यशैया 46
1 बेल झुक्छ, नेबो निहुरिन्छ । तिनीहरूका मूर्तिहरूलाई जनावरहरू र भारी बोक्ने पशुहरूले बोक्छन् । तिमीहरूले बोक्ने यी मूर्तीहरू थकित पशुहरूका निम्ति गह्रौँ बारी हुन्छन् ।
[It is as though] Bel and Nebo, the statues of the gods [of Babylonia], are bowing down as those statues are put on animals and carried away! The statues are heavy burdens and will cause the animals to become tired [SAR]!
2 तिनीहरू एकसाथ झुक्छन् र घुँडा टेक्छन् । तिनीहरूले मुर्तिहरूलाई छुटकारा दिन सक्दैनन् र तिनीहरू आफै कैदमा गएका छन् ।
[It seems like] both gods are bowing down; not only can they not save themselves, but they themselves are being (exiled/taken to another country)!
3 ए याकूबको घराना, मेरो कुरा सुन्, ए इस्राएलका सबै बाँकी रहेकाहरू, जसलाई मैले तिमीहरूका जन्म हुनअगिदेखि अर्थात् गर्भदेखि नै बोकेको छु ।
[Yahweh says], “You descendants of Jacob who were exiled, [I am not like the gods of Babylonia that must be carried]; [instead, it is as though] I have carried you since you first became a nation [MET]. I carried you [even] before you became a nation.
4 तिमीहरूका बुढेसकालमा पनि उही हुँ र तिमीहरूका कपाल फुल्ने बेलामा पनि म तिमीहरूलाई बोक्नेछु । मैले तँलाई बनाएँ र म नै तँलाई बोक्नेछु । म तँलाई बोक्नेछु र म तँलाई छुटकारा दिनेछु ।
I will be your God, and I will carry you for many years, until [it is as though] [MET] your nation is an old man with gray hair. I caused [you to become a nation], and I will sustain you and rescue you.
5 मलाई कोसँग तुलना गर्नेर्छस्? म कोजस्तो छु जस्तो लाग्छ ताकि हामीलाई तुलना गर्न सकियोस्?
There is certainly [RHQ] no one to whom I can be compared. There is [RHQ] no one who is equal to me [DOU].
6 मानिहरूले झोलाबाट सुन खन्याउँछन् र चाँदीलाई तराजुमा जोख्नेछन् । तिनीहरूले सुनारलाई ज्याला लिन्छन् र त्यसबाट उसले एउटा देवता बनाउँछ । तिनीहरू त्यसको सामु घोप्टो पर्छन् र त्यसको पुजा गर्छन् ।
[So it is stupid/ridiculous that] some people pour out gold and silver from their bags and weigh it on a scale. [Then] they hire a man who makes things from gold to make an idol from it. [After he makes an idol], they bow down and worship it!
7 तिनीहरूले त्यसलाई आफ्नो काँधमा राख्छन् र त्यो बोक्छन् । तिनीहरूले त्यसलाई एक ठाउँमा राख्छन् र त्यो त्यहाँ खडा हुन्छ र त्यो हलचल गर्दैन । तिनीहरू त्यससँग पुकारा गर्छन्, तर त्यसले जवाफ दिन सक्दैन न कुनै व्यक्तिको कष्टबाट उसलाई छुटकारा दिन नै सक्छ ।
They lift it up and carry it on their shoulders. They put it in a [special] place, and it stays there. It cannot move! And when someone prays to it, it does not answer. So [obviously] it cannot rescue anyone from his troubles!
8 ए विद्रोहीहरू, यी कुराहरूका बारेमा विचार गर । तिनलाई कदापि बेवास्त नगर ।
[You people of Judah], do not forget this; keep thinking about it, you sinful people!
9 पहिलेका कुराहरू अर्थात् विगतका समयहरूका बारेमा विचार गर, किनकि म परमेश्वर हुँ र त्यहाँ अरू कोही छैन । म परमेश्वर हुँ र मजस्तो अरू कोही छैन ।
Think about the things [that I did] long ago. Only I am God; I am God, and there is no one like me.
10 सुरुदेखि नै म अन्तको बारेमा, अनि अझसम्म नघटेको कुराका बारेमा पहिलेदेखि नै म भन्न सक्छु । म भन्छु, “मेरो योजना पुरा हुनेछ र मलाई जस्तो इच्छा लाग्छ त्यस्तै म गर्नेछु ।”
Only I can tell what will happen in the future before it occurs; I tell it long before it happens. I will accomplish everything that I plan to accomplish, and I will do everything that I want to do.
11 शिकारी चरालाई म पुर्वबाट बोलाउँछु, मैले रोजेको मानिसलाई म टाढा देशबाट बोलाउँछु । हो, मैले बोलेको छु । मैले यसलाई पुरा पनि गर्नेर्छु । मैले उद्देश्य राखेको छु, म त्यो पुरा गर्नेछु ।
So I will summon [someone to come] from the east [like a swift and powerful] eagle; he will come from a distant country. He will accomplish what I want him to. [He is the one who] will do what I have said that I want him to do, what I have planned.
12 ए हठी मानिसहरू, मेरो कुरा सुन, जो ठिक कुरा गर्नबाट टाढै बस्छौ ।
You stubborn people [of Israel], [you think that] it will be a long time before you are allowed to return to your own country.
13 म आफ्नो धार्मिकता नजिक ल्याउँदैछु । त्यो टाढा छैन, र मेरो उद्धारले पर्खंदैन । अनि सियोनलाई मेरो उद्धार र इस्राएललाई मेरो सुन्दरता म दिनेछु ।
But I will rescue you, and it will not be a long time [before that happens]. I will do it soon. I will rescue Jerusalem and show to you Israeli [people] that I am glorious.”
