होशे 9

1 ए इस्राएल, अरू मानिसहरूझैं आनन्दित नहोओ । किनकि आफ्ना परमेश्‍वरलाई त्यागेर, तिमीहरूले विश्‍वासहीन भएका छौ । अन्‍नका सबै खलामा वेश्‍यालाई तिर्नुपर्ने ज्याला तिर्न तिमीहरू मन पराउँछौ ।

Rejoice not, O Israel, for gladness, as other people; for thou art gone astray, unfaithful to thy God: thou hast loved the wages of sin upon every corn-filled threshing-floor.

2 तर अन्‍नका खला र दाखबारीका कोलले तिनीहरूलाई खुवाउनेछैन, र नयाँ दाखमद्य तिनीहरूका निम्ति पर्याप्‍त हुनेछैन ।

The threshing-floor and the wine-press shall not feed them, and the new wine shall deceive them.

3 तिनीहरू परमप्रभुको देशमा सधैंभरि रहनेछैनन्, बरु, एफ्राइम मिश्रदेशमा फर्कनेछ, र एक दिन तिनीहरूले अश्‍शूरमा अशुद्ध भोजन खानेछन् ।

They shall not dwell in the land of the Lord; but Ephraim shall return to Egypt, and in Assyria will they eat unclean things.

4 तिनीहरूले परमप्रभुलाई दाखमद्यको भेटी चढाउनेछैनन्, न त तिनीहरूले उहाँलाई प्रसन्‍न तुल्याउनेछन् । तिनीहरूका बलिदानहरू तिनीहरूका निम्ति शोक गर्नेको भोजनझैं हुनेछ । जतिले त्यो खान्छन् ती सबै अशुद्ध हुनेछन् । किनकि तिनीहरूका भोजन तिनीहरूकै निम्ति मात्र हुनेछ । त्यो परमप्रभुको मन्‍दिरमा आउनेछैन ।

They shall not pour out wine to the Lord, and [their offerings] shall not be pleasing unto him; their sacrifices shall be unto them as the bread of mourners; all that eat thereof shall be polluted: for this their food can only be for themselves, it shall not come into the house of the Lord.

5 तोकिएको चाडको दिनमा, परमप्रभुको निम्ति चाडको दिनमा तिमीहरू के गर्नेछौ?

What will ye do on the day of the appointed festival, and on the day of the feast of the Lord?

6 किनकि, हेर, तिनीहरू विनाशबाट उम्के भने, मिश्रदेशले तिनीहरूलाई एकसाथ भेला गर्नेछ, र मोपका मानिसहरूले तिनीहरूलाई गाड्नेछन् । तिनीहरूका चाँदीका धन काँढाघारीले ढाक्‍नेछ, र तिनीहरूका पालहरू काँढाका झाँगहरूले भरिनेछ ।

For, lo, they are gone forth because of the desolation: Egypt will gather them up, Moph will bury them: the pleasant chambers for their silver, —these shall nettles take possession of; thorns shall [grow] in their tents.

7 दण्डका दिनहरू आउँदैछन् । बदलाका दिनहरू आउँदैछन् । सबै इस्राएलीहरूले यी कुरा जानून् । तिमीहरूका घोर अधर्म र वैरभावका कारणले, अगमवक्ता मुर्ख हुन्‍छ र प्रेरणा पाएको मानिसचाहि बौलाह हुनेछ ।

Come are the days of the visitation, come are the days of thy recompense; this shall Israel experience: a fool was the prophet, mad the inspired man, because of the greatness of thy iniquity, and the great hatefulness.

8 अगमवक्ताचाहिं एफ्राइममाथि मेरा परमेश्‍वरको निम्ति रेखदेख गर्ने व्‍यक्‍ति हो । तर त्यसका सबै मार्गहरूमा चराको पासो थापिएको छ, र त्‍यसको परमेश्‍वरको मन्‍दिरमा त्योप्रति शत्रुता छ ।

The watchman of Ephraim with my God, the prophet, was a snare of the fowler on all his ways, a hateful thing in the house of his god.

