< यशैया 44 >

1 ए मेरो सेवक, याकूब, ए इस्राएल जसलाई मैले चुनेको छु, अब सुन्:
But now listen, O Jacob My servant, Israel, whom I have chosen.
2 परमप्रभु जसले तँलाई गर्भमा बनाउनुभयो र आकार दिनुभयो, अनि जसले तँलाई सहायता गर्नुहुनेछः उहाँले यसको भन्‍नुहुन्छ, “ए याकूब, मेरो सेवक, नडरा । अनि ए यशूरून, जसलाई मैले चुनेको छु ।
This is the word of the LORD, your Maker, who formed you from the womb and who will help you: “Do not be afraid, O Jacob My servant, Jeshurun, whom I have chosen.
3 किन सुकेको जमिनमाथि म पानी खन्याउनेछु र सुख्खा जमिनमाथि खोलाहरू बगाउनेछु । तेरो सन्तानमाथि मेरो आत्मा र तेरा छोराछोरीमाथि मेरो आशिष् म खन्याउनेछु ।
For I will pour water on the thirsty land, and currents on the dry ground. I will pour out My Spirit on your descendants, and My blessing on your offspring.
4 तिनीहरू घाँसहरू माझमा पानीको नदीको किनारको लहरे-पिपलहरू झैं उम्रनेछन् ।
They will sprout among the grass like willows by flowing streams.
5 कसैले भन्‍नेछ, “म परमप्रभुको हुँ,' अनि अर्कोले याकूबको नाउँ लिनेछ, र अर्कोले आफ्नो हातमा 'म परमप्रभुको हुँ,' भनी लेख्‍नेछ र आफैलाई इस्राएलको नाउँ दिनेछ ।”
One will say, ‘I belong to the LORD,’ another will call himself by the name of Jacob, and still another will write on his hand, ‘The LORD’s,’ and will take the name of Israel.”
6 इस्राएलका राजा, त्यसको उद्धारक, सर्वशक्तिमान् परमप्रभु यसो भन्‍नुहुन्छ, “म नै पहिलो हुँ र म नै अन्तिम हुँ । र मबाहेक अरू कुनै परमेश्‍वर छैन ।
Thus says the LORD, the King and Redeemer of Israel, the LORD of Hosts: “I am the first and I am the last, and there is no God but Me.
7 मजस्तो को छ? आफ्‍ना प्राचीन मानिसहरूलाई मैले स्थापित गरेदेखि भएका घटनाहरू त्यसले मलाई घोषणा गरोस् र त्‍यो वर्णन गरोस्, अनि तिनीहरूले हुन आउने घटनाहरूका बारेमा घोषणा गरून् ।
Who then is like Me? Let him say so! Let him declare his case before Me, since I established an ancient people. Let him foretell the things to come, and what is to take place.
8 नडरा अर्थात् भयभित हो । के मैले धेरै पहिले नै यो तँलाई घोषणा गरेको र सुचना दिएको होइन र? तिमीहरू मेरा गवाहीहरू हौः “के मबाहेक अरू कुनै परमेश्‍वर छ र? त्‍यहाँ अरू कुनै चट्टान छैन । म यस्ता कुनैलाई चिन्दिनँ ।”
Do not tremble or fear. Have I not told you and declared it long ago? You are My witnesses! Is there any God but Me? There is no other Rock; I know not one.”
9 मूर्तीहरू बनाउने सबै जना केही पनि होइनन् । तिनीहरू प्रशन्‍न हुने थोकहरू व्‍यर्थ हुन् । तिनीहरूका गवाहीहरूले कुनै कुरा पनि देख्‍न वा जान्‍न सक्दैनन् र तिनीहरू लजमा पारिनेछन् ।
All makers of idols are nothing, and the things they treasure are worthless. Their witnesses fail to see or comprehend, so they are put to shame.
10 कसले देवतालाई आकार दिन्‍छ वा व्यार्थको मूर्ती खोप्छ?
Who fashions a god or casts an idol which profits him nothing?
11 हेर, त्यसका सबै सहकर्मी लाजमा पारिनेछन् । कारीगरहरू मानिसहरू मात्र हुन् । तिनीहरूले एकसाथ आफ्ना अडान लेऊन् । तिनीहरू तर्सिनेछन् र लजज्‍जित हुनेछन् ।
Behold, all his companions will be put to shame, for the craftsmen themselves are only human. Let them all assemble and take their stand; they will all be brought to terror and shame.
