< होशे 8 >

1 “तुरही फुक्‍न तयार होओ! परमप्रभुको मन्‍दिरमाथि एउटा गरुड आउँदैछ, किनभने मानिसहरूले मेरो करार भङ्ग गरेका छन्, र मेरो व्यवस्थाको विरुद्ध बागी भएका छन् ।
Set the cornet to thy mouth. [Let the enemy come] like the eagle against the house of the Lord: because they have transgressed my covenant, and against my law have they trespassed.
2 तिनीहरू मलाई पुकारा गर्छन्, ‘हे मेरा परमेश्‍वर, इस्राएलीमा हामी तपाईंलाई चिन्दछौं ।’
To me will they then cry, My God, we, Israel, know thee.
3 तर इस्राएलले जे असल छ त्यो इन्‍कार गरेको छ, र सत्रुले त्यसलाई खेद्‍नेछ ।
[But] Israel did reject the good; so let the enemy pursue him.
4 मैले नचुनेका राजाहरूलाई, तिनीहरूले स्थापित गरेका छन् । तिनीहरूले मलाई नसोधी राजकुमारहरू नियुक्‍त गरेका छन् । आफ्‍ना चाँदी र सुनले, आफ्नै निम्ति तिनीहरूले मूर्तिहरू बनाएका छन्, तर तिनीहरूको विनाश हुनलाई नै यसो भयो ।”
They set up kings, but not my advice: they chose princes and I knew it not: of their silver and their gold have they made themselves idols so that they will be cut off.
5 “ए समारिया, तेरो बाछो तिरस्‍कृत भएको छ । यी मानिसहरूका विरूद्धमा मेरो क्रोध जल्‍दैछ । किनकि कहिलेसम्म तिनीहरू दोषी रहनेछन्?
Thy calf, O Samaria, hath caused thy rejection; my anger is kindled against them: how long will it be that they cannot cleanse themselves?
6 किनकि यो मूर्ति इस्राएलबाट आएको हो । एउटा कारिगरले त्‍यो बनायो । त्यो परमेश्‍वर होइन! सामरियाको बाछोलाइ टुक्रा-टुक्रा पारिनेछ ।
For whom Israel did also that [idol] spring; an artisan made it, and no God is it: so then shall it become broken in splinters— that calf of Samaria.
7 किनकि मानिसहरूले बतास छर्छन्, र आँधिको कटनी गर्छन् । खडा बालीमा बालाहरू छैनन्, र त्यसले केही फसल दिंदैन । त्यसमा फसल लाग्‍यो भने, परदेशीहरूले त्यो सखाप पार्नेछन् ।
For the wind do they sow, and the whirlwind shall they reap: [their seed] bringeth no standing corn; the plant yieldeth no meal; but should it yield it, strangers would swallow it up.
8 इस्राएल निलिएको छ । अब जातिहरूमा बिचमा ती काम नलाग्‍ने वस्तुझैं रहन्‍छन् ।
Swallowed up is Israel: now are they among the nations as a vessel without any value.
9 किनकि वन-गधा एक्लै गएझैं, तिनीहरू अश्‍शूरसम्‍म गए । एफ्राइमले आफ्नै निम्ति प्रेमीहरू नियुक्‍त गरेको छ ।
For they are needs gone up to Assyria, they who like a wild ass should dwell alone: Ephraim spendeth lovers' gifts.
10 तिनीहरूले जातिहरूका बिचमा प्रेमीहरू नियुक्‍त गरे तापनि, अब तिनीहरूलाई म एकसाथ भेला गराउनेछु । राजकुमारहरूका राजाको दमनको कारणले, तिनीहरू दुःखी हुन लाग्‍नेछन् ।
But even though they should spend gifts among the nations, now will I gather them: and they shall be humbled a little through the burden of the king of princes.
11 किनकि पापबलिहरूका निम्ति एफ्राइमले वेदीहरूको सङ्ख्या बढाएका छन्, तर झन् पाप गर्ने वेदीहरू ती भएका छन् ।
Because Ephraim hath multiplied altars to sin, the altars have been unto him the means of sinning.
12 तिनीहरूका निम्ति मैले आफ्‍नो व्यवस्थालाई दस हजारपल्‍ट लेखे पनि, तिनीहरूले त्यसलाई कुनै नयाँ कुराजस्‍तो गरी हेर्छन् ।
I ever wrote down for him the great things of my law; but as a strange thing are they accounted.
13 मेरा भेटीहरूका बलिदानको बारेमा, तिनीहरूले मासु चढाउँछन् र त्यो खान्‍छन्, तर म, परमप्रभुले त्यो ग्रहण गर्दिनँ । अब म तिनीहरूका अधर्मका बारेमा विचार गर्नेछु, र तिनीहरूका पापलाई दण्ड दिनेछु । तिनीहरू मिश्रदेशमा फर्कनेछन् ।
My sacrificial offerings they slay as common flesh that they may eat it; the Lord accepteth them not in favor: now will he remember their iniquity, and visit their sins; they shall indeed return to Egypt.
14 इस्राएलले आफ्‍ना सृष्‍टिकर्ता, मलाई बिर्सेको छ, र दरबारहरू बनाएका छ । यहूदाले धेरै सहरहरूलाई किल्‍लाबन्‍दी गरेको छ, तर त्यसका सहरहरूमा म आगो पठाउनेछु, र त्यसले उसका किल्‍लाहरू भष्‍म पार्नेछ ।
For Israel forgot his Maker, and built palaces; and Judah multiplied fortified cities; but I will send a fire among his cities, and it shall devour their fine edifices.

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