Psalm 33
1 हे असल धार्मिक मानिसहरू परमप्रभुमा आनन्दित होऊ! उहाँको गुण गाउनु मानिसहरूका लागि राम्रो हुन्छ।
2 वीणा बजाएर परमप्रभुको स्तुति गर! दश तारे साराङ्गी बजाएर परमप्रभुको भजन गाओ।
3 उहाँको निम्ति एउटा नयाँ गीत गाऊ। सुखमय सुन्दर वाद्यहरू बजाऊ!
4 परमेश्वरको वचन सत्य छ। उहाँले गर्नुभएको प्रत्येक कुरामा तिमीहरू भर पर्न सक्छौ।
5 परमेश्वर स्वच्छ हुनु मन पराउनु हुन्छ अनि राम्रो काम गर्नु हुन्छ। परमेश्वरको साँचो प्रेमले पृथ्वी भरिन्छ।
6 परमप्रभुले आदेश गर्नुभयो र यो संसार बनियो। परमेश्वरको मुखबाट निस्केको सासबाट पृथ्वीमा प्रत्येक कुराको सृजना भयो।
7 परमप्रभुले समुद्रबाट पानी एक ठाउँमा थुपार्नु भयो। उहाँले सागरलाई आफ्नो ठाउँमा राख्नुभयो।
8 यस पृथ्वीमा प्रत्येक मानिसले डराउनु पर्छ र परमप्रभुको सम्मान गर्नु पर्छ। संसारमा भएका सबै मानिसहरू उहाँदेखि डराउनु पर्नेछ।
9 किन? किनभने परमेश्वरले आदेश गर्दा मात्र ती कुराहरू प्रकट हुन्छन। अनि यदि उहँले भन्नुहुन्छ, “रोक!” तब ती सबै रोकिने छन्।
10 यदि परमप्रभुले चाहनु भयो भने, प्रत्येकका योजनाहरू व्यार्थ पार्न सक्नुहुन्छ। उहाँले तिनीहरूका योजनाहरू ध्वंश पार्न सक्नु हुन्छ।
11 तर परमप्रभुको सल्लाह सदा-सर्वदा असल हुन्छ। उहाँका योजनाहरू पुस्तौं-पुस्तासम्म असल हुन्छन्।
12 परमप्रभु जुन मानिसहरूको परमेश्वर स्वरूप हुनुहुन्छ, तिनीहरू सौभाग्यशाली हुन्छन्। किन? किनभने परमेश्वरले तिनीहरूलाई उहाँको आफ्नै खास मानिसहरू सरह रोज्नु भएकोछ।
13 परमप्रभुले स्वर्गबाट तल हेर्नु भयो अनि उहाँले सारा मानिसहरूलाई देख्नु भयो।
14 उहाँले उच्च-आसनबाट तल पृथ्वीमा बाँचिरहेका सारा मानिसहरूलाई हेर्नु भयो।
15 परमेश्वरले प्रत्येक मानिसको रचना गर्नुभयो। परमेश्वर तिनीहरूले के सोच्दछन् जान्नुहुन्छ।
16 कुनै पनि राजा आफ्नो महान् शक्तिद्वारा बाँच्दैन। कुनै पनि बलियो सिपाही उसको महान् बलबाट बाँच्दैन।
17 घोडाहरूले साँच्चै लडाइँमा विजय ल्याउँदैनन्। तिनीहरूका बलले तिनीहरूलाई वास्तवमा भाग्न सहायता गर्न सक्दैन।
18 परमप्रभुले हेर्नुहुन्छ साथै हेरचाह गर्नुहुन्छ तिमीहरूमध्ये जसले उहाँलाई मान्दछन्। जसले उहाँलाई सम्मान् गर्छ उहाँ महान् प्रेमले, मानिसहरूको रक्षा गर्नुहुन्छ।
19 परमेश्वरले ती मानिसहरूलाई मृत्युबाट बचाउनु हुन्छ। जब तिनीहरू भोका हुन्छन् उहाँले तिनीहरूलाई बल दिनुहुन्छ।
20 यसैले हामी आशा लिएर परमप्रभुलाई पर्खनेछौं। उहाँले हामीलाई साथ दिनुहुन्छ र रक्षा गर्नुहुन्छ।
21 परमेश्वरले हामीलाई खुशी पार्नु हुन्छ, हामी साँच्चै उहाँको पवित्र नाउँमा भरोसा गर्छौं।
22 हे परमप्रभु, हामी साँचो मनले तपाईंलाई पूज्दछौं! यसर्थ हामीलाई तपाईंको महान् प्रेम दर्शाउनुहोस्।
