यर्मिया 18
1 परमप्रभुको वचन यर्मियाकहाँ यसो भनेर आयो,
The word which came to Jeremiah from Jehovah, saying,
2 “उठ् र कुमालेको घरमा जा, किनकि त्यहाँ म तँलाई मेरो वचन सुनाउनेछु ।”
Arise, and go down to the potter's house, and there I will cause thee to hear my words.
3 त्यसैले म कुमालेको घरमा गएँ र हेरें । कुमाले आफ्नो चक्कामा काम गरिरहेको थियो ।
Then I went down to the potter's house, and, behold, he was making a work on the wheels.
4 तर त्यसले बनाइरहेको माटोको भाँडो त्यसको आफ्नै हातमा बिग्रियो । त्यसैले उसले आफ्नो मन बद्ल्यो र आफ्नो दृष्टिमा असल लागेअनुसार अर्को भाँडो बनायो ।
And when the vessel that he made of the clay was marred in the hand of the potter, he made it another vessel again, as seemed good to the potter to make it.
5 तब परमप्रभुको यो वचन यसो भनेर मकहाँ आयो,
Then the word of Jehovah came to me, saying,
6 “ए इस्राएलका घराना हो, के म तिमीहरूलाई यही कुमालेले जस्तै गर्न सक्दिनँ र? यो परमप्रभुको घोषणा हो । हेर, ए इस्राएलका घराना हो, कुमालेको हातमा माटो भएझैं तिमीहरू मेरो हातमा तेस्तै छौ ।
O house of Israel, cannot I do with you as this potter? says Jehovah. Behold, as the clay in the potter's hand, so are ye in my hand, O house of Israel.
7 एक समय एक जाति वा राज्यलाई म धपाउनेछु, त्यसलाई तोड्नेछु वा नष्ट गर्नेछु भनी म घोषणा गर्न सक्छु ।
At that instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up and to break down and to destroy it,
8 तर मैले त्यस्तो घोषणा गरेको त्यो जाति दुष्ट्याइँबाट फर्कन्छ भने मैले त्यसमाथि ल्याउने योजना गरेको विपत्ति म ल्याउनेछैनँ ।
if that nation, concerning which I have spoken, turns from their evil, I will relent of the evil that I thought to do to them.
9 अर्को समयमा मैले कुनै जाति वा राज्यलाई बनाउने वा रोप्नेछु भनी म घोषणा गर्न सक्छु ।
And at that instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant it,
10 तर मेरो कुरा नसुनेर त्यसले मेरो दृष्टिमा खराबी गर्छ भने, मैले त्यसलाई गर्नेछु भनेको घोषणाको भलाइ गर्न म रोक्नेछु ।
if they do that which is evil in my sight, that they obey not my voice, then I will relent of the good with which I said I would benefit them.
11 त्यसैले अब, यहूदाका मानिसहरू र यरूसलेमका बासिन्दाहरूसित बोल् र भन्, “परमप्रभु यसो भन्नुहुन्छ, 'हेर, मैले तिमीहरूको विरुद्धमा विपत्तिको रचना गर्नै लागेको छु । मैले तिमीहरूको विरुद्धमा योजना बनाउने लागेको छु । तिमीहरूका चाल र तिमीहरूका अभ्यासहरूले तिमीहरूलाई भलो ल्याउने गरी हरेक व्यक्तिले आफ्नो दुष्ट चालबाट पश्चात्ताप गरोस् ।'
Now therefore, speak to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, Thus says Jehovah: Behold, I frame evil against you, and devise a device against you. Return ye now everyone from his evil way, and amend your ways and your doings.
12 तर तिनीहरू भन्छन्, 'यो व्यर्थ छ । हामी आफ्नै योजनाअनुसार काम गर्नेछौं । हामी हरेकले आफ्नै दुष्ट, हठी हृदयले इच्छा गरेअनुसार गर्नेछौं ।'
But they say, It is in vain. For we will walk after our own devices, and we will do everyone according to the stubbornness of his evil heart.
13 त्यसकारण परमप्रभु यसो भन्नुहुन्छ, “जातिहरूलाई सोध्, यो जस्तो कुरो कसले कहिलै सुनेको छ? इस्राएली कन्याले अति घृणित काम गरेकी छे ।
Therefore thus says Jehovah: Ask ye now among the nations, Who has heard such things? The virgin of Israel has done a very horrible thing.
14 के लेबनानको हिउँले कहिल्यै यसका चट्टानका पहाडहरूलाई छोड्छ र? के टाढाबाट आउने पहाडका नदीहरू, ती चिसा नदीहरू कहिल्यै सुक्छन् र?
Shall the snow of Lebanon fail from the rock of the field? Or shall the cold waters that flow down from afar be dried up?
