यशैया 40

1 तिमीहरूका परमेश्‍वर भन्‍नुहुन्छ, “सान्त्वना, मेरा मानिसहरू सान्त्वना ।

“Comfort, comfort My people,” says 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 to the heart of Jerusalem, and call to her, That her warfare has been completed, That her punishment has been accepted, That she has received from the hand of YHWH Double for all her sins.

3 एउटा आवाजले कराउँछ, “उजाड-स्‍थानमा परमप्रभुको बाटो तयार पार । अरबमा हाम्रा परमेश्‍वरको निम्ति मुल बाटो सोझो बनाओ ।”

A voice is crying in a wilderness: “Prepare the way of YHWH, Make straight in a 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 is raised up, And every mountain and hill become low, And the crooked place has become a plain, And the entangled places a valley.

5 र परमप्रभुको महिमा प्रकट गरिनेछ र सबै मानिसहरूले एकसाथ यो देख्‍नेछन् । किनकि परमप्रभुको मुखले यो बोलेको छ ।

And the glory of YHWH has been revealed, And all flesh have seen [it] together, For the mouth of YHWH has spoken.”

6 एउटा आवाजले भन्छ, “करा ।” अर्कोले जवाफ दिन्छ, “मैले के भनेर कराउने?” सबै प्राणी घाँस हो र तिनीहरूका विश्‍वस्‍तताका करार सबै खेतबारीका फुलजस्तै हो ।

A voice is saying, “Call,” And he said, “What do I call?” All flesh [is] grass, and all its goodness [Is] as a flower of the field:

7 यसमाथि परमप्रभुको सास पर्दा घाँस ओइलाउँछ र फुल सुक्छ । निश्‍चय नै मानवहरू घाँसै हुन् ।

Grass has withered, the flower faded, For the Spirit of YHWH blew on it, Surely the people [is] grass;

8 घाँस ओइलाउँछ, फुल सुक्छ, तर हाम्रा परमेश्‍वरको वचन सदासर्वदा रहन्छ ।”

Grass has withered, the flower faded, But a word of our God rises forever.

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!”

Get up on a high mountain, O Zion, Proclaiming tidings, Lift up your voice with power, O Jerusalem, proclaiming tidings, Lift up, do not fear, say to 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, Lord YHWH comes with strength, And His arm is ruling for Him, Behold, His hire [is] with Him, and His wage 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 feeds His flock as a shepherd, He gathers lambs with His arm, And He carries [them] in His bosom: He leads suckling ones.

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 has measured the waters in the hollow of His hand, And has meted out the heavens by a span, And comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, And has 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 has meted out the Spirit of YHWH, And [being] His counselor, teaches 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 [did] He consult, That he causes Him to understand? And teaches Him in the path of judgment, And teaches Him knowledge? And causes Him to know the way of understanding?

15 हेर, जातिहरू बाल्टीमा एक थोपा पानीजस्तै हुन् र तराजुहरूमा धूलोजस्तै ठानिन्छ । हेर, उहाँलले टापुहरूलाई छेस्कोझैं जोख्‍नुहुन्छ ।

Behold, nations [are] as a drop from a bucket, And have been reckoned as small dust of the balance, Behold, He takes up islands as a small 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 its beasts sufficient for a burnt-offering.

17 उहाँको सामु सबै जातिहरू अपर्याप्‍त छन् । उहाँले तिनीहरूलाई केही जस्‍तो पनि ठान्‍नुहुन्‍न ।

All the nations [are] as nothing before Him, Less than nothing and emptiness, They have been reckoned to Him.

18 तब तिमीहरूले परमेश्‍वरलाई केसँग तुलना गर्नेछौ? तिमीहरूले उहाँलाई कुन मूर्तीसँग तुलना गर्नेछौ?

And to whom do you liken God, And what likeness do you compare to Him?

19 एउटा मूर्ती! एक जना कारीगरले यसलाई बनाउँछः सुनारले यसमा सुनको जलप लगाउँछ र यसको निम्ति चाँदीको सिक्री बनाउँछ ।

An artisan has poured out the carved image, And a refiner spreads it over with gold, And he is refining chains of silver.

20 बलि चढाउनलाई कसैले अग्राखकै दाउरा ल्‍याउँछ । नढल्ने मूर्ती बनाउन उसले एक जना निपुण कारीगर खोज्छ ।

He who is poor [by] raised-offerings, Chooses a tree [that is] not rotten, He seeks a skillful artisan for it, To establish a carved image—not 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?

Do you not know—do you not hear? Has it not been declared from the first to you? Have you 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 ।

He who is sitting on the circle of the earth, And its inhabitants [are] as grasshoppers, He who is stretching out the heavens as a thin thing, And spreads them as a tent to dwell in.

23 उहाँले शासकहरूलाई बकामको बनाउनुहुन्छ र पृथ्वीका शासकहरूलाई नगन्‍य बनाउनुहुन्छ ।

He who is making princes become nothing, Has made judges of earth formless;

24 ती रोपिनेबित्तिकै, छरिनेबित्तिकै, तिनका जरा जमिन पर्नेबित्तिकै, जब उहाँले तिमाथि फुक्‍नुहुन्‍छ, तब तिनीहरू ओइलाउँन्, र हावाले तिनलाई परालझैं लैजान्छ ।

Indeed, they have not been planted, Indeed, they have not been sown, Indeed, their stock is not taking root in the earth, And He has also blown on them, and they wither, And a whirlwind takes them away as stubble.

25 परमपवित्र भन्‍नुहुन्छ, “तब तिमीहरूले मलाई कोसँग तुलना गर्छौ, म कोजस्तो छु?”

And to whom do you liken Me, And [to whom] I equal? Says 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 see—who has created these? He who is bringing out their host by number, He calls to all of them by name, By the abundance of His strength And mighty power, Not one is lacking.

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 say, O Jacob, and speak, O Israel, “My way has been hid from YHWH, And from my God my judgment passes over?”

28 के तैंले जानेका छैनस्? के तैंले सुनेका छैनस्? परमप्रभु अनन्तका परमेश्‍वर, पृथ्वीको अन्तसम्मका सृष्‍टिकर्ता थकित वा हैरान बन्‍नुहुन्‍न । उहाँको समझको कुनै सिमा छैन ।

Have you not known? Have you not heard? The God of the age—YHWH, Preparer of the ends of the earth, Is not wearied nor fatigued, There is no searching of His understanding.

29 उहाँले थकितहरूलाई बल दिनुहुन्छ । अनि कमजोरहरूलाई उहाँले नयाँ ऊर्जा दिनुहुन्छ ।

He is giving power to the weary, And to those not strong He increases might.

30 जवान मानिसहरू पनि थकित र हैरान हुन्‍छन्, अनि जवानहरूले ठेस खान्‍छन् र ढल्‍छन्:

Even youths are wearied and fatigued, And young men utterly stumble,

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 those expecting YHWH pass [to] power, They raise up the pinion as eagles, They run and are not fatigued, They go on and do not faint!