1 Rejoice in the Lord, O ye righteous: for praise is comely for the upright.
2 Praise the Lord with harp: sing unto him with the psaltery and an instrument of ten strings.
3 Sing unto him a new song; play skilfully with a loud noise.
4 For the word of the Lord is right; and all his works are done in truth.
5 He loveth righteousness and judgment: the earth is full of the goodness of the Lord.
6 By the word of the Lord were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.
7 He gathereth the waters of the sea together as an heap: he layeth up the depth in storehouses.
8 Let all the earth fear the Lord: let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him.
9 For he spake, and it was done; he commanded, and it stood fast.
10 The Lord bringeth the counsel of the heathen to nought: he maketh the devices of the people of none effect.
11 The counsel of the Lord standeth for ever, the thoughts of his heart to all generations.
12 Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord; and the people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance.
13 The Lord looketh from heaven; he beholdeth all the sons of men.
14 From the place of his habitation he looketh upon all the inhabitants of the earth.
15 He fashioneth their hearts alike; he considereth all their works.
16 There is no king saved by the multitude of an host: a mighty man is not delivered by much strength.
17 An horse is a vain thing for safety: neither shall he deliver any by his great strength.
18 Behold, the eye of the Lord is upon them that fear him, upon them that hope in his mercy;
19 To deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive in famine.
20 Our soul waiteth for the Lord: he is our help and our shield.
21 For our heart shall rejoice in him, because we have trusted in his holy name.
22 Let thy mercy, O Lord, be upon us, according as we hope in thee.
1 Now it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus, (this is Ahasuerus which reigned, from India even unto Ethiopia, over an hundred and seven and twenty provinces:)
2 That in those days, when the king Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, which was in Shushan the palace,
3 In the third year of his reign, he made a feast unto all his princes and his servants; the power of Persia and Media, the nobles and princes of the provinces, being before him:
4 When he shewed the riches of his glorious kingdom and the honour of his excellent majesty many days, even an hundred and fourscore days.
5 And when these days were expired, the king made a feast unto all the people that were present in Shushan the palace, both unto great and small, seven days, in the court of the garden of the king’s palace;
6 Where were white, green, and blue, hangings, fastened with cords of fine linen and purple to silver rings and pillars of marble: the beds were of gold and silver, upon a pavement of red, and blue, and white, and black, marble.
7 And they gave them drink in vessels of gold, (the vessels being diverse one from another,) and royal wine in abundance, according to the state of the king.
8 And the drinking was according to the law; none did compel: for so the king had appointed to all the officers of his house, that they should do according to every man’s pleasure.
9 Also Vashti the queen made a feast for the women in the royal house which belonged to king Ahasuerus.
10 On the seventh day, when the heart of the king was merry with wine, he commanded Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, and Abagtha, Zethar, and Carcas, the seven chamberlains that served in the presence of Ahasuerus the king,
11 To bring Vashti the queen before the king with the crown royal, to shew the people and the princes her beauty: for she was fair to look on.
12 But the queen Vashti refused to come at the king’s commandment by his chamberlains: therefore was the king very wroth, and his anger burned in him.
13 Then the king said to the wise men, which knew the times, (for so was the king’s manner toward all that knew law and judgment:
14 And the next unto him was Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and Memucan, the seven princes of Persia and Media, which saw the king’s face, and which sat the first in the kingdom;)
15 What shall we do unto the queen Vashti according to law, because she hath not performed the commandment of the king Ahasuerus by the chamberlains?
16 And Memucan answered before the king and the princes, Vashti the queen hath not done wrong to the king only, but also to all the princes, and to all the people that are in all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus.
17 For this deed of the queen shall come abroad unto all women, so that they shall despise their husbands in their eyes, when it shall be reported, The king Ahasuerus commanded Vashti the queen to be brought in before him, but she came not.
18 Likewise shall the ladies of Persia and Media say this day unto all the king’s princes, which have heard of the deed of the queen. Thus shall there arise too much contempt and wrath.
19 If it please the king, let there go a royal commandment from him, and let it be written among the laws of the Persians and the Medes, that it be not altered, That Vashti come no more before king Ahasuerus; and let the king give her royal estate unto another that is better than she.
20 And when the king’s decree which he shall make shall be published throughout all his empire, (for it is great,) all the wives shall give to their husbands honour, both to great and small.
21 And the saying pleased the king and the princes; and the king did according to the word of Memucan:
22 For he sent letters into all the king’s provinces, into every province according to the writing thereof, and to every people after their language, that every man should bear rule in his own house, and that it should be published according to the language of every people.