Joshua 9
1 जब यर्दन नदीको पश्चिम क्षेत्रका राजाहरूले यस विषयमा सुने, यहोशू र इस्राएलीहरूसँग युद्ध गर्न सम्मिलित भए। तिनीहरू पर्वतहरूबाट, समतल भूमिबाट, भूमध्यसागरको किनाराबाट, लबानोनको माथिबाट आए। तिनीहरू हित्ती, एमोरी, कनानी, परिज्जी, हिव्वी, यबूसीहरू सबै एक दलमा आए।
2 यी सबै राजाहरू एक साथ भेला भए। तिनीहरूले यहोशू अनि इस्राएलका मानिसहरूको विरूद्ध युद्ध गर्ने योजना बनाए।
3 कसरी यहोशूले यरीहो अनि ऐ शहरलाई परास्त गरे गिबोन शहरका मानिसहरूले त्यस विषयमा सुने।
4 यसर्थ ती मानिसहरूले इस्राएलका मानिसहरूलाई मूर्ख तुल्याउने प्रयत्न गरे। तिनीहरूको योजना यो थियो, तिनीहरूले दाखरस हाल्ने छालाका पुराना मशकहरू जम्मा गरे जो चर्केका अनि फुटेका थिए। तिनीहरूले ती दाखरस हाल्ने छालाका पुराना मशकहरू आफ्ना पशुहरूमा लधाए। अनि आफ्ना पशुहरू माथि पुराना थाङ्गनाहरू लगाए। जसद्वारा यस्तो देखियोस् कि तिनीहरू अत्यन्त टाढाबाट यात्रा गरेर आएका हुन्।
5 ती मानिसहरूले आफ्ना खुट्टामा पुराना जुत्ता लगाए। ती मानिसहरूले पुराना बस्त्रहरू लगाए। अनि केही बासी रोटी भेट्टाए जो सूख्खा अनि ढुँडी परेका थिए। यसरी ती मानिसहरू धेरै टाढाका स्थानबाट यात्रा गरेर आएका जस्तै देखिन्थे।
6 तब ती मानिसहरू इस्राएलका मानिसहरूका छाउनीमा गए। यो छाउनी गिलगाल नजिक थियो। ती मानिसहरू यहोशू कहाँ गए अनि तिनलाई भने, “हामी अति टाढा देशबाट यात्रा गरेर आएका हौं हामी तपाईंसित शान्ति-सन्धि गर्न चाहन्छौं।”
7 इस्राएलका मानिसहरूले यी हिव्वी मानिसहरूलाई भने, “हुन सक्छ तिमीहरूले हामीलाई छल्ने कोशिश गर्दैछौ। हुन सक्छ तिमीहरू हाम्रो नजिकमा बस्छौ। हामी तिमीहरूसित सन्धि गर्न सक्तैन्नौं। जब सम्म हामी जान्दैनौं तिमीहरू कहाँबाट आएका हौ?”
8 ती हिव्वी मानिसहरूले यहोशूलाई भने, “हामी तपाईंका दासहरू हौं।”तर यहोशूले सोधे, “तिमीहरू को हौ? तिमीहरू कहाँबाट आएका हौ?”
9 ती मानिसहरूले उत्तर दिए, “हामी तपाईंका दास हौं। हामी अति टाढा देशबाट आएका हौं। हामी आयौं किनभने परमप्रभु तपाईंहरूका परमेश्वरले मिश्रमा गर्नु भएको सबै महान कार्यहरूको विवरण हामीले सुन्यौ।
10 अनि हामीले सुन्यौं कि उहाँले यर्दन नदीको पूर्वतफर्का एमोरी मानिसहरूका दुइ राजाहरूलाई परास्त गरिदिनु भयो। ती हेश्बोनका राजा सीहोन अनि अस्तारोत देशको बाशानका राजा ओग थिए।
11 यसर्थ हाम्रा अगुवाहरू र हाम्रा मानिसहरूले हामीलाई भने, ‘तिमीहरूको यात्राका निम्ति प्रचुर मात्रामा खाद्य पदार्थ बोक। जाऊ अनि इस्राएलका मानिसहरूसित भेट गर। तिनीहरूलाई भन, “हामी तपाईंहरूका दासहरू हौं। हामीसित शान्ति सन्धि गर्नुहोस्।”‘
12 “हाम्रा रोटीहरू हेर्नु होस्। हामीले घर छोड्दा यी तातो र ताजा थिए। तर अहिले तपाईंहरूले देख्न सक्नुहुन्छ कि यी सूखा अनि पुराना भएको छन्।
13 हाम्रा दाखरसका छालाका मशकहरू हेर्नुहोस्। हामीले घर छोड्दा यी नयाँ अनि दाखमद्यले भरिएका थिए। अहिले तपाईंहरूले देख्नसक्नु हुन्छ, कि तिनीहरू चर्केका अनि पुराना भएका छन्। हाम्रा बस्त्र अनि चप्पलहरू हेर्नु होस्। तपाईंहरूले देख्न सक्नु हुन्छ कि लामो यात्राले गर्दा हामीले लगाएका कुराहरू प्रायः थोत्रा भएका छन्।”
