प्रेरित 13

1 एन्टिओखियाको सभामा त्यहाँ केही अगमवक्‍ताहरू र शिक्षकहरू थिए । तिनीहरूमा बारनाबास, सिमियोन (जसलाई नाइजर भनिन्‍थ्यो), कुरेनीका लुसियस मनेन (जो पालनपोषण गरेर हेरोदसँगै हुर्किएका भाइ) र शाऊल थिए ।

Now in the assembly that was at Antioch there were some prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Simeon who was called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen the foster brother of Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.

2 जब तिनीहरू उपवाससहित आराधना गरिरहेका थिए, पवित्र आत्माले भन्‍नुभयो, “शाऊल र बारनाबासलाई मेरो निम्ति अलग गर जुन काम गर्नका निम्ति मैले तिनीहरूलाई बोलाएको छु ।”

As they served the Lord and fasted, the Holy Spirit said, “Separate Barnabas and Saul for me, for the work to which I have called them.”

3 सभाले उपवास प्रार्थना गरिसकेपछि, र तिनीहरूले यी मानिसहरूमाथि हातहरू राखेर प्रार्थना गरे र उनीहरूलाई पठाइदिए ।

Then, when they had fasted and prayed and laid their hands on them, they sent them away.

4 त्यसकारण पवित्र आत्माको आज्ञा शाऊल र बारनाबासले माने र तल सिलुसियामा गए, अनि त्यहाँबाट जहाज चढी साइप्रसको टापुतिर गए ।

So, being sent out by the Holy Spirit, they went down to Seleucia. From there they sailed to Cyprus.

5 सलामिस सहरमा हुँदा, उनीहरूले यहूदीहरूको सभाघरमा वचन घोषणा गरे र सहायताका लागि यूहन्‍ना मर्कूस पनि उनीहरूसँगै थिए ।

When they were at Salamis, they proclaimed God’s word in the Jewish synagogues. They also had John as their attendant.

6 उनीहरू पुरै टापु पार गरेर पाफोस पुगेपछि एक जना जादुगर यहूदी झुटा अगमवक्‍तालाई भेट्टाए, जसको नाउँ बार येशू थियो ।

When they had gone through the island to Paphos, they found a certain sorcerer, a false prophet, a Jew whose name was Bar Jesus,

7 यो जादुगर त्यहाँको प्रान्तीय शासक सर्गियस पौलससँग सम्बन्धित थियो, जो एक विद्वान मानिस थिए । उनले शाऊल र बारनाबासलाई बोलाए किनभने तिनी परमेश्‍वरको वचन सुन्‍न चाहन्थे ।

who was with the proconsul, Sergius Paulus, a man of understanding. This man summoned Barnabas and Saul, and sought to hear the word of God.

8 तर इलुमास, ‘‘जादुगर’’ ले तिनीहरूको विरोध गर्‍यो (यसरी नै उसको नाउँ अनुवाद गरिन्छ); उसले प्रान्तीय शासक सर्गियस पौलसलाई विश्‍वासबाट फर्काउन प्रयास गर्‍यो ।

But Elymas the sorcerer (for so is his name by interpretation) withstood them, seeking to turn the proconsul away from the faith.

9 तर शाऊल जसलाई पावल पनि भनिन्छ, पवित्र आत्माले भरिएर, उसलाई एकटक लाएर हेरे

But Saul, who is also called Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit, fastened his eyes on him

10 र भने, तँ शैतानको छोरो, तँ छल र दुष्‍टताले भरिएको छस् । तँ हरेक प्रकारको धार्मिकताको शत्रु होस् । तैले प्रभुको सोझो बाटोलाई बड्ग्याउन कहिल्यै छोड्दैनस्, छोड्छस् र?

and said, “You son of the devil, full of all deceit and all cunning, you enemy of all righteousness, will you not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord?

