यशैया 40

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

Our God says, “Encourage my people! Encourage them!

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 kindly to [the people of] Jerusalem; tell them that their suffering is ended, and that I have forgiven them for the sins that they have committed; I [SYN] have fully punished them for their sins.”

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

I hear someone who is shouting, “Prepare in the desert a way for Yahweh to come [to you]; make a smooth road for our God (OR, Prepare yourselves to receive Yahweh when he comes, like people make a straight road for an important official [MET]).

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

Fill in the valleys; flatten every hill and every mountain. Make the uneven ground smooth, and make the rough places smooth.

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

[If you do that], it will become known that Yahweh is glorious/great, and all people will realize it at the same time. [Those things will surely happen] because it is Yahweh who has said [MTY] it.”

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

Someone said to me, “Shout!” I replied, “What should I shout?” [He replied], “[Shout that] people are like [SIM] grass; their influence fades as quickly as flowers in the field.

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

Grass withers and flowers dry up when Yahweh causes a hot wind from the desert to blow on them. And people are [MET] like that.

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

The grass withers and the flowers dry up, but what our God promises will last 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 [people of] Jerusalem, you have good news to tell to people, so, shout it from the top of a high mountain! Shout it loudly, and do not be afraid! Tell the people in the towns of Judah, “Your God is coming here!”

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 ।

Yahweh your God will be coming with power; he will rule powerfully [MTY]. And when he comes, he will bring with him the people whom he has freed [MET] [from being slaves in Babylonia].

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 take care of his people like [SIM] a shepherd takes care of his sheep, and carries the young lambs in his arms. He carries them close to his chest and he gently leads the female sheep that are nursing their young lambs.

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?

[There is no one like Yahweh]! (Who else has measured the water in the oceans in the palm of his hand?/No one else has measured the water in the oceans in the palm of his hand!) [RHQ] (Who else has measured the sky with his fingers?/No one else has measured the sky with his fingers!) [RHQ] (Who else knows how much the earth weighs?/No one else knows how much the earth weighs!) [RHQ] (Who else has weighed the mountains and hills on scales?/No one else has weighed the mountains and hills on scales!) [RHQ]

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

And (who else can advise Yahweh’s Spirit?/No one else can advise Yahweh’s Spirit!) [RHQ] (Who can teach him or advise/tell him what he should do?/No one can teach him or advise/tell him what he should do!) [RHQ]

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?

(Has Yahweh consulted anyone else to get advice?/Yahweh has certainly not consulted anyone else to get advice!) [RHQ] (Does he need someone to tell him what is right to do and how to act justly?/He certainly does not need someone to tell him what is right to do and how to act justly!) [RHQ]

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

[Yahweh considers that] the nations are [as insignificant as] [MET] one drop from a bucket [full of water]. They are [as insignificant as] dust on scales. He is able to weigh islands [as though they weighed no more than] grains of sand.

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

There would be [not] enough wood from all the trees in Lebanon to make a suitable fire for [sacrificing animals to] him, and there are not enough animals in Lebanon to offer as sacrifices to him.

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

The nations of the world are completely insignificant/unimportant to him; he considers that they are worthless and less than nothing [HYP, DOU].

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

So, to whom can you compare God? What image resembles him?

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

Can you compare him to an idol that is made in a mold, and then is covered with [a thin sheet of] gold and decorated with silver chains?

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

A man who is poor [cannot buy silver or gold for his idol]; [so] he selects a piece of wood that will not rot, and he gives it to a craftsman to carve an idol that will not fall down!

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

Have you(pl) not heard this? Do you not understand it? Are you unable to hear what God said long ago— [messages that he gave] before he created 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 ।

God sits [on his throne] above the earth, and the people [on the earth] below seem to be [as small] as [SIM] grasshoppers. He spreads out the sky like a curtain; it is like [SIM] a tent for him to live in.

23 उहाँले शासकहरूलाई बकामको बनाउनुहुन्छ र पृथ्वीका शासकहरूलाई नगन्‍य बनाउनुहुन्छ ।

He causes kings to have no more power, and he causes the rulers to be worth nothing.

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

They start to rule, like small plants start to grow and form roots; but then [he gets rid of them] as though [MET] they withered when he blew on them, like [SIM] chaff that is blown away by the wind.

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

The Holy One asks, “To whom will you compare me? Is anyone equal to me?”

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 ।

Look up toward the sky: Consider who [RHQ] created all the stars. [Yahweh created them], and at night he causes them to appear; he calls each one by its name. Because he is extremely powerful [DOU], all of the stars are there [LIT] [when he calls out their names].

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”?

You people of Israel [DOU], why do you complain that Yahweh does not see the [troubles that you are experiencing]? Why do you say that he does not act fairly toward you?

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

Have you never heard and have you never understood that Yahweh is the everlasting God; he is the one who created the earth, [even the] most distant places on the earth. He never becomes weak or weary, and no one can find out how much he understands.

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

He strengthens [DOU] those who feel weak and tired.

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

Even youths become faint and weary, and young men will fall when they are exhausted.

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 trust in Yahweh will become strong again; [it will be as though] they will soar/fly high like [SIM] eagles do. They will run [for a long time] and not become weary; they will walk [long distances] and not faint.