यशैया 40
1 तिमीहरूका परमेश्वर भन्नुहुन्छ, “सान्त्वना, मेरा मानिसहरू सान्त्वना ।
COMFORT ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God.
2 यरूशलेमसँग कोमलत भएर बोल । अनि त्यसलाई घोषणा गर, त्यसका युद्ध समाप्त भएको छ, त्यसका अधर्म क्षमा गरिएको छ, आफ्ना सबै पापहरूका निम्ति त्यसले परमप्रभुबाट दोब्बर पाएको छ ।”
Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned: for she hath received of the Lord’s hand double for all her sins.
3 एउटा आवाजले कराउँछ, “उजाड-स्थानमा परमप्रभुको बाटो तयार पार । अरबमा हाम्रा परमेश्वरको निम्ति मुल बाटो सोझो बनाओ ।”
The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make straight in the desert a highway for our God.
4 हरेक मैदानलाई माथि उठाइनेछ, र हरेक पर्वत र डाँडालाई समतल पारिनेछ । खाल्टाखुल्टी जमिनलाई समतल बनाइनेछ र नमिलेको ठाउँहरूलाई मैदान बनाइनेछ ।
Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low: and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain:
5 र परमप्रभुको महिमा प्रकट गरिनेछ र सबै मानिसहरूले एकसाथ यो देख्नेछन् । किनकि परमप्रभुको मुखले यो बोलेको छ ।
And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together: for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.
6 एउटा आवाजले भन्छ, “करा ।” अर्कोले जवाफ दिन्छ, “मैले के भनेर कराउने?” सबै प्राणी घाँस हो र तिनीहरूका विश्वस्तताका करार सबै खेतबारीका फुलजस्तै हो ।
The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field:
7 यसमाथि परमप्रभुको सास पर्दा घाँस ओइलाउँछ र फुल सुक्छ । निश्चय नै मानवहरू घाँसै हुन् ।
The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: because the spirit of the Lord bloweth upon it: surely the people is grass.
8 घाँस ओइलाउँछ, फुल सुक्छ, तर हाम्रा परमेश्वरको वचन सदासर्वदा रहन्छ ।”
The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever.
9 ए सुसमाचार ल्याउनेहरू हो, उच्च पहाड सियोनमाथि जाओ । हे यरूशलेम ठुलो सोरमा कराओ । ए सुसमाचार ल्याउनेहरू हो, आफ्ना सोर उचाल, नडराओ । यहूदाका सहरहरूलाई भन, “तिमीहरूका परमेश्वर यहाँ हुनुहुन्छ!”
O Zion, that bringest good tidings, get thee up into the high mountain; O Jerusalem, that bringest good tidings, lift up thy voice with strength; lift it up, be not afraid; say unto the cities of Judah, Behold your God!
10 हेर, परमप्रभु परमेश्वर विजयी योद्धाझैं आउनुहुन्छ र उहाँका शक्तिशाली बाहुलीले उहाँको निम्ति शासन गर्छ । हेर, उहाको इनाम उहाँसँगै छ र उहाँले उद्धार गर्नुभएकाहरू उहाँको अगि-अगि जान्छन् ।
Behold, the Lord God will come with strong hand, and his arm shall rule for him: behold, his reward is with him, and his work before him.
11 एक जना गोठालोले झैं उहाँले आफ्ना बगाललाई खुवाउनुहुनेछ, उहाँले थुमाहरूलाई आफ्नो बाहुलीमा जम्मा गर्नुहुन्छ र तिनीहरूलाई आफ्ना हृदयको छेउमा बोक्नुहुन्छ, अनि पाठाहरूलाई दूध खुवाउने भेडाहरूलाई कोमल भएर डोर्याउनुहुन्छ ।
He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and carry them in his bosom, and shall gently lead those that are with young.
12 पानीलाई कसले आफ्नो हातमा नापेको छ, आकाशलाई कसले आफ्नो हातले नापेको छ, पृथ्वीको धूलोलाई कसले डालोमा राखेको छ, पहाडहरू वा पर्वतहरूलाई कसले तराजुमा जोखेको छ?
Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?
13 परमप्रभुको मनलाई कसले बुझेको छ, वा उहाँको सल्लाहकार भएर उहाँलाई कसले सिकाएको छ?
Who hath directed the Spirit of the Lord, or being his counseller hath taught him?
14 कसबाट उहाँले कुन बेला सुझाव पाउनुभयो? उहाँलाई कुराहरू गर्ने ठिक तरिका कसले सिकाएको छ, अनि उहालाई कसले ज्ञान सिकाएको वा उहाँलाई कसले समझको बाटो देखाएको छ?
With whom took he counsel, and who instructed him, and taught him in the path of judgment, and taught him knowledge, and shewed to him the way of understanding?
15 हेर, जातिहरू बाल्टीमा एक थोपा पानीजस्तै हुन् र तराजुहरूमा धूलोजस्तै ठानिन्छ । हेर, उहाँलले टापुहरूलाई छेस्कोझैं जोख्नुहुन्छ ।
Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the small dust of the balance: behold, he taketh up the isles as a very little thing.
