यहोशू 22

1 त्यस बेला यहोशूले रूबेनीहरू, गादीहरू र मनश्शेको आधा कुललाई बोलाए ।

Then, called Joshua—for the Reubenites, and for the Gadites, —and for the half tribe of Manasseh;

2 तिनले तिनीहरूलाई भने, “तिमीहरूले परमप्रभु परमेश्‍वरका दास मोशाले आज्ञा गरेका सबै गरेका छौ । तिमीहरूले मैले आज्ञा गरेका सबै कुरामा मेरो आज्ञा पालन गरेका छौ ।

and said unto them, Ye, have observed all that Moses the servant of Yahweh commanded you, —and have hearkened unto my voice, in all that I commanded you:

3 तिमीहरूले वर्तमानसम्म यति धेरै दिनसम्म पनि आफ्ना दाजुभाइहरूलाई छाडेका छैनौ, र तिमीहरूले परमप्रभु तिमीहरूका परमेश्‍वरको आज्ञाअनुसार आवश्यक कर्तव्यहरू पुरा गरेका छौ ।

ye have not forsaken your brethren, these many days, unto this day, —but have kept the charge of the commandment of Yahweh your God.

4 अहिले परमप्रभु तिमीहरूका परमेश्‍वरले तिमीहरूलाई प्रतिज्ञा गर्नुभएझैँ तिमीहरूका दाजुभाइहरूलाई विश्राम दिनुभएको छ । यसकारण, फर्क र तिमीहरूको आफ्नै भूमिमा जाओ, जुन परमप्रभुका दास मोशाले यर्दन पारिपट्टि तिमीहरूलाई दिएका छन् ।

Now, therefore, that Yahweh your God hath given rest unto your brethren, according as he spake unto them, —now, therefore, turn ye and get you to your homes within the land of your possession, which Moses the servant of Yahweh gave unto you, over the Jordan.

5 परमप्रभुका दास मोशाले तिनीहरूलाई दिएका आज्ञाहरू र व्यवस्था पालन गर्न, परमप्रभु तिमीहरूका परमेश्‍वरलाई प्रेम गर्न, उहाँका सबै मार्गमा हिँड्न, उहाँका सबै आज्ञा पालन गर्न, उहाँमा नै रहिरहन र तिमीहरूका सारा ह्रदय र सारा प्राणले उहाँको आराधना गर्नमा होसियार होओ ।”

Only, take ye diligent heed, to do the commandment and the law, which Moses the servant of Yahweh commanded you—to love Yahweh your God, and to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and to cleave unto him, —and to serve him—with all your heart, and with all your soul.

6 त्यसैले यहोशूले तिनीहरूलाई आशिष् दिएर पठाए, र तिनीहरू आफ्ना पालहरूतिर गए ।

So Joshua blessed them, —and sent them away, and they took their journey unto their homes.

7 मनश्शेको आधा कुललाई मोशाले बाशानमा नै उत्तराधिकार दिएका थिए, तर बाँकी आधा कुललाई तिनीहरूका दाजुभाइको छेउमा यर्दनको पश्‍चिमपट्टि दिए । यहोशूले तिनीहरूलाई आ-आफ्ना पालहरूमा पठाए; तिनले तिनीहरूलाई आशिष् दिए

Now, unto the [one] half tribe of Manesseh, had Moses given a possession in Bashan, and, unto the [other] half, did Joshua give possession with their brethren, over the Jordan, westward, —moreover also, when Joshua sent them away unto their homes, he blessed them,

8 र तिनीहरूलाई भने, “धेरै रुपियाँ-पैसा र सुन, चाँदी, काँसा र फलामसहित धेरै लत्ताकपडासहित तिमीहरूका पालहरूमा फर्क । तिमीहरूका शत्रुहरूबाट लिएका लूटका मालहरू तिमीहरूका दाजुभाइहरूसँग बाँड ।

and spake unto them, saying—With much wealth, return ye unto your homes, even with very much cattle, with silver and with gold, and with copper and with iron, and with very much raiment, —divide ye the spoil of your enemies with your brethren.

9 त्यसैले रूबेनका सन्तानहरू, गादका सन्तानहरू र मनश्शेका आधा कुल इस्राएलका मानिसहरूलाई शीलोमा छोडेर घरतिर फर्के, जुन कनानको भूमि हो । तिनीहरू आफ्नै भू-भाग गिलादको प्रदेशमा जानलाई हिँडे, जुन तिनीहरूले मोशाद्वारा परमप्रभुको आज्ञा पालनमा आफैले स्वामित्वमा लिएका थिए ।

So the sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh. returned and departed from the sons of Israel, from Shiloh, which was in the land of Canaan, —to go unto the land of Gilead, unto the land of their possession, wherein they had received their possessions, at the bidding of Yahweh by the hand of Moses.

