यशैया 40

1 तिमीहरूका परमेश्‍वर भन्‍नुहुन्छ, “सान्त्वना, मेरा मानिसहरू सान्त्वना ।

“Be consoled, be consoled, O my people!” says your God.

2 यरूशलेमसँग कोमलत भएर बोल । अनि त्यसलाई घोषणा गर, त्यसका युद्ध समाप्‍त भएको छ, त्यसका अधर्म क्षमा गरिएको छ, आफ्‍ना सबै पापहरूका निम्‍ति त्यसले परमप्रभुबाट दोब्बर पाएको छ ।”

Speak to the heart of Jerusalem, and call out to her! For her malice has reached its end. Her iniquity has been forgiven. She has received double for all her sins from the hand of the Lord.

3 एउटा आवाजले कराउँछ, “उजाड-स्‍थानमा परमप्रभुको बाटो तयार पार । अरबमा हाम्रा परमेश्‍वरको निम्ति मुल बाटो सोझो बनाओ ।”

The voice of one crying out in the desert: “Prepare the way of the Lord! Make straight the paths of our God, in a solitary place.

4 हरेक मैदानलाई माथि उठाइनेछ, र हरेक पर्वत र डाँडालाई समतल पारिनेछ । खाल्टाखुल्टी जमिनलाई समतल बनाइनेछ र नमिलेको ठाउँहरूलाई मैदान बनाइनेछ ।

Every valley will be exalted, and every mountain and hill will be brought low. And the crooked will be straightened, and the uneven will become level ways.

5 र परमप्रभुको महिमा प्रकट गरिनेछ र सबै मानिसहरूले एकसाथ यो देख्‍नेछन् । किनकि परमप्रभुको मुखले यो बोलेको छ ।

And the glory of the Lord will be revealed. And all flesh together will see that the mouth of the Lord has spoken.”

6 एउटा आवाजले भन्छ, “करा ।” अर्कोले जवाफ दिन्छ, “मैले के भनेर कराउने?” सबै प्राणी घाँस हो र तिनीहरूका विश्‍वस्‍तताका करार सबै खेतबारीका फुलजस्तै हो ।

The voice of one saying, “Cry out!” And I said, “What should I cry out?” “All flesh is grass, and all its glory is like the flower of the field.

7 यसमाथि परमप्रभुको सास पर्दा घाँस ओइलाउँछ र फुल सुक्छ । निश्‍चय नै मानवहरू घाँसै हुन् ।

The grass has dried up, and the flower has fallen. For the Spirit of the Lord has blown over it. Truly, the people are like grass.

8 घाँस ओइलाउँछ, फुल सुक्छ, तर हाम्रा परमेश्‍वरको वचन सदासर्वदा रहन्छ ।”

The grass has dried up, and the flower has fallen. But the Word of our Lord remains for eternity.”

9 ए सुसमाचार ल्याउनेहरू हो, उच्‍च पहाड सियोनमाथि जाओ । हे यरूशलेम ठुलो सोरमा कराओ । ए सुसमाचार ल्याउनेहरू हो, आफ्ना सोर उचाल, नडराओ । यहूदाका सहरहरूलाई भन, “तिमीहरूका परमेश्‍वर यहाँ हुनुहुन्छ!”

You who evangelize Zion, climb a high mountain! You who evangelize Jerusalem, lift up your voice with strength! Lift it up! Do not be afraid! Say to the cities of Judah: “Behold, your God!”

10 हेर, परमप्रभु परमेश्‍वर विजयी योद्धाझैं आउनुहुन्छ र उहाँका शक्तिशाली बाहुलीले उहाँको निम्ति शासन गर्छ । हेर, उहाको इनाम उहाँसँगै छ र उहाँले उद्धार गर्नुभएकाहरू उहाँको अगि-अगि जान्छन् ।

Behold, the Lord God will arrive in strength, and his arm will rule. Behold, his reward is with him, and his work is before him.

