न्यायकर्ताहरू 6
1 परमप्रभुको दृष्टिमा जे खराब थियो इस्राएलीहरूले त्यही गरे, र उहाँले तिनीहरूलाई सात वर्षसम्म मिद्यानीका हातमा सुम्पिदिनुभयो ।
And the sons of Israel did the thing that was wicked, in the sight of Yahweh, —so Yahweh delivered them into the hand of Midian seven years;
2 मिद्दानीको शक्तिले इस्राएललाई अत्याचार गर्यो । मिद्दानीका कारणले इस्राएलका मानिसहरूले पहाडका ओडारहरू, गुफाहरू, र किल्लाहरू बस्न लागे ।
and the hand of Midian prevailed against Israel, —because of Midian, did the sons of Israel prepare for themselves the hollows which were in the mountains, and the caves, and the strongholds.
3 यस्तो भयो, जति बेला इस्राएलीहरूले आफ्ना बालीहरू लगाउँथे, त्यति बेला मिद्दानीहरू र अमालेकीहरू र पूर्वका मानिसहरूले इस्राएलीहरूलाई आक्रमण गर्थे ।
And so it used to be, if Israel had sown, then came up Midian and Amalek and the sons of the east, yea came up against them,
4 तिनीहरूले देशमा आफ्ना सेना तयार गर्थे, र गाजासम्मै सबै बालीहरू नष्ट गर्थे । तिनीहरूले इस्राएलमा भोजन, भेडाहरू, गाइवस्तु वा गधाहरू केही पनि छोड्दैनथे ।
and encamped against them, and destroyed the increase of the land, until thou comest unto Gaza, —neither left they sustenance in Israel, nor sheep nor ox, nor ass;
5 तिनीहरूले आफ्ना पाल्तु वस्तुहरू र पालहरू लिएर आउँदा, तिनीहरू सलहहरूका हुलझैं हुन्थे, र तिनीहरूका मानिसहरू र ऊँटहरू गन्न असम्भव हुन्थ्यो । त्यस देशलाई नष्ट गर्नको निम्ति तिनीहरूले आक्रमण गर्थे ।
for, they with their cattle, used to come up, with their tents—yea they used to come like locusts, for multitude, both they and their cattle, were without number, —so they came into the land, to lay it waste.
6 मिद्दानीहरूले इस्राएलीहरूलाई यति धेरै कमजोर बनाए, जसको कारणले इस्राएलका मानिसहरूले परमप्रभुलाई पुकारे ।
Thus was Israel greatly impoverished, because of Midian, —and the sons of Israel made outcry unto Yahweh.
7 जब मिद्दानीहरूका कारणले इस्राएलका मानिसहरूले परमप्रभुलाई पुकारा गरे,
And it came to pass, when the sons of Israel cried unto Yahweh, —on account of Midian,
8 तब परमप्रभुले इस्राएलका मानिसहरूका निम्ति एक जना अगमवक्ता पठाउनुभयो । ती अगमवक्ताले तिनीहरूलाई भने, “परमप्रभु इस्राएलका परमेश्वर यसो भन्नुहुन्छः ‘मैले तिमीहरूलाई मिश्रदेशबाट निकालेर ल्याएँ । मैले तिमीहरूलाई दासत्वको घरबाट बाहिर निकालेर ल्याएँ ।
then sent Yahweh a prophet unto the sons of Israel, —who said unto them—Thus, saith Yahweh, God of Israel, I, led you up out of Egypt, and brought you forth out of the house of servants;
9 मैले तिमीहरूलाई मिश्रीहरूका हातबाट र तिमीहरूलाई अत्याचार गरिरहेका सबै जनाका हातबाट बचाएँ । तिनीहरूलाई मैले तिमीहरूका सामुबाट लखेटें, र तिमीहरूलाई मैले तिनीहरूका देश दिएँ ।
Yea I rescued you out of the hand of Egypt, and out of the hand of all who oppressed you, —that I might drive them out from before you, and I gave unto you their land;
10 मैले तिमीहरूलाई भनें, “म परमप्रभु तिमीहरूका परमेश्वर हुँ । मैले तिमीहरूलाई एमोरीहरूका देवहरूलाई नपुज भनेर आज्ञा दिएँ, जसको देशमा तिमीहरू बसोबास गरिरहेका छौ ।” तर तिमीहरूले मेरो आज्ञा पालना गरेका छैनौ ।’”
Yea and I said to you, —I, Yahweh, am your God, Ye must not fear the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye are about to dwell, —But ye have not hearkened unto my voice.
