विलाप 3

1 परमप्रभुको क्रोधको लाठोमुनि दुर्दशा देख्‍ने मानिस म नै हुँ ।

I am the man who has seen affliction under the rod of God’s wrath.

2 उहाँले मलाई खेद्‍नुभयो, र उज्यालोमा भन्दा पनि अँध्यारोमा हिँड्न लगाउनुभयो ।

He has driven me away and made me walk in darkness instead of light.

3 निश्‍चय नै उहाँले मेरो विरुद्धमा पटक-पटक र दिनभरि आफ्नो हात पसार्नुभयो ।

Indeed, He keeps turning His hand against me all day long.

4 उहाँले मेरो मासु र छाला गलाइदिनुभएको छ । उहाँले मेरा हाडहरू भाँचिदिनुभयो ।

He has worn away my flesh and skin; He has shattered my bones.

5 उहाँले मेरो विरुद्धमा घेरा लगाउनुभयो, अनि तिक्तता र कठिनाइले मलाई घेर्नुभयो ।

He has besieged me and surrounded me with bitterness and hardship.

6 उहाँले मलाई धेरै पहिले मर्नेहरूजस्तै अन्धकार ठाउँहरूमा बस्‍न लगाउनुभयो ।

He has made me dwell in darkness like those dead for ages.

7 उहाँले मरो चारैतिर पर्खाल लगाउनुभयो । त्यसैले म भाग्‍न सक्दिनँ । उहाँले मेरा साङ्लाहरू गह्रौँ बनाइदिनुभयो,

He has walled me in so I cannot escape; He has weighed me down with chains.

8 र मैले सहायताको लागि पुकारे र चिच्‍च्याए तापनि उहाँले मेरो प्रार्थना थुनिदिनुभयो ।

Even when I cry out and plead for help, He shuts out my prayer.

9 काटिएको ढुङ्गाको पर्खालले उहाँले मेरो बाटो थुनिदिनुभयो । उहाँले मेरा बाटाहरू बाङ्गो बनाइदिनुभयो ।

He has barred my ways with cut stones; He has made my paths crooked.

10 उहाँ आक्रमण गर्न ढुकेर बस्‍ने भालुजस्तो र लुकेर बस्‍ने सिंहजस्तो हुनुहुन्छ ।

He is a bear lying in wait, a lion hiding in ambush.

11 उहाँले मेरा बाटाहरू उल्टो बनाइदिनुभयो । उहाँले मलाई बेसाहारा तुल्याइदिनुभयो ।

He forced me off my path and tore me to pieces; He left me without help.

12 उहाँले आफ्नो धनुमा ताँदो चढाउनुभयो, र मलाई नै काँडको निसाना बनाउनुभयो ।

He bent His bow and set me as the target for His arrow.

13 उहाँले आफ्नो ठोक्रोका काँडहरूले मेरा मृगौला छेडिदिनुभयो ।

He pierced my kidneys with His arrows.

14 म मेरा सबै मानिसका लागि हाँसोको पात्र बनेँ, र दिनभरि तिनीहरूको ठट्टाको निसाना बनेँ ।

I am a laughingstock to all my people; they mock me in song all day long.

15 उहाँले मलाई तिक्तताले भरिदिनुभयो, र ऐरेलु पिउन लगाउनुभयो ।

He has filled me with bitterness; He has intoxicated me with wormwood.

16 उहाँले रोडाले मेरा दाँत पिँध्‍नुभयो, र खरानीमा कुल्चिमिल्ची पारिदिनुभयो ।

He has ground my teeth with gravel and trampled me in the dust.

17 मेरो प्राण शान्तिबाट वञ्चित भएको छ । प्रसन्‍नता के हो भनी मैले बिर्सेको छु ।

My soul has been deprived of peace; I have forgotten what prosperity is.

18 त्यसैले म भन्छु, “मेरो धैर्य नष्‍ट भएको छ, र मेरो भरोसा परमप्रभुमा नै छ ।”

So I say, “My strength has perished, along with my hope from the LORD.”

19 मेरो कष्‍ट र मेरो फिरन्तेपन, ऐरेलु र तिक्ततालाई सम्झनुहोस् ।

Remember my affliction and wandering, the wormwood and the gall.

20 म निरन्तर यसलाई सम्झन्छु, र म मभित्रै हताश भएको छु ।

Surely my soul remembers and is humbled within me.

21 तर म यो स्मरण गर्दछु । त्यसैले म आशा गर्दछुः

Yet I call this to mind, and therefore I have hope:

22 परमप्रभुको अचुक प्रेम कहिल्यै समाप्‍त हुँदैन, र उहाँको दया कहिल्यै अन्त्य हुँदैन ।

Because of the loving devotion of the LORD we are not consumed, for His mercies never fail.

