Romans 8
1 यसैले, अब जो-जो ख्रीष्ट येशूका साथ छन् उनीहरूलाई दोषी ठहरइने छैन।
2 किन म दोषी भनेर मानिन्नँ? किनभने ख्रीष्ट येशूमा, जीवनदाता आत्माको विधान जसले जीवन ल्याँउछ त्यसले मलाई मुक्ती दियो। त्यो विधान जसबाट पाप र मृत्यु आउँछ त्यसबाट पनि मलाई मुक्ति दियो।
3 व्यवस्था शक्तिहीन थियो किनभने त्यो व्यवस्था हाम्रा पापपूर्ण स्वभावहरूले कमजोर बनायो। तर व्यवस्थाले गर्न नसकेको काम परमेश्वरले गर्नु भयो। परमेश्वरले आफ्नो पुत्रलाई मनुष्य चोला दिएर यस पृथ्वीमा पठाउनु भयो जुन चोला पाएर मानिसहरूले पापपूर्ण कामहरू गर्छन्। परमेश्वरले आफ्ना पुत्रलाई पापको निम्ति बलिको रूपमा पठाउनु भयो अनि उहाँले पापको र्भत्सना गर्न मनुष्य चोला प्रयोग गर्नु भयो।
4 परमेश्वरले त्यसो गर्नुभयो ताकि तोकिएको व्यवस्था हामीमा परिपूर्ण होस्, जो आफ्नो पापपूर्ण प्रकृति अनुसार बाँच्दैनौं तर आत्मा अनुसार बाँच्छौं।
5 जो पापपूर्ण स्वभाव लिएर बाँचिरहेका छन् तिनले आफ्ना पापपूर्ण स्वभापव अनुसारै सोंच्दछन्। जो आत्मा अनुसार जिउँदछन् उनीहरू आत्माको इच्छा अनुसारै बाँच्दछन्।
6 यदि कुनै मानिसको मन पापपूर्ण स्वभावले नियन्त्रित छ भने उसको आत्मिक मृत्यु हुँदछ। यदि कुनै मानिसको मन आत्माले नियंत्रित छ भने उसलाई जीवन र शान्ति मिल्नेछ।
7 यो किन सत्य हो? किनभने, जब कुनै मानिसको विचार पापपूर्ण स्वभावको अधीनमा हुन्छ तब उ परमेश्वरको विरुद्धमा हुँदछ। त्यस मानिसले परमेश्वरको व्यवस्था मान्दैन अनि वास्तवमा त्यो मानिस परमेश्वरको व्यवस्था पालन गर्न असमर्थ हुन्छ।
8 ती मानिसहरू जो पापपूर्ण स्वभावको अधीनमा छन् भने परमेश्वरलाई कहिल्यै खुशी पार्न सक्तैनन्।
9 तिम्रो लागि, यदि परमेश्वरको आत्मा तिमीमा बस्छ। तिमी आफ्ना पापपूर्ण स्वभावबाट नियन्त्रित छैनौ, तर आत्माबाट छौ। तर यदि कसैमा ख्रीष्टको आत्मा छैन भने उ ख्रीष्टसित हुँदैन।
10 किनभने तिमीहरूको शरीर पापले गर्दा मरेकोछ। तर यदि तिमीमा ख्रीष्ट हुनुहुन्छ भने, तब आत्माले जीवन दिंदछ जस्तो ख्रीष्टले तिमीहरूलाई परमेश्वरसित धर्मी तुल्याउनु भयो।
11 परमेश्वरले येशूलाई मृत्युबाट बौराउनु भयो। अनि यदि तिमीहरूमा उहाँको आत्माले वास गर्छ भने, उहाँले तिमीहरूको शरीरलाई पनि जीवन-दान दिनुहुनेछ जुन मरणशील छ। उहाँले तिम्रो शरीरमा आत्माद्वारा जीवन-दान दिन हुन्छ जुन आत्मा तिमीहरूमा बस्छ।
12 यसकारण मेरा दाज्यु-भाई, दिदी-बहिनीहरू, हामी आफ्ना पापपूर्ण स्वभावद्वारा नियन्त्रित हुनुहुँदैन। हामीले पापपूर्ण स्वभावले डोर्याएको बाटामा लाग्नु हुँदैन।
13 यदि तिमीहरू आफ्ना पापपूर्ण स्वभावको चाहनाको पछि लाग्छौ भने तिमीहरू आत्मिक रूपले मर्नेछौ। तर यदि तिमीहरू कुकर्म गर्नदेखि आफूलाई रोक्न आत्माको शक्ति प्रयोग गर्छौ भने तिमीले सत्य-जीवन पाउने छौ।
14 परमेश्वरका साँचो छोरा-छोरीहरू भनेका ती नै हुन् जो परमेश्वरकै आत्माद्वारा डोर्याइएका हुन्छन्।
15 जुन आत्मा तिमीले पाएकाछौ त्यो तिमीलाई फेरि दास बनाउने र डर देखाउने आत्मा होइन। हामीले पाएको आत्माले हामीलाई परमेश्वरका छोरा-छोरी बनाउँछ अनि त्यही आत्मासँगै हामी भन्छौ, “पिता, प्रिय पिता।”
16 अनि त्यो आत्मा आफैले हाम्रो आत्मालाई साक्षी दिन्छ कि हामी परमेश्वरका सन्तानहरू हौं।
17 यदी हामी परमेश्वरका सन्ताहरू हौं भने हामीले आशीर्वाद पाउनेछौं जुन परमेश्वरसित आफ्ना मानिहरूका लागि छ। हामीले ती आशीर्वाद परमेश्वरबाट ख्रीष्टसितै पाउनेछौं। तर हामीले ख्रीष्टले जस्तै दुःख-पीडा सहनु पर्छ त्यसपछि मात्र हामीले पनि ख्रीष्टले जस्तै गौरव प्राप्त गर्नेछौ।
