Exodus 33
1 तब परमप्रभुले मोशालाई भन्नु भयो, “तिमी र तिम्रा मानिसहरू जसलाई तिमीले मिश्र देशबाट ल्याएका छौ त्यो ठाउँबाट गईहाल। अनि तिमीहरू त्यो भूमिमा जाऊ जुन मैले अब्राहाम, इसहाक र याकूबलाई दिन्छु भनी प्रतिज्ञा गरेको थिएँ। मैले तिनीहरूलाई वचन दिएर भनेको थिएँ, तिमीहरूका भावी सन्तानलाई म त्यो भूमि दिनेछु।
2 म एकजना स्वर्गदूतलाई तिम्रो अगुवाइ गर्न पठाउनेछु अनि कनानी, एमोरी, हित्ती, परिज्जी, हिव्वी अनि यबूसीहरूलाई तिनीहरूको भूमि छोडन बाध्य गराउनेछु।
3 यसर्थ तिमीहरू त्यो भूमिमा जाऊ जुन भूमि असल-असल चीजहरूले भरिभराऊ छ। म तिमीहरूसित जाँदिन र यदि म तिमीहरूसित गएँ भने, हुन सक्छ, तिमीहरूलाई म आधा बाटोमा नै ध्वंश पार्नेछु कारण तिमीहरू अत्यन्तै अट्टेरी छौ।”
4 मानिसहरू यस्तो दुःख पूर्ण समाचार सुनेर चिन्तित भए। तिनीहरूले गर-गहनाहरू लगाएनन्।
5 परमप्रभुले मोशालाई भन्नु भयो, “इस्राएलीहरूलाई भन, ‘तिमीहरू अट्टेरी छौ। यदि म तिमीहरूसंग केही क्षणका निम्ति पनि जानु पर्ने भए म तिमीहरूलाई ध्वंश पार्ने थिएँ। अब तिमीहरूले आफ्नो गहना निकाल अनि म निश्चय गर्ने छु, तिमीहरूलाई के गर्नुपर्ने हो।”‘
6 यसकारण गहनाहरू होरेब पर्वतमा इस्राएलीहरूले फुकालिदिए।
7 मोशाले छाउनी केही अघि लगे अनि छाउनी त्यहाँ बसाले अनि त्यसलाई “भेट हुने पाल”नाउँ दिए। कुनै मानिस जसले परमप्रभुबाट केही माग्ने इच्छा गर्छ ऊ भेट हुने पालमा जानु पर्थ्यो जो छाउनी बाहिर थियो।
8 जति बेला मोशा पालमा जान्थे, मानिसहरू तिनको आफ्नै पालहरूको ढोकाहरूमा खडा हुन्थे। जबसम्म उनी भेट हुने पालभित्र पस्दैन थिए। तिनीहरूले मोशालाई हेर्थे।
9 मोशा भेट हुने पालमा जान्थे बादलको लामो स्तम्भ झैं माथिबाट तल आउँथ्यो। त्यो बादलको खामो पालको द्वारमा खडा भई पर्खिरहन्थ्यो यसरी परमप्रभुले मोशासंग कुरा गर्नु हुन्थ्यो।
10 यसर्थ जब बादलको खम्बालाई मानिसहरूले देख्थे तिनीहरू आफ्नो-आफ्नो पालको द्वारमा गएर परमेश्वरको आराधना गरी निहुरिन्थे।
11 यस रीति अनुसार परमप्रभुले मोशासंग साथी जस्तै कुरा गर्नु हुन्थ्यो। परमप्रभसंग कुरा गरिसकेपछि मोशा पालमा फर्कन्थे। तर उसको युवक सहायक नुनको छोरा यहोशू पालभित्र नैं रहन्थ्यो।
12 मोशाले परमप्रभुलाई भने, “तपाईंले मलाई यी मानिसहरूलाई अगुवाइ गर्ने आदेश दिनु भयो तर यो भन्नु भएन तपाईंले मसंगै कुन मानिस पठाउनु हुन्छ। तपाईंले मलाई भन्नु भयो, ‘म तिमीलाई राम्ररी जान्दछु र म तिमीसित अत्यन्तै खुशी छु।’
13 यदि मैले तपाईंलाई साँच्चै खुशी पारेको भए मलाई तपाईंका तरीकाहरू बताउनु होस्। म तपाईंलाई जान्न चाहन्छु। तब म तपाईंलाई नित्य प्रसन्न पारिराख्छु। स्मरण रहोस् यी सबै मानिसहरू तपाईंका हुन्।”
14 परमप्रभुले उत्तर दिनु भयो, “म आफैं तिमीसित जानेछु र तिम्रो अगुवाइ गर्नेछु।”
15 त्यसपछि मोशाले परमप्रभुलाई भने, “यदि तपाईं हामीसित जानुहुन्न भने हामीलाई पनि यस ठाउँबाट नपठाउनुहोस्।
16 नत्र हामीहरू कसरी थाहा पाउँछौं तपाईं ती मानिसहरू र मसंग खुशी हुनुहुन्छ। यदि तपाईं हामीसित जानु भएन भने ती मानिसहरूका लागि म र अरू मानिसहरूमा केही भिन्नता रहेन।”
17 तब परमप्रभुले मोशालाई भन्नुभयो, “तिमीले जो भन्यौ म गर्नेछु। किनभने म तिमीसंग प्रसन्न छु अनि म तिमीलाई राम्रो जान्दछु।”
18 त्यसपछि मोशाले भने, “अब दया गरी मलाई तपाईंको महिमा देखाउनुहोस।”