23 ती हरेक बिहान नयाँ हुन्छन् । तपाईंको विश्‍वसनीयता महान् छ ।

They are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness!

24 मैले भनेँ, “परमप्रभु मेरो उत्तराधिकार हुनुहुन्छ ।” त्यसैले म उहाँमा नै आशा गर्दछु ।

“The LORD is my portion,” says my soul, “therefore I will hope in Him.”

25 परमप्रभुको प्रतीक्षा गर्नेहरू, उहाँको खोजी गर्नेहरूका निम्ति उहाँ भलो हुनुहुन्छ ।

The LORD is good to those who wait for Him, to the soul who seeks Him.

26 मौन रूपमा परमप्रभुको उद्धारको प्रतीक्षा गर्नु राम्रो हुन्छ ।

It is good to wait quietly for the salvation of the LORD.

27 आफ्नो युवावस्थामा जुवा बोक्‍नु मानिसको लागि राम्रो हुन्छ ।

It is good for a man to bear the yoke while he is still young.

28 त्यसमाथि यो राखिँदा त्यो एक्लै चुप लागेर बसोस् ।

Let him sit alone in silence, for God has disciplined him.

29 त्यसले आफ्नो मुख धूलोमा लगाओस् । अझै पनि आशा बाँकी हुन सक्छ ।

Let him bury his face in the dust— perhaps there is still hope.

30 त्यसलाई हिर्काउनेलाई त्यसले आफ्नो गाला पनि देओस्, र त्यो निन्दाले भरियोस् ।

Let him offer his cheek to the one who would strike him; let him be filled with reproach.

31 किनकि परमप्रभुले हामीलाई सदासर्वदा त्याग्‍नुहुने छैन,

For the Lord will not cast us off forever.

32 तर उहाँले शोक ल्याउनुभए तापनि उहाँको अचुक प्रेमको प्रचुरतामुताबिक उहाँले दया देखाउनुहुने छ ।

Even if He causes grief, He will show compassion according to His abundant loving devotion.

33 किनकि उहाँले हृदयबाट नै मानव-जातिका सन्तानलाई यातना दिनुहुन्‍न वा कष्‍ट दिनुहुन्‍न ।

For He does not willingly afflict or grieve the sons of men.

34 पृथ्वीका सबै कैदीलाई खुट्टाले कुल्चिमिल्ची पार्ने,

To crush underfoot all the prisoners of the land,

35 सर्वोच्‍च परमेश्‍वरको उपस्थितिमा मानिसको न्यायलाई इन्कार गर्ने,

to deny a man justice before the Most High,

36 कुनै मानिसलाई न्यायबाट वञ्चित गर्नेजस्ता कुराहरू परमप्रभुले अनुमोदन गर्नुहुन्‍न ।

to subvert a man in his lawsuit— of these the Lord does not approve.

37 परमप्रभुले उर्दी नगर्नुभएसम्म कसले बोलेको कुरा पुरा भएको छ?

Who has spoken and it came to pass, unless the Lord has ordained it?

38 के सर्वोच्‍च परमेश्‍वरको मुखबाट नै विपत्ति र राम्रा कुराहरू दुवै आउँदैनन् र?

Do not both adversity and good come from the mouth of the Most High?

39 कुनै जीवित मानिस कसरी गनगनाउन सक्छ? आफ्ना पापको लागि पाएको दण्डको विषयमा कुनचाहिँ व्यक्तिले गनगन गर्न सक्छ?

Why should any mortal man complain, in view of his sins?

40 हाम्रा मार्गको जाँच गरौँ, र तिनलाई जाँचेर परमप्रभुकहाँ फर्कौं ।

Let us examine and test our ways, and turn back to the LORD.

41 हाम्रा हृदय र हाम्रा हात स्वर्गमा हुनुहुने परमेश्‍वमा उठाऔँ, र भनौँ:

Let us lift up our hearts and hands to God in heaven:

42 “हामीले आज्ञा उल्लङ्घन गरेका छौँ, र विद्रोह गरेका छौँ, अनि तपाईंले बिर्सनुभएको छैन ।

“We have sinned and rebelled; You have not forgiven.”

43 तपाईंले आफैलाई रिसले ढाक्‍नुभएको छ, र हाम्रो पिछा गर्नुभएको छ । तपाईंले मार्नुभएको छ, जोगाउनुभएको छैन ।

You have covered Yourself in anger and pursued us; You have killed without pity.

44 कुनै प्रार्थनाले नछेडोस् भनेर तपाईंले आफैलाई बादलले ढाक्‍नुभएको छ ।

You have covered Yourself with a cloud that no prayer can pass through.

