< Genesis 21 >

1 And the Lord came to Sarah as he had said and did to her as he had undertaken.
आफूले भन्‍नुभएअनुसार परमप्रभुले सारालाई ध्यान दिनुभयो, र आफूले प्रतिज्ञा गर्नुभएझैँ उहाँले साराको निम्ति गर्नुभयो ।
2 And Sarah became with child, and gave Abraham a son when he was old, at the time named by God.
सारा गर्भवती भइन् र अब्राहामको वृद्ध अवस्थामा परमप्रभुले उनलाई भन्‍नुभएकै समयमा उनको निम्ति एउटा छोरो जन्माइन् ।
3 And Abraham gave to his son, to whom Sarah had given birth, the name Isaac.
आफू र साराबाट जन्मेको आफ्नो छोरोको नाउँ अब्राहामले इसहाक राखे ।
4 And when his son Isaac was eight days old, Abraham made him undergo circumcision, as God had said to him.
परमप्रभुले आज्ञा गर्नुभएझैँ आफ्नो छोरो आठ दिनको हुँदा अब्राहामले तिनको खतना गरिदिए ।
5 Now Abraham was a hundred years old when the birth of Isaac took place.
आफ्नो छोरो जन्मिँदा अब्राहाम सय वर्षका थिए ।
6 And Sarah said, God has given me cause for laughing, and everyone who has news of it will be laughing with me.
साराले भनिन्, “परमप्रभुले मलाई हाँसो दिनुभएको छ; सुन्‍नेहरू हरेक मसँगै हाँस्‍नेछन् ।”
7 And she said, Who would have said to Abraham that Sarah would have a child at her breast? for see, I have given him a son now when he is old.
तिनले फेरि भनिन्, “साराले छोराछोरी हेरचाह गर्नेछे भनेर अब्राहामलाई कसले भन्‍नेथियो र, तर उनको वृद्ध अवस्थामा मैले उनको निम्ति एउटा छोरो जन्माएकी छु!”
8 And when the child was old enough to be taken from the breast, Abraham made a great feast.
त्यो बालक बढ्दै गयो र त्यसले दूध खान छोड्यो, र इसहाकले दूध खान छोडेको दिन अब्राहामले एउटा ठुलो भोजको आयोजना गरे ।
9 And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian playing with Isaac.
मिश्री हागारले अब्राहामबाट जन्माएकी छोरोले ठट्टा गरिरहेको साराले देखिन् ।
10 So she said to Abraham, Send away that woman and her son: for the son of that woman is not to have a part in the heritage with my son Isaac.
त्यसैकारण तिनले अब्राहामलाई भनिन्, “त्यस कमारी स्‍त्री र त्यसको छोरोलाई बाहिर निकालिदिनुहोस्, किनकि त्यस कमारी स्‍त्रीको छोरो मेरो छोरो इसहाकसँगै उत्तराधिकारी बन्‍नेछैन ।”
11 And this was a great grief to Abraham because of his son.
आफ्नो छोरोको कारण यो कुरा अब्राहामको निम्ति धेरै दुःखदायी थियो ।
12 But God said, Let it not be a grief to you because of the boy and Hagar his mother; give ear to whatever Sarah says to you, because it is from Isaac that your seed will take its name.
तर परमप्रभुले अब्राहामलाई भन्‍नुभयो, “त्यो केटो र तेरी कमारी स्‍त्रीको निम्ति दुःख नमान् । यस विषयमा साराले तँलाई भनेकी सबै कुराहरू तैँले सुन्, किनकि इसहाकद्वारा नै तेरा वंशहरूको नाम रहनेछ ।
13 And I will make a nation of the son of your servant-woman, because he is your seed.
त्यस कमारी स्‍त्रीको छोरोबाट पनि म एउटा जाति तयार गर्नेछु किनकि त्यो तेरै वंश हो ।”
14 And early in the morning Abraham got up, and gave Hagar some bread and a water-skin, and put the boy on her back, and sent her away: and she went, wandering in the waste land of Beer-sheba.
अब्राहाम सबेरै उठे, अनि रोटी र पानीको एउटा मशक लिएर हागारको काँधमा राखिदिए । उनले बालकलाई तिनकै साथमा दिएर पठाए । तिनी त्यहाँबाट गइन् र बेर्शेबाको उजाड-स्थानमा भौँतारिन् ।
15 And when all the water in the skin was used up, she put the child down under a tree.
जब मशकको पानी सक्‍कियो, तिनले बालकलाई एउटा पोथ्रोमुनि छोडिन् ।
16 And she went some distance away, about an arrow flight, and seating herself on the earth, she gave way to bitter weeping, saying, Let me not see the death of my child.
त्यसपछि तिनी त्यस बालकबाट केही दुरी (करिब एउटा काँडले पार गर्ने दुरी) मा गएर बसिन् र भनिन्, “मैले यस बालकको मृत्यु हेर्न नपरोस् ।” त्यस बालकबाट केही दुरीमा बसेर तिनले आफ्नो सोर उचालिन् र रोइन् ।
17 And the boy's cry came to the ears of God; and the angel of God said to Hagar from heaven, Hagar, why are you weeping? have no fear, for the child's cry has come to the ears of God.
