योना 1
1 अब अमित्तैका छोरा योनाकहाँ परमप्रभुको वचन यसो भनेर आयो,
And the word of the Lord came to Jonah the son of Amittai, saying:
2 “उठ् र त्यो ठुलो सहर निनवेमा जा, र त्यसको विरुद्धमा बोल्, किनभने मेरो सामु तिनीहरूको दुष्टता अति धेरै भएको छ ।”
Rise and go to Nineveh, the great city, and preach in it. For its malice has ascended before my eyes.
3 तर परमप्रभुको उपस्थितिबाट भाग्न, र तर्शीशतिर जानलाई योना उठे । तिनी तल योप्पामा गए र तर्शीशतिर जाने एउटा पानी-जहाज फेला पारे । त्यसैले तिनले जहाजको भाडा तिरे र परमप्रभुको उपस्थितिबाट टाढा तर्शीशमा तिनीहरूसितै जानलाई त्यही जहाजमा चढे ।
And Jonah rose in order to flee from the face of the Lord to Tarshish. And he went down to Joppa and found a ship bound for Tarshish. And he paid its fare, and he went down into it, in order to go with them to Tarshish from the face of the Lord.
4 तर परमप्रभुले समुद्रमा एउटा ठुलो बतास पठाउनुभयो र त्यो समुद्रमा एउटा शक्तिशाली आँधी बन्यो । जहाज चाँडै नै नष्ट हुन लाग्दैछ भन्ने थाहा भयो ।
But the Lord sent a great wind into the sea. And a great tempest took place in the sea, and the ship was in danger of being crushed.
5 तब नावीकहरू धेरै डराए र हरेक मानिसले आ-आफ्नै देवतालाई पुकार्यो । जहाजलाई हलुको बनाउनका निम्ति त्यसका मालसामान तिनीहरूले समुद्रमा फाले । तर योनाचाहिं जहाजको भित्री भागमा तल गएका थिए, र तिनी त्यहाँ मस्त निद्रामा सुतिरहेका थिए ।
And the mariners were afraid, and the men cried out to their god. And they threw the containers that were in the ship into the sea in order to lighten it of them. And Jonah went down into the interior of the ship, and he fell into a painful deep sleep.
6 यसैले जहाजका कप्तान तिनीकहाँ आए र तिनलाई भने, “तिमी यहाँ सुतेर के गरिरहेका छौ? उठ! आफ्नो देवतालाई पुकार! सायद तिम्रा देवताले हाम्रो वास्ता गर्नेछन् र हामी नष्ट हुनेछैनौं ।”
And the helmsman approached him, and he said to him, “Why are you weighed down with sleep? Rise, call upon your God, so perhaps God will be mindful of us and we might not perish.”
7 तिनीहरू सबैले एकआपसमा यसो भने, “आओ, हामी चिट्ठा हालौं, यसरी हामीमाथि आइपरेको यस खराबीको कारण को हो भन्ने कुरा हामीले जान्नेछौं ।” यसैले तिनीहरूले चिट्ठा हाले, र त्यो चिट्ठा योनाको नाउँमा पर्यो ।
And a man said to his shipmate, “Come, and let us cast lots, so that we may know why this disaster is upon us.” And they cast lots, and the lot fell upon Jonah.
8 तब तिनीहरूले योनालाई भने, “कृपागरी, हामीमाथि आइपरेको यस खराबीको कारण को हो, हामीलाई बताऊ । तिमी के काम गर्छौ, र तिमी कहाँबाट आएका हौ? तिम्रो देश कुन हो, र तिमी कुन मानिसबाट हौ?”
And they said to him: “Explain to us what is the reason that this disaster is upon us. What is your work? Which is your country? And where are you going? Or which people are you from?”
9 योनाले तिनीहरूलाई जवाफ दिए, “म एक जना हिब्रू हुँ । अनि परमप्रभु स्वर्गका परमेश्वरको भय म मान्छु जसले समुद्र र सुख्खा जमिन बनाउनुभएको छ ।”
And he said to them, “I am Hebrew, and I fear the Lord God of heaven, who made the sea and the dry land.”
10 त्यसपछि ती मानिसहरू झन् धेरै डराए र योनालाई भने, “तिमीले गरेको यो के हो?” तिनी परमप्रभुको उपस्थितिबाट टाढा भागिरहेका थिए भनी ती मानिसहरूले थाहा पाए, किनभने तिनले उनीहरूलाई त्यसै भनेको थिए ।
And the men were greatly afraid, and they said to him, “Why have you done this?” (For the men knew that he was fleeing from the face of the Lord, because he had told them.)
11 तब तिनीहरूले योनालाई भने, “तिमीलाई हामी के गरौं, जसले गर्दा समुद्र शान्त होस्?” किनकि समुद्र झन्-झन् धेरै प्रचण्ड हुँदै थियो ।
And they said to him, “What are we to do with you, so that the sea will cease for us?” For the sea flowed and swelled.
12 योनाले तिनीहरूलाई भने, “मलाई उठाओ र समुद्रमा मलाई फालिदेओ । त्यसपछि तिमीहरूका निम्ति यो समुद्र शान्त हुनेछ, किनकि मेरै कारणले गर्दा तिमीहरूमाथि यो ठुलो आँधी चल्दैछ भनी म जान्दछु ।”
And he said to them, “Take me, and cast me into the sea, and the sea will cease for you. For I know that it is because of me that this great tempest has come upon you.”
13 तापनि, ती मानिसहरूले जहाजलाई जमिनमा लानलाई सकसपुर्वक खियाए, तर तिनीहरूले त्यसो गर्न सकेनन्, किनकि तिनीहरूको विरुद्ध समुद्र झन्-झन् धेरै प्रचण्ड हुँदै थियो ।
And the men were rowing, so as to return to dry land, but they did not succeed. For the sea flowed and swelled against them.
14 यसकारण तिनीहरूले परमप्रभुलाई पुकारा गरे र यसो भने, “हे परमप्रभु, हामी तपाईंसँग बिन्ती गर्छौं, यस मानिसको प्राणको कारणले हामीलाई नष्ट हुन नदिनुहोस्, र यस मानिसको मृत्युको दोष हामीमाथि नहालिदिनुहोस्, किनभने तपाईं, परमप्रभुलाई जे गर्ने इच्छा भयो, त्यही तपाईंले गर्नुभयो ।”
And they cried out to the Lord, and they said, “We beseech you, Lord, do not let us perish for this man’s life, and do not attribute to us innocent blood. For you, Lord, have done just as it pleased you.”
15 यसैले तिनीहरूले योनालाई उठाए र तिनलाई समुद्रमा फालिदिए, र समुद्र उथल-पुथल हुन छाड्यो ।
And they took Jonah and cast him into the sea. And the sea was stilled from its fury.
16 त्यसपछि ती मानिसहरूले परमप्रभुको भय अत्यन्तै माने । तिनीहरूले परमप्रभुलाई बलिदानहरू चढाए र उहाँमा भाकलहरू गरे ।
And the men feared the Lord greatly, and they sacrificed victims to the Lord, and they made vows.
17 यति बेला योनालाई निल्नको निम्ति परमप्रभुले एउटा ठुलो माछालाई तयार पार्नुभएको थियो, र तिन दिन र तिन रातसम्म योना माछाको पेटमा नै रहे ।
And the Lord prepared a great fish to swallow Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish for three days and three nights.
