< यर्मिया 38 >
1 मत्तानका छोरा शपत्याह, पशहूरका छोरा गदल्याह, शेलेम्याहका छोरा यहूकल र मल्कियाहका छोरा पशहूरले यर्मियाले सबै मानिसलाई घोषणा गरिरहेका यी वचन सुने । तिनले भन्दै थिए,
And Shephatiah the son of Mattan, and Gedaliah the son of Pashhur, and Jucal the son of Shelemiah, and Pashhur the son of Malchijah, heard the words that Jeremiah spoke to all the people, saying,
2 “परमप्रभु यसो भन्नुहुन्छः यस सहरमा बस्ने कुनै पनि व्यक्ति तरवार, अनिकाल र विपत्तिले मारिनेछ । तर निस्केर कल्दीहरूकहाँ जाने कुनै पनि व्यक्ति बाँच्नेछ । त्यसले आफ्नो प्राण बचाउनेछ, र जिउनेछ ।
Thus says Jehovah: He who abides in this city shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, but he who goes forth to the Chaldeans shall live, and his life shall be to him for a prey, and he shall live.
3 परमप्रभु यसो भन्नुहुन्छः यो सहर बेबिलोनका राजाको सेनाको हातमा दिइनेछ, र उसले यसलाई कब्जा गर्नेछ ।”
Thus says Jehovah: This city shall surely be given into the hand of the army of the king of Babylon, and he shall take it.
4 त्यसैले अधिकारीहरूले राजालाई भने, “यो मान्छे मरोस्, किनकि यसरी यो मानिसले यस सहरमा बाँकी रहेका योद्धाहरू र सबै मानिसको हातलाई कमजोर पार्दै छ । त्यसले यी वचनहरू घोषणा गर्दैछ, किनकि मानिसहरूको सुरक्षाको लागि उसले केही गरिरहेको छैन, तर विपत्तिको घोषणा गर्दैछ ।”
Then the rulers said to the king, Let this man, we pray thee, be put to death, inasmuch as he weakens the hands of the men of war who remain in this city, and the hands of all the people, in speaking such words to them. For this man seeks not the welfare of this people, but the hurt.
5 त्यसैले राजा सिदकियाहले भने, “तिमीहरूको विरोध गर्न कुनै राजाले पनि नसक्ने हुनाले ऊ तिमीहरूकै हातमा छ ।”
And Zedekiah the king said, Behold, he is in your hand, for the king is not he who can do anything against you.
6 तब तिनीहरूले यर्मियालाई लगे, र राजकुमार मल्कियाहको इनारमा फालिदिए । यो इनार गारदको चोकमा थियो । तिनीहरूले यर्मियालाई डोरीद्वारा तल झारे । इनारमा पानी थिएन, तर त्यसमा दलदले हिलो थियो, र तिनी हिलोमा गाडिए ।
Then they took Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchijah the king's son, that was in the court of the guard. And they let Jeremiah down with cords. And in the dungeon there was no water, but mire, and Jeremiah sank in the mire.
7 राजदरबारमा भएका नपुंसकमध्ये कूशी एबेद-मेलेक एक जना थिए । तिनीहरूले यर्मियालाई इनारमा राखे भनी तिनले सुने । त्यस बेला राजा बेन्यामीनको मूल ढोकामा बसिरहेका थिए ।
Now when Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, a eunuch, who was in the king's house, heard that they had put Jeremiah in the dungeon (the king then sitting in the gate of Benjamin),
8 त्यसैले एबेद-मेलेक राजदरबाट गए र राजासित बात गरे । तिनले भने,
Ebed-melech went forth out of the king's house, and spoke to the king, saying,
9 “हे मेरा मालिक राजा, यी मानिसहरूले यर्मिया अगमवक्तासँग जसरी व्यवहार गरे त्यो दुष्ट काम हो । सहरमा खानलाई अब कुनै कुरा नभएको हुनाले भोकले मर्नलाई तिनीहरूले तिनलाई इनारमा हाले ।”
My lord the king, these men have done evil in all that they have done to Jeremiah the prophet whom they have cast into the dungeon. And he is likely to die in the place where he is because of the famine, for there is no more bread in the city.
10 तब राजाले कूशी एबेद-मेलेकलाई हुकुम गरे । तिनले भने, “यहाँबाट तिस जना मानिस साथमा लिएर जाऊ र यर्मिया अगमवक्ता मर्नुअगि तिनलाई इनारबाट निकाल ।”
Then the king commanded Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, saying, Take from here thirty men with thee, and take up Jeremiah the prophet out of the dungeon before he dies.