15 तापनि मेरा मानिसहरूले मलाई भुलेका छन् । तिनीहरूले बेकम्मा मूर्तिहरूलाई भेटी चढाएका छन्, र आफ्ना मार्गहरूमा ठक्कर खाएका छन् । कच्ची बाटोमा हिंड्न भनेर तिनीहरूले प्राचीन बाटोलाई छाडेका छन् ।
For my people have forgotten me. They have burned incense to false gods. And they have been made to stumble in their ways, in the ancient paths, to walk in bypaths, in a way not cast up,
16 तिनीहरूको देश त्रास बन्नेछ । सदासर्वदा गिल्लाको वस्तु बन्नेछ । त्यसबाट भएर जाने हरेक डराउनेछ, र टाउको हल्लाउनेछ ।
to make their land an astonishment, and a perpetual hissing, everyone who passes by it shall be astonished, and shake his head.
17 तिनीहरूका शत्रुहरूकै सामु म तिनीहरूलाई पुर्वीय बतासझैं तितर-बितर पार्नेछु । तिनीहरूको विपत्तिको दिनमा म तिनीहरूलाई मेरो पिठिउँ फर्काउनेछु, मेरो मुहार होइन ।”
I will scatter them as with an east wind before the enemy. I will show them the back, and not the face, in the day of their calamity.
18 त्यसैले मानिसहरूले भने, “आओ, हामी यर्मियाको विरुद्धमा षड्यन्त्रहरू रचौं, किनकि पुजारीहरूबाट व्यवस्था वा बुद्धिमान् मानिसहरूबाट सरसल्लाह वा अगमवक्ताहरूबाट वचन कहिल्यै नष्ट हुने छैनन् । आओ, हाम्रा वचनहरूले त्यसलाई आक्रमण गरौं, अनि अब फेरि त्यसले घोषणा गरेका कुराहरूमा हामी ध्यान नदिऊँ ।”
Then they said, Come, and let us devise devices against Jeremiah. For the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us smite him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words.
19 हे परमप्रभु, मेरो कुरा ध्यानसित सुन्नुहोस्, र मेरा शत्रुहरूका आवाज सुन्नुहोस् ।
Give heed to me, O Jehovah, and hearken to the voice of those who contend with me.
20 म तिनीहरूका लागि असल भएको हुनाले के साँच्चै तिनीहरूबाट आउने विपत्ति मेरो इनाम हुनेछ? किनकि तिनीहरूले मेरो लागि एउटा खाडल खनेका छन् । तिनीहरूबाट तपाईंको क्रोध हटाउन तिनीहरूको कल्याणको पक्षमा म कसरी तपाईंको सामु खडा भएको थिएँ भनी सम्झनुहोस् ।
Shall evil be recompensed for good? For they have dug a pit for my soul. Remember how I stood before thee to speak good for them, to turn away thy wrath from them.
21 त्यसकारण तिनीहरूका सन्तानलाई अनिकालमा पर्न दिनुहोस्, र तिनीहरूलाई तरवार खेलाउनेहरूका हातमा सुम्पिनुहोस् । यसरी तिनीहरूका स्त्रीहरू शोकमा परून् र विधना होऊन्, अनि तिनीहरूका पुरुषहरू मारिऊन्, र तिनीहरूका युवाहरू युद्धमा तरवारले मारिऊन् ।
Therefore deliver up their sons to the famine, and give them over to the power of the sword, and let their wives become childless, and widows, and let their men be slain of death, and their young men smitten of the sword in battle.
22 तपाईंले तिनीहरूको विरुद्धमा एक्कासि आक्रमणकारीहरू ल्याउनुहुँदा तिनीहरूका घरहरूबाट रुवाबासीको सोर सुनियोस् । किनकि तिनीहरूले मलाई पक्रन एउटा खाडल खनेका छन्, र मेरो खुट्टाका लागि लुकाएर पासो थापेका छन् ।
Let a cry be heard from their houses when thou shall bring a troop suddenly upon them, for they have dug a pit to take me, and hid snares for my feet.
23 तर हे परमप्रभु, मलाई मार्न तिनीहरूले मेरो विरुद्धमा बनाएका तिनीहरूका सबै योजना तपाईंलाई थाहा छ । तिनीहरूका अधर्म र पाप क्षमा नगर्नुहोस् । तिनीहरूका पाप तपाईंबाट नहटाउनुहोस् । बरु, तिनीहरू तपाईंकै सामु पराजित होऊन् । तपाईंको क्रोधको समयमा तिनीहरूको विरुद्धमा उत्रनुहोस् ।
Yet, Jehovah, thou know all their counsel against me to kill me. Do not forgive their iniquity, nor blot out their sin from thy sight, but let them be overthrown before thee. Deal thou with them in the time of thine anger.
