< Job 23 >

1 Then Job answered:
तब अय्यूबले जवाफ दिए र यसो भने,
2 “Even today my complaint is bitter. His hand is heavy despite my groaning.
“आज पनि मेरो गुनासो तितो छ । मेरो क्रन्दनको कारणले मेरो हात गह्रौं भएको छ ।
3 If only I knew where to find Him, so that I could go to His seat.
ओहो, उहाँलाई मैले कहाँ भेट्न सक्‍छु भनी मैले जानेको भए! ओहो, म उहाँको बासस्थानमा गएको भए!
4 I would plead my case before Him and fill my mouth with arguments.
उहाँको सामु म आफ्‍नो मुद्दालाई क्रमैसित राख्‍नेथिएँ, अनि मेरो मुखलाई तर्कले भर्नेथिएँ ।
5 I would learn how He would answer, and consider what He would say.
उहाँले मलाई जवाफ दिएर भन्‍नुहुने वचनहरू म सिक्‍नेथिएँ, र उहाँले मलाई भन्‍नुहुने कुरा बुझ्नेथिएँ ।
6 Would He contend with me in His great power? No, He would certainly take note of me.
उहाँले आफ्नो शक्तिको महान्‌तामा मेरो विरुद्धमा तर्क गर्नुहुन्छ? अहँ, बरु उहाँले मेरो कुरामा ध्यान दिनुहुन्छ ।
7 Then an upright man could reason with Him, and I would be delivered forever from my Judge.
त्यहाँ सोझाहरूले उहाँसित बहस गर्न सक्छन् । यसरी मेरा न्यायकर्ताले मलाई सधैंभरि निर्दोष ठहराउनुहुन्‍थ्‍यो ।
8 If I go east, He is not there, and if I go west, I cannot find Him.
हेर्नुहोस्, म पूर्वतिर जान्छु, उहाँ त्यहाँ हुनुहुन्‍न, अनि पश्‍चिमतिर जान्छु, तर म उहाँलाई भेट्‍न सक्‍दिन ।
9 When He is at work in the north, I cannot behold Him; when He turns to the south, I cannot see Him.
उत्तरमा, जहाँ उहाँले काम गर्दै हुनुहुन्‍छ, तर म उहाँलाई देख्‍न सक्दिनँ, र दक्षिणमा जहाँ उहाँले आफैलाई लुकाउनुहुन्छ, जसले गर्दा म उहाँलाई देख्‍न सक्दिनँ ।
10 Yet He knows the way I have taken; when He has tested me, I will come forth as gold.
तर म हिंड्‍ने बाटो उहाँलाई थाहा छ । जब उहाँले मलाई जाँच्नुहुन्‍छ, तब म खारिएको सुनझैं हुनेछु ।
11 My feet have followed in His tracks; I have kept His way without turning aside.
मेरो खुट्टाले उहाँका पाइला पक्‍का गरी पछ्याएको छ । म उहाँको मार्गमा हिंडेको छु, र यताउता फर्केको छैनँ ।
12 I have not departed from the command of His lips; I have treasured the words of His mouth more than my daily bread.
उहाँको मुखबाट निस्केको आज्ञाबाट म फर्केको छैनँ । मेरो खानाको भागभन्‍दा बढी मैले उहाँको मुखका वचनहरूलाई सञ्चय गरेको छु ।
13 But He is unchangeable, and who can oppose Him? He does what He desires.
तर उहाँ बेग्‍लै किसिमको हुनुहुन्छ, कसले उहाँलाई फर्काउन सक्छ र? उहाँले जे इच्छा गर्नुहुन्छ, सो गर्नुहुन्छ ।
14 For He carries out His decree against me, and He has many such plans.
किनकि मेरो विरुद्धमा भएको उहाँको आदेशलाई उहाँले पूरा गर्नुहुन्छ । त्‍यस्ता कुराहरू त्‍यहाँ धेरै छन् ।
15 Therefore I am terrified in His presence; when I consider this, I fear Him.
त्यसकारण, म उहाँको उपस्थितिमा त्रसित भएको छु । मैले उहाँको बारेमा विचार गर्दा म भयभीत हुन्छु ।
16 God has made my heart faint; the Almighty has terrified me.
किनकि परमेश्‍वरले मेरो हृदय कमजोर पार्नुभएको छ । सर्वशक्तिमान्‌ले मलाई त्रसित पार्नुभएको छ ।
17 Yet I am not silenced by the darkness, by the thick darkness that covers my face.
अन्धकारले, मेरो अनुहारको उदासीलाई ढाक्‍ने निस्पट्ट अन्धकारको कारणले, मेरो अन्‍त्‍य भएको छैन ।

< Job 23 >