यर्मिया 13

1 परमप्रभुले मलाई यसो भन्‍नुभयो, “जा र एउटा सुतीको पटुका किन्, र यसलाई तेरो कम्मरको चारैतिर बाँध, तर त्यसलाई पहिले पानीमा नभिजा ।”

This is what the Lord said to me: Go and get yourself a linen band and put it round you and do not put it in water.

2 परमप्रभुले निर्देशन दिनुभएझैं मैले एउटा पटुका किनें र त्यसलाई मेरो कम्मरको चारैतिर बह्रें ।

So, as the Lord said, I got a band for a price and put it round my body.

3 तब दोस्रो पटक परमप्रभुको वचन यसो भनेर मकहाँ आयो,

And the word of the Lord came to me a second time, saying,

4 “तैंले किनेको पटुका जुन तेरो कम्मरको चारैतिर बाँधिएको छ, त्यसलाई निकाल्, र उठ र परातमा जा । त्यहाँ चट्टानको धाँदोमा त्यसलाई लुका ।”

Take the band which you got for a price, which is round your body, and go to Parah and put it in a secret place there in a hole of the rock.

5 त्यसैले जसरी परमप्रभुले मलाई आज्ञा दिनुभएको थियो त्‍यसरी नै म गएँ र त्यसलाई परातमा लुकाएँ ।

So I went and put it in a secret place by Parah, as the Lord had said to me.

6 धेरै दिनपछि परमप्रभुले मलाई भन्‍नुभयो, “खडा हो र परातमा फर्केर जा । मैले तँलाई लुकाउन भनेको त्यो पटुका लिएर आइज ।”

Then after a long time, the Lord said to me, Up! go to Parah and get the band which I gave you orders to put there.

7 त्यसैले म परातमा फर्केर गएँ, र मैले लुकाएको ठाउँबाट त्यसलाई खनेर झिकेँ, र हेर, त्‍यो त नष्‍ट भएको र पूर्ण रूपमा बेकम्मा भएको थियो ।

So I went to Parah and, uncovering the hole, took the band from the place where I had put it away: and the band was damaged and of no use for anything.

8 तब परमप्रभुको वचन यसो भनेर मकहाँ आयो,

Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

9 “परमप्रभु यसो भन्‍नुहुन्छ, 'त्यसरी नै यहूदा र यरूशलेमको ठुलो अहंकारलाई म नाश गर्नेछु ।

The Lord has said, In this way I will do damage to the pride of Judah and to the great pride of Jerusalem.

10 मेरो वचन सुन्‍न इन्कार गर्ने, आफ्नो हृदयको कठोरतामा हिंड्ने, अरू देवताहरूको पुजा गर्न तिनीहरूका पछि जाने र तिनीहरूको सामु निहुरने यो दुष्‍ट जाति त्यही पटुकाजस्तै हुनेछ, जसको कुनै काम छैन ।

These evil people who say they will not give ear to my words, who go on in the pride of their hearts and have become servants and worshippers of other gods, will become like this band which is of no use for anything.

11 जसरी एउटा पटुका कसैको कम्मरमा कसिएको हुन्छ, त्यसरी नै मैले इस्राएलका सबै घराना र यहूदाका सबै घरानालाई मेरो जाति हुन, मेरो नाउँ राख्‍न, मलाई इज्‍जत, प्रशंसा र आदर गर्न ममा कसिन लगाएको छु, यो परमप्रभुको घोषणा हो । तर तिनीहरूले मेरो कुरा सुन्दैनन् ।

For as a band goes tightly round a man's body, so I made all the people of Israel and all the people of Judah tightly united to me; so that they might be a people for me and a name and a praise and a glory: but they would not give ear.

12 त्यसैले तैंले यो वचन तिनीहरूलाई भन्‍नुपर्छ, 'परमप्रभु इस्राएलका परमेश्‍वर यसो भन्‍नुहुन्छः हरेक मशक दाखमद्यले भरिनेछ ।' तिनीहरूले तँलाई भन्‍नेछन्, 'हरेक मशक दाखमद्यले भरिनेछ भनेर के हामीलाई थाहा छैन र?'

So you are to say this word to them: This is the word of the Lord, the God of Israel: Every skin bottle will be full of wine; and they will say to you, Is it not quite clear to us that every skin bottle will be full of wine?

13 त्यसैले तिनीहरूलाई भन्, 'परमप्रभु यसो भन्‍नुहुन्छः हेर, यस देशको हरेक बासिन्दा अर्थात् दाऊदको सिंहासनमा बस्‍ने राजाहरू, पुजारीहरू, अगमवक्ताहरू र यरूशलेमका सबै बासिन्दालाई मैले पियक्‍कडपनले भर्न लागेको छु ।

Then you are to say to them, The Lord has said, I will make all the people of this land, even the kings seated on David's seat, and the priests and the prophets and all the people of Jerusalem, overcome with strong drink.

14 तब प्रत्‍येक मानिसलाई अर्कोको विरुद्धमा, बुबाहरूलाई छोराछोरीका विरुद्धमा नष्‍ट पार्न लगाउनेछु, यो परमप्रभुको घोषणा हो, म तिनीहरूलाई दया देखाउने वा टिठ्यानेछैनँ, र तिनीहरूलाई विनाशबाट जोगाउनेछैनँ ।'

I will have them smashed against one another, fathers and sons together, says the Lord: I will have no pity or mercy, I will have no feeling for them to keep me from giving them to destruction.

