Isaiah 56
1 परमप्रभुले यी कुराहरू भन्नुभयो, “सबै मानिसहरूसित न्यायपूर्वक व्यवहार गर। ठीक कुराहरू मात्र गर। किन? किनभने मेरो मुक्ति तिमीहरूमा हुनेछ। मेरो धार्मिकता संसारभरि चाँडै प्रकट हुनेछ।”
2 त्यस मानिस जसले परमप्रभुको विश्राम दिन बारे नियमहरू मान्छ उसमा परमप्रभुको कृपा रहन्छ। अनि त्यस मानिस जसले कुनै पाप कर्म गर्दैन उ खुशी हुनेछ।
3 केही मानिसहरू जो यहूदी होइनन् आफै परमप्रभुसँग मिल्नेछन्। तिनीहरूले भन्नु पर्दैन, “परमप्रभुले आफ्ना मानिसहरूसित मलाई ग्रहण गर्नेछैनन्।” नपुंसकले यसो भन्नुपर्दैन, “म सुख्खा काठको एउटा टुक्रा हुँ।”
4 ती नपुंसकहरूले त्यस्ता कुराहरू भन्नु पर्दैन किनभने परमप्रभुले भन्नुहुन्छ, “नपुंसक मध्ये केहीले विश्राम दिनको नियम अनुसरण गर्छन्। कार्यहरू त्यही गर्छन जो म इच्छा गर्छु अनि मेरो करार साँचो हृदयले अनुशरण गर्छन्। यसैले म तिनीहरूकोलागि स्मारक ढुङ्गा मेरो मन्दिरमा राखिदिनेछु। तिनीहरूका नाउँ मेरो शहरमा सम्झना गरिनेछ।
5 हो, म ती नपुसंकहरूलाई केही चीज दिनेछु जुन नानीहरू भन्दा राम्रो हुन्छ। म तिनीहरूलाई नाउँ दिनेछु जुन सधैं रहनेछ। तिनीहरू मेरा मानिसहरूबाट अलग हुने छैनन्।”
6 कतिपय मानिसहरू जो यहूदीहरू होइनन उनीहरू परमप्रभुकहाँ आएर मिल्नेछन्। तिनीहरूले त्यसो गर्नेछन यसैले तिनीहरूले उहाँलाई सेवा गर्न सक्छन र परमप्रभुको नाउँलाई प्रेम गर्नेछन्। तिनीहरू उहाँका दासहरू हुनलाई आपसमा स्वयं मिल्नेछन्। तिनीहरूले शबथ विश्राम दिनलाई खास उपासनाको दिन भनेर राख्नेछन अनि लगातार मेरो कुरारलाई गहन प्रकारले अनुसरण गर्नेछन्।
7 परमप्रभु भन्नुहुन्छ, “म ती मानिसहरूलाई मेरो पवित्र पर्वतमा ल्याउनेछु। म तिनीहरूलाई मेरो प्रार्थनाको घरमा खुशी पार्नेछु। तिनीहरूले चढाएका होमबलि र बलिदानहरूले मलाई खुशी पार्नेछ। किन? किनभने मेरो मन्दिर सबै जातिहरूका निम्ति प्रार्थनाको घर हुनेछ।”
8 परमप्रभु मेरो मालिकले ती कुराहरू इस्राएलका मानिसहरूलाई भन्नुभयो जसलाई आफ्नो देश छोडन बाध्य गराइयो। तर परमप्रभुले तिनीहरूलाई एकसाथ भेला गर्नुहुनेछ। परमप्रभु भन्नुहुन्छ, “म ती मानिसहरूलाई फेरि एक पल्ट भेला गर्नेछु।”
9 जङ्गलमा भएका जङ्गली जानवरहरू, आउँछन् र खान्छन्।
10 पहरादारहरू सबै अन्धा छन्। के गरिरहेका छन तिनीहरू स्वयं जान्दैनन्। तिनीहरू नभुक्ने कुकुरहरू जस्ता छन त्यसले भुक्दैनन्। तिनीहरू भूइँमा सुत्छन्। अहो! तिनीहरू सुत्न मन पराउँछन्।
11 तिनीहरू भोको कुकुरहरू जस्ता छन्। तिनीहरू कहिल्यै सन्तुष्ट हुँदैनन्। गोठालाहरूले जान्दैनन तिनीहरू के गरिरहेछन्। तिनीहरूले आफ्ना भेंडाहरू मन पराउँछन् जो भडकिएर टाढा गएकाछन्। तिनीहरू लोभी छन्। तिनीहरू सबै जना आफूलाई सन्तुष्ट पार्न चाहन्छन्।
12 तिनीहरू भन्नेछन्, “आऊ म केही मद ल्याउनेछु अनि हामीले केही निगार पनि लिनु सक्नेछौ। भोलि हामीले यस्तै गर्ने छौ किनभने हामीसँग यस्तो प्रशस्ती छ।”
1 Thus saith the Lord, Keep ye judgment, and do justice: for my salvation is near to come, and my righteousness to be revealed.
