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!” 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 the LORD, the God of Israel, says against the shepherds who feed my people: “You have scattered my flock, 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 ।

“I will gather the remnant of my flock out of all the countries where I have driven them, and will bring them again to their folds; and 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 set up shepherds over them who will feed them. They will no longer be afraid or dismayed, neither will any 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 he will reign as king and deal wisely, and will execute 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 safely. 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 ।'

“Therefore, behold, the days come,” says the LORD, “that they will no more say, ‘As the LORD lives, who 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, ‘As the LORD lives, who brought up and who led the offspring of the house of Israel out of the north country, and from all the countries where I had driven them.’ Then they will 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 ।

Concerning the prophets: My heart within me is broken. 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 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; for because of the curse the land mourns. The pastures of the wilderness have dried up. Their course is evil, and their might 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 I have 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 ।

Therefore their way will be to them as slippery places in the darkness. They will 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 ।

“I have seen folly in the prophets of Samaria. They prophesied by 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 ।”

In the prophets of Jerusalem I have also seen a horrible thing: they commit adultery and walk in lies. They strengthen the hands of evildoers, so that no one returns from his wickedness. They have all become to me as Sodom, and its inhabitants 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 the LORD of Hosts says concerning the prophets: “Behold, I will feed them with wormwood, and make them drink poisoned water; for from the prophets of Jerusalem ungodliness has gone out 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 ।

The LORD of Hosts says, “Don’t listen to the words of the prophets who prophesy to you. They teach you vanity. 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 continually to those who despise me, ‘The LORD has said, “You will have peace;”’ and to everyone who walks in the stubbornness of his own heart they say, ‘No evil will 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 council of the LORD, that he should perceive and hear his word? Who has listened to my 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, the LORD’s storm, his wrath, has gone out. Yes, a whirling storm! It will burst 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 LORD’s anger will not return until he has executed and performed the intents of his heart. In the latter days, you will understand 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 didn’t send these prophets, yet they ran. I didn’t speak 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 council, then they would have caused my people to hear my words, and would 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 anyone hide himself in secret places so that I can’t see him?” says the LORD. “Don’t I fill heaven and earth?” says 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 have said, who prophesy lies in my name, saying, ‘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 be in the heart of the prophets who prophesy lies, even the 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 ।

They intend to cause my people to forget my name by their dreams which they each tell his neighbor, as their fathers forgot my name because 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 ।

The prophet who has a dream, let him tell a dream; and he who has my word, let him speak my word faithfully. What is the straw to the wheat?” says the LORD.

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

“Isn’t my word like 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, “who each steal my words 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, “who use their tongues, and say, ‘He says.’

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 those who prophesy lying dreams,” says the LORD, “who tell them, and cause my people to err by their lies, and by their vain boasting; yet I didn’t send them or command them. They don’t 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 ।

“When this people, or the prophet, or a priest, asks you, saying, ‘What is the message from the LORD?’ Then you shall tell them, ‘“What message? I will cast you off,” says 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, the priest, and the people, who say, ‘The message from the LORD,’ I will even 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?' ।

You will say everyone to his neighbor, and everyone to his brother, ‘What has the LORD answered?’ and, ‘What has the LORD said?’

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 ।

You will mention the message from the LORD no more, for every man’s own word has become his message; 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?'

You will 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,

Although you say, ‘The message from the LORD,’ therefore the LORD says: ‘Because you say this word, “The message from the LORD,” and I have sent to you, telling you not to say, “The message from the LORD,”

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

therefore behold, I will utterly forget you, and I will cast you off with the city that I gave to you and to your fathers, away from my presence.

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

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