यहोशू 22

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

Then Joshua called the Reubenites, the Gadites, and 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 to them, “You have kept all that Moses the servant of the LORD commanded you, and have listened to 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 ।

You have not left your brothers these many days to this day, but have performed the duty of the commandment of the LORD 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 the LORD your God has given rest to your brothers, as he spoke to them. Therefore now return and go to your tents, to the land of your possession, which Moses the servant of the LORD gave you beyond 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 diligent heed to do the commandment and the law which Moses the servant of the LORD commanded you, to love the LORD your God, to walk in all his ways, to keep his commandments, to hold fast to 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 went to their tents.

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 to the one half-tribe of Manasseh Moses had given inheritance in Bashan; but Joshua gave to the other half among their brothers beyond the Jordan westward. Moreover when Joshua sent them away to their tents, 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 spoke to them, saying, “Return with much wealth to your tents, with very much livestock, with silver, with gold, with bronze, with iron, and with very much clothing. Divide the plunder of your enemies with your brothers.”

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 ।

The children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh returned, and departed from the children of Israel out of Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan, to go to the land of Gilead, to the land of their possession, which they owned, according to the commandment of the LORD by Moses.

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

When they came to the region near the Jordan, that is in the land of Canaan, the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh built an altar there by the Jordan, a great altar to look at.

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 ।”

The children of Israel heard this, “Behold, the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh have built an altar along the border of the land of Canaan, in the region around the Jordan, on the side that belongs to the children of Israel.”

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

When the children of Israel heard of it, the whole congregation of the children 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,

The children of Israel sent to the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the half-tribe of Manasseh, into the land of Gilead, Phinehas the 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 ।

With him were ten princes, one prince of a fathers’ house for each of the tribes of Israel; and they were each head of their fathers’ houses among the thousands of Israel.

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

They came to the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the half-tribe of Manasseh, to the land of Gilead, and they spoke 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?

“The whole congregation of the LORD says, ‘What trespass is this that you have committed against the God of Israel, to turn away today from following the LORD, in that you have built yourselves an altar, to rebel today against the LORD?

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

Is the iniquity of Peor too little for us, from which we have not cleansed ourselves to this day, although there came a plague on the congregation of the LORD,

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 ।

that you must turn away today from following the LORD? It will be, since you rebel today against the LORD, that tomorrow he will be angry with the whole congregation of Israel.

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 ।

However, if the land of your possession is unclean, then pass over to the land of the possession of the LORD, in which the LORD’s tabernacle dwells, and take possession among us; but don’t rebel against the LORD, nor rebel against us, in building an altar other than the LORD our God’s altar.

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

Didn’t Achan the son of Zerah commit a trespass in the devoted thing, and wrath fell on all the congregation of Israel? That man didn’t perish alone in his iniquity.’”

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

Then the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh answered, and spoke to 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,

“The Mighty One, God, the LORD, the Mighty One, God, the LORD, he knows; and Israel shall know: if it was in rebellion, or if in trespass against the LORD (don’t save us today),

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

that we have built us an altar to turn away from following the LORD; or if to offer burnt offering or meal offering, or if to offer sacrifices of peace offerings, let the LORD 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 we have not out of concern done this, and for a reason, saying, ‘In time to come your children might speak to our children, saying, “What have you to do with the LORD, the God of Israel?

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

For the LORD has made the Jordan a border between us and you, you children of Reuben and children of Gad. You have no portion in the LORD.”’ So your children might make our children cease from fearing the LORD.

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,

“Therefore we said, ‘Let’s now prepare to build ourselves an altar, not for burnt 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 it will be a witness between us and you, and between our generations after us, that we may perform the service of the LORD before him with our burnt offerings, with our sacrifices, and with our peace offerings;’ that your children may not tell our children in time to come, ‘You have no portion in the LORD.’

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 we said, ‘It shall be, when they tell us or our generations this in time to come, that we shall say, “Behold the pattern of the LORD’s altar, which our fathers made, not for burnt offering, nor for sacrifice; but it is a witness 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 the LORD, and turn away today from following the LORD, to build an altar for burnt offering, for meal offering, or for sacrifice, besides the LORD our God’s altar that is before his tabernacle!”

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 ।

When Phinehas the priest, and the princes of the congregation, even the heads of the thousands of Israel that were with him, heard the words that the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the children of Manasseh spoke, it pleased them well.

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 ।”

Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest said to the children of Reuben, to the children of Gad, and to the children of Manasseh, “Today we know that the LORD is among us, because you have not committed this trespass against the LORD. Now you have delivered the children of Israel out of the LORD’s hand.”

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 ।

Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, and the princes, returned from the children of Reuben, and from the children of Gad, out of the land of Gilead, to the land of Canaan, to the children of Israel, and brought them word again.

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

The thing pleased the children of Israel; and the children of Israel blessed God, and spoke no more of going up against them to war, to destroy the land in which the children of Reuben and the children of Gad lived.

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

The children of Reuben and the children of Gad named the altar “A Witness Between Us that the LORD is God.”