9 गिबाका दिनहरूमा झैं, तिनीहरूले आफैंलाई भित्री रूपमा भ्रष्‍ट पारेका छन् । तिनीहरूको अधर्म परमेश्‍वरले सम्झना गर्नुहुनेछ र उहाँले तिनीहरूका पापको दण्ड दिनुहुनेछ ।

They are deeply corrupt, as in the days of Gib'ah: he will remember their iniquity, he will visit their sins.

10 परमप्रभु भन्‍नुहुन्छ, “मैले इस्राएललाई भेट्‍टाउँदा, त्‍यो उजाड-स्‍थानमा दाख पाएको जस्‍तै थियो । नेभाराको बोटमा ऋतुको पहिलो फलझैं, मैले तिमीहरूका पुर्खाहरूलाई भेट्‍टाएँ । तर तिनीहरू बाल-पोरमा गए, र तिनीहरूले आफैंलाई त्यस लज्‍जास्पद मूर्तिकहाँ अर्पण गरे । तिनीहरूले प्रेम गर्ने मूर्तिहरूझैं तिनीहरू पनि घृणित भए ।

Like grapes in the wilderness had I found Israel; as the first ripe fruit on the fig-tree in the first of the season had I seen your fathers; but they too went to Ba'al-pe'or: and devoted themselves unto that shameful idol, and became abominations as those they loved.

11 एफ्राइमको बारेमाचाहिं, तिनीहरूको महिमा चराझैं उडिजानेछ । त्यहाँ कुनै जन्‍म, कुनै गर्ववास, र कुनै गर्भधारण हुनेछैन ।

As for Ephraim, their glory shall fly away like a bird: there is no more birth, and no pregnancy, and no conception.

12 तिनीहरूले छोराछोरीलाई हुर्काएको भए पनि, एउटै पनि बाँकी नरहने गरी म तिनीहरूलाई लैजानेछु । तिनीहरूबाट म फर्कँदा, तिनीहरूलाई धिक्‍कार होस् ।

But though they were to bring up their children, yet would I bereave them, that there should be no man: yea, woe also to themselves, when I depart from them!

13 मैले एफ्राइमलाई टुरोसजस्तै सुन्दर मैदानमा रोपिएको देखेको छु, तर एफ्राइमले आफ्ना छोराछोरीलाई त्यसकहाँ लानेछ, जसले तिनीहरूको हत्‍या गर्नेछ ।”

Ephraim, as I have seen him like Tyre, planted in a pleasant meadow, —yet this Ephraim shall lead forth to the murderer his children.

14 हे परमप्रभु, तिनीहरूलाई दिनुहोस्— तपाईंले तिनीहरूलाई के दिनुहुन्छ? तिनीहरूलाई तुहिने गर्भ र दूध नआउने स्तन दिनुहोस् ।

Give them, O Lord, what thou wilt give! give them a miscarrying womb and dried-up breasts.

15 “तिनीहरूले गिलगालमा गरेका सबै दुष्‍टताका कारणले, तिनीहरूलाई मैले त्‍यहाँ घृणा गर्न सुरु गरें । तिनीहरूका पापी कामहरूका कारणले, मेरो मन्‍दिरबाट म तिनीहरूलाई धपाउनेछु । म तिनीहरूलाई फेरि प्रेम गर्नेछैनँ । तिनीहरूका सबै अधिकारीहरू विद्रोहीहरू हुन् ।

All their wickedness is in Gilgal; for there I [learnt to] hate them; for the wickedness of their doings will I drive them out of my house: I will love them no farther; all their princes are rebels.

16 एफ्राइम रोगले ग्रस्‍त भएको छ, र तिनीहरूको जरा सुकेका छ । तिनीहरूले फल दिंदैनन् । तिनीहरूका छोराछोरी भए पनि, तिनीहरूका अति प्रिय छोराछोरीलाई म मार्नेछु ।”

Smitten is Ephraim, their root is dried up, they shall bear no fruit; yea, though they should bring forth, yet would I slay the beloved fruit of their body.

17 मेरा परमेश्‍वरले तिनीहरूलाई इन्कार गर्नुहुन्छ किनभने तिनीहरूले उहाँको आज्ञा मानेका छैनन् । जातिहरूका बिचमा तिनीहरू फिरन्‍तेहरू हुनेछन् ।

My God will reject them, because they did not hearken unto him: and they shall be wanderers among the nations.