Isaiah 55
1 “हे सबै, तिर्खाएका मानिसहरू, आऊ पानी पिऊ! पैसा छैन भनेर सुर्ता नगर। आऊ, अघाउञ्जेल सम्म खाऊ र पिऊ! तिमीहरूलाई पैसा चाहिन्दैन अघाउञ्जेल खाऊ र पिऊ। खान र पिऊनुको ज्याला लाग्दैन।
2 किन? तिमीहरू त्यस्तो चीजहरूमा पैसा बर्बाद गर्छौ जुन खास भोजन नै होइन? किन तिमीहरू त्यस्ता व्यर्थका कामहरू गर्छै जसले तिमीहरूलाई सन्तुष्टी दिँदैन? एकदमै ध्यान दिएर मेरा कुरा सुन अनि तिमीहरूले राम्रा भोजन खान पाउनेछौ। तिमीहरूले त्यस्तो राम्रा खाना खानेछौ जसले तिम्रो आत्मा तृप्त पार्नेछ।
3 मैले भनेका कुराहरूमा एकदमै ध्यान दिएर सुन्। मेरो कुरालाई ध्यान दिएर सुन तिमीहरूका प्राणहरू बाँच्नेछन्। मकहाँ आऊ र तिमीहरूसँग एक करार गर्नेछु जुन सदा-सर्वदा रहनेछ। यो करार त्यस्तो हुनेछ जुन मैले दाऊदसँग गरेको थिएँ। मैले दाऊदलाई प्रेम गर्नेछु अनि सदा ऊ प्रति उदार रहनेछु भनेर वचन दिएको थिएँ। अनि तिमीहरूले त्यो करारमाथि विश्वास गर्न सक्छौ।
4 मैले मेरो शक्ति-प्रमाण र सबै जातिहरूकालागि दाऊदलाई बनाएँ। मैले दाऊदलाई वचन दिएँ कि उ धेरै जातिहरूका शासक र सेनापति हुनेछ।”
5 ती ठाउँहरूमा धेरै जातिहरू छन् जो तिमीहरू जान्दैनौ, तर तिमीहरू ती जातिहरूलाई डाक्नेछौ। ती जातिहरूले तिमीहरूलाई जान्दैनन् तर तिनीहरू दौडेर तिमीहरूकहाँ आउनेछन्। यस्तो घटना हुने छ किनभने परमप्रभु तिमीहरूका परमेश्वरले घटना चाहनुहुन्छ। इस्राएलका परमपवित्रले तिमीहरूलाई आदर गर्नुहुन्छ।
6 यसैले तिमीहरूले परमप्रभुलाई खोज्नु पर्छ एकदमै ढिलो हुनु अघि नै। तिमीहरूले उहाँलाई अहिले नै बोलाइहाल्नु पर्छ उहाँ नजिक भएको बेला।
7 दुष्ट मानिसहरूले पापमय जीवन बाँच्न छाड्नु पर्छ। तिनीहरूले नराम्रा कुराहरू सोच्न छाडनु पर्छ। तिनीहरू परमप्रभुकहाँ फेरि एकपल्ट आउनु पर्छ। तब परमप्रभुले उनीहरूलाई सान्त्वना दिनुहुनेछ। ती मानिसहरू परमप्रभुकहाँ आउनु पर्नेछ किनभने हाम्रो परमेश्वरले क्षमा गर्नुहुन्छ।
8 परमप्रभु भन्नुहुन्छ, “तिमीहरूका विचारहरू मेरा विचारहरू जस्ता छैनन्। तिमीहरूका चालहरू मेरा चालहरू जस्ता छैनन्।
9 आकाश पृथ्वी भन्दा अल्गो छ। त्यस्तै प्रकारले, मेरा चालहरू पनि तिमीहरूका भन्दा फराकिला छन् अनि मेरा विचारहरू पनि तिमीहरूका विचारहरू भन्दा अग्ला छन्।” परमप्रभु स्वयंले यी कुराहरू भन्नुभयो।
10 “पानी र हिँऊ आकाशबाट र्बषन्छ अनि तिनीहरू फर्केर आकाश तिर जाँदैन्। जब सम्म तिनीहरूले धर्तीलाई छोएर त्यसलाई भिजाउँदैन्। तब धर्तीले बिरूवामा टुसा उमार्दछ। ती टुसाहरूले किसानकोलागि अन्न उब्जाउँछन् अनि मानिसहरूले ती अन्न रोटी बनाई खान्छन्।
11 यस्तै प्रकारले मेरा वचनहरूले मेरो मुख छाड्दछ अनि ती वचनहरूले केही नगरूञ्जेल सम्म फर्की आउँदैन्। मेरा वचनहरूले घटनाहरू घटाउने गर्छ जुन म चाहन्छु। मैले पठाएका ती वचनहरू आफ्नो काम गर्न सफल हुन्छन्।
12 तिमी खुशी साथ बाहिर जानेछौ अनि शान्त रहनेछौ। पर्वत र पहाडहरू प्रसन्न भएर नाच्न चाहनेछन्। खेतका सबै रूखहरूले ताली बजाउनेछन्।
13 जहाँ पोथ्राहरू छन् त्यहा विशाल सल्लाका रूखहरू उम्रनेछन्। वनमारा घारीमा हिना वृक्षहरू उम्रनेछन्। ती कुराहरूले परमप्रभुको ख्याति बढाउने छ। ती कुराहरूले परमप्रभुको शक्तिको प्रमाण गर्दछ। यो चिन्ह कहिल्यै नाश हुने छैन्।”
1 Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.
