यशैया 49
1 ए समुद्र किनारमा बस्नेहरू हो, मेरो कुरा सुन! ए टाढाका मानिसहरू हो, मेरो कुरामा ध्यान देओ । मेरो आमाले मलाई संसारमा ल्याउनुहुँदा नै परमप्रभुले मलाई मेरो नाउँ काढेर बोलाउनुभएको छ ।
Give ear, O sea-lands, to me; and take note, you peoples from far: I have been marked out by the Lord from the first; when I was still in my mother's body, he had my name in mind:
2 उहाँले मेरो मुखलाई धारिलो तरवारजस्तो बनाउनुभएको छ । उहाँले मलाई आफ्नो हातको छायामा लुकाउनुभएको छ । उहाँले मलाई टल्काएको काँड बनाउनुभएको छ । उहाँले मलाई आफ्नो ठोक्रोमा लुकाउनुभएको छ ।
And he has made my mouth like a sharp sword, in the shade of his hand he has kept me; and he has made me like a polished arrow, keeping me in his secret place;
3 उहाँले मलाई भन्नुभयो, “ए इस्राएल, तँ मेरो सेवक होस्, जसद्वारा म आफ्नो महिमा देखाउँछु ।”
And he said to me, You are my servant, Israel, in whom my glory will be seen;
4 तर मैले जवाफ दिएँ, “मैले व्यार्थमा परिश्रम गरेको छु, मैले बेकाममा मेरो शक्ति खर्च गरेको छु भनी सोचें, तापनि मेरो न्याय परमप्रभुसित नै छ र मेरो इनाम मेरो परमेश्वरसँग छ ।”
And I said, I have undergone weariness for nothing, I have given my strength for no purpose or profit: but still the Lord will take up my cause, and my God will give me my reward.
5 अब परमप्रभु बोल्नुभएको छ—उहाँ नै हुनुहुन्छ जसले उहाँको सेवक हुन, याकूबलाई उहाँमा पुनर्स्थापन गर्न मलाई जन्मैदेखि बनाउनुभयो, ताकि इस्राएललाई उहाँमा जम्मा गर्न सकियोस्, किनकि परमप्रभुको दृष्टिमा मेरो इज्जत भएको छ र मेरो परमेश्वर नै मेरो बल हुनुभएको छ—
And now, says the Lord, who made me his servant when I was still in my mother's body, so that I might make Jacob come back to him, and so that Israel might come together to him: and I was honoured in the eyes of the Lord, and my God became my strength.
6 अनि उहाँ भन्नुहुन्छ, “याकूबको कुललाई पुनःस्थापित गर्न र इस्राएलका बचेकाहरूलाई पुनर्स्थापन गर्न मेरो सेवक हुनु तेरो निम्ति अति सानो कुरा हो । म तँलाई अरू जातिहरूका निम्ति ज्योति बनाउनेछु, ताकि पृथ्वीको अन्तिम छेउसम्म तँ नै मेरो उद्धार हुन सक्छस् ।”
It is not enough for one who is my servant to put the tribes of Jacob again in their place, and to get back those of Israel who have been sent away: my purpose is to give you as a light to the nations, so that you may be my salvation to the end of the earth.
7 जातिहरूले तुच्छ ठानेका, घृणा गरेका र शासकहरूका सेवकलाई इस्राएलको उद्धारक, तिनीहरूका परमपवित्र परमप्रभु यसो भन्नुहुन्छ, “विश्वासयोग्य परमप्रभु, इस्राएलका परमपवित्रले तँलाई चुन्नुभएको हुनाले राजाहरूले तँलाई देख्नेछन् र खडा हुनेछन्, अनि राजकुमारहरूले तँलाई देख्नेछन् र घोप्टो पर्नेछन् ।”
The Lord who takes up Israel's cause, even his Holy One, says to him whom men make sport of, who is hated by the nations, a servant of rulers: Kings will see and get up from their places, and chiefs will give worship: because of the Lord who keeps faith; even the Holy One of Israel who has taken you for himself.