11 यति बेला परमप्रभुका दूत आए र अबीएजेरी योआशको, ओप्रा भन्ने ठाउँको फलाँटको रूखमुनि बसे, जति बेला मिद्दानीहरूबाट लुकाउनलाई योआशका छोरा गिदोनचाहिं दाखको कोल भइँमा गहूँ चुटेर छुट्याउँदै थिए ।
Then came the messenger of Yahweh, and sat down under the oak which was in Ophrah, which belonged to Joash, the Abiezrite; and, Gideon his son, was beating out wheat in the winepress, to escape the notice of the Midianites;
12 परमप्रभुका दूत तिनीकहाँ देखा परे र तिनलाई भने, “तँ बलवान् योद्धा होस्, परमप्रभु तँसँग हुनुहुन्छ!”
so the messenger of Yahweh appeared unto him, —and said unto him, Yahweh, is with thee, thou mighty man of valour!
13 गिदोनले तिनलाई भने, “ओहो, मेरा मालिक, परमप्रभु हामीसँग हुनुहुन्छ भने, किन हामीलाई यी सबै कुरा हुन आएका हुन्? उहाँका सबै आश्चर्यपूर्ण कामहरू कहाँ छन् जसका बारेमा हाम्रा पुर्खाहरूले हामीलाई यसो भनेका थिए, ‘के परमप्रभुले हामीलाई मिश्रदेशबाट बाहिर निकाल्नुभएन र?’ तर अहिले परमप्रभुले हामीलाई त्याग्नुभएको र हामीलाई मिद्दानीका हातमा दिनुभएको छ ।”
And Gideon said unto him—Pardon, my lord! if Yahweh be with us, then wherefore hath all this befallen us? and where are all his wonders, which our fathers have recounted to us—saying, Was it not, out of Egypt, that Yahweh brought us up? But, now, hath Yahweh abandoned us, and delivered us into the hand of Midian.
14 परमप्रभुले तिनलाई हेर्नुभयो र यसो भन्नुभयो, “तँसँग भएको बलमा तँ जा । इस्राएललाई मिद्दानीको हातबाट छुटा । के मैले तँलाई पठाएको होइन र?”
And Yahweh, turned unto him, and said—Go in this thy might, and thou shalt save Israel, out of the hand of Midian, —have I not sent thee?
15 गिदोनले उहाँलाई भने, “कृपया, परमप्रभु, म कसरी इस्राएललाई छुटाउन सक्छु र? हेर्नुहोस्, मेरो परिवार मनश्शेमा सबैभन्दा कमजोर छ, र मेरो पिताको घरानामा म सबैभन्दा कम महत्त्वको छु ।”
And he said unto him—Pardon, O my Lord! How, shall I save Israel? Lo! my thousand, is the poorest in Manasseh, and, I, am the youngest in the house of my father.
16 परमप्रभुले तिनलाई भन्नुभयो, “म तँसँग हुनेछु, र तैंले सम्पूर्ण मिद्दानी सेनालाई एक जना मानिसलाई झैं गरी परास्त गर्नेछस् ।”
And Yahweh said unto him—I will be with thee, —so shalt thou smite the Midianites, as one man.
