Ezekiel 38
1 परमप्रभुको यो वचन मकहाँ आयो। उहाँले भन्नुभयो,
2 “हे मानिसको छोरो! मागोगा देशमा गोगतिर ध्यान देऊ। त्यो मेशेक अनि तूबल राष्ट्रहरूको सर्वाधिक महत्वपूर्ण प्रमुख हो। गोगको विरूद्धमा मेरो लागि केही भन।
3 उसलाई भन कि स्वामी परमप्रभु भन्नुहुन्छ, ‘गोग तिमी मेशेक अनि तूबल राष्ट्रको सर्वाधिक महत्वपूर्ण प्रमुख हौं। तर म तिम्रो विरूद्धमा छु।
4 म तिमीलाई समात्छु अनि तिम्रो समस्त सेनालाई फर्काई ल्याउँछु। तिम्रो सेनाको सबै मानिसहरूलाई फर्काई ल्याउँछु। म सबै घोडा अनि घोडसवारहरूलाई फर्काई ल्याउँछु। म तिम्रो मुखमा बल्छी लगाउँनेछु अनि तिमीहरू सबैलाई फर्काई ल्याउँछु। सबै सैनिकले आफ्नो तरवारहरू अनि ढालहरू सहित आफ्नो सैनिक पोशाक लगाउँनेछन्।
5 फारस, कूश अनि पूतको सैनिक उनीहरूसँग हुन्छन्। ती सबैले तिनीहरूको ढाल तथा शिरमा टोप धारण गरको हुन्छ।
6 त्यहाँ गोमेर उसको सबै सैनिकहरूसित हुनेछ। त्यहाँ तोगर्माको राष्ट्र सबै सैनिक समूहसँग हुनेछ जो उत्तर दिशाको टाडो ठाँउबाट आउँछ। त्यहाँ तिमीहरूसित धैरे राष्ट्रहरूका मानिसहरू हुनेछन्।
7 “‘तयार हौ, तिमी आफूलाई तयार पार अनि त्यो जो सेनाले तिमीहरूसँग एकता तिनीहरूलाई पनि गराइएकोछ। तिमीले निगरानी राख्नु पर्छ अनि तयार रहन पर्छ।
8 लामो समय पछि म तिमीलाई सम्झनेछु। अब अन्तिम वर्षहरूमा तिमी त्यो प्रदेशमा आउनेछौ जुन युद्ध पछि पुनःर्निर्माण हुन्छ। मानिसहरू फेरि धेरै राष्ट्रहरूबाट भेला गराइएका छन्। बितेको दिनहरूमा इस्राएलको पर्वत घरी-घरी नष्ट गरिएको थियो। तर यी मानिसहरू राष्ट्रहरूबाट फर्किएकाछन् तिनीहरू सबै सुरक्षासाथ जीउनेछन्।
9 तर तिमी तिनीहरूमाथि आक्रमण गर्न आउँनेछौ। तिमी तुफान जस्तै आउँनेछौ। तिमी देशलाई ढाक्दै गर्जने बादल जस्तै आउँछौ। तिमी अनि धेरै राष्ट्रहरूलाई तिम्रो सैनिकहरूको समूह, यी मानिसहरूमाथि आक्रमण गर्न आउँनेछन्।”‘
10 परमप्रभु मेरा मालिक यसो भन्नुहुन्छ “त्यस समय तिम्रो मनमा एउटा विचार आउनेछ। तिमीले एउटा नराम्रो योजना बनाउन शुरू गर्नेछौ।
11 तिमीले भन्छौ, ‘म त्यो देशमा आक्रमण गर्न जानेछु जसको शहर बिना पर्खालको छ। सुरक्षित छौं भनी उनीहरू सम्झन्छन् उनीहरूको रक्षाका निम्ति चारैतिर पर्खाल छैन। उनीहरूको दैलोमा ताला छैन, उनीहरूको दैलो पनि छैन।
12 म तिनीहरूलाई लुट्नेछु अनि सबै बहुमूल्य चीजहरू तिनीहरूबाट लिन्छु। म ती स्थानहरूको विरूद्धमा लडछु जे नष्ट भइसकेकोछ, तर अब मानिसहरू त्यहाँ बस्न थालेकाछन्। म तिनीहरूको विरूद्ध जानेछु जो अन्य राष्ट्रहरूबाट जम्मा भएका छन्। अब तिनीहरू पशु र सम्पतिको मालिक भएका छन्। उनीहरू संसारको केन्द्रमा बस्छन्।’
13 “शेबा, ददान अनि तर्शीशका सबै व्यापारीहरू अनि सबै शहरहरू जजससित तिनीहरू व्यापार गर्छन, तिमीलाई सोध्नेछन्, ‘के तिमी बहुमूल्य चीजहरूमाथि अधिकार जमाउनु आएका हौ? के तिमी आफ्नो सैनिकहरूको समूहसित ती राम्रो चीजहरू सुन, चाँदी, गाई-वस्तु तथा सम्पत्ति लिएर जान आएका हौ? के तिमी ती सबै बहुमूल्य चीजहरू लिन आएका हौ?”‘