18 अहिले हामी कष्टमा छौं। तर जुन कष्ट अहिले हामीमा छ त्यो भविष्यमा हामीलाई दिइने महिमासँग तुलना गर्दा त्यो केही होइन।
19 परमेश्वरले बनाउनु भएको प्रत्येक वस्तुले ठुलो उत्सुकताको साथ त्यस समयलाई र्पखिरहेकोछ जब परमेश्वरले उहाँका छोराहरू को को हुन् भनेर देखाउनु हुनेछ। त्यो विशेष समय हेर्न सारा संसारको उत्कट अभिलाषा छ।
20 प्रत्येक वस्तु जुन परमेश्वरले बनाउनु भयो त्यो मूल्यहीन भएर गयो। त्यसले परिवर्तन गर्न चाहेन, तर परमेश्वरकै इच्छा अनुसार यस्तो भयो। तथापि त्यहाँ यस्तो आशा थियोः
21 परमेश्वरले बनाउन भएको हरेक कुरा नाश हुनबाट मुक्त बनाइने छ र परमेश्वरका छोरा-छोरीहरूले महिमा र स्वतन्त्रता प्राप्त गर्नेछन्।
22 हामी जान्दछौ सारा संसार सृष्टि गरिएको प्रसव-वेदनाले तडपिरहेकी एउटी स्त्रीले झैं आज सम्म उत्सुकतापूर्वक र्पखिरहेकै छन्।
23 यो संसारले मात्र होइन, हामीले पनि आन्तरिक पीडा बोकेर र्पखिरहेकाछौं। हामीमा परमेश्वरको प्रतिज्ञाको प्रथम अंश सरह आत्मा छ। यसैले हामीलाई उहाँले आफ्ना सन्तान कहिले बनाउनु हुने हो भनेर उत्सुकतापूर्वक र्पखिरहेकाछौं। मेरो भन्नुको तात्पर्य, हामीलाई उहाँले हाम्रा शरीरहरूबाट कहिले मुक्ति दिनुहुनेछ भनेर र्पखिरहेकाछौं।
24 हामीहरू बचाइयौं र हामीमा यो आशा छ। यदि हामीले र्पखिरेहका कुरा देख्न सके त्यो साँचिकै आशा हुने छैन। मानिसहरूले त्यस कुराको आशा गर्दैनन् जुन तिनीहरूले पहिल्यै पाइसकेका हुँदछन्।
25 तर हामी केही चीजको आशा गरिरहेछौं जुन हामीले अहिले सम्म पाएका छैनौं। हामीले ठुलो धैर्यसित त्यो र्पखिरहेका छौं।
26 आत्माले नै हामीलाई हाम्रो कमजोरीमा सहायता गर्नुहुन्छ। हामीले कसरी प्रार्थना गर्नु पर्ने हो! जान्दैनौ। तर आत्माले गंभीर भावले परमेश्वरसँग हाम्रो पक्षमा प्रार्थना गरिदिनुहुनेछ जुन शब्दहरूमा वर्णन गर्न सकिँदैन।
27 परमेश्वरले हाम्रो हृदयमा के छ बुझ्न सक्नु हुन्छ किनभने आत्मा मानिसहरूका लागि परमेश्वरसँग उहाँकै इच्छाले बोल्नु हुन्छ।
28 हामी जान्दछौं कि परमेश्वरले प्रत्येक कुरामा तिनीहरूको भलाईको लागि गर्नुहुन्छ जसले उहाँलाई प्रेम गर्दछ। ती मानिसहरू हुन् जसलाई परमेश्वरले बोलाउनु भयो किनभने त्यो उहाँकै योजना थियो।
29 यो संसार बनाउन भन्दा अघिदेखि नै परमेश्वरले ती मानिसहरूलाई जान्नु हुन्थ्यो।अनि परमेश्वरले तिनीहरू आफ्नै पुत्र जस्तै होउन् भन्ने निर्णय गर्नुभयो। त्यसैकारण येशू धेरै दाज्यू-भाईहरू र दिदी-बहिनीहरूमा जेठो हुनुभयो।
30 परमेश्वरले ती मानिसहरूलाई आफ्नै पुत्र जस्तै होउन् भन्ने योजना गर्नुभयो। अनि परमेश्वरद्वारा बोलइएका तिनीहरूलाई पनि धर्मी बनाइयो। अनि परमेश्वरद्वारा धर्मी बनाइएका तिनीहरूलाई उहाँले महिमा पनि दिनुभयो।
31 यसकारण यस विषयमा हामीले के भन्ने? यदि परमेश्वर हाम्रो निम्ति हुनुहुन्छ भने, हामीलाई कसले पराजय गर्न सक्छ?
32 परमेश्वरले हाम्रो निम्ति जे पनि गर्नुहुनेछ। परमेश्वरले उहाँको आफ्नै पुत्रलाई कष्ट मात्र भोगाउनु भएन तर हाम्रा निम्ति बलि दिनुभयो। तब के परमेश्वरले हामीलाई येशूका साथै हरेक उपहार दिनुहुन्न र?
33 परमेश्वरले चुन्नु भएका मानिसहरूलाई कसले दोष लगाउन सक्छ? कसैले सक्तैन! परमेश्वर मात्र एक हुनुहुन्छ जसले आफ्ना मानिसहरूलाई धर्मी बनाउनुहुन्छ।
34 परमेश्वरका मानिसहरूलाई कसले दोषी हो भनी भन्न सक्छ? कसैले सक्तैन! ख्रीष्ट येशू हाम्रा निम्ति मर्नुभयो, तर त्यति मात्र होइन, उहाँ मृत्युबाट जीवित पनि हुनुभयो। अनि उहाँ परमेश्वरको दाहिनेपट्टि हुनुहुन्छ र हाम्रा निम्ति परमेश्वरलाई बिन्ति गरिरहनु भएको छ।
