जकरिया 1

1 दाराको शासनकालको दोस्रो वर्षको आठौँ महिनामा, अगमवक्ता इद्दोका नाति बेरेक्याहका छोरा जकरियाकहाँ परमप्रभुको यस्तो वचन आय।

In the eighth month, in the second year of [the reign of] Darius, the word of the Lord came to Zacharias, the son of Barachias, the son of Addo, the prophet, saying,

2 “परमप्रभु तिमीहरूका पिता-पुर्खाहरूसँग अत्यन्तै रिसाउनुभएको थियो!

The Lord has been very angry with your fathers.

3 तिनीहरूलाई भन्, ‘सेनाहरूका परमप्रभु यस्तो भन्‍नुहुन्छ: मतिरफर्क!- परमप्रभु घोषणा गर्नुहुन्छ- र म तिमीहरूतिर फर्कनेछु, सेनाहरूका परमप्रभु भन्‍नुहुन्छ ।

And you shall say to them, Thus says the Lord Almighty: Turn to me, says the Lord of hosts, and I will turn to you, says the Lord of hosts.

4 तिमीहरूका पिता-पुर्खाहरूझैँ नहोओ जसलाई अगमवक्ताहरूले यस्तो भनेका थिए, “सेनाहरूका परमप्रभु यस्तो भन्‍नुहुन्छ: तिमीहरूका खराब मार्गहरू र दुष्‍ट कामहरूबाट फर्क!” तर तिनीहरूले सुनेनन् र मलाई ध्यान दिएनन् - परमप्रभु घोषणा गर्नुहुन्छ ।’”

And be you not as your fathers, whom the prophets before charged, saying, Thus says the Lord Almighty: Turn you from your evil ways, and from your evil practices: but they listened not, and attended not to listen to me, says the Lord.

5 तिमीहरूका पिता-पुर्खाहरू कहाँ छन्? अगमवक्ताहरू कहाँ छन्, के तिनीहरूयहाँ सधैँ रहन्छन्?

Where are your fathers, and the prophets? Will they live for ever?

6 तर मैले मेरा दास अगमवक्ताहरूलाई आज्ञा गरेका मेरा वचन र निर्णयहरूले के तिमीहरूका पिता-पुर्खाहरूलाई उछिनेकाछैनन् र? यसैकारण तिनीहरूले पाश्‍चाताप गरे र भने, ‘हाम्रा चाल र कामहरूअनुसारसुहाउँदो सेनाहरूका परमप्रभुले हामीसँग जस्तो व्यवहार गर्ने योजना गर्नुभयो, उहाँले हामीसित त्यस्तै गर्नुभएको छ ।’”

But do you receive my words and mine ordinances, all that I command by my Spirit to my servants the prophets, who lived in the days of your fathers; and they answered and said, As the Lord Almighty determined to do to us, according to our ways, and according to our practices, so has he done to us.

7 दाराको शासनकालको दोस्रो वर्षको एघारौँ महिनाको चौबिसौँ दिन, अर्थात् शेबातको महिनामा, अगमवक्ता इद्दोका नाति बेरेक्याहका छोरा जकरियाकहाँ परमप्रभुको यस्तो वचन आयो,

On the twenty-fourth [day] in the eleventh month, this is the month Sabat, in the second year of [the reign of] Darius, the word of the Lord came to Zacharias, the son of Barachias, the son of Addo, the prophet, saying,

8 “मैले रातमा यस्तो देखेँ! एउटा मानिस रातो घोडामा सवार थिए, र तिनी बेँसीको असारे-फूलका रूखहरूका माझमा थिए, र उनको पछाडि रातो, रातो-खैरो, र सेतो घोडाहरू थिए ।”

I saw by night, and behold a man mounted on a red horse, and he stood between the shady mountains; and behind him were red horses, and grey, and piebald, and white.

9 मैले भनेँ, “परमप्रभु, यी कुराहरू के हुन्?” अनि मसँग बोलिरहेका स्वर्गदूतले मलाई भने, “यी कुराहरू के हुन्, म तिमीलाई देखाउनेछु ।”

And I said, What are these, [my] lord? And the angel spoke with me said to me, I will show you what these [things] are.

10 ती असारे-फूलका रूखहरूबिचमा उभिरहेका मानिसले जवाफ दिए, “यी तिनै हुन् जसलाई परमप्रभुले पृथ्वीभरि घुमफिर गर्नको निम्ति पठाउनुभएको छ ।”

And the man that stood between the mountains answered, and said to me, These are [they] whom the Lord has sent forth to go round the earth.

