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 sworn in Mizpah, saying, “None of us will give his daughter to Benjamin as a wife.”
2 त्यसपछि मानिसहरू बेथेलमा गए र साँझसम्म परमेश्वरको सामुन्ने बसे, र तिनीहरू ठुलो स्वरले धरुधुरु रोए ।
The people came to Bethel and sat there until evening before God, and lifted up their voices, and wept severely.
3 तिनीहरूले यसो भनी पुकारा गरे, “हे परमप्रभु इस्राएलका परमेश्वर, इस्राएलमा हामीमध्येको एउटा कुलचाहिं आजको दिनामा किन विलिन भयो?”
They said, “The LORD, the God of Israel, why has this happened in Israel, that there should be one tribe lacking in Israel today?”
4 भोलिपल्ट मानिसहरू बिहान सबेरै उठे र त्यहाँ एउटा वेदी बनाए र होमबलिहरू र मेलबलिहरू चढाए ।
On the next day, the people rose early and built an altar there, and offered burnt 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 ।”
The children of Israel said, “Who is there amongst all the tribes of Israel who didn’t come up in the assembly to the LORD?” For they had made a great oath concerning him who didn’t come up to the LORD to Mizpah, saying, “He shall surely be put to death.”
6 इस्राएलका मानिसहरूमा तिनीहरूका दाजुभाइ बेन्यामिनीहरू प्रति दया जाग्यो । तिनीहरूले भने, “आज इस्राएलबाट एउटा कुल बाहिरिएको छ ।
The children of Israel grieved for Benjamin their brother, and said, “There is one tribe cut off from Israel today.
7 बाँकी भएकाहरूलाई कसले पत्नीहरू दिनेछन्, किनकि हामी कसैले पनि आफ्ना छोरीहरू तिनीहरूलाई विवाह गरेर दिनेछैनौं भनेर परमप्रभुसँग प्रतिज्ञा गरेका छौं?”
How shall we provide wives for those who remain, since we have sworn by the LORD that we will not give them of our daughters to wives?”
8 तिनीहरूले भने, “मिस्पामा परमप्रभुकहाँ इस्राएलका कुनचाहिं कुल आएनन्?” याबेश-गिलादबाट कोही पनि सभामा आएका थिएनन् भन्ने कुरा थाहा भयो ।
They said, “What one is there of the tribes of Israel who didn’t come up to the LORD to Mizpah?” Behold, no one came from Jabesh Gilead to the camp to the assembly.
9 किनकि मानिसहरूलाई मिलाएर राखेर गन्ती गर्दा, हेर, याबेश-गिलादका कोही पनि बासिन्दा त्यहाँ थिएनन् ।
For when the people were counted, behold, there were none of the inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead there.
10 त्यस सभाले आफ्ना बाह्र हजार वीरहरूलाई याबेश गिलादका स्त्री र बालबालिका सहित सबै बासिन्दाहरूलाई तरवारको धारले प्रहार गर्ने सुझावहरू दिएर पठाए ।
The congregation sent twelve thousand of the most valiant men there, and commanded them, saying, “Go and strike the inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead with the edge of the sword, with the women and the little ones.
11 “यस्तो गर्नू: हरेक पुरुष र मानिससँग सहवास गरेका स्त्रीलाई मार्नू ।”
This is the thing that you shall do: you shall utterly destroy every male, and every woman who has lain with a man.”
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 ।
They found amongst the inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead four hundred young virgins who had not known man by lying with him; and they brought them to the camp to Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan.
13 सारा सभाले रिम्मोनको चट्टानमा भएका बेन्यामीनका मानिसहरूलाई सन्देश पठाए र तिनीहरूले उनीहरूलाई शान्तिको प्रस्ताव राखेका थिए ।
The whole congregation sent and spoke to the children of Benjamin who were in the rock of Rimmon, and proclaimed peace to them.
14 ती बेन्यामीनीहरू त्यो समयमा फर्के र तिनीहरूलाई याबेश गिलादका स्त्रीहरू दिइयो । तर तिनीहरू सबैका निम्ति पुग्ने स्त्रीहरू थिएनन् ।
Benjamin returned at that time; and they gave them the women whom they had saved alive of the women of Jabesh Gilead. There still weren’t enough for them.
15 बेन्यामीनीहरूलाई जे भयो त्यसको निम्ति मानिसहरू दुःखित थिए, किनभने परमप्रभुले इस्राएलका कुलहरूका बिचमा विभाजन गराउनुभएको थियो ।
The people grieved for Benjamin, because the LORD had made a breach in the tribes of Israel.
16 त्यसपछि सभाका अगुवाहरूले भने, “बाँकी भएका बेन्यामीनीहरूका निम्ति पत्नीहरू हामी कसरी जुटाउनेछौं? किनभने बेन्यामीनी स्त्रीहरू मारिएका छन् ।”
Then the elders of the congregation said, “How shall we provide wives for those who remain, since the women are destroyed out of Benjamin?”
17 तिनीहरूले भने, “बेन्यामीनका बाँचेकाहरूको निम्ति एउटा उत्तराधिकार हुनुपर्छ, ताकि इस्राएलबाट एउटा कुलको नाश नहोस् ।
They said, “There must be an inheritance for those who are escaped of Benjamin, that a tribe not be blotted out from Israel.
18 हामीले तिनीहरूलाई आफ्ना छोरीहरूबाट पत्नीहरू दिन सक्दैनौं, किनकि इस्राएलका मानिसहरूले प्रतिज्ञा गरेका थिए, “बेन्यामीनीहरूलाई पत्नी दिने कुनै पनि व्यक्ति श्रापित होस् ।’”
However, we may not give them wives of our daughters, for the children of Israel had sworn, 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) ।”
They said, “Behold, there is a feast of the LORD from year to year in Shiloh, which is on the north of Bethel, on the east side of the highway that goes up from Bethel to Shechem, and on the south of Lebonah.”
20 तिनीहरूले बेन्यामीनका मानिसहरूलाई यसो भनेर निर्देशन दिए, “गुप्तमा लुक र दाखबारीहरूमा पर्ख ।
They commanded the children of Benjamin, saying, “Go and lie in wait in the vineyards,
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 see, and behold, if the daughters of Shiloh come out to dance in the dances, then come out of the vineyards, and each man catch his wife of the daughters of Shiloh, and go 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 ।’”
It shall be, when their fathers or their brothers come to complain to us, that we will say to them, ‘Grant them graciously to us, because we didn’t take for each man his wife in battle, neither did you give them to them; otherwise you would now be guilty.’”
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 ।
The children of Benjamin did so, and took wives for themselves according to their number, of those who danced, whom they carried off. They went and returned to their inheritance, built the cities, and lived 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 ।
The children of Israel departed from there at that time, every man to his tribe and to his family, and they each went out from there to his own inheritance.
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. Everyone did that which was right in his own eyes.
