< Job 21 >

1 Job replied,
तब अय्यूबले जवाफ दिए र भने,
2 “Please listen carefully to what I say—that would be one comfort you could give me.
“मेरा वचनलाई ध्यान दिएर सुन्‍नुहोस्, र यो तपाईंहरूले मलाई दिने सान्त्वना होस् ।
3 Bear with me; let me speak. After I've spoken you can resume mocking me.
मलाई सुन्‍नुहोस्, र म पनि बोल्नेछु । मैले बोलेर सकेपछि निरन्‍तर गिल्ला गर्नुहोस् ।
4 Am I complaining against people? Of course not. Why shouldn't I be impatient?
मेरो बारेमा, के मैले मानिसलाई गुनासो गरेको हो र? म किन अधैर्य नहुनू?
5 Just take a look at me. Aren't you appalled? Cover your mouth with your hand in shock!
मलाई हेर्नुहोस् र छक्‍क पर्नुहोस्, र आफ्नो हातले आफ्‍नो मुख छुनुहोस् ।
6 Every time I think of what's happened to me I am horrified and I shake all over with fear.
मैले आफ्‍नो दुःखको बारेमा सोच्दा म त्रसित हुन्छु, र थरथरीले मेरो शरीरलाई नै समाउँछ ।
7 Why do the wicked continue to live, to grow old and increasingly powerful?
दुष्‍ट मानिसहरू किन निरन्‍तर बाँच्‍छन्, बुढा हुन्छन् र सामर्थ्‍यमा शक्तिशाली हुन्छन्?
8 Their children are with them; they watch their grandchildren grow up.
तिनीहरूका सन्तानहरू तिनीहरूकै आँखाको सामु स्‍थापित हुन्छन्, र तिनीहरूका छोराछोरी तिनीहरूकै आँखाको सामु स्‍थापित हुन्छन् ।
9 They live in their homes in safety—they are not afraid. God does not use his rod to beat them.
तिनीहरूका घरहरू डरबाट सुरक्षित हुन्‍छन् । न त परमेश्‍वरको छडी नै तिनीहरूमाथि परेको हुन्‍छ ।
10 Their bulls always breed successfully; their cows give birth to calves and do not miscarry.
तिनीहरूका बहर मिसिन्छन् । त्‍यसो गर्न चुक्‍दैनन् । तिनीहरूको गाई बियाउँछ, र तुहिंदैन ।
11 They send out their little ones like lambs to play; their children dance around.
तिनीहरूले आफ्ना केटाकेटीलाई बगालझैं बाहिर पठाउँछन्, र तिनीहरूका छोराछोरी नाच्छन् ।
12 They sing accompanied by the tambourine and lyre; they celebrate with the music of the flute.
तिनीहरूले खैँजडी र वीणाको धुनमा गाउँछन्, र बाँसुरीको सङ्गीतमा रमाउँछन् ।
13 They live out their lives contentedly, and go down to Sheol in peace. (Sheol h7585)
तिनीहरूले आफ्नो समय समृद्धिमा बिताउँछन्, र तिनीहरू शान्‍त बएर तल चिहानमा जान्छन् । (Sheol h7585)
14 Yet they tell God, ‘Get lost! We don't want anything to do with you.
तिनीहरूले परमेश्‍वरलाई भन्छन्, 'हामीबाट जानुहोस्, किनकि तपाईंका मार्गहरूका कुनै ज्ञान हामी चाहँदैनौं ।
15 Who does the Almighty think he is for us to serve him as slaves? What benefit is there for us if we pray to him?’
सर्वशक्तिमान् को हो र हामीले उहाँको आराधना गर्नू? हामीले उहाँमा प्रार्थना चढायौं भने हामीले के लाभ पाउँछौं र?'
16 Such people believe they make their own fortune, but I don't accept their way of thinking.
हेर्नुहोस्, तिनीहरूको समृद्धि तिनीहरूका आफ्‍नै हातमा छैन र? दुष्‍ट मानिसहरूको सल्लाहमा मेरो कुनै सरोकार छैन ।
17 How often is the lamp of the wicked snuffed out? How often does disaster come upon them? How often does God punish the wicked in his anger?
कतिपल्‍ट दुष्‍ट मानिसहरूको बत्ती निभाइन्‍छ, अथवा तिनीहरूका विपत्ति तिनीहरूमाथि नै आउँछ? परमेश्‍वरले आफ्नो क्रोधमा तिनीहरूलाई कतिपल्‍ट दुःख पठाउनुहुन्‍छ?
