अनुवाद 1
1 १ यार्देन नदीच्या पूर्वेकडील रानात अराबामध्ये सुफासमोर, पारान, तोफेल, लाबान, हसेरोथ व दि-जाहाब यांच्या दरम्यान मोशे सर्व इस्राएलाशी वचने बोलला ती ही.
In this book is written what Moses/I said to the Israeli people. He/I told them these things when they/we were in the desert, on the east side of the Jordan [River]. They/We had set up our tents near [a place named] Suph, between Paran [town on the one side of the river] and Tophel, Laban, Hazeroth, and Dizahab [towns on the other side of the river].
To walk from Sinai [Mountain] to the Kadesh-Barnea [oasis], people usually travel for only eleven days, going by way of the hilly area named Edom.
3 ३ हे मिसर सोडल्यानंतर चाळीसाव्या वर्षी घडले, अकराव्या महिन्यातील पहिल्या दिवशी मोशे इस्राएल लोकांशी हे बोलला, परमेश्वराने जे काही सांगायची आज्ञा केली; ते सर्व त्याने सांगितले.
Forty years after (the Israelis/we) left Egypt, in the middle of January, Moses/I told the Israeli people everything that Yahweh had commanded him/me to tell them.
4 ४ अमोऱ्यांचा राजा सीहोन आणि बाशानाचा राजा ओग यांच्यावर परमेश्वराने हल्ला केल्यानंतरची ही गोष्ट आहे. (सीहोन अमोरी लोकांचा राजा होता. तो हेशबोनमध्ये राहत असे. ओग बाशानाचा राजा होता. तो अष्टारोथ व एद्रई येथे राहणारा होता.)
This was after they/we had defeated Sihon, the king of the Amor people-group, who lived in Heshbon [city], and Og, the king of the Bashan [region] who lived in Ashtaroth and Edrei [towns].
5 ५ परमेश्वराच्या आज्ञेप्रमाणे मोशे आता यार्देनच्या पलीकडे पुर्वेस मवाबाच्या देशात नियमांचे विवरण करू लागला. तो म्हणाला,
Moses/I told them these things while the people were in the Moab region, on the east side of the Jordan [River]. He/I (explained to them/enabled them to understand) God’s laws. This is what he/I said to them:
“Yahweh our God said to us when we were at Sinai [Mountain], ‘You have stayed for a very long time at [the bottom of] this mountain.
7 ७ आता तुम्ही येथून अमोऱ्यांच्या डोंगराळ प्रदेशात जा आसपासच्या सर्व प्रदेशात प्रवास करा यार्देनेच्या खोऱ्यात, अराबाच्या पहाडी प्रदेशात, पश्चिमेकडील उतारावर, नेगेबमध्ये समुद्रकिनारी कनान आणि लबानोन मार्गे फरात या महानदीपर्यंत जा.
So now continue traveling. Go to the hilly area where the Amor people-group lives and to the nearby areas—to the Jordan [River] Valley, to the hilly region, to the western (foothills/hills at the bottom of the mountains), to the desert area to the south, to the [Mediterranean] Seacoast, to all of Canaan land, to the Lebanon [Mountains], and [northeast] to the great Euphrates River.
8 ८ पाहा हा प्रदेश मी तुम्हास देऊ करत आहे जा आणि त्यावर ताबा मिळवा अब्राहाम, इसहाक आणि याकोब या तुमच्या पूर्वजांना व त्यांच्यानंतर त्यांच्या वंशजांना हा प्रदेश देण्याचे परमेश्वराने वचन दिले होते.
Note that I will give that land to you. I, Yahweh, promised to your ancestors Abraham and Isaac and Jacob that I would give it to them and to their descendants. So now go and occupy it.’”
Moses/I also said to the people, “When [we were still at Sinai Mountain], I told your ancestors ‘It is a very big burden/responsibility for me to govern all of you. So I cannot do it by myself.
10 १० आणि आता तर तुमची संख्या कितीतरी वाढली आहे परमेश्वर देवाच्या कृपेने ती वाढून आकाशातील ताऱ्यांइतकी झाली आहे.
Yahweh our God has caused us Israelis to now become as numerous as the stars in the sky.
