नहेम्याह 9

1 अब उही महिनाको चौबिसौँ दिनमा इस्राएलीहरू भेला भए । तिनीहरू उपवास बस्दै र भाङ्ग्रा लगाउँदै थिए, र तिनीहरूले आ-आफ्ना शिरमा धूलो हाले ।

And on the twenty and fourth day of this month were the children of Israel assembled with fasting, and in sackclothes, and with earth upon them.

2 इस्राएलका सन्तानहरूले सबै परदेशीबाट आफूलाई अलग गरे । तिनीहरू खडा भएर आफ्ना पापसाथै तिनीहरूका पुर्खाहरूका दुष्‍ट कामहरू स्वीकार गरे ।

And the seed of Israel separated themselves from all children of the strangers: and they stood forward and made confession for their sins, and the iniquities of their fathers.

3 तिनीहरू आ-आफ्ना ठाउँमा खडा भए, र पहिलो एक पहरचाहिँ तिनीहरूले परमप्रभु तिनीहरूका परमेश्‍वरको व्यवस्थाको पुस्तकबाट पढे । अर्को पहरमा तिनीहरूले परमप्रभु तिनीहरूका परमेश्‍वरको सामु पाप स्वीकार गर्दै र दण्डवत् गर्दै थिए ।

And they stood up in their standing-place, and read in the book of the law of the Lord their God the fourth part of the day; and another fourth part they made confession, and prostrated themselves before the Lord their God.

4 लेवीहरू, येशूअ, बानी, कादमीएल, शबन्याह, बुन्‍नी, शरेबियाह, बानी र कनानी खुट्किलाहरूका उभिए, अनि तिनीहरूले परमप्रभु तिनीहरूका परमेश्‍वरलाई उच्‍च सोरमा पुकारे ।

Then stood up upon the stairs of the Levites, Jeshua' and Bani, Kadmiel, Shebanyah, Bunni, Sherebyah, Bani, and Kenani, and they cried with a loud voice unto the Lord their God.

5 तब लेवीहरू, येशूअ, कादमीएल, बानी, हशबन्याह, शरेबियाह, होदियाह, शबन्याह र पतहियाहले भने, “खडा भएर परमप्रभु तिमीहरूका परमेश्‍वरलाई सदासर्वदा प्रशंसा चढाओ ।” तिनीहरूले तपाईंको महिमित नाउँलाई धन्यको भनून्, र यो नाउँ हरेक आशिष् र प्रशंसाभन्दा माथि उचालिएको होस् ।

Then said the Levites, Jeshua', and Kadmiel, Bani, Chashabneyah, Sherebyah, Hodiyah, Shebanyah, and Pethachyah, Arise! bless ye the Lord your God from eternity to eternity. And let men bless thy glorious name, which is exalted above all blessing and praise.

6 तपाईं मात्र परमप्रभु हुनुहुन्छ । तपाईंले स्वर्ग, सर्वोच्‍च आकाश, त्यहाँका सबै आकाशीय पिण्ड अनि पृथ्वी र यसमा भएका थोक थोक, समुद्रहरू र तिनमा भएका सबै थोक बनाउनुभयो । तपाईंले नै ती सबैलाई जीवन दिनुहुन्छ, र स्वर्गका समुदायले तपाईंको आराधना गर्छन् ।

Thou indeed art the Eternal One alone: It is thou that hast made the heavens with all their host, the earth, and all that is upon her, the seas, and all that is in them, and thou givest life to them all; and the host of the heavens bow down before thee.

7 तपाईं परमप्रभु परमेश्‍वर हुनुहुन्छ जसले अब्रामलाई चुन्‍नुभयो, र तिनलाई कल्दीहरूको ऊरबाट ल्याउनुभयो, र तिनलाई अब्राहाम नाउँ दिनुभयो ।

Thou art indeed the Lord the [true] God, who didst choose Abram, and bring him forth out of Ur of the Chaldeans, and change his name to Abraham;

8 तपाईंले तिनको हृदय तपाईंको सामु विश्‍वासयोग्य भएको भेट्टाउनुभयो, र तिनका सन्तानहरूलाई कनानी, हित्ती, एमोरी, परिज्‍जी, यबूसी र गिर्गाशीहरूको देश दिने प्रतिज्ञा गर्नुभयो । तपाईंले आफ्नो प्रतिज्ञा पुरा गर्नुभएको छ किनकि तपाईं धर्मी हुनुहुन्छ ।

And thou didst find his heart faithful before thee: and thou madest with him the covenant to give the land of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Emorites, and the Perizittes, and the Jebusites, and the Girgashite—to give it to his seed: and thou hast performed thy words; for thou art righteous.

