¹मोशाका ससूरा यित्रो मिद्यानका पूजाहारी थिए। यित्रोले इस्राएली मानिसहरूलाई परमेश्वरले धैरे प्रकारले सघाएको सुन्नुभयो यित्रोले इस्राएली मानिसहरूलाई परमप्रभुले मिश्रबाट बाहिर ल्याएको कुरा पनि सुने।

¹Now Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses’ father-in-law, heard of all that God had done for Moses, and for Israel his people, how that Yahweh had brought Israel out of Egypt.

²यसर्थ यित्रो मोशा कहाँ गए, यित्रोले मोशाकी पत्नी सिप्पोराहलाई पनि संगै ल्याए (मोशाले सिप्पोरालाई तिनको घरमा पठाएका थिए) किनभने मोशाले उसलाई घर पठाएका थिए।

²Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, received Zipporah, Moses’ wife, after he had sent her away,

³यित्रोले मोशाका दुइ छोराहरूलाई पनि संगै ल्याए। जेठो छोरोको नाउँ गेर्शोम थियो कारण जति बेला छोरो जन्मेको थियो, मोशाले भने, “म परदेशमा प्रवासी भइ रहें।”

³and her two sons. The name of one son was Gershom, “Gershom” sounds like the Hebrew for “an alien there.” for Moses said, “I have lived as a foreigner in a foreign land”.

⁴अर्को छोरोको नाउँ एलीएजेर राखियो, किनभने जब ऊ जन्मियो तब मोशाले भने, “मेरो पिता-पुर्खाहरू परमेश्वरले मलाई सहायता गर्नु भयो अनि फिरऊनको तरवारबाट मलाई बचाउनु भयो।”

⁴The name of the other was Eliezer, Eliezer means “God is my helper.” for he said, “My father’s God was my help and delivered me from Pharaoh’s sword.”

⁵यित्रो मोशा कहाँ गए जब मोशाले परमेश्वरको पर्वतमाथि मरूभूमिमा छाउनी बनाएका थिए। यित्रोसित मोशाकी पत्नी र दुइजना छोराहरू थिए।

⁵Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, came with his sons and his wife to Moses into the wilderness where he was encamped, at the Mountain of God.

⁶यित्रोले मोशाकहाँ समाचार पठाए। यित्रोले भने, “म तिम्रा ससूरा यित्रो हुँ। म तिमी कहाँ तिम्री पत्नी र दुवै छोराहरूलाई लिएर आउँदैछु।”

⁶He said to Moses, “I, your father-in-law Jethro, have come to you with your wife, and her two sons with her.”

⁷यसकारण मोशा आफ्नो ससुरालाई भेट्न गए। मोशा उसकोअघि निहुरिए अनि उसलाई चुम्बन गरे। तिनीहरूले एका-अर्काको स्वस्थको बारेमा सोधपूछ गरे। तिनीहरू मोशाको पालमा गए।

⁷Moses went out to meet his father-in-law, and bowed and kissed him. They asked each other of their welfare, and they came into the tent.

⁸मोशाले यित्रोलाई प्रत्येक कुरा भने जे परमप्रभुले इस्राएलीहरूको निम्ति फिरऊन र मिश्रलाई गर्नु भएको थियो। मोशाले यित्रोलाई तिनीहरूले यात्रा गर्दा सामना गर्नु परेको स्थितिहरू पनि बताए। परमप्रभुले इस्राएलीहरूलाई सकंट घडीमा कसरी बचाउनु भयो त्यो पनि मोशाले आफ्नो ससुरालाई बताए।

⁸Moses told his father-in-law all that Yahweh had done to Pharaoh and to the Egyptians for Israel’s sake, all the hardships that had come on them on the way, and how Yahweh delivered them.

⁹परमप्रभुले इस्राएलका मानिसहरूका निम्ति गर्नु भएका असल कुराहरू सुनेर यित्रो खुशी भए। मिश्र देशीहरूबाट इस्राएलका मानिसहरूलाई परमप्रभुले मुक्त गर्नु भएकोलागि यित्रो आनन्दित थिए।

⁹Jethro rejoiced for all the goodness which Yahweh had done to Israel, in that he had delivered them out of the hand of the Egyptians.

¹⁰यित्रोले भने, “परमप्रभुको स्तुति होस। उहाँले तिमीहरूलाई मिश्रका मानिसहरूबाट स्वतन्त्र गराउनु भयो। परमप्रभुले तिमीहरूलाई फिरऊनबाट बचाउनु भयो।

¹⁰Jethro said, “Blessed be Yahweh, who has delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of Pharaoh; who has delivered the people from under the hand of the Egyptians.

¹¹अब म जान्दछु परमप्रभु सबै देवताहरूभन्दा महान हुनुहुन्छ। तिनीहरूले सोचे तिनीहरू नियन्त्रणमा थिए तर परमप्रभुले के गर्नु भयो।”

¹¹Now I know that Yahweh is greater than all gods because of the thing in which they dealt arrogantly against them.”

¹²तब यित्रोले परमेश्वरलाई बलिहरू र भेटी चढाए। तब हारून र इस्राएलका सबै बूढा-प्रधानहरू मोशाका ससूरा यित्रोसित परमेश्वरसंगै भोजन गरे।

¹²Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, took a burnt offering and sacrifices for God. Aaron came with all of the elders of Israel, to eat bread with Moses’ father-in-law before God.

¹³अर्को दिन मोशाको मानिसहरूको न्याय गर्ने काम थियो। मानिसहरू दिनभरी नै मोशाकहाँ आए।

¹³It happened on the next day, that Moses sat to judge the people, and the people stood around Moses from the morning to the evening.