19 तब परमप्रभुले भन्नुभयो, “म मेरा सबै परिपक्क भलो धर्म तिम्रो अघाडी जानमा लागि गर्नेछु। म ‘यहोवा’ मेरो नाउँ घोषणा गर्ने छु, किनभने म परिपक्क कल्याण कार्य र प्रेम आफूले मन पराएको मानिसअघि देखाउने छु।
20 तर तिमीले मेरो अनुहारलाई हेर्न असमर्थ हुनेछौ। कुनै पनि मानिसले मलाई हेर्न सक्दैन अनि जिउँदो रहन सक्दैन।”
21 “परमप्रभुले भन्नुभयो, हेर मेरो छेउमा एउटा चट्टान छ अनि तिमी यसमा उभिन सक्छौ।
22 मेरो महिमा त्यहाँ जाने छ। म तिमीलाई त्यस चट्टानमा लामो चर्केको ठाउँमा बसाउनेछु। अनि जब म त्यहाँ जान्छु मेरो हातले तिमीलाई छोप्ने छ।
23 त्यसपछि म मेरो हात हटाउनेछु र तिमीले मेरो पछिल्तिरको भाग देख्नेछौ, तर मेरो अनुहार देख्न सक्ने छैनौ।”
1 And the Lord said unto Moses, Depart, and go up hence, thou and the people which thou hast brought up out of the land of Egypt, unto the land which I sware unto Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, saying, Unto thy seed will I give it:
2 And I will send an angel before thee; and I will drive out the Canaanite, the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite:
3 Unto a land flowing with milk and honey: for I will not go up in the midst of thee; for thou art a stiffnecked people: lest I consume thee in the way.
4 And when the people heard these evil tidings, they mourned: and no man did put on him his ornaments.
5 For the Lord had said unto Moses, Say unto the children of Israel, Ye are a stiffnecked people: I will come up into the midst of thee in a moment, and consume thee: therefore now put off thy ornaments from thee, that I may know what to do unto thee.
6 And the children of Israel stripped themselves of their ornaments by the mount Horeb.
7 And Moses took the tabernacle, and pitched it without the camp, afar off from the camp, and called it the Tabernacle of the congregation. And it came to pass, that every one which sought the Lord went out unto the tabernacle of the congregation, which was without the camp.
8 And it came to pass, when Moses went out unto the tabernacle, that all the people rose up, and stood every man at his tent door, and looked after Moses, until he was gone into the tabernacle.
9 And it came to pass, as Moses entered into the tabernacle, the cloudy pillar descended, and stood at the door of the tabernacle, and the Lord talked with Moses.
10 And all the people saw the cloudy pillar stand at the tabernacle door: and all the people rose up and worshipped, every man in his tent door.
11 And the Lord spake unto Moses face to face, as a man speaketh unto his friend. And he turned again into the camp: but his servant Joshua, the son of Nun, a young man, departed not out of the tabernacle.
12 And Moses said unto the Lord, See, thou sayest unto me, Bring up this people: and thou hast not let me know whom thou wilt send with me. Yet thou hast said, I know thee by name, and thou hast also found grace in my sight.