45 तपाईंले जाति-जातिहरूका बिचमा हामीलाई फोहोरको थुप्रो र कसिङ्गर बनाउनुभएको छ ।

You have made us scum and refuse among the nations.

46 हाम्रा शत्रुहरूलाई हामीलाई सराप दिन अनुमति दिनुहोस् ।

All our enemies open their mouths against us.

47 आतङ्क र खतरा, उजाड र विनाश हामीमाथि आइपरेका छन् ।

Panic and pitfall have come upon us— devastation and destruction.

48 मेरा जाति नष्‍ट गरिएकाले मेरा आँखाबाट आँसुको धारा बहन्छ ।

Streams of tears flow from my eyes over the destruction of the daughter of my people.

49 मेरा आँखाबाट नरोकिकन, विश्राम नगरीकन आँसु बहन्छ,

My eyes overflow unceasingly, without relief,

50 जबसम्म परमप्रभुले स्वर्गबाट तल हेर्नुहुन्‍न ।

until the LORD looks down from heaven and sees.

51 मेरो सहरका सबै छोरीको कारण मेरा आँखाले मलाई शोकित तुल्याए ।

My eyes bring grief to my soul because of all the daughters of my city.

52 मेरा शत्रुहरूद्वारा मलाई चरालाई झैँ सिकार गरिएको छ । विनाकारण तिनीहरूले मेरो सिकार गरे ।

Without cause my enemies hunted me like a bird.

53 तिनीहरूले मलाई खाडलमा फ्याँके, र मलाई ढुङ्गाले हाने,

They dropped me alive into a pit and cast stones upon me.

54 अनि मेरो शिर ढाक्‍ने गरी तिनीहरूले पानीको बाढी ल्याए । मैले भनेँ, “मेरो अन्त्य आइसकेको छ ।”

The waters flowed over my head, and I thought I was going to die.

55 हे परमप्रभु, खाडलको गहिराइबाट मैले तपाईंको नाउँ पुकारेँ ।

I called on Your name, O LORD, out of the depths of the Pit.

56 “मैले मदतको लागि पुकार्दा तपाईंका कान बन्द नगर्नुहोस्” भनी मैले भन्दा तपाईंको मेरो सोर सुन्‍नुभयो ।

You heard my plea: “Do not ignore my cry for relief.”

57 मैले पुकार गरेको त्यस दिनमा तपाईं नजिक आउनुभयो । तपाईंले भन्‍नुभयो, “नडरा ।”

You drew near when I called on You; You said, “Do not be afraid.”

58 हे परमप्रभु, तपाईं मेरो पक्षमा लड्नुभयो । तपाईंले मेरो ज्यान बचाइदिनुभयो ।

You defend my cause, O Lord; You redeem my life.

59 हे परमप्रभु, तिनीहरूले मलाई गरेका खराबी तपाईंले देख्‍नुभएको छ । मेरो मुद्दाको इन्साफ गरिदिनुहोस् ।

You have seen, O LORD, the wrong done to me; vindicate my cause!

60 तिनीहरूले मलाई गरेका अपमान, मेरो विरुद्धमा रचेका सबै षड्यन्त्र तपाईंले देख्‍नुभएको छ ।

You have seen all their malice, all their plots against me.

61 हे परमप्रभु, तिनीहरूले गरेका निन्दा र मेरो बारेमा भएका तिनीहरूका सबै योजना तपाईंले देख्‍नुभएको छ ।

O LORD, You have heard their insults, all their plots against me—

62 मेरो विरुद्धमा मेरा शत्रुहरूका बोली र अभियोग दिनभरि आउँछन् ।

the slander and murmuring of my assailants against me all day long.

63 तिनीहरू कसरी बस्छन्, र उठ्छन्, हेर्नुहोस् । तिनीहरूका गीतले मेरो ठट्टा गर्छन् ।

When they sit and when they rise, see how they mock me in song.

64 हे परमप्रभु, तिनीहरूले गरेअनुसार तिनीहरूलाई बदला लिनुहोस् ।

You will pay them back what they deserve, O LORD, according to the work of their hands.

65 तपाईंले तिनीहरूका हृदय लज्‍जित पर्न दिनुहुने छ । तपाईंको दण्डाज्ञा तिनीहरूमाथि परोस् ।

Put a veil of anguish over their hearts; may Your curse be upon them!

66 हे परमप्रभु, रिसमा तपाईंले तिनीहरूलाई खेद्‍नुहुन्छ, र स्वर्गबाट तिनीहरूलाई नष्‍ट पार्नुहुन्छ ।

You will pursue them in anger and exterminate them from under Your heavens, O LORD.