यशैया 31
1 सहायताको निम्ति मिश्रदेशमा जाने, घोडाहरूमा भर पर्ने र रथहरूमा (किनकि ती धेरै छन्) र घोडचढीहरूमा (किनकि ती असंख्य छ्न्) भरोसा गर्नेहरूलाई धिक्कार! तर तिनीहरूले इस्राएलका परमपवित्रको वास्ता गर्दैनन्, न तिनीहरूले परमप्रभुको खोजी नै गर्छन् ।
Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, who rely on horses, who trust in their abundance of chariots and in their multitude of horsemen. They do not look to the Holy One of Israel; they do not seek the LORD.
2 तापनि उहाँ बुद्धिमान् हुनुहुन्छ, उहाँले विपत्ति ल्याउनुहुनेछ र आफ्नो वचनबाट उहाँ पछि हट्नुहुनेछैन । उहाँ दुष्ट घराना र पाप गर्न सहायता गर्नेहरूका विरुद्धमा उठ्नुहुनेछ ।
Yet He too is wise and brings disaster; He does not call back His words. He will rise up against the house of the wicked and against the allies of evildoers.
3 मिश्रदेश मानिस हो र परमेश्वर होइन, तिनीहरूका घोडाहरू शरीर हुन् आत्मा होइनन् । जब परमप्रभुले आफ्नो हात पसार्नुहुन्छ, सहायता गर्नेले ठेस खानेछ र सहायता पाउनेचाहिं ढल्नेछ । दुवै एकसाथ नाश हुनेछन् ।
But the Egyptians are men, not God; their horses are flesh, not spirit. When the LORD stretches out His hand, the helper will stumble, and the one he helps will fall; both will perish together.
4 परमप्रभुले मलाई यसो भन्नुहुन्छ, “गोठालाहरूका समूह आफ्नो विरुद्धमा आउँदा पनि जसरी सिंह अर्थात् जवान सिंह आफ्नो शिकारमाथि गर्जेर झम्टन्छ तर तिनीहरूका सोर सुनेर डराउँदैन, न तिनीहरूका सोर सुनेर भाग्छ, त्यसरी नै सर्वशक्तिमान् परमप्रभु सियोन पर्वतमा अर्थात् त्यो पहाडमा लडाइँ गर्न ओर्लनुहुनेछ ।
For this is what the LORD has said to me: “Like a lion roaring or a young lion over its prey— and though a band of shepherds is called out against it, it is not terrified by their shouting or subdued by their clamor— so the LORD of Hosts will come down to do battle on Mount Zion and its heights.
5 गुँडको रक्षा गर्ने चराले झैं परमप्रभुले यरूशलेमको रक्षा गर्नुहुनेछ । उहाँ यसबाट भएर जानुहुँदा यसको सुरक्षा गर्नुहुनेछ र छुटकारा दिनुहुनेछ र यसको संरक्षण गर्नुहुनेछ ।
Like birds hovering overhead, so the LORD of Hosts will protect Jerusalem. He will shield it and deliver it; He will pass over it and preserve it.”
6 ए इस्राएलका मानिस हो, तिमीहरू जसबाट तर्किएका थियौ, उहाँतिर नै फर्क ।
Return to the One against whom you have so blatantly rebelled, O children of Israel.
7 किनकि त्यो दिनमा तिमीहरूका आफ्नै हातले पापपुर्ण किसिमले बनाएका चाँदीका मूर्तीहरू र सुनका मूर्तीहरूबाट प्रत्येक व्यक्ति मुक्त हुनेछ ।
For on that day, every one of you will reject the idols of silver and gold that your own hands have sinfully made.
8 अश्शूर तरवारले ढल्नेछ । मानिसले नचालाएको तरवारद्वारा त्यो नाश हुनेछ । त्यो तरवारबाट भाग्नेछ र त्यसका जवान मानिसहरूलाई सित्तैंका काम गर्न लगाइनेछ ।
“Then Assyria will fall, but not by the sword of man; a sword will devour them, but not one made by mortals. They will flee before the sword, and their young men will be put to forced labor.
9 त्रासको कारणले तिनीहरूले सबै दृढता गुमाउनेछन् र परमप्रभुको युद्धको झन्डा देखेर त्यसका शासकहरू डराउनेछन्— यो परमप्रभुको घोषणा हो— जसको आगो सियोनमा छ र जसको मकल यरूशलेममा छ ।”
Their rock will pass away for fear, and their princes will panic at the sight of the battle standard,” declares the LORD, whose fire is in Zion, whose furnace is in Jerusalem.
