यर्मिया 23

1 यो परमप्रभुको घोषणा हो, “मेरो खर्कका भेडाहरूलाई नष्‍ट गर्ने र छरपष्‍ट पार्ने गोठालाहरूलाई धिक्‍कार!”

“Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of My pasture!” declares the LORD.

2 त्यसकारण आफ्‍ना मानिसका रेखदेख गर्ने गोठालाहरूको विषयमा परमप्रभु इस्राएलका परमेश्‍वर यसो भन्‍नुहुन्छ, “तिमीहरूले मेरो बगाललाई छरपष्‍ट पारेका छौ, र तिनीहरूलाई धपाइदिएका छौ । तिमीहरूले तिनीहरूको वास्ता गरेका छैनौ । त्‍यसैले तिमीहरूले गरेका दुष्‍ट्याइँको लागि मैले तिमीहरूलाई दण्ड दिनै लागेको छु, यो परमप्रभुको घोषणा हो ।

Therefore this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says about the shepherds who tend My people: “You have scattered My flock and driven them away, and have not attended to them. Behold, I will attend to you for the evil of your deeds, declares the LORD.

3 मेरो बगालका वचेकाहरूलाई मैले तिनीहरूलाई धपाएका सबै देशबाट म आफै जम्मा गर्नेछु, र म तिनीहरूलाई एउटा खर्कमा फर्काउनेछु, जहाँ तिनीहरू फलवन्त हुनेछन् र बढ्नेछन् ।

Then I Myself will gather the remnant of My flock from all the lands to which I have banished them, and I will return them to their pasture, where they will be fruitful and multiply.

4 त्‍यसपछि म तिनीहरूको रेखदेख गर्ने गोठालाहरू खडा गर्नेछु जसले तिनीहरूलाई गोठाला गर्नेछन्, यसरी तिनीहरू फेरि डराउने वा छरपष्‍ट हुनेछैनन् । तिनीहरूमध्ये कोही पनि हराउनेछैनन्, यो परमप्रभुको घोषणा हो ।

I will raise up shepherds over them who will tend them, and they will no longer be afraid or dismayed, nor will any go missing, declares the LORD.

5 यो परमप्रभुको घोषणा हो, हेर्, यस्‍ता दिनहरू आउँदैछन्, जति बेला म दाऊदको लागि एउटा धार्मिक हाँगा खडा गर्नेछु । उसले राजाको रूपमा राज्य गर्नेछ । तिनले बुद्धिमानीपूर्वक काम गर्नेछ, र देशमा न्याय र धार्मिकता कायम राख्‍नेछ ।

Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch, and He will reign wisely as King and will administer justice and righteousness in the land.

6 उसको दिनमा यहूदा यहूदा बचाइनेछ, र इस्राएल सुरक्षितसाथ जिउनेछ । तब यो नाउँले उसलाई बोलाइनेछः परमप्रभु हाम्रो धार्मिकता हुनुहुन्छ ।

In His days Judah will be saved, and Israel will dwell securely. And this is His name by which He will be called: The LORD Our Righteousness.

7 यो परमप्रभुको घोषणा हो, यसकारण हेर्, यस्‍ता दिनहरू आउँदैछन्, जति बेला तिनीहरूले फेरि यसो भन्‍ने छैनन्, 'इस्राएलका मानिसहरूलाई मिश्रदेशबाट ल्याउनुहुने जीवित परमप्रभुको नाउँमा ।'

So behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when they will no longer say, ‘As surely as the LORD lives, who brought the Israelites up out of the land of Egypt.’

8 त्‍यसको सटोमा, तिनीहरूले यसो भन्‍नेछन्, 'इस्राएलको घरानाका सन्तानहरूलाई उत्तर देश र जहाँ तिनीहरू धपाइए, ती सबै देशबाट निकालेर ल्याउनुहुने जीवित परमप्रभुको नाउँमा ।' तब तिनीहरूका आफ्नै देशमा तिनीहरू बस्‍नेछन् ।

Instead they will say, ‘As surely as the LORD lives, who brought and led the descendants of the house of Israel up out of the land of the north and all the other lands to which He had banished them.’ Then they will dwell once more in their own land.”

9 अगमवक्ताहरूको सम्बन्धमा मेरो हृदय टुटेको छ, र मेरा सबै हड्‍डी काम्दछन् । परमप्रभु र उहाँको पवित्र वचनको कारणले म एक जना मातेको मान्छेजस्तै भएको छु, जसलाई मदिराले नियन्त्रण गरेको हुन्‍छ ।

As for the prophets: My heart is broken within me, and all my bones tremble. I have become like a drunkard, like a man overcome by wine, because of the LORD, because of His holy words.

