न्यायकर्ताहरू 21
1 इस्राएलका मानिसहरूले मिस्पामा एउटा प्रतिज्ञा गरेका थिए, “हामीहरूमध्ये कसैले पनि आफ्नी छोरीलाई बेन्यामीनीलाई विवाह गरेर दिनेछैनौं ।”
Now the men of Israel had taken an oath in Mizpah, saying, Not one of us will give his daughter as a wife to Benjamin.
2 त्यसपछि मानिसहरू बेथेलमा गए र साँझसम्म परमेश्वरको सामुन्ने बसे, र तिनीहरू ठुलो स्वरले धरुधुरु रोए ।
And the people came to Beth-el, waiting there till evening before God, and gave themselves up to bitter weeping.
3 तिनीहरूले यसो भनी पुकारा गरे, “हे परमप्रभु इस्राएलका परमेश्वर, इस्राएलमा हामीमध्येको एउटा कुलचाहिं आजको दिनामा किन विलिन भयो?”
And they said, O Lord, the God of Israel, why has this fate come on Israel, that today one tribe has been cut off from Israel?
4 भोलिपल्ट मानिसहरू बिहान सबेरै उठे र त्यहाँ एउटा वेदी बनाए र होमबलिहरू र मेलबलिहरू चढाए ।
Then on the day after, the people got up early and made an altar there, offering burned offerings and peace-offerings.
5 इस्राएलका मानिसहरूले भने, “परमप्रभुको सभामा इस्राएलका कुलमध्ये कुनचाहिं आएन?” किनकि मिस्पामा परमप्रभुकहाँ नआउनेको बारेमा तिनीहरूले एउटा महत्त्वपूर्ण निर्णय गरेका थिए । तिनीहरूले भने, “त्यो निश्चय नै मारिनेछ ।”
And the children of Israel said, Who is there among all the tribes of Israel, who did not come up to the Lord at the meeting of all Israel? For they had taken a great oath that whoever did not come up to Mizpah to the Lord was to be put to death.
6 इस्राएलका मानिसहरूमा तिनीहरूका दाजुभाइ बेन्यामिनीहरू प्रति दया जाग्यो । तिनीहरूले भने, “आज इस्राएलबाट एउटा कुल बाहिरिएको छ ।
And the children of Israel were moved with pity for Benjamin their brother, saying, Today one tribe has been cut off from Israel.
7 बाँकी भएकाहरूलाई कसले पत्नीहरू दिनेछन्, किनकि हामी कसैले पनि आफ्ना छोरीहरू तिनीहरूलाई विवाह गरेर दिनेछैनौं भनेर परमप्रभुसँग प्रतिज्ञा गरेका छौं?”
What are we to do about wives for those who are still living? For we have taken an oath by the Lord that we will not give them our daughters for wives.
8 तिनीहरूले भने, “मिस्पामा परमप्रभुकहाँ इस्राएलका कुनचाहिं कुल आएनन्?” याबेश-गिलादबाट कोही पनि सभामा आएका थिएनन् भन्ने कुरा थाहा भयो ।
And they said, Which one of the tribes of Israel did not come up to Mizpah to the Lord? And it was seen that no one had come from Jabesh-gilead to the meeting.
9 किनकि मानिसहरूलाई मिलाएर राखेर गन्ती गर्दा, हेर, याबेश-गिलादका कोही पनि बासिन्दा त्यहाँ थिएनन् ।
For when the people were numbered, not one man of the people of Jabesh-gilead was present.
10 त्यस सभाले आफ्ना बाह्र हजार वीरहरूलाई याबेश गिलादका स्त्री र बालबालिका सहित सबै बासिन्दाहरूलाई तरवारको धारले प्रहार गर्ने सुझावहरू दिएर पठाए ।
So they (the meeting) sent twelve thousand of the best fighting-men, and gave them orders, saying, Go and put the people of Jabesh-gilead to the sword without mercy, with their women and their little ones.
11 “यस्तो गर्नू: हरेक पुरुष र मानिससँग सहवास गरेका स्त्रीलाई मार्नू ।”
And this is what you are to do: every male, and every woman who has had sex relations with a man, you are to put to the curse, but you are to keep safe the virgins. And they did so.
12 याबेश-गिलादमा बस्नेहरूमध्ये ती मानिसहरूले चार सय यस्ता जवान स्त्रीहरू भेट्टाए को कहिल्यै कुनै मानिससँग सुतेका थिएनन्, र तिनीहरूले उनीहरूलाई कनानमा शीलोको छाउनीमा लगे ।
Now there were among the people of Jabesh-gilead four hundred young virgins who had never had sex relations with a man; these they took to their tents in Shiloh in the land of Canaan.
13 सारा सभाले रिम्मोनको चट्टानमा भएका बेन्यामीनका मानिसहरूलाई सन्देश पठाए र तिनीहरूले उनीहरूलाई शान्तिको प्रस्ताव राखेका थिए ।
And all the meeting sent to the men of Benjamin who were in the rock of Rimmon, offering them peace.
