< 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 ।
[Yahweh said to the people of Jerusalem], “Go up and down every street. Search in the marketplaces to find people who do what is fair/right, who try to be faithful to me. [If you find even one person like that], I will forgive [the people of Jerusalem and not destroy] their city.
2 तिनीहरू भन्‍छन्‍छन्, 'जीवित परमप्रभुको नाउँमा' तापनि तिनीहरूले झूटा शपथ खाँदैछन् ।”
But when people there say, ‘I solemnly declare that as surely as Yahweh lives, [I will do what he says],’ they are lying.”
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 ।
Yahweh, you are certainly [RHQ] searching for [people who tell the] truth. You struck/punished your people, but they did not pay any attention. You crushed them, but they ignored what you were telling them to do. They were extremely stubborn [IDM] and refused to return to you.
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 ।
I thought, “[We cannot expect] these [people to act righteously, because they] are poor; they do not have any sense. They do not know the way Yahweh wants them to conduct their lives; they do not know what God requires them to do.
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 ।
So, I will go and talk to their leaders, because they [surely] know how God wants them to conduct their lives.” But they also have stopped obeying Yahweh [MET], and they will not allow him to lead them.
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 ।
Because of that, lions will come out of the forests and kill them; wolves from the desert will attack them; leopards that lurk/wait outside their cities will maul anyone who walks outside the cities. [Those things will happen] because the people have sinned very much against God and have turned away from him very frequently.
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 ।
Yahweh says, “I cannot [RHQ] forgive these people; [even] their children have abandoned me. When they solemnly declare something, they ask their gods [to show that what they say is true]. I gave my people everything that they needed, but they often went to [the shrines of their idols] and committed adultery there.
8 तिनीहरू कामवासनाले मस्‍त घोडाहरूजस्ता थिए । मैथुनको चाहनाले तिनीहरू चारैतिर डुल्दै थिए । प्रत्येक आफ्नो छिमेकीको पत्‍नीको लागि हिनहिनायो ।
[Just like] [MET] well-fed male horses neigh, wanting sex with female horses, each of the men desires to have sex with 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 this [RHQ]?/I will certainly get revenge on this nation for this!) I will certainly get revenge [RHQ] on this nation whose people behave like that!
10 त्यसका दाखबारीका गराहरूमा जा र नष्‍ट गरिदे। तर तिनमा पूर्ण विनाश नगर । तिनका हाँगाहरू छिंवल, किनकि ती दाखका बोट परमप्रभुबाट आएका होइनन् ।
[I will say to your enemies], ‘The people [of Judah and Israel are like a vineyard]. Go along the rows in their vineyards and get rid of [most of] the people, but do not kill all of them. These people do not belong to me, [so get rid of them], [like a gardener] [MET] lops/cuts off branches from a vine.
11 किनकि इस्राएल र यहूदाका घरानाहरूले मलाई पूर्ण रूपमा धोका दिएक छन्, यो परमप्रभुको घोषणा हो ।
The people of Israel and Judah have turned away from me completely.’
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 me and said, ‘He will not punish us! He will not cause us to experience disasters! We will not experience wars or famines!
13 अगमवक्ताहरू हावा हुनेछन्, र तिनीहरूमा वचन छैन । त्यसैले तिनीहरूले भनेका कुरा तिनीहरूमाथि नै आइपरून् ।”
What [God’s] prophets say is nothing but hot air! They do not have messages [from God]! We would like [the disasters that they predict] to happen to 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 ।
So, this is what Yahweh, the Commander of the armies of angels in heaven, has said to me: “Because my people are saying those things, I will give you a message to tell them [MTY] that will be [like] [MET] a fire, and [these people will be like] [MET] wood that the fire will burn up.
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 ।
Listen to this, you people of Israel: I will bring [the army of] a distant nation to attack you. It is a very powerful nation that has existed for a long time. They speak a language that you do not know and which you will not be able to understand.
16 तिनीहरूका वाणका ठोक्राहरू खुला चिहानजस्तै छन् । तिनीहरू सबै सिपाही हुन् ।
Their soldiers are all very strong, and the arrows from their quivers [MET] will (send many Israeli men to their graves/cause many Israeli people to die).
