ইয়োবের বিবরণ 29
And Job continued his discourse:
“How I long for the months gone by, for the days when God watched over me,
when His lamp shone above my head, and by His light I walked through the darkness,
when I was in my prime, when the friendship of God rested on my tent,
when the Almighty was still with me and my children were around me,
when my steps were bathed in cream and the rock poured out for me streams of oil!
When I went out to the city gate and took my seat in the public square,
8 ৮ যুবকেরা আমায় দেখল এবং তারা সম্মানে আমার থেকে দূরত্ব বজায় রাখত এবং বৃদ্ধেরা আমার জন্য উঠে দাঁড়াত।
the young men saw me and withdrew, and the old men rose to their feet.
The princes refrained from speaking and covered their mouths with their hands.
The voices of the nobles were hushed, and their tongues stuck to the roofs of their mouths.
For those who heard me called me blessed, and those who saw me commended me,
12 ১২ কারণ আমি দরিদ্র লোকদের উদ্ধার করতাম যারা কষ্টে চিত্কার করত এবং যার কেউ নেই সেই পিতৃহীনকেও সাহায্য করতাম।
because I rescued the poor who cried out and the fatherless who had no helper.
The dying man blessed me, and I made the widow’s heart sing for joy.
14 ১৪ আমি ধার্ম্মিকতা পরতাম এবং এটা আমায় ঢাকত; আমার ন্যায়বিচার কাপড়ের মত ছিল এবং একটা পাগড়ির মত ছিল।
I put on righteousness, and it clothed me; justice was my robe and my turban.
I served as eyes to the blind and as feet to the lame.
I was a father to the needy, and I took up the case of the stranger.
I shattered the fangs of the unjust and snatched the prey from his teeth.
So I thought: ‘I will die in my nest and multiply my days as the sand.
My roots will spread out to the waters, and the dew will rest nightly on my branches.
My glory is ever new within me, and my bow is renewed in my hand.’
Men listened to me with expectation, waiting silently for my counsel.
After my words, they spoke no more; my speech settled on them like dew.
23 ২৩ তারা যেমন বৃষ্টির জন্য, তেমনি আমার জন্যও সবদিন অপেক্ষা করত; শেষের বর্ষার মত তারা আমার কথা পান করত।
They waited for me as for rain and drank in my words like spring showers.
If I smiled at them, they did not believe it; the light of my countenance was precious.
25 ২৫ আমি তাদের পথ ঠিক করতাম এবং তাদের প্রধানের মত বসতাম; আমি রাজার মত বাঁচতাম তার সৈন্যদলে, ঠিক একজন ব্যক্তির মত যে শোক সভায় শোকার্তদের সান্ত্বনা দেয়।
I chose their course and presided as chief. So I dwelt as a king among his troops, as a comforter of the mourners.