14 परमेश्वरले भन्नुभयो, “हे मानिसको छोरा! मेरा निम्ति गोगलाई भन। उसलाई भन कि परमप्रभु अनि मालिक यसो भन्नुहुन्छ, ‘तिमी हाम्रो मानिसहरूलाई आक्रमण गर्नु आउँनेछौ। जब कि उनीहरू शान्तिपूर्वक अनि सुरक्षित बसिरहेका छन्।
15 तिमी टाढो उत्तरको आफ्नो ठाँउबाट आउँछौ अनि तिमी बहुसंख्यक मानिसहरूलाई साथमा लिएर आउँछौ। ती सबै घोडसवार हुनेछन्। तिमी एउटा विशाल अनि शक्तिशाली सेना हुनेछौ।
16 तिमी मेरा मानिस इस्राएलको विरूद्ध युद्ध गर्न आउँनेछौ। तिमी देशलाई ढाक्ने र्गजिने बादल हुनेछौ। म पछिबाट आफ्नो देशको विरूद्ध युद्ध गर्नु तिमीलाई ल्याउँछु। त्यसपछि राष्ट्रहरूले मलाई सम्मान गर्नेछन् अनि जान्नेछन् कि म पवित्र हुँ। उनीहरूले देख्नेछन् कि म तिम्रो विरूद्ध के गर्छु।”‘
17 परमप्रभु मेरा मालिक भन्नुहुन्छ, “अतीतमा मैले तिम्रो विषयमा जे भनेको थिएँ त्यस समय मानिसहरूले याद गर्नेछन्। उनीहरूले याद गर्नेछन् मैले आफ्ना दासहरू इस्राएलको अगमवक्ताहरूको उपयोग गरें। उनीहरूले याद गर्नेछन् इस्राएलका अगमवक्ताहरूले मेरो निम्ति अतीतमा कुरा गरे अनि भने कि म तिमीलाई उनिहरू विरूद्ध युद्ध गर्न ल्याउँछु।”
18 परमप्रभु मेरो मालिकले भन्नुभयो, “त्यस समय गोग, इस्राएल देश विरूद्ध युद्ध गर्नु आउँनेछ। म आफ्नो क्रोध प्रकट गर्नेछु।
19 क्रोध अनि उत्तेजनामा म यो प्रतिज्ञा गर्छु, म प्रतिज्ञा गर्दैछु कि इस्राएलमा एउटा ठूलो भूइँचालो आउँछ।
20 त्यस समय सबै जीवित प्राणी डरले काम्ने छन्, समुद्रका माछाहरू, आकाशका चराहरू, खेतका जंगली पशुहरू अनि ती जमीनमा घस्रने सबै सानो-सानो प्राणीहरू डरले काम्नेछन्। पर्वत झर्नेछ अनि डाँडाहरू भत्किनेछ। प्रत्येक पर्खाल जमीनमा झर्नेछ।”
21 परमप्रभु मेरा मालिक भन्नुहुन्छ, “इस्राएलको पर्वतहरूमा, म गोगको विरूद्ध सबै किसिमको डर उत्पन्न गर्छु। त्यसको सैनिक यति भयभीत हुन्छन् कि तिनीहरूले एका अर्कामाथि आक्रमण गर्नेछन् अनि आफ्नो तरवारले एउटाले अर्कालाई मार्नेछन्।
22 म गोगलाई रोग अनि मृत्युको दण्ड दिन्छु। म गोग अनि धेरै राष्ट्रहरूको सैनिकमाथि असिना, आगो अनि गन्धकको वर्षा वर्षाउनेछु।
23 त्यसपछि म देखाउँछु कि म कति महान छु, म प्रमाणित गर्छु कि म पवित्र छु। धेरै राष्ट्रहरूले मैले यो कुरा गरेको देख्नेछन् अनि जान्नेछन् कि म को हुँ। तब उनीहरूले थाहा पाउने छन् कि म परमप्रभु हुँ।”
1 And the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,
2 Son of man, set thy face against Gog, the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him,
3 And say, Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal:
4 And I will turn thee back, and put hooks into thy jaws, and I will bring thee forth, and all thine army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed with all sorts of armour, even a great company with bucklers and shields, all of them handling swords:
