योना 1

1 अब अमित्तैका छोरा योनाकहाँ परमप्रभुको वचन यसो भनेर आयो,

Now the word of the LORD came to Jonah 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 ।”

“Get up! Go to the great city of Nineveh and preach against it, because its wickedness has come up before Me.”

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 ।

Jonah, however, got up to flee to Tarshish, away from the presence of the LORD. He went down to Joppa and found a ship bound for Tarshish. So he paid the fare and went aboard to sail for Tarshish, away from the presence 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 ।

Then the LORD hurled a great wind upon the sea, and such a violent storm arose that the ship was in danger of breaking apart.

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 ।

The sailors were afraid, and each cried out to his own god. And they threw the ship’s cargo into the sea to lighten the load. But Jonah had gone down to the lowest part of the vessel, where he lay down and fell into a 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 ।”

The captain approached him and said, “How can you sleep? Get up and call upon your God. Perhaps this God will consider us, so that we may 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 ।

“Come!” said the sailors to one another. “Let us cast lots to find out who is responsible for this calamity that is upon us.” So they cast lots, and the lot fell on 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?”

“Tell us now,” they demanded, “who is to blame for this calamity that is upon us? What is your occupation, and where have you come from? What is your country, and who are your people?”

9 योनाले तिनीहरूलाई जवाफ दिए, “म एक जना हिब्रू हुँ । अनि परमप्रभु स्वर्गका परमेश्‍वरको भय म मान्‍छु जसले समुद्र र सुख्खा जमिन बनाउनुभएको छ ।”

“I am a Hebrew,” replied Jonah. “I worship the LORD, the God of the heavens, 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 ।

Then the men were even more afraid and said to him, “What have you done?” The men knew that he was fleeing from the presence 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 ।

Now the sea was growing worse and worse, so they said to Jonah, “What must we do to you to calm this sea for us?”

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 ।”

“Pick me up,” he answered, “and cast me into the sea, so it may quiet down for you. For I know that I am to blame for this violent storm that 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 ।

Nevertheless, the men rowed hard to get back to dry land, but they could not, for the sea was raging against them more and more.

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 ।”

So they cried out to the LORD: “Please, O LORD, do not let us perish on account of this man’s life! Do not charge us with innocent blood! For You, O LORD, have done as You pleased.”

15 यसैले तिनीहरूले योनालाई उठाए र तिनलाई समुद्रमा फालिदिए, र समुद्र उथल-पुथल हुन छाड्‍यो ।

At this, they picked up Jonah and cast him into the sea, and the raging sea grew calm.

16 त्यसपछि ती मानिसहरूले परमप्रभुको भय अत्‍यन्‍तै माने । तिनीहरूले परमप्रभुलाई बलिदानहरू चढाए र उहाँमा भाकलहरू गरे ।

Then the men feared the LORD greatly, and they offered a sacrifice to the LORD and made vows to Him.

17 यति बेला योनालाई निल्‍नको निम्ति परमप्रभुले एउटा ठुलो माछालाई तयार पार्नुभएको थियो, र तिन दिन र तिन रातसम्म योना माछाको पेटमा नै रहे ।

Now the LORD had appointed a great fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah spent three days and three nights in the belly of the fish.