यहोशू 8
1 परमप्रभुले यहोशूलाई भन्नुभयो, “नडरा; निरुत्साहित नहो । युद्ध गर्ने सबै मानिसलाई तँसँगै लैजा । ऐमा जा । हेर्, मैले ऐका राजा, त्यसका मानिसहरू, त्यसको सहर र त्यसको भूमिलाई तेरो हातमा दिएको छु ।
And Jehovah said to Joshua, Fear not, neither be dismayed. Take with thee all the people of war, and arise, go up to Ai. See, I have given into thy hand the king of Ai, and his people, and his city, and his land.
2 तैँले ऐ र त्यसको राजालाई यरीहो र त्यसका राजालाई गरेझैँ गर्ने छस्, त्यसबाहेक, तैँले आफ्नो निम्ति लूटका मालहरू र गाईवस्तुहरू लिने छस् । सहरको पछाडिबाट ढुकेर बस्नू ।
And thou shalt do to Ai and to its king as thou didst to Jericho and to its king; only, the spoil thereof and the cattle thereof shall ye take as prey for yourselves. Set an ambush against the city behind it.
3 त्यसैले यहोशू उठे र तिनीसँग भएका युद्ध गर्ने सबै मानिसलाई लिए । त्यसपछि यहोशूले बलियो र सहासी तिस हजार मानिस चुनी तिनीहरूलाई राति नै पठाए ।
And Joshua arose, and all the people of war, to go up to Ai. And Joshua chose thirty thousand valiant men, and sent them away by night.
4 तिनले तिनीहरूलाई आज्ञा गरे, “हेर, तिमीहरू यसको पछाडि सहरको विरुद्ध ढुकेर बस्ने छौ । सहरभन्दा धेरै टाढा नजाओ, तर तिमीहरू सबै तयार होओ ।
And he commanded them, saying, See, ye shall be in ambush against the city, behind the city: go not very far from the city, and be all of you ready.
5 म र मसँग भएका सबै मानिस सहरको नजिक जाने छौँ, र जब उनीहरू हामीलाई आक्रमण गर्न आउँछन् हामी पहिलेझैँ उनीहरूबाट भाग्ने छौँ ।
And I and all the people that are with me will approach to the city; and it shall come to pass when they come out against us, as at the first, that we will flee before them.
6 हामीले उनीहरूलाई सहरबाहिर नखिँचेसम्म उनीहरू हाम्रो पछिपछि आउने छन् । उनीहरूले भन्ने छन्, 'तिनीहरू पहिलेझैँ हामीबाट भागिरहेका छन् ।' त्यसैले हामी उनीहरूबाट भाग्ने छौँ ।
And they will come out after us till we have drawn them from the city; for they will say, They flee before us, as at the first; and we will flee before them.
7 त्यसपछि तिमीहरू आ-आफ्नो लुक्ने ठाउँबाट निस्केर आउने छौ, र तिमीहरूले सहरलाई कब्जा गर्ने छौ । परमप्रभु तिमीहरूका परमेश्वरले यसलाई तिमीहरूको हातमा दिनुहुने छ ।
And ye shall rise up from the ambush and take possession of the city; and Jehovah your God will deliver it into your hand.
8 जब तिमीहरूले सहर कब्जा गर्छौ, तिमीहरूले यसलाई आगोले जलाइदिनू । परमप्रभुको वचनमा दिइएको आज्ञा पालन गरेर तिमीहरूले यो गर्ने छौ । हेर, मैले तिमीहरूलाई आज्ञा गरेको छु ।
And it shall be when ye have taken the city, that ye shall set the city on fire; according to the word of Jehovah shall ye do. See, I have commanded you.
9 यहोशूले तिनीहरूलाई पठाए, र तिनीहरू लुक्ने ठाउँतिर गएर तिनीहरू ऐको पश्चिमपट्टि बेथेल र ऐको बिचमा लुके ।
And Joshua sent them forth; and they went to lie in ambush, and abode between Bethel and Ai, on the west of Ai. And Joshua lodged that night among the people.