परमप्रभुले त्यस बालकको सोर सुन्‍नुभयो, र स्वर्गबाट परमप्रभुको एउटा दूतले हागारलाई बोलाएर भने, “हागार, तिमीलाई के कुराले सताइरहेको छ? नडराऊ, किनकि त्यस बालक भएको ठाउँबाट त्यसको सोर परमप्रभुले सुन्‍नुभएको छ ।
18 Come, take your child in your arms, for I will make of him a great nation.
उठ, त्यस बालकलाई उठाऊ, र त्यसलाई उत्साहित गराऊ, किनभने म त्यसबाट एउटा महान् जाति खडा गर्नेछु ।”
19 Then God made her eyes open, and she saw a water-spring, and she got water in the skin and gave the boy a drink.
त्यसपछि परमप्रभुले तिनका आँखा खोलिदिनुभयो, र तिनले पानीको एउटा कुवा देखिन् । तिनी गएर त्यस मशकमा पानी भरिन्, अनि बालकलाई पानी दिइन् ।
20 And God was with the boy, and he became tall and strong, and he became a bowman, living in the waste land.
परमप्रभु त्यस बालकसँग हुनुहुन्थ्यो, र ऊ बढ्दै गयो । ऊ उजाड-स्थानमै बस्थ्यो र एउटा धनुर्धारी बन्यो ।
21 And while he was in the waste land of Paran, his mother got him a wife from the land of Egypt.
ऊ पारानको उजाड-स्थानमा बस्दा, उसकी आमाले उसको निम्ति मिश्रबाट एउटा पत्‍नी ल्याइदिइन् ।
22 Now at that time, Abimelech and Phicol, the captain of his army, said to Abraham, I see that God is with you in all you do.
त्यस समय अबीमेलेक र तिनका सेनापति पीकोलले अब्राहामलाई यसो भने, “तिमीले गर्ने सबै कुरामा परमप्रभु तिमीसँगै हुनुहुन्छ ।
23 Now, then, give me your oath, in the name of God, that you will not be false to me or to my sons after me, but that as I have been good to you, so you will be to me and to this land where you have been living.
यसैकारण अब मसँग यहाँ परमप्रभुको सामु प्रतिज्ञा गर, कि तिमीले म, मेरा सन्तति र मेरा उत्तराधिकारीहरूसँग कुनै छल गर्नेछैनौ । मैले तिमीलाई प्रतिज्ञामा जस्तो विश्‍वसनीयता देखाएँ तिमीले पनि त्यस्तै विश्‍वसनीयता म, र तिमी बसोबास गर्दै आएको यस भूमिप्रति देखाउनू ।”
24 And Abraham said, I will give you my oath.
अब्राहामले भने, “म प्रतिज्ञा गर्दछु ।”
25 But Abraham made a protest to Abimelech because of a water-hole which Abimelech's servants had taken by force.
अब्राहामले अबीमेलेकसँग तिनका नोकरहरूले उनीबाट खोसेका पानीको कुवाको विषयमा पनि गुनासो गरे ।
26 But Abimelech said, I have no idea who has done this thing; you never gave me word of it, and I had no knowledge of it till this day.
अबीमेलेकले भने, “यो काम कसले गर्‍यो मलाई थाहा भएन । तिमीले यस विषयमा मलाई पहिले नै भनेनौ, र मैले यसबारे आजसम्म केही सुनेको छैनँ ।”
27 And Abraham took sheep and oxen and gave them to Abimelech, and the two of them made an agreement together.
यसैकारण अब्राहामले भेडाहरू र गाई-गोरुहरू अबीमेलेकलाई दिए, र तिनीहरूले प्रतिज्ञा गरे ।
28 And Abraham put seven young lambs of the flock on one side by themselves.
त्यसपछि आफ्नो बगालबाट अब्राहामले सातवटा पाठी छुट्‍ट्याए ।
29 Then Abimelech said, What are these seven lambs which you have put on one side?
अबीमेलेकले अब्राहामलाई भने, “तिमीले छुट्ट्याएर राखेको यी सात पाठीको अर्थ के हो?”
30 And he said, Take these seven lambs from me as a witness that I have made this water-hole.
तिनले जवाफ दिए, “यो कुवा मैले खनेको हुँ भनी साक्षी होस् भनेर यी सात पाठी तपाईंले मेरा हातबाट प्राप्‍त गर्नुहुनेछ ।”
31 So he gave that place the name Beer-sheba, because there the two of them had given their oaths.
यसैकारण उनले त्यस ठाउँलाई बेर्शेबा भने किनभने तिनीहरू दुवैले प्रतिज्ञा गरेका थिए ।
32 So they made an agreement at Beer-sheba, and Abimelech and Phicol, the captain of his army, went back to the land of the Philistines.
तिनीहरूले बेर्शेबामा प्रतिज्ञा गरे, र त्यसपछि अबीमेलेक र सेनापति पीकोल पलिश्तीहरूको भूमिमा फर्के ।
33 And Abraham, after planting a holy tree in Beer-sheba, gave worship to the name of the Lord, the Eternal God.
अब्राहामले बेर्शेबामा एउटा झ्याउको बोट रोपे । त्यसपछि उनले अनन्तका परमेश्‍वरको आराधना गरे ।
34 And Abraham went on living in the land of the Philistines as in a strange country.
अब्राहाम धेरै दिन पलिश्तीहरूको भूमिमा परदेशी भएर नै रहे ।

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