¹⁴मोशाले मानिसहरूको न्याय गरेको यित्रोले देखे। उनले सोधे, “यो तिमी एक्लै किन गरिरहेका छौ? तिमी एक्लै न्यायधीश छौ? अनि किन दिनभरी मानिसहरू तिमीकहाँ आइरहन्छन्?”

¹⁴When Moses’ father-in-law saw all that he did to the people, he said, “What is this thing that you do for the people? Why do you sit alone, and all the people stand around you from morning to evening?”

¹⁵तब मोशाले आफ्नो ससुरालाई भने, “मानिसहरू मकहाँ तिनीहरूका समस्याहरूप्रति परमेश्वरको निर्णय के छ त्यो सोध्न आउँछन्।

¹⁵Moses said to his father-in-law, “Because the people come to me to inquire of God.

¹⁶यदि तिनीहरूसित भन्ने कुरो छ भने तिनीहरू मकहाँ आउँछन्। कुन मानिस सही छ म निर्णय गर्छु। यसरी म मानिसहरूलाई परमेश्वरले बताउनु भएको नियम र शिक्षाहरू सिकाउँछु।”

¹⁶When they have a matter, they come to me, and I judge between a man and his neighbor, and I make them know the statutes of God, and his laws.”

¹⁷तर मोशाका ससूराले उसलाई भने, “यस्तो कार्य गर्ने यो सही तरीका होइन।

¹⁷Moses’ father-in-law said to him, “The thing that you do is not good.

¹⁸एक्लो मानिसको निम्ति यो वेशी काम हो। तिमी एक्लै यी सबै कार्यहरू गर्न सक्तैनौ, तिमी थाक्छौ अनि मानिसहरू पनि थाक्छन्।

¹⁸You will surely wear away, both you, and this people that is with you; for the thing is too heavy for you. You are not able to perform it yourself alone.

¹⁹अब मेरो कुरा सुन। मलाई केही सल्लाह दिनु देऊ, अनि म प्रार्थना गर्छु परमेश्वर तिमीसंग हुनु हुनेछ। तिमीले मानिसहरूका निम्ति परमेश्वरको अघि बोल्नु पर्छ, अनि मानिसहरूका मुद्दाहरू सुन्नु पर्छ।

¹⁹Listen now to my voice. I will give you counsel, and God be with you. You represent the people before God, and bring the causes to God.

²⁰तिमीले परमेश्वरका नियम र विधि विधानहरू मानिसहरूलाई सिकाउनु पर्छ। नियमहरू नभत्काउने चेताउनी देऊ। मानिसहरू कसरी बाँच्नु पर्छ सिकाऊ। तिनीहरूले के गर्नु पर्छ बताऊ।

²⁰You shall teach them the statutes and the laws, and shall show them the way in which they must walk, and the work that they must do.

²¹तर तिमीले ती मानिसहरू मध्ये कोही मानिसहरू न्यायधीश र अगुवाहरू हुने पनि रोज्नु पर्छ। “जसमाथि भरोसा गर्न सक्छौ त्यस्ता असल मानिसहरूलाई छान जो परमेश्वरको सम्मान मान्छन्। यस्ता मानिसहरूलाई रोज जो पैसामा आफ्नो निर्णय परिवर्त्तन गर्दैनन्। अनि यी मानिसहरूलाई मानिसहरूमाथि शासकहरू नियुक्त गर। एक हजार, एक सय, पचास अनि दश मानिसहरूका समूहहरूका शासकहरू हुनु पर्छ।

²¹Moreover you shall provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God: men of truth, hating unjust gain; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.

²²यी अगुवाहरूले मानिसहरूलाई न्याय गरून्। यदि कतै महत्वपूर्ण मामला रहे ती शासकहरू तिमीकहाँ आउन सक्छन्। तर अन्य मामलामा तिनीहरूले नै न्याय दिऊन्। यसरी तिम्रो कार्य भारहरू हल्का हुन्छ।

²²Let them judge the people at all times. It shall be that every great matter they shall bring to you, but every small matter they shall judge themselves. So shall it be easier for you, and they shall share the load with you.

²³यदि तिमीले यी कार्यहरू परमप्रभुको इच्छामा गर्छौ भने तिमी आफ्नो कार्य गर्नमा सफल हुनेछौ। अनि त्यही समयमा मानिसहरू आफ्नो समस्याहरू समाधान भएपछि घर जानु सक्छन्।”

²³If you will do this thing, and God commands you so, then you will be able to endure, and all of these people also will go to their place in peace.”

²⁴यसकारण मोशाले आफ्नो ससुराले भने जस्तै गरे।

²⁴So Moses listened to the voice of his father-in-law, and did all that he had said.

²⁵उनले इस्राएलीहरूबाट योग्य मानिसहरू छाने। उनले तिनीहरूलाई अरू मानिसहरूमाझ नायक बनाए। उनले मानिसहरूलाई हजार, एक सय, पचास अनि दसको समूहको शासक बनाए।

²⁵Moses chose able men out of all Israel, and made them heads over the people, rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.

²⁶यी अगुवाहरूका लागि मानिसहरूको न्यायधीश थिए। मानिसहरू यी अगुवाहरू कहाँ सधैं आफ्नो कुराहरू लिएर आउँथे।

²⁶They judged the people at all times. They brought the hard causes to Moses, but every small matter they judged themselves.

²⁷केही समय पछि मोशाले आफ्नो ससूरा यित्रोलाई विदा दिए र यित्रो फर्केर आफ्नो घर गए।

²⁷Moses let his father-in-law depart, and he went his way into his own land.