11 त्यसैले एबेद-मेलेकले ती मानिसहरूलाई लिए र राजदरबारको एउटा भण्डर कोठामा गए । त्यहाँबाट तिनले थोत्रा र फाटेका कपडाहरू निकाले, र त्यसपछि तिनले इनारमा यर्मियाको लागि डोरीले बाँधेर ती झारिदिए ।
So Ebed-melech took the men with him, and went into the house of the king under the treasury, and took from there rags and worn-out garments, and let them down by cords into the dungeon to Jeremiah.
12 कूशी एबेद-मेलेकले यर्मियालाई भने, “तिम्रा पाखुरा र डोरीहरूको माथिपट्टि यी थोत्रा र फाटेका लुगाहरू लगाऊ ।” यर्मियाले त्यसै गरे ।
And Ebed-melech the Ethiopian said to Jeremiah, Now put these rags and worn-out garments under thine armpits under the cords. And Jeremiah did so.
13 त्यसपछि तिनीहरूले यर्मियालाई डोरीको सहायताले ताने । यसरी तिनीहरूले तिनलाई इनारबाट बाहिर निकाले । यसरी यर्मिया गारदको चोकमा बसे ।
So they drew up Jeremiah with the cords, and took him up out of the dungeon. And Jeremiah remained in the court of the guard.
14 तब राजा सिदकियाहले खबर पठाए र यर्मिया अगमवक्तालाई आफूकहाँ परमप्रभुको मन्दिरको तेस्रो प्रवेशद्वारमा ल्याए । राजाले यर्मियालाई भने, “म तिमीलाई केही कुरो सोध्न चाहन्छु । मबाट जवाफ नलुकाऊ ।”
Then Zedekiah the king sent, and took Jeremiah the prophet to him into the third entry that is in the house of Jehovah. And the king said to Jeremiah, I will ask thee a thing; hide nothing from me.
15 यर्मियाले सिदकियाहलाई भने, “मैले तपाईंलाई जवाफ दिएँ भने, के तपाईंले मलाई साँच्चै नै मार्नुहुन्न त?” तर मैले तपाईंलाई सल्लाह दिएँ भने तपाईंले सुन्नुहुनेछैन ।”
Then Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, If I declare it to thee, will thou not surely put me to death? And if I give thee counsel, thou will not hearken to me.
16 तर राजा सिदकियाहले यर्मियासित गुप्तमा वाचा बाँधे र भने, “हामीलाई बनाउनुहुने जीवित परमप्रभुको नाउँमा शपथ खाएर भन्दछु, कि म तिमीलाई मार्नेछैनँ वा तिम्रो ज्यान लिन खोज्नेहरूको हातमा सुम्पिदिनेछैनँ ।”
So Zedekiah the king swore secretly to Jeremiah, saying, As Jehovah lives, who made us this soul, I will not put thee to death, nor will I give thee into the hand of these men who seek thy life.
17 त्यसैले यर्मियाले सिदकियाहलाई भने, “परमप्रभु सर्वशक्तिमान् परमेश्वर, इस्राएलका परमेश्वर यसो भन्नुहुन्छः तँ वास्तवमै बेबिलोनका राजाका अधिकारीहरूकहाँ गइस् भने, तँ बाँच्नेछस्, र यो सहर जलाइनेछैन । तँ र तेरो परिवार बाँच्नेछन् ।
Then Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, Thus says Jehovah, the God of hosts, the God of Israel. If thou will go forth to the king of Babylon's rulers, then thy soul shall live, and this city shall not be burned with fire, and thou shall live, and thy house.
18 तर तँ बेबिलोनका राजाका अधिकारीहरूकहाँ गइनस् भने, यो सहरलाई कल्दीहरूको हातमा दिइनेछ । तिनीहरूले यसलाई आगो लगाउनेछन्, र तँ तिनीहरूको हातबाट उम्कनेछैनस् ।”
But if thou will not go forth to the king of Babylon's rulers, then this city shall be given into the hand of the Chaldeans, and they shall burn it with fire, and thou shall not escape out of their hand.
