यर्मिया 5

1 “यरूशलेमका सडकहरूबाट छिटो जा । त्यसका चोकहरूमा पनि खोजी गर् । त्यसपछि हेरे अनि यस कुरा बारेमा विचार गर्: न्यायपूर्वक काम गर्ने र इमानदारीपूर्वक काम गर्न खोज्ने कुनै मानिस तैंले फेला पारिस् भने, म यरूशलेमलाई क्षमा दिनेछु ।

“Go up and down the streets of Jerusalem. Look now and take note; search her squares. If you can find a single person, anyone who acts justly, anyone who seeks the truth, then I will forgive the city.

2 तिनीहरू भन्‍छन्‍छन्, 'जीवित परमप्रभुको नाउँमा' तापनि तिनीहरूले झूटा शपथ खाँदैछन् ।”

Although they say, ‘As surely as the LORD lives,’ they are swearing falsely.”

3 हे परमप्रभु, के तपाईंका आँखाले विश्‍वसनीयताको खोजी गर्दैनन् र? तपाईंले मानिसहरूलाई प्रहार गर्नुभयो, तर तिनीहरूलाई पिडा महसुस हुँदैन । तपाईंले तिनीहरूलाई पूर्ण रूपमा पराजित गर्नुभएको छ, तर तिनीहरू अझै पनि अनुशासन मान्‍न इन्कार गर्छन् । तिनीहरूले आफ्ना अनुहार चट्टानभन्दा कडा बनाउँछन्, किनकि तिनीहरू पश्‍चात्ताप गर्न इन्कार गर्छन् ।

O LORD, do not Your eyes look for truth? You struck them, but they felt no pain. You finished them off, but they refused to accept discipline. They have made their faces harder than stone and refused to repent.

4 त्यसैले मैले भनें, “निश्‍चय नै यिनीहरू मात्र दुःखी मानिसहरू रहेछन् । तिनीहरू मूर्ख छन्, किनकि तिनीहरू परमप्रभुका मार्ग जान्दैनन्, न त तिनीहरूका परमेश्‍वरका आज्ञाहरू जान्दछन् ।

Then I said, “They are only the poor; they have played the fool, for they do not know the way of the LORD, the justice of their God.

5 म ठुला मानिसहरूकहाँ जानेछु, र तिनीहरूलाई परमेश्‍वरको सन्देश घोषणा गर्नेछु, किनकि कमसेकम आफ्‍ना परमेश्‍वरका मार्ग, परमेश्‍वरका आज्ञाहरू तिनीहरूले त जान्दछन् ।” तर तिनीहरू सबैले आफ्‍ना जुवा सँगसँगै भाँचे । तिनीहरू सबैले आफूलाई परमेश्‍वरसित बाँध्‍ने बन्धनलाई चुँडाले ।

I will go to the powerful and speak to them. Surely they know the way of the LORD, the justice of their God.” But they too, with one accord, had broken the yoke and torn off the chains.

6 त्यसैले झाडीबाट निस्केर आउने सिंहले तिनीहरूलाई आक्रमण गर्नेछ । अराबाबाट आउने ब्वाँसोले तिनीहरूलाई नष्‍ट पार्नेछ । ढुकेर बस्‍ने चितुवा तिनीहरूका सहरहरूको विरुद्धमा आउनेछ । आफ्नो सहरबाहिर जाने कोही पनि टुक्राटुक्रा पारिनेछ । किनकि तिनीहरूका अपराध बढ्दो छन् । तिनीहरूका विश्‍वासहीन कामहरू असीमित छन् ।

Therefore a lion from the forest will strike them down, a wolf from the desert will ravage them. A leopard will lie in wait near their cities, and everyone who ventures out will be torn to pieces. For their rebellious acts are many, and their unfaithful deeds are numerous.

7 यी मानिसहरूलाई मैले किन क्षमा दिने? तिमीहरूका छोराहरूले मलाई त्यागेका छन्, र तिनीहरूले त्‍यो नाउँमा शपथ खान्छन् जो ईश्‍वरहरू नै होइनन् । मैले तिनीहरूलाई पेटभरि खुवाएँ, तर तिनीहरूले व्यभिचार गरे, र ठुलो सङ्ख्यामा वेश्याहरूका घरहरूमा गए ।

“Why should I forgive you? Your children have forsaken Me and sworn by gods that are not gods. I satisfied their needs, yet they committed adultery and assembled at the houses of prostitutes.

8 तिनीहरू कामवासनाले मस्‍त घोडाहरूजस्ता थिए । मैथुनको चाहनाले तिनीहरू चारैतिर डुल्दै थिए । प्रत्येक आफ्नो छिमेकीको पत्‍नीको लागि हिनहिनायो ।

They are well-fed, lusty stallions, each neighing after his neighbor’s wife.