11 ११ तुमच्या पूर्वजांचा देव परमेश्वर, ह्याच्या कृपेने आणखी वाढून आताच्या हजारपट होवो आणि त्याने कबूल केल्याप्रमाणे त्याचा आशीर्वाद तुम्हास मिळो.
And I hope/desire that Yahweh, the God whom our ancestors [worshiped], will cause us to become 1,000 times as numerous as we are now and that he will bless us just like he promised to do.
But I certainly cannot [RHQ] (solve/deal with) all of your complaints/problems.
13 १३ म्हणून मी तुम्हास सांगितले, आपापल्या वंशातून अनुभवी, ज्ञानी व समंजस व्यक्तींची निवड करा. मी त्यांना तुमचे प्रमुख म्हणून नेमतो.”
So choose some men from your tribes who are wise and who have good sense and who are respected. Then I will appoint them to be your leaders.’
Your ancestors replied, ‘What you have suggested is good for us to do.’
15 १५ म्हणून मी त्या ज्ञानी व अनुभवी व्यक्तींना तुमचे प्रमुख म्हणून नेमले. हजारांच्या समूहावर एक अधिकारी, शंभरांवर एक, पन्नासांवर, दहावर तसेच घराण्यावर अशा या अधिकाऱ्यांच्या नेमणुका केल्या.
So I took the wise and respected men [that your ancestors chose] from your tribes, and I appointed them to be your leaders. I appointed some to (rule/have authority) over 1,000 people, some to have authority over 100 people, some to have authority over 50 people, and some to have authority over ten people. I also appointed other officers from throughout your tribes.
16 १६ या न्यायाधीशांना मी त्यावेळी सांगितले की तुमच्या भाऊबंदांतील वाद नीट ऐकून घ्या. निवाडा करताना पक्षपात करू नका मग तो वाद दोन भावांमधला असो की एखादा मनुष्य व त्याचा भाऊबंद व उपरी यांच्यातील असो. नीतिने न्याय करा.
I instructed/told your leaders, ‘Listen to the disputes that occur among your people. Judge each dispute, including disputes between close relatives and quarrels between your people and people from other countries who live among you.
17 १७ न्याय करताना कोणालाही कमी लेखू नका. लहान मोठ्यांचे सारखे ऐकून घ्या. कोणाचे तोंड पाहून घाबरू नका; कारण न्याय करणे देवाचे काम आहे. एखादे प्रकरण तुम्हास विशेष अवघड वाटले तर ते माझ्याकडे आणा. मी त्याचा निवाडा करीन.
You must (be impartial/not favor one person more than another); you must treat poor people and important people equally. You must not worry about what anyone will think [about how you decide matters], because you will decide matters as God [wants you to]. If any quarrel/dispute is very difficult and you are unable to decide it, bring it to me, and I will decide.’
At that time I also told you other things that you should do.”
19 १९ मग आपला देव परमेश्वर ह्याच्या आज्ञेनुसार आपण होरेबहून पुढे अमोऱ्यांच्या डोंगराळ प्रदेशाकडे निघालो तेव्हा वाटेत तुम्हास ते विस्तीर्ण आणि भयंकर रान लागले ते सर्व ओलांडून आपण कादेश-बर्ण्याला पोहचलो.
“Then, just like Yahweh our God commanded us, we left Sinai [Mountain] and went through that huge desert that was very (dangerous/difficult to travel through), on the road to the hilly area where the Amor people-group live. We arrived at Kadesh-Barnea.
20 २० मी तुम्हास म्हणालो की पाहा, “अमोऱ्यांच्या पहाडी प्रदेशात तुम्ही पोहोचलात आपला देव परमेश्वर तुम्हास हा प्रदेश देत आहे.
I said to your ancestors, ‘We have now come to the hilly area where the Amor people-group live. This is part of the area that Yahweh our God, the one whom our ancestors [worshiped], is giving to us.
21 २१ पाहा हा प्रदेश तुझा देव परमेश्वर याने पुढे ठेवला आहे. पूर्वजांचा परमेश्वर ह्याच्या आज्ञेनुसार तो हस्तगत करा. कचरू नका व कशाचीही भीती बाळगू नका.”