14 इस्राएलका मानिसहरू, जान्न चाहन्थे के यी मानिसहरूले सत्य भन्दै छन्। यसर्थ तिनीहरूले केही रोटी चाखे-तर तिनीहरूले परमप्रभुलाई सोधेनन् जो तिनीहरूले गर्नु पर्ने थियो।
15 यहोशू तिनीहरूसित सन्धि गर्न सहमत भए। तिनीहरूलाई जीवित राख्न तिनी सहमत भए। इस्राएलका अगुवाहरू यहोशूको यो शपथ प्रति सहमत भए।
16 तिमीहरूसित सम्झौता गरेको तीन दिन पछि इस्राएलीले थाहा पाए। कि ती मानिसहरू वास्तवमा तिनीहरूका नजिकै बस्नेहरू रहेछन्।
17 यसकारण तेस्रो दिनमा इस्राएलीहरू तिनीहरूको शहरहरूमा गए। ती शहरहरू गिबोन, कपीरा, बेरोत र किर्यत्यारैम थिए।
18 तर इस्राएलका सेनाले ती शहरहरूको विरूद्ध युद्ध गर्ने प्रयत्न गरेनन् तिनीहरूले ती मानिसहरूसित शान्ति-सम्झौता गरेका थिए। तिनीहरूले परमप्रभु इस्राएलका परमेश्वरको समक्ष ती मानिसहरूलाई शपथ दिएका थिए।सबै मानिसहरूले ती अगुवाहरू विरूद्ध विरोध जनाए जसले सम्झौता गरेका थिए।
19 तर ती अगुवाहरूले उत्तर दिए, “हामीले हाम्रो शपथ दिएका छौं। हामीले परमप्रभु इस्राएलका परमेश्वरको सामुन्ने शपथ गरेका छौं। अब हामी तिनीहरू विरूद्ध लडून सक्तैनौं।
20 यो त्यही हो जो हामीले गर्नु पर्छ। हामीले तिनीहरूलाई बाँच्न दिनुपर्छ। हामीले तिनीहरूलाई चोट पुर्याउनु हुँदैन नत्र परमेश्वर हामीसित क्रोधित हुनुहुनेछ किनभने हामीले तिनीहरूलाई दिएको शपथ भङ्ग हुनेछ।
21 यसर्थ तिनीहरूलाई जीवित रहन देऊ। तर तिनीहरू हाम्रा सेवक हुनेछन्। तिनीहरूले हाम्रो निम्ति दाउरा काट्नेछन् अनि हाम्रा सबै मानिसहरूका निम्ति पानी बोक्ने छन्।” यसर्थ ती अगुवाहरूले ती मानिसहरूसित गरेका प्रतिज्ञा भङ्ग गरेनन्।
22 यहोशूले गिबोनी मानिसहरूलाई बोलाए। तिनले भने, “तिमीहरूले हामीसित किन झूटो बोल्यौ? तिमीहरूको देश हाम्रो छाउनीको छेउमा थियो। तर तिमीहरूले तिमीहरू टाढा देशका भनेर हामीलाई भन्यौ।
23 अब तिमीहरूका मानिसहरूले अनेक कष्ट पाउने छन्। तिमीहरूका सबै मानिसहरू दास हुनेछन्-तिमीहरूले दाउरा काट्नु पर्नेछ अनि परमेश्वरको मन्दिरका निम्ति पानी बोक्नु पर्नेछ।”
24 गिबोनी मानिसहरूले उत्तर दिए, “हामीले तपाईंसित झूटो कुरा गर्यौं किनभने हामीलाई तपाईंहरूले मार्नु हुनेछ भनी हामी भयभीत थियौं। हामीले यो सुन्यौं कि परमेश्वरले उहाँका दास मोशालाई यो सम्पूर्ण देश तपाईंहरूलाई दिनु भनी आज्ञा दिनु भएको थियो। अनि परमेश्वरले तपाईंहरूलाई भन्नुभयो यो देशमा बस्ने सबै मानिसहरूलाई मारिदिनु। त्यसै कारणले हामीले तपाईंसित झूटो बोल्यौं।
25 अब हामी तपाईंहरूका दासहरू हौं। तपाईं जे उचित ठान्नु हुन्छ तपाईंले गर्न सक्नु हुन्छ।”
26 गिबोनका मानिसहरू यसरी दास भए। तर यहोशूले तिनीहरूलाई जीवित रहन दिए। यहोशूले इस्राएलका मानिसहरूलाई तिनीहरूलाई मार्न दिएनन्।
27 यहोशूले गिबोनका मानिसहरूलाई इस्राएलका मानिसहरूका दास बन्न दिए। तिनीहरूले इस्राएलका मानिसहरूका निम्ति र परमप्रभुको बेदीका निम्ति दाउरा काट्थे अनि पानी ल्याउँथे-परमप्रभुले चुन्नु भएको जुन सुकै स्थानमा ती मानिसहरू आज सम्म पनि दास छन्।
1 And it came to pass, when all the kings which were on this side Jordan, in the hills, and in the valleys, and in all the coasts of the great sea over against Lebanon, the Hittite, and the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, heard thereof;