14 ती बेन्यामीनीहरू त्यो समयमा फर्के र तिनीहरूलाई याबेश गिलादका स्त्रीहरू दिइयो । तर तिनीहरू सबैका निम्ति पुग्ने स्त्रीहरू थिएनन् ।
Then Benjamin came back; and they gave them the women whom they had kept from death among the women of Jabesh-gilead: but still there were not enough for them.
15 बेन्यामीनीहरूलाई जे भयो त्यसको निम्ति मानिसहरू दुःखित थिए, किनभने परमप्रभुले इस्राएलका कुलहरूका बिचमा विभाजन गराउनुभएको थियो ।
And the people were moved with pity for Benjamin, because the Lord had let his wrath loose on the tribes of Israel.
16 त्यसपछि सभाका अगुवाहरूले भने, “बाँकी भएका बेन्यामीनीहरूका निम्ति पत्नीहरू हामी कसरी जुटाउनेछौं? किनभने बेन्यामीनी स्त्रीहरू मारिएका छन् ।”
Then the responsible men of the meeting said, What are we to do about wives for the rest of them, seeing that the women of Benjamin are dead?
17 तिनीहरूले भने, “बेन्यामीनका बाँचेकाहरूको निम्ति एउटा उत्तराधिकार हुनुपर्छ, ताकि इस्राएलबाट एउटा कुलको नाश नहोस् ।
And they said, How is the rest of Benjamin to be given offspring so that one tribe of Israel may not be put out of existence,
18 हामीले तिनीहरूलाई आफ्ना छोरीहरूबाट पत्नीहरू दिन सक्दैनौं, किनकि इस्राएलका मानिसहरूले प्रतिज्ञा गरेका थिए, “बेन्यामीनीहरूलाई पत्नी दिने कुनै पनि व्यक्ति श्रापित होस् ।’”
Seeing that we may not give them our daughters as wives? For the children of Israel had taken an oath, saying, Cursed is he who gives a wife to Benjamin.
19 यसैले तिनीहरूले भने, “तिमीहरूलाई थाहा छ, कि हरेक वर्ष शीलोमा परमप्रभुको निम्ति एउटा भोज हुन्छ (जुनचाहिं बेथेलको उत्तरमा, बेथेलबाट शकेमजाने बाटोको पूर्व, र लबोनाको दक्षिणमा पर्छ) ।”
And they said, See, every year there is a feast of the Lord in Shiloh, which is to the north of Beth-el, on the east side of the highway which goes up from Beth-el to Shechem, and on the south of Lebonah.
20 तिनीहरूले बेन्यामीनका मानिसहरूलाई यसो भनेर निर्देशन दिए, “गुप्तमा लुक र दाखबारीहरूमा पर्ख ।
And they said to the men of Benjamin, Go into the vine-gardens, waiting there secretly,
21 शीलोबाट युवतीहरू नाच्नलाई बाहिर निस्कने समयलाई हेर । तब दाखबारीहरूबाट बाहिर निस्क र तिमीहरू हरेकले शीलोबाट युवतीललाई आफ्नी पत्नीको रूपमा लिएर बेन्यामीनको भूमिमा फर्क ।
And watching; and if the daughters of Shiloh come out to take part in the dances, then come from the vine-gardens and take a wife for every one of you from among the daughters of Shiloh, and go back to the land of Benjamin.
22 जब तिनीहरूका बुबा वा दाजुभाइहरू हाम्रो विरोध गर्न हामीकहाँ आउँछन्, तब हामी तिनीहरूलाई भन्नेछौं, ‘हामीमाथि कृपा गर्नुहोस्! तिनीहरूलाई रहन दिनुहोस् किनभने हामीले युद्धको बेला हरेक मानिसको निम्ति पत्नी दिएनौं । तपाईंहरू निर्दोष हुनुहुन्छ, किनकि तपाईंले तिनीहरूलाई आफ्ना छोरीहरू दिनुभएको होइन ।’”
And when their fathers or their brothers come and make trouble, you are to say to them, Give them to us as an act of grace; for we did not take them as wives for ourselves in war; and if you yourselves had given them to us you would have been responsible for the broken oath.
23 बेन्यामीनी मानिसहरूले त्यस्तै गरे । तिनीहरूले नाचिरहेका युवतीहरूबाट पत्नीहरू लिए र तिनीहरूसँगै अगि बढे । तिनीहरू आफ्नै उत्तराधिकारको ठाउँमा फर्केर गए । तिनीहरूले नगरहरू बनाए र त्यसमा बसोबास गरे ।
So the men of Benjamin did this, and got wives for themselves for every one of their number, taking them away by force from the dance; then they went back to their heritage, building up their towns and living in them.
24 तब इस्राएलका मानिसहरूले त्यो ठाउँ छोडे, अनि हरेक व्यक्ति आ-आफ्नै कुल, र वंशमा र हरेक व्यक्ति आ-आफ्नै उत्तराधिकारको घरमा गए ।
Then the children of Israel went away from there, every man to his tribe and his family, every man went back to his heritage.
25 ती दिनहरूमा इस्राएलमा कोही पनि राजा थिएन । हरेक व्यक्तिले आ-आफ्नो दृष्टिमा जे ठिक लाग्यो त्यही गर्थ्यो ।
In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did what seemed right to him.