10 जब तिनीहरू कनानको भूमि यर्दनमा आए, रूबेनीहरू, गादीहरू र मनश्शेका आधा कुलहरूले यर्दन नजिकै निकै ठुलो र सजिलै देखिने वेदी बनाए ।

And, when they came into the circles of the Jordan, which were in the land of Canaan, —then did the sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh build there an altar by the Jordan, an altar of large dimensions,

11 इस्राएलका मानिसहरूले यो सुने र भने, “हेर, रूबेन, गाद र मनश्शेका आधा कुलका मानिसहरूले इस्राएलका मानिसहरूको अधीनमा पर्ने यर्दन नजिकको प्रदेशको गलिलोथको कनानको भूमिको सामुन्‍ने वेदी निर्माण गरेका छन् ।”

And the sons of Israel heard say, —Lo! the sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh have built an altar in front of the land of Canaan, in the circles of the Jordan, in the region opposite the sons of Israel.

12 जब इस्राएलका मानिसहरूले यो कुरा सुने, इस्राएलका मानिसको सारा भेला तिनीहरू विरुद्ध युद्ध गर्न जान शीलोमा जान सँगै भेला भए ।

And, when the sons of Israel heard, all the assembly of the sons of Israel gathered themselves together at Shiloh, to go up against them to war.

13 त्यसपछि इस्राएलका मानिसहरूले गिलादको भूमिमा रूबेनीहरू, गादीहरू र मनश्शेका आधा कुलकहाँ समाचारवाहकहरू पठाए । तिनीहरूले एलाजारका छोरा पुजारी पीनहास,

And the sons of Israel sent unto the sons of Reuben and unto the sons of Gad and unto the half tribe of Manasseh, within the land of Gilead, —Phinehas, son of Eleazar the priest;

14 र इस्राएलको हरेक कुलबाट एक-एक जना गरी दस जना अगुवालाई तिनीसँगै पठाए र तिनीहरू सबै इस्राएलको कुलका परिवारको प्रमुख थिए ।

and ten princes with him, one prince of an ancestral house for each of the tribes of Israel, —they being, severally heads of their ancestral houses, among the thousands of Israel.

15 तिनीहरू गिलादको मुलुकमा रूबेन, गाद र मनश्शेको आधा कुलकहाँ आए र तिनीहरूले तिनीहरूलाई भने,

So they came in unto the sons of Reuben and unto the sons of Gad and unto the half tribe of Manasseh, within the land of Gilead, —and spake with them, saying:

16 “परमप्रभुका सारा समुदाय यसो भन्छ, 'परमप्रभुको विरुद्धमा आजको दिन आफ्‍नो निम्ति वेदी निर्माण गरेर परमप्रभुलाई पछ्याउनबाट तर्किएर इस्राएलका परमेश्‍वरको विरुद्ध तिमीहरूले कस्तो बेइमानी गरेको?

Thus, say all the assembly of Yahweh—What is this act of treachery which ye have committed against the God of Israel, that ye should turn back, to-day, from following Yahweh, —in that ye have builded you an altar, that ye might rebel, to-day, against Yahweh?

17 के पोरको हाम्रो पाप पर्याप्‍त थिएन? तैपनि हामीले आफूलाई यसबाट अझै शुद्ध पारेका छैनौँ । त्यो पापको निम्ति परमप्रभुको समुदायमा विपत्ति आइपर्‍यो ।

Too little for us, was the iniquity of Peor, from which we have not cleansed ourselves, unto this day, —although the plague came upon the assembly of Yahweh;

18 के तिमीहरू पनि अहिले नै परमप्रभुलाई पछ्याउनबाट तर्किनुपर्छ? यदि तिमीहरूले आज उहाँको विरुद्ध विद्रोह गर्‍यौ भने, उहाँ भोलि हामी इस्राएलको सबै समुदायसँग रिसाउनुहुने छ ।

but that, ye, must turn back to-day from following Yahweh, —though it must needs be that, if, ye, rebel to-day against Yahweh, then, to-morrow, with all the assembly of Israel, will he be wroth?

