Amos 3
1 “You people of Israel, I brought all your ancestors out of Egypt; so listen to what I am saying about you.
ए इस्राएलका मानिस हो, तिमीहरूका विरूद्धमा, मिश्रदेशबाट मैले निकालेर ल्याएको सम्पूर्ण परिवारको विरुद्धमा परमप्रभुले बोल्नुभएको यो वचन सुनः
2 From all the people-groups on the earth, I [chose and] took care of only you. That is the reason that I will punish you for the sins that you have committed.”
“पृथ्वीमा भएका सबै परिवारहरूबाट, मैले केवल तिमीहरूलाई छानेको छु । त्यसकारण तिमीहरूका सबै पापहरूका निम्ति, म तिमीहरूलाई दण्ड दिनेछु ।”
3 Two [people] certainly cannot [RHQ] walk together if they have not [already] agreed [about what place they will start walking from].
सहमत नभएसम्म दुई जना सँगै हिंड्छन् र?
4 A lion certainly does not [RHQ] roar in the bushes/forest if it has not killed another animal. It does not [RHQ] growl in its den if it is not eating [the flesh of an animal that it has caught].
जङ्गलको सिंहले कुनै सिकार नपाउँदा पनि, के त्यो गर्जन्छ र? जवान सिंहले आफ्नो ओडारमा केही फेला नपारेसम्म, के त्यो ङ्यार्रङ्यार् गर्छ र?
5 No one can [RHQ] catch a bird if [he does] not [set] a trap for it. A trap does not spring shut unless some [animal] has not sprung the trap.
चराको निम्ति चारो नराखेसम्म के त्यो भुइँमा भएको पासोमा पर्छ र? पासोले केही कुरा समाउन नपाउँदा पनि के त्यो भुइँबाट माथि उफ्रिन्छ र?
6 [Similarly, all] the people in a city certainly [RHQ] become afraid when [they hear someone] blowing a trumpet [to signal that enemies are attacking]. And when a city experiences disaster, Yahweh is the one who has caused it [RHQ].
सहरमा तुरही बज्यो भने, के त्यहाँका मानिसहरू थर-थर काम्दैनन् र? सहरलाई प्रकोपले नाश गर्दा, त्यो परमप्रभुले नै पठाउनुभएको होइन र?
7 And whatever Yahweh plans to do, he tells his prophets about it.
निश्चय नै परमप्रभुले आफ्ना सेवक अगमवक्ताहरूलाई आफ्नो योजना प्रकट नगर्नुभएसम्म उहाँले केही पनि गर्नुहुनेछैन ।
8 Everyone certainly becomes terrified [RHQ] when they hear a lion roar, and if Yahweh the Lord has given messages [to prophets like me], we certainly must [RHQ] proclaim those messages, [even if they cause people to become terrified].
सिंह गर्जेको छ । को डराउनेछैन र? परमप्रभु परमेश्वर बोल्नुभएको छ । कसले अगमवाणी बोल्दैन र?
9 [I said this to the leaders of Samaria] (OR, [Yahweh said this to me]): Send this message to the leaders [MET] in Ashdod [city] and to Egypt: “Come to the hills of Samaria and see [the way that their (leaders/wealthy people)] are causing people in that city to be terrified, and [the way that they] are causing the people to suffer!”
अश्दोदमा भएका किल्लाहरूमा, र मिश्रदेशमा भएका किल्लाहरूमा यो कुरा घोषणा गर । यसो भन, “सामरियाका पहाडहरूमा आफैलाई भेला पार र त्यहाँ के ठुलो भ्रम छ र के अत्याचार छ त्यो हेर ।
10 Yahweh says that the people there do not know how to do things that are right. Their homes are filled with [valuable things] that they have stolen or [taken] violently [from others].
किनभने ठिक काम कसरी गर्ने सो तिनीहरू जान्दैनन् — यो परमप्रभुको घोषणा हो— तिनीहरूले आफ्ना किल्लाहरूमा हिंसा र विनाश संचित गर्छन् ।”
11 So Yahweh [our] God says that [soon] their enemies will come and tear down their (defenses/high city walls) and take away those valuable things.
यसैकारण, परमप्रभु परमेश्वर यस्तो भन्नुहुन्छ, “एउटा शत्रुले देशलाई घेर्नेछ, र तिमीहरूका गढहरूलाई नाश गर्नेछ र तिमीहरूका किल्लाहरूलाई लुट्नेछ ।”
12 Yahweh has declared this: “When a lion attacks a sheep, [sometimes] a shepherd will be able to snatch from the lion’s mouth only two legs or an ear of the sheep. Similarly, [only] a few people from Samaria will escape, and [they will be able to rescue only] a part of a couch and a part of a bed.”
परमप्रभु यस्तो भन्नुहुन्छः “जसरी गोठालाले सिंहको मुखबाट दुईवटा खुट्टा, वा कानको एक टुक्रामात्र छुटाउँछ, यसरी नै सामरियामा बस्ने मानिसहरूलाई पनि छुटाइनेछ । तिनीहरूसित केवल पलङ्गको एउटा कुना वा खाटको एक टुक्रा मात्र छोडिनेछ ।”
13 The Commander of the armies of angels said this: “Proclaim [this message] about the descendants [MTY] of Jacob:
याकूबका घरानाका विरुद्धमा सुन र गवाही देओ— यो सर्वशक्तमान् परमप्रभु परमेश्वरको घोषणा हो ।
14 When I, Yahweh, punish [the people of] Israel because of the sins that they have committed, I will cause the altars at Bethel [town] to be destroyed; even the projections at the corners of the altars will be cut off and fall to the ground.
“किनभने मैले इस्राएलका पापको दण्ड दिने दिनमा, म बेथेलका वेदीहरूलाई पनि दण्ड दिनेछु । वेदीका सिङहरू काटिनेछन् र भुइँमा खस्नेछन् ।
15 I will cause the houses [that they live in during] the (winter/rainy season) and those [in which they live during] the (summer/dry season) to be torn down. [Beautiful] big houses and houses [that are decorated] with ivory will be destroyed. [That will surely happen because I], Yahweh, have said it!”
म हिउँदमा बस्ने घरलाई गर्मीमा बस्ने घरसँगै नाश गर्नेछु । हस्तिहाडका घरहरू नाश हुनेछन्, र ठुला-ठुला घरहरू लोप हुनेछन् — यो परमप्रभुको घोषणा हो ।”
