< यशैया 38 >

1 ती दिनहरूमा हिजकिया बिरामी भएर मृत्यको मुखैमा पुगे । त्यसैले आमोजका छोरा यशैया अगमवक्ता तिनीकहाँ आए र तिनलाई भने, “परमप्रभु भन्‍नुहुन्छ, 'आफ्नो घरको व्यवस्थापन गर् । किनभने तँ मर्नेछस्, बाँच्‍नेछैनस्' ।”
In those days Hezekiah fell sick unto death; and there came unto him Isaiah the son of Amoz, the prophet, and said unto him, Thus hath said the Lord, Give thy charge to thy house; for thou shalt die, and not live.
2 तब हिजकियाले आफ्नो मुख भित्तातिर फर्काए र परमप्रभुमा प्रार्थना चढाए ।
Then did Hezekiah turn his face to the wall, and prayed unto the Lord.
3 तिनले भने, “कृपया, हे परमप्रभु, म तपाईंको सामु कसरी सारा हृदयले विश्‍वासयोग्‍य भएर हिंडेको छु र मैले तपाईंको नजरमा जे असल छ सो कसरी गरेको छु सो सम्‍झनुहोस् ।” अनि हिजकिया धुरुधुरु रोए ।
And he said, O Lord, I beseech thee remember now that I have walked before thee in truth, and with an undivided heart, and have done what is good in thy eyes. And Hezekiah wept aloud.
4 तब यशैयाकहाँ परमप्रभुको वचन यसो भनेर आयो,
Then came the word of the Lord to Isaiah, saying,
5 “जा, मेरा मानिसहरूका अगुवा हिजकियालाई यसो भन्, 'परमप्रभु, तेरो पुर्खा दाऊदका परमेश्‍वर यसो भन्‍नुहुन्छः मैले तेरो प्रार्थना सुनेको छु, र मैले तेरो आँसु देखेको छु । हेर्, तेरो जीवनमा पन्ध्र वर्ष आयु मैले थप्‍न लागेको छु ।
Go, and say to Hezekiah, Thus hath said the Lord, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will add unto thy days fifteen years.
6 तब म तँलाई र यस सहरलाई अश्शूरका राजाको हातबाट छुटकारा दिनेछु र म यो सहरको रक्षा गर्नेछु ।
And out of the hand of the king of Assyria will I deliver thee and this city; and I will shield this city.
7 मैले जे प्रतिज्ञा गरेको छु सो मैले गर्नेछु भन्‍ने कुराको परमप्रभुबाटको चिन्ह तँलाई यो हुनेछ ।
And this shall be unto thee the sign from the Lord, that the Lord will do this thing which he hath spoken:
8 हेर, म आहाजको सिंढीको छायालाई दश कदम पछाडि जान लगाउनेछु ।” त्यसैले सिंढीको छाया दस कदम पढाडि गयो, जुन अगि बढेको थियो ।
Behold, I will cause the shadow of the degrees, which is gone down on the dial of Achaz by the sun, to return backward ten degrees. So the sun returned ten degrees, by the degrees which he was gone down.
9 यहूदाका राजा हिजकिया बिरामी भएर निको भएपछि तिनले लेखेको प्रार्थना यही थियो,
The writing of Hezekiah the king of Judah, when he had been sick, and was recovered of his sickness:
10 “मैले भनें मेरो आधा जीवनमा नै म चिहानको ढोकाभित्र जानेछु । मेरो बाँकी वर्षहरूका निम्ति मलाई त्यहाँ पठाइन्छ । (Sheol h7585)
I had said, In the midst of my days, must I enter the gates of the nether world; I am deprived of the residue of my years. (Sheol h7585)
11 मैले भनें परमप्रभुलाई म देख्‍नेछैन, जीवितहरूको देशमा म परमप्रभुलाई कदापि देख्‍नेछैन । मानवजाति वा संसारको बासिन्दालाई म फेरि देख्‍नेछैन ।
I had said, I shall not see the Lord, the Lord, in the land of the living: I shall not behold man any more among the inhabitants of the regions of death.
