यर्मिया 1
1 बेन्यामीनको क्षेत्रमा पर्ने अनातोतका पुजारीहरूमध्ये एक जना हिल्कियाहका छोरा यर्मियाका वचन यिनै हुन् ।
[I], Jeremiah, the son of Hilkiah, [am writing] these messages. [I am] a priest, from Anathoth [town] in the area where the tribe of Benjamin [lives].
2 यहूदाका राजा अमोनका छोरा योशियाहको शासनकालको तेह्रौं वर्षमा परमप्रभुको वचन तिनीकहाँ आयो ।
Yahweh started to give me these messages when Josiah had been ruling Judah for almost 13 years.
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 ।
Yahweh continued to give me more messages when Josiah’s son Jehoiakim was the king, and he continued to do that until Zedekiah had been the king of Judah for almost eleven years. It was in August of that year that the people of Jerusalem were (exiled/taken as prisoners) [to Babylonia].
4 परमप्रभुको यो वचन यसो भनेर मकहाँ आयो,
[One day] Yahweh gave me this message:
5 “मैले तँलाई गर्भमा रच्नुभन्दा पहिले, मैले तँलाई चुनें । तँ गर्भबाट बाहिर आउनुअगि मैले तँलाई अलग गरें । मैले तँलाई जाति-जातिहरूका निम्ति अगमवक्ता बनाएँ ।
“I knew you before I [finished] forming you in your mother’s womb. Before you were born, I (set you apart/chose you) and I appointed you to be [my] prophet [whose messages would be] for [all] nations.”
6 मैले भनें, “हे परमप्रभु परमेश्वर, कसरी बोल्ने भनी मलाई थाहा छैन, किनकि म त धेरै सानो बालक छु ।”
I replied, “O, Yahweh my God, I am [not qualified to] speak [for you], because I am very young!”
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 ।
Yahweh replied, “Do not say that, because you must go to everyone to whom I will send you, and you must tell them everything that I tell you to say.
8 तिनीहरूदेखि नडरा, किनकि तेरो उद्धार गर्न म तँसित छु, यो परमप्रभुको घोषणा हो ।”
And you must not be afraid of the people [to whom you will speak], because I will protect you [from being harmed by them]. [This will surely happen because I], Yahweh, have said it!”
9 तब परमप्रभुले आफ्नो हात पसार्नुभयो, मेरो मुख छुनुभयो, र मलाई भन्नुभयो, “अब मैले तेरो मुखमा मेरो वचन हालिदिएको छु ।
Then [it was as though] Yahweh touched my mouth and said, “Listen to me! I am (putting my message into your mouth/telling you what you must speak).
10 उखेल्न र भत्काउन, नाश गर्न र भताभुङ्ग पार्न, बनाउन र रोप्न, आज मैले तँलाई जातिहरू र राज्यहरूमाथि नियुक्त गर्दैछु ।”
Today I am appointing you to warn nations and kingdoms. You will tell them that I will completely destroy and get rid of [DOU] some of them and that I will establish [MET] others and cause them to be strong.”
11 परमप्रभुको वचन मकहाँ यसो भनेर आयो, “ए यर्मिया, तँ के देख्छस्?” मैले भनें, “हाडे-बदामको एउटा हाँगा म देख्छु ।”
Then Yahweh said to me, “Jeremiah, what do you see?” I replied, “I see a branch from an almond tree.”
12 परमप्रभुले मलाई भन्नुभयो, “तैंले राम्ररी देखेको छस्, किनकि आफ्नो वचन पुरा गर्नलाई म त्यसलाई नियालेर हेर्दैछु ।”
Yahweh said, “That is correct. And [because the word for ‘almond’ resembles the word for ‘watching’], it means that I am watching [what will happen], and I will make certain that what I have said to you [about destroying nations] will happen.”
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 ।”
[Then] Yahweh spoke to me again and said, “What do you see [now]?” I replied, “I see a pot full of boiling [water] [MTY]. It is tipping [toward me] from the north.”
14 परमप्रभुले मलाई भन्नुभयो, “यस देशमा बस्ने सबैमाथि विपत्ति उत्तर दिशाबाट नै आउन सुरु हुनेछ ।
Yahweh replied, “[Yes! It means that] from the north great trouble/destruction will [spread] [MET] over this land, [like boiling water] [MET] pouring [from a pot].
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 ।
Listen to what I say: I am summoning [the armies of] kingdoms that will come from the north [of Judah] to Jerusalem. Their kings will set up their thrones at the gates of this city [to indicate that they are now the kings of Judah]. [Their armies] will attack [and break down] the walls of this city, and [they will do the same thing to] all the [other] towns in Judah.
16 अरू देवताहरूलाई धुप बालेर र तिनीहरूका आफ्नै हातले बनाएका वस्तुहरूलाई पुजा गरेर मलाई त्यागेका हुनाले तिनीहरूका सबै दुष्ट कामको विरुद्धमा म इन्साफ गर्नेछु ।
I will punish [MTY] my people because of all the evil things that they have done; they have abandoned me and they worship gods/idols. They worship idols that they have made with 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 ।
So, get up and put on your clothes [to get ready for action]! Then go to the people of Judah and tell them everything that I tell you to say. Do not be afraid of them, because [if you are afraid of them], I will cause you to be truly terrified in front of them!
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 ।
But listen! I will cause you to be [strong, like] [MET] a city that has strong walls around it. You will be [as strong as] [MET] an iron pillar or a bronze wall. None of the kings or officials or priests will be able to defeat you.
19 तिनीहरू तेरो विरुद्धमा लड्नेछन्, तर तिनीहरूले तँलाई पराजित गर्नेछैनन्, किनकि तेरो उद्धार गर्न म तँसितै हुनेछु, यो परमप्रभुको घोषणा हो ।”
They will oppose you, but they will not be able to defeat you, because I will be with you and will protect you. [That will surely happen because I], Yahweh, have said it!”