9 तपाईंले मिश्रमा हाम्रा पिता-पुर्खाहरूको दुःख देख्‍नुभयो, र लाल समुद्रनेर तिनीहरूको क्रन्दन सुन्‍नुभयो ।

And thou didst see the affliction of our fathers in Egypt, and their cry didst thou hear by the Red Sea;

10 तपाईंले फारो, तिनका सबै अधिकारी र तिनको देशका सबै जनताको सामु चिन्हहरू र आश्‍चर्यहरू गर्नुभयो किनकि मिश्रीहरूले इस्राएलीहरूको विरुद्धमा अहङ्कारी भएर व्यवहार गरेका थिए भनी तपाईं जान्‍नुहुन्थ्यो । तपाईंले आफ्नो निम्ति एउटा नाउँ राख्‍नुभयो जुन आजको दिनसम्म खडा छ ।

And thou didst display signs and wonders on Pharaoh, and on all his servants, and on all the people of his land: for thou knewest that they had dealt presumptuously against them; and thou didst [thus] make thyself a name, as it is this day.

11 त्यसपछि तपाईंले तिनीहरूकै सामु समुद्रलाई विभाजन गरिदिनुभयो अनि तिनीहरू समुद्रको बिचमा सुक्खा भूमिबाट हिँडेर गए, र तिनीहरूलाई खेद्‍नेहरूलाई तपाईंले उर्लंदो पानी ढुङ्गा फालेझैँ फालिदिनुभयो ।

And the sea didst thou divide before them, so that they passed through the midst of the sea on dry land; and their pursuers didst thou throw into the deeps, like a stone in mighty waters.

12 तिनीहरूलाई बाटोमा यात्राको लागि प्रकाश दिन तपाईंले तिनीहरूलाई दिनमा बादलको खाँबो र रातमा आगोको खाँबोद्वारा अगुवाइ गर्नुभयो ।

And by a pillar of cloud didst thou lead them in the day, and by a pillar of fire in the night, to give light unto them on the way whereon they should go.

13 तपाईं स्वर्गबाट सीनै पर्वतमा ओर्लनुभयो, र तिनीहरूसित बोल्नुभयो अनि तिनीहरूलाई धार्मिक नियमहरू, साँचो व्यवस्था र असल विधिविधानसाथै आज्ञाहरू दिनुभयो ।

Also on mount Sinai camest thou down, and spokest with them from heaven; and thou gavest them upright ordinances, and truthful laws, good statutes and commandments;

14 तपाईंले तिनीहरूलाई आफ्नो पवित्र शबाथ चिनाउनुभयो, अनि तपाईंका दास मोशाद्वारा तिनीहरूलाई आज्ञाहरू, विधिविधानहरू र व्यवस्था दिनुभयो ।

And thy holy sabbath madest thou known unto them, and commandments, statutes, and a law didst thou enjoin on them, by the hand of Moses thy servant.

15 तपाईंले तिनीहरूलाई तिनीहरूको भोक तृप्‍त पार्न स्वर्गबाट रोटी दिनुभयो, र तिनीहरूको तिर्खा मेट्न चट्टानबाट पानी दिनुभयो । तिनीहरूलाई दिन्छु भनी तपाईंले प्रतिज्ञा गर्नुभएको देशमा गएर अधिकार गर्न तिनीहरूलाई आज्ञा दिनुभयो ।

And bread from heaven didst thou give them for their hunger, and water out of the rock broughtest thou forth for them for their thirst; and thou didst order them to go in to take possession of the land concerning which thou hadst lifted up thy hand to give it unto them.

16 तर तिनीहरू र हाम्रा पिता-पुर्खाहरू अटेरी र हठी भए, र तपाईंका आज्ञाहरू सुनेनन् ।

And they and our fathers acted presumptuously, and hardened their neck, and hearkened not to thy commandments.