13 Now therefore, I pray thee, if I have found grace in thy sight, shew me now thy way, that I may know thee, that I may find grace in thy sight: and consider that this nation is thy people.
14 And he said, My presence shall go with thee, and I will give thee rest.
15 And he said unto him, If thy presence go not with me, carry us not up hence.
16 For wherein shall it be known here that I and thy people have found grace in thy sight? is it not in that thou goest with us? so shall we be separated, I and thy people, from all the people that are upon the face of the earth.
17 And the Lord said unto Moses, I will do this thing also that thou hast spoken: for thou hast found grace in my sight, and I know thee by name.
18 And he said, I beseech thee, shew me thy glory.
19 And he said, I will make all my goodness pass before thee, and I will proclaim the name of the Lord before thee; and will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will shew mercy on whom I will shew mercy.
20 And he said, Thou canst not see my face: for there shall no man see me, and live.
21 And the Lord said, Behold, there is a place by me, and thou shalt stand upon a rock:
22 And it shall come to pass, while my glory passeth by, that I will put thee in a clift of the rock, and will cover thee with my hand while I pass by:
23 And I will take away mine hand, and thou shalt see my back parts: but my face shall not be seen.
1 And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the Lord, she came to prove him with hard questions.
2 And she came to Jerusalem with a very great train, with camels that bare spices, and very much gold, and precious stones: and when she was come to Solomon, she communed with him of all that was in her heart.
3 And Solomon told her all her questions: there was not any thing hid from the king, which he told her not.
4 And when the queen of Sheba had seen all Solomon’s wisdom, and the house that he had built,
5 And the meat of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the attendance of his ministers, and their apparel, and his cupbearers, and his ascent by which he went up unto the house of the Lord; there was no more spirit in her.
6 And she said to the king, It was a true report that I heard in mine own land of thy acts and of thy wisdom.
7 Howbeit I believed not the words, until I came, and mine eyes had seen it: and, behold, the half was not told me: thy wisdom and prosperity exceedeth the fame which I heard.
8 Happy are thy men, happy are these thy servants, which stand continually before thee, and that hear thy wisdom.
9 Blessed be the Lord thy God, which delighted in thee, to set thee on the throne of Israel: because the Lord loved Israel for ever, therefore made he thee king, to do judgment and justice.
10 And she gave the king an hundred and twenty talents of gold, and of spices very great store, and precious stones: there came no more such abundance of spices as these which the queen of Sheba gave to king Solomon.
11 And the navy also of Hiram, that brought gold from Ophir, brought in from Ophir great plenty of almug trees, and precious stones.
12 And the king made of the almug trees pillars for the house of the Lord, and for the king’s house, harps also and psalteries for singers: there came no such almug trees, nor were seen unto this day.
13 And king Solomon gave unto the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatsoever she asked, beside that which Solomon gave her of his royal bounty. So she turned and went to her own country, she and her servants.
14 Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred threescore and six talents of gold,
15 Beside that he had of the merchantmen, and of the traffick of the spice merchants, and of all the kings of Arabia, and of the governors of the country.
16 And king Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold: six hundred shekels of gold went to one target.
17 And he made three hundred shields of beaten gold; three pound of gold went to one shield: and the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon.
18 Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with the best gold.
19 The throne had six steps, and the top of the throne was round behind: and there were stays on either side on the place of the seat, and two lions stood beside the stays.
20 And twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other upon the six steps: there was not the like made in any kingdom.
21 And all king Solomon’s drinking vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of pure gold; none were of silver: it was nothing accounted of in the days of Solomon.
22 For the king had at sea a navy of Tharshish with the navy of Hiram: once in three years came the navy of Tharshish, bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.
23 So king Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth for riches and for wisdom.
24 And all the earth sought to Solomon, to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart.
25 And they brought every man his present, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and garments, and armour, and spices, horses, and mules, a rate year by year.
26 And Solomon gathered together chariots and horsemen: and he had a thousand and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, whom he bestowed in the cities for chariots, and with the king at Jerusalem.
27 And the king made silver to be in Jerusalem as stones, and cedars made he to be as the sycomore trees that are in the vale, for abundance.
28 And Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt, and linen yarn: the king’s merchants received the linen yarn at a price.
29 And a chariot came up and went out of Egypt for six hundred shekels of silver, and an horse for an hundred and fifty: and so for all the kings of the Hittites, and for the kings of Syria, did they bring them out by their means.