8 परमप्रभु यसो भन्नुहुन्छ, “मैले आफ्नो कृपा देखाउन निश्चित गरेको समयमा म तँलाई जवाफ दिनेछु, अनि उद्धारको दिनमा म तँलाई सहायता गर्नेछु । म तेरो सुरक्षा गर्नेछु र देशको पुनःनिर्माण गर्न र उजाड जमिनमा फेरि बस्ती बसाल्न तँलाई मानिसहरूका करारको रूपमा दिनेछु ।
This is the word of the Lord: I have given ear to you at a good time, and I have been your helper in a day of salvation: and I will keep you safe, and will make you a glory for the people, putting the land in order, and giving them the heritages which now are waste;
9 तैंले कैदीहरूलाई, 'बाहिर आओ,' अँध्यारो कालकोठरीमा हुनेहरूलाई, 'आफूलाई देखाओ' भन्नेछस् । तिनीहरू सडकहरूको छेउतिर चर्नेछन् र सबै उजाड पाखाहरू तिनीहरूका खर्क हुनेछ ।
Saying to those who are in chains, Go free; to those who are in the dark, Come out into the light. They will get food by the way wherever they go, and have grass-lands on all the dry mountain-tops.
10 तिनीहरू तिर्काउने वा भोकाउने छैनन् । न तापले न घामले तिनीहरूलाई पोल्नेछ, किनकि जसले तिनीहरूलाई दया गर्नुहुन्छ, उहाँले तिनीहरूलाई डोर्याउनुहुनेछ । उहाँले तिनीहरूलाई पानीको मुहानहरूतिर लानुहुनेछ ।
They will not be in need of food or drink, or be troubled by the heat or the sun: for he who has mercy on them will be their guide, taking them by the springs of water.
11 तब आफ्ना सबै पर्वतलाई सडक र मेरा मुल बाटोहरूलाई समतल बनाउने छु ।”
And I will make all my mountains a way, and my highways will be lifted up.
12 हेर, यिनीहरू टाढाबाट, कोही उत्तर र पश्चिमबाट आउनेछन् । अनि अरूचाहिं आश्वासनको देशबाट आउनेछन् ।
See, these are coming from far; and these from the north and the west; and these from the land of Sinim.
13 ए आकाश गाओ र ए पृथ्वी आनन्दि होओ । ए पर्वतहरू, गीत गाओ! किनकि परमप्रभुले आफ्ना मानिसहरूलाई सान्त्वना दिनुहुन्छ र उहाँका कष्ठमा परेकाहरूलाई दया गर्नुहुनेछ ।
Let your voice be loud in song, O heavens; and be glad, O earth; make sounds of joy, O mountains, for the Lord has given comfort to his people, and will have mercy on his crushed ones.
14 तर सियोनले भन्यो, “परमप्रभुले मलाई त्यग्नुभएको छ, र परमप्रभुले मलाई बिर्सनुभएको छ ।”
But Zion said, The Lord has given me up, I have gone from his memory.
15 “के स्त्रीले आफ्नो दूध खुवाइरहेको बालकलाई बिर्सन सक्छे, अनि तिनले जन्माएकी बलकलाई दया देखाउँदिनन् र? हो, तिनीहरूले बिर्सन सक्छन्, तर तँलाई म बिर्सनेछैन ।
Will a woman give up the child at her breast, will she be without pity for the fruit of her body? yes, these may, but I will not let you go out of my memory.
16 हेर, मैले तेरो नाउँ आफ्नो हत्केलामा खोपेको छु । तेरा पर्खालहरू निरन्तर मेरो सामु छन् ।
See, your name is marked on my hands; your walls are ever before me.
17 तेरा छोराछोरी फर्कन हतारिंदैछन्, जबकि तिमीहरूलाई विनाश पार्नेहरू टाढा जाँदैछन् ।
Your builders are coming quickly; your haters and those who made you waste will go out of you.
18 वरिपरि हेर र देख्, तिनीहरू भेला हुँदैछन् र तँकहाँ आउँदैछन् । जस्तो म जीवित छु— यो परमप्रभुको घोषणा हो— तैंले तिनीहरूलाई गहनाझैं लगाउनेछस् र तैंले तिनीहरूलाई दुलहीले झैं लगाउनेछस् ।
Let your eyes be lifted up round about, and see: they are all coming together to you. By my life, says the Lord, truly you will put them all on you as an ornament, and be clothed with them like a bride.