17 गिदोनले उहाँलाई भने, “तपाईं मसँग खुशी हुनुहुन्छ भने, मसँग बोल्ने तपाईं नै हुनुहुन्छ भनेर तपाईंले मलाई एउटा चिन्ह दिनुहोस् ।
And he said unto him, If, I beseech thee, I have found favour in thine eyes, then wilt thou work for me a sign, that it is, thou, who art speaking with me.
18 म तपाईंकहाँ आउन र तपाईंलाई मेरो उपहार ल्याएर तपाईंको सामु नराखेसम्म, कृपया यहाँबाट नजानुहोस् ।” परमप्रभुले भन्नुभयो, “तँ नफर्केसम्म म पर्खनेछु ।”
Do not, I beseech thee, withdraw from hence, until I come unto thee, and bring forth my present, and set it before thee. And he said: I, will tarry until thou return.
19 गिदोन गए र एउटा पाठो तयार गरे र पाँच पाथी पिठोबाट अखमिरी रोटी बनाए । उनले मासुलाई एउटा टोकरीमा राखे, र झोलचाहिं एउटा भाँडोमा राखे, अनि ती फलाँटको रूखमुनि उहाँकहाँ ल्याए र ती टक्र्याए ।
So, Gideon, went in, and made ready a kid of the goats, and, of an ephah of meal, unleavened cakes, the flesh, he put in a basket, and, the broth, he put in a pot, —and brought them forth unto him, under the oak, and presented them.
20 तब परमप्रभुका दूतले तिनलाई भने, “मासु र अखमिरी रोटी उठा र ती यस चट्टानमाथि राख्, र तीमाथि त्यो झोल खन्याइदे ।” गिदोनले त्यसै गरे ।
And the messenger of God said unto him—Take the flesh and the cakes, and set them on this crag, and, the broth, do thou pour out. And he did so.
21 तब परमप्रभुका दूतले आफ्नो हातको लौरोको टुप्पोले त्यो छोए । त्यसले उहाँले मासु र अखमिरी रोटीलाई छुनुभयो । त्यो चट्टानबाट एउटा आगो निस्कियो, र मासु र अखमिरी रोटीलाई भस्म गर्यो । तब परमप्रभुका दूत गइहाले र गिदोनले उनलाई फेरि देखेनन् ।
Then the messenger of Yahweh put forth the end of the staff, that was in his hand, and touched the flesh, and the cakes, —and there came up fire out of the rock, and consumed the flesh, and the cakes, and, the messenger of Yahweh, had departed out of his sight.
22 तिनी परमप्रभुका दूत रहेछन् भनेर गिदोनले बुझे । गिदोनले भने, “हे परमप्रभु परमेश्वर! किनकि मैले परमप्रभुका दूतलाई आमने-सामने देखें!”
Then saw Gideon that, the messenger of Yahweh, it was, —so Gideon said—Alas, My Lord Yahweh! forasmuch as I have seen the messenger of Yahweh, face to face!
23 परमप्रभुले तिनलाई भन्नुभयो, “तँलाई शान्ति होस्! नडरा, तँ मर्नेछैनस् ।”
And Yahweh said unto him—Peace be unto thee! Do not fear, —thou shalt not die.
24 यसैले गिदोनले त्यहाँ परमप्रभुको निम्ति एउटा वेदी बनाए । तिनले त्यसको नाउँ “परमप्रभु शान्ति हुनुहुन्छ” भने । आजको दिनसम्म त्यो अबीएजेरी वंशको ओप्रामा छ ।
So Gideon built there an altar unto Yahweh, and called it, Yahweh-shalom. Unto this day, it remaineth, in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
25 त्यस रात परमप्रभुले तिनलाई भन्नुभयो, “तेरो बुबाको एउटा साँढे, र अर्को सात वर्षको एउटा साँढे ले, र तेरो बुबाको बाल देवताको वेदी भत्काइदे, र त्यसको छेऊमा भएको अशेरा देवीको मुर्ति ढालिदे ।
And it came to pass, on that night, that Yahweh said unto him—Take the young bullock that belongeth to thy father, even the second bullock of seven years, —and throw thou down the altar of Baal, that belongeth to thy father, and, the sacred stem that is by it, shalt thou cut down.
