न्यायकर्ताहरू 9
1 यरूब-बालका छोरा अबीमेलेक आफ्नी आमाका नातेदारहरूकहाँ शकेममा गए र तिनले उनीहरूलाई र आफ्नी आमाको परिवारका सबै वंशलाई यसो भने,
And Abimelech the son of Jerobaal went to Sichem to his mother’s brethren and spoke to them, and to all the kindred of his mother’s father, saying:
2 “यो कुरा सोध्नुहोस् ताकि शकेमका सबै अगुवाहरूले सुन्न सकून्, ‘तपाईंहरूका निम्ति के असल हुन्छ, यरूब-बालका सबै सत्तरी जना छोराले तपाईंहरूमाथि शासन गरेको, कि एक जनाले मात्र शासन गरेको?’ म तपाईंहरूकै हाड र मासु हुँ भन्ने कुरा सम्झनुहोस् ।”
Speak to all the men of Sichem: whether is better for you that seventy men all the sons of Jerobaal should rule over you, or that one man should rule over you? And withal consider that I am your bone, and your flesh.
3 तिनकी आमाका नातेदारहरूले तिनको बारेमा शकेमका अगुवाहरूसँग कुरा गरे, र तिनीहरू अबीमेलेकको पछि लाग्न सहमत भए, किनकि तिनीहरूले भने, “उनी हाम्रै भाइ हुन् ।”
And his mother’s brethren spoke of him to all the men of Sichem, all these words, and they inclined their hearts after Abimelech, saying: He is our brother:
4 उनीहरूले तिनलाई बाल-बरीतको मन्दिरबाट चाँदीका सत्तरीवटा सिक्का दिए र अबीमेलेकले ती सिक्काले हुर्दुङ्गे र साहसी मानिसहरू भाडामा लिए, जो तिनको पछि लागे ।
And they gave him seventy weight of silver out of the temple of Baalberith: wherewith he hired to himself men that were needy, and vagabonds, and they followed him.
5 अबीमेलेक ओप्रामा आफ्ना बुबाको घरमा गए, र तिनले एउटा ढुङ्गामा आफ्ना सत्तरी जना दाजुभाइ, यरूब-बालका छोराहरूलाई मारे । यरूब-बालका कान्छा छोरा, योताममात्र बाँकी रहे, किनभने उनी लुकेका थिए ।
And he came to his father’s house in Ephra, and slew his brethren the sons of Jerobaal, seventy men, upon one stone: and there remained only Joatham the youngest son of Jerobaal, who was hidden.
6 शकेम र बेथ-मिल्लोका सबै अगुवाहरू एकसाथ भेला भए, र शकेममा रहेको ठुलो रूखको छेउको खम्बामा अबीमेलेकलाई राजा बनाए ।
And all the men of Sichem were gathered together, and all the families of the city of Mello: and they went and made Abimelech king, by the oak that stood in Sichem.
7 जब योतमलाई यो कुराको बारेमा सुनाइयो, तिनी गए र गिरीज्जीम डाँडाको चुचुरामा खडा भए । तिनले ठुलो सोरमा कराएर भने, “ए शकेमका अगुवाहरू हो, मेरो कुरा सुन, ताकि परमेश्वरले तिमीहरूलाई सुनून् ।
This being told to Joatham, he went and stood on the top of mount Garizim: and lifting up his voice, he cried, and said: Hear me, ye men of Sichem, so may God hear you.
8 एकपल्ट रूखहरूले आफ्नो निम्ति एउटा राजा अभिषेक गर्नको निम्ति निस्के । अनि तिनीहरूले जैतूनको रूखलाई भने, ‘हामीमाथि राज्य गर्नुहोस् ।’
The trees went to anoint a king over them: and they said to the olive tree: Reign thou over us.
