यशैया 41
1 ए समुद्री किनारहरू, मेरो सामु चुपचाप सुन । जातिहरूले आफ्ना बल नयाँ बनाऊन् । तिनीहरू नजिक आऊन् र बोलून् । एउटा विवादको बारेमा बहस गर्न हामी एकसाथ भेला हौं ।
Keep silent toward Me, O islands, And the peoples pass on [to] power, They come near, then they speak, “Together we draw near to judgment.”
2 आफ्नो काम धार्मिकतामा गर्नलाई पुर्वको एक जनालाई बोलाएर कसले उत्तेजित पारेको छ? उहाँले जातिहरूलाई तिनीकहाँ सुम्पनुहुन्छ र राजाहरूलाई अधीन गर्न तिनलाई सहायता गर्नुहुन्छ । आफ्नो धनुको हावाले उडाएको पतकरझैं, तिनले उनीहरूलाई तरवारले जमिनमा ढाल्छन् ।
Who stirred up a righteous one from the east? He calls him to His foot, He gives nations before him, And He causes him to rule kings, He gives [them] as dust [to] his sword, As driven stubble [to] his bow.
3 तिनले उनीहरूलाई लखेट्छन् र छिटो पुग्ने बाटोद्वारा आफ्ना खुट्टाले जमिन नछोएझैं गरी तिनले सुरक्षित रूपमा भेट्टाउँछन् ।
He pursues them, he passes over in safety A path he does not enter with his feet.
4 कसले यी कामहरू गरेको र पुरा गरेको छ? कसले सुरुदेखिका पुस्ताहरूलाई बलाएको छ? म, परमप्रभु पहिलो र अन्तिम म नै हुँ ।
Who has worked and done, Calling the generations from the first? I, YHWH, the first, and with the last I [am] He.
5 टापुहरूले देखेका छन् र डराएका छन् । पृथ्वीका अन्तिम छेउहरू थरथर काम्छन् । तिनीहरू तयार हुन्छन् र आउँछन् ।
Islands have seen and fear, The ends of the earth tremble, They have drawn near, indeed, they come.
6 हरेकले आ-आफ्ना छिमेकीलाई सहायता गर्छ र हरेकले एकआपसमा भन्छन्, 'उत्साहित होओ ।'
They each help his neighbor, And to his brother he says, “Be strong.”
7 त्यसैले सिकर्मीले सुनारलाई उत्साह दिन्छ, अनि घन चलाउनेले लिहीमा काम गर्नेलाई 'यो असल छ' भन्दै वेल्डिङ् गर्न उत्साह दिन्छ । तिनीहरूले त्यो काँटीले कस्छन्, ताकि यो नहल्लियोस् ।
And an artisan strengthens the refiner, A smoother [with] a hammer, Him who is beating [on] an anvil, saying, “For joining it [is] good,” And he strengthens it with nails, it is not moved!
8 तर तँ इस्राएल, मेरो सेवक, याकूब, जसलाई मैले चुनेको छु, मेरो मित्र अब्राहमको सन्तान,
And you, O Israel, My servant, Jacob, whom I have chosen, Seed of Abraham, My lover,
9 तँ जसलाई म पृथ्वीको अन्तिम छेउबाट फर्काएर ल्याउँदैछु र जसलाई मैले टाढा ठाउँहरूबाट बोलाएँ, अनि जसलाई मैले भनें, 'तँ मेरो सेवक होस्।' मैले तँलाई चुनेको छु, र तँलाई इन्कार गरेको छैन ।
Whom I have taken hold of, from the ends of the earth, And from its near places I have called you, And I say to you, You [are] My servant, I have chosen you, and not rejected you.
10 नडरा, किनकि म तँसँग छु । चिन्तित नहो, किनकि म नै तेरो परमेश्वर हुँ । म तँलाई बलियो बनाउनेछु, र म तँलाई सहायता गर्नेछु, अनि आफ्नो धर्मी दाहिने हातले म तँलाई थाम्नेछु ।
Do not be afraid, for I [am] with you, do not look around, for I [am] your God, I have strengthened you, Indeed, I have helped you, indeed, I upheld you, With the right hand of My righteousness.