12 मेरो जीवन मबाट गोठालोको पालझैं बोकेर लगिएको छ र हटाइएको छ । मेरो जीवनलाई मैले एउटा जुलाहाले जस्तो बेह्रेको छु । तपाईंले मलाई तानबाट काट्दै हुनुहुन्‍छ । तपाईंले मेरो जीवनलाई दिन र रातको बीचमा अन्‍त गर्दै हुनुहुन्‍छ ।
My dwelling is broken down, and is removed from me as a shepherd's tent: I have cut off, like a weaver, my life; with pining sickness will he snatch me away: from day until night wilt thou make an end of me.
13 मैले बिहानसम्म नै पुकारा गरें । उहाँले मेरा सबै हड्‍डीहरूलाई सिंहले झैं तोड्नुहुन्छ । तपाईंले मेरो जीवनलाई दिन रातको बीचमा अन्‍त गर्दै हुनुहुन्छ ।
I waited [with patience] till morning, [whether] as a lion, so would he break all my bones: from day until night wilt thou make an end of me.
14 गौंथलीझैं म चिरबिर गर्छु । ढुकुरझैं कुर्लिन्‍छु । माथितिर हेरेर मेरा आँखा थकित भएका छन् । हे परमप्रभु, म दुःखमा परेको छु । मलाई सहायता गर्नुहोस् ।
Like a swallow or a crane, so did I chirp; I did moan like a dove; my eyes were lifted up on high: O Lord, I am oppressed; grant me ease.
15 मैले के भन्‍न सक्‍छु र? उहाँ मसँग बोल्‍ने अनि त्‍यसलाई पुरा गर्ने दुवै गर्नुभएको छ । मेरा सबै वर्षहरूमा म बिस्तारै हिंड्नेछु किनभने म शोकले व्याकुल भएको छु ।
What shall I speak? he hath promised it unto me, and he hath also accomplished it; I will make pilgrimages [to God's house] all my years because of the bitterness of my soul.
16 हे परमप्रभु, तपाईंले पठाउनुभएका दुःखकष्‍ट मेरो निम्ति असल छन् । मेरो जीवन मलाई फिर्ता दिइयोस् । तपाईंले मरो जीवन र स्वस्थ्यलाई पुनर्स्थापना गर्नुभएको छ ।
O Lord, by these [things men] will live, and in all these [things] is the life of my spirit: so wilt thou give me health, and cause me to live.
17 मेरै भलाइको निम्ति मैले यस्तो शोकको अनुभव गरें । तपाईंले मलाई विनाशको खाडलबाट छुटकारा दिनुभएको छ । किनकि तपाईंले मेरा सबै पापहरूलाई आफ्‍नो पछाडि फाल्‍नुभएको छ ।
Behold, for peace I had great bitterness; but thou hast, in loving my soul, delivered it from the pit of corruption; for thou hast cast behind thy back all my sins.
18 किनकि चिहानले तपाईंलाई धन्यवाद दिंदैन । मृत्युले तपाईंको प्रशंसा गर्दैन । चिहानतिर जानेहरूले तपाईंको विश्‍वस्‍तताको आशा गर्दैनन् । (Sheol h7585)
For the nether world will not thank thee, death will not praise thee: they that go down into the pit will not hope for thy truth. (Sheol h7585)
19 जस्तो म आज गर्दैर्छु, जीवित व्यक्‍तिले, केवल जीवित व्यक्‍तिले मात्र तपाईंलाई धन्यवाद दिन्छ । पिताले तपाईंको विश्‍वस्‍तता छोराछोरीलाई भन्‍छन् ।
The living, the living alone shall thank thee, like me this day: the father to the children shall make known thy truth.
20 परमप्रभुले मलाई बचाउन लाग्‍नुभएको छ र हामीले परमप्रभुको मन्‍दिरमा हाम्रो सारा दिनहरूभरि भजन गाउँदै उत्सव मानउनेछौं।”
The Lord is there to help me; therefore we will play my hymns all the days of our life in the house of the Lord.
21 यति बेला यशैयाले भनेका थिए, “अञ्‍जिरको लेप लिनु र त्‍यसलाई त्‍यो घाउमा लगाउनु र उहाँ निको हुनुहुनेछ ।”
And Isaiah had said, Let them take a lump of figs, and lay it for a plaster upon the inflammation, and he shall recover.
22 हिजकियाले पनि भनेका थिए, “म परमप्रभुको मन्‍दिरमा जानुपर्छ भन्‍ने कुराको लागि के चिन्‍ह हुनेछ?”
And Hezekiah had said, What is the sign that I shall go up to the house of the Lord?

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