9 तर जैतूनको रूखले तिनीहरूलाई भने, ‘के देवताहरू र मानवजातिलाई सम्मान दिने मेरो तेललाई त्यागेर, अरू रूखहरूमाथि राज्य गर्न म फर्केर जाऊँ?’
And it answered: Can I leave my fatness, which both gods and men make use of, to come to be promoted among the trees?
10 ती रूखहरूले नेभाराको रूखलाई भने, ‘आउनुहोस् र हामीमाथि राज्य गर्नुहोस् ।’
And the trees said to the fig tree: Come thou and reign over us.
11 तर नेभाराको रूखले तिनीहरूलाई भने, ‘के मैले मेरो गुलियोपन र मेरो असल फललाई त्यागेर अरू रूखहरूमाथि राज्य गर्न म फर्केर जाऊँ?’
And it answered them: Can I leave my sweetness, and my delicious fruits, and go to be promoted among the other trees?
12 ती रूखहरूले दाखको बोटलाई भने, ‘आउनुहोस् र हामीमाथि राज्य गर्नुहोस् ।’
And the trees said to the vine: Come thou and reign over us.
13 दाखको बोटले तिनीहरूलाई भने, ‘के देवताहरू र मानवजातिलाई खुशी तुल्याउने मेरो नयाँ दाखमद्यलाई त्यागेर अरू रूखहरूमाथि राज्य गर्न म फर्केर जाऊँ?’
And it answered them: Can I forsake my wine, that cheereth God and men, and be promoted among the other trees?
14 अनि ती सबै रूखहरूले काँढाको झाडीलाई भने, ‘आउनुहोस् र हामीमाथि राज्य गर्नुहोस् ।’
And all the trees said to the bramble: Come thou and reign over us.
15 त्यस काँढाको झाडीले रूखहरूलाई भन्यो, ‘तिमीहरू साँच्चै नै मलाई तिमीहरूमाथि राजा अभिषेक गर्न चाहन्छौ भने, आओ र मेरो छहारीमुनि सुरक्षित भएर बस । होइन भने, काँढाको झाडीबाट आगो बाहिर निस्कोस् र लेबनानका देवदारुहरूलाई त्यसले भस्म पारोस् ।’
And it answered them: If indeed you mean to make me king, come ye and rest under my shadow: but if you mean it not, let fire come out from the bramble, and devour the cedars of Libanus.
16 अब यसकारण, के तिमीहरूले अबीमेलेकलाई राजा बनाएर सत्यता र इमान्दारितामा काम गरेका छौ, र तिमिहरूले यरूब-बाल र उनका घरानालाई ठिक व्यवहार गरेका छौ, र उनले पाउन योग्य दण्ड तिमीहरूले उनलाई दिएका छौ भने,
Now therefore if you have done well, and without sin in appointing Abimelech king over you, and have dealt well with Jerobaal, and with his house, and have made a suitable return for the benefits of him, who fought for you,
17 र मेरा बुबाले तिमीहरूका निम्ति युद्ध लडेका, आफ्नो प्राणलाई जोखिममा पारेका, र मिद्दानीहरूका हातबाट तिमीहरूलाई बचाएका कुरालाई विचार गरेका छौ भने,
And exposed his life to dangers, to deliver you from the hands of Madian,
18 तर तिमीहरू त मेरा बुबाका घरानाका विरुद्धमा उठेका छौ र उनका सत्तरी जना छोराहरूलाई एउटै ढुङ्गामा मारेका छौ । अनि तिमीहरूले उनकी कमारीको छोरो, अबीमेलेकलाई शकेमका अगुवाहरूमाथि राजा तुल्याएका छौ, किनभने त्यो तिमीहरूको नातेदार हो ।
And you are now risen up against my father’s house, and have killed his sons seventy men upon one stone, and have made Abimelech the son of his handmaid king over the inhabitants of Sichem, because he is your brother:
19 तिमीहरूले यरूब-बाल र उनको घरानासँग इमान्दारिता र सत्यतामा व्यवहार गरेका भए, तिमीहरू अबीमेलेकमा खुशी रहो, र ऊ पनि तिमीहरूसँग खुशी रहोस् ।
If therefore you have dealt well, and without fault with Jerobaal, and his house, rejoice ye this day in Abimelech, and may he rejoice in you.