10 यहोशू बिहान सबेरै उठे र तिनका सिपाहीहरूलाई तयार पारे । योहोशू र इस्राएलका धर्म-गुरुहरूले ऐका मानिसहरूलाई आक्रमण गरे ।
And Joshua rose early in the morning, and inspected the people, and went up, he and the elders of Israel, before the people to Ai.
11 तिनीसँग भएका लड्ने मानिसहरू गए र सहरको नजिक पुगे । तिनीहरू सहरको नजिक आइपुगे र ऐको उत्तरतिर छाउनी हाले । ऐ र तिनीहरू बिचमा एउटा बेँसी थियो ।
And all the people of war that were with him went up, and drew near, and came before the city; and they encamped on the north of Ai; and the valley was between them and Ai.
12 तिनले झण्डै पाँच हजार जना मानिस लिए र सहरको पश्चिमपट्टि बेथेल र ऐको बिचमा लुक्न पठाए ।
Now he had taken about five thousand men, and set them in ambush between Bethel and Ai, on the west of the city.
13 तिनीहरूले मुख्य फौजलाई सहरको उत्तरतिर र पछाडितिरको सुरक्षाकर्मीहरूलाई पश्चिमपट्टि गरी सबै सिपाहीलाई तैनाथ गरे । त्यस रात यहोशूले बेँसीमा नै रात बिताए ।
And when they had set the people, the whole camp on the north of the city, and their ambush on the west of the city, Joshua went that night into the midst of the valley.
14 जब ऐका राजाले यो देखे, तिनी र तिनका फौज बिहान सबेरै उठे र माथिबाट यर्दन नदीलाई देख्ने ठाउँमा इस्राएललाई आक्रमण गर्न निस्के । लुकेका मानिसहरूले सहरलाई पछाडिबाट आक्रमण गर्न पर्खिरहेका छन् भन्ने तिनलाई थाहा थिएन ।
And it came to pass when the king of Ai saw it, that the men of the city hasted and rose early, and went out against Israel to battle, he and all his people, at the appointed place before the plain. But he knew not that there was an ambush against him behind the city.
15 यहोशू र सबै इस्राएलले तिनीहरू सामु आफैलाई पराजित हुन दिए र तिनीहरू मरुभूमितिर भागे ।
And Joshua and all Israel let themselves be beaten before them; and they fled by the way of the wilderness.
16 सहरमा भएका सबै मानिसलाई तिनीहरूको पिछा गर्नलाई आह्वान गरियो र तिनीहरू यहोशूको पछिपछि गए अनि तिनीहरूलाई सहरबाट बाहिर निकालियो ।
And all the people that were in the city were called together to pursue after them; and they pursued after Joshua, and were drawn away from the city.
17 इस्राएललाई लखेट्न नजाने ऐ र बेथेलमा एक जना पनि मानिस बाँकी रहेन । तिनीहरूले इस्राएलको पिछा गर्दा सहरलाई त्यागे र यसलाई खुला नै छोडे ।
And not a man remained in Ai and Bethel that went not out after Israel; and they left the city open, and pursued after Israel.
18 परमप्रभुले यहोशूलाई भन्नुभयो, “तेरो हातमा भएको भालालाई ऐतिर पसार, किनभने म ऐलाई तेरो हातम दिने छु ।” यहोशूले तिनको हातमा भएको भाला सहरतिर पसारे ।
And Jehovah said to Joshua, Stretch out the javelin that is in thy hand toward Ai; for I will give it into thy hand. And Joshua stretched out the javelin that he had in his hand toward the city.
