< 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 was sick to the point of dying. So Isaiah son of Amoz, the prophet, came to him, and said to him, “Yahweh says, 'Set your house in order; for you will die, not live.'”
2 तब हिजकियाले आफ्नो मुख भित्तातिर फर्काए र परमप्रभुमा प्रार्थना चढाए ।
Then Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to Yahweh.
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 ।
He said, “Please, Yahweh, call to mind how I have faithfully walked before you with my whole heart, and how I have done what was good in your sight.” Then Hezekiah wept loudly.
4 तब यशैयाकहाँ परमप्रभुको वचन यसो भनेर आयो,
Then the word of Yahweh came 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, the leader of my people, 'This is what Yahweh, the God of David your ancestor, says: I have heard your prayer, and I have seen your tears. See, I am about to add fifteen years to your life.
6 तब म तँलाई र यस सहरलाई अश्शूरका राजाको हातबाट छुटकारा दिनेछु र म यो सहरको रक्षा गर्नेछु ।
Then I will rescue you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria, and I will defend this city.
7 मैले जे प्रतिज्ञा गरेको छु सो मैले गर्नेछु भन्ने कुराको परमप्रभुबाटको चिन्ह तँलाई यो हुनेछ ।
This will be the sign to you from Yahweh, that I will do what I have promised.
8 हेर, म आहाजको सिंढीको छायालाई दश कदम पछाडि जान लगाउनेछु ।” त्यसैले सिंढीको छाया दस कदम पढाडि गयो, जुन अगि बढेको थियो ।
Look, I will cause the shadow on the stairs of Ahaz to go back ten steps.'” So the shadow went back ten steps of the stairs on which it had advanced.
9 यहूदाका राजा हिजकिया बिरामी भएर निको भएपछि तिनले लेखेको प्रार्थना यही थियो,
This was the written prayer of Hezekiah king of Judah, when he had been sick and then recovered:
10 “मैले भनें मेरो आधा जीवनमा नै म चिहानको ढोकाभित्र जानेछु । मेरो बाँकी वर्षहरूका निम्ति मलाई त्यहाँ पठाइन्छ । (Sheol )
“I said that halfway through my life I will go through the gates of Sheol; I am sent there for the rest of my years. (Sheol )
11 मैले भनें परमप्रभुलाई म देख्नेछैन, जीवितहरूको देशमा म परमप्रभुलाई कदापि देख्नेछैन । मानवजाति वा संसारको बासिन्दालाई म फेरि देख्नेछैन ।
I said that I will no longer see Yahweh, Yahweh in the land of the living; I will no longer look on mankind or the inhabitants of the world.
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 life is removed and carried away from me like a shepherd's tent; I have rolled up my life like a weaver; you are cutting me off from the loom; between day and night you are ending my life.
13 मैले बिहानसम्म नै पुकारा गरें । उहाँले मेरा सबै हड्डीहरूलाई सिंहले झैं तोड्नुहुन्छ । तपाईंले मेरो जीवनलाई दिन रातको बीचमा अन्त गर्दै हुनुहुन्छ ।
I cried out until the morning; like a lion he breaks all my bones. Between day and night you are ending my life.
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 I chirp; I coo like a dove; my eyes grow tired with looking upward. Lord, I am oppressed; help me.
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 say? He has both spoken to me, and has done it; I will walk slowly all my years because I am overcome with grief.
16 हे परमप्रभु, तपाईंले पठाउनुभएका दुःखकष्ट मेरो निम्ति असल छन् । मेरो जीवन मलाई फिर्ता दिइयोस् । तपाईंले मरो जीवन र स्वस्थ्यलाई पुनर्स्थापना गर्नुभएको छ ।
Lord, the sufferings you send are good for me; may my life be given back to me; you have restored my life and health.
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 ।
It was for my benefit that I experienced such grief. You have rescued me from the pit of destruction; for you have thrown all my sins behind your back.
18 किनकि चिहानले तपाईंलाई धन्यवाद दिंदैन । मृत्युले तपाईंको प्रशंसा गर्दैन । चिहानतिर जानेहरूले तपाईंको विश्वस्तताको आशा गर्दैनन् । (Sheol )
For Sheol does not thank you; death does not praise you; those who go down into the pit do not hope in your trustworthiness. (Sheol )
19 जस्तो म आज गर्दैर्छु, जीवित व्यक्तिले, केवल जीवित व्यक्तिले मात्र तपाईंलाई धन्यवाद दिन्छ । पिताले तपाईंको विश्वस्तता छोराछोरीलाई भन्छन् ।
The living person, the living person, he is the one who gives you thanks, as I do this day; a father makes known to children your trustworthiness.
20 परमप्रभुले मलाई बचाउन लाग्नुभएको छ र हामीले परमप्रभुको मन्दिरमा हाम्रो सारा दिनहरूभरि भजन गाउँदै उत्सव मानउनेछौं।”
Yahweh is about to save me, and we will celebrate with music all the days of our lives in the house of Yahweh.”
21 यति बेला यशैयाले भनेका थिए, “अञ्जिरको लेप लिनु र त्यसलाई त्यो घाउमा लगाउनु र उहाँ निको हुनुहुनेछ ।”
Now Isaiah had said, “Let them take a lump of figs and put it on the boil, and he will recover.”
22 हिजकियाले पनि भनेका थिए, “म परमप्रभुको मन्दिरमा जानुपर्छ भन्ने कुराको लागि के चिन्ह हुनेछ?”
Hezekiah also had said, “What will be the sign that I should go up to the house of Yahweh?”