ஆமோஸ் 2:6-15

6 Thus saith the Lord; For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they sold the righteous for silver, and the poor for a pair of shoes;

7 That pant after the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and turn aside the way of the meek: and a man and his father will go in unto the same maid, to profane my holy name:

8 And they lay themselves down upon clothes laid to pledge by every altar, and they drink the wine of the condemned in the house of their god.

9 Yet destroyed I the Amorite before them, whose height was like the height of the cedars, and he was strong as the oaks; yet I destroyed his fruit from above, and his roots from beneath.

10 Also I brought you up from the land of Egypt, and led you forty years through the wilderness, to possess the land of the Amorite.

11 And I raised up of your sons for prophets, and of your young men for Nazarites. Is it not even thus, O ye children of Israel? saith the Lord.

12 But ye gave the Nazarites wine to drink; and commanded the prophets, saying, Prophesy not.

13 Behold, I am pressed under you, as a cart is pressed that is full of sheaves.

14 Therefore the flight shall perish from the swift, and the strong shall not strengthen his force, neither shall the mighty deliver himself:

15 Neither shall he stand that handleth the bow; and he that is swift of foot shall not deliver himself: neither shall he that rideth the horse deliver himself.

1 यी सब कुराहरू भई सकेपछि अब्रामलाई परमप्रभुबाट दर्शनद्वारा केही संदेशहरू आए। परमप्रभुले भन्नुभयो, “अब्राम तिमी नडराऊ। म तिम्रो ढाल हुँ। तिम्रो इनाम अत्यन्त विशाल हुनेछ।”
After these things the word of the Lord came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward.

2 अब्रामले भने, “हे परमप्रभु परमेश्वर! हजुरले मलाई के दिनुहुन्छ? यस्तो हजुरले दिंदा मलाई खुशी पार्ने केही छैन। किन? किनभने, मसित छोरा छैन। यसर्थ मेरो घरमा जन्मेको कमारा दमीसकको एलीएजरले मेरो मृत्यु पछाडी मसँग भएका सबै सम्पत्ति पाउँनेछ।”
And Abram said, Lord God, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless, and the steward of my house is this Eliezer of Damascus?

3 अब्रामले भने, “तपाईंले मलाई एउटा छोरा दिनुभएको छैन, अतः मेरो घरमा जन्मेको कमाराले मेरो जम्मै सम्पत्ति पाउनेछ।”
And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed: and, lo, one born in my house is mine heir.

4 त्यसपछि परमप्रभुले अब्रामसित कुरा गर्नु भयो। परमेश्वरले भन्नुभयो, “तिमीसँग भएको सम्पत्ति त्यो कमारोले पाउँदैन। तिम्रो आफ्नै छोरो जन्मनेछ। अनि तिम्रो सम्पत्तिको उत्तराधिकारी उही तिम्रो छोरो हुनेछ।”
And, behold, the word of the Lord came unto him, saying, This shall not be thine heir; but he that shall come forth out of thine own bowels shall be thine heir.

5 त्यसपछि परमेश्वरले अब्रामलाई बाहिर लानु भयो र भन्नुभयो, “आकाशमा हेर, तिमीले त्यहाँ यति धेरै ताराहरू देख्नेछौ गन्नु सक्तैनौ। भविष्यमा तिम्रा पनि त्यति धेरै सन्तानहरू हुनेछन्।”
And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be.

6 अब्रामले परमेश्वरलाई विश्वास गरे अनि परमेश्वरले अब्रामको विश्वासलाई विचार गर्नुभयो कि उसले वास्तवमा के गराउन चाहन्थे।
And he believed in the Lord; and he counted it to him for righteousness.

7 परमेश्वरले अब्रामलाई भन्नुभयो, “म उही परमप्रभु हुँ जसले तिमीलाई कल्दीहरूको ऊरबाट ल्यायो। मैले यसो गर्नुको तात्पर्य तिमीलाई यो भूमि दिनु हो, यो भूमि तिमीले ग्रहण गर्नेछौ।”
And he said unto him, I am the Lord that brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give thee this land to inherit it.

8 तर अब्रामले भने, “हे परमप्रभु मेरा मालिक, यो भूमि मैले नै पाउनेछु भनी म कसरी थाहा पाउन सक्छु?”
And he said, Lord God, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it?