9 त्यसैले, यो परमप्रभुको घोषणा हो, के मैले तिनीहरूलाई दण्ड दिनुपर्दैन र, के मैले यस्तो जातिसित बदला लिनुपर्दैन र? ।

Should I not punish them for these things?” declares the LORD. “Should I not avenge Myself on such a nation as this?

10 त्यसका दाखबारीका गराहरूमा जा र नष्‍ट गरिदे। तर तिनमा पूर्ण विनाश नगर । तिनका हाँगाहरू छिंवल, किनकि ती दाखका बोट परमप्रभुबाट आएका होइनन् ।

Go up through her vineyards and ravage them, but do not finish them off. Strip off her branches, for they do not belong to the LORD.

11 किनकि इस्राएल र यहूदाका घरानाहरूले मलाई पूर्ण रूपमा धोका दिएक छन्, यो परमप्रभुको घोषणा हो ।

For the house of Israel and the house of Judah have been utterly unfaithful to Me,”

12 तिनीहरूको परमप्रभुको बारेमा झूट बोलेका छन् र यसो भनेका छन्, “उहाँले केही गर्नुहुने छैन । हामीमाथि कुनै हानि आउनेछैन, र हामीले कुनै तरवार वा अनिकाल देख्‍ने छैनौं ।

They have lied about the LORD and said: “He will not do anything; harm will not come to us; we will not see sword or famine.

13 अगमवक्ताहरू हावा हुनेछन्, र तिनीहरूमा वचन छैन । त्यसैले तिनीहरूले भनेका कुरा तिनीहरूमाथि नै आइपरून् ।”

The prophets are but wind, for the word is not in them. So let their own predictions befall them.”

14 त्यसैले सर्वशक्तिमान् परमप्रभु परमेश्‍वर यसो भन्‍नुहुन्छ, “तैंले यसो भनेको हुनाले हेर, म तेरो मुखमा मेरो वचन हाल्नै लागेको छु । यो आगोजस्तो हुनेछ, र यी मानिसहरू दाउराजस्ता हुनेछन् । किनकि यसले तिनीहरूलाई भस्म पार्ने छ ।

Therefore this is what the LORD God of Hosts says: “Because you have spoken this word, I will make My words a fire in your mouth and this people the wood it consumes.

15 हेर! ए इस्राएलको घराना हो, मैले तेरो विरुद्धमा धेरै टाढाबाट एउटा जातिलाई ल्याउनै लागेको छु, यो परमप्रभुको घोषणा हो, यो एउटा दिगो र प्राचीन जाति हो । यो एउटा त्‍यस्तो जाति हो जसको भाषा तैंले जान्दैनस्, न त तिनीहरूले के भन्‍छन् त्‍यो तैंले बुझ्नेछस् ।

Behold, I am bringing a distant nation against you, O house of Israel,” declares the LORD. “It is an established nation, an ancient nation, a nation whose language you do not know and whose speech you do not understand.

16 तिनीहरूका वाणका ठोक्राहरू खुला चिहानजस्तै छन् । तिनीहरू सबै सिपाही हुन् ।

Their quivers are like open graves; they are all mighty men.

17 त्यसैले तिमीहरूका फसल, तिमीहरूका छोराछोरी अनि तिमीहरूका खानेकुरा स्वाहा पारिनेछन् । तिनीहरूले तिमीहरूका भेडा-बाख्रा र गाईवस्तु खानेछन् । तिनीहरूले तिमीहरूका दाखका बोट र अञ्जीरका बोटहरूका फल खानेछन् । तिमीहरूले भरोसा गरेका तिमीहरूका किल्ला भएका सहरहरूलाई तिनीहरूले तरवारले नष्‍ट पार्नेछन् ।

They will devour your harvest and food; they will consume your sons and daughters; they will eat up your flocks and herds; they will feed on your vines and fig trees. With the sword they will destroy the fortified cities in which you trust.”

18 तर ती दिनमा पनि म तिमीहरूलाई पूर्ण रूपमा नाश पार्ने इच्छा गर्दिनँ, यो परमप्रभुको घोषणा हो ।

“Yet even in those days,” declares the LORD, “I will not make a full end of you.

19 जब तँ, इस्राएल र यहूदाले यसो भन्‍छस्, ‘परमप्रभु हाम्रा परमेश्‍वरले किन हामीलाई यी सबै कुरा गर्नुभएको?’ तब तँ यर्मियाले तिनीहरूलाई भन्‍नेछस्, “जसरी तिमीहरूले परमप्रभुलाई त्याग्‍यौ र आफ्‍नै देशमा विदेशी देवताहरूको सेवा गर्‍यौ, त्यसरी नै तिमीहरूले विदेशमा पनि विदेशीहरूको सेवा गर्नुपर्नेछ ।”

And when the people ask, ‘For what offense has the LORD our God done all these things to us?’ You are to tell them, ‘Just as you have forsaken Me and served foreign gods in your land, so will you serve foreigners in a land that is not your own.’”