26 यो शरणस्थानको माथिल्लो भागमा परमप्रभु तेरा परमेश्वरको निम्ति एउटा वेदी बना र त्यसलाई ठिक किसिमले बना । तैँले काटेर ढालेको अशेरा देवीको काठ प्रयोग गरेर दोस्रो साँढेलाई होमबलिको रूपमा चढा ।”
Then shalt thou build an altar, unto Yahweh thy God, on the top of this fort, with the pile, —and shalt take the second bullock, and cause it to go up as an ascending-sacrifice, with the wood of the sacred stem which thou shalt cut down.
27 यसैले गिदोनले आफ्ना दश जना सेवकलाई लिए र परमप्रभुले तिनलाई भन्नुभएझैं गरे । तर दिनको समयमा त्यो काम गर्न तिनी आफ्ना पिताका घराना र नगरका मानिसहरूसँग सह्रै डराएका हुनाले, तिनले त्यो काम रातमा गरे ।
So Gideon took ten men from among his servants, and did as Yahweh had spoken unto him, —and so it was that, as he too much feared the house of his father, and the men of the city, to do it by day, he did it by night.
28 बिहान जब नगरका मानिसहरू उठे, तब बाल देवताको वेदी भत्किएको, र त्यसको छेऊमा भएको अशेरा देवीको मुर्ति काटेर ढलिएको थियो, र त्यहाँ बनाइएको वेदीमाथि त्यो दोस्रो साँढेलाई चढाइएको थियो ।
And the men of the city rose up early in the morning, and lo! the altar of Baal, had been overthrown, and, the sacred stem that was by it, had been cut down, and the second bullock had been caused to ascend upon the altar that had been built.
29 सहरका मानिसहरूले एक-अर्कामा यसो भने, “यो कसले गरेको हो?” जब तिनीहरूले अरूसँग कुरा गरे र जवाफको खोजे, तब तिनीहरूले भने, “योआशका छोरा गिदोनले यो कुरा गरेको हो ।”
So they said, one to another, Who hath done this thing? And they inquired, and made search, and it was said, Gideon son of Joash, hath done this thing.
30 अनि सहरका मानिसहरूले योआशलाई भने, “तिम्रो छोरालाई बाहिर ल्याऊ, ताकि त्यो मारियोस्, किनभने त्यसले बाल देवताको वेदी भत्काइदिएको र त्यस छेऊको अशेरा देवीको मुर्ति ढालिदिएको छ ।”
So the men of the city said unto Joash, Bring forth thy son, that he may die, —because he hath overthrown the altar of Baal, and because he hath cut down the sacred stem that was by it.
31 आफ्नो विरुद्धमा भएका सबै जनालाई योआशले भने, “के तिमीहरू बालको पक्षमा बोल्दछौ? के तिमीहरू त्यसलाई बचाउँछौ? जसले त्यसको पक्षमा बोल्छ, त्यो बिहानकै समयमा मारियोस् । बाल देवता हो भने, कसैले त्यसको वेदी भत्काइदिंदा त्यसले आफ्नो सुरक्षा आफैं गरोस् ।”
And Joash said unto all who stood by him—Will, ye, plead for Baal, or will, ye, save him? Whoso pleadeth for him, let him be put to death while it is yet morning, —if, a god, he be let him plead for himself, because one hath overthrown his altar.