15 सुन, र ध्यान देओ । अहङ्कारी नहोओ, किनकि परमप्रभुले बोल्नुभएको थियो ।

Give ear and let your ears be open; be not lifted up: for these are the words of the Lord.

16 परमप्रभु तिमीहरूका परमेश्‍वरले अन्धकार ल्याउनुअगि र उहाँले तिमीहरूका खुट्टा अँध्यारोमा पहाडहरूमा ठेस लगाउनु अगि उहाँलाई आदर देओ । किनकि तिमीहरू ज्योतिको खोजी गर्दैछौ, तर उहाँले त्यस ठाउँलाई घोर अन्धकार, बाक्लो बादलमा परिणत गर्नुहुनेछ ।

Give glory to the Lord your God, before he makes it dark, and before your feet are slipping on the dark mountains, and, while you are looking for a light, he makes it into deep dark, into black night.

17 त्यसैले तिमीहरूले सुनेनौ भने, तिमीहरूको अहङ्कारको कारणले म एक्लै रुनेछु । निश्‍चय नै म रुनेछु, र मेरा आँखाबाट आँसुका धारा बग्‍नेछ, किनकि परमप्रभुको बगाल कैदमा लगिएको छ ।

But if you do not give ear to it, my soul will be weeping in secret for your pride; my eye will be weeping bitterly, streaming with water, because the Lord's flock has been taken away as prisoners.

18 “राजा र राजमातालाई भन्, 'आ-आफ्नो सिंहासनबाट ओर्लेर तल आओ, किनकि तिमीहरूका गौरवशाली मुकुटहरू तिमीहरूका शिरबाट खसेका छन् ।'

Say to the king and to the queen-mother, Make yourselves low, be seated on the earth: for the crown of your glory has come down from your heads.

19 नेगेवका सहरहरू थुनिने छन् । तिनलाई खोल्ने कोही हुनेछैन । सारा यहूदा कैदमा लगिनेछन् । पूर्ण रूपमा कैदमा लगिनेछन् ।

The towns of the south are shut up, and there is no one to make them open: Judah is taken away as prisoners; all Judah is taken away as prisoners.

20 आफ्ना आँखा उठाओ र उत्तरबाट आइरहेकाहरूलाई हेर् । उहाँले तँलाई दिनुभएको बगाल, तेरो लागि साह्रै सुन्दर बगाल कहाँ छ?

Let your eyes be lifted up (O Jerusalem), and see those who are coming from the north. Where is the flock which was given to you, your beautiful flock?

21 तैंले तालिम दिएकाहरूलाई नै तेरा खास मित्रहरू हुन परमेश्‍वरले तँमाथि राख्‍नुहुँदा तैंले के भन्‍नेछस्? के यी एउटी स्‍त्रीले प्रसव-वेदनामा पीडा भोगेजस्तै तैंले भोग्‍ने पीडाको थालनी होइन र?

What will you say when he puts over you those whom you yourself have made your friends? will not pains take you like a woman in childbirth?

22 तब तैंले आफ्नो हृदयमा भन्लास्, 'यी कुरा ममाथि किन आइरहेका छन्?' तेरा अपराधको थुप्रोको कारणले तेरो फरिया उचालिएको छ, र तँलाई कुव्यवहार गरिएको छ ।

And if you say in your heart, Why have these things come on me? because of the number of your sins, your skirts have been uncovered and violent punishment overtakes you.

23 के कूशका मानिसहरूले आफ्‍नो छालाको रङ बद्लन सक्छन् र, वा चितुवाले आफ्नो छालाको थोप्ला बद्लन सक्छ र? त्यसो हो भने, दुष्‍टताको निम्ति बानी परेको तैंले पनि भलाइ गर्न सक्छस् ।

Is it possible for the skin of the Ethiopian to be changed, or the markings on the leopard? Then it might be possible for you to do good, who have been trained to do evil.

24 मरुभूमिको बतासमा उडाइने भुसजस्तै म तिनीहरूलाई तितर-बितर पार्नेछु ।

So I will send them in all directions, as dry grass is taken away by the wind of the waste land.

25 मैले तँलाई यही कुरा दिएको छु, तेरो निम्‍ति मैले आदेश दिएको हिस्सा यही हो, यो परमप्रभुको घोषणा हो, किनकि तैंले मलाई भुलेको छस् र छलमाथि भरोसा गरेको छस् ।

This is your fate, the part measured out to you by me, says the Lord, because you have put me out of your memory and put your faith in what is false.

26 त्यसैले म आफैले पनि तेरो फरिया उठानेछु, र तेरो गुप्‍ताङ्‍ग देखिनेछ ।

So I will have your skirts uncovered before your face, in order that your shame may be seen.

27 मैले तेरो व्यभिचार, हिनहिनाइ, डाँडाहरू र मैदानहरूमा भएको तेरो वेश्यावृत्तिको दुष्‍टता देखेको छु, र यी घृणित कुराहरू मैले देखेको छु । ए यरूशलेम, तँलाई धिक्‍कार! तँलाई फेरि शुद्ध हुन कति समय लाग्‍नेछ?”

I have seen your disgusting acts, even your false behaviour and your cries of desire and your loose ways on the hills in the field. Unhappy are you, O Jerusalem, you have no desire to be made clean; how long will you be in turning back to me?