11 हेर, तँसँग रिसाएकाहरू सबै जना, तिनीहरू लज्जित र अपमानित हुनेछन् । तेरो विरोध गर्नेहरू, तिनीहरू बेकामको हुनेछन् र नाश हुनेछन् ।
Behold, all those displeased with you, They are ashamed and blush, They are as nothing, indeed, The men who strive with you perish.
12 तँसँग झगडा गर्नेहरूलाई तैंले खोज्नेछस् र पाउनेछैनस् । तँसँग युद्ध गर्नेहरू बेकामको हुनेछन् र पुर्ण रूपमा बेकामको हुनेछन् ।
You seek them, and do not find them, The men who debate with you, They are as nothing, indeed, as nothing, The men who war with you.
13 किनकि म, परमप्रभु तेरो परमेश्वरले तेरो दाहिने हात समातेर यसो भन्नेछु, 'नडरा, म तँलाई सहायता गर्दैर्छु ।'
For I, your God YHWH, Am strengthening your right hand, He who is saying to you, “Do not fear, I have helped you.”
14 नडरा, ए किरा याकूब र इस्राएलका मानिसहरू, तँलाई म सहायात गर्नेछु— यो परमप्रभु, तिमीहरूका उद्धारक, इस्राएलका परमपवित्रको घोषणा हो ।
Do not fear, O worm Jacob, You men of Israel, I helped you, a declaration of YHWH, Even your redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.
15 हेर्, म तँलाई नयाँ र दुई धारहरू भएको एउटा अन्न कुट्ने हतियार बनाउँदैछु । तैंले पहाडहरूलाई कुट्नेछस् र तिनीहरूलाई कुल्चनेछस् । तैंले डाँडाहरूलाई भुसजस्तै बनाउनेछस् ।
Behold, I have set you for a new sharp threshing instrument, Possessing teeth, you thresh mountains, And beat small, and make hills as chaff.
16 तैंले तिनीहरूलाई निफन्नेछस् र हावाले तिनीहरूलाई उडाएर लानेछ । हावाले तिनीहरूलाई तितरबितर पार्नेछ । तँ परमप्रभुमा रमाउनेछस्, इस्राएका परमपवित्रमा तँ आनन्दित हुनेछस् ।
You winnow them, and a wind lifts them up, And a whirlwind scatters them, And you rejoice in YHWH, [And] boast yourself in the Holy One of Israel.
17 अत्यचारमा परेका र खाँचोमा परेकाहरूले पानी खोज्नेछन्, तर त्यहाँ हुनेछैन, अनि तिर्खाले गर्दा तिनीहरूको जिब्रो सुक्खा हुन्छन् । म, परमप्रभुले तिनीहरूको प्रार्थनाको जवाफ दिनेछु । म, इस्राएलका परमेश्वरले तिनीहरूलाई त्याग्नेछैन ।
The poor and the needy are seeking water, And there is none, Their tongue has failed with thirst, I, YHWH, answer them, The God of Israel—I do not forsake them.
18 ठाडो भिरमा म खोला बगाउनेछु र मैदानको माझमा मुल फुटाउनेछु । मरुभूमीमा पानीको तलाउ र सुख्खा जमिनमा पानीको मुल म बनाउनेछु ।
I open rivers on high places, And fountains in midst of valleys, I make a wilderness become a pond of water, And a dry land becomes springs of water.
19 उजाड-स्थानमा म देवदारु, बबुल, मेंहदी र जैतूनको रूख रोप्नेछु । मैले धूपी र सल्लालाई उजाड मैदानमा म खडा गर्नेछु ।
I give in a wilderness the cedar, Shittah, and myrtle, and oil-tree, I set in a desert the fir-pine and box-wood together.