32 त्यसकारण, त्यो दिनमा तिनीहरूले गिदोनलाई “यरूब-बाल” भने, किनभने तिनले यसो भनेका थिए, “बालले त्यसको विरुद्ध आफ्नो सुरक्षा आफैं गरोस्,” किनभने गिदोनले बालको वेदी भत्काए ।
So he was called on that day, Jerubbaal, saying, —Let Baal, plead against him. Because he had overthrown his altar.
33 यत बेला सबै मिद्दानीहरू, अमालेकीहरू, र पूर्वका मानिसहरू एकसाथ भेला भए । तिनीहरूले यर्दन तरे र यिजरेलको बेसीमा छाउनी हाले ।
Now, all the Midianites and the Amalekites and the sons of the east, were gathered together, —and they crossed over and pitched in the vale of Jezreel.
34 तर परमप्रभुको आत्मा गिदोनमाथि आउनुभयो । गिदोनले तुरही फुके, र अबीएजेरी वंशलाई बोलाए ताकि उनीहरू तिनको पछि लाग्न सकून् ।
But, the spirit of Yahweh, clothed Gideon, —so he blew with a horn, and Abiezer was gathered after him.
35 उनले मनश्शेभरि नै दूतहरू पठाए, र उनीहरूलाई पनि तिनको पछि लाग्न बोलाइयो । तिनले आशेर, जबूलून, र नप्तालीकहाँ पनि दूतहरू पठाए, र उनीहरू तिनलाई भेट्न निस्के ।
Messengers also, sent he throughout all Manasseh, and, they also, were gathered after him, —messengers also, sent he throughout Asher, and throughout Zebulun, and throughout Naphtali, and they came up to meet them.
36 गिदोनले परमेश्वरलाई भने, “तपाईंले भन्नुभएझैं, तपाईंले इस्राएललाई बचाउनलाई मलाई प्रयोग गर्ने इच्छा गर्नुहुन्छ भने—
And Gideon said unto God, —If thou art about to bring salvation, by my hand, unto Israel, as thou hast spoken,
37 हेर्नुहोस्, म खलामा भेडाको ऊन राख्दैछु । यस ऊनमा मात्र शीत पर्यो, र जमिनचाहिं पुरै सुक्खा रह्यो भने, तब तपाईंले भन्नुभएझैं इस्राएललाई बचाउनलाई तपाईंले मलाई प्रयोग गर्नुहुनेछ भनी म जान्नेछु ।”
lo! I am placing a woollen fleece, on the threshing-floor, —if, dew, be on the fleece alone and, on all the ground, it be dry, then shall I know that thou wilt bring salvation, by my hand, unto Israel, as thou hast spoken.
38 यस्तो भयो – भोलिपल्ट बिहानै गिदोन उठे, उनले ऊन निचोरे, र ऊनबाट शीत निचरेर एक बटुको पानी भरे ।
And it was so, and he rose up early, on the morrow, and pressed together the fleece, —and wrung out the dew from the fleece, a small bowl full of water.
39 त्यसपछि गिदोनले परमप्रभुलाई भने, “कृपया मसँग नरिसाउनुहोस्, म फेरि एकपल्ट बोल्नेछु । मलाई फेरि एकपल्ट ऊनको प्रयोग गरेर जाँच गर्न दिनुहोस् । योपल्ट त्यो ऊनलाई सुक्खा छोडिदिनुहोस्, र त्यसको वरिपरिको जमिनमा सबैतिर शीत रहोस् ।”
Then said Gideon unto God, Let not thine anger kindle upon me, but let me speak, only this once, —Let me, I pray thee, put to the proof, only this once, with the fleece, I pray thee, let it be dry on the fleece alone, while, on all the ground, there be dew.
40 तिनले त्यस रात जे होस् भनी मागेका थिए, परमेश्वरले त्यस्तै गर्नुभयो । त्यो ऊन सुक्खा थियो, र त्यसको वरिपरिको जमिनमा चारैतिर शीत थियो ।
And God did so on that night, —and it was dry on the fleece alone, while, on all the ground, there was dew.