11 अब हेर्, प्रभुको हात तँमाथि परेको छ र तँ अन्धो हुनेछस् । केही समयका लागि तैँले घाम देख्‍ने छैनस् ।’’ तुरुन्तै त्यहाँ बाक्लो तुवाँलो र अन्धकारले एलुमासलाई ढाक्यो र हात समातेर डोर्‍याइदिऊन् भन्दै यताउति मानिसहरूलाई आग्रह गर्न थाल्यो ।

Now, behold, the hand of the Lord is on you, and you will be blind, not seeing the sun for a season!” Immediately a mist and darkness fell on him. He went around seeking someone to lead him by the hand.

12 प्रान्तीय शासकले जे भएको थियो त्यो देखेपछि उनले विश्‍वास गरे, किनभने उनी प्रभुको शिक्षाबारे चकित भएका थिए ।

Then the proconsul, when he saw what was done, believed, being astonished at the teaching of the Lord.

13 अब त्यसपछि पावल र उनका साथीहरू पाफोसबाट पानीजहाजमा चढी पाम्फिलियाको पर्गामा आए । तर यूहन्‍नाले उनीहरूलाई छोडेर यरूशलेमतिर फर्के ।

Now Paul and his company set sail from Paphos and came to Perga in Pamphylia. John departed from them and returned to Jerusalem.

14 पावल र उनका साथीहरू पर्गाबाट यात्रा गर्दै पिसिदियाको एन्टीओखियामा आइपुगे। त्यहाँ उनीहरू विश्राम दिनमा सभा घरमा गए र बसे ।

But they, passing on from Perga, came to Antioch of Pisidia. They went into the synagogue on the Sabbath day and sat down.

15 अनि व्यवस्था र अगमवक्‍ताहरूका पुस्तक पढिसकेपछि सभाघरका अगुवाहरूले उनीहरूलाई यसो भनेर सन्देश पठाए, “भाइहरू हो, यदि तपाईंहरूसँग यहाँ भएका मानिसहरूको निम्ति कुनै उत्साहको सन्देश छ भने भन्‍नुहोस् ।”

After the reading of the law and the prophets, the rulers of the synagogue sent to them, saying, “Brothers, if you have any word of exhortation for the people, speak.”

16 त्यसकारण पावल उठे र हातले इसारा गर्दै उनले भने, “इस्राएलका मानिसहरू र जसले परमेश्‍वरलाई आदर गर्नुहुन्छ, सुन्‍नुहोस् ।

Paul stood up, and gesturing with his hand said, “Men of Israel, and you who fear God, listen.

17 इस्राएलका यी मानिसहरूका परमेश्‍वरले हाम्रा पितापुर्खाहरूलाई चुनेर र मिश्रदेशमा रहँदा तिनीहरूलाई संख्यामा धेरै बढाउनुभयो र आफ्नो उचालिएको बाहुलीद्वारा तिनीहरूलाई त्यहाँबाट बाहिर निकाल्नुभयो ।”

The God of this people chose our fathers, and exalted the people when they stayed as aliens in the land of Egypt, and with an uplifted arm, he led them out of it.

18 उहाँले झण्डै चालिस वर्षसम्म तिनीहरूलाई उजाड स्थानमा सहनुभयो।

For a period of about forty years he put up with them in the wilderness.

19 कनानमा भएका सातवटा जातिहरूलाई उहाँले नास गरिसकेपछि हाम्रा मानिसहरूलाई तिनीहरूको भूमि आफ्नो उत्तराधिकारका लागि दिनुभयो ।

When he had destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaan, he gave them their land for an inheritance for about four hundred fifty years.

20 यी सबै घटनाहरू हुन चारसय पचास वर्षको अवधिमा भएका हुन् । यी सबै कुरापछि परमेश्‍वरले शमूएल अगमवक्‍ताको समयसम्म तिनीहरूलाई न्यायकर्ताहरू दिनुभयो ।

After these things, he gave them judges until Samuel the prophet.