2 Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your labour for that which satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.
3 Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.
4 Behold, I have given him for a witness to the people, a leader and commander to the people.
5 Behold, thou shalt call a nation that thou knowest not, and nations that knew not thee shall run unto thee because of the Lord thy God, and for the Holy One of Israel; for he hath glorified thee.
6 Seek ye the Lord while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:
7 Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the Lord, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
8 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord.
9 For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.
10 For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater:
11 So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.
12 For ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace: the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.
13 Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir tree, and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle tree: and it shall be to the Lord for a name, for an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off.
0 A Psalm of David.
1 Plead my cause, O Lord, with them that strive with me: fight against them that fight against me.
2 Take hold of shield and buckler, and stand up for mine help.
3 Draw out also the spear, and stop the way against them that persecute me: say unto my soul, I am thy salvation.
4 Let them be confounded and put to shame that seek after my soul: let them be turned back and brought to confusion that devise my hurt.
5 Let them be as chaff before the wind: and let the angel of the Lord chase them.
6 Let their way be dark and slippery: and let the angel of the Lord persecute them.
7 For without cause have they hid for me their net in a pit, which without cause they have digged for my soul.
8 Let destruction come upon him at unawares; and let his net that he hath hid catch himself: into that very destruction let him fall.
9 And my soul shall be joyful in the Lord: it shall rejoice in his salvation.
10 All my bones shall say, Lord, who is like unto thee, which deliverest the poor from him that is too strong for him, yea, the poor and the needy from him that spoileth him?
11 False witnesses did rise up; they laid to my charge things that I knew not.
12 They rewarded me evil for good to the spoiling of my soul.
13 But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth: I humbled my soul with fasting; and my prayer returned into mine own bosom.
14 I behaved myself as though he had been my friend or brother: I bowed down heavily, as one that mourneth for his mother.
15 But in mine adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together: yea, the abjects gathered themselves together against me, and I knew it not; they did tear me, and ceased not:
16 With hypocritical mockers in feasts, they gnashed upon me with their teeth.
17 Lord, how long wilt thou look on? rescue my soul from their destructions, my darling from the lions.
18 I will give thee thanks in the great congregation: I will praise thee among much people.
19 Let not them that are mine enemies wrongfully rejoice over me: neither let them wink with the eye that hate me without a cause.
20 For they speak not peace: but they devise deceitful matters against them that are quiet in the land.
21 Yea, they opened their mouth wide against me, and said, Aha, aha, our eye hath seen it.
22 This thou hast seen, O Lord: keep not silence: O Lord, be not far from me.
23 Stir up thyself, and awake to my judgment, even unto my cause, my God and my Lord.
24 Judge me, O Lord my God, according to thy righteousness; and let them not rejoice over me.
25 Let them not say in their hearts, Ah, so would we have it: let them not say, We have swallowed him up.
26 Let them be ashamed and brought to confusion together that rejoice at mine hurt: let them be clothed with shame and dishonour that magnify themselves against me.
27 Let them shout for joy, and be glad, that favour my righteous cause: yea, let them say continually, Let the Lord be magnified, which hath pleasure in the prosperity of his servant.
28 And my tongue shall speak of thy righteousness and of thy praise all the day long.