20 याकूबको घरानामा यो प्रचार गर्, र यहूदामा यो सुनियोस् । यसो भन्,

Declare this in the house of Jacob and proclaim it in Judah:

21 “हे समझ नभएको मूर्ख मानिस हो, यो कुरा सुन । तिमीहरूका आँखा छन्, तर देख्‍न सक्दैनौ, कान छन्, तर सुन्‍न सक्दैनौ ।

“Hear this, O foolish and senseless people, who have eyes but do not see, who have ears but do not hear.

22 मदेखि नडराओ, न त मेरो मुहारको सामु थरथर होओ, यो परमप्रभुको घोषणा हो । समुद्रलाई बालुवाको सिमाना राखेको छु जुन नभत्‍किने स्थायी, निरन्‍तर रहने आज्ञा हो, छाल ठोकिने र फर्किने भए तापनि त्‍यसले अझै भत्‍काउनेछैन । यसका तरङ्गहरू गर्जे तापनि तिनले यसलाई पार गर्दैनन् ।

Do you not fear Me?” declares the LORD. “Do you not tremble before Me, the One who set the sand as the boundary for the sea, an enduring barrier it cannot cross? The waves surge, but they cannot prevail. They roar but cannot cross it.

23 तर यी मानिसहरूको हठी हृदय छ । यो विद्रोहमा बरालिन्‍छ र टाढा जान्छ ।

But these people have stubborn and rebellious hearts. They have turned aside and gone away.

24 किनकि तिनीहरूले आफ्ना हृदयमा यसो भन्दैनन्, “हामी परमप्रभु हाम्रा परमेश्‍वरको भय मानौं जसले वर्षा ल्‍याउनुहुन्‍छ, हामीले खेति गर्नुपर्ने हप्‍ताहरूमा, ठिक समयमा अगिल्लो र पछिल्लो वर्षा दिनुहुन्‍छ।”

They have not said in their hearts, ‘Let us fear the LORD our God, who gives the rains, both autumn and spring, in season, who keeps for us the appointed weeks of harvest.’

25 तिमीहरूका अधर्महरूले गर्दा यी कुरा हुनबाट रोकिएका छन् । तिमीहरूका पापले गर्दा भलाइ तिमीहरूकहाँ आउन रोकिएको छ ।

Your iniquities have diverted these from you; your sins have deprived you of My bounty.

26 किनकि मेरा मानिसहरूसँगै दुष्‍ट मानिसहरू भेट्टाइएका छन् । कोही मानिस चरा समाउनलाई चुप बसेझैं तिनीहरू ढुकिबस्छन् । तिनीहरूले पासो थाप्‍छन् र मानिसहरू समात्छन् ।

For among My people are wicked men; they watch like fowlers lying in wait; they set a trap to catch men.

27 चराहरूले भरिएका पिंजराजस्तै तिनीहरूका घरहरू छलले भरिएका छन् । त्यसैले तिनीहरू ठुला र धनी भएका छन् ।

Like cages full of birds, so their houses are full of deceit. Therefore they have become powerful and rich.

28 तिनीहरू मोटाएका छन् । तिनीहरू सकुसल चिल्ला भएका छन् । तिनीहरूले दुष्‍टताको सबै सीमा पार गरेका छन् । तिनीहरूले मानिसहरू वा अनाथहरूको भलाइको निम्ति बिन्ती गर्दैनन् । तिनीहरूले खाँचोमा परेकाहरूलाई न्याय नदिए तापनि तिनीहरूको उन्‍नति हुन्‍छ ।

They have grown fat and sleek, and have excelled in the deeds of the wicked. They have not taken up the cause of the fatherless, that they might prosper; nor have they defended the rights of the needy.

29 के यी कुराको लागि मैले तिनीहरूलाई दण्ड नदिने त, के यस्तो जातिलाई मैले बदला नलिते त? यो परमप्रभुको घोषणा हो ।

Should I not punish them for these things?” declares the LORD. “Should I not avenge Myself on such a nation as this?

30 यस देशमा बीभत्स र त्रासदीपूर्ण कामहरू भएका छन् ।

A horrible and shocking thing has happened in the land.

31 अगमवक्ताहरूले छलपूर्ण अगमवाणी गर्छन्, र पुजारीहरूले आफ्नै शक्तिले शासन गर्छन् । मेरो मानिसहरूले यही तरिका मन पराउँछन्, तर अन्त्यमा के हुने छ?”

The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule by their own authority. My people love it so, but what will you do in the end?