Note that Yahweh our God is giving this land to us. So go and occupy it as he commanded. Do not be (at all/even a little bit) afraid.’
22 २२ पण तेव्हा तुम्ही सगळे मला म्हणालात, “आधी आपण काही जणांना त्या प्रदेशाच्या पाहाणीसाठी पुढे पाठवू म्हणजे ते त्या देशाची माहिती मिळवून आपल्याला कोणत्या मार्गाने जावे लागेल, कोणकोणती नगरे तेथे लागतील याची खबर आणतील.”
But all of your ancestors came to me and said, ‘Before we go, we should [first] send some men there to explore the land, in order that they can return and tell us which will be the best road to go there and what kind of towns are there.’
I thought that it would be good to do that, so I chose twelve men, one man from each tribe.
They went up into the hilly area as far as Eshcol Valley, and they explored all that area.
25 २५ येताना त्यांनी तिकडची काही फळे बरोबर आणली. त्या प्रदेशाची माहिती सांगितली व ते म्हणाले, “आपला देव परमेश्वर देत असलेला देश हा उत्तम आहे.”
They picked some of the fruit that they found there and brought it to us. They reported that the land that Yahweh our God was giving to us is very good/fertile.”
“But your ancestors refused to go [and conquer that land]. They rebelled against what Yahweh our God had commanded them to do, and they would not go into that land.
27 २७ तुम्ही आपापल्या तंबूत जाऊन कुरकुर करत म्हणालात परमेश्वर आमचा द्वेष करतो अमोऱ्यांच्या हातून आमचा नाश व्हावा म्हणूनच आम्हास त्याने मिसर देशातून बाहेर काढले आहे.
Your ancestors [stayed] in their tents and complained saying ‘Yahweh hates us. So he has brought us here from Egypt just to allow the Amor people-group to destroy us.
28 २८ आता आम्ही कोठे जाणार? आमच्या या भावांच्या बातम्यांमुळे घाबरून आमच्या हृदयाचे पाणीपाणी झाले आहे. त्यांच्यानुसार हे लोक धिप्पाड व आमच्यापेक्षा उंच आहेत. तेथील नगरे मोठी असून त्यांची तटबंदी आकाशाला भिडली आहे. आणि तेथे अनाकी वंशाचे महाकाय आहेत.
(Why should we go there?/We do not want to go there.) [RHQ] The men whom we sent there have caused us to become very discouraged/afraid. They have told us that the people there are much stronger and taller than we are and that there are extremely high [HYP] walls around their towns. Also they reported that they saw [giants there that are] descendants of Anak.’
Then I said to your ancestors, ‘Do not be afraid (at all/even a little bit) [DOU] of those people!
30 ३० स्वत: परमेश्वर देव तुमच्यापुढे जात आहे. मिसर देशात तुमच्यासमोर त्याने जे केले तेच तो येथेही करील, तो तुमच्यासाठी लढेल;
Yahweh our God will go ahead of you, and he will fight for you, just like you saw him do for you in Egypt
31 ३१ तसेच रानातल्या वाटचालीतही तुम्ही पाहीले, त्यामध्ये तुमचा देव परमेश्वर तुमच्यापुढे होता. मनुष्य आपल्या मुलाला जपून नेतो तसे त्याने तुम्हास येथपर्यंत सांभाळून आणले.”
and in the desert. You saw how he brought you safely here, like a man would carry his son. [SIM]’
[I reminded them that] he always went ahead of them while they traveled [in the desert]. He directed them by [a pillar of] fire during the night and a [pillar of] cloud during the day. He showed them places to set up their tents. But in spite of what I said, your ancestors would not trust Yahweh our God.
33 ३३ परमेश्वर प्रवासात तुमच्यासाठी मुक्कामाचे ठिकाण शोधायला तसेच रात्री अग्नीत व दिवसा मेघात प्रकट होऊन तुम्हास मार्गदर्शन करायला तुमच्यापुढे चालत असे.
Yahweh heard what they said, and he became angry. He solemnly declared,
35 ३५ “तुमच्या पूर्वजांना शपथ वाहून देवू केलेला हा उत्तम प्रदेश या दुष्ट पिढीतील एकाच्याही दृष्टीस पडणार नाही,
‘Caleb, the son of Jephunneh, will enter the land. He has obeyed me completely. So I will give to him and to his descendants [some of] the land that he explored. He is the only one of all you people who will enter that land. None of these evil people will ever see that good land which I solemnly promised to give to your ancestors.’
