< उत्पत्ति 37 >
1 याकूब आफ्ना बुबा बसोबास गर्दै आएका कनान देशमा बस्दथे ।
Now Jacob was living in the land where his father had made a place for himself, in the land of Canaan.
2 याकूबका विषयमा भएका घटनाहरूका वृत्तान्त यिनै थिए । सत्र वर्षका जवान योसेफ आफ्ना दाजुहरूसँग भेडाबाख्राहरूका बगाल हेर्दै थिए । उनी आफ्ना बुबाका उपपत्नीहरू बिल्हा र जिल्पाका छोराहरूसँग थिए । योसेफले आफ्ना बुबाकहाँ तिनीहरूका विषयमा खराब खबर ल्याए ।
These are the generations of Jacob: Joseph, a boy seventeen years old, was looking after the flock, together with his brothers, the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father's wives; and Joseph gave their father a bad account of them.
3 इस्राएलले आफ्ना सबै छोराहरूमध्ये योसेफलाई धेरै माया गर्दथे किनभने उनी तिनका बुढेसकालका छोरा थिए । तिनले उनको निम्ति एउटा सुन्दर वस्त्र बनाइदिए ।
Now the love which Israel had for Joseph was greater than his love for all his other children, because he got him when he was an old man: and he had a long coat made for him.
4 उनका दाजुहरूले तिनीहरूका बुबाले उनलाई सबै दाजुभाइहरूभन्दा धेरै माया गरेका देखे । तिनीहरूले योसेफलाई घृणा गर्थे र उनीसँग राम्ररी बोल्दैनथे ।
And because his brothers saw that Joseph was dearer to his father than all the others, they were full of hate for him, and would not say a kind word to him.
5 योसेफले एउटा सपना देखे जसको विषयमा उनले आफ्ना दाजुहरूलाई बताए । त्यसपछि तिनीहरूले उनलाई झनै धेरै घृणा गरे ।
Now Joseph had a dream, and he gave his brothers an account of it, which made their hate greater than ever.
6 उनले तिनीहरूलाई भने, “कृपया मैले देखेको सपनालाई सुन्नुहोस् ।
And he said to them, Let me give you the story of my dream.
7 हामी खेतमा अन्नका बिटाहरू बाँधिरहेका थियौँ अनि मेरो बिटाचाहिँ ठाडो भई उठ्यो, र तपाईंहरूका बिटाहरू मेरो बिटाको वरिपरि आई त्यसलाई दण्डवत् गरे ।”
We were in the field, getting the grain stems together, and my grain kept upright, and yours came round and went down on the earth before mine.
8 उनका दाजुहरूले उनलाई भने, “के तैँले साँच्चै हामीमाथि शासन गर्नेछस्? के साँच्चै हामीमाथि तैँले अधिकार गर्नेछस्?” उनका सपना र उनले भनेका कुराहरूका कारण तिनीहरूले उनलाई झनै धेरै घृणा गरे ।
And his brothers said to him, Are you to be our king? will you have authority over us? And because of his dream and his words, their hate for him became greater than ever.
9 उनले अर्को एउटा सपना देखे जसको विषयमा उनले आफ्ना दाजुहरूलाई बताए । उनले भने, “हेर्नुहोस्, मैले अर्को सपना देखेँः सूर्य, चन्द्र र एघारवटा ताराले मलाई दण्डवत् गरे ।”
Then he had another dream, and gave his brothers an account of it, saying, I have had another dream: the sun and the moon and eleven stars gave honour to me.
10 आफ्ना दाजुहरूलाई झैँ उनले यो कुरा आफ्ना बुबालाई पनि बताए, तर उनका बुबाले उनलाई हप्काए । तिनले उनलाई भने, “तिमीले देखेको यो सपना के हो? के तिम्री आमा र म अनि तिम्रा सबै दाजुहरूले साँच्चै तिम्रोअगि भुइँसम्मै झुकेर दण्डवत् गर्नेछन्?”
And he gave word of it to his father and his brothers; but his father protesting said, What sort of a dream is this? am I and your mother and your brothers to go down on our faces to the earth before you?
11 उनका दाजुहरूले उनको ईर्ष्या गर्न लागे, तर उनका बुबाले यो विषयलाई आफ्नो मनमा नै राखे ।
And his brothers were full of envy; but his father kept his words in mind.
12 उनका दाजुहरू आफ्ना बुबाका भेडाबाख्राहरूका बगाललाई चराउन शकेममा गएका थिए ।
Now his brothers went to keep watch over their father's flock in Shechem.