19 तिनले आफ्नो हातको भाला पसार्दा लुकेर बसेका सिपाहीहरू आ-आफ्नो ठाउँबाट हतार-हतार निस्के । तिनीहरू दौडे र सहरभित्र पसी यसलाई कब्जा गरे । तिनीहरूले सहरलाई आगो लगाइदिए ।
And the ambush arose quickly from their place, and they ran when he stretched out his hand, and came into the city, and took it, and hasted and set the city on fire.
20 ऐका मानिसहरू फर्के र पछाडि हेरे । तिनीहरूले सहरबाट आकाशतिर धूवाँ गइरहेको देखे र तिनीहरू यता-उता कतै पनि उम्कन सकेनन् । किनभने मरुभूमितिर भागेका इस्राएली सिपाहीहरू तिनीहरूका पिछा गर्नेहरूको सामना गर्न फर्केका थिए ।
And the men of Ai turned and saw, and behold, the smoke of the city went up to heaven, and they had no power to flee this way or that way; and the people that fled to the wilderness turned upon the pursuers.
21 जब यहोशू र सारा इस्राएलले धूवाँको मुस्लोसँगै सहर कब्जा गरेको देखे, तिनीहरू फर्के र ऐका मानिसहरूलाई मारे ।
When Joshua and all Israel saw that the ambush had taken the city, and that the smoke of the city went up, they turned again, and slew the men of Ai.
22 सहरभित्र गएका अरू सिपाहीहरू पनि तिनीहरूलाई आक्रमण गर्न बाहिर निस्के । त्यसैले ऐका मानिसहरू यतापट्टि र उतापट्टिका इस्राएलका फौजको बिचमा फसे । इस्राएलले ऐका मानिसहरूलाई आक्रमण गर्यो; तिनीहरू कोही पनि बचेनन् वा उम्केनन् ।
And the others went out of the city against them; so they were in the midst of Israel, some on this side, and some on that side; and they smote them, until they let none of them escape or flee away.
23 तिनीहरूले ऐका राजालाई सुरक्षित राखे, जसलाई तिनीहरूले जीवितै समातेका थिए र तिनीहरूले तिनलाई यहोशूकहाँ ल्याए ।
And the king of Ai they took alive, and brought him to Joshua.
24 जब इस्राएलले मरुभूमि नजिकैको मैदानमा ऐका बासिन्दाहरू सबैलाई मारिसिद्ध्याए, जहाँ उनीहरूले तिनीहरूको पिछा गरेका थिए र तिनीहरू सबै तरवारद्वारा मारिए, तब सबै इस्राएल ऐतिर फर्के । तिनीहरूले यसलाई तरवारले आक्रमण गरे ।
And it came to pass when Israel had ended slaying all the inhabitants of Ai in the field, in the wilderness wherein they had chased them, and they had all fallen by the edge of the sword, until they were consumed, that all Israel returned to Ai, and smote it with the edge of the sword.
25 त्यस दिन मरेका पुरुष र महिला बाह्र हजार जना थिए । ऐका सबै मानिस यति नै थिए ।
And so it was, that all who fell that day, men as well as women, were twelve thousand, all the people of Ai.
26 यहोशूले ऐका मानिसहरू सबैलाई पूर्ण रूपमा नष्ट नपारेसम्म भाला समाइरहेका तिनको हात पछाडि फर्काएनन् ।
And Joshua did not draw back his hand, which he had stretched out with the javelin, until they had utterly destroyed all the inhabitants of Ai.
27 परमप्रभुले यहोशूलाई आज्ञा गर्नुभएमुताबिक तिनीहरूले सहरबाट गाईवस्तुहरू र लूटका मालहरू मात्र लिए ।
Only, the cattle and the spoil of the city Israel took as prey to themselves, according to the word of Jehovah which he had commanded Joshua.
28 यहोशूले ऐलाई जलाए र यसलाई भग्नावशेषको थुप्रोमा परिणत गरिदिए । यो आजको दिनसम्म पनि त्यागिएको ठाउँ भएको छ ।
And Joshua burned Ai, and made it an everlasting heap of desolation to this day.