12 सुनारले आफ्‍ना औजारहरूले भुङ्ग्रोमा काम गरेर त्‍यो बनाउँछ । उसले त्‍यसलाई घनले आकार दिन्छ र आफ्‍नो बलियो पाखुराले त्‍यसको काम गर्छ । ऊ भोकाउँछ र उसको बल घट्छ । उसले पानी पिउँदैन र मुर्छा पर्छ ।
The blacksmith takes a tool and labors over the coals; he fashions an idol with hammers and forges it with his strong arms. Yet he grows hungry and loses his strength; he fails to drink water and grows faint.
13 सिकर्मीले काठलाई धागोले नाप्छ र कलमले त्‍यसमा चिन्ह लगाउँछ । उसले आफ्‍ना औजारहरूले त्‍यसलाई आकार दिन्छ र कम्‍पासले त्‍यसमा चिनो लगाउँछ । उसले त्‍यसलाई आकर्षक मानिसजस्‍तै मानिसको आकारमा बनाउँछ, ताकि त्‍यो घरमा नै रहोस् ।
The woodworker extends a measuring line; he marks it out with a stylus; he shapes it with chisels and outlines it with a compass. He fashions it in the likeness of man, like man in all his glory, that it may dwell in a shrine.
14 उसले देवदारु काट्छ, वा सल्लाको रूख वा फलाँटको रूख छान्छ । उसले आफ्नो निम्ति वनका रूखहरू छान्‍छ । उसले सल्लाको रूख लगाउँछ र पानीले त्‍यसलाई बढाउँछ ।
He cuts down cedars or retrieves a cypress or oak. He lets it grow strong among the trees of the forest. He plants a laurel, and the rain makes it grow.
15 अनि मानिसले त्‍यसलाई दाउरा बाल्न र आफूलाई न्यानो पार्न प्रयोग गर्छ । हो, उसले आगो बाल्छ र रोटी पकाउँछ । त्‍यसपछि उसले त्‍यसबाट एउटा देउता बनाउँछ र त्‍यसमा घोप्टो पर्छ । उसले एउटा मूर्ती बनाउँछ र त्‍यसमा घोप्टो पर्छ ।
It serves as fuel for man. He takes some of it to warm himself, and he kindles a fire and bakes his bread; he even fashions it into a god and worships it; he makes an idol and bows down to it.
16 आफूले खाने मासु पकाउँछ त्‍यो रूखका केही भागलाई उसले दाउरा बाल्‍छ । उसले खान्छ र तृप्‍त हुन्‍छ । उसले आफैलाई न्यानो बनाउँछ र भन्छ, “ओहो, म तातो भएको छु, मैले आगो देखेको छु ।”
He burns half of it in the fire, and he roasts meat on that half. He eats the roast and is satisfied. Indeed, he warms himself and says, “Ah! I am warm; I see the fire.”
17 बाँकी रहेको काठले उसले एउटा देउता अर्थात् आफ्‍नो खोपेको मूर्ती बनाउँछ । त्‍यसमा ऊ घोप्टो पर्छ र त्‍यसको आदर गर्छ, र यसो भन्‍दै त्‍यसमा प्रार्थना चढाउँछ, “मलाई बचाउनुहोस्, किनकि तपाईं मेरो ईश्‍वर हुनुहुन्छ ।”
From the rest he makes a god, his graven image. He bows down to it and worships; he prays to it and says, “Save me, for you are my god.”
18 तिनीहरूले जान्दैनन्, न तिनीहरूले बुझ्छन्, किनकि तिनीहरूका आँखा अन्धा छन् र देख्‍न सक्दैनन्, अनि तिनीहरूका हृदयहरूले बुझ्‍न नै सक्दैनन् ।
They do not comprehend or discern, for He has shut their eyes so they cannot see and closed their minds so they cannot understand.
19 कसैले विचार गर्दैन, न तिनीहरूले बुझ्छन् र भन्छन्, “मैले रूखका केही भाग दाउरा बालें । हो, त्‍यसको भुङ्‍ग्रोमा मैले रोटी पनि पकाएको छु । त्‍यसको भुङ्‍ग्रोमा मैले मासुको सुकुटी पनि बनाएको र खाएको छु । अब के मैले त्‍यो रूखबाट बचेको अरू भागबाट पुजा गर्न घिन लाग्‍ने कुरा बनाउनू र? के म काठको टुक्रामा घोप्टो पर्नू र?”
And no one considers in his heart, no one has the knowledge or insight to say, “I burned half of it in the fire, and I baked bread on its coals; I roasted meat and I ate. Shall I make something detestable with the rest of it? Shall I bow down to a block of wood?”