10 किनकि देश व्यभिचारीहरूले भरिएको छ । यी कारणले गर्दा देश सुक्खा भएको छ । उजाड-स्थानमा भएको खर्क सुकेको छ । यी अगमवक्ताहरूका मार्गहरू दुष्‍ट छन् । तिनीहरूको शक्ति ठिक तरिकाले प्रयोग गरिएको छैन ।

For the land is full of adulterers— because of the curse, the land mourns and the pastures of the wilderness have dried up— their course is evil and their power is misused.

11 “अगमवक्ता र पुजारीहरू दुवै दुषित भएका छन् । मेरै मन्दिरमा पनि मैले तिनीहरूको दुष्‍टता भेट्टाएको छु,” यो परमप्रभुको घोषणा हो—

“For both prophet and priest are ungodly; even in My house I have found their wickedness,”

12 त्यसकारण तिनीहरूको मार्ग अन्धकारमा चिप्लने ठाउँजस्तै हुनेछ । तिनीहरू धकेलिनेछन्, र तिनीहरू त्‍यसमा लोट्नेछन् । किनकि तिनीहरूको दण्डको वर्षमा म तिनीहरूको विरुद्धमा विपत्ती पठाउनेछु,” यो परमप्रभुको घोषणा हो ।

“Therefore their path will become slick; they will be driven away into the darkness and fall into it. For I will bring disaster upon them in the year of their punishment,”

13 “किनकि सामरियामा भएका अगमवक्ताहरूले घृणित कार्य गरेका मैले देखेको छुः तिनीहरूले बाल देवताको नाउँमा अगमवाणी बोले, र मेरो मानिस इस्राएललाई कुमार्गतिर डोर्‍याए ।

“Among the prophets of Samaria I saw an offensive thing: They prophesied by Baal and led My people Israel astray.

14 यरूशलेमका अगमवक्ताहरूका बिचमा मैले अति घिनलाग्दा कुराहरू देखेको छु । तिनीहरू व्यभिचार गर्छन्, र झूटो चालमा हिंड्छन् । खराब काम गर्नेहरूका हात तिनीहरूले बलियो पार्छन्, र कोही पनि आफ्नो खराबीबाट पछि हट्दैन । मेरो लागि तिनीहरू सबै सदोमझैं र यसका बासिन्दाहरू गमोराझैं भएका छन् ।”

And among the prophets of Jerusalem I have seen a horrible thing: They commit adultery and walk in lies. They strengthen the hands of evildoers, so that no one turns his back on wickedness. They are all like Sodom to Me; the people of Jerusalem are like Gomorrah.”

15 त्यसकारण सर्वशक्तिमान् परमप्रभु अगमवक्ताहरूको विषयमा यसो भन्‍नुहुन्छ, “हेर, मैले तिनीहरूलाई ऐरेलु खुवानै लागेको छु, र विषालु पानी पियाउनै लागेको छु, किनकि यरूशलेमका अगमवक्ताहरूबाट प्रदुषण सबै देशमा फैलिएको छ ।”

Therefore this is what the LORD of Hosts says concerning the prophets: “I will feed them wormwood and give them poisoned water to drink, for from the prophets of Jerusalem ungodliness has spread throughout the land.”

16 सर्वशक्तिमान् परमप्रभु यसो भन्‍नुहुन्छ, “तिमीहरूलाई अगमवाणी बोल्ने अगमवक्ताहरूका वचनहरू नसुन । तिनीहरूले तिमीहरूलाई भ्रमित तुल्याएका छन् । तिनीहरूले परमप्रभुको मुखबाट नभई आफ्नै समझबाट दर्शनहरूको घोषणा गर्दै छन् ।

This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Do not listen to the words of the prophets who prophesy to you. They are filling you with false hopes. They speak visions from their own minds, not from the mouth of the LORD.

17 मेरो अनादर गर्नेहरूलाई तिनीहरूले निरन्तर यसो भनिरहेका छन्, 'तिमीहरूका निम्ति शान्ति हुने छ भनी परमप्रभु घोषणा गर्नुहुन्‍छ ।' आफ्नै हृदयको हठमा हिंड्ने हरेक व्‍यक्‍तिले भन्छ, 'तिमीहरूमाथि विपत्ति आउनेछैन ।'

They keep saying to those who despise Me, ‘The LORD says that you will have peace,’ and to everyone who walks in the stubbornness of his own heart, ‘No harm will come to you.’

18 तापनि परमप्रभुको परिषद् सभामा को खडा भएको छ र? उहाँको वचनलाई कसले देख्‍ने र कसले सुन्‍ने गर्छ र? उहाँको वचनलाई कसले ध्यान दिने र सुन्‍ने गर्छ र?

But which of them has stood in the council of the LORD to see and hear His word? Who has given heed to His word and obeyed it?