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 eat the food that you have harvested from your fields, and eat your bread. They will kill your sons and daughters, and they will kill your flocks [of sheep] and herds [of cattle]. They will eat your grapes and your figs. They will [also] destroy your cities that have high walls around them and kill the people with their swords.
18 तर ती दिनमा पनि म तिमीहरूलाई पूर्ण रूपमा नाश पार्ने इच्छा गर्दिनँ, यो परमप्रभुको घोषणा हो ।
But even when those things happen, I will not get rid of all 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 survivors ask, ‘Why is Yahweh our God doing this to us?’ you will tell them, ‘You rejected him and worshiped foreign gods in your [own] land, so [now] you will become slaves of foreigners in a land that is not your land.’”
20 याकूबको घरानामा यो प्रचार गर्, र यहूदामा यो सुनियोस् । यसो भन्,
[Yahweh said to me], “Proclaim this to the people of Israel and Judah:
21 “हे समझ नभएको मूर्ख मानिस हो, यो कुरा सुन । तिमीहरूका आँखा छन्, तर देख्‍न सक्दैनौ, कान छन्, तर सुन्‍न सक्दैनौ ।
Listen to this, you people who are foolish and who do not have any sense: You have eyes, but [it is as though] you cannot see; you have ears, but [it is as though] you cannot 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 ।
Why do you not revere me [RHQ]? You should [RHQ] tremble when you are in my presence! I, Yahweh, am the one who put a barrier along the shores so that the waters of the ocean cannot cross it [and flood the land]. The waves roll and roar, but they cannot go past that barrier.
23 तर यी मानिसहरूको हठी हृदय छ । यो विद्रोहमा बरालिन्‍छ र टाढा जान्छ ।
But you people [are not like the waves that obey me]. You people are very stubborn and rebellious. You have constantly turned away from me.
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।”
You do not say to yourselves, ‘We should revere Yahweh our God, the one who sends us rain at the times when we need it, the one who causes the grain to become ripe at the harvest season.’
25 तिमीहरूका अधर्महरूले गर्दा यी कुरा हुनबाट रोकिएका छन् । तिमीहरूका पापले गर्दा भलाइ तिमीहरूकहाँ आउन रोकिएको छ ।
It is because of the wrong things that you have done, that those good things have not happened; it is because of the sins that you have committed that you have been prevented from receiving those blessings.
26 किनकि मेरा मानिसहरूसँगै दुष्‍ट मानिसहरू भेट्टाइएका छन् । कोही मानिस चरा समाउनलाई चुप बसेझैं तिनीहरू ढुकिबस्छन् । तिनीहरूले पासो थाप्‍छन् र मानिसहरू समात्छन् ।
Among my people are wicked people who hide along the roads to ambush/attack people like [SIM] men who hunt birds (put out nets/set traps) to catch them.
27 चराहरूले भरिएका पिंजराजस्तै तिनीहरूका घरहरू छलले भरिएका छन् । त्यसैले तिनीहरू ठुला र धनी भएका छन् ।
Like [a hunter has] a cage full of birds [that he has captured], their homes are full of things that they have gotten by deceiving others. So now they are [very] rich and powerful.
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 are big and fat, and there is no limit to the evil things that they have done. They do not try to defend orphans in the courtrooms, and they do not help poor people to get what they have a right to receive.
29 के यी कुराको लागि मैले तिनीहरूलाई दण्ड नदिने त, के यस्तो जातिलाई मैले बदला नलिते त? यो परमप्रभुको घोषणा हो ।
So I will certainly [RHQ] punish them for doing those things. I will certainly [RHQ] (get revenge on their nation/do to their nation what they deserve).
30 यस देशमा बीभत्स र त्रासदीपूर्ण कामहरू भएका छन् ।
Very appalling/horrible and terrible [DOU] things are happening in this country:
31 अगमवक्ताहरूले छलपूर्ण अगमवाणी गर्छन्, र पुजारीहरूले आफ्नै शक्तिले शासन गर्छन् । मेरो मानिसहरूले यही तरिका मन पराउँछन्, तर अन्त्यमा के हुने छ?”
Prophets speak [only] lies and priests rule by their own authority, and you people like that! But when you [start to] experience disasters, what will you do [RHQ]?”

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