17 तिनीहरूले सुन्‍न इन्कार गरे, र तपाईंले तिनीहरूका बिचमा गर्नुभएका आश्‍चर्यहरूलाई तिनीहरूले विचारै गरेनन् । तर तिनीहरू हठी भए, र तिनीहरूको विद्रोहमा तिनीहरूले आफ्नो दासत्वमा फर्कन एक जना अगुवा नियुक्त गरे । तर तपाईं क्षमाले भरिपूर्ण, अनुग्रही, दयालु, रिसाउनमा ढिला, अचुक प्रेममा प्रचुर परमेश्‍वर हुनुहुन्छ । तपाईंले तिनीहरूलाई त्याग्‍नुभएन ।

And they refused to obey, and remembered not thy marvelous deeds which thou hadst done with them; but they hardened their neck, and [spoke of] appointing a chief to return to their bondage, in their rebellion; but thou art a God ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, long-suffering, and abundant in kindness, and forsookest them not.

18 तिनीहरूले ढलौटे बाछा बनाएर 'तिमीहरूलाई मिश्रबाट ल्याउने ईश्‍वर यही हो' भनी तिनीहरूले ठुलो ईश्‍वर-निन्दा गर्दा पनि

Yea, although they had made for themselves a molten calf, and said, 'This is thy god that hath brought thee up out of Egypt,' and had practised great provocations:

19 तपाईंले आफ्नो दयामा तिनीहरूलाई उजाड-स्थानमा त्याग्‍नुभएन । तिनीहरूलाई बाटोमा अगुवाइ गर्ने बादलको खाँबोले दिनमा तिनीहरूलाई छोडेन, न त तिनीहरूको यात्राको लागि प्रकाश दिने आगोको खाँबोले रातमा तिनीहरूलाई छोडे ।

Yet in thy abundant mercies didst thou not forsake them in the wilderness: the pillar of cloud departed not from them by day, to lead them on the way; nor the pillar of fire by night, to give them light on the way whereon they should go.

20 तिनीहरूलाई निर्देशन दिन तपाईंले तिनीहरूलाई आफ्नो असल आत्मा दिनुभयो, र तिनीहरूका मुखमा तपाईंले आफ्नो मन्‍न दिन रोक्‍नुभएन, र तिनीहरूको तिर्खा मेट्न तपाईंले तिनीहरूलाई पानी दिनुभयो ।

And thy good spirit thou gavest to make them intelligent, and thy manna thou withheldest not from their mouth, and water thou gavest them for their thirst.

21 चालिस वर्षसम्म उजाड-स्थानमा तपाईंले तिनीहरूलाई भोजन उपलब्ध गराउनुभयो, र तिनीहरूलाई कुनै थोकको कमी भएन । तिनीहरूका लुगा फाटिएनन्, र तिनीहरूका गोडा सुनिएनन् ।

And forty years didst thou provide for them in the wilderness; they lacked nothing; their clothes did not wear out; and their feet swelled not.

22 तपाईंले तिनीहरूलाई राज्यहरू र जातिहरू दिनुभयो, अनि देशका हरेक कुनामा पुर्‍याउनुभयो । तब तिनीहरूले हेश्बोनका राजा सीहोन र बाशानका राजा ओगको देश अधिकार गरे ।

Thou gavest them also kingdoms and nations, which thou didst divide into various corners: and they took possession of the land of Sichon, even the land of the king of Cheshbon, and the land of 'Og the king of Bashan.

23 तपाईंले तिनीहरूका सन्तानहरूलाई आकाशका ताराजत्तिकै अनगिन्ती बनाउनुभयो, र तपाईंले तिनीहरूका पिता-पुर्खाहरूलाई अधिकार गर्न दिन्छु भनी प्रतिज्ञा गर्नुभएको देशमा तिनीहरूलाई ल्याउनुभयो ।

And their children didst thou multiply like the stars of heaven, and then broughtest them into the land, concerning which thou hadst ordered their fathers to enter in to take possession of it.

24 त्यसैले मानिसहरू देशभित्र प्रवेश गरी यसको अधिकार गरे, र तिनीहरूकै सामु त्यस देशका बासिन्दाहरू अर्थात् कनानीहरूलाई तपाईंले अधीनमा ल्याउनुभयो । इस्राएलले इच्छा लागेअनुसार कनानीहरूलाई व्यवहार गरून् भनेर तपाईंले कनानीहरू, तिनीहरूका राजाहरू, देशका जनताहरूलाई तिनीहरूका हातमा सुम्पिदिनुभयो ।

And the children entered in and took possession of the land; and thou didst humble before them the inhabitants of the land, the Cana'anites, and gavest them up into their hands, with their kings, and the nations of the land, that they might do with them according to their pleasure.

