< Job 38 >

1 And after Elius had ceased from speaking, the Lord spoke to Job through the whirlwind and clouds, [saying],
तब परमप्रभुले अय्यूबलाई प्रचण्ड आँधीबाट बोलाउनुभयो र यसो भन्‍नुभयो,
2 Who is this that hides counsel from me, and confines words in [his] heart, and thinks to conceal [them] from me?
“ज्ञानविनाका शब्‍दहरू बोलेर, योजनाहरूमा अन्धकार ल्याउने यो को हो?
3 Gird your loins like a man; and I will ask you, and do you answer me.
अब एक जना मानिसले झैं आफ्‍नो कम्मर कस्, किनकि म तँलाई प्रश्नहरू सोध्‍नेछु, र तैंले जवाफ दिनुपर्छ ।
4 Where was you when I founded the earth? tell me now, if you have knowledge,
मैले पृथ्वीको जग बसाल्दा तँ कहाँ थिइस्? तँसित धेरै समझशक्ति छ भने मलाई भन् ।
5 who set the measures of it, if you know? or who stretched a line upon it?
यसको नाप कसले निधो गर्‍यो? तँलाई थाहा भए मलाई भन् । यसमाथि कसले नाप्ने धागो टाँग्यो?
6 On what are its rings fastened? and who is he that laid the corner-stone upon it?
के कुरा माथि यसका जगहरू बसालिए? यसको कुने-ढुङ्गो कसले बसाल्यो?
7 When the stars were made, all my angels praised me with a loud voice.
कति बेला बिहानका ताराहरूले एकसाथ गाए, र परमेश्‍वरका सबै छोराहरूले आनन्‍दले चिच्‍च्याए ।
8 And I shut up the sea with gates, when it rushed out, coming forth out its mother's womb.
गर्भबाट निस्केझैं समुद्र फुटेर निस्कँदा, कसले त्‍यसका ढोकाहरू बन्द गर्‍यो?
9 And I made a cloud its clothing, and swathed it in mist.
कति बेला मैले त्‍यसलाई बादलको कपडाले ढाकें, अनि निस्पट्ट अन्धकारलाई त्यसको पटुका बनाएँ?
10 And I set bounds to it, surrounding it with bars and gates.
त्यस बेला मैले समुद्रमा मेरो सिमाना तोकिदिएँ, र यसका गजबारहरू तथा ढोकाहरू लगाइदिएँ,
11 And I said to it, Hitherto shall you come, but you shall not go beyond, but your waves shall be confined within you.
अनि मैले त्यसलाई भनें, 'तँ यहाँसम्म आउन सक्छस्, तर यसभन्दा पर होइन । तेरा छालहरूको अहङ्कारको सिमा म यहाँ तोकिदिन्‍छु ।'
12 Or did I order the morning light in your time; and [did] the morning star [then first] see his appointed place;
के तैंले बिहानीलाई आज्ञा दिएको, अथवा मिरमिरेलाई त्‍यसको ठाउँ चिनाएको छस्,
13 to lay hold of the extremities of the earth, to cast out the ungodly out of it?
जसको कारणले त्‍यसले पृथ्वीको छेउ समातोस्, अनि दुष्‍टहरूलाई त्यहाँबाट हटाउनलाई हल्लाओस्?
14 Or did you take clay of the ground, and form a living creature, and set it with the power of speech upon the earth?
छाप मुनिको माटोको आकार बदलिएझैं स्‍वरूपमा पृथ्वी बद्लिन्छ । एउटा लुगा कच्‍चेको धारझैं त्यसमा भएका सबै कुरा प्रस्ट देखिन्छन् ।
15 And have you removed light from the ungodly, and crushed the arm of the proud?
दुष्‍टहरूबाट तिनीहरूको 'ज्योति' लगिन्छ । तिनीहरूको उठाइएको पाखुरा भाँचिन्छ ।
16 Or have you gone to the source of the sea, and walked in the tracks of the deep?
के तँ समुद्रको पानीको मूलमा गएको छस्? के तँ गहिरोभन्दा गहिरो ठाउँमा हिंडेको छस्?
17 And do the gates of death open to you for fear; and did the porters of hell quake when they saw you? (questioned)
के मृत्युका ढोकाहरू तँलाई देखाइएको छ? के तैंले मृत्युका छायाका ढोकाहरू देखेको छस्?
18 And have you been instructed in the breadth of the [whole earth] under heaven? tell me now, what is the extent of it?
के पृथ्वीको विस्तृत फैलावटलाई तैंले बुझेको छस्? तँलाई यो सबै थाहा छ भने मलाई भन् ।
19 And in what kind of a land does the light dwell? and of what kind is the place of darkness?
ज्योतिको बासस्थानमा जाने बाटो कता— अन्धकारको बारेमा, त्‍यसको ठाउँ कहाँ बस्छ?
20 If you could bring me to their [utmost] boundaries, and if also you know their paths;
ज्योति र अन्धकारलाई तिनीहरूको काम गर्ने ठाउँमा तैंले लिएर जान सक्छस्? तिनीहरूका घरमा तिनीहरूलाई फर्काएर लाने बाटो तैंले चिन्‍न सक्छस्?