35 ख्रीष्टको प्रेमबाट हामीलाई अलग गर्न सक्ने कुनै थोक छ? छैन। के दुःखले हामीलाई ख्रीष्टको प्रेमबाट अलग गर्नसक्छ? सक्दैन! के कठिनाई वा खेदाइले हामीलाई ख्रीष्टको प्रेमबाट अलग गर्नसक्छ? सक्दैन। के अनिकाल वा नागोंपनले हामीलाई ख्रीष्टको प्रेमबाट अलग गर्नसक्छ? अहँ। के कुनै आपद वा मृत्युले हामीलाई ख्रीष्टको प्रेमबाट अलग गर्न सक्छ? अहँ सक्दैन।
36 धर्मशास्त्रले भन्छः“तिमीहरूका निमित्त हामीहरू दिनभरि नै मृत्युको मुखमा छौं, मानिसहरू सोंच्दछन् हामी मारिने भेंडा जस्ता छौं।”
37 तर परमेश्वरको प्रेमको कारणले हामी ती सबै कुराहरूमा पूर्ण विजयी बन्छौं।
38 हो, म निश्चिन्त छु कि कुनै चीजले पनि हामीलाई परमेश्वरको प्रेमबाट अलग पार्न सक्तैन न मृत्यु वा जीवनले न स्वर्गदूतहरू वा शासन गर्ने आत्माहरूले न त कुनै वर्तमानका वा भविष्यका
39 कुराले न त कुनै माथिका वा तलका शक्तिले न त सारा संसारको कुनै अरू सिर्जित कुराले हाम्रो परमेश्वरको प्रेमबाट हामीलाई अलग गर्न सक्नेछ जो हाम्रा प्रभु ख्रीष्ट येशूमा छ।
1 There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.
3 For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:
4 That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
5 For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit.
6 For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.
7 Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.
8 So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God.
9 But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.
10 And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness.
11 But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.
12 Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh.
13 For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.
14 For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.
15 For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.
16 The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God:
17 And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together.
18 For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.
19 For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God.
20 For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope,
21 Because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God.
22 For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now.
23 And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.
24 For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for?
25 But if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it.
26 Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.
27 And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints according to the will of God.
28 And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.
29 For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.
30 Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.
31 What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?
32 He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?
33 Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God’s elect? It is God that justifieth.
34 Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us.
