Job 34
1 And Elihu made answer and said,
अझै एलीहूले निरन्तर बोले,
2 Give ear, you wise, to my words; and you who have knowledge, give attention to me;
“हे बुद्धिमान् मानिसहरू हो, मेरा वचन सुन्नुहोस् । हे ज्ञान भएकाहरू हो, मेरा कुरा सुन्नुहोस् ।
3 For words are tested by the ear, as food is tasted by the mouth.
जिब्रोले भोजनको स्वाद लिएझैं, कानले शब्दहरूलाई जाँच्ने कोसिस गर्छ ।
4 Let us make the decision for ourselves as to what is right; let us have the knowledge among ourselves of what is good.
जे न्यायोचित छ, सो हामी आफ्नो निम्ति रोजौं । जे असल छ, सो हामी आफ्नो बिचमा खोजौं ।
5 For Job has said, I am upright, and it is God who has taken away my right;
किनकि अय्यूबले भनेका छन्, 'म धर्मी छु, तर परमेश्वरले मेरा अधिकारहरू हटाउनुभएको छ ।
6 Though I am right, still I am in pain; my wound may not be made well, though I have done no wrong.
मेरा अधिकारहरू भए पनि मलाई झुटो ठानिएको छ । म पापी नभए पनि मेरो घाउ निको हुँदैन ।'
7 What man is like Job, a man who freely makes sport of God,
अय्यूब कस्ता मानिस हुन्, जसले गिल्लालाई पनि पानीझैं पिउँछन्,
8 And goes in the company of evil-doers, walking in the way of sinners?
जो दुष्ट काम गर्नेहरूको सङ्गतमा जान्छन्, र जो दुष्ट मानिसहरूसितै हिंड्छन् ।
9 For he has said, It is no profit to a man to take delight in God.
किनकि तिनले भनेका छन्, 'परमेश्वरले जे इच्छा गर्नुहुन्छ त्यो गर्नमा मानिसलाई कुनै रमाहट हुँदैन ।'
10 Now then, you wise, take note; you men of knowledge, give ear to me. Let it be far from God to do evil, and from the Ruler of all to do wrong.
त्यसैले हे सुझबुझ भएका मानिसहरू हो, मेरो कुरा सुन्नुहोस् । परमेश्वरले कदापि दुष्ट काम गर्नुहुन्न । सर्वशक्तिमान्ले कदापि पाप गर्नुहुन्न ।
11 For he gives to every man the reward of his work, and sees that he gets the fruit of his ways.
किनकि उहाँले व्यक्तिको कामअनुसारको प्रतिफल दिनुहुन्छ । उहाँले हरेक मानिसलाई उसका आफ्नै चालअनुसारको इनाम दिनुहुन्छ ।
12 Truly, God does not do evil, and the Ruler of all is not a false judge.
वास्तवमा परमेश्वरले कुनै दुष्ट काम गर्नुहुन्न, न त सर्वशक्तिमान्ले कदापि न्यायलाई बङ्ग्याउनुहुन्छ ।
13 Who put the earth into his care, or made him responsible for the world?
कसले उहाँलाई पृथ्वीको निरीक्षक तुल्याएको हो र? कसले सारा संसार उहाँको अधीनमा राखिदिएको हो र?
14 If he made his spirit come back to him, taking his breath into himself again,
उहाँले आफ्ना मनसायहरू आफैमा मात्र राख्नुभएको भए, र उहाँले कहिलै आफ्ना आत्मा र सास आफैमा फर्काउनुभए,
15 All flesh would come to an end together, and man would go back to the dust.
तब सारा प्राणी एकसाथ नष्ट हुन्थे । मानव-जाति फेरि पनि माटोमा नै फर्कन्थ्यो ।
16 If you are wise, take note of this; give ear to the voice of my words.
अब तपाईंसित सुझबुझ छ भने, यो कुरा सुन्नुहोस् । मेरो वचनको आवाजलाई सुन्नुहोस् ।
17 How may a hater of right be a ruler? and will you say that the upright Ruler of all is evil?
के न्यायलाई घृणा गर्नेले शासन गर्न सक्छ? के तपाईंले परमेश्वरलाई दोषी ठहराउनुहुन्छ जो धर्मी र शक्तिशाली हुनुहुन्छ?
18 He who says to a king, You are an evil-doer; and to rulers, You are sinners;
परमेश्वरले राजालाई भन्नुहुन्छ, 'तँ निकम्मा होस्' वा कुलीनहरूलाई भन्नुहुन्छ, 'तिमीहरू दुष्ट हौ ।'
19 Who has no respect for rulers, and who gives no more attention to those who have wealth than to the poor, for they are all the work of his hands.
परमेश्वरले अगुवाहरूको पक्ष लिनुहुन्न, र गरिबहरूलाई भन्दा बढी मान धनीहरूलाई गर्नुहुन्न, किनकि तिनीहरू सबै उहाँका हातका काम हुन् ।
20 Suddenly they come to an end, even in the middle of the night: the blow comes on the men of wealth, and they are gone, and the strong are taken away without the hand of man.