21 I know then that you were born at that time, and the number of your years is great.
त्यति बेला नै तेरो जन्म भएको भए निस्सन्देह, तँलाई थाहा हुन्‍छ । तेरो उमेर धेरै भइसकेको हुन्छ!
22 But have you gone to the treasures of snow? and have you seen the treasures of hail?
हिउँका भण्डारहरूभित्र तँ पसेको छस्? अथवा असिनाका भण्डारहरू तैंले देखेको छस्?
23 And is there a store [of them], for you against the time of [your] enemies, for the day of wars and battle?
यी कुराहरू मैले सङ्कष्‍टको समयको निम्‍ति, अनि संघर्ष र युद्धको दिनको लागि साँचेको छु ।
24 And whence proceeds the frost? or [whence] is the south wind dispersed over the [whole world] under heaven?
बिजुली चम्केर जाने बाटो कुन हो, अथवा पूर्वीय बतास कहाँबाट पृथ्वीको चारैतिर जान्‍छ?
25 And who prepared a course for the violent rain, and a way for the thunders;
झरीको बाडीको लागि कसले नहरहरू खनेको छ, अथवा गर्जनको लागि कसले बाटो बनाएको छ,
26 to rain upon the land where [there is] no man, the wilderness, where there is not a man in it; so as to feed the untrodden and uninhabited [land],
कुनै व्‍यक्ति नरहने ठाउँ र कोही नभएको उजाड-स्थानमा पानी पार्नलाई,
27 and cause it to send forth a crop of green herbs?
सर्वनाश भएको र उजाड ठाउँहरूलाई हरियाली ल्‍याउनलाई, र भूमिबाट घाँस उमार्नलाई?
28 Who is the rain's father? and who has generated the drops of dew?
के झरीको कुनै बुबा छ, अर्थात् शीतको थोपालाई जन्माउने को हो?
29 And out of whose womb comes the ice? and who has produced the frost in the sky,
कसको गर्भबाट बरफको जन्‍म भयो? आकाशबाट झर्ने तुसारोलाई कसले जन्मायो?
30 which descends like flowing water? who has terrified the face of the ungodly?
पानीले आफैलाई लुकाउँछ र ढुङ्गाझैं बन्छ । महासागरको सतह जमेको हुन्‍छ ।
31 And do you understand the band of Pleias, and have you opened the barrier of Orion?
के तैंले किरकिटी ताराहरूलाई साङ्लाले बाँध्‍न सक्छस्? अर्थात् मृगशिराको पुञ्जलाई फुकाल्न सक्छस्?
32 Or will you reveal Mazuroth in his season, and the evening star with his rays? Will you guide them?
के तैंले तारामण्डलहरूलाई तिनीहरूको आफ्नो ऋतुमा प्रकट गराउन सक्छस्? के तैंले सप्‍तर्षि तारा र त्यसको दललाई डोर्‍याउन सक्छस्?
33 And know you the changes of heaven, or the events which take place together under heaven?
के तैंले आकाशको शासन गर्ने नियमहरूलाई जानेको छस्? के तैंले आकाशको नियमलाई पृथ्वीमाथि बसाउन सक्छस्?
34 And will you call a cloud with your voice, and will it obey you with a violent shower of much rain?
के तैंले आफ्नो सोर बादलसम्म पुर्‍याउन सक्छस्, जसले गर्दा झरीको प्रसस्‍त भलले तँलाई ढाक्‍न सक्‍छ?
35 And will you send lightnings, and they shall go? and shall they say to you, What is [your pleasure]?
के तैँल बिजुलीका चमकहरूलाई पठाउन सक्छस् जसले गर्दा ती बाहिर जान सकून्, तिनले तँलाई यसो भनून्, 'हामी यहाँ छौं?'
36 And who has given to women skill in weaving, or knowledge of embroidery?
बादलमा कसले बुद्धि राखेको छ, अथवा तुवाँलोलाई समझशक्ति दिएको छ?
37 And who is he that numbers the clouds in wisdom, and has bowed the heaven [down] to the earth?
कसले आफ्नो सिपद्वारा बादललाई गन्‍न सक्छ? कसले आकाशको पानीको भण्डारबाट खन्याउन सक्छ,
38 For it is spread out as dusty earth, and I have cemented it as one hewn stone to another.
जति बेला धुलो कडा डल्लो बन्छ, अनि माटोका डल्लाहरू एकसाथ टाँसिएर बस्छ?
39 And will you hunt a prey for the lions? and satisfy the desires of the serpents?
के सिंहनीको निम्ति तैंले सिकार खोज्न सक्छस्, अर्थात् त्यसका डमरूहरूको भोकलाई तृप्‍त पार्न सक्छस्,
40 For they fear in their lairs, and lying in wait couch in the woods.
जति बेला तिनीहरू आफ्नो खोरमा ढुकिबस्छन्, अनि गुप्‍तमा लुकेर पर्खिरहन्‍छन्?
41 And who has prepared food for the raven? for its young ones wander and cry to the Lord, in search of food.
कागका बचेराहरूले परमेश्‍वरमा पुकारा गर्दा, र खानेकुराको अभावले भाउन्‍न हुँदा, कसले तिनलाई आहार जुटाइदिन्छ?

< Job 38 >