2 That they gathered themselves together, to fight with Joshua and with Israel, with one accord.
3 And when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done unto Jericho and to Ai,
4 They did work wilily, and went and made as if they had been ambassadors, and took old sacks upon their asses, and wine bottles, old, and rent, and bound up;
5 And old shoes and clouted upon their feet, and old garments upon them; and all the bread of their provision was dry and mouldy.
6 And they went to Joshua unto the camp at Gilgal, and said unto him, and to the men of Israel, We be come from a far country: now therefore make ye a league with us.
7 And the men of Israel said unto the Hivites, Peradventure ye dwell among us; and how shall we make a league with you?
8 And they said unto Joshua, We are thy servants. And Joshua said unto them, Who are ye? and from whence come ye?
9 And they said unto him, From a very far country thy servants are come because of the name of the Lord thy God: for we have heard the fame of him, and all that he did in Egypt,
10 And all that he did to the two kings of the Amorites, that were beyond Jordan, to Sihon king of Heshbon, and to Og king of Bashan, which was at Ashtaroth.
11 Wherefore our elders and all the inhabitants of our country spake to us, saying, Take victuals with you for the journey, and go to meet them, and say unto them, We are your servants: therefore now make ye a league with us.
12 This our bread we took hot for our provision out of our houses on the day we came forth to go unto you; but now, behold, it is dry, and it is mouldy:
13 And these bottles of wine, which we filled, were new; and, behold, they be rent: and these our garments and our shoes are become old by reason of the very long journey.
14 And the men took of their victuals, and asked not counsel at the mouth of the Lord.
15 And Joshua made peace with them, and made a league with them, to let them live: and the princes of the congregation sware unto them.
16 And it came to pass at the end of three days after they had made a league with them, that they heard that they were their neighbours, and that they dwelt among them.
17 And the children of Israel journeyed, and came unto their cities on the third day. Now their cities were Gibeon, and Chephirah, and Beeroth, and Kirjath-jearim.
18 And the children of Israel smote them not, because the princes of the congregation had sworn unto them by the Lord God of Israel. And all the congregation murmured against the princes.
19 But all the princes said unto all the congregation, We have sworn unto them by the Lord God of Israel: now therefore we may not touch them.
20 This we will do to them; we will even let them live, lest wrath be upon us, because of the oath which we sware unto them.
21 And the princes said unto them, Let them live; but let them be hewers of wood and drawers of water unto all the congregation; as the princes had promised them.
22 And Joshua called for them, and he spake unto them, saying, Wherefore have ye beguiled us, saying, We are very far from you; when ye dwell among us?
23 Now therefore ye are cursed, and there shall none of you be freed from being bondmen, and hewers of wood and drawers of water for the house of my God.
24 And they answered Joshua, and said, Because it was certainly told thy servants, how that the Lord thy God commanded his servant Moses to give you all the land, and to destroy all the inhabitants of the land from before you, therefore we were sore afraid of our lives because of you, and have done this thing.
25 And now, behold, we are in thine hand: as it seemeth good and right unto thee to do unto us, do.
26 And so did he unto them, and delivered them out of the hand of the children of Israel, that they slew them not.
27 And Joshua made them that day hewers of wood and drawers of water for the congregation, and for the altar of the Lord, even unto this day, in the place which he should choose.
