यशैया 21
1 समुद्र नजिकको मरुभूमिको बारेमा एउटा घोषणा । नेगेवमा चल्ने आँधीहुरी जस्तै मरुभूमि र डरलाग्दो देशबाट यो आउँछ ।
[I received] this message [from Yahweh about Babylonia], [a land that is] near the [Persian] Gulf [but which will soon be] a desert. [An army] will soon come from the desert to invade that land; it is an army that causes its enemies to be terrified, an army that will come like a whirlwind from the south.
2 मलाई एउटा कष्टप्रद दर्शन दिइएको छः “धोकेबाजले धोकापुर्ण किसिमले काम गर्छ र विनाश गर्नेले विनाश गर्छ । ए एलाम, माथि जा र आक्रमण गर् । ए मादी घेरा हाल् । त्यसको सबै शोकलाई म रोक्नेछु ।
Yahweh showed me a terrifying vision. [In the vision I saw an army] that will betray/deceive people and steal their possessions [after they conquer them]. [Yahweh said], “You armies from Elam and Media, surround [Babylon] and prepare to attack it! I will cause the groaning [and suffering] that Babylon caused to cease!”
3 यसकारण मेरो कमर दुखेको छ । स्त्रीको प्रसव पीडाजस्तो पीडाले मलाई समातेको छ । मैले जे सुनेको छु त्यसद्वारा म झुकेको छु । मैले जे देखेको छु सोद्वारा म व्याकुल भएको छु ।
Because of that, my body is full of pain; my pain is like the pain that women who are giving birth experience. When I hear about and see [what God is planning to do], I am shocked.
4 मेरो मुटु धड्कन्छ । म डरले काँप्छु । मैले साँझको इच्छा गरें, तर त्यसले ममा त्रास ल्यायो ।
I cannot think straight/correctly, and I tremble. I was eager for it to be nighttime, but now it is night, and I am horrified.
5 तिनीहरू टेबल तयार गर्छन्, तिनीहतरू राडी ओछ्याउँछन्, अनि खान्छन् र पिउँछन् । ए शासकहरू उठ, आफ्ना ढालहरूमा तेल लगाओ ।
[In the vision I saw that the leaders of Babylonia] were preparing a great feast. They had spread rugs [for people to sit on]; everyone was eating and drinking. [But] they should get up and prepare their shields, [because they are about to be attacked]!
6 किनकि परमप्रभुले मलाई यसो भन्नुभयो, “जा, एक जना पहरेदार राख । उसले जे देख्छ सो बताउनुपर्छ ।
Then Yahweh said to me, “Put a watchman [on the wall of Jerusalem], and tell him to shout/proclaim what he sees.
7 जब उसले एउटा रथ, एक जोडी घोडचढी, गधामाथि चढ्नेहरू र उँटमाथि चढ्नेहरू देख्छ, तब उसले ध्यान दिनुपर्छ र निकै सजग हुनुपर्छ ।”
Tell him to watch for chariots pulled by pairs of horses, and [men riding] camels and donkeys, [coming from Babylon]. Tell the watchman to watch and listen carefully!”
8 पहरेदार कराउँछ, “हे परमप्रभु, म दिनभरि, हरेक दिन पहरा बस्ने धरहरमाथि बस्छु, अनि आफ्नो अखडामा म रातभरि खडा रहन्छु ।”
[So I did that], and one day the watchman called out, “Day after day I have stood on this watchtower, and I have continued to watch during the day and during the night.
9 यहाँ एक जना मानिस र एक जोडी घोडचढी लिएर एउटा रथ आउँछ । उसले भन्छ, “बेबिलोनको पतन भएको छ, पतन भएको छ र यसका कुँदेका सबै देवताहरूका मूर्तीहरू जमिनमा चकनाचूर भएका छन् ।”
Now, I saw a man riding in a chariot pulled by two horses. [I called out to him], and he answered/shouted, ‘Babylon has been destroyed! All the idols in Babylon lie in pieces on the ground!’”
10 ए मेरा चुटिएका र निफनिएकाहरू हो, मेरा खलाका सन्तानहरू हो! सर्वशक्तिमान् परमप्रभु इस्राएलका परमेश्वरबाट मैले जे सुनेको छु सो मैले तिमीहरूलाई घोषणा गरेको छु ।
My people [in Judah], [the army of Babylon has caused] you to suffer greatly [as though] [MET] you were grain that was threshed and (winnowed/thrown up into the air for the wind to blow away the chaff). [But now] I have told you what the Commander of the armies of angels the God whom we Israelis [worship], told me [about Babylon].
11 दुमाको बारेमा एउटा घोषणा । कसैले मलाई सेइरबाट बोलाउँछ, “ए पहरेदार, रात कति बाँकी छ? ए पहरेदार, रात कति बाँकी छ?”
[I received] this message [from Yahweh] about Edom: Someone from Edom has been calling/shouting to me saying, “Watchman, how long will it be before the night is ended? [DOU]”
12 पहरेदारले भन्यो, “बिहान आउँछ र रात पनि आउँछ । तिमीलाई सोध्नुछ भने सोध । अनि फेरि फेर्केर आऊ ।”
[I], the watchman, replied, “It will [soon] be morning, but after that, it will [soon] be night again. If you want to inquire [again about what will happen in our country], come back and inquire again.”
13 अरब देशको बारेमा एउटा घोषणा । तिमीहरू ददानीहरूका यात्री दलहरूले अरबको मरुभूमिमा रात बिताओ ।
[I received] this message about Arabia: Give this message to people traveling in caravans from Dedan [town in northwest Arabia], who camp in the scrub there. Tell them to bring water for those who are thirsty.
14 तिर्खाउनेहरूका निम्ति पानी ल्याओ । ए तेमा देशका बासिन्दाहरू, रोटी लिएर भगौडाहरूलाई भेट ।
And you people who live in Tema [city in northwest Arabia], must bring food for the (refugees/people who are fleeing from their enemies).
15 किनकि तिनीहरू तरवार, थुतेको तरवाट, ताँदो चढाएको धनुबाट र युद्धको भारबाट भागेका छन् ।
They are fleeing in order not to be killed by [their enemies’] swords and not to be shot in battles by arrows.
16 किनकि परमप्रभुले मलाई यसो भन्नुभयो, “एक वर्षभित्रमा नै ज्यालामा लिइएको श्रमिकले यो देख्नेछ, केदारको सारा गौरवको अन्त हुनेछ ।
Yahweh said to me, “Exactly one year from now, all the greatness of the Kedar [area in Arabia] will end.
17 केदारका धनुर्धारी अर्थात् योद्धाहरूमध्ये केही मात्र रहेनेछन्,” किनकि परमप्रभु इस्राएलका परमेश्वरले यसो भन्नुभएको छ ।
Only a few of their soldiers who know well how to shoot arrows will remain alive. [That will surely happen] because [I], Yahweh, have said it.”