20 यो त उसले खरानी खाएको जस्तो भयो । उसको छलमा परेको हृदयले उसलाई बहकाउँछ । उसले आफैलाई बचाउन सक्दैन, न उसले यसो भन्‍छ, “मेरो दाहिने हातमा भएको यो कुरा झुटो देवता हो ।”
He feeds on ashes. His deluded heart has led him astray, and he cannot deliver himself or say, “Is not this thing in my right hand a lie?”
21 ए याकूब र इस्राएल, यी कुराहरूका बारेमा विचार गर्, किनकि तँ मेरो सेवक होस्: “मैले तँलाई आकार दिएको हुँ । तँ मेरो सेवक होस्: ए इस्राएल, तँलाई बिर्सिइने छैन ।
Remember these things, O Jacob, for you are My servant, O Israel. I have made you, and you are My servant; O Israel, I will never forget you.
22 तेरा विद्रोहका कामहरूलाई एउटा बाक्‍लो बादललाई झैं र तेरा पापहरूलाई एउटा बादललाई झैं मैले हटाएको छु । मकहाँ फर्की, किनकि मैले तँलाई उद्धार गरेको छु ।
I have blotted out your transgressions like a cloud, and your sins like a mist. Return to Me, for I have redeemed you.
23 ए आकाश गाओ, किनकि परमप्रभुले नै यसो गर्नुभएको हो । ए पृथ्वीका गहिराइ हो कराओ । ए पर्वतहरू, वनका सबै रूख हो, गीत गाओ । किनकि परमप्रभुले याकूबलाई उद्धार गर्नुभएको छ र इस्राएलमा आफ्‍नो महिमा प्रकट गर्नुहुनेछ ।
Sing for joy, O heavens, for the LORD has done this; shout aloud, O depths of the earth. Break forth in song, O mountains, you forests and all your trees. For the LORD has redeemed Jacob, and revealed His glory in Israel.
24 तँलाई गर्भमा आकार दिनुहुने परमप्रभु तेरा उद्धारक यसो भन्‍नुहुन्छः “म परमप्रभु हुँ, जसले हरेक कुरा बनाएँ, जसले आकाशलाई एक्‍लै फैलाएँ, जसले पृथ्वीलाई एक्‍लै बनाएँ ।
Thus says the LORD, your Redeemer who formed you from the womb: “I am the LORD, who has made all things, who alone stretched out the heavens, who by Myself spread out the earth,
25 हात हेरेर फतफताउनेका खोक्रा कुरालाई व्यार्थ तुल्याउने म नै हुँ र हात हेर्ने कुरा पढ्‍नेलाई घृणा गर्ने म नै हुँ । यस्‍ता बुद्धिमान्‌हरूका बुद्धिलाई उल्टाउने र तिनीहरूका सल्लाहलाई मूर्ख बनाउने म नै हुँ ।
who foils the signs of false prophets and makes fools of diviners, who confounds the wise and turns their knowledge into nonsense,
26 आफ्ना सेवकका वचनहरू पुरा गर्ने र आफ्ना दूतहरूका भविष्यवाणी पुरा गर्ने परमप्रभु म नै हुँ, जसले यरूशलेमलाई भन्छ, 'त्यसमा बसोवास गरिनेछ,' र यहूदाका नगरहरूका बारेमा भन्छ, 'तिनीहरूलाई फेरि निर्माण गरिनेछ र म तिनका भग्‍नावशेषहरूलाई खडा गर्नेछु ।'
who confirms the message of His servant and fulfills the counsel of His messengers, who says of Jerusalem, ‘She will be inhabited,’ and of the cities of Judah, ‘They will be rebuilt, and I will restore their ruins,’
27 जसले गहिरो समुद्रलाई भन्छ, 'सुक् र तेरा धारहरूलाई म सुकाउनेछु ।'
who says to the depths of the sea, ‘Be dry, and I will dry up your currents,’
28 कोरेसलाई यसो भन्‍नुहुने परमप्रभु नै हुनुहुन्‍छ, 'त्यो मेरो गोठालो हो, त्यसले मेरा हेरक इच्छा पुरा गर्नेछ । त्यसले यरूशलेमको बारेमा, 'त्यसलाई पुननिर्माण गरिनेछ,' र मन्दिरको बारेमा, 'यसको जग बसालियोस्' भनेर आदेश दिनेछ ।”
who says of Cyrus, ‘My shepherd will fulfill all that I desire,’ who says of Jerusalem, ‘She will be rebuilt,’ and of the temple, ‘Let its foundation be laid.’”

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