13 इस्राएलले योसेफलाई भने, “के तिम्रा दाजुहरू शकेममा भेडाबाख्राहरूका बगाल चराइरहेका छैनन् र? आऊ, र म तिमीलाई तिनीहरूकहाँ पठाउनेछु ।” योसेफले तिनलाई भने, “म तयार छु ।”
And Israel said to Joseph, Are not your brothers with the flock in Shechem? come, I will send you to them. And he said to him, Here am I.
14 तिनले उनलाई भने, “अहिले नै जाऊ र तिम्रा दाजुहरू र बगाल ठिकै छन् कि छैनन् हेर, र मकहाँ खबर ल्याऊ ।” यसैकारण याकूबले उनलाई हेब्रोनको बेँसीबाट बाहिर शकेममा पठाए, अनि उनी त्यहाँ गए ।
And he said to him, Go now, and see if your brothers are well and how the flock is; then come back and give me word. So he sent him out of the valley of Hebron, and he came to Shechem.
15 एक जना मानिसले योसेफलाई भेट्टाए । योसेफ खेतमा डुलिरहेका थिए । त्यस मानिसले उनलाई सोधे, “तिमी के खोजिरहेका छौ?”
And a man saw him wandering in the country, and said to him, What are you looking for?
16 योसेफले भने, “म मेरा दाजुहरूलाई खोजिरहेको छु । उहाँहरूले बगाल कहाँ चराउँदै हुनुहुन्छ कृपया मलाई बताउनुहोस् ।”
And he said, I am looking for my brothers; please give me word of where they are keeping their flock.
17 त्यस मानिसले भने, “तिनीहरू यस ठाउँबाट गइसके, तर मैले तिनीहरूले यसो भनेका सुनेको थिएँ, ‘हामी दोतानतिर जाऔँ ।’” योसेफ आफ्ना दाजुहरूका पछिपछि गए र तिनीहरूलाई दोतानमा भेट्टाए ।
And the man said, They have gone away from here, for they said in my hearing, Let us go to Dothan. So Joseph went after them and came up with them at Dothan.
18 तिनीहरूले उनलाई टाढैबाट आइरहेको देखे, र उनी तिनीहरूका नजिक आइपुग्नअगि नै तिनीहरूले उनलाई मार्ने मतो गरे ।
But they saw him when he was a long way off, and before he came near them they made a secret design against him to put him to death;
19 उनका दाजुहरूले एक-अर्कासँग भने, “हेर, त्यो स्वप्न-दर्शी आउँदै छ ।
Saying to one another, See, here comes this dreamer.
20 अब, हामी त्यसलाई मारौँ र त्यसलाई यी खाडलहरूमध्ये एउटामा फालिदिऔँ । हामी यस्तो भनिदिउँला, ‘कुनै जङ्गली जनावरले त्यसलाई खाएछ ।’ अनि त्यसका सपनाहरू के हुनेछन् भनेर हामी हेर्नेछौँ ।”
Let us now put him to death and put his body into one of these holes, and we will say, An evil beast has put him to death: then we will see what becomes of his dreams.
21 रूबेनले यो सुने र उनलाई तिनीहरूका हातबाट बचाए । उनले भने, “हामी त्यसको प्राण नलिऔँ ।”
But Reuben, hearing these words, got him out of their hands, saying, Let us not take his life.
22 तिनीहरूका हातबाट बचाई आफ्ना बुबाकहाँ ल्याउने योजना राखी रूबेनले तिनीहरूलाई भने, “रगत नबगाऔँ । मरुभूमिको खाडलमा त्यसलाई फ्याँकिदेओ, तर त्यसमाथि हात नउठाओ ।”
Do not put him to a violent death, but let him be placed in one of the holes; this he said to keep him safe from their hands, with the purpose of taking him back to his father again.
23 जब योसेफ दाजुहरूकहाँ आइपुगे, तिनीहरूले उनको त्यो सुन्दर वस्त्र च्यातिदिए ।
So when Joseph came to his brothers, they took off his long coat which he had on;
24 तिनीहरूले उनलाई पक्रेर खाडलमा फ्याँकिदिए । त्यो खाडलमा पानी थिएन र त्यो सुक्खा थियो ।
And they took him and put him in the hole: now the hole had no water in it.
