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1 बेन्यामीनको क्षेत्रमा पर्ने अनातोतका पुजारीहरूमध्ये एक जना हिल्कियाहका छोरा यर्मियाका वचन यिनै हुन् ।
The word of God which came to Jeremias the [son] of Chelcias, of the priests, who lived in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin:
2 यहूदाका राजा अमोनका छोरा योशियाहको शासनकालको तेह्रौं वर्षमा परमप्रभुको वचन तिनीकहाँ आयो ।
[accordingly] as the word of God came to him in the days of Josias son of Amos king of Juda, in the thirteenth year of his reign.
3 यहूदाका राजा योशियाहका छोरा यहोयाकीमको समयदेखि यहूदाका राजा योशियाहका छोरा सिदकियाहको शासनकालको एघारौं वर्षको पाँचौं महिनासम्म, यरूशलेमका मानिसहरू कैदीका रूपमा नलगिएसम्म नै परमप्रभुको वचन आइरह्यो ।
And it was in the days of Joakim, son of Josias king of Juda, until the eleventh year of Sedekias king of Juda, [even] until the captivity of Jerusalem in the fifth month.
4 परमप्रभुको यो वचन यसो भनेर मकहाँ आयो,
And the word of the Lord came to him, [saying],
5 “मैले तँलाई गर्भमा रच्नुभन्दा पहिले, मैले तँलाई चुनें । तँ गर्भबाट बाहिर आउनुअगि मैले तँलाई अलग गरें । मैले तँलाई जाति-जातिहरूका निम्ति अगमवक्ता बनाएँ ।
Before I formed you in the belly, I knew you; and before you came forth from the womb, I sanctified you; I appointed you a prophet to the nations.
6 मैले भनें, “हे परमप्रभु परमेश्वर, कसरी बोल्ने भनी मलाई थाहा छैन, किनकि म त धेरै सानो बालक छु ।”
And I said, O Lord, you that are supreme Lord, behold, I know not [how] to speak, for I am a child.
7 तर परमप्रभुले मलाई भन्नुभयो, “यसो नभन्, 'म सानो बालक छु' । मैले पठाउने हरेक ठाउँमा तँ जानैपर्छ, र मैले तँलाई आज्ञा गर्ने हरेक कुरा तैंले भनैपर्छ ।
And the Lord said to me, Say not, I am a child: for you shall go to all to whoever I shall send you, and according to all [the words] that I shall command you, you shall speak.
8 तिनीहरूदेखि नडरा, किनकि तेरो उद्धार गर्न म तँसित छु, यो परमप्रभुको घोषणा हो ।”
Be not afraid before them: for I am with you to deliver you, says the Lord.
9 तब परमप्रभुले आफ्नो हात पसार्नुभयो, मेरो मुख छुनुभयो, र मलाई भन्नुभयो, “अब मैले तेरो मुखमा मेरो वचन हालिदिएको छु ।
And the Lord stretched forth his hand to me, and touched my mouth: and the Lord said to me, Behold, I have put my words into your mouth.
10 उखेल्न र भत्काउन, नाश गर्न र भताभुङ्ग पार्न, बनाउन र रोप्न, आज मैले तँलाई जातिहरू र राज्यहरूमाथि नियुक्त गर्दैछु ।”
Behold, I have appointed you this day over nations and over kingdoms, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to rebuild, and to plant.
11 परमप्रभुको वचन मकहाँ यसो भनेर आयो, “ए यर्मिया, तँ के देख्छस्?” मैले भनें, “हाडे-बदामको एउटा हाँगा म देख्छु ।”
And the word of the Lord came to me, saying, What see you? And I said, A rod of an almond tree.
12 परमप्रभुले मलाई भन्नुभयो, “तैंले राम्ररी देखेको छस्, किनकि आफ्नो वचन पुरा गर्नलाई म त्यसलाई नियालेर हेर्दैछु ।”
And the Lord said to me, You have well seen: for I have watched over my words to perform them.
13 परमप्रभुको वचन दोस्रो पटक मकहाँ यसो भनेर आयो, “तैंले के देख्छस्?” मैले भनें, “म एउटा तताइएको भाँडो देख्छु जसको माथिल्लो सतह छचल्किएर उत्तर दिशाबाट घोप्टिहरेको छ ।”
And the word of the Lord came to me a second time, saying, What see you? And I said, A caldron on the fire; and the face of it is toward the north.
14 परमप्रभुले मलाई भन्नुभयो, “यस देशमा बस्ने सबैमाथि विपत्ति उत्तर दिशाबाट नै आउन सुरु हुनेछ ।
And the Lord said to me, From the north shall flame forth evils upon all the inhabitants of the land.
15 किनकि मैले उत्तरी राज्यहरूका सबै कुललाई बोलाउँदैछु भनी यो परमप्रभुको घोषणा हो । तिनीहरू आउनेछन्, र यरूशलेमका मूल ढोकाहरूको प्रवेशद्वारमा आ-आफ्नो सिंहासन स्थापित गर्नेछन्, अनि तिनीहरू यसका चारैतिरका पर्खालहरू र यहूदाका सबै सहरको विरुद्धमा लाग्नेछन् ।
For, behold, I call together all the kingdoms of the earth from the north, says the Lord; and they shall come, and shall set each one his throne at the entrance of the gates of Jerusalem, and against all the walls round about her, and against all the cities of Juda.
16 अरू देवताहरूलाई धुप बालेर र तिनीहरूका आफ्नै हातले बनाएका वस्तुहरूलाई पुजा गरेर मलाई त्यागेका हुनाले तिनीहरूका सबै दुष्ट कामको विरुद्धमा म इन्साफ गर्नेछु ।
And I will speak to them in judgment, concerning all their iniquity, [forasmuch] as they have forsaken me, and sacrificed to strange gods, and worshipped the works of their own hands.
17 आफूलाई तयार पार! खडा हो, र मैले तँलाई जे आज्ञा गर्छु, त्यो तिनीहरूलाई भन् । तिनीहरूको सामु नडरा, अन्यथा तिनीहरूका सामु म तँलाई नै डरमा पार्नेछु ।
And do you gird up your loins, and stand up, and speak all [the words] that I shall command you: be not afraid of their face, neither be you alarmed before them; for I am with you to deliver you, says the Lord.
18 हेर, सारा देश अर्थात् यहूदाका राजाहरू, यसका अधिकारीहरू, पुजारीहरू र देशका मानिसको विरुद्धमा आज मैले तँलाई एउटा किल्लाबन्दी गरिएको सहर, फलामे खम्बा र काँसाको पर्खाल बनाएको छु ।
Behold, I have made you this day as a strong city, and as a brazen wall, strong [against] all the kings of Juda, and the princes thereof, and the people of the land.
19 तिनीहरू तेरो विरुद्धमा लड्नेछन्, तर तिनीहरूले तँलाई पराजित गर्नेछैनन्, किनकि तेरो उद्धार गर्न म तँसितै हुनेछु, यो परमप्रभुको घोषणा हो ।”
And they shall fight against you; but they shall by no means prevail against you; because I am with you, to deliver you, says the Lord.