18 Are they blown along like straw in the wind? Does a tornado come in and carry them away?
कतिपल्‍ट बतासको सामु तिनीहरू सुकेका झारपात, अथवा आँधीले उडाएर लैजाने भुसझैं भएका छन्?
19 Some say, ‘God saves up people's punishment for their children.’ But I say, ‘God should punish those people themselves so that they can learn from it.’
तपाईंहरू भन्‍नुहुन्छ, 'मानिसको दोषको दण्‍ड परमेश्‍वरले उसका छोराछोरीलाई दिनुहुन्छ ।' त्‍यो उसैले भोग्‍नुपरोस्, जसले गर्दा उसले आफ्नो दोष थाहा पाओस् ।
20 Let them see their destruction themselves, and drink deeply from God's anger.
उसका आँखाले उसको आफ्नो विनाश देखून्, र सर्वशक्तिमान्‌को क्रोध उसले पिउनुपरोस् ।
21 For they don't care what happens to their families once they're dead.
किनकि उसको आफ्नै आयु सकिएपछि, उसले आफ्नो परिवारको के वास्ता गर्छ र?
22 Can anyone teach God anything he doesn't already know, since he is the one who judges even heavenly beings?
परमेश्‍वरले त उच्‍चमा हुनेहरूको पनि न्याय गर्नुहुन्‍छ, तब के कसैले उहाँलाई ज्ञान सिकाउन सक्छ र?
23 One person dies in good health, totally comfortable and secure.
एक जना मानिस पूरा बलियो अवस्‍थामा, बिलकुल शान्ति र चैनमा मर्छ ।
24 Their body is fat from eating well; their bones still strong.
उसको शरीर ह्रष्‍टपुष्‍ट हुन्छ, र उसको हड्‍डीहरूको मासी ताजा हुन्छ ।
25 Another dies after a miserable life without every experiencing happiness.
अर्को मानिस मनको तिक्‍ततामा नै मर्छ, जसले कुनै असल कुराको अनुभव कदापि गरेको छैन ।
26 Yet they are both buried in the same dust; they are treated alike in death, eaten by maggots.
तिनीहरू समान रूपमा धूलोमा पल्टिन्छन् । तिनीहरू दुवैलाई किराहरूले ढाक्छन् ।
27 Look, I know what you're thinking, and your schemes to do me wrong.
हेर्नुहोस्, तपाईंहरूका विचार, अनि मेरो कुभलो गर्ने तपाईंहरूका मार्गहरू म जान्‍दछु ।
28 You may ask me, ‘Where is the home of the great man? Where is the place where the wicked live?’
किनकि तपाईंहरू भन्‍नुहुन्छ, 'अहिले त्‍यो राजकुमारको घर कहाँ छ? दुष्‍ट मानिस कुनै समयमा बस्‍ने गरेको पाल कहाँ छ?'
29 Haven't you asked people who travel? Don't you pay attention to what they tell you?
यात्रा गर्ने मानिसहरूलाई तपाईंहरूले कहिल्यै सोध्‍नुभएको छैन? तिनीहरूले भन्‍ने प्रमाण तपाईंहरूलाई थाहा छैन,
30 Wicked people are spared in times of disaster; they are rescued from the day of judgment.
कि दुष्‍ट मानिस विपत्तिको दिनमा जोगिन्छ, र क्रोधको दिनमा उसलाई कतै सारेर जोगाइन्‍छ?
31 Who confronts them with their actions? Who pays them back for what they have done?
दुष्‍ट मानिसको सामु उसको मार्गलाई कसले दोषी ठहराउँछ र? उसको गरेको कामको बदला कसले लिन सक्‍छ र?
32 When they eventually die and are carried to the graveyard, their tomb is guarded. The earth of the grave softly covers them.
तापनि उसलाई चिहानमा लगिनेछ । मानिसहरूले उसको चिहानको रेखदेख गर्नेछन् ।
33 Everyone attends their funeral service; a huge procession of people comes to pay their last respects.
मैदानको माटोका डल्ला उसलाई गुलियो हुनेछ । अनगिन्ती मानिस उसको अगि-अगि हुनाले, सबै मानिस उसको पछिपछि जानेछन् ।
34 Why do you try to comfort me with worthless nonsense? Your answers are just a pack of lies!”
तपाईंहरूका व्यर्थका कुराले मलाई कसरी सान्त्वना दिन्‍छ, किनकि तपाईंहरूको जवाफमा झुटबाहेक केही छैन?”

< Job 21 >