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 silence before me, O isles; and let the people renew [their] strength: let them come near; then let them speak: let us come near together 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 raised up the righteous [man] from the east, called him to his foot, gave the nations before him, and made [him] rule over kings? he gave [them] as the dust to his sword, [and] as driven stubble to his bow.
3 तिनले उनीहरूलाई लखेट्छन् र छिटो पुग्ने बाटोद्वारा आफ्ना खुट्टाले जमिन नछोएझैं गरी तिनले सुरक्षित रूपमा भेट्टाउँछन् ।
He pursued them, [and] passed safely; [even] by the way [that] he had not gone 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 hath wrought and done [it], calling the generations from the beginning? I the LORD, 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 ।
The isles saw [it], and feared; the ends of the earth were afraid, drew near, and came.
6 हरेकले आ-आफ्ना छिमेकीलाई सहायता गर्छ र हरेकले एकआपसमा भन्छन्, 'उत्साहित होओ ।'
They helped every one his neighbor; and [every one] said to his brother, Be of good courage.
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 ।
So the carpenter encouraged the goldsmith, [and] he that smootheth [with] the hammer him that smote the anvil, saying, It [is] ready for the sodering: and he fastened it with nails, [that] it should not be moved.
8 तर तँ इस्राएल, मेरो सेवक, याकूब, जसलाई मैले चुनेको छु, मेरो मित्र अब्राहमको सन्तान,
But thou, Israel, [art] my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend.
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 ।
[Thou] whom I have taken from the ends of the earth, and called thee from the chief men thereof, and said to thee, Thou [art] my servant; I have chosen thee, and not cast thee away.
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 ।
Fear thou not; for I [am] with thee: be not dismayed; for I [am] thy God: I will strengthen thee; yes, I will help thee; yes, I will uphold thee 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 [they that were] incensed against thee shall be ashamed and confounded: they shall be as nothing; and they that contend with thee shall perish.
12 तँसँग झगडा गर्नेहरूलाई तैंले खोज्नेछस् र पाउनेछैनस् । तँसँग युद्ध गर्नेहरू बेकामको हुनेछन् र पुर्ण रूपमा बेकामको हुनेछन् ।
Thou shalt seek them, and shalt not find them, [even] them that contended with thee: they that war against thee shall be as nothing, and as a thing of naught.
13 किनकि म, परमप्रभु तेरो परमेश्वरले तेरो दाहिने हात समातेर यसो भन्नेछु, 'नडरा, म तँलाई सहायता गर्दैर्छु ।'
For I the LORD thy God will hold thy right hand, saying to thee, Fear not; I will help thee.
14 नडरा, ए किरा याकूब र इस्राएलका मानिसहरू, तँलाई म सहायात गर्नेछु— यो परमप्रभु, तिमीहरूका उद्धारक, इस्राएलका परमपवित्रको घोषणा हो ।
Fear not, thou worm Jacob, [and] ye men of Israel; I will help thee, saith the LORD, and thy 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 will make thee a new sharp threshing instrument having teeth: thou shalt thresh the mountains, and beat [them] small, and shalt make the hills as chaff.
16 तैंले तिनीहरूलाई निफन्नेछस् र हावाले तिनीहरूलाई उडाएर लानेछ । हावाले तिनीहरूलाई तितरबितर पार्नेछ । तँ परमप्रभुमा रमाउनेछस्, इस्राएका परमपवित्रमा तँ आनन्दित हुनेछस् ।
Thou shalt fan them, and the wind shall carry them away, and the whirlwind shall scatter them: and thou shalt rejoice in the LORD, [and] shalt glory 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 ।
[When] the poor and needy seek water, and [there is] none, [and] their tongue faileth for thirst, I the LORD will hear them, [I] the God of Israel will 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 will open rivers in high places, and fountains in the midst of the valleys: I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water.
19 उजाड-स्थानमा म देवदारु, बबुल, मेंहदी र जैतूनको रूख रोप्नेछु । मैले धूपी र सल्लालाई उजाड मैदानमा म खडा गर्नेछु ।
I will plant in the wilderness the cedar, the shittah-tree, and the myrtle, and the oil-tree; I will set in the desert the fir-tree, the pine, and the box-tree 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 ।
That they may see, and know, and consider, and understand together, that the hand of the LORD hath done this, and the Holy One of Israel hath created it.
21 परमप्रभु भन्नुहुन्छ, “तेरो मुद्दा पेस गर् ।” याकूबका राजा भन्नुहुन्छ, “तेरा मूर्तीहरूका निम्ति तेरा उत्तम बहसहरू पेस गर् ।”
Produce your cause, saith the LORD; bring forth your strong [reasons], saith 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 ।
Let them bring [them] forth, and show us what shall happen: let them show the former things, what they [are] that we may consider them, and know the latter end of them; or declare to us things to come.
23 भविष्यको बारेमा कुराहरू भन, ताकि तिमीहरू देवहरू हौ भनी हामी जान्न सकौं । कुनै असल वा खराब गर, ताकि हामी डराऔं वा प्रभावित बनौं ।
Show the things that are to come hereafter, that we may know that ye [are] gods: yes, do good, or do evil, that we may be dismayed, and behold [it] together.
24 हेर्, मूर्तीहरू केही पनि होइनन्, र तिमीहरूका कामहरू केही पनि होइनन् । तिमीहरूलाई रोज्ने मानिस घृणित हुन्छ ।
Behold, ye [are] of nothing, and your work of naught: an abomination [is he that] chooseth 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 raised up [one] from the north, and he shall come: from the rising of the sun shall he call upon my name: and he shall come upon princes as [upon] mortar, and as the potter treadeth clay.
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 hath declared from the beginning, that we may know? and before time, that we may say, [He is] righteous? verily, [there is] none that showeth, verily, [there is] none that declareth, verily, [there is] none that heareth your words.
27 मैले पहिले सियोनलाई भनें, “हेर, तिनीहरू यहाँ छन् ।” मैले यरूशलेममा एक जना दूतलाई पठाएँ ।
The first [shall say] to Zion, Behold, behold them: and I will give to Jerusalem one that bringeth good tidings.
28 मैले हेर्दा त्यहाँ कोही पनि छैन, असल सल्लाह दिने तिनीहरूका माझमा कोही पनि छैन । मैले सोध्दा एक शब्द जवाफ दिने कोही छैन ।
For I beheld, and [there was] no man; even among them, and [there was] no counselor, that, when I asked of them, could answer a word.
29 हेर, ती सबै केही पनि होइनन्, अनि तिनीहरूका कामहरू केही पनि होइनन् । तिनीहरूका ढालेका धातुका आकृतिहरू हावा र रित्ता हुन् ।
Behold, they [are] all vanity, their works [are] nothing: their molten images [are] wind and confusion.
