यर्मिया 23

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

Woe be to the pastors that destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! says 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 thus said the LORD God of Israel against the pastors that feed my people; You have scattered my flock, and driven them away, and have not visited them: behold, I will visit on you the evil of your doings, says 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 ।

And I will gather the remnant of my flock out of all countries where I have driven them, and will bring them again to their folds; and they shall be fruitful and increase.

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 ।

And I will set up shepherds over them which shall feed them: and they shall fear no more, nor be dismayed, neither shall they be lacking, says 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 come, says the LORD, that I will raise to David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth.

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

In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely: and this is his name whereby he shall 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 ।'

Therefore, behold, the days come, says the LORD, that they shall no more say, The LORD lives, which brought up the children of Israel 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 ।

But, The LORD lives, which brought up and which led the seed of the house of Israel out of the north country, and from all countries where I had driven them; and they shall dwell 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 ।

My heart within me is broken because of the prophets; all my bones shake; I am like a drunken man, and like a man whom wine has overcome, because of the LORD, and because of the words of his holiness.

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; for because of swearing the land mourns; the pleasant places of the wilderness are dried up, and their course is evil, and their force is not right.

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 profane; yes, in my house have I found their wickedness, says the LORD.

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 ।

Why their way shall be to them as slippery ways in the darkness: they shall be driven on, and fall therein: for I will bring evil on them, even the year of their visitation, says the LORD.

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

And I have seen folly in the prophets of Samaria; they prophesied in Baal, and caused my people Israel to err.

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 ।”

I have seen also in the prophets of Jerusalem an horrible thing: they commit adultery, and walk in lies: they strengthen also the hands of evildoers, that none does return from his wickedness; they are all of them to me as Sodom, and the inhabitants thereof as 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 thus says the LORD of hosts concerning the prophets; Behold, I will feed them with wormwood, and make them drink the water of gall: for from the prophets of Jerusalem is profaneness gone forth into all 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 ।

Thus says the LORD of hosts, Listen not to the words of the prophets that prophesy to you: they make you vain: they speak a vision of their own heart, and not out of 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 say still to them that despise me, The LORD has said, You shall have peace; and they say to every one that walks after the imagination of his own heart, No evil shall come on 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?

For who has stood in the counsel of the LORD, and has perceived and heard his word? who has marked his word, and heard it?

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

Behold, a whirlwind of the LORD is gone forth in fury, even a grievous whirlwind: it shall fall grievously on the head 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 shall not return, until he have executed, and till he have performed the thoughts of his heart: in the latter days you shall consider it perfectly.

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

I have not sent these prophets, yet they ran: I have not spoken to them, yet they 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 counsel, and had caused my people to hear my words, then they should have turned them from their evil way, and from the evil of their doings.

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

Am I a God at hand, says the LORD, and not a God afar off?

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 any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him? says the LORD. Do not I fill heaven and earth? said 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 what the prophets said, that prophesy lies in my name, saying, I have dreamed, I have dreamed.

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

How long shall this be in the heart of the prophets that prophesy lies? yes, they are prophets of the deceit of their own heart;

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 ।

Which think to cause my people to forget my name by their dreams which they tell every man to his neighbor, as their fathers have forgotten my name for 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 ।

The prophet that has a dream, let him tell a dream; and he that has my word, let him speak my word faithfully. What is the chaff to the wheat? says 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 as a fire? says the LORD; and like a hammer that breaks the rock in pieces?

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

Therefore, behold, I am against the prophets, says the LORD, that steal my words every one from his neighbor.

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

Behold, I am against the prophets, says the LORD, that use their tongues, and says, He said.

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 ।

Behold, I am against them that prophesy false dreams, says the LORD, and do tell them, and cause my people to err by their lies, and by their lightness; yet I sent them not, nor commanded them: therefore they shall not profit this people at all, says 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 ।

And when this people, or the prophet, or a priest, shall ask you, saying, What is the burden of the LORD? you shall then say to them, What burden? I will even forsake you, says the LORD.

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

And as for the prophet, and the priest, and the people, that shall say, The burden of the LORD, I will even punish that man and his house.

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

Thus shall you say every one to his neighbor, and every one to his brother, What has the LORD answered? and, 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 ।

And the burden of the LORD shall you mention no more: for every man’s word shall be his burden; for you have perverted the words of the living God, of the LORD of hosts our God.

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

Thus shall you 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 since you say, The burden of the LORD; therefore thus says the LORD; Because you say this word, The burden of the LORD, and I have sent to you, saying, You shall not say, The burden of the LORD;

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

Therefore, behold, I, even I, will utterly forget you, and I will forsake you, and the city that I gave you and your fathers, and cast you out of my presence:

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

And I will bring an everlasting reproach on you, and a perpetual shame, which shall not be forgotten.