5 Persia, Ethiopia, and Libya with them; all of them with shield and helmet:
6 Gomer, and all his bands; the house of Togarmah of the north quarters, and all his bands: and many people with thee.
7 Be thou prepared, and prepare for thyself, thou, and all thy company that are assembled unto thee, and be thou a guard unto them.
8 After many days thou shalt be visited: in the latter years thou shalt come into the land that is brought back from the sword, and is gathered out of many people, against the mountains of Israel, which have been always waste: but it is brought forth out of the nations, and they shall dwell safely all of them.
9 Thou shalt ascend and come like a storm, thou shalt be like a cloud to cover the land, thou, and all thy bands, and many people with thee.
10 Thus saith the Lord God; It shall also come to pass, that at the same time shall things come into thy mind, and thou shalt think an evil thought:
11 And thou shalt say, I will go up to the land of unwalled villages; I will go to them that are at rest, that dwell safely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor gates,
12 To take a spoil, and to take a prey; to turn thine hand upon the desolate places that are now inhabited, and upon the people that are gathered out of the nations, which have gotten cattle and goods, that dwell in the midst of the land.
13 Sheba, and Dedan, and the merchants of Tarshish, with all the young lions thereof, shall say unto thee, Art thou come to take a spoil? hast thou gathered thy company to take a prey? to carry away silver and gold, to take away cattle and goods, to take a great spoil?
14 Therefore, son of man, prophesy and say unto Gog, Thus saith the Lord God; In that day when my people of Israel dwelleth safely, shalt thou not know it?
15 And thou shalt come from thy place out of the north parts, thou, and many people with thee, all of them riding upon horses, a great company, and a mighty army:
16 And thou shalt come up against my people of Israel, as a cloud to cover the land; it shall be in the latter days, and I will bring thee against my land, that the heathen may know me, when I shall be sanctified in thee, O Gog, before their eyes.
17 Thus saith the Lord God; Art thou he of whom I have spoken in old time by my servants the prophets of Israel, which prophesied in those days many years that I would bring thee against them?
18 And it shall come to pass at the same time when Gog shall come against the land of Israel, saith the Lord God, that my fury shall come up in my face.
19 For in my jealousy and in the fire of my wrath have I spoken, Surely in that day there shall be a great shaking in the land of Israel;
20 So that the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the field, and all creeping things that creep upon the earth, and all the men that are upon the face of the earth, shall shake at my presence, and the mountains shall be thrown down, and the steep places shall fall, and every wall shall fall to the ground.
21 And I will call for a sword against him throughout all my mountains, saith the Lord God: every man’s sword shall be against his brother.
22 And I will plead against him with pestilence and with blood; and I will rain upon him, and upon his bands, and upon the many people that are with him, an overflowing rain, and great hailstones, fire, and brimstone.
23 Thus will I magnify myself, and sanctify myself; and I will be known in the eyes of many nations, and they shall know that I am the Lord.
1 These are now the chief of their fathers, and this is the genealogy of them that went up with me from Babylon, in the reign of Artaxerxes the king.
2 Of the sons of Phinehas; Gershom: of the sons of Ithamar; Daniel: of the sons of David; Hattush.
3 Of the sons of Shechaniah, of the sons of Pharosh; Zechariah: and with him were reckoned by genealogy of the males an hundred and fifty.
