यर्मिया 13
1 परमप्रभुले मलाई यसो भन्नुभयो, “जा र एउटा सुतीको पटुका किन्, र यसलाई तेरो कम्मरको चारैतिर बाँध, तर त्यसलाई पहिले पानीमा नभिजा ।”
[One day] Yahweh said to me, “Go and buy a linen waistcloth. Put it on, but do not wash it.”
2 परमप्रभुले निर्देशन दिनुभएझैं मैले एउटा पटुका किनें र त्यसलाई मेरो कम्मरको चारैतिर बह्रें ।
So I bought a [very nice] waistcloth, which is what Yahweh told me to do, and I put it on.
3 तब दोस्रो पटक परमप्रभुको वचन यसो भनेर मकहाँ आयो,
Then [later] Yahweh gave me another message.
4 “तैंले किनेको पटुका जुन तेरो कम्मरको चारैतिर बाँधिएको छ, त्यसलाई निकाल्, र उठ र परातमा जा । त्यहाँ चट्टानको धाँदोमा त्यसलाई लुका ।”
He said, “Go to the small Perath Stream [near Jerusalem] and hide your waistcloth in a crevice/hole in the rocks.”
5 त्यसैले जसरी परमप्रभुले मलाई आज्ञा दिनुभएको थियो त्यसरी नै म गएँ र त्यसलाई परातमा लुकाएँ ।
So I went to the stream and did what Yahweh told me to do.
6 धेरै दिनपछि परमप्रभुले मलाई भन्नुभयो, “खडा हो र परातमा फर्केर जा । मैले तँलाई लुकाउन भनेको त्यो पटुका लिएर आइज ।”
A long time later, Yahweh said to me, “Go [back] to that stream and get the waistcloth that I told you to hide 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 the Perath Stream and dug out the waistcloth from the crevice/hole in which I had hidden it. But it was ruined, and useless.
8 तब परमप्रभुको वचन यसो भनेर मकहाँ आयो,
Then Yahweh gave me this message:
9 “परमप्रभु यसो भन्नुहुन्छ, 'त्यसरी नै यहूदा र यरूशलेमको ठुलो अहंकारलाई म नाश गर्नेछु ।
“[What happened to your waistcloth] shows that I will destroy the things that [the people of] Jerusalem and [other places in] Judah are very proud of.
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 ।
Those wicked people refuse to pay attention to what I say. They stubbornly do just what they desire to do; they worship other gods. Therefore, they will become completely useless, like your waistcloth.
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 ।
Just like a waistcloth clings closely/tightly to a man’s waist, I wanted the people [MTY] of Israel and Judah to cling closely to me. I wanted them to be my people, people who would praise me and honor me. But they would not pay attention [to me]. “
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], tell this to them: ‘Yahweh, the God whom you Israeli [people worship], says that every leather wineskin should be filled with wine.’ And [when you tell that to them], they will reply, ‘(Of course/Certainly) we know [RHQ] that all wineskins should be filled with 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 ।
And then you must tell them, ‘No, that is not what Yahweh means. What he said means that he will cause this land to be filled with people who are drunk. [That will include all of you]—the king who sits on the throne that King David previously sat on, the priests and the prophets, and even the common people of Jerusalem.’
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 ।'
[He is saying], ‘I will cause you to bash each other. [Even] parents will bash their children. I will not pity you or act mercifully toward you at all; pitying you will not prevent me from getting rid of you.’”
15 सुन, र ध्यान देओ । अहङ्कारी नहोओ, किनकि परमप्रभुले बोल्नुभएको थियो ।
[You people of Judah], pay very careful attention [DOU]. Do not be proud, because Yahweh has spoken to you.
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 ।
[It is as though] he is ready to bring darkness on you and to cause you to stumble and fall [as you walk] on the hills when it is becoming dark. [So] praise/honor Yahweh your God before that happens. If you do not do that, you will look for light, but all you will see is darkness and gloom.
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 ।
And if you [still] refuse to heed what he says, [what will happen to you because of] your being proud will cause me to cry when I am alone. My eyes will be filled with tears because [you], Yahweh’s people, [whom he takes care of like a shepherd takes care of] [MET] his flock, will [all] be [captured by your enemies and] taken to other countries.
18 “राजा र राजमातालाई भन्, 'आ-आफ्नो सिंहासनबाट ओर्लेर तल आओ, किनकि तिमीहरूका गौरवशाली मुकुटहरू तिमीहरूका शिरबाट खसेका छन् ।'
[You people of Judah], say to the king and to his mother, “Come down from sitting on your thrones and [humbly] sit in the dust, because [your enemies] will soon snatch from your heads your glorious crowns.”
19 नेगेवका सहरहरू थुनिने छन् । तिनलाई खोल्ने कोही हुनेछैन । सारा यहूदा कैदमा लगिनेछन् । पूर्ण रूपमा कैदमा लगिनेछन् ।
The towns in the southern part of Judah will be surrounded by your enemies, and no one will be able to get through their lines [to rescue the people in those towns]. [You people of] Judah will be captured and taken away; you will all be (exiled/taken [to foreign countries)].
20 आफ्ना आँखा उठाओ र उत्तरबाट आइरहेकाहरूलाई हेर् । उहाँले तँलाई दिनुभएको बगाल, तेरो लागि साह्रै सुन्दर बगाल कहाँ छ?
[You leaders of Jerusalem], open your eyes and look: [The enemy armies are ready to] march down from the north. [When that happens], what will happen to [RHQ] the [people of Judah who are like] a beautiful flock of sheep, people that he gave to you to take care of?
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 [RHQ] when Yahweh appoints people from other countries to rule over you, people who you [mistakenly] thought were your friends? You will [RHQ] suffer very much pain, like a woman who is about to give birth to a baby.
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 ।
You will ask yourselves, “Why is this happening to us?” [I will reply that] it is because of your many sins. That is why [soldiers of the invading armies] will lift up the skirts [of your women] and rape them.
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 ।
A man from Ethiopia certainly cannot [RHQ] change the color of his [black] skin, and a leopard certainly cannot [RHQ] change its spots. Similarly, you cannot start doing what is good, because you have always done what is evil.
24 मरुभूमिको बतासमा उडाइने भुसजस्तै म तिनीहरूलाई तितर-बितर पार्नेछु ।
[Yahweh says], “I will scatter you like chaff that is blown away by the wind from the desert.
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 ।
That is what is certainly going to happen to you; the things that I have determined will happen to you, because you have forgotten me, and you are trusting in false [gods].
26 त्यसैले म आफैले पनि तेरो फरिया उठानेछु, र तेरो गुप्ताङ्ग देखिनेछ ।
[It is as though] I myself will pull your skirts up over your faces and cause you to be very ashamed because everyone will be able to see your sex organs.
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 that you [act like men who are eager to commit adultery]; you are like male horses that whinny when they desire [to have sex with] a female horse. I have seen that you worship disgusting idols in the fields and on the hills. [You people of] Jerusalem, terrible things will happen to you! How long will it be [RHQ] until you are acceptable to me [again]?”