19 तँ उजाड र निर्जन, भग्नावशेषको देश भए पनि अब बासिन्दाहरूका निम्ति तँ अति सानो हुनेछस् र तँलाई नाश पार्नेहरू टाढा हुनेछन् ।
For though the waste places of your land have been given to destruction, now you will not be wide enough for your people, and those who made you waste will be far away.
20 शोकको अवधिमा जन्मेका छोराछोरीले तैंले सुन्ने गरी भन्नेछन्, 'यो ठाउँ हाम्रा निम्ति साँगुरो हुन्छ, ठाउँ तयार पार, ताकि हामी बस्न सकौं ।'
The children to whom you gave birth in other lands will say in your ears, The place is not wide enough for me: make room for me to have a resting-place.
21 तब तैंले आफैलाई सोध्नेछस्, ' मेरो निम्ति यी छोराछोरी कसले जन्माएको हो? म शोकमा र बाँझी, निर्वासित र त्यागिएकी थिएँ । यी छोराछोरीलाई कसले हुर्कायो? हेर, मलाई एक्लै छोडिएको थियो । यिनीहरू कहाँबाट आए?’”
Then you will say in your heart, Who has given me all these children? when my children had been taken from me, and I was no longer able to have others, who took care of these? when I was by myself, where then were these?
22 परमप्रभु परमेश्वरले यसो भन्नुहुन्छ, “हेर्, जातिहरूतिर म आफ्नो हात उठाउनेछु । मानिसहरूतिर म आफ्नो संकेतको झन्डा उठाउनेछु । तिनीहरूले तेरा छोराहरूलाई आफ्ना हातमा र तेरी छोरीहरूलाई आफ्ना काँधमा बोकेर ल्याउनेछन् ।
This is the word of the Lord God: See, I will make a sign with my hand to the nations, and put up my flag for the peoples; and they will take up your sons on their beasts, and your daughters on their backs.
23 राजहरू तेरा धर्म-बुबाहरू र रानीहरू तेरा धाइ-आमाहरू हुनेछन् । तिनीहरूले आफ्ना मुहार भुइँमा घोप्टो पारेर तँलाई दण्डवत गर्नेछन् र तेरा खुट्टाका धूलो चाट्नेछन् । अनि म परमप्रभु हुँ भनी तैंले जान्नेछस् । मेरो आशा गर्नेहरू लज्जित हुनेछैनन् ।”
And kings will take care of you, and queens will give you their milk: they will go down on their faces before you, kissing the dust of your feet; and you will be certain that I am the Lord, and that those who put their hope in me will not be shamed.
24 के योद्धाहरूबाट लूटको माल लिन सकिन्छ, वा क्रूरबाट कैदीहरूलाई छुट्टाउन सकिन्छ?
Will the goods of war be taken from the strong man, or the prisoners of the cruel one be let go?
25 तर परमप्रभु यसो भन्नुहुन्छ, “हो, योद्धाहरूबाट कैदीहरूलाई खोसिनेछ र लूटका मालहरू छुट्टाइनेछ । किनकि तेरो विरोधीलाई म विरोध गर्नेछु र तेरा छोराछोरीलाई बचाउनेछु ।
But the Lord says, Even the prisoners of the strong will be taken from him, and the cruel made to let go his goods: for I will take up your cause against your haters, and I will keep your children safe.
26 तेरा अत्याचारीहरूलाई तिनीहरूका आफ्नै मासु खुवाउनेछु । अनि तिनीहरू आफ्नै रगले दाखमद्यले झैं मात्नेछन् । तब म परमप्रभु, तेरो मुक्तिदाता र तेरा उद्धारक, याकूबको शक्तिशाली परमेश्वर हुँ भनी सारा मानवजातिले जान्नेछन् ।”
And the flesh of your attackers will be taken by themselves for food; and they will take their blood for drink, as if it was sweet wine: and all men will see that I the Lord am your saviour, even he who takes up your cause, the Strong One of Jacob.