20 तर होइन भने, अबीमेलेकबाट आगो बाहिर निस्कोस्, र शकेम र बेथ-मिल्लोका मानिसहरूलाई भस्म पारोस् । अनि शकेम र बेथ-मिल्लोका मानिसहरूबाट अबीमेलेकलाई भस्म पार्न आगो बाहिर आओस् ।”
But if unjustly: let fire come out from him, and consume the inhabitants of Sichem, and the town of Mello: and let fire come out from the men of Sichem, and from the town of Mello, and devour Abimelech.
21 योताम भागेर बेअरमा गए । उनी त्यहाँ बसे किनभने त्यो ठाउँ उनको दाजु अबीमेलेकबाट धेरै टाढा थियो ।
And when he had said thus he fled, and went into Bera: and dwelt there for fear of Abimelech his brother.
22 अबीमेलेकले इस्राएलमाथि तिन वर्षसम्म राज्य गरे ।
So Abimelech reigned over Israel for three years.
23 परमेश्वरले अबीमेलेक र शकेमका अगुवाहरूबिच एउटा दुष्ट आत्मा पठाउनुभयो । शकेमका अगुवाहरूले अबीमेलेकप्रतिको विश्वासमा धोका दिए ।
And the Lord sent a very evil spirit between Abimelech and the inhabitants of Sichem: who began to detest him,
24 यरूब-बालका सत्तरी जना छोराको हत्याको बदलास्वरूप, र तिनीहरूका हत्याको निम्ति तिनीहरूका भाइ अबीमेलेक दोषी होस्, र तिनीहरूलाई मार्नको निम्ति शकेमका मानिसहरूले उनलाई सहायता गरेका हुनाले तिनीहरू दोषी होऊन् भनेर परमेश्वरले यस्तो गर्नुभयो ।
And to leave the crime of the murder of the seventy sons of Jerobaal, and the shedding of their blood upon Abimelech their brother, and upon the rest of the princes of the Sichemites, who aided him.
25 यसैले शकेमका अगुवाहरूले पहाडका चुचुराहरूमा उनलाई आक्रमण गर्न मानिसहरू कुरुवा राखे, र त्यो बाटो भएर हिंड्ने सबैलाई तिनीहरूले लुटे । यस बारेमा अबीमेलेकलाई भनियो ।
And they set an ambush against him on the top of the mountains: and while they waited for his coming, they committed robberies, taking spoils of all that passed by: and it was told Abimelech.
26 एबेदका छोरा गाल आफ्ना नातेदारहरूसँग आए र तिनीहरू शकेममा गए । शकेमका अगुवाहरूले तिनीमाथि भरोसा गर्थे ।
And Gaal the son of Obed came with his brethren, and went over to Sichem. And the inhabitants of Sichem taking courage at his coming,
27 तिनीहरू बाहिर खेतमा गए र दाखका बोटहरूबाट दाखहरू बटुले, र तिनीहरूलाई कुल्चे । आफ्ना देवताहरूका मन्दिरमा तिनीहरूले एउटा चाड मनाए, र त्यहाँ तिनीहरूले खाए र पिए, र तिनीहरूले अबीमेलेकलाई सरापे ।
Went out into the fields, wasting the vineyards, and treading down the grapes: and singing and dancing they went into the temple of their god, and in their banquets and cups they cursed Abimelech.
28 एबेदका छोरा गालले भने, “अबीमेलेक को हो, र शकेम को हो, कि हामीले त्यसको सेवा गर्नुपर्ने? के त्यो यरूब-बालको छोरा होइन? के जबूल त्यसको अधिकारी होइन? हामीले किन शकेमका पिता हमोरका मानिसहरूको सेवा गर्नुपर्ने? हामीले किन अबीमेलेकको सेवा गर्ने?
