< यशैया 36 >
1 हिजकिया राजाको चौधौं वर्षमा अश्शूरका राजा सनहेरीबले यहूदाका किल्लाबन्दी गरिएका सबै सहरहरूमा आक्रमण गरे र ति कब्जा गरे ।
When King Hezekiah had been [ruling Judah] for almost 14 years, King Sennacherib of Assyria came [with his army] to attack the cities in Judah that had walls around them. [They did not conquer Jerusalem, but] they conquered all the other cities.
2 तब अश्शूरका राजाले प्रमुख कमाण्डरलाई लाकीशबाट यरूशलेममा हिजकिया राजाकहाँ ठुलो फौजसहित पठाए । तिनी धोबीहरूको खेततिर जाने मुल बाटोमा माथिल्लो तलाउको नहर छेउमा खडा भए ।
Then the king of Assyria sent a large army with some of his important officials from Lachish [city] to [persuade] King Hezekiah [to surrender]. When they arrived at Jerusalem, they stood in their positions alongside the aqueduct/channel in which water flows into the upper pool [into Jerusalem], near the road to the field where the women wash clothes.
3 तिनीहरूसँग कुरा गर्न जाने इस्राएली अधिकारीहरूमा दरबारका प्रशासक हिल्कियाहका छोरा एल्याकीम, राजाका सचिव शेब्ना र सरकारको निर्णय लेख्ने आसापका छोरा योआ थिए ।
The Israeli officials who went out of the city to talk with them were Hilkiah’s son Eliakim, the (palace administrator/man who supervised the workers in the palace), Shebna the king’s secretary, and Asaph’s son Joah, who wrote down the government decisions.
4 प्रमुख कमाण्डरले तिनीहरूलाई भने, “हिजकियालाई भन कि अश्शूरका राजा महाराजाले भन्छन्, 'तिम्रो भरोसाको स्रोत के हो?
Then one of Sennacherib’s important officials told them to take this message to Hezekiah: This is what the King of Assyria, the great king, says: “What are you trusting in to rescue you?
5 युद्धको निम्ति सल्लाह र सामर्थ्य छ भनी तिमीले व्यार्थका शब्दहरू मात्र बोल्छौ । अहिले तिमीले कसलाई भरोसा गरिरहेका छौ? मेरो विरुद्धमा विद्रोह गर्न तिमीलाई कसले आँट दिएको छ?
You say that you have weapons to fight us and some country’s promises [to help you], [and that will enable you to defeat us], but that is only talk [RHQ]. Who do you think will help you to rebel against my [soldiers from Assyria]?
6 हेर, तिमीले मिश्रदेशमा भर पर्दैछौ, जुन फुटेको नर्कट हो, जसलाई तिमीले यसलाई हिंड्ने लट्ठीको रूपमा प्रयोग गर्छौ, तर एक जना मानिस यसमा ढल्किन्छ भने, त्यसको हातमा त्यसले घोच्नेछ र त्यसलाई छेड्नेछ । मिश्रदेशका राजा फारोमा भरोसा गर्नेहरूका निम्ति त्यो त्यस्तै नै हुनेछ ।
Listen to me! You are relying on [the army of] Egypt. But [that will be like] [MET] using a broken reed for a walking stick on which you could lean. [But] it would pierce the hand of anyone who would lean on it! That is what the King of Egypt would be like for anyone who relied on him [for help].
7 तर, “परमप्रभु हाम्रा परमेश्वरमा हामी भरोसा गरिरहेका छौं” बनेर तिमी मलाई भन्छौ भने, के त्यो उही होइन जसका उच्च स्थानहरू र वेदीहरूलाई हिजकियाले हटाएका छन्, अनि यहूदा र यरूशलेमलाई भनेका छन्, “तिमीहरूले यरूशलेमको यस वेदीको सामु आराधना गर्नुपर्छ”?
But perhaps you will say to me, ‘[No], we are relying on Yahweh our God [to help us].’ [I would reply], ‘Is he not the one whom [you insulted by] tearing down his shrines and altars and forcing everyone in Jerusalem and [other places in] Judah to worship [only] in front of the altar [in Jerusalem]?’
8 यसकारण, अब मेरो मालिक अश्शूरका महाराजाको तर्फबाट म तिमीलाई असल कुरा दिन चाहन्छु । तिमीले घोडचडीहरू भेट्टउन सक्छौ भने, म तिमीलाई दुई हजार घोडाहरू दिनेछु ।
So I suggest that you make a deal with my master/boss, the king of Assyria. I will give you 2,000 horses, but [I do not think that] you can find 2,000 of your men who can ride on them!
9 मेरो मालिकका सेवकहरूमध्ये सबाभन्दा सानो एक जना कप्तानको पनि तिमीले कसरी सामना गर्न सक्छौ र? तिमीले रथहरू र घोडचढीहरूका निम्ति मिश्रदेशमा भरोसा गरेका छौ ।
You are expecting the king of Egypt to send chariots and men riding horses [to assist you]. But they certainly would not [RHQ] be able to resist/defeat even the most insignificant/unimportant official in the army of Assyria!
10 अब के मैले यहाँ यस देशको विरुद्ध युद्ध गर्न र यसलाई विनाश पार्न परमप्रभुविना नै आएको हुँ र? परमप्रभुले मलाई भन्नुभयो, “यो देशलाई आक्रमण गर् र त्यसलाई नाश गर् ।”
Furthermore, [do not think that] [RHQ] we have come here to attack and destroy this land without Yahweh’s orders! It is Yahweh himself who told us to come here and destroy this land!”