36 ३६ यफुन्नेचा मुलगा कालेब मात्र तो पाहील त्याचे पाय या भूमीला लागले आहेत. त्यास व त्याच्या वंशजांना मी ही भूमी देईल. कारण तो परमेश्वराचा खरा अनुयायी आहे.”
37 ३७ तुमच्यामुळे परमेश्वराचा माझ्यावरही कोप झाला. तो म्हणाला, मोशे, “तूही या प्रदेशात प्रवेश करणार नाहीस.
But because of [what] your ancestors [did], Yahweh was also angry with me. He said to me, ‘You also will not enter that land.
38 ३८ पण तुझ्या सेवेस हजर राहणारा, नूनाचा मुलगा यहोशवा तेथे जाईल त्यास तू प्रोत्साहन दे, कारण तो इस्राएलांना देश वतन म्हणून मिळवून देईल.
Joshua, the son of Nun, who is your helper, will enter it. Encourage him, because he is the one who will enable you Israeli people to occupy that land.’
39 ३९ परमेश्वर पुढे आपल्याला म्हणाला, शिवाय आपले शत्रू आपल्या मुलाबाळांना पळवतील असे तुम्ही म्हणालात ती आज जी तुमची मुले बरे किंवा वाईट जाणत नाहीत ती मात्र या देशात जातील आणि त्यांना मी तो देश देईन व ते देश ते हस्तगत करतील.
Then Yahweh said to all of us, ‘You said that your children would be captured by your enemies. Because they are very young, they do not yet know what is good and what is evil. But they are the ones to whom I will give that land, and they will enter it and occupy it.
But as for you, turn around and go back into the desert, toward the (Red Sea/Gulf of Aqaba).’
41 ४१ मग तुम्ही मला असे उत्तर दिले की “आमच्या हातून परमेश्वराविरुध्द पाप घडले आहे आपल्या परमेश्वर देवाच्या आज्ञेनुसार आम्ही वर जाऊन लढू.” मग प्रत्येक मनुष्याने आपली शस्त्रास्त्रे घेतली. आणि तुम्ही डोंगराळ प्रदेशावर चढावयला तयार झाला.
Then your ancestors replied, ‘We have sinned; we have disobeyed Yahweh. So we will go and attack [the people who live in] that land, just like Yahweh our God commanded us to do.’ And each of their men put on his weapons, and they thought that it would be easy to invade the hilly region.
42 ४२ परमेश्वर मला म्हणाला, “त्यांना तेथे सांग युद्ध करू नका. कारण मी त्यांच्या बरोबर नाही. शत्रू त्यांना पराभूत करेल.”
But Yahweh said to me, ‘Tell them, “Do not go up there and attack those people, because I will not go with you. If you go, your enemies will defeat you.”’
43 ४३ त्याप्रमाणे तुम्हास मी सांगितले. पण तुम्ही ऐकले नाही. तुम्ही परमेश्वराची आज्ञा पाळली नाही. आणि धिटाई करून त्या डोंगराळ प्रदेशात चढाई करून गेलात.
So I told that to your ancestors, but they would not heed what I said. They [again] rebelled against what Yahweh commanded them to do. Their soldiers proudly/arrogantly marched up into that hilly region.
44 ४४ तेव्हा तेथील अमोरी तुमच्याशी सामना करायला सामोरे आले. आणि चवताळलेल्या मधमाश्यांप्रमाणे त्यांनी सेईर देशातील हर्मापर्यंत तुम्हास पिटाळून लावले.
Then the men of the Amor people-group who lived in that region came out [of their towns] and attacked those soldiers. They pursued your ancestors’ soldiers like [a swarm of] bees pursues people, and they pursued them [south] from the Edom area and defeated them at Hormah [city].
So your ancestors went back [to Kadesh-Barnea] and cried out to request Yahweh [to help them], but he did not heed them. He did not pay any attention to them [DOU].
So we stayed there at Kadesh-Barnea for a long time.”
