यशैया 40

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

"Comfort, comfort 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 tenderly to Jerusalem; and call out to her that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned, that she has received of YHWH's hand double for all her sins."

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

The voice of one who calls out in the wilderness, "Prepare the way of YHWH. Make his roads straight.

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 filled, and every mountain and hill will be made low, and the uneven will be made level, and the rough places a plain.

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

And the glory of YHWH will be revealed, and all humanity will see the salvation of God together; for the mouth of YHWH 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." And I said, "What shall I cry?" "All flesh is like 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 withers, the flower fades, because YHWH's breath blows on it. Surely the people are like grass.

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

The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of YHWH stands forever."

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 tell good news to Zion, go up on a high mountain. You who tell good news to Jerusalem, lift up your voice with strength. Lift it up. Do not be afraid. Say to the cities of Judah, "Look, 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 ।

Look, YHWH will come as a mighty one, and his arm will rule for him. Look, his reward is with him, and his recompense 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 feed his flock like a shepherd. He will gather the lambs in his arm, and carry them in his bosom. He will gently lead those who have their 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 marked off the sky with his span, and calculated the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?

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

Who has known the mind of YHWH, or who has instructed him as his counselor?

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?

From whom did he take counsel with, and who instructed him, and taught him in the path of justice, and taught him knowledge, and showed him the way of understanding? Or who has first given to him, and it will be repaid to him again?

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

Look, the nations are like a drop in a bucket, and are regarded as a speck of dust on a balance. Look, he lifts up the islands like a very little thing.

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

Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor its animals sufficient for a burnt offering.

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

All the nations are like nothing before him. They are regarded by him as less than nothing, and vanity.

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

To whom then will you liken God? Or what likeness will you compare to him?

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

A workman has cast an image, and the goldsmith overlays it with gold, and casts silver chains for it.

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

He who is too impoverished for such an offering chooses a tree that will not rot. He seeks a skillful workman to set up an engraved image for him that will not 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?

Haven't you known? Haven't you heard, yet? Haven't you been told from the beginning? Haven't you understood from 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 ।

It is he who sits above the circle of the earth, and its inhabitants are like grasshoppers; who stretches out the heavens like a curtain, and spreads them out like a tent to dwell in;

23 उहाँले शासकहरूलाई बकामको बनाउनुहुन्छ र पृथ्वीका शासकहरूलाई नगन्‍य बनाउनुहुन्छ ।

who brings princes to nothing; who makes the judges of the earth meaningless.

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

They are planted scarcely. They are sown scarcely. Their stock has scarcely taken root in the ground. He merely blows on them, and they wither, and the whirlwind takes them away as stubble.

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

"To whom then will you liken me? Who is my equal?" 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, who brings out their host by number. He calls them all by name; by the greatness of his might, and because he is strong in power, not one is lacking.

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, Jacob, and why do you assert, Israel, "My way is hidden from YHWH, and the justice due me is disregarded 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 ।

And now, haven't you known? Haven't you heard? The everlasting God, YHWH, the Creator of the farthest parts of the earth, doesn't faint. He isn't weary. His understanding is unsearchable.

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

He gives power to the weak. He increases the strength of him who has no might.

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

Even the youths faint and get weary, and the young men utterly fall;

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 wait for YHWH will renew their strength. They will mount up with wings like eagles. They will run, and not be weary. They will walk, and not faint.