19 यदि तिमीहरूको अधीनमा भएको भूमि अशुद्ध छ भने, तिमीहरू परमप्रभुको पवित्र वासस्थान खडा भएको भूमिमा नै तरेर आउनुपर्छ र हाम्रो माझमा नै भाग लिन आउनुपर्छ । परमप्रभुको विरुद्ध विद्रोह मात्र नगर, न त परमप्रभुको वेदीबाहेक अन्य वेदी निर्माण गरेर हाम्रो विरुद्धमा विद्रोह गर ।

Howbeit, if, unclean, be the land of your possession, do ye on your part come over into the land of the possession of Yahweh, where abideth the habitation of Yahweh, and take your possession in our midst, —but, against Yahweh, do not rebel, nor, against us, rebel, by building yourselves an altar apart from the altar of Yahweh our God.

20 के परमेश्‍वरलाई सुम्पेका थोकहरूको विषयमा जेरहको छोरो आकानले विश्‍वास तोडेनन्? के सबै इस्राएलका मानिसमाथि क्रोध परेन? त्यसको पापको निम्ति आफू मात्रै मरेन' ।”

Did not, Achan son of Zerah, commit an act of treachery, with a devoted thing, and, upon all the assembly of Israel, came wrath, —so that not, he—one man alone, died in his iniquity.

21 त्यसपछि रूबेन, गाद, र मनश्शेका आधा कुलले इस्राएलका कुलका प्रमुखहरूलाई जवाफ दिए,

Then responded the sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh, —and spake unto the heads of the thousands of Israel:

22 “हे सर्वशक्‍तिमान्, परमप्रभु परमेश्‍वर सर्वशक्‍तिमान्, हे परमप्रभु परमेश्‍वर! उहाँ जान्‍नुहुन्छ, इस्राएलले जानोस्! यदि यो विद्रोह वा विश्‍वास तोड्नलाई परमप्रभुको विरुद्धमा थियो भने,

El-Elohim-Yahweh, El-Elohim-Yahweh, he knoweth, and, Israel, he, shall know, —if in rebellion, or if in treachery, against Yahweh, do not save us this day:

23 परमप्रभुलाई पछ्याउनबाट आफै तर्कन यो वेदी बनाएका हौँ भने आज हामीलाई नछोड्नुहोस् ।

that we should build for ourselves an altar, to turn back from following Yahweh, —or, if that we might cause to go up thereon ascending-sacrifice or meal-offering, or if that we might offer thereon peace-offerings, let Yahweh himself require it;

24 यदि हामीले यो वेदी होमबलि, अन्‍नबलि वा मेलबलि चढाउनलाई निर्माण गरेका हौँ भने, परमप्रभुले हामीलाई यसको निम्ति मूल्य चुकाउन लगाउनुभएको होस् । होइन! हामीले आउँदो दिनमा तिमीहरूका सन्तानहरूले हाम्रा सन्तानहरूलाई यसो भन्‍लान् भन्‍ने डरले हामीले यसो गर्‍यौँ, 'परमप्रभु इस्राएलका परमेश्‍वरसँग तिमीहरूको के सरोकार?

if, indeed, we have not, rather, out of anxiety and of purpose, done this thing, saying, —. In time to come, your sons might speak to our sons, saying, What have ye to do with Yahweh, God of Israel;

25 किनभने परमप्रभुले तिमीहरू र हामीबिच यर्दनलाई सिमान बनाउनुभएको छ । तिमीहरू रूबेन र गादका मानिसहरू, तिमीहरूको परमप्रभुसँग कुनै सरोकार छैन ।'

seeing that, a boundary, hath Yahweh put between us and you, ye sons of Reuben and ye sons of Gad—even the Jordan, ye have no portion in Yahweh, —so might your sons cause our sons, to cease from revering Yahweh.

26 त्यसैले तिमीहरूका सन्तानहरूले हाम्रा सन्तानहरूलाई परमप्रभुको आराधना गर्न छोड्न लगाउन सक्छन् । त्यसैले हामीले भन्यौ, 'एउटा वेदी बनाऔँ, न त कुनै होमबलि न त कुनै बलिदानको निम्ति,

We said, therefore, Let us prepare, we pray you, to build us an altar, —not for ascending-offering, nor for sacrifice;

27 तर हामीपछिका हाम्रा पुस्ताहरूका निम्ति हामीहरू र तिमीहरूबिच साक्षी हुनलाई, ताकि हामीले हाम्रा होमबलिहरू र हाम्रा मेलबलिसहित हामीले परमप्रभुको सेवा गर्न सकौँ, ताकि तिमीहरूका सन्तानहरूले हाम्रा सन्तानहरूलाई, “परमप्रभुमा तिमीहरूको कुनै हिस्सा छैन” भनी आउँदो समयमा कहिल्यै नभनून् ।'

but that, a witness, it may be between us and you, and between our generations after us, that we are to do the service of Yahweh, before him, with our ascending-offerings and with our sacrifices, and with our peace-offerings, —that your sons may not say, in time to come, to our sons, Ye have no portion in Yahweh.