21 त्यसपछि, मानिसहरूले एउटा राजाको माग गरे, त्यसैले परमेश्‍वरले बेन्यामिन कुलको किशका छोरा शाऊललाई चालिस वर्षसम्मको निम्ति दिनुभयो ।

Afterward they asked for a king, and God gave to them Saul the son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, for forty years.

22 तब परमेश्‍वरले शाऊललाई राजाबाट हटाउनुभएपछि, उहाँले दाऊदलाई तिनीहरूको राजा हुनलाई खडा गर्नुभयो । परमेश्‍वरले यी नै दाऊदको बारेमा भन्‍नुभएको थियो, ‘यिशैका छोरा दाऊद मेरो हृदयअनुसारका मानिस भएको पाएँ र मैले चाहेको हरेक काम उनले गर्नेछन् ।’

When he had removed him, he raised up David to be their king, to whom he also testified, ‘I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after my heart, who will do all my will.’

23 यिनै मानिसका सन्तानहरूबाट उहाँले गर्नेछु भनी प्रतिज्ञा गर्नुभएअनुसार परमेश्‍वरले इस्राएलमा मुक्तिदाता येशू ल्याउनुभएको छ ।

From this man’s offspring, God has brought salvation to Israel according to his promise,

24 येशू आउनुभन्दा अगाडि नै यो हुन थाल्यो, जब यूहन्‍नाले पहिला इस्राएलका सबै मानिसहरूलाई पश्‍चात्तापको बप्‍तिस्माको बारेमा घोषणा गरे ।

before his coming, when John had first preached the baptism of repentance to Israel.

25 जसरी यूहन्‍नाले आफ्नो काम पुरा गर्दै गर्दा उनले भने, ‘तिमीहरू म को हुँ भनी विचार गर्दछौ? म त्यो होइनँ । तर सुन, मपछि एकजना आउँदैहुनुहुन्छ, जसको खुट्टाको जुत्ताको तुना फुकाल्न म योग्यको छैनँ ।’

As John was fulfilling his course, he said, ‘What do you suppose that I am? I am not he. But behold, one comes after me, the sandals of whose feet I am not worthy to untie.’

26 भाइहरू, अब्राहामका वंशका सन्तानहरू, र तपाईंहरूमध्ये जसले परमेश्‍वरलाई आराधना गर्नुहुन्छ, यो मुक्तिबारेको सन्देश हामीहरूलाई नै पठाइएको छ ।

“Brothers, children of the stock of Abraham, and those among you who fear God, the word of this salvation is sent out to you.

27 यरूशलेममा बस्‍नेहरू र तिनीहरूका शासकहरूले उहाँलाई वास्तमै चिनेनन्, न त हरेक शबाथमा पढिने अगमवक्‍ताहरूको आवजलाई नै बुझे । त्यसकारण तिनीहरूले यसरी येशूलाई मृत्यु दण्डको आज्ञा दिएर अगमवक्‍ताको भविष्यवाणीलाई पुरा गरे ।

For those who dwell in Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they did not know him, nor the voices of the prophets which are read every Sabbath, fulfilled them by condemning him.

28 उहाँलाई मृत्यु दण्डका निम्ति कुनै पनि दोष नभेट्टाए तापनि तिनीहरूले पिलातससँग उहाँलाई मार्न माग गरे ।

Though they found no cause for death, they still asked Pilate to have him killed.

29 जब तिनीहरूले उहाँको बारेमा लेखिएका यी सबै कुराहरू पुरा गरे, तिनीहरूले उहाँलाई रुखबाट ओराले र चिहानमा राखे ।

When they had fulfilled all things that were written about him, they took him down from the tree and laid him in a tomb.

30 तर परमेश्‍वरले उहाँलाई मृत्युबाट जीवित पार्नुभयो ।

But God raised him from the dead,

31 गालीलदेखि यरूशलेमसम्म उहाँसँगै आएका मानिसहरूकहाँ उहाँ धेरै दिनसम्म देखापर्नु भयो । अहिले यिनीहरू नै मानिसहरूका लागि उहाँका साक्षी भएका छन् ।

and he was seen for many days by those who came up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are his witnesses to the people.