16 लेबनान दउराको निम्ति पर्याप्त छैन न त यसका जङ्गली जनावरहरू होम बलिको निम्ति पर्याप्त छन् ।
And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor the beasts thereof sufficient for a burnt offering.
17 उहाँको सामु सबै जातिहरू अपर्याप्त छन् । उहाँले तिनीहरूलाई केही जस्तो पनि ठान्नुहुन्न ।
All nations before him are as nothing; and they are counted to him less than nothing, and vanity.
18 तब तिमीहरूले परमेश्वरलाई केसँग तुलना गर्नेछौ? तिमीहरूले उहाँलाई कुन मूर्तीसँग तुलना गर्नेछौ?
To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto him?
19 एउटा मूर्ती! एक जना कारीगरले यसलाई बनाउँछः सुनारले यसमा सुनको जलप लगाउँछ र यसको निम्ति चाँदीको सिक्री बनाउँछ ।
The workman melteth a graven image, and the goldsmith spreadeth it over with gold, and casteth silver chains.
20 बलि चढाउनलाई कसैले अग्राखकै दाउरा ल्याउँछ । नढल्ने मूर्ती बनाउन उसले एक जना निपुण कारीगर खोज्छ ।
He that is so impoverished that he hath no oblation chooseth a tree that will not rot; he seeketh unto him a cunning workman to prepare a graven image, that shall not be moved.
21 के तिमीहरूले जानेका छैनौ? के तिमीहरूले सुनेका छैनौ? के सुरुदेखि नै यो कुरा तिमीहरूलाई भनिएको छैन? पृथ्वीको जगहरू बसालेदेखि नै तिमिहरूले बुझेका छैनौ?
Have ye not known? have ye not heard? hath it not been told you from the beginning? have ye not understood from the foundations of the earth?
22 पृथ्वीको क्षितिजभन्दा माथि विराजमान हुनुहुने उहाँ नै हुनुहुन्छ । अनि यसका बासिन्दाहरू उहाँको सामु फट्याङ्ग्राहरू जस्तै छन् । आकाशहरूलाई उहाँले पर्दाझैं तन्काउनुहुन्छ र तिनीहरूलाई बस्ने पालझैं फिंजाउनुहुन्छ ।
It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in:
23 उहाँले शासकहरूलाई बकामको बनाउनुहुन्छ र पृथ्वीका शासकहरूलाई नगन्य बनाउनुहुन्छ ।
That bringeth the princes to nothing; he maketh the judges of the earth as vanity.
24 ती रोपिनेबित्तिकै, छरिनेबित्तिकै, तिनका जरा जमिन पर्नेबित्तिकै, जब उहाँले तिमाथि फुक्नुहुन्छ, तब तिनीहरू ओइलाउँन्, र हावाले तिनलाई परालझैं लैजान्छ ।
Yea, they shall not be planted; yea, they shall not be sown: yea, their stock shall not take root in the earth: and he shall also blow upon them, and they shall wither, and the whirlwind shall take them away as stubble.
25 परमपवित्र भन्नुहुन्छ, “तब तिमीहरूले मलाई कोसँग तुलना गर्छौ, म कोजस्तो छु?”
To whom then will ye liken me, or shall I be equal? saith the Holy One.
26 माथि आकाशमा हेर! यी सबै ताराहरूलाई कसले सृजेका हुन्? उहाँले ती बनाउनलाई उहाँले नै नेतृत्व गर्नुहुन्छ र ती सबैको नाउँ काढेर बोलाउनुहुन्छ । उहाँको शक्तिको माहन्ता र उहाँको सामर्थ्यको शक्तिद्वारा एउटा पनि हराएका छैनन् ।
Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who hath created these things, that bringeth out their host by number: he calleth them all by names by the greatness of his might, for that he is strong in power; not one faileth.
27 ए याकूब, तँ किन यसो भन्छस्, ए इस्राएल, तँ किन घोषणा गर्छस्, “मेरो बाटो परमप्रभुबाट लुकाइएको छ र मेरो परमेश्वरले मेरो बदलाको वास्ता गर्नुहुन्न”?
Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest, O Israel, My way is hid from the Lord, and my judgment is passed over from my God?
28 के तैंले जानेका छैनस्? के तैंले सुनेका छैनस्? परमप्रभु अनन्तका परमेश्वर, पृथ्वीको अन्तसम्मका सृष्टिकर्ता थकित वा हैरान बन्नुहुन्न । उहाँको समझको कुनै सिमा छैन ।
Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his understanding.
29 उहाँले थकितहरूलाई बल दिनुहुन्छ । अनि कमजोरहरूलाई उहाँले नयाँ ऊर्जा दिनुहुन्छ ।
He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength.
30 जवान मानिसहरू पनि थकित र हैरान हुन्छन्, अनि जवानहरूले ठेस खान्छन् र ढल्छन्:
Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall:
31 तर परमप्रभुमा आशा गर्नेहरूले आफ्नो बललाई नयाँ बनाउनेछन् । तिनीहरू चिलहरू झैं पखेटाहरूले माथि-माथि उड्नेछन् । तिनीहरू दौडनेछन् र हैरान हुनेछैनन् । तिनीहरू हिंड्नेछन् र मूर्छा पर्नेछैनन् ।
But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.
