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 ।

Now in the twenty and fourth day of this month the children of Israel were assembled with fasting, and with sackclothes, and 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 strangers, and stood and confessed 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 place, and read in the book of the law of the LORD their God one fourth part of the day; and another fourth part they confessed, and worshipped 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 upon the stairs, of the Levites, Jeshua, and Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Chenani, and cried with a loud voice to 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 the Levites, Jeshua, and Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabniah, Sherebiah, Hodijah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah, said, Stand up and bless the LORD your God for ever and ever: and blessed be 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, even thou, art LORD alone; thou hast made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth, and all things that are in it, the seas, and all that is in them, and thou preservest them all; and the host of heaven worshippeth thee.

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

Thou art the LORD the God, who chose Abram, and broughtest him forth from Ur of the Chaldees, and gavest him the name of 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 foundest his heart faithful before thee, and madest a covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Jebusites, and the Girgashites, to give it, I say, to his seed, and hast performed thy words; for thou art righteous:

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

And thou sawest the affliction of our fathers in Egypt, and heardest their cry 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 didst show signs and wonders upon Pharaoh, and on all his servants, and on all the people of his land: for thou knewest that they dealt proudly against them. So didst thou get thee 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 thou didst divide the sea before them, so that they went through the midst of the sea on the dry land; and their persecutors thou threwest into the deeps, as a stone into the mighty waters.

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

Moreover thou leddest them in the day by a cloudy pillar; and in the night by a pillar of fire, to give them light in the way in which they should go.

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

Thou camest down also upon mount Sinai, and spoke with them from heaven, and gavest them right judgments, and true laws, good statutes and commandments:

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

And madest known to them thy holy sabbath, and didst command them precepts, statutes, and laws, 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 gavest them bread from heaven for their hunger, and broughtest forth water for them out of the rock for their thirst, and didst promise them that they should go in to possess the land which thou hadst sworn to give them.

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

But they and our fathers dealt proudly, and hardened their necks, 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 refused to obey, neither were mindful of thy wonders that thou didst perform among them; but hardened their necks, and in their rebellion appointed a captain to return to their bondage: but thou art a God ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and forsookest them not.

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

Yea, when they had made them a molten calf, and said, This is thy God that brought thee out of Egypt, and had wrought 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 thou in thy great mercies forsookest them not in the wilderness: the pillar of the cloud departed not from them by day, to lead them in the way; neither the pillar of fire by night, to show them light, and the way in which 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 ।

Thou gavest also thy good Spirit to instruct them, and withheldest not thy manna from their mouth, and gavest them water 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 ।

Yea, forty years didst thou sustain them in the wilderness, so that 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 ।

Moreover thou gavest them kingdoms and nations, and didst divide them into corners: so they possessed the land of Sihon, and the land of the king of Heshbon, and the land of Og 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 ।

Their children also didst multiply thou as the stars of heaven, and broughtest them into the land, concerning which thou didst promise to their fathers, that they should go in to possess 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 ।

So the children went in and possessed the land, and thou didst subdue before them the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, and gavest them into their hands, with their kings, and the people of the land, that they might do with them as they would.

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 took strong cities, and a rich land, and possessed houses full of all goods, dug wells, vineyards, and oliveyards, and fruit trees in abundance: so they ate, and were filled, 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 ।

Nevertheless they were disobedient, and rebelled against thee, and cast thy law behind their backs, and slew thy prophets who testified against them to turn them to thee, and they wrought 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 ।

Therefore thou didst deliver them into the hand of their enemies, who distressed them: and in the time of their trouble, when they cried to thee, thou heardest them from heaven; and according to thy great mercies thou gavest them deliverers, who saved them out of the hand of their enemies.

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 after they had rest, they did evil again before thee: therefore thou leftest them in the hand of their enemies, so that they had the dominion over them: yet when they returned, and cried to thee, thou heardest them from heaven; and many times didst thou deliver them according to thy mercies;

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 didst testify against them, that thou mightest bring them again to thy law: yet they dealt proudly, and hearkened not to thy commandments, but sinned against thy judgments, (which if a man doeth, he shall live in them; ) and withdrew the shoulder, 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 many years didst thou forbear over them, and didst testify against them by thy spirit in thy prophets: yet would they not listen: therefore thou gavest them into the hand of the people of the lands.

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

Nevertheless for thy great mercies’ sake thou didst not utterly consume them, nor forsake them; for thou art a gracious and merciful God.

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 ।

Now therefore, our God, the great, the mighty, and the terrible God, who keepest covenant and mercy, let not all the trouble seem little before thee, that hath come upon us, on our kings, on our princes, and on our priests, and on our prophets, and on our fathers, and on all thy people, since the time of the kings of Assyria to this day.

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

But thou art just in all that is brought upon us; for thou hast done right, 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 ।

Neither have our kings, our princes, our priests, nor our fathers, kept thy law, nor hearkened to thy commandments and thy testimonies, with which thou didst testify against 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 ।

For they have not served thee in their kingdom, and in thy great goodness that thou gavest them, and in the large and rich land which thou gavest before them, neither turned they from their wicked works.

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 servants this day, and for the land that thou gavest to our fathers to eat the fruit of it and the good of it, 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 much increase to the kings whom thou hast set over us because of our sins: also they have dominion over our bodies, and over our cattle, 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 sure covenant, and write it; and our princes, Levites, and priests, set their seals to it.