32 यसकारण हाम्रा पितापुर्खाहरूलाई प्रतिज्ञा गरिएको असल समाचार हामीले तपाईंहरूकहाँ ल्याएकाछौँ ।

We bring you good news of the promise made to the fathers,

33 परमेश्‍वरले येशूलाई मृत्युबाट जीवित पार्नुहुँदा, हामी तिनीहरूका सन्तानहरूका निम्ति उहाँले यी प्रतिज्ञाहरू पुरागरिदिनुभयो । जसरी यो दोस्रो भजनमा पनि लेखिएको छः ‘तिमी मेरा पुत्र हौ, आज म तिम्रो पिता भएको छु ।’

that God has fulfilled this to us, their children, in that he raised up Jesus. As it is also written in the second psalm, ‘You are my Son. Today I have become your father.’

34 उहाँको शरीर नकुहोस् भनी उहाँले येशूलाई मृत्युबाट जीवित पार्नुभयो भन्‍ने तथ्यबारे उहाँले यसरी बोल्नुभएको छ, ‘म तिमीलाई दाऊदको पवित्र र निश्‍चित आशिष् दिनेछु ।’

“Concerning that he raised him up from the dead, now no more to return to corruption, he has spoken thus: ‘I will give you the holy and sure blessings of David.’

35 यसैकारणले गर्दा उहाँले अर्को भजन पनि यसरी भन्‍नुभएको छ, ‘तपाईंले आफ्नो पवित्र जनलाई कुहिन दिनुहुनेछैन ।’

Therefore he says also in another psalm, ‘You will not allow your Holy One to see decay.’

36 किनभने दाऊदले उनको पुस्तामा परमेश्‍वरको इच्छाअनुसार सेवा गरेपछि, उनको मृत्य भयो र उनलाई उनका पितापुर्खाहरूसँगै राखियो र उनको शरीर कुहियो ।

For David, after he had in his own generation served the counsel of God, fell asleep, was laid with his fathers, and saw decay.

37 तर जसलाई परमेश्‍वरले जीवित पार्नुभयो उहाँलको शरीर कुहिएन ।

But he whom God raised up saw no decay.

38 त्यसैले भाइहरू हो, यो कुरा तपाईंहरूलाई थाहा होस् कि यिनै मानिसद्वारा तपाईंहरूलाई पाप क्षमाको घोषणा गरिन्छ ।

Be it known to you therefore, brothers, that through this man is proclaimed to you remission of sins;

39 विश्‍वास गर्ने हरेक उहाँद्वारा सबै थोकहरूबाट धर्मी ठहरिइन्छ, जसबाट मोशाको व्यवस्थाले तपाईंहरूलाई धर्मी ठहराउन सकेको थिएन ।

and by him everyone who believes is justified from all things, from which you could not be justified by the law of Moses.

40 यसैकारण होसियार हुनुहोस्, अगमवक्‍ताले बोलेको यो कुरा तपाईंहरूमाथि आइनपरोस्:

Beware therefore, lest that come on you which is spoken in the prophets:

41 ‘घृणा गर्नेहरू हो, हेर र छक्‍क पर, र नष्‍ट भइजाओ, तिमीहरूको समयमा मैले काम गरिरहेको छु, यदि कसैले तिमीहरूलाईं यसबारे घोषणा गरे पनि तिमीहरू कहिल्यै विश्‍वास गर्ने छैनौ ।’”

‘Behold, you scoffers! Wonder and perish, for I work a work in your days, a work which you will in no way believe, if one declares it to you.’”

42 पावल र बारनाबास त्यहाँबाट जान लाग्दा मानिसहरूले यी नै वचनहरू अर्को विश्राममा आएर बोलिदिनुहोस् भनी तिनीहरूलाई बिन्ती गरे ।

So when the Jews went out of the synagogue, the Gentiles begged that these words might be preached to them the next Sabbath.