9 परमेश्वरले अब्रामलाई भन्नुभयो, “हामी एउटा करार गर्नेछौं। एउटा तीन वर्षको कोरली, त्यसरी नै तीन वर्ष पुगेको बाख्रा अनि तीन वर्ष पुगेको एउटा भेडा ल्याऊ। अनि एउटा ढुक्कुर र एउटा परेवाको बच्चा पनि ल्याऊ।”
And he said unto him, Take me an heifer of three years old, and a she goat of three years old, and a ram of three years old, and a turtledove, and a young pigeon.

10 परमेश्वरको निम्ति अब्रामले यी सबै कुराहरू ल्याएर यी सबै कुराको बलि चढाई ती सबलाई दुई-दुई टुक्रा पारे। तब अब्रामले प्रत्येक आधा भागलाई अर्को आधा भाग माथि र्तेस्याए। तर तिनले पंक्षीहरूलाई टुक्रा पारेनन्।
And he took unto him all these, and divided them in the midst, and laid each piece one against another: but the birds divided he not.

11 पछि, ती पशुको मासु खान ठूला-ठूला पंक्षीहरू उडेर आए तर अब्रामले तिनीहरूलाई धपाए।
And when the fowls came down upon the carcases, Abram drove them away.

12 पछि सूर्य अस्ताउन लाग्दा अब्रामलाई साह्रै निन्द्रा लाग्यो। चुक झैं कालो अन्धकारले उसलाई चारै तिरबाट घेर्यो।
And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, an horror of great darkness fell upon him.

13 तब परमप्रभुले अब्रामलाई भन्नुभयो, “तैंले यो निश्चय जान्नु पर्छ, तिम्रा सन्तानहरू विदेशी हुनेछन्, तिनीहरू त्यस धर्तीमा जानेछन् जो तिनीहरूको होइन, तिनीहरू त्यहाँ कमारा-कमारीको रूपमा चार सय वर्षसम्म सेवा गर्नेछन् अनि तिनीहरूसित धेरै खराब व्यवहार गरिनेछ। चार सय वर्षसम्म तिनीहरूले धेरै दुर्व्यवहार र अन्याय सहनु पर्नेछ।
And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years;

14 म त्यो जाति जसले तिम्रा सन्तानहरूलाई कमारा-कमारी बनाए तिनीहरूको न्याय गर्नेछु अनि जब तिमीपछि आउँने तिम्रा सन्तानहरूले त्यो देश छोडनेछन्, तिनीहरूले आफूसित धेरै राम्रा चीजहरू ल्याउँछन्।
And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance.

15 “तर जहाँसम्म तेरो कुरा छ, तँ मनग्गे बाँच्नेछस्। तँ शान्तिपूर्वक मर्नेछस् अनि तँ त्यहीं गाडिनेछस् जहाँ तेरा पिता-पुर्खाहरूलाई गाडिएको थियो।
And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age.

16 चार पुस्तापछि तिम्रा सन्तानहरू यही देशमा फर्केर आउनेछन् र तिनीहरूले एमोरीहरूलाई हराउँनेछन्। यहाँ बस्ने एमोरीहरूलाई सजाय भोग्न लगाउन म ती तिम्रा सन्तानहरूलाई प्रयोगमा ल्याउनेछु। यी सब कुराहरूपछि हुन्छ कारण ती एमोरीहरू अहिले सजाय पाउनुको निम्ति त्यति नराम्रो भई सकेका छैनन्।”
But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full.

17 जब सूर्य अस्तायो, अत्यन्तै अंन्धकार छायो। बलि चढाई मारिएका पशुहरू दुइ-दुइ टुक्रामा अहिलेसम्म जमीनमा लडिरहेको थिए। त्यही समयमा धुँवाको मुस्लो जसमा बल्दै गरेको ज्वाला थियो ती मारेर टुक्रा पारिएको पशुहरू बीचबाट गए।
And it came to pass, that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, behold a smoking furnace, and a burning lamp that passed between those pieces.

18 यस प्रकारले त्यसै दिन परमप्रभुले अब्रामसित एउटा सम्झौता गर्नु भयो अनि भन्नुभयो, “तेरा सन्तानहरूका लागि मात्र म यो घरती दिनेछु।
In the same day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates:

19 तिनीहरूलाई म मिश्रको नदीदेखि यूफ्रेटिस महानदीसम्म केनी कदमोनी, कनज्जी,
The Kenites, and the Kenizzites, and the Kadmonites,

20 हित्ती, परिज्जी, रपाई,
And the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Rephaims,

21 एमोरी कनानी, गिर्गाशी तथा यबूसी दिनेछु। यो सम्पूर्ण भूमि मिश्रको नदी अनि यूफ्रेटिस नदीको माझमा पर्छ।”
And the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Girgashites, and the Jebusites.