from her arm, and said, Take a drink, and I will get water for your camels.
47 “मैले तिनलाई ‘तिमी कसकी छोरी हौ?’ भनी सोधेँ । “तिनले भनिन्, ‘नाहोर र मिल्काका छोरा बतूएलकी छोरी हुँ ।’ तब मैले तिनको नाकमा नत्थ र हातमा बालाहरू लगाइदिएँ ।
And questioning her, I said, Whose daughter are you? And she said, The daughter of Bethuel, the son of Nahor, and Milcah his wife. Then I put the ring on her nose and the ornaments on her hands.
48 अनि मैले आफ्नो शिर निहुराएर परमप्रभुको आराधना गरेँ, र मेरा मालिक अब्राहामका परमप्रभु परमेश्वरलाई धन्यको भनेँ, जसले मेरा मालिककै भाइकी नातिनी तिनका छोराको निम्ति पत्ता लगाउन मलाई ठिक बाटोमा डोर्याउनुभएको थियो ।
And with bent head I gave worship and praise to the Lord, the God of my master Abraham, by whom I had been guided in the right way, to get the daughter of my master's brother for his son.
49 अब तपाईंहरू मेरा मालिकसँग करारको विश्वासयोग्यता र भरोसायोग्य व्यवहार गर्नुहुन्छ भने मलाई भन्नुहोस् । होइन भने पनि मलाई भन्नुहोस्, र म दाहिने-देब्रे जता हुन्छ लागुँला ।”
And now, say if you will do what is good and right for my master or not, in order that it may be clear to me what I have to do.
50 तब लाबान र बतूएलले जवाफ दिए, “यो कुरा परमप्रभुबाट नै हुन आएको हो । हामी तपाईंलाई खराब अथवा असल केही भन्न सक्दैनौँ ।
Then Laban and Bethuel said in answer, This is the Lord's doing: it is not for us to say Yes or No to you.
51 हेर्नुस्, रिबेका तपाईँको सामुन्ने छे । त्यसलाई लिएर जानुस्, र परमप्रभुले भन्नुभएजस्तै गरी त्यो तपाईंका मालिकका छोराकी पत्नी होस् ।”
See, here is Rebekah: take her and go, and let her be your master's son's wife, as the Lord has said.
52 तिनीहरूका कुरा सुनेपछि अब्राहामको नोकरले भूइँमा निहुरेर परमप्रभुलाई दण्डवत् गर्यो ।
And at these words, Abraham's servant went down on his face and gave praise to the Lord.
53 तब त्यसले सुन र चाँदीका गहनाहरू र लुगाहरू ल्याएर रिबेकालाई दियो । त्यसले तिनका दाजु र आमालाई पनि मूल्यवान् उपहारहरू दियो ।
Then he took jewels of silver and jewels of gold and fair robes and gave them to Rebekah: and he gave things of value to her mother and her brother.
54 तब त्यो र त्यसका साथमा भएका मानिसहरूले खाए र पिए । तिनीहरूले त्यो रात त्यहीँ बिताए अनि बिहान उठेपछि त्यसले भन्यो, “मेरा मालिककहाँ जान अब मलाई बिदा दिनुहोस् ।”
Then he and the men who were with him had food and drink, and took their rest there that night; and in the morning he got up, and said, Let me now go back to my master.
55 रिबेकाका दाजु र आमाले भने, “कन्यालाई कम्तीमा पनि दस दिन यहीँ हामीसँग रहन दिनुहोस् । त्यसपछि तिनी गए हुन्छ ।”
But her brother and her mother said, Let the girl be with us a week or ten days, and then she may go.
56 तर त्यसले तिनीहरूलाई भन्यो, “परमप्रभुले मेरो यात्रा सफल गराउनुभएको हुनाले मलाई नअलमल्याउनुहोस् । मलाई जान दिनुहोस्, र म मेरा मालिककहाँ जानेछु ।”
And he said, Do not keep me; the Lord has given a good outcome to my journey; let me now go back to my master.
57 तिनीहरूले भने, “हामी कन्यालाई बोलाउँछौँ र तिनलाई सोध्छौँ ।”
And they said, We will send for the girl, and let her make the decision.
58 अनि तिनीहरूले रिबेकालाई डाकेर सोधे, “के तिमी यस मानिसको साथमा जान्छ्यौ?” तिनले भनिन्, “म जान्छु ।”
And they sent for Rebekah and said to her, Are you ready to go with this man? And she said, I am ready.
59 यसैकारण तिनीहरूले आफ्नी बहिनी रिबेकालाई तिनकी सेविकासँगै अब्राहामको नोकर र त्यसका मानिसहरूका साथमा पठाइदिए ।
So they sent their sister Rebekah and her servant with Abraham's servant and his men.
60 तिनीहरूले रिबेकालाई आशिष् दिएर भने, “हे हाम्री बहिनी, तिमी हजारौँ हजारका आमा होऊ, र तिम्रा सन्तानले तिनीहरूसँग दुश्मनी गर्नेहरूका सहरका प्रवेशद्वारहरू कब्जा गरून् ।”
And they gave Rebekah their blessing, saying, O sister, may you be the mother of thousands and ten thousands; and may your seed overcome all those who make war against them.
61 तब रिबेका उठिन् र तिनका सहेलीहरूसँग ऊँटहरूमा चढेर त्यस मानिसको पछि लागिन् । यसरी रिबेकालाई लिएर त्यो नोकर आफ्नो बाटो लाग्यो ।
So Rebekah and her servant-women went with the man, seated on the camels; and so the servant took Rebekah and went on his way.
62 अब इसहाक नेगेवमा बसोबास गरिरहेका थिए, उनी बेअर-लहै-रोइबाट भर्खरै आएका थिए ।
Now Isaac had come through the waste land to Beer-lahai-roi; for he was living in the South.
63 इसहाक साँझपख एकाग्रताका निम्ति बाहिर निस्केका थिए । उनले आँखा उठाएर हेर्दा ऊँटहरू आइरहेका देखे ।
And when the evening was near, he went wandering out into the fields, and lifting up his eyes he saw camels coming.
64 रिबेकाले पनि आँखा उठाएर हेर्दा इसहाकलाई देखिन्, र ऊँटबाट ओर्लिन् ।
And when Rebekah, looking up, saw Isaac, she got down from her camel,
65 तिनले नोकरलाई भनिन्, “हामीलाई भेट्न बाहिर हिँड्दै आउने मानिस को हुन्?” त्यस नोकरले भन्यो, “उनी त मेरा मालिक हुन् ।” तब रिबेकाले घुम्टो हालेर आफ्नो अनुहार छोपिन् ।
And said to the servant, Who is that man coming to us through the field? And the servant said, It is my master: then she took her veil, covering her face with it.
66 त्यसपछि आफूले गरेका सबै काम त्यस नोकरले इसहाकलाई बतायो ।
Then the servant gave Isaac the story of all he had done.
67 इसहाकले रिबेकालाई आफ्नी आमा साराको पालमा लगे, र विवाह गरे । अनि तिनी उनकी पत्नी भइन्, र उनले तिनलाई प्रेम गरे । यसरी आफ्नी आमाको मृत्युपछि इसहाकले सान्त्वना पाए ।'
And Isaac took Rebekah into his tent and she became his wife; and in his love for her, Isaac was comforted after his father's death.