25 तिनीहरू भोजन गर्न बसे । तिनीहरूले आफ्ना आँखा उठाएर हेरे, र गिलादबाट ऊँटहरूमा मसलाहरू, लेप र मुर्र लिएर आइरहेको इश्माएलीहरूको एउटा यात्री दललाई देखे । तिनीहरू ती सरसामान लिएर मिश्रतर्फ यात्रा गर्दै थिए ।
Then seating themselves, they took their meal: and looking up, they saw a travelling band of Ishmaelites, coming from Gilead on their way to Egypt, with spices and perfumes on their camels.
26 यहूदाले आफ्ना दाजुभाइहरूलाई भने, “हामीले आफ्नो भाइलाई मारेर त्यसको रगत लुकाएर हामीलाई के फाइदा?
And Judah said to his brothers, What profit is there in putting our brother to death and covering up his blood?
27 आओ, त्यसलाई यी इश्माएलीहरूलाई बेचिदिऔँ र त्यसमाथि हात नउठाऔँ । किनकि त्यो हाम्रै रगत, हाम्रै भाइ हो ।” उनका दाजुभाइहरूले उनको कुरा सुने ।
Let us give him to these Ishmaelites for a price, and let us not put violent hands on him, for he is our brother, our flesh. And his brothers gave ear to him.
28 मिद्यानी व्यापारीहरू त्यहाँबाट भएर गए । योसेफका दाजुहरूले उनलाई माथि उठाए र त्यस खाडलबाट बाहिर निकाले । तिनीहरूले योसेफलाई इश्माएलीहरूका हातमा चाँदीका बिस सिक्कामा बेचिदिए । ती इश्माएलीहरूले योसेफलाई मिश्रमा लगे ।
And some traders from Midian went by; so pulling Joseph up out of the hole, they gave him to the Ishmaelites for twenty bits of silver, and they took him to Egypt.
29 पछि रूबेन त्यस खाडलमा फर्केर गए, तर योसेफ भने खाडलमा थिएनन् । उनले आफ्ना लुगाहरू च्याते ।
Now when Reuben came back to the hole, Joseph was not there; and giving signs of grief,
30 उनी आफ्ना दाजुभाइहरूकहाँ फर्के र भने, “त्यो केटो त त्यहाँ छैन! अब म कहाँ जाऊँ?”
He went back to his brothers, and said, The child is gone; what am I to do?
31 तिनीहरूले एउटा बोका मारे अनि त्यसपछि योसेफको वस्त्र लिएर त्यसलाई रगतमा चोपे।
Then they took Joseph's coat, and put on it some of the blood from a young goat which they had put to death,
32 त्यस वस्त्रलाई तिनीहरूले आफ्ना बुबाकहाँ ल्याएर भने, “हामीले यो भेट्टायौँ । कृपया यो तपाईंको छोराको लुगा हो कि होइन हेर्नुहोस् ।”
And they took the coat to their father, and said, We came across this; is it your son's coat or not?
33 याकूबले आफ्ना छोराको लुगा चिने र भने, “यो त मेरो छोराको लुगा हो । उसलाई जङ्गली जनावरले खाएछ । योसेफलाई पक्कै पनि त्यसले टुक्रा-टुक्रा पार्यो होला ।”
And he saw that it was, and said, It is my son's coat; an evil beast has put him to death; without doubt Joseph has come to a cruel end.
34 याकूबले आफ्ना वस्त्र च्याते र आफ्नो कम्मरमा भाङ्ग्रा लगाए । तिनले आफ्ना छोराको निम्ति धेरै दिनसम्म शोक गरे ।
Then Jacob, giving signs of grief, put on haircloth, and went on weeping for his son day after day.
35 तिनका सबै छोराछोरीहरू तिनलाई सान्त्वना दिन तिनको नजिक आए, तर तिनले त्यो इन्कार गरे । तिनले भने, “म मेरो छोराको निम्ति शोक गर्दै चिहानमा पुग्नेछु ।” उनका बुबा उनको निम्ति रोए । (Sheol )
And all his sons and all his daughters came to give him comfort, but he would not be comforted, saying with weeping, I will go down to the underworld to my son. So great was his father's sorrow for him. (Sheol )
36 मिद्यानीहरूले उनलाई मिश्रमा फारोका एक अधिकृत अर्थात् अङ्गरक्षकहरूका कप्तान पोतीफरका हातमा बेचिदिए ।
And in Egypt the men of Midian gave him for a price to Potiphar, a captain of high position in Pharaoh's house.