29 तिनले ऐका राजालाई साँझसम्मै रुखमा झुण्ड्याए । जब सूर्य अस्ताउँदै थियो, यहोशूले आज्ञा दिए र तिनीहरूले राजाको शरीरलाई रुखबाट निकाले र यसलाई सहरको प्रवेशद्वारअगि फ्याँके । तिनीहरूले यसमाथि ढङ्गाको ठुलो थुप्रो लगाए । त्यहाँ त्यो थुप्रो आजसम्म पनि छ ।
And the king of Ai he hanged on a tree until the evening; and at the going down of the sun Joshua commanded, and they took his carcase down from the tree, and threw it down at the entrance of the gate of the city, and raised upon it a great heap of stones, [which remains] to this day.
30 त्यसपछि यहोशूले परमप्रभुका दास मोशाले इस्राएलका मानिसहरूलाई
Then Joshua built an altar to Jehovah the God of Israel, in mount Ebal,
31 आज्ञा गरेअनुसार परमप्रभु इस्राएलका परमेश्वरको निम्ति एबाल डाँडामाथि एउटा वेदी बनाए, जस्तो मोशाको व्यवस्थाको पुस्तकमा लेखिएको छः “नकाटेका ढुङ्गाहरूबाट बनाइएको एउटा वेदी, जसमाथि कसैले पनि फलामको हतियार चलाएको छैन ।” तिनले वेदीमाथि परमप्रभुको होमबलि चढाए र तिनीहरूले मेलबलि चढाए ।
as Moses the servant of Jehovah had commanded the children of Israel, as it is written in the book of the law of Moses, an altar of whole stones, over which iron had not been lifted up. And they offered up burnt-offerings on it to Jehovah, and sacrificed peace-offerings.
32 त्यहाँ तिनले इस्राएलका मानिसहरूको सामु मोशाको व्यवस्थाको प्रतिलिपी ढुङ्गाहरूमा लेखे ।
And he wrote there on the stones a copy of the law of Moses, which he had written before the children of Israel.
33 स्वदेशी र विदेशी सारा इस्राएल, तिनीहरूका धर्म-गुरुहरू, अधिकृतहरू र तिनीहरूका न्यायकर्ताहरू परमप्रभुको सन्दुक बोक्ने लेवीहरू र पुजारीको सामु सन्दुकको दुवैतिर खडा भए । तिनीहरूको आधा भाग गीरीज्जीम डाँडाको अगि र अर्को आधा भागचाहिँ एबाल डाँडाको अगि खडा भए । परमप्रभुका दास मोशाले तिनीहरूलाई पहिले आज्ञा गरेझैँ तिनीहरूले इस्राएलका मानिसहरूलाई आशिष् दिए ।
And all Israel, and their elders, and their officers and judges, stood on this side and on that side of the ark before the priests the Levites, who bore the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, as well the stranger as the home-born [Israelite]; half of them toward mount Gerizim, and the other half of them toward mount Ebal; as Moses the servant of Jehovah had commanded, that they should bless the people of Israel, in the beginning.
34 त्यसपछि यहोशूले व्यवस्थाका वचनहरू अर्थात् आशिष्हरू र सरापहरू सबै पढे, जस्तो तिनीहरूलाई व्यवस्थाको पुस्तकमा लेखिएको थियो ।
And afterwards he read all the words of the law, the blessing and the curse, according to all that is written in the book of the law.
35 इस्राएलको भेला अर्थात् महिला, स-साना छोराछोरीहरू र तिनीहरूमाझ बसोबास गरेका परदेशीहरूको सामु मोशाले यहोशूलाई आज्ञा गरेका वचन तिनले नपढेका कुनै पनि थिएनन् ।
There was not a word of all that Moses had commanded which Joshua read not before the whole congregation of Israel, and the women, and the children, and the strangers that lived among them.