25 तिनीहरूले किल्लाबन्दी गरिएका सहरहरू र उर्बरायुक्त देश कब्जा गरे । तिनीहरूले सबै असल थोकहरूले भरिएका घरहरू, पहिले नै खनेका कुवाहरू, दाखबारीहरू, जैतूनका बगैँचाहरू र प्रचुर मात्रामा फल दिने रुखहरू कब्जा गरे । यसरी तिनीहरूले खाएर तृप्‍त भए, अनि मोटाएर तपाईंको महान् भलाइमा तिनीहरूले आनन्द मनाए ।

And they captured fortified cities, and a fat soil; and they took possession of houses full of all good things, hewn-out wells, vineyards, and olive-yards, and fruit trees in abundance; and they ate, and were satisfied, and became fat, and delighted themselves in thy great goodness.

26 तब तिनीहरू अनाज्ञाकारी बने, र तिनीहरूले तपाईंको विरुद्धमा विद्रोह गरे । तिनीहरूले तपाईंको व्यवस्थालाई पिठिउँ फर्काए । तिनीहरूले तपाईंका अगमवक्ताहरूलाई मारे जसले तिनीहरूलाई तपाईंकहाँ फर्कन चेताउनी दिएका थिए । तिनीहरूले ठुलो ईश्‍वर-निन्दा गरे ।

Then became they disobedient, and rebelled against thee, and cast thy law behind their back, and they slew thy prophets who had warned them to bring them back unto thee, and they practised great provocations.

27 त्यसैले तपाईंले तिनीहरूलाई तिनीहरूका शत्रुहरूका हातमा सुम्पिदिनुभयो जसले तिनीहरूलाई सताए । तिनीहरूको दुःखकष्‍टको समयमा तिनीहरूले तपाईंलाई पुकारे, र तपाईंले स्वर्गबाट तिनीहरूको कुरा सुन्‍नुभयो । तपाईंको महान् कृपाको कारण तपाईंले छुटकारा दिनेहरू पठाउनुभयो जसले तिनीहरूलाई तिनीहरूका शत्रुहरूका हातबाट छुटकारा दिए ।

Thereupon thou gavest them up into the hand of their adversaries, who oppressed them: and in the time of their distress they used to cry unto thee, and thou ever heardest them from heaven; and according to thy abundant mercies thou wast wont to give them helpers, who helped them out of the hand of their adversaries.

28 तर तिनीहरूले शान्ति पाएपछि तिनीहरूले फेरि तपाईंको सामु दुष्‍ट काम गरे, र तपाईंले तिनीहरूलाई तिनीहरूका शत्रुहरूका हातमा त्यागिदिनुभयो, अनि तिनीहरूका शत्रुहरूले तिनीहरूमाथि शासन गरे । तथापि तिनीहरू फर्केर तपाईंलाई पुकारा गर्दा तपाईंले स्वर्गबाट सुन्‍नुभयो, र तपाईंको कृपाको कारण धेरै पटक तपाईंले तिनीहरूलाई छुटकारा दिनुभयो ।

But when [once more] they had rest, they did again evil before thee: wherefore thou didst leave them in the hand of their enemies, so that they had dominion over them; and when they returned, and cried unto thee, thou wast wont to hear them from heaven, and thou didst ever deliver them according to thy mercies many times.

29 तिनीहरू तपाईंको व्यवस्थामा फर्कून् भनेर तपाईंले तिनीहरूलाई चेताउनी दिनुभयो । तरै पनि तिनीहरू हठी भए, र तपाईंका आज्ञाहरू सुनेनन् । आज्ञा पालन गर्ने जोसुकैलाई जीवन दिने तपाईंका आज्ञाहरूको विरुद्धमा तिनीहरूले पाप गरे । तिनीहरू हठी बने र अटेरी बने अनि सुन्‍न इन्का गरे ।

And thou gavest them warning to bring them back unto thy law: yet they acted presumptuously, and hearkened not unto thy commandments, and sinned against thy ordinances, which a man is to do that he may live through them: and they rendered their shoulder rebellious, and hardened their neck, and would not hear.

30 धेरै वर्षसम्म तपाईं तिनीहरूसित धैर्यवान् हुनुभयो, र आफ्ना अगमवक्ताहरूमार्फत तपाईंको आत्माद्वारा तिनीहरूलाई चेताउनी दिनुभयो । तरै पनि तिनीहरूले सुनेनन् । त्यसैले तपाईंले तिनीहरूलाई छिमेकी जातिहरूका हातमा सुम्पिदिनुभयो ।

Yet thou gavest them indulgence many years, and didst warn them through thy spirit by means of thy prophets; but they gave no ear: therefore didst thou give them up into the hand of the nations of the lands.