1 Then Pilate therefore took Jesus, and scourged him.
2 And the soldiers platted a crown of thorns, and put it on his head, and they put on him a purple robe,
3 And said, Hail, King of the Jews! and they smote him with their hands.
4 Pilate therefore went forth again, and saith unto them, Behold, I bring him forth to you, that ye may know that I find no fault in him.
5 Then came Jesus forth, wearing the crown of thorns, and the purple robe. And Pilate saith unto them, Behold the man!
6 When the chief priests therefore and officers saw him, they cried out, saying, Crucify him, crucify him. Pilate saith unto them, Take ye him, and crucify him: for I find no fault in him.
7 The Jews answered him, We have a law, and by our law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God.
8 When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he was the more afraid;
9 And went again into the judgment hall, and saith unto Jesus, Whence art thou? But Jesus gave him no answer.
10 Then saith Pilate unto him, Speakest thou not unto me? knowest thou not that I have power to crucify thee, and have power to release thee?
11 Jesus answered, Thou couldest have no power at all against me, except it were given thee from above: therefore he that delivered me unto thee hath the greater sin.
12 And from thenceforth Pilate sought to release him: but the Jews cried out, saying, If thou let this man go, thou art not Caesar’s friend: whosoever maketh himself a king speaketh against Caesar.
13 When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he brought Jesus forth, and sat down in the judgment seat in a place that is called the Pavement, but in the Hebrew, Gabbatha.
14 And it was the preparation of the passover, and about the sixth hour: and he saith unto the Jews, Behold your King!
15 But they cried out, Away with him, away with him, crucify him. Pilate saith unto them, Shall I crucify your King? The chief priests answered, We have no king but Caesar.
16 Then delivered he him therefore unto them to be crucified. And they took Jesus, and led him away.
17 And he bearing his cross went forth into a place called the place of a skull, which is called in the Hebrew Golgotha:
18 Where they crucified him, and two other with him, on either side one, and Jesus in the midst.
19 And Pilate wrote a title, and put it on the cross. And the writing was, JESUS OF NAZARETH THE KING OF THE JEWS.
20 This title then read many of the Jews: for the place where Jesus was crucified was nigh to the city: and it was written in Hebrew, and Greek, and Latin.
21 Then said the chief priests of the Jews to Pilate, Write not, The King of the Jews; but that he said, I am King of the Jews.
22 Pilate answered, What I have written I have written.
23 Then the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took his garments, and made four parts, to every soldier a part; and also his coat: now the coat was without seam, woven from the top throughout.
24 They said therefore among themselves, Let us not rend it, but cast lots for it, whose it shall be: that the scripture might be fulfilled, which saith, They parted my raiment among them, and for my vesture they did cast lots. These things therefore the soldiers did.
25 Now there stood by the cross of Jesus his mother, and his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalene.
26 When Jesus therefore saw his mother, and the disciple standing by, whom he loved, he saith unto his mother, Woman, behold thy son!
27 Then saith he to the disciple, Behold thy mother! And from that hour that disciple took her unto his own home.
28 After this, Jesus knowing that all things were now accomplished, that the scripture might be fulfilled, saith, I thirst.
29 Now there was set a vessel full of vinegar: and they filled a spunge with vinegar, and put it upon hyssop, and put it to his mouth.
30 When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost.
31 The Jews therefore, because it was the preparation, that the bodies should not remain upon the cross on the sabbath day, (for that sabbath day was an high day,) besought Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away.
32 Then came the soldiers, and brake the legs of the first, and of the other which was crucified with him.
33 But when they came to Jesus, and saw that he was dead already, they brake not his legs:
34 But one of the soldiers with a spear pierced his side, and forthwith came there out blood and water.
35 And he that saw it bare record, and his record is true: and he knoweth that he saith true, that ye might believe.
36 For these things were done, that the scripture should be fulfilled, A bone of him shall not be broken.
37 And again another scripture saith, They shall look on him whom they pierced.
38 And after this Joseph of Arimathaea, being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, besought Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus: and Pilate gave him leave. He came therefore, and took the body of Jesus.
39 And there came also Nicodemus, which at the first came to Jesus by night, and brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about an hundred pound weight.
40 Then took they the body of Jesus, and wound it in linen clothes with the spices, as the manner of the Jews is to bury.
41 Now in the place where he was crucified there was a garden; and in the garden a new sepulchre, wherein was never man yet laid.
42 There laid they Jesus therefore because of the Jews’ preparation day; for the sepulchre was nigh at hand.