28 त्यसैले हामीले भन्यौँ, 'यदि भविष्यमा हामीलाई वा हाम्रा सन्तानहरूलाई यसो भनिएमा, हामीले भन्‍नेथियौँ, “हेर, यो वेदीको प्रतिरूप, जुन हाम्रा पुर्खाहरूले न त होमबलि, न त बलिदानहरूको निम्ति, तर हामीहरू र तिमीहरू बिच गवाही हुनको निम्ति बनाए ।”

Therefore said we, And it shall be, when they [so] say to us, or to our generations, in time to come, —that we will say—Behold ye the pattern of the altar of Yahweh, which our fathers made, not for ascending-offerings nor for sacrifice, but that, a witness, it might be between us and you.

29 हामी आज परमप्रभुको पवित्र वासस्थान सामु रहेको हाम्रो परमप्रभु परमेश्‍वरको वेदीभन्दा अर्को वेदी होमबलि वा अन्‍नबलि वा बलिदानको निम्ति निर्माण गरेर उहाँलाई पछ्याउन छोडेर परमप्रभुको विरुद्धमा विद्रोह गर्ने कुरा हामीबाट दूर होस्' ।”

Far be it from us—that we should rebel against Yahweh, or turn back, to-day, from following Yahweh, by building an altar, for ascending-offering, or meal-offering or for sacrifice, —other than the altar of Yahweh our God, which is before his habitation.

30 जब पुजारी पीनहास र मानिसहरूका अगुवाहरू अर्थात् तिनीसँग भएका इस्राएलका कुलहरूका प्रमुखहरूले रूबेन, गाद र मनश्शेका मानिसहरूको कुरा सुने । यो तिनीहरूलाई नजरमा असल लाग्यो ।

And, when Phinehas the priest, and the princes of the assembly, even the heads of the thousands of Israel who were with him, heard the words which the sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad and the sons of Manasseh spake, then was it well-pleasing in their eyes.

31 एलाजारका छोरा पुजारी पीनहासले रूबेन, गाद र मनश्शेका मानिसहरूलाई भने, “आज परमप्रभु हाम्रा माझमा हुनुहुन्छ भनी हामीले थाहा पायौँ, किनभने तिमीहरूले यो उहाँको विरुद्धमा विश्‍वासलाई तोडेका छैनौ । अहिले तिमीहरूले इस्राएलका मानिसरूलाई परमप्रभुको हातबाट छुटकारा दिएका छौ ।”

And Phinehas son of Eleazar the priest said unto the sons of Reuben and unto the sons of Gad and unto the sons of Manasseh—To-day, we know that, in our midst, is Yahweh, in that ye have not committed, against Yahweh, this act of treachery, —now, have ye rescued the sons of Israel out of the hand of Yahweh.

32 त्यसपछि एलाजारका छोरा पीनहास र अगुवाहरू रूबेनीहरू, गादीहरूको गिलादको मुलुकबाट कनानको भू-भागमा इस्राएलका मानिसहरूकहाँ फर्के र तिनीहरूलाई यो समाचार ल्याए । तिनीहरूको प्रतिवेदन इस्राएलका मानिसहरूको नजरमा असल थियो ।

So Phinehas son of Eleazar the priest and the princes returned from the sons of Reuben and from the sons of Gad, out of the land of Gilead, unto the land of Canaan, unto the sons of Israel, —and brought them back word.

33 इस्राएलका मानिसहरूले परमेश्‍वरको प्रशंसा गरे र रूबेनी र गादीहरूलाई तिनीहरू बसोबास गरेका ठाउँबाट नष्‍ट पार्नलाई तिनीहरूको विरुद्धमा युद्ध गर्नेबारे कुनै कुरा गरेनन् ।

And the thing was well-pleasing in the eyes of the sons of Israel, and the sons of Israel blessed God, —and spake not of going up against them, to war, to lay waste the land, wherein the sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad dwelt.

34 रूबेनीहरू र गादीहरूले त्यो वेदीलाई “साक्षी” नाउँ राखे, किनभने तिनीहरूले भने, “यो हामी र परमप्रभु नै परमेश्‍वर हुनुहन्छ भन्‍ने बिच साक्षी छ ।”

So the sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad named the altar [a Witness]: A witness, it is between us, That, Yahweh, is God.