एकै क्षणमा तिनीहरू मर्नेछन् । मध्यरातमा मानिसहरू हल्लिन्छन् र बितेर जान्छन् । शक्तिशाली मानिसहरू लगिन्छन्, तर मानवीय हातले होइन ।
21 For his eyes are on the ways of a man, and he sees all his steps.
किनकि परमेश्वरको दृष्टि मानिसको चालमा हुन्छ । उहाँले त्यसका सबै कदम हेर्नुहुन्छ ।
22 There is no dark place, and no thick cloud, in which the workers of evil may take cover.
यस्तो कुनै अन्धकार वा बाक्लो अँध्यारो छैन, जहाँ अधर्म गर्नेहरूले आफैलाई लुकाउन सक्छन् ।
23 For he does not give man a fixed time to come before him to be judged.
किनकि परमेश्वरले व्यक्तिको थप जाँच गर्नुपर्दैन । कुनै पनि व्यक्ति इन्साफको लागि उहाँको सामु जानु आवश्यक छैन ।
24 He sends the strong to destruction without searching out their cause, and puts others in their place.
उहाँले शक्तिशाली मानिसहरूलाई तिनीहरूका चालको कारणले टुक्रा-टुक्रा पार्नुहुन्छ जसको थप अनुसन्धान आवश्यक नै हुँदैन । उहाँले तिनीहरूका ठाउँमा अरूलाई राख्नुहुन्छ ।
25 For he has knowledge of their works, overturning them in the night, so that they are crushed.
यसरी तिनीहरूका कामहरूका जानकारी उहाँलाई हुन्छ । उहाँले यी मानिसहरूलाई रातमा पल्टाउनुहुन्छ । तिनीहरू नष्ट हुन्छन् ।
26 The evil-doers are broken by his wrath, he puts his hand on them with force before the eyes of all onlookers.
अरूले देख्नेगरी खुला ठाउँमा, उहाँले तिनीहरूका दुष्ट कामहरूको लागि अपराधीहरूलाई झैं तिनीहरूलाई मार्नुहुन्छ,
27 Because they did not go after him, and took no note of his ways,
किनकि उहाँको अनुसरण गर्नबाट तिनीहरू तर्के, र उहाँका कुनै पनि मार्गको अनुसरण गर्न इन्कार गरे ।
28 So that the cry of the poor might come up to him, and the prayer of those in need come to his ears.
यसरी गरिब मानिसहरूको रोदन उहाँको कानले सुन्ने तिनीहरूले बनाए । कष्टमा परेका मानिसहरूको रोदन उहाँले सुन्नुभयो ।
जब उहाँ चुप लाग्नुहुन्छ, तब कसले उहाँलाई दोषी ठहराउन सक्छ र? उहाँले आफ्नो अनुहार लुकाउनुहुन्छ भने कसले उहाँलाई भेट्न सक्छ र? उहाँले जाति र व्यक्तिमाथि समान किसिमले शासन गर्नुहुन्छ,
जसको कारणले पापी मानिसले शासन गर्न नपाओस्, यसरी मानिसहरूलाई पासोमा पार्ने कोही नहोस् ।
मानौँ, कसैले परमेश्वरलाई भन्छ, 'म निश्चय नै दोषी छु, तर म फेरि पाप गर्नेछैनँ ।
मैले देख्न नसक्ने कुरा मलाई सिकाउनुहोस् । मैले पाप गरेको छु, तर त्यो काम म फेरि गर्नेछैनँ ।'
तपाईंको विचारमा, परमेश्वरले गर्नुहुने कुरा तपाईंलाई मन पर्दैन भन्दैमा, के परमेश्वरले त्यो व्यक्तिको पापलाई दण्ड दिनैपर्छ र? तपाईंले नै चुन्ने हो, मैल होइन । त्यसैले आफूले जानेका कुरा भन्नुहोस् ।
34 Men of knowledge, and all wise men, hearing me, will say,
सुझबुझ भएका मानिसहरूले मलाई भन्नेछन्— वास्तवमा मेरो कुरा सुन्ने हरेक बुद्धिमान् मानिसले भन्नेछ,
35 Job's words do not come from knowledge; they are not the fruit of wisdom.
'अय्यूब ज्ञानविनै बोल्छन् । तिनका शब्दहरूमा बुद्धिका कुरा छैनन् ।'
36 May Job be tested to the end, because his answers have been like those of evil men.
अय्यूबले दुष्ट मानिसहरूले झैं कुरा गरेको हुनाले, तिनको भनेका स-साना कुरा लिएर जाँच गर्न सकिए त!
37 For in addition to his sin, he is uncontrolled in heart; before our eyes he makes sport of God, increasing his words against him.
किनकि आफ्नो पापमा तिनले विद्रोह थप्छन् । हाम्रा बिचमा गिल्ला गर्दै तिनी थपडी मार्छन् । तिनी परमेश्वरको विरुद्धमा वचनको थुप्रो लगाउँछन् ।”