11 एक जना गोठालोले झैं उहाँले आफ्ना बगाललाई खुवाउनुहुनेछ, उहाँले थुमाहरूलाई आफ्नो बाहुलीमा जम्‍मा गर्नुहुन्‍छ र तिनीहरूलाई आफ्‍ना हृदयको छेउमा बोक्‍नुहुन्‍छ, अनि पाठाहरूलाई दूध खुवाउने भेडाहरूलाई कोमल भएर डोर्‍याउनुहुन्‍छ ।

He will pasture his flock like a shepherd. He will gather together the lambs with his arm, and he will lift them up to his bosom, and he himself will carry the very young.

12 पानीलाई कसले आफ्नो हातमा नापेको छ, आकाशलाई कसले आफ्‍नो हातले नापेको छ, पृथ्वीको धूलोलाई कसले डालोमा राखेको छ, पहाडहरू वा पर्वतहरूलाई कसले तराजुमा जोखेको छ?

Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and who has weighed the heavens with his palm? Who has suspended the mass of the earth with three fingers, and who has weighed the mountains on a balance and the hills on a scale?

13 परमप्रभुको मनलाई कसले बुझेको छ, वा उहाँको सल्लाहकार भएर उहाँलाई कसले सिकाएको छ?

Who has assisted the Spirit of the Lord? Or who has been his counselor and has revealed things to him?

14 कसबाट उहाँले कुन बेला सुझाव पाउनुभयो? उहाँलाई कुराहरू गर्ने ठिक तरिका कसले सिकाएको छ, अनि उहालाई कसले ज्ञान सिकाएको वा उहाँलाई कसले समझको बाटो देखाएको छ?

With whom has he consulted? And who has instructed him, and taught him the path of justice, and guided him to knowledge, and revealed the way of understanding to him?

15 हेर, जातिहरू बाल्टीमा एक थोपा पानीजस्तै हुन् र तराजुहरूमा धूलोजस्तै ठानिन्छ । हेर, उहाँलले टापुहरूलाई छेस्कोझैं जोख्‍नुहुन्छ ।

Behold, the nations are like a drop of water in a bucket, and they are considered as the smallest grain on a balance. Behold, the islands are like a little dust.

16 लेबनान दउराको निम्ति पर्याप्‍त छैन न त यसका जङ्गली जनावरहरू होम बलिको निम्ति पर्याप्‍त छन् ।

And Lebanon will not be sufficient to start a fire, and its animals will not be sufficient for a burnt offering.

17 उहाँको सामु सबै जातिहरू अपर्याप्‍त छन् । उहाँले तिनीहरूलाई केही जस्‍तो पनि ठान्‍नुहुन्‍न ।

All the nations in his sight are as if they did not exist, and they are considered by him as if they were nothingness and emptiness.

18 तब तिमीहरूले परमेश्‍वरलाई केसँग तुलना गर्नेछौ? तिमीहरूले उहाँलाई कुन मूर्तीसँग तुलना गर्नेछौ?

Therefore, to whom would you liken God? Or with what image would you replace him?

19 एउटा मूर्ती! एक जना कारीगरले यसलाई बनाउँछः सुनारले यसमा सुनको जलप लगाउँछ र यसको निम्ति चाँदीको सिक्री बनाउँछ ।

Should the workman cast a statue? Or has the goldsmith formed it with gold, or the silversmith with plates of silver?

20 बलि चढाउनलाई कसैले अग्राखकै दाउरा ल्‍याउँछ । नढल्ने मूर्ती बनाउन उसले एक जना निपुण कारीगर खोज्छ ।

He has chosen strong wood that will not decay. The skillful artisan seeks a way to set up an idol that cannot be moved.

21 के तिमीहरूले जानेका छैनौ? के तिमीहरूले सुनेका छैनौ? के सुरुदेखि नै यो कुरा तिमीहरूलाई भनिएको छैन? पृथ्वीको जगहरू बसालेदेखि नै तिमिहरूले बुझेका छैनौ?

Do you not know? Have you not heard? Has it not been announced to you from the beginning? Have you not understood the foundations of the earth?