2 Blessed is the man that doeth this, and the son of man that layeth hold on it; that keepeth the sabbath from polluting it, and keepeth his hand from doing any evil.
3 Neither let the son of the stranger, that hath joined himself to the Lord, speak, saying, The Lord hath utterly separated me from his people: neither let the eunuch say, Behold, I am a dry tree.
4 For thus saith the Lord unto the eunuchs that keep my sabbaths, and choose the things that please me, and take hold of my covenant;
5 Even unto them will I give in mine house and within my walls a place and a name better than of sons and of daughters: I will give them an everlasting name, that shall not be cut off.
6 Also the sons of the stranger, that join themselves to the Lord, to serve him, and to love the name of the Lord, to be his servants, every one that keepeth the sabbath from polluting it, and taketh hold of my covenant;
7 Even them will I bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer: their burnt offerings and their sacrifices shall be accepted upon mine altar; for mine house shall be called an house of prayer for all people.
8 The Lord God which gathereth the outcasts of Israel saith, Yet will I gather others to him, beside those that are gathered unto him.
9 All ye beasts of the field, come to devour, yea, all ye beasts in the forest.
10 His watchmen are blind: they are all ignorant, they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber.
11 Yea, they are greedy dogs which can never have enough, and they are shepherds that cannot understand: they all look to their own way, every one for his gain, from his quarter.
12 Come ye, say they, I will fetch wine, and we will fill ourselves with strong drink; and to morrow shall be as this day, and much more abundant.
1 When Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses’ father in law, heard of all that God had done for Moses, and for Israel his people, and that the Lord had brought Israel out of Egypt;
2 Then Jethro, Moses’ father in law, took Zipporah, Moses’ wife, after he had sent her back,
3 And her two sons; of which the name of the one was Gershom; for he said, I have been an alien in a strange land:
4 And the name of the other was Eliezer; for the God of my father, said he, was mine help, and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh:
5 And Jethro, Moses’ father in law, came with his sons and his wife unto Moses into the wilderness, where he encamped at the mount of God:
6 And he said unto Moses, I thy father in law Jethro am come unto thee, and thy wife, and her two sons with her.
7 And Moses went out to meet his father in law, and did obeisance, and kissed him; and they asked each other of their welfare; and they came into the tent.
8 And Moses told his father in law all that the Lord had done unto Pharaoh and to the Egyptians for Israel’s sake, and all the travail that had come upon them by the way, and how the Lord delivered them.
9 And Jethro rejoiced for all the goodness which the Lord had done to Israel, whom he had delivered out of the hand of the Egyptians.
10 And Jethro said, Blessed be the Lord, who hath delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of Pharaoh, who hath delivered the people from under the hand of the Egyptians.
11 Now I know that the Lord is greater than all gods: for in the thing wherein they dealt proudly he was above them.
12 And Jethro, Moses’ father in law, took a burnt offering and sacrifices for God: and Aaron came, and all the elders of Israel, to eat bread with Moses’ father in law before God.
13 And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses sat to judge the people: and the people stood by Moses from the morning unto the evening.
14 And when Moses’ father in law saw all that he did to the people, he said, What is this thing that thou doest to the people? why sittest thou thyself alone, and all the people stand by thee from morning unto even?
15 And Moses said unto his father in law, Because the people come unto me to inquire of God:
16 When they have a matter, they come unto me; and I judge between one and another, and I do make them know the statutes of God, and his laws.
17 And Moses’ father in law said unto him, The thing that thou doest is not good.
18 Thou wilt surely wear away, both thou, and this people that is with thee: for this thing is too heavy for thee; thou art not able to perform it thyself alone.
19 Hearken now unto my voice, I will give thee counsel, and God shall be with thee: Be thou for the people to God-ward, that thou mayest bring the causes unto God:
20 And thou shalt teach them ordinances and laws, and shalt shew them the way wherein they must walk, and the work that they must do.
21 Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, and rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens:
22 And let them judge the people at all seasons: and it shall be, that every great matter they shall bring unto thee, but every small matter they shall judge: so shall it be easier for thyself, and they shall bear the burden with thee.
23 If thou shalt do this thing, and God command thee so, then thou shalt be able to endure, and all this people shall also go to their place in peace.
24 So Moses hearkened to the voice of his father in law, and did all that he had said.
25 And Moses chose able men out of all Israel, and made them heads over the people, rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.
26 And they judged the people at all seasons: the hard causes they brought unto Moses, but every small matter they judged themselves.
27 And Moses let his father in law depart; and he went his way into his own land.