19 सिदकियाह राजाले यर्मियालाई भने, “तर कल्दीहरूकहाँ भागेर गएका यहूदाका मानिसहरूदेखि म डराएको छु, किनकि ममाथि खराब व्यवहार गर्नलाई मलाई तिनीहरूको हातमा सुम्पिएला ।”
And Zedekiah the king said to Jeremiah, I am afraid of the Jews who have fallen away to the Chaldeans, lest they deliver me into their hand, and they abuse me.
20 यर्मियाले भने, “तिनीहरूले तपाईंलाई उनीहरूका हातमा सुम्पिनेछैनन् । परमप्रभुबाट आएको सन्देशलाई मान्नुहोस्, जुन मैले तपाईंलाई बताउँदैछु जसले गर्दा तपाईंको भलो हुनेछ, र जसले गर्दा तपाईं बाँच्नुहुनेछ ।
But Jeremiah said, They shall not deliver thee. Obey, I beseech thee, the voice of Jehovah, in that which I speak to thee, so it shall be well with thee, and thy soul shall live.
21 तर जान तपाईंले इन्कार गर्नुभयो भने त परमप्रभुले मलाई देखाउनुभएको कुरो यही हो ।
But if thou refuse to go forth, this is the word that Jehovah has shown me:
22 हेर्नुहोस्, यहूदाका राजा अर्थात् तपाईंको महलमा छाडिएका सबै स्त्रीहरूलाई बेबिलोनका राजाका अधिकारीहरूकहाँ लगिनेछ । यी स्त्रीहरूले तपाईंलाई भन्नेछन्, 'तपाईंका मित्रहरूद्वारा तपाईं छलमा पर्नुभएको छ । तिनीहरूले तपाईंलाई नष्ट पारेका छन् । अब तपाईंका खुट्टा हिलोमा डुबेका छन्, र तपाईंका मित्रहरू भाग्नेछन् ।'
Behold, all the women who are left in the king of Judah's house shall be brought forth to the king of Babylon's rulers. And those women shall say, Thy familiar friends have set upon thee, and have prevailed over thee. Since thy feet are sunk in the mire, they have turned back away.
23 किनकि तपाईंका सबै पत्नी र छोराछोरी कल्दीहरूकहाँ लगिनेछन्, र तपाईं आफै पनि तिनीहरूको हातबाट उम्कनुहुनेछैन । तपाईं बेबिलोनका राजाको हातबाट पक्राउ पर्नुहुनेछ, र यो सहरलाई जलाइनेछ ।”
And they shall bring out all thy wives and thy sons to the Chaldeans. And thou shall not escape out of their hand, but shall be taken by the hand of the king of Babylon. And thou shall cause this city to be burned with fire.
24 तब सिदकियाहले यर्मियालाई भने, “यी वचनको विषयमा कसैलाई नभन, जसले गर्दा तिमी मारिनेछैनौ ।
Then Zedekiah said to Jeremiah, Let no man know of these words, and thou shall not die.
25 मैले तिमीसित कुराकानी गरेको कुरा अधिकारीहरूले सुने र तिमीकहाँ आएर यसो भन्छन् भने, 'तिमीले राजालाई के भन्यौ, सो हामीलाई बताऊ, र हामीबाट त्यो नलुकाऊ, नत्र तिमीलाई हामी मर्नेछौ,'
But if the rulers hear that I have talked with thee, and they come to thee, and say to thee, Declare to us now what thou have said to the king, hide it not from us, and we will not put thee to death, also what the king said to thee,
26 तब तिमीले तिनीहरूलाई यसो भन्नू, 'राजाले मलाई जोनाथनको घरमा मर्नलाई नपठाऊन् भनी मैले राजाको सामु विनम्र बिन्ती चढाएँ' ।”
then thou shall say to them, I presented my supplication before the king, that he would not cause me to return to Jonathan's house to die there.
27 तब सबै अधिकारी यर्मियाकहाँ आए र तिनलाई प्रश्न गरे, यसैले राजाले तिनलाई निर्देशन दिएअनुसार तिनले उनीहरूलाई जवाफ दिए । उनीहरूले यर्मिया र राजाको बिचमा भएको बातचितलाई नसुनेका हुनाले उनीहरूले तिनीसित थप कुराकानी गरेनन् ।
Then all the rulers came to Jeremiah, and asked him. And he told them according to all these words that the king had commanded. So they left off speaking with him, for the matter was not perceived.
28 यसरी यरूशलेम कब्जा नभएसम्म यर्मिया गारदको चोकमा नै बसे ।
So Jeremiah abode in the court of the guard until the day that Jerusalem was taken.