ইয়োবের বিবরণ 21
And Job answereth and saith: —
Hear ye diligently my word, And this is your consolation.
Bear with me, and I speak, And after my speaking — ye may deride.
I — to man [is] my complaint? and if [so], wherefore May not my temper become short?
Turn unto me, and be astonished, And put hand to mouth.
Yea, if I have remembered, then I have been troubled. And my flesh hath taken fright.
Wherefore do the wicked live? They have become old, Yea, they have been mighty in wealth.
8 ৮ তাদের বংশধাররা তাদের চোখের সামনে তাদের সঙ্গে প্রতিষ্ঠিত হচ্ছে এবং তাদের সন্তানসন্ততিরা তাদের চোখের সামনে প্রতিষ্ঠিত হচ্ছে।
Their seed is established, Before their face with them, And their offspring before their eyes.
Their houses [are] peace without fear, Nor [is] a rod of God upon them.
10 ১০ তাদের ষাঁড় বংশ বৃদ্ধি করে; তা এটা করতে ব্যর্থ হয় না; তাদের গরু বাচ্চা জন্ম দেয় এবং গাভীন তার বাছুর হারায় না।
His bullock hath eaten corn, and doth not loath. His cow bringeth forth safely, And doth not miscarry.
They send forth as a flock their sucklings, And their children skip,
They lift [themselves] up at timbrel and harp, And rejoice at the sound of an organ.
13 ১৩ তারা সৌভাগ্যে তাদের জীবন যাপন করে এবং তারা নিঃশব্দে (শান্তিপুর্বক) পাতালে নেমে যায়। (Sheol h7585)
They wear out in good their days, And in a moment [to] Sheol go down. (Sheol h7585)
And they say to God, 'Turn aside from us, And the knowledge of Thy ways We have not desired.
15 ১৫ সর্বশক্তিমান কে যে আমাদের তাঁর উপাসনা করা উচিত? যদি আমরা তাঁর কাছে প্রার্থনা করি তাহলে আমাদের কি লাভ হবে?’
What [is] the Mighty One that we serve Him? And what do we profit when we meet with Him?'
Lo, not in their hand [is] their good, (The counsel of the wicked Hath been far from me.)
17 ১৭ কতবার পাপীদের প্রদীপ নেভান হয় অথবা কতবার যে তাদের ওপর বিপদ আসে? কতবার এটা ঘটেছে যে ঈশ্বর তাঁর ক্রোধে তাদের কষ্ট ভাগ করেছেন?
How oft is the lamp of the wicked extinguished, And come on them doth their calamity? Pangs He apportioneth in His anger.
They are as straw before wind, And as chaff a hurricane hath stolen away,
19 ১৯ তোমরা বল, ‘ঈশ্বর এক জনের অপরাধের দায় তার সন্তানদের জন্য রাখেছেন,’ তাকে নিজেকেই এটা ভোগ করতে দাও, যাতে সে জানতে পারে তার অপরাধ।
God layeth up for his sons his sorrow, He giveth recompense unto him — and he knoweth.
His own eyes see his destruction, And of the wrath of the Mighty he drinketh.
For what [is] his delight in his house after him, And the number of his months cut off?
To God doth [one] teach knowledge, And He the high doth judge?
This [one] dieth in his perfect strength, Wholly at ease and quiet.
His breasts have been full of milk, And marrow his bones doth moisten.
And this [one] dieth with a bitter soul, And have not eaten with gladness.
Together — on the dust they lie down, And the worm doth cover them over.
Lo, I have known your thoughts, And the devices against me ye do wrongfully.
For ye say, 'Where [is] the house of the noble? And where the tent — The tabernacles of the wicked?'
Have ye not asked those passing by the way? And their signs do ye not know?
That to a day of calamity is the wicked spared. To a day of wrath they are brought.
Who doth declare to his face his way? And [for] that which he hath done, Who doth give recompence to him?
And he — to the graves he is brought. And over the heap a watch is kept.
33 ৩৩ উপত্যকার মাটি তার কাছে মিষ্টি লাগবে; সমস্ত লোক তাকে অনুসরণ করবে, তার আগে অসংখ্য মানুষ যেমন সেখানে ছিল।
Sweet to him have been the clods of the valley, And after him every man he draweth, And before him there is no numbering.
34 ৩৪ নিরর্থক কোথায় তোমরা কেমন করে আমায় সান্ত্বনা দেবে, যেহেতু তোমাদের উত্তরে কিছুই নেই কিন্তু মিথ্যা রয়েছে?”
And how do ye comfort me [with] vanity, And in your answers hath been left trespass?
