Job 21
1 And Job answereth and saith: —
तब अय्यूबले जवाफ दिए र भने,
2 Hear ye diligently my word, And this is your consolation.
“मेरा वचनलाई ध्यान दिएर सुन्नुहोस्, र यो तपाईंहरूले मलाई दिने सान्त्वना होस् ।
3 Bear with me, and I speak, And after my speaking — ye may deride.
मलाई सुन्नुहोस्, र म पनि बोल्नेछु । मैले बोलेर सकेपछि निरन्तर गिल्ला गर्नुहोस् ।
4 I — to man [is] my complaint? and if [so], wherefore May not my temper become short?
मेरो बारेमा, के मैले मानिसलाई गुनासो गरेको हो र? म किन अधैर्य नहुनू?
5 Turn unto me, and be astonished, And put hand to mouth.
मलाई हेर्नुहोस् र छक्क पर्नुