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 the Lord said unto Joshua, Fear not, neither be thou discouraged: 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 hast done unto Jericho and its king; only its spoil and its cattle shall ye take for booty unto yourselves; but lay thee an ambush for the city in its rear.
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 ।
So Joshua arose, and all the people of war, to go up against 'Ai: and Joshua chose out thirty thousand mighty men of valor, 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, Behold, ye shall lie in wait against the city, in the rear of the city; go not very far from the city; and be ye all 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 unto the city; and it shall come to pass that, when they come out against us, as at the first time, 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 from us as at the first time: 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 then shall ye rise up from the ambush, and take possession of the city; and the Lord your God will deliver it in 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, that as soon as ye have seized the city, ye shall set the city on fire; according to the word of the Lord 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 off: and they went to lie in ambush, and remained between Beth-el and 'Ai, on the west side of 'Ai; but 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 up early in the morning, and numbered the people, and went up, he and the elders of Israel, before the people, toward '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 nigh, and came opposite the city, and encamped on the north side 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 ।
And he took about five thousand men, and set them as an ambush between Beth-el and 'Ai, on the west side of 'Ai.
13 तिनीहरूले मुख्य फौजलाई सहरको उत्तरतिर र पछाडितिरको सुरक्षाकर्मीहरूलाई पश्चिमपट्टि गरी सबै सिपाहीलाई तैनाथ गरे । त्यस रात यहोशूले बेँसीमा नै रात बिताए ।
And the people, all the camp that was on the north of the city, and its ambush on the west of the city got ready; and 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 this, the men of the city hastened and rose up early, and went out against Israel to battle, he and all his people, at the time appointed, before the plain; but he knew not that there was an ambush against him in the rear of the city.
15 यहोशू र सबै इस्राएलले तिनीहरू सामु आफैलाई पराजित हुन दिए र तिनीहरू मरुभूमितिर भागे ।
And Joshua and Israel feigned themselves beaten before them, and 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 'Ai 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 there was not a man left in 'Ai or Beth-el, 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 the Lord said unto Joshua, Stretch out the spear that is in thy hand toward 'Ai; for into thy hand will I give it. And Joshua stretched out the spear which was 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 out of their place, and they ran as soon as he stretched out his hand; and they entered into the city, and took possession of it, and hastened 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 looked] behind them, and they saw, and, behold, the smoke of the city ascended up to heaven; and they had no power to flee this way or that way; and the people that had fled to the wilderness turned back upon the pursuers.
21 जब यहोशू र सारा इस्राएलले धूवाँको मुस्लोसँगै सहर कब्जा गरेको देखे, तिनीहरू फर्के र ऐका मानिसहरूलाई मारे ।
For when Joshua and all Israel saw that the ambush had seized the city, and that the smoke of the city ascended: they turned back, and smote 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 issued out of the city against them; so that the Israelites had them in the middle, some on this side, and some on that side; and they smote them, until there was not left of them one that remained or escaped.
23 तिनीहरूले ऐका राजालाई सुरक्षित राखे, जसलाई तिनीहरूले जीवितै समातेका थिए र तिनीहरूले तिनलाई यहोशूकहाँ ल्याए ।
And the king of 'Ai they caught 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, that, when Israel had made an end of slaying all the inhabitants of 'Ai in the field, in the wilderness wherein they had pursued them, and when they were all fallen by the edge of the sword, until they were consumed, All the Israelites returned unto '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 [the number of] all that fell in that day, both of men and women, was twelve thousand, all the people of 'Ai.
26 यहोशूले ऐका मानिसहरू सबैलाई पूर्ण रूपमा नष्ट नपारेसम्म भाला समाइरहेका तिनको हात पछाडि फर्काएनन् ।
And Joshua drew not back his hand, wherewith he had stretched out the spear, until he 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 that city Israel took as booty unto themselves, according to the word of the Lord 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 burnt 'Ai, and made it a ruinous heap of desolation for ever, even unto 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 eventide; and at the going down of the sun, Joshua commanded, and they took his carcass down from the tree and cast it at the entrance of the city gate, and they raised over him a great heap of stones, [which is] even unto this day.
30 त्यसपछि यहोशूले परमप्रभुका दास मोशाले इस्राएलका मानिसहरूलाई
Then did Joshua build an altar unto the Lord, the God of Israel on 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 the Lord 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 no one had lifted up any iron tool; and they offered thereon burnt-offerings unto the Lord, and sacrificed peace-offerings.
32 त्यहाँ तिनले इस्राएलका मानिसहरूको सामु मोशाको व्यवस्थाको प्रतिलिपी ढुङ्गाहरूमा लेखे ।
And he wrote there upon the stones a copy of the law of Moses, which he wrote in the presence of 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 the officers, and their judges, stood on this side and on that side of the ark, opposite the priests the Levites, who bore the ark of the covenant of the Lord, the stranger no less than the native born: half of them turned toward mount Gerizzim, and the other half of them turned toward mount 'Ebal; as Moses the servant of the Lord had commanded, to bless the people of Israel at first.
34 त्यसपछि यहोशूले व्यवस्थाका वचनहरू अर्थात् आशिष्हरू र सरापहरू सबै पढे, जस्तो तिनीहरूलाई व्यवस्थाको पुस्तकमा लेखिएको थियो ।
And afterward he read all the words of the law, the blessing and the curse, all, just as it 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 did not read before all the congregation of Israel, with the women, and the little ones, and the stranger that walked in the midst of them.