35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
36 As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.
37 Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.
38 For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,
39 Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
1 And it was told Joab, Behold, the king weepeth and mourneth for Absalom.
2 And the victory that day was turned into mourning unto all the people: for the people heard say that day how the king was grieved for his son.
3 And the people gat them by stealth that day into the city, as people being ashamed steal away when they flee in battle.
4 But the king covered his face, and the king cried with a loud voice, O my son Absalom, O Absalom, my son, my son!
5 And Joab came into the house to the king, and said, Thou hast shamed this day the faces of all thy servants, which this day have saved thy life, and the lives of thy sons and of thy daughters, and the lives of thy wives, and the lives of thy concubines;
6 In that thou lovest thine enemies, and hatest thy friends. For thou hast declared this day, that thou regardest neither princes nor servants: for this day I perceive, that if Absalom had lived, and all we had died this day, then it had pleased thee well.
7 Now therefore arise, go forth, and speak comfortably unto thy servants: for I swear by the Lord, if thou go not forth, there will not tarry one with thee this night: and that will be worse unto thee than all the evil that befell thee from thy youth until now.
8 Then the king arose, and sat in the gate. And they told unto all the people, saying, Behold, the king doth sit in the gate. And all the people came before the king: for Israel had fled every man to his tent.
9 And all the people were at strife throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, The king saved us out of the hand of our enemies, and he delivered us out of the hand of the Philistines; and now he is fled out of the land for Absalom.
10 And Absalom, whom we anointed over us, is dead in battle. Now therefore why speak ye not a word of bringing the king back?
11 And king David sent to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, saying, Speak unto the elders of Judah, saying, Why are ye the last to bring the king back to his house? seeing the speech of all Israel is come to the king, even to his house.
12 Ye are my brethren, ye are my bones and my flesh: wherefore then are ye the last to bring back the king?
13 And say ye to Amasa, Art thou not of my bone, and of my flesh? God do so to me, and more also, if thou be not captain of the host before me continually in the room of Joab.
14 And he bowed the heart of all the men of Judah, even as the heart of one man; so that they sent this word unto the king, Return thou, and all thy servants.
15 So the king returned, and came to Jordan. And Judah came to Gilgal, to go to meet the king, to conduct the king over Jordan.