4 Of the sons of Pahath-moab; Elihoenai the son of Zerahiah, and with him two hundred males.
5 Of the sons of Shechaniah; the son of Jahaziel, and with him three hundred males.
6 Of the sons also of Adin; Ebed the son of Jonathan, and with him fifty males.
7 And of the sons of Elam; Jeshaiah the son of Athaliah, and with him seventy males.
8 And of the sons of Shephatiah; Zebadiah the son of Michael, and with him fourscore males.
9 Of the sons of Joab; Obadiah the son of Jehiel, and with him two hundred and eighteen males.
10 And of the sons of Shelomith; the son of Josiphiah, and with him an hundred and threescore males.
11 And of the sons of Bebai; Zechariah the son of Bebai, and with him twenty and eight males.
12 And of the sons of Azgad; Johanan the son of Hakkatan, and with him an hundred and ten males.
13 And of the last sons of Adonikam, whose names are these, Eliphelet, Jeiel, and Shemaiah, and with them threescore males.
14 Of the sons also of Bigvai; Uthai, and Zabbud, and with them seventy males.
15 And I gathered them together to the river that runneth to Ahava; and there abode we in tents three days: and I viewed the people, and the priests, and found there none of the sons of Levi.
16 Then sent I for Eliezer, for Ariel, for Shemaiah, and for Elnathan, and for Jarib, and for Elnathan, and for Nathan, and for Zechariah, and for Meshullam, chief men; also for Joiarib, and for Elnathan, men of understanding.
17 And I sent them with commandment unto Iddo the chief at the place Casiphia, and I told them what they should say unto Iddo, and to his brethren the Nethinims, at the place Casiphia, that they should bring unto us ministers for the house of our God.
18 And by the good hand of our God upon us they brought us a man of understanding, of the sons of Mahli, the son of Levi, the son of Israel; and Sherebiah, with his sons and his brethren, eighteen;
19 And Hashabiah, and with him Jeshaiah of the sons of Merari, his brethren and their sons, twenty;
20 Also of the Nethinims, whom David and the princes had appointed for the service of the Levites, two hundred and twenty Nethinims: all of them were expressed by name.
21 Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river of Ahava, that we might afflict ourselves before our God, to seek of him a right way for us, and for our little ones, and for all our substance.
22 For I was ashamed to require of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy in the way: because we had spoken unto the king, saying, The hand of our God is upon all them for good that seek him; but his power and his wrath is against all them that forsake him.
23 So we fasted and besought our God for this: and he was intreated of us.
24 Then I separated twelve of the chief of the priests, Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their brethren with them,
25 And weighed unto them the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, even the offering of the house of our God, which the king, and his counsellers, and his lords, and all Israel there present, had offered:
26 I even weighed unto their hand six hundred and fifty talents of silver, and silver vessels an hundred talents, and of gold an hundred talents;
27 Also twenty basons of gold, of a thousand drams; and two vessels of fine copper, precious as gold.
28 And I said unto them, Ye are holy unto the Lord; the vessels are holy also; and the silver and the gold are a freewill offering unto the Lord God of your fathers.
29 Watch ye, and keep them, until ye weigh them before the chief of the priests and the Levites, and chief of the fathers of Israel, at Jerusalem, in the chambers of the house of the Lord.
30 So took the priests and the Levites the weight of the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, to bring them to Jerusalem unto the house of our God.
31 Then we departed from the river of Ahava on the twelfth day of the first month, to go unto Jerusalem: and the hand of our God was upon us, and he delivered us from the hand of the enemy, and of such as lay in wait by the way.
32 And we came to Jerusalem, and abode there three days.
33 Now on the fourth day was the silver and the gold and the vessels weighed in the house of our God by the hand of Meremoth the son of Uriah the priest; and with him was Eleazar the son of Phinehas; and with them was Jozabad the son of Jeshua, and Noadiah the son of Binnui, Levites;
34 By number and by weight of every one: and all the weight was written at that time.
35 Also the children of those that had been carried away, which were come out of the captivity, offered burnt offerings unto the God of Israel, twelve bullocks for all Israel, ninety and six rams, seventy and seven lambs, twelve he goats for a sin offering: all this was a burnt offering unto the Lord.
36 And they delivered the king’s commissions unto the king’s lieutenants, and to the governors on this side the river: and they furthered the people, and the house of God.