19 हेर, परमप्रभुबाट आँधी-बेहरी आउँदैछ । उहाँको क्रोध बाहिर निस्केको छ, र तुफान वरिपरि चक्‍कर मार्दैछ । दुष्‍टहरूका शिरवरिपरि त्‍यसले चक्‍कर मार्दैछ ।

Behold, the storm of the LORD has gone out with fury, a whirlwind swirling down upon the heads of the wicked.

20 परमप्रभुको क्रोध कार्यान्वयन हुने र उहाँको हृदयका मनसायहरू पुरा हुने नभएसम्म त्‍यो थामिने छैन । आखिरी दिनमा तिमीहरूले बुझ्नेछौ ।

The anger of the LORD will not turn back until He has fully accomplished the purposes of His heart. In the days to come you will understand this clearly.

21 यी अगमवक्ताहरूलाई मैले पठाइनँ । तिनीहरू आफै देखा परे । तिनीहरूलाई मैले कुनै कुरा पनि घोषणा गरिनँ, तर तिनीहरूले अझै पनि अगमवाणी गरेका छन् ।

I did not send these prophets, yet they have run with their message; I did not speak to them, yet they have prophesied.

22 किनकि तिनीहरू मेरो परिषद् सभामा खडा भए त तिनीहरूले मेरा मानिसहरूलाई मेरो वचन सुन्‍न लगाउनेथिए, तिनीहरूले उनीहरूका दुष्‍ट वचन र भ्रष्‍ट अभ्यासहरूबाट फर्कन लगाउनेथिए ।

But if they had stood in My council, they would have proclaimed My words to My people and turned them back from their evil ways and deeds.”

23 के म नजिक मात्र रहने तर टाढा नरहने परमेश्‍वर हुँ र? यो परमप्रभुको घोषणा हो ।

“Am I only a God nearby,” declares the LORD, “and not a God far away?”

24 के मैले देख्‍न नसक्‍ने गरी कोही गुप्‍त ठाउँमा लुक्‍न सक्छ र? यो परमप्रभुको घोषणा हो, र के स्वर्ग र पृथ्वीलाई म ढाक्दिनँ र? यो परमप्रभुको घोषणा हो ।

“Can a man hide in secret places where I cannot see him?” declares the LORD. “Do I not fill the heavens and the earth?” declares the LORD.

25 मेरो नाउँमा छलको अगमवाणी बोलिरहेका अगमवक्ताहरूले के भनेका छन्, त्‍यो मैले सुनेको छु । तिनीहरूले भने, 'मैले एउटा सपना देखेँ! मैले एउटा सपना देखेँ!'

“I have heard the sayings of the prophets who prophesy lies in My name: ‘I had a dream! I had a dream!’

26 अगमवक्ताहरूले आफ्नै मनबाट झूटा कुराहरूको अगमवाणी बोल्‍ने, र तिनीहरूले आफ्ना हृदयबाट छली अगमवाणी बोल्‍ने कुरा कहिलेसम्म भइरहन्‍छ?

How long will this continue in the hearts of these prophets who prophesy falsehood, these prophets of the delusion of their own minds?

27 जसरी बाल देवताको नाउँमा मेरा मानिसहरूका पुर्खाहरूले मेरो नाउँ बिर्से, त्यसरी नै तिनीहरू प्रत्‍येकले आफ्नो छिमेकीलाई बताएका सपनाहरूद्वारा उनीहरूलाई मेरो नाउँ बिर्साउने योजना तिनीहरूले बनाउँदैछन् ।

They suppose the dreams that they tell one another will make My people forget My name, just as their fathers forgot My name through the worship of Baal.

28 सपना देख्‍ने अगमवक्ताले, आफूले देखेको सपना बताओस् । तर जसलाई मैले कुनै कुराको घोषणा गरेको छु, त्यसले साँचो तवरले मेरो वचन घोषणा गरोस् । परालको अन्‍नसित के सरोकार छ? यो परमप्रभुको घोषणा हो ।

Let the prophet who has a dream retell it, but let him who has My word speak it truthfully. For what is straw compared to grain?” declares the LORD.

29 यो परमप्रभुको घोषणा हो, के मेरो वचन आगोजस्तै छैन र? चट्टानलाई टुक्रा-टुक्रा पार्ने घनजस्तै छैन र?

“Is not My word like fire,” declares the LORD, “and like a hammer that smashes a rock?”

30 त्यसैले, हेर, अर्को व्यक्तिबाट वचन चोर्ने र मबाट आएजस्तै गरी बोल्ने अगमवक्ताहरूको विरुद्धमा म हुन्‍छु, यो परमप्रभुको घोषणा हो ।

“Therefore behold,” declares the LORD, “I am against the prophets who steal from one another words they attribute to Me.”

