यशैया 44
1 ए मेरो सेवक, याकूब, ए इस्राएल जसलाई मैले चुनेको छु, अब सुन्:
Yet now hear, O Jacob my servant; and 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 ।
Thus says the LORD that made you, and formed you from the womb, which will help you; Fear not, O Jacob, my servant; and you, Jesurun, 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 upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground: I will pour my spirit upon your seed, and my blessing upon your offspring:
4 तिनीहरू घाँसहरू माझमा पानीको नदीको किनारको लहरे-पिपलहरू झैं उम्रनेछन् ।
And they shall spring up as among the grass, as willows by the water courses.
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 shall say, I am the LORD's; and another shall call himself by the name of Jacob; and another shall subscribe with his hand unto the LORD, and surname himself by 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 of Israel, and his redeemer the LORD of hosts; I am the first, and I am the last; and beside me there is no God.
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 ।
And who, as I, shall call, and shall declare it, and set it in order for me, since I appointed the ancient people? and the things that are coming, and shall come, let them show unto them.
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 ।”
Fear all of you not, neither be afraid: have not I told you from that time, and have declared it? all of you are even my witnesses. Is there a God beside me? yea, there is no God; I know not any.
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 ।
They that make a graven image are all of them vanity; and their delectable things shall not profit; and they are their own witnesses; they see not, nor know; that they may be ashamed.
10 कसले देवतालाई आकार दिन्छ वा व्यार्थको मूर्ती खोप्छ?
Who has formed a god, or molten a graven image that is profitable for 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 fellows shall be ashamed: and the workmen, they are of men: let them all be gathered together, let them stand up; yet they shall fear, and they shall be ashamed together.
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 smith with the tongs both works in the coals, and fashions it with hammers, and works it with the strength of his arms: yea, he is hungry, and his strength fails: he drinks no water, and is 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 carpenter stretches out his rule; he marks it out with a line; he fits it with planes, and he marks it out with the compass, and makes it after the figure of a man, according to the beauty of a man; that it may remain in the house.
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 hews him down cedars, and takes the cypress and the oak, which he strengthens for himself among the trees of the forest: he plants an ash, and the rain does nourish it.
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 ।
Then shall it be for a man to burn: for he will take thereof, and warm himself; yea, he kindles it, and bakes bread; yea, he makes a god, and worships it; he makes it a graven image, and falls down thereto.
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 part thereof in the fire; with part thereof he eats flesh; he roasts roast, and is satisfied: yea, he warms himself, and says, Aha, I am warm, I have seen 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 ।”
And the residue thereof he makes a god, even his graven image: he falls down unto it, and worships it, and prays unto it, and says, Deliver 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 have not known nor understood: for he has shut their eyes, that they cannot see; and their hearts, that 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 none considers in his heart, neither is there knowledge nor understanding to say, I have burned part of it in the fire; yea, also I have baked bread upon the coals thereof; I have roasted flesh, and eaten it: and shall I make the residue thereof an abomination? shall I fall down to the stock of a tree?
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: a deceived heart has turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand?
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, O Jacob and Israel; for you are my servant: I have formed you; you are my servant: O Israel, you shall not be forgotten of me.
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, as a thick cloud, your transgressions, and, as a cloud, your sins: return unto 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, O all of you heavens; for the LORD has done it: shout, all of you lower parts of the earth: break forth into singing, all of you mountains, O forest, and every tree therein: for the LORD has redeemed Jacob, and glorified himself 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, and he that formed you from the womb, I am the LORD that makes all things; that stretches forth the heavens alone; that spreads abroad the earth by myself;
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 ।
That frustrates the tokens of the liars, and makes diviners mad; that turns wise men backward, and makes their knowledge foolish;
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 ।'
That confirms the word of his servant, and performs the counsel of his messengers; that says to Jerusalem, You shall be inhabited; and to the cities of Judah, All of you shall be built, and I will raise up the decayed places thereof:
27 जसले गहिरो समुद्रलाई भन्छ, 'सुक् र तेरा धारहरूलाई म सुकाउनेछु ।'
That says to the deep, Be dry, and I will dry up your rivers:
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 ।”
That says of Cyrus, He is my shepherd, and shall perform all my pleasure: even saying to Jerusalem, You shall be built; and to the temple, Your foundation shall be laid.