20 परमप्रभुको हातले नै यसो गरेको छ, इस्राएलको परमपवित्रले नै यसलाई सृजनुभएको छ, भनेर मानिसहरूले हेरून्, चिनून् अनि बुझून् भन्ने उदेश्यले म यो गर्नेछु ।
So that they see, and know, And regard, and act wisely together, For the hand of YHWH has done this, And the Holy One of Israel has created it.
21 परमप्रभु भन्नुहुन्छ, “तेरो मुद्दा पेस गर् ।” याकूबका राजा भन्नुहुन्छ, “तेरा मूर्तीहरूका निम्ति तेरा उत्तम बहसहरू पेस गर् ।”
Bring your cause near, says YHWH, Bring your mighty ones near, says the King of Jacob.
22 तिनीहरूले आ-आफ्ना बहसहरू ल्याऊन् । तिनीहरू अघि आऊन् र के हुनेछ भनी बताऊन्, ताकि हामीले यी कुराहरू राम्ररी जान्न सक्छौं । तिनीहरूले हामीलाई सुरुका अगमवाणीका कुराहरू भनून्, ताकि हामीले तिनमा विचार गरौं र ती कसरी पुरा भए जानौं ।
They bring [them] near, and declare to us that which happens, Declare the first things—what they [are], And we set our heart, and know their latter end, Or cause us to hear the coming things.
23 भविष्यको बारेमा कुराहरू भन, ताकि तिमीहरू देवहरू हौ भनी हामी जान्न सकौं । कुनै असल वा खराब गर, ताकि हामी डराऔं वा प्रभावित बनौं ।
Declare the things that are coming hereafter, And we know that you [are] gods, Indeed, you may do good or do evil, And we look around and see [it] together.
24 हेर्, मूर्तीहरू केही पनि होइनन्, र तिमीहरूका कामहरू केही पनि होइनन् । तिमीहरूलाई रोज्ने मानिस घृणित हुन्छ ।
Behold, you [are] of nothing, and your work of nothing, An abomination—it fixes on you.
25 उत्तरबाट मैले एक जनालाई खडा गरेको छु, र त्यो आउँछ । सुर्य उदय हुने दिशाबाट त्यसलाई म बोलाउँछु, जसले मेरो नाउँ पुकार्छ, अनि हिलोलाई झैं, माटोलाई कुल्चने कुमालेले झैं त्यसले शासकहरूलाई कुल्चनेछ ।
I have stirred up [one] from the north, And he comes, From the rising of the sun he calls in My Name, And he comes in [on] prefects as [on] clay, And as a potter treads down mire.
26 यसलाई कसले सुरुदेखि नै घोषणा गर्यौ, ताकि हामीले जान्न सकौं? “उहाँ ठिक हुनुहुन्छ” भनी हामीले भन्नुभन्दा पहिले? वास्तवमा, तिनीहरू कसैले पनि यो घोषणा गरेनन्, हो, तिमीहरूले कुनै कुरा भनेको कसैले पनि सुनेन ।
Who has declared from the first, and we know? And formerly, and we say, “Righteous?” Indeed, there is none declaring, Indeed, there is none proclaiming, Indeed, there is none hearing your sayings.
27 मैले पहिले सियोनलाई भनें, “हेर, तिनीहरू यहाँ छन् ।” मैले यरूशलेममा एक जना दूतलाई पठाएँ ।
First to Zion, Behold, behold them, And to Jerusalem I give one proclaiming tidings,
28 मैले हेर्दा त्यहाँ कोही पनि छैन, असल सल्लाह दिने तिनीहरूका माझमा कोही पनि छैन । मैले सोध्दा एक शब्द जवाफ दिने कोही छैन ।
And I see that there is no man, Indeed, of these that there is no counselor, And I ask them, and they return word:
29 हेर, ती सबै केही पनि होइनन्, अनि तिनीहरूका कामहरू केही पनि होइनन् । तिनीहरूका ढालेका धातुका आकृतिहरू हावा र रित्ता हुन् ।
“Behold, all of them [are] vanity, Their works [are] nothing, Their molten images [are] wind and emptiness!”