31 तर तपाईंको महान् कृपामा तिनीहरूलाई निमिट्ट्यान्‍न पार्नुभएन, न त पूर्ण रूपमा त्यागिदिनुभयो किनकि तपाईं अनुग्रही र करुणामय परमेश्‍वर हुनुहुन्छ ।

Yet in thy abundant mercies hast thou not made an entire end of them, and thou hast not forsaken them; for a gracious and merciful God art thou.

32 त्यसकारण, अब हे हाम्रा परमेश्‍वर तपाईं महान्, शक्तिशाली र भययोग्य परमेश्‍वर हुनुहुन्छ, जसले आफ्नो करार र अचुक प्रेम राख्‍नुहुन्छ । अश्शूरका राजाहरूको समयदेखि आजको दिनसम्म हामी, हाम्रा राजाहरू, हाम्रा राजकुमारहरू, हाम्रा पुजारीहरू, हाम्रा अगमवक्ताहरू, हाम्रा पिता-पुर्खाहरू र तपाईंका सारा मानिसमाथि आइपरेका यी कठिनाइलाई हलुका नसम्झनुहोस् ।

And now, our God, the great, the mighty, and the terrible God, who keepest the covenant and kindness, let not be esteemed as little before thee all the hardship that hath befallen us, on our kings, on our princes, and on our priests, and on our prophets, and on our fathers, and on all thy people, from the days of the kings of Assyria until this day.

33 हामीमाथि आइपरेका हरेक कुरामा तपाईं धर्मी हुनुहुन्छ किनकि तपाईंले विश्‍वाससाथ व्यवहार गर्नुभएको छ, तर हामीले चाहिँ दुष्‍टतापूर्वक काम गरेका छौँ ।

Nevertheless thou art righteous in all that is come over us; for thou hast acted [according to] truth, but we have done wickedly.

34 हाम्रा राजाहरू, हाम्रा राजकुमारहरू, हाम्रा पुजारीहरू र हाम्रा पिता-पुर्खाहरूले तपाईंको व्यवस्था पालन गरेका छैनन्, न त तपाईंका आज्ञाहरू वा तपाईंले तिनीहरूलाई चेताउनी दिनुभएका तपाईंका करारका आदेशहरूलाई ध्यान दिएका छन् ।

Also our kings, our priests, and our fathers have not executed thy law, and have not listened unto thy commandments and thy testimonies, wherewith thou didst warn them.

35 तिनीहरूको आफ्नै राज्य हुँदा तपाईंले तिनीहरूलाई दिनुभएको विशाल र मलिलो देशमा तपाईंको महान् उदारतालाई तिनीहरूले उपभोग गर्दागर्दै पनि तिनीहरूले तपाईंको सेवा गरेनन्, न त तिनीहरूका दुष्‍ट मार्गहरूबाट फर्के ।

But they in their kingdom, and in thy abundant goodness which thou hadst given unto them, and in the ample and fat land which thou hadst given up before them, did indeed not serve thee, and they turned not away from their wicked deeds.

36 हेर्नुहोस्, हामी दास भएका छौँ । अहिले हामी तपाईंले हाम्रा पिता-पुर्खाहरूलाई त्यसका फलहरू खान र त्यसका असल उब्जनीहरू उपभोग गर्नलाई दिनुभएको यही देशमा हामी दास भएका छौँ ।

Behold, we are this day servants: and as regardeth the land that thou gavest unto our fathers to eat its fruit and its good things, behold, we are servants in it;

37 हाम्रा पापले गर्दा त्यसका प्रशस्त उब्जनीहरू हामीमाथि प्रभुत्व गर्न तपाईंले खटाउनुभएका राजाहरूकहाँ जान्छन् । तिनीहरूलाई इच्छा लागेअनुसार तिनीहरूले हाम्रा शरीरसाथै हाम्रा गाईवस्तुमाथि शासन गर्छन् । हामी बडो कष्‍टमा छौँ!

And it yieldeth its products in abundance for the kings whom thou hast set over us because of our sins; also over our bodies have they dominion, and over our cattle [also] at their pleasure, and we are in great distress.

38 यी सबै कारणले गर्दा हामी लेखेर नै दृढ करार बाँध्दछौँ । छाप लगाइएको दस्तावेजमा हाम्रा राजकुमारहरू, लेवीहरू र पुजारीहरूका नाउँ हुन्छन् ।”

And because of all this, we make a faithful covenant, and write it down; and on the sealed document are our princes, our Levites, and our priests.