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 ।
Listen, islands, to me. Listen, you peoples, from afar: the LORD has called me from the womb; from the inside of my mother, he has mentioned my name.
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 ।
He has made my mouth like a sharp sword. He has hidden me in the shadow of his hand. He has made me a polished shaft. He has kept me close in his quiver.
3 उहाँले मलाई भन्नुभयो, “ए इस्राएल, तँ मेरो सेवक होस्, जसद्वारा म आफ्नो महिमा देखाउँछु ।”
He said to me, “You are my servant, Israel, in whom I will be glorified.”
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 ।”
But I said, “I have labored in vain. I have spent my strength in vain for nothing; yet surely the justice due to me is with the LORD, and my reward with my God.”
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—
Now the LORD, he who formed me from the womb to be his servant, says to bring Jacob again to him, and to gather Israel to him, for I am honorable in the LORD’s eyes, and my God has become 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 ।”
Indeed, he says, “It is too light a thing that you should be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel. I will also give you as a light to the nations, 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, the Redeemer of Israel, and his Holy One, says to him whom man despises, to him whom the nation abhors, to a servant of rulers: “Kings shall see and rise up, princes, and they shall worship, because of the LORD who is faithful, even the Holy One of Israel, who has chosen you.”
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 ।
The LORD says, “I have answered you in an acceptable time. I have helped you in a day of salvation. I will preserve you and give you for a covenant of the people, to raise up the land, to make them inherit the desolate heritage,
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 bound, ‘Come out!’; to those who are in darkness, ‘Show yourselves!’ “They shall feed along the paths, and their pasture shall be on all treeless heights.
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 shall not hunger nor thirst; neither shall the heat nor sun strike them, for he who has mercy on them will lead them. He will guide them by springs of water.
11 तब आफ्ना सबै पर्वतलाई सडक र मेरा मुल बाटोहरूलाई समतल बनाउने छु ।”
I will make all my mountains a road, and my highways shall be exalted.
12 हेर, यिनीहरू टाढाबाट, कोही उत्तर र पश्चिमबाट आउनेछन् । अनि अरूचाहिं आश्वासनको देशबाट आउनेछन् ।
Behold, these shall come from afar, and behold, these from the north and from 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 ।
Sing, heavens, and be joyful, earth! Break out into singing, mountains! For the LORD has comforted his people, and will have compassion on his afflicted.
14 तर सियोनले भन्यो, “परमप्रभुले मलाई त्यग्नुभएको छ, र परमप्रभुले मलाई बिर्सनुभएको छ ।”
But Zion said, “The LORD has forsaken me, and the Lord has forgotten me.”
15 “के स्त्रीले आफ्नो दूध खुवाइरहेको बालकलाई बिर्सन सक्छे, अनि तिनले जन्माएकी बलकलाई दया देखाउँदिनन् र? हो, तिनीहरूले बिर्सन सक्छन्, तर तँलाई म बिर्सनेछैन ।
“Can a woman forget her nursing child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? Yes, these may forget, yet I will not forget you!
16 हेर, मैले तेरो नाउँ आफ्नो हत्केलामा खोपेको छु । तेरा पर्खालहरू निरन्तर मेरो सामु छन् ।
Behold, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands. Your walls are continually before me.
17 तेरा छोराछोरी फर्कन हतारिंदैछन्, जबकि तिमीहरूलाई विनाश पार्नेहरू टाढा जाँदैछन् ।
Your children hurry. Your destroyers and those who devastated you will leave 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 ।
Lift up your eyes all around, and see: all these gather themselves together, and come to you. As I live,” says the LORD, “you shall surely clothe yourself with them all as with an ornament, and dress yourself 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, as for your waste and your desolate places, and your land that has been destroyed, surely now that land will be too small for the inhabitants, and those who swallowed you up 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 of your bereavement will say in your ears, ‘This place is too small for me. Give me a place to live in.’
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 conceived these for me, since I have been bereaved of my children and am alone, an exile, and wandering back and forth? Who has brought these up? Behold, I was left alone. Where 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 ।
The Lord GOD says, “Behold, I will lift up my hand to the nations, and lift up my banner to the peoples. They shall bring your sons in their bosom, and your daughters shall be carried on their shoulders.
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 ।”
Kings shall be your foster fathers, and their queens your nursing mothers. They will bow down to you with their faces to the earth, and lick the dust of your feet. Then you will know that I am the LORD; and those who wait for me won’t be disappointed.”
24 के योद्धाहरूबाट लूटको माल लिन सकिन्छ, वा क्रूरबाट कैदीहरूलाई छुट्टाउन सकिन्छ?
Shall the plunder be taken from the mighty, or the lawful captives be delivered?
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 captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the plunder retrieved from the fierce, for I will contend with him who contends with you and I will save your children.
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 ।”
I will feed those who oppress you with their own flesh; and they will be drunk on their own blood, as with sweet wine. Then all flesh shall know that I, the LORD, am your Savior and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.”