16 And Shimei the son of Gera, a Benjamite, which was of Bahurim, hasted and came down with the men of Judah to meet king David.
17 And there were a thousand men of Benjamin with him, and Ziba the servant of the house of Saul, and his fifteen sons and his twenty servants with him; and they went over Jordan before the king.
18 And there went over a ferry boat to carry over the king’s household, and to do what he thought good. And Shimei the son of Gera fell down before the king, as he was come over Jordan;
19 And said unto the king, Let not my lord impute iniquity unto me, neither do thou remember that which thy servant did perversely the day that my lord the king went out of Jerusalem, that the king should take it to his heart.
20 For thy servant doth know that I have sinned: therefore, behold, I am come the first this day of all the house of Joseph to go down to meet my lord the king.
21 But Abishai the son of Zeruiah answered and said, Shall not Shimei be put to death for this, because he cursed the Lord’s anointed?
22 And David said, What have I to do with you, ye sons of Zeruiah, that ye should this day be adversaries unto me? shall there any man be put to death this day in Israel? for do not I know that I am this day king over Israel?
23 Therefore the king said unto Shimei, Thou shalt not die. And the king sware unto him.
24 And Mephibosheth the son of Saul came down to meet the king, and had neither dressed his feet, nor trimmed his beard, nor washed his clothes, from the day the king departed until the day he came again in peace.
25 And it came to pass, when he was come to Jerusalem to meet the king, that the king said unto him, Wherefore wentest not thou with me, Mephibosheth?
26 And he answered, My lord, O king, my servant deceived me: for thy servant said, I will saddle me an ass, that I may ride thereon, and go to the king; because thy servant is lame.
27 And he hath slandered thy servant unto my lord the king; but my lord the king is as an angel of God: do therefore what is good in thine eyes.
28 For all of my father’s house were but dead men before my lord the king: yet didst thou set thy servant among them that did eat at thine own table. What right therefore have I yet to cry any more unto the king?
29 And the king said unto him, Why speakest thou any more of thy matters? I have said, Thou and Ziba divide the land.
30 And Mephibosheth said unto the king, Yea, let him take all, forasmuch as my lord the king is come again in peace unto his own house.
31 And Barzillai the Gileadite came down from Rogelim, and went over Jordan with the king, to conduct him over Jordan.
32 Now Barzillai was a very aged man, even fourscore years old: and he had provided the king of sustenance while he lay at Mahanaim; for he was a very great man.
33 And the king said unto Barzillai, Come thou over with me, and I will feed thee with me in Jerusalem.
34 And Barzillai said unto the king, How long have I to live, that I should go up with the king unto Jerusalem?
35 I am this day fourscore years old: and can I discern between good and evil? can thy servant taste what I eat or what I drink? can I hear any more the voice of singing men and singing women? wherefore then should thy servant be yet a burden unto my lord the king?
36 Thy servant will go a little way over Jordan with the king: and why should the king recompense it me with such a reward?
37 Let thy servant, I pray thee, turn back again, that I may die in mine own city, and be buried by the grave of my father and of my mother. But behold thy servant Chimham; let him go over with my lord the king; and do to him what shall seem good unto thee.
38 And the king answered, Chimham shall go over with me, and I will do to him that which shall seem good unto thee: and whatsoever thou shalt require of me, that will I do for thee.
39 And all the people went over Jordan. And when the king was come over, the king kissed Barzillai, and blessed him; and he returned unto his own place.
40 Then the king went on to Gilgal, and Chimham went on with him: and all the people of Judah conducted the king, and also half the people of Israel.
41 And, behold, all the men of Israel came to the king, and said unto the king, Why have our brethren the men of Judah stolen thee away, and have brought the king, and his household, and all David’s men with him, over Jordan?
42 And all the men of Judah answered the men of Israel, Because the king is near of kin to us: wherefore then be ye angry for this matter? have we eaten at all of the king’s cost? or hath he given us any gift?
43 And the men of Israel answered the men of Judah, and said, We have ten parts in the king, and we have also more right in David than ye: why then did ye despise us, that our advice should not be first had in bringing back our king? And the words of the men of Judah were fiercer than the words of the men of Israel.