22 पृथ्वीको क्षितिजभन्‍दा माथि विराजमान हुनुहुने उहाँ नै हुनुहुन्छ । अनि यसका बासिन्दाहरू उहाँको सामु फट्याङ्ग्राहरू जस्तै छन् । आकाशहरूलाई उहाँले पर्दाझैं तन्काउनुहुन्छ र तिनीहरूलाई बस्‍ने पालझैं फिंजाउनुहुन्छ ।

He is the One who sits upon the globe of the earth, and its inhabitants are like locusts. He extends the heavens as if they were nothing, and he spreads them out like a tent, in which to dwell.

23 उहाँले शासकहरूलाई बकामको बनाउनुहुन्छ र पृथ्वीका शासकहरूलाई नगन्‍य बनाउनुहुन्छ ।

He has brought those who examine what is secret to nothingness. He has brought the judges of the earth to emptiness.

24 ती रोपिनेबित्तिकै, छरिनेबित्तिकै, तिनका जरा जमिन पर्नेबित्तिकै, जब उहाँले तिमाथि फुक्‍नुहुन्‍छ, तब तिनीहरू ओइलाउँन्, र हावाले तिनलाई परालझैं लैजान्छ ।

And certainly, their stalk was neither planted, nor sown, nor rooted in the ground. He has suddenly blown across them, and they have withered, and a whirlwind will carry them away like chaff.

25 परमपवित्र भन्‍नुहुन्छ, “तब तिमीहरूले मलाई कोसँग तुलना गर्छौ, म कोजस्तो छु?”

“And to whom would you compare me or equate me?” says the Holy One.

26 माथि आकाशमा हेर! यी सबै ताराहरूलाई कसले सृजेका हुन्? उहाँले ती बनाउनलाई उहाँले नै नेतृत्व गर्नुहुन्छ र ती सबैको नाउँ काढेर बोलाउनुहुन्छ । उहाँको शक्तिको माहन्‌ता र उहाँको सामर्थ्यको शक्तिद्वारा एउटा पनि हराएका छैनन् ।

Lift up your eyes on high, and see who has created these things. He leads forth their army by number, and he calls them all by name. Because of the fullness of his strength and robustness and virtue, not one of them was left behind.

27 ए याकूब, तँ किन यसो भन्‍छस्, ए इस्राएल, तँ किन घोषणा गर्छस्, “मेरो बाटो परमप्रभुबाट लुकाइएको छ र मेरो परमेश्‍वरले मेरो बदलाको वास्ता गर्नुहुन्‍न”?

Why do you say this, O Jacob, and why do you speak this way, O Israel? “My way has been hidden from the Lord, and my judgment escaped notice by my God.”

28 के तैंले जानेका छैनस्? के तैंले सुनेका छैनस्? परमप्रभु अनन्तका परमेश्‍वर, पृथ्वीको अन्तसम्मका सृष्‍टिकर्ता थकित वा हैरान बन्‍नुहुन्‍न । उहाँको समझको कुनै सिमा छैन ।

Do you not know, or have you not heard? The Lord is the eternal God, who has created the limits of the earth. He does not diminish, and he does not struggle. Neither is his wisdom searchable.

29 उहाँले थकितहरूलाई बल दिनुहुन्छ । अनि कमजोरहरूलाई उहाँले नयाँ ऊर्जा दिनुहुन्छ ।

It is he who gives strength to the weary, and it is he who increases fortitude and strength in those who are failing.

30 जवान मानिसहरू पनि थकित र हैरान हुन्‍छन्, अनि जवानहरूले ठेस खान्‍छन् र ढल्‍छन्:

Servants will struggle and fail, and young men will fall into infirmity.

31 तर परमप्रभुमा आशा गर्नेहरूले आफ्‍नो बललाई नयाँ बनाउनेछन् । तिनीहरू चिलहरू झैं पखेटाहरूले माथि-माथि उड्नेछन् । तिनीहरू दौडनेछन् र हैरान हुनेछैनन् । तिनीहरू हिंड्नेछन् र मूर्छा पर्नेछैनन् ।

But those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will take up wings like eagles. They will run and not struggle. They will walk and not tire.