11 तब हिल्कियाहका छोरा एल्याकीम, शेब्ना र योआले प्रमुख कमाण्डरलाई भने, “कृपया, तपाईंका सेवकहरूसँग आरमेइक भाषा बोल्नुहोस्, किनकि हामी यो बुझ्छौं । पर्खालमा भएका यी मानिसहरूले सुन्ने गरी यहूदाको भाषामा नबोल्नुहोस् ।”
Then Eliakim, Shebna, and Joah said to the official from Assyria, “Please speak to us in [your] Aramaic language, because we understand it. Do not speak to us in [our] Hebrew language, because the people who are standing on the wall will understand it [and become frightened].”
12 तर प्रमुख कमाण्डरले भने, “के तिमीहरूका मालिक र तिमीहरूलाई मात्र यो कुरा भन्न मेरा मालिकले मलाई पठाउनुभएको हो र? के पर्खालमाथि बस्ने मानिसहरूलाई पनि यो कुरा भन्न उहाँले मलाई पठाउनुभएको होइन र, जसले तिमीहरूसँगै आफ्नो दिसा खानुपर्छ र आफ्नो पिसाब पिउनुपर्छ?”
But the official replied, “Do you think that my master sent me to say these things [only] to you, and not to the people standing on the wall [RHQ]? [If you reject this message], the [people in this city] will soon need to eat their own dung and drink their own urine, just like you will, [because there will be nothing more for you to eat or drink].”
13 तब प्रमुख कमाण्डर खडा भए र ठुलो सोरमा यहूदी भाषामा नै यसो भने, “महान् राजा, अश्शूरका महाराजाका कुरा सुन ।
Then the official stood up and shouted in the Hebrew language [to the people sitting on the wall]. He said, “Listen to this message from the great king, the King of Assyria!
14 महाराजा भन्नुहुन्छ, 'हिजकियाले तिमीहरूलाई छल नगरोस्, किनकि त्यसले तिमीहरूलाई छुटकारा दिन सक्नेछैन ।
He says, ‘Do not allow Hezekiah to deceive you! He will not be able to rescue you!
15 तिमीहरूलाई यसो भन्दै परमप्रभुमा भरोसा गर्ने बनाउन हिजकियालाई नदेओ, 'परमप्रभुले निश्चय पनि हामीलाई छुटकारा दिनुहुनेछ । यो सहर अश्शूरका राजाको हातमा दिइनेछैन' ।
Do not allow him to persuade you to trust in Yahweh, saying that Yahweh will rescue you, and that [the army of] the King of Assyria will never capture this city!’
16 हिजकियाको कुरा नसुन, किनकि अश्शूरका राजा यसो भन्नुहुन्छ, 'मसँग मिलाप गर र मकहाँ बाहिर आओ । तब तिमीहरूमध्ये हरेकले आ-आफ्नै दाख र अञ्जिरको रूखबाट खानेछ र आफ्नै इनारबाट पानी पिउनेछ ।
Do not pay attention to what Hezekiah says! This is what the king [of Assyria] says: ‘Come out of the city and surrender to me. [If you do that, I will arrange for] each of you to drink the juice from your own grapevines and to eat figs from your own trees, and to drink water from your own well.
17 तिमीहरूको जस्तै देशमा, अन्न र नयाँ दाखमद्यको देशमा, रोटी र दाखबारीको देशमा म आएर मैले तिमीहरूलाई नलगेसम्म तिमीहरूले यसै गर्नेछौ ।'
[You will be able to do that] until we come and take you to a land that is like your land—a land where there is grain to make bread and [vineyards to produce grapes for making] new wine and, and where we make lots of bread.’
18 हिजकियाले तिमीहरूलाई यसो भनेर भ्रममा पार्न नदेओ, 'परमप्रभुले हामीलाई छुटकारा दिनुहुनेछ' । के अश्शूरका राजाका हातबाट मानिसहरूका कुनै देवताहरूले तिनीहरूलाई छुटकारा दिएका छन् र?
Do not allow Hezekiah to mislead you by saying, “Yahweh will rescue us.” The gods that people of other nations worship have never [RHQ] rescued any of them from the power [MTY] of the King of Assyria!
19 हमात र अर्पादका देवताहरू कहाँ छन्? सपर्बेमका देवताहरू कहाँ छन्? के तिनीहरूले समरियालाई मेरो शक्तिबाट छुटकारा दिएका छन् र?
Why were the gods of Hamath and Arpad [cities], and the gods of Sepharvaim unable to rescue Samaria from my power [MTY]?
20 यी देशहरूका सबै देवताहरूमध्ये कुनै देवताले आफ्नो देशलाई मेरो शक्तिबाट छुटकारा दिएका छन् । के परमप्रभुले यरूशलेमलाई मेरो शक्तिबाट बचाउनुभयो भनेजस्तै कुरा गर्छौ?”
No, no god [RHQ] of any nation has been able to rescue their people from me. So why do you think that Yahweh will rescue you people of Jerusalem from my power [MTY]?’”
21 तर मानिसहरू चुपचाप बसे र कुनै जवाफ दिएनन्, किनकि “त्यसलाई जवाफ नदिनू” भन्ने राजाको हुकुम थियो ।
But the people [who were listening] were silent. No one said anything, because King [Hezekiah] had commanded, “[When the official from Assyria talks to you], do not answer him.”
22 तब राजदरवारका निरीक्षक हिल्कियाहका छोरा एल्याकीम, शास्त्री शेब्ना र लेखक आसापका छोरा योआले आफ्ना लुगा च्यातेर हिजकियाकहाँ आए र प्रमुख कमाण्डरका कुरा तिनलाई सुनाए ।
Then Eliakim and Shebna and Joah returned to Hezekiah with their clothes torn [because they were extremely distressed]. They told him what the official from Assyria had said.