31 हेर, म त्‍यस्‍ता अगमवक्ताहरूको विरुद्धमा हुन्‍छु, जसले, यो परमप्रभुको घोषणा हो, भनेर घोषणा गर्न आफ्‍नो जिब्रोलाई चलाउँछन् ।

“Yes,” declares the LORD, “I am against the prophets who wag their own tongues and proclaim, ‘The LORD declares it.’”

32 हेर, यो परमप्रभुको घोषणा हो, भनेर छलपूर्ण सपनाहरू देख्‍ने र त्‍यसपछि ती घोषणा गर्ने र यसरी आफ्‍ना छल र अहङ्कारले मेरा मानिसहरूलाई भ्रममा पार्ने अगमवक्ताहरूका विरुद्धमा म छु । म तिनीहरूको विरुद्धमा छु, किनकि मैले तिनीहरूलाई पठाएको होइन, न त तिनीहरूलाई आज्ञा दिएको छु । त्यसैले तिनीहरूले निश्‍चय नै यी मानिसलाई मदत गर्नेछैन, यो परमप्रभुको घोषणा हो ।

“Indeed,” declares the LORD, “I am against those who prophesy false dreams and retell them to lead My people astray with their reckless lies. It was not I who sent them or commanded them, and they are of no benefit at all to these people,” declares the LORD.

33 यी मानिसहरू, वा अगमवक्ता वा पुजारीले तँलाई 'परमप्रभुको बोझ के हो?' भनी सोधे भने तैंले तिनीहरूलाई भन्‍नेछस्, 'तिमीहरू नै बोझ हौ, र म तिमीहरूलाई निष्कासित गर्नेछु,' यो परमप्रभुको घोषणा हो ।

“Now when this people or a prophet or priest asks you, ‘What is the burden of the LORD?’ you are to say to them, ‘What burden? I will forsake you, declares the LORD.’

34 ‘यो परमप्रभुको बोझ हो,’ भनिरहने अगमवक्ता, पुजारी र मानिसका सम्‍बन्‍धमा म त्‍यो मानिस र उसको घरानालाई दण्ड दिनेछु ।

As for the prophet or priest or anyone who claims, ‘This is the burden of the LORD,’ I will punish that man and his household.

35 तिमीहरू हरेक व्‍यक्‍तिले आफ्नो छिमेकीलाई र हरेक मानिसले आफ्नो भाइलाई निरन्‍तर सोधिरहन्छौ, 'परमप्रभुले के जवाफ दिनुभयो?' र 'परमप्रभुले के घोषणा गर्नुभयो?' ।

This is what each man is to say to his friend and to his brother: ‘What has the LORD answered?’ or ‘What has the LORD spoken?’

36 तर तिमीहरू फेरि 'परमप्रभुको बोझ' को बारेमा कुरा गर्नेछैनौ, किनकि बोझचाहिं हरेक मानिसको आफ्नै वचन हो, र तिमीहरूले जीवित परमेश्‍वर, सर्वशक्तिमान् परमप्रभु, हाम्रा परमेश्‍वरका वचनलाई बङ्ग्याएका छौ ।

But refer no more to the burden of the LORD, for each man’s word becomes the burden, so that you pervert the words of the living God, the LORD of Hosts, our God.

37 अगमवक्तालाई तैंले यसो भनेर सोध्‍नेछस्, 'परमप्रभुले तिमीलाई के जवाफ दिनुभयो?' वा 'परमप्रभुले के भन्‍नुभयो?'

Thus you are to say to the prophet: ‘What has the LORD answered you?’ and ‘What has the LORD spoken?’

38 तर तिमीहरू भन्‍छौ, 'यो परमप्रभुको बोझ हो,' भने, परमप्रभु यसो भन्‍नुहुन्‍छः ‘यो परमप्रभुको बोझ हो,’ भनी तिमीहरूले भन्‍नेछैनौ भनेर मैले तिमीहरूलाई पठाउँदा पनि तिमीहरूले, ‘यो परमप्रभुको बोझ हो,’ भन्‍यौ,

But if you claim, ‘This is the burden of the LORD,’ then this is what the LORD says: Because you have said, ‘This is the burden of the LORD,’ and I specifically told you not to make this claim,

39 यसकारण, हेर, तिमीहरू र तिमीहरूका पुर्खाहरूलाई मैले दिएको सहरसाँगै म तिमीहरूलाई समातेर मेरो उपस्थितिबाट टाढा फल्‍नै लागेको छु ।

therefore I will surely forget you and will cast you out of My presence, both you and the city that I gave to you and your fathers.

40 तब म तिमीहरूमाथि अनन्त लाज र अपमान हालिदिनेछु, जुन कहिल्यै बिर्सिने छैन ।”

And I will bring upon you everlasting shame and perpetual humiliation that will never be forgotten.”