43 जब सभाघरको सभा अन्त्य भयो, तब धेरै यहूदीहरू र यहूदी मत मान्‍ने भक्तहरू पावल र बारनाबासको पछि लागे । तिनीहरूले परमेश्‍वरको अनुग्रहमा निरन्तर रहिरहन उनीहरूलाई उत्साह दिए ।

Now when the synagogue broke up, many of the Jews and of the devout proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas; who, speaking to them, urged them to continue in the grace of God.

44 अर्को विश्राममा, लगभग पुरै सहर नै प्रभुको वचन सुन्‍नलाई सँगसँगै भेलाभएको थियो ।

The next Sabbath, almost the whole city was gathered together to hear the word of God.

45 जब यहूदीहरूले भिडलाई देखे, तिनीहरू डाहले भरिए, र पावलले भनेका कुराहरूको बिरुद्धमा बोल्न थाले र उनको अपमान गरे।

But when the Jews saw the multitudes, they were filled with jealousy, and contradicted the things which were spoken by Paul, and blasphemed.

46 तर पावल र बारनाबासले साहससित बोल्दै भने, “परमेश्‍वरको वचन पहिले तपाईंहरूकहाँ नै बोल्नु नै आवश्यक थियो । तपाईंहरूबाट धकेलिएको देखेर आफूले आफैँलाई अनन्त जीवन प्राप्‍त गर्नदेखि अयोग्य तुल्याउनुभएको हुनाले, हेर्नुहोस्, हामी गैरयहूदी तर्फ फर्केनेछौँ । (aiōnios g166)

Paul and Barnabas spoke out boldly, and said, "It was necessary that God's word should be spoken to you first. Since indeed you thrust it from yourselves, and judge yourselves unworthy of consummate (aiōnios g166) life, behold, we turn to the Gentiles.

47 किनभने परमेश्‍वरले हामीलाई यस्तो आज्ञा गर्नुभएको छ, ‘मैले तिमीलाई गैरयहूदीहरूका निम्ति ज्योतिको रूपमा राखेकोछु, र पृथ्वीको अन्तिम छेउसम्म तिमीहरूले मुक्ति ल्याउनु पर्छ ।”

For so has the Lord commanded us, saying, ‘I have set you as a light for the Gentiles, that you should bring salvation to the uttermost parts of the earth.’”

48 जब गैरयहूदीहरूले यो सुने, तिनीहरू खुसी भए र परमेश्‍वरको वचनको महिमा गरे । अनन्त जीवनका लागि नियुक्त गरिएका जतिले विश्‍वास गरे । (aiōnios g166)

As the Gentiles heard this, they were glad and glorified the word of God. As many as were appointed to consummate (aiōnios g166) life believed.

49 त्यस सम्पूर्ण क्षेत्रभरि नै प्रभुको वचन फैलियो ।

The Lord’s word was spread abroad throughout all the region.

50 तर यहूदीहरूले भक्त र महत्त्वपूर्ण स्‍त्रीहरू र साथ-साथै सहरका मुख्य मानिसहरूसँग पावल र बारनाबासको विरुद्धमा अनुरोध गरे । तिनीहरूले पावल र बारनाबासलाई दण्डित गरे उनीहरूलाई तिनीहरूको सहरको सिमाना कटाए ।

But the Jews stirred up the devout and prominent women and the chief men of the city, and stirred up a persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and threw them out of their borders.

51 तर पावल र बारनाबासले आफ्नो खुट्टामा लागेको धुलो तिनीहरूका विरुद्धमा टकटक्याए । त्यसपछि तिनीहरू आइकोनियम सहरमा गए ।

But they shook off the dust of their feet against them, and came to Iconium.

52 अनि चेलाहरू आनन्द र पवित्र आत्माले भरपुर भए ।

The disciples were filled with joy and with the Holy Spirit.