11 असारे-फूलका रूखहरूकाबिचमा बसेका परमप्रभुका स्वर्गदूतलाई तिनीहरूले यस्तो जवाफ दिए, “हामी सारा पृथ्वीभरि धुमिरहेका छौँ । हेर्नुहोस्, सारा पृथ्वी शान्त र आराम गरिरहेको छ ।”

And they answered the angel of the Lord that stood between the mountains, and said, We have gone round all the earth, and, behold, all the earth is inhabited, and is at rest.

12 अनि परमप्रभुका स्वर्गदूतले यस्तो जवाफ दिए, सेनाहरूका परमप्रभु, यरूशलेम र यहूदाका सहरहरूप्रति तपाईंले कहिलेसम्म दया देखाउनुहुनेछैन, जससँग तपाईं सत्तरी वर्षदेखि रिसाउनुभएको छ?”

Then the angel of the Lord answered and said, O Lord Almighty, how long will you have no mercy on Jerusalem, and the cities of Juda, which you has disregarded these seventy years?

13 मसँग कुरा गरेका स्वर्गदूतसँग परमप्रभुले असल शब्दहरू, सान्त्वनाका शब्दहरूमा बोल्नुभयो ।

And the Lord Almighty answered the angel that spoke with me good words and consolatory sayings.

14 यसैकारण मसँग कुरा गरेका स्वर्गदूतले मलाई भने, “उच्‍च सोरमा भन, ‘सेनाहरूका परमप्रभु यस्तो भन्‍नुहुन्छ: म यरूशलेम र सियोनको निम्ति अत्यन्तै डाही भएको छु!

And the angel that spoke with me said to me, Cry out and say, Thus says the Lord Almighty; I have been jealous for Jerusalem and Sion with great jealousy.

15 सुख-चैनमा बसिरहेका जातिहरूसँग म धेरै रिसाएको छु । जब म तिनीहरूसँग थोरै मात्र रिसाएको थिएँ, तिनीहरूले विपत्तिलाई झन् खराब बनाइदिए ।

And I am very angry with the heathen that combine to attack [her]: forasmuch as I indeed was a little angry, but they combined to attack [her] for evil.

16 यसकारण सेनाहरूका परमप्रभु यस्तो भन्‍नुहुन्छ: म यरूशलेममा दयासाथ फर्केको छु । मेरो भवन त्यसभित्र निर्माण हुनेछ र यरूशलेममाथि नाप्ने डोरी तन्काइनेछ, सेनाहरूका परमप्रभु घोषणा गर्नुहुन्छ ।’

Therefore thus says the Lord: I will return to Jerusalem with compassion; and my house shall be rebuilt in her, says the Lord Almighty, and a measuring line shall yet be stretched out over Jerusalem.

17 उच्‍च सोरमा फेरि यस्तो भन, ‘सेनाहरूका परमप्रभु यस्तो भन्‍नुहुन्छ: मेरा सहरहरू फेरि असल कुराहरूले भरिएर पोखिनेछ, र परमप्रभुले फेरि सियोनलाई सान्त्वना दिनुहुनेछ र उहाँले फेरी यरूशलेमलाई चुन्‍नुहुनेछ ।’”

And the angel that spoke with me said to me, Cry yet, and say, Thus says the Lord Almighty; Yet shall cities be spread abroad through prosperity; and the Lord shall yet have mercy upon Sion, and shall choose Jerusalem.

18 अनि मैले आफ्ना आँखाहरू माथि उठाएँ र चारओटा सीङ देखें!

And I lifted up mine eyes and looked, and behold four horns.

19 मसँग बोलिरहेका स्वर्गदूतसँग म बोलें, “यी के हुन्?” उनले जवाफ दिए, “यी ती सीङहरू हुन् जसले यहूदा, इस्राएल, र यरूशलेमलाई तितर-बितर पारे ।”

And I said to the angel that spoke with me, What are these things, [my] lord? And he said to me, These are the horns that have scattered Juda, and Israel, and Jerusalem.

20 अनि परमप्रभुले मलाई चार जना कारीगरहरु देखाउनुभयो ।

And the Lord showed me four artificers.

21 मैले भनें, “यी मानिसहरू के गर्न आएका हुन्?” उनले जवाफ दिए, “यी ती सीङहरू हुन् जसले यहूदालाई तितर-बितर पारे ताकि कोही मानिसले पनि आफ्नो शिर उठाउन नसकोस् । तर ती कारीगरहरु तिनीहरूलाई त्रासित गर्न, र यहूदालाई तितर-बितर गर्नको निम्ति त्यसको विरुद्ध सीङ उठाएका जातिहरूका सीङहरूलाई पराजित गर्न आएका हुन् ।”

And I said, What are these coming to do? And he said, These are the horns that scattered Juda, and they broke Israel in pieces, and none of them lifted up his head: and these are come forth to sharpen them for their hands, [even] the four horns, the nations that lifted up the horn against the land of the Lord to scatter it.