And Gaal the son of Obed cried: Who is Abimelech, and what is Sichem, that we should serve him? Is he not the son of Jerobaal, and hath made Zebul his servant ruler over the men of Emor the father of Sichem? Why then shall we serve him?
29 यी मानिसहरू मेरो कमाण्डमा भएदेखि म अबीमेलेकलाई हटाइदिनेथिएँ । मैले अबीमेलेकलाई भन्नेथिएँ, ‘तेरो सबै सेनालाई बाहिर बोला ।’”
Would to God that some man would put this people under my hand, that I might remove Abimelech out of the way. And it was said to Abimelech: Gather together the multitude of an army, and come.
30 जब सहरका अधिकारी जबूलले एबेदका छोरा गालले भनेका कुरा सुने, तब तिनी रिसले चूर भए ।
For Zebul the ruler of the city, hearing the words of Gaal, the son of Obed, was very angry,
31 तिनले धोका दिने उद्देश्यले अबीमेलेककहाँ दूतकहरू पठाए, र यसो भन्न लगाए, “हेर्नुहोस्, एबेदका छोरा गाल र तिनका नातेदारहरू शकेममा आउँदैछन्, र तिनीहरूले सहरलाई तपाईंका विरुद्ध उचाल्दैछन् ।
And sent messengers privately to Abimelech, saying: Behold Gaal the son of Obed is come into Sichem with his brethren, and endeavoureth to set the city against thee.
32 अब, तपाईं र तपाईंका सेनाहरू रातको समयमा उठ्नुहोस्, र मैदानमा आक्रमण गर्नलाई तयार बस्नुहोस् ।
Arise therefore in the night with the people that is with thee and he hid in the field:
33 अनि बिहान, घाम उदाउने बित्तिकै, उठ्नुहोस् र सहरमा आक्रमण गर्नुहोस् । जब तिनी र तिनीसँग भएका मानिसहरू तपाईंको विरुद्धमा बाहिर आउँछन्, तब तिनीहरूलाई के गर्नुपर्छ त्यो गर्नुहोस् ।”
And betimes in the morning at sun rising set upon the city. And when he shall come out against thee with his people, do to him what thou shalt be able.
34 यसैकारण अबीमेलेक, र उनीसँग भएका सबै मानिस रातको समयमा उठे, र शकेमलाई आक्रमण गर्नको निम्ति चार समुहमा विभाजित भई ढुकेर बसे ।
Abimelech therefore arose with all his army by night, and laid ambushes near Sichem in four places.
35 एबेदका छोरा गाल बाहिर निस्के र सहरको ढोकामा खडा भए । अबीमेलेक र उनीसँग भएका मानिसहरू तिनीहरू लुकिरहेका ठाउँबाट बाहिर निस्के ।
And Gaal the son of Obed went out, and stood in the entrance of the gate of the city. And Abimelech rose up, and all his army with him from the places of the ambushes.
36 जब गालले मानिसहरूलाई देखे, उनले जबूललाई भने, “हेर, मानिसहरू डाँडाका चुचुराबाट तल आउँदैछन्!” जबूलले तिनलाई भने, “तिमीले जे देख्दैछौ त्यो मानिसहरूजस्ता डाँडाका छाया हुन् ।”
And when Gaal saw the people, he said to Zebul: Behold a multitude cometh down from the mountains. And he answered him: Thou seest the shadows of the mountains as if they were the heads of men, and this is thy mistake.
37 गालले फेरि बोले र यसो भने, “हेर, मानिसहरू तल मैदानको बिचमा आइरहेका छन् र एउटा समुहचाहिं जोखना हेर्नेको रूखको बाटो हुँदै आउँदैछ ।”
Again Gaal said: Behold there cometh people down from the middle of the land, and one troop cometh by the way that looketh towards the oak.
38 अनि जबूलले तिनलाई भने, “तिम्रा घमण्डपूर्ण कुराहरू अब कहाँ छन्? तिमीले भन्थ्यौ, ‘अबीमेलेक को हो र हामीले किन त्यसको सेवा गर्नुपर्ने?’ तिमीले तुच्छ ठानेका मानिसहरू यी नै होइनन्? अब बाहिर जाऊ र तिनीहरूका विरुद्ध युद्ध लड ।”
And Zebul said to him: Where is now thy mouth wherewith thou saidst? Who is Abimelech that we should serve him? Is not this the people which thou didst despise? Go out, and fight against him.
39 गाल बाहिर निस्के र तिनी शकेमका मानिसहरूका अगि-अगि गए, र तिनले अबीमेलेकसँग युद्ध लडे ।
So Gaal went out in the sight of the people of Sichem, and fought against Abimelech,
40 अबीमेलेकले तिनलाई खेदे र गाल तिनको सामुबाट भागे । सहरको ढोकामा धेरै जना घाइते भएर मरे ।
Who chased and put him to flight, and drove him to the city: and many were slain of his people, even to the gate of the city:
41 अबीमेलेक अरूमाहमा बसे । जबूलले गाल र तिनका नातेदारहरूललाई शकेमबाट बाहिर निकाले ।
And Abimelech sat down in Ruma: but Zebul drove Gaal, and his companions out of the city, and would not suffer them to abide in it.
42 अर्को दिन शकेमका मानिसहरू मैदानमा निस्के, र यस कुराको जानकारी अबीमेलेकलाई दिइयो ।
So the day following the people went out into the field. And it was told Abimelech.
43 तिनले आफ्ना मानिसहरू लिए, उनीहरूलाई तिन समुहमा बाँडे, र तिनीहरू मैदानमा आक्रमण गर्नलाई ढुकेर बसे । उनले हेरे र सहरबाट मानिसहरू बाहिर आइरहेका देखे, र उनले आक्रमण गरे र तिनीहरूलाई मारे ।
And he took his army, and divided it into three companies, and laid ambushes in the fields. And seeing that the people came out of the city, he arose and set upon them,
44 अबीमेलेक र उनीसँग भएका समुहहरूले आक्रमण गरेर सहरको ढोकालाई थुनिदिए । अरू दुई समुहले भने मैदानमा भएकाहरू सबैलाई आक्रमण गरे र तिनीहरूलाई मारे ।
With his own company, assaulting and besieging the city: whilst the two other companies chased the enemies that were scattered about the field.
45 अबीमेलेक सहरको विरुद्ध दिनभर युद्ध लडे । तिनले त्यो सहरमाथि कब्जा गरे, र त्यहाँ भएका मानिसहरूलाई मारे । तिनले सहरका पर्खालहरूलाई भत्काइदिए र त्यसमाथि नून छरिदिए ।
And Abimelech assaulted the city all that day: and took it, and killed the inhabitants thereof, and demolished it, so that he sowed salt in it.
46 शकेमका किल्लाका सबै अगुवाहरूले जब यो सुने, तब तिनीहरू एल-बरीतको मन्दिरको किल्लामा प्रवेश गरे ।
And when they who dwelt in the tower of Sichem had heard this, they went into the temple of their god Berith where they had made a covenant with him, and from thence the place had taken its name, and it was exceeding strong.
47 सबै अगुवाहरू शकेमको किल्लामा भेला भएका छन् भनेर अबीमेलेकलाई बताइयो ।
Abimelech also hearing that the men of the tower of Sichem were gathered together,
48 अबीमेलेक र तिनीसँग भएका सबै मानिसहरू माथि सल्मोन डाँडातर्फ गए । अबीमेलेकले एउटा बन्चरो लिएर हाँगाहरू काटे । तिनले ती आफ्ना काँधमा बोके र आफूसँग भएका मानिसहरूलाई आज्ञा गरे, “मैले जे गरेको देखिरहेका छौ, छिटो-छिटो त्यसै गर ।”
Went up into mount Selmon he and all his people with him: and taking an axe, he cut down the bough of a tree, and laying it on his shoulder and carrying it, he said to his companions: What you see me do, do you out of hand.
49 यसैले हरेक व्यक्तिले हाँगाहरू काटे र अबीमेलेकको पछि लागे । तिनीहरूले ती किल्लाका पर्खालहरूमा अडाएर थुपारे, अनि त्यसमा आगो लगाइदिए, जसको कारणले शकेमको किल्लामा भएका सबै मानिसहरू, करीब एक हजार पुरुष र स्त्री मरे ।
So they cut down boughs from the trees, every man as fast as he could, and followed their leader. And surrounding the fort they set it on fire: and so it came to pass that with the smoke and with the fire a thousand persons were killed, men and women together, of the inhabitants of the tower of Sichem.
50 त्यसपछि अबीमेलेक तेबेसमा गए, र उनले तेबेसको विरूद्ध छाउनी हाले र त्यसलाई कब्जा गरे ।
Then Abimelech departing from thence came to the town of Thebes, which he surrounded and besieged with his army.
51 तर त्यस सहरमा एउटा बलियो किल्ला थियो, अनि त्यस सहरका सबै पुरुष र स्त्री र सबै अगुवाहरू त्यहाँ भागेर भित्रबाट ढोका थुने । तब तिनीहरू त्यस किल्लाको टुप्पोमा गए ।
And there was in the midst of the city a high tower, to which both the men and the women were fled together, and all the princes of the city, and having shut and strongly barred the gate, they stood upon the battlements of the tower to defend themselves.
52 अबीमेलेक त्यो किल्लामा आए र त्यसको विरुद्ध लडे, र त्यस किल्लालाई जलाउन भनेर तिनी त्यसको ढोकानजिक आइपुगे ।
And Abimelech coming near the tower, fought stoutly: and approaching to the gate, endeavoured to set fire to it:
53 तर एउटी स्त्रीले अबीमेलेकको शिरमा जाँतोको माथिल्लो फक्लेटो झारी र त्यसले तिनको खप्पर फुट्यो ।
And behold a certain woman casting a piece of a millstone from above, dashed it against the head of Abimelech, and broke his skull.
54 त्यसपछि उनले आफ्नो हतियार बोक्ने जवान मानिसलाई झट्टै बोलाए र उसलाई भने, “आफ्नो तरवार झिकेर मलाई मार्, ताकि कसैले मेरो बारेमा यस्तो नभनोस्, ‘एउटी स्त्रीले त्यसलाई मारी ।’” त्यसैले तिनका जवान मानिसले तिनलाई तरवारले छेडिदिए, र तिनी मरे ।
And he called hastily to his armourbearer, and said to him: Draw thy sword, and kill me: lest it should be said that I was slain by a woman. He did as he was commanded, and slew him.
55 जब इस्राएलका मानिसहरूले अबीमेलेक मरेको देखे, तिनीहरू घर फर्के ।
And when he was dead, all the men of Israel that were with him, returned to their homes.
56 यसरी परमप्रभुले अबीमेलेकले आफ्ना सत्तरी दाजुभाइहरूलाई मारेर आफ्ना बुबाको विरुद्ध गरेका दुष्टताको बदला लिनुभयो ।
And God repaid the evil, that Abimelech had done against his father, killing his seventy brethren.
57 परमेश्वरले शकेमका मानिसहरूका दुष्टतालाई तिनीहरूकै टाउकोमा खन्याइदिनुभयो र तिनीहरूमाथि यरूब-बालका छोरा योतामको सराप पर्यो ।
The Sichemites also were rewarded for what they had done, and the curse of Joatham the son of Jerobaal came upon them.
