< Job 3 >

1 After this Job has opened his mouth, and reviles his day.
यसपछि अय्यूबले आफ्नो मुख खोले, र आफू जन्मेको दिनलाई सरापे ।
2 And Job answers and says:
तिनले भने,
3 “Let the day perish in which I am born, And the night that has said: A man-child has been conceived.
“म जन्मेको दिन नष्‍ट होस्, त्‍यो रात जसले भन्‍यो, 'एउटा बालकको गर्भधारण भएको छ ।'
4 That day—let it be darkness, Do not let God require it from above, Nor let light shine on it.
त्यो दिन अन्धकार होस् । परमेश्‍वरले माथिबाट त्‍यसलाई याद नगरून्, न त यसमा घाम लागोस् ।
5 Let darkness and death-shade redeem it, Let a cloud dwell on it, Let them terrify it as the most bitter of days.
अन्धकार र मृत्युको छायाले आफ्नो लागि यसलाई दाबी गरून् । यसमाथि बादल लागोस् । दिनलाई अँध्यारो बनाउने हरेक कुराले यसलाई साँच्‍चै त्रसित पारोस् ।
6 That night—let thick darkness take it, Let it not be united to days of the year, Let it not come into the number of months.
निस्पट्ट अँध्यारोले त्यो रातलाई समातोस् । वर्षका दिनहरूका बिचमा यो नरमाओस् । महिनाहरूको गन्तीमा यसको गणना नहोस् ।
7 Behold! That night—let it be barren, Let no singing come into it.
हेर, त्यो रात बाँझो होस् । यसमा कुनै हर्षको सोर नआओस् ।
8 Let the cursers of day mark it, Who are ready to wake up Leviathan.
लिव्यातन्‌लाई कसरी ब्युँझाउने भनी जानेकाहरूले, त्यस दिनलाई सराप दिऊन् ।
9 Let the stars of its twilight be dark, Let it wait for light, and there is none, And let it not look on the eyelids of the dawn.
त्यो दिनको बिहानका ताराहरू अँध्यारो होऊन् । त्यो दिनले ज्योति खोजोस्, तर नपाओस्, न त यसले मिरमरेको प्रथम किरणलाई देख्‍न पाओस् ।
10 Because it has not shut the doors Of the womb that was mine! And hide misery from my eyes.
किनभने यसले मेरी आमाको गर्भको ढोकालाई थुनेन, र किनभने यसले मेरा आँखाबाट कष्‍टलाई लुकाएन ।
11 Why do I not die from the womb? I have come forth from the belly and gasp!
मेरी आमाको गर्भबाट बाहिर निस्कँदा म किन मरिनँ? मेरी आमाले मलाई जन्माउँदा मैले आफ्‍नो आत्मा किन त्यागिनँ?
12 Why have knees been before me? And what [are] breasts, that I suck?
उनका घुँडाहरूले मलाई किन स्वागत गरे? मैले दूध चुस्‍नलाई उनका स्तनहरूले मलाई किन स्वीकार गरे?
13 For now, I have lain down, and am quiet, I have slept—then there is rest to me,
किनकि अहिले म चुप लागेर बसिरहेको हुन्‍थें । म सुतेको हुन्‍थें, र विश्राममा हुन्‍थें,
14 With kings and counselors of earth, These building ruins for themselves.
पृथ्वीका राजाहरू र सल्लाहकारहरूका साथमा, जसले आफ्नै लागि चिहानहरू बनाए, जुन अहिले ध्‍वस्‍त छन् ।
15 Or with princes—they have gold, They are filling their houses [with] silver.
अर्थात् ती राजकुमारहरूसित म सुतिरहेको हुन्‍थें, जससित कुनै बेला सुन थियो, जसले आफ्ना घरहरूलाई चाँदीले भरेका थिए ।
16 (Or I am not as a hidden abortion, As infants—they have not seen light.)
अर्थात् सायद म तुहेर जन्‍मने थिएँ, कदापि उज्‍यालो नदेख्‍ने शिशुहरूझैं हुन्‍थें ।
17 There the wicked have ceased troubling, And there the wearied rest in power.
त्यहाँ दुष्‍टको अत्‍याचार सकिन्‍छ । त्यहाँ थाकितहरूले विश्राममा लिन्छन् ।
18 Together prisoners have been at ease, They have not heard the voice of an exactor,
त्यहाँ कैदीहरू सँगसँगै चैनमा हुन्छन् । तिनीहरूले कमाराको नाइकेको सोर सुन्‍नुपर्दैन ।
19 Small and great [are] the same there. And a servant [is] free from his lord.
त्यहाँ साना र ठुला दुवै थरिका मानिसहरू छन् । नोकर आफ्नो मालिकबाट स्‍वतन्‍त्र हुन्छ ।
20 Why does He give light to the miserable, and life to the bitter soul?
दुःखमा हुनेलाई किन ज्योति दिइन्छ? मनमा तितो हुनेलाई किन जीवन दिइन्छ?
21 Who are waiting for death, and it is not, And they seek it above hid treasures.
जसले मृत्यु नै नआई त्‍यसको प्रतीक्षा गर्छ, जसले गाड्धनभन्‍दा धेरै मृत्यको लागि खाडल खन्‍छ ।
22 Who are glad—to joy, They rejoice when they find a grave.
जसले चिहान फेला पार्दा ज्यादै रमाउँछ र खुसी हुन्छ, त्‍यसलाई ज्योति किन दिइन्छ?
23 To a man whose way has been hidden, And whom God shuts up?
जसको मार्ग लुकाइएको छ, र जुन मानिसलाई परमेश्‍वरले छेक्‍नुभएको छ, त्यस मानिसलाई ज्योति किन दिइन्छ?
24 For before my food, my sighing comes, And my roarings [are] poured out as waters.
किनकि मैले खानुको साटो सुस्केरा हाल्छु । मेरो वेदनाको सोर पानीझैं पोखिन्छ ।
25 For I feared a fear and it meets me, And what I was afraid of comes to me.
जुन कुरोदेखि म डराउँथेँ, त्यही मकहाँ आएको छ । म जेदेखि भयभीत हुन्थेँ, त्यही मकहाँ आएको छ ।
26 I was not safe—nor was I quiet—Nor was I at rest—and trouble comes!”
म चैनमा छैनँ, म मौन छैनँ, र मलाई विश्राम छैन । बरु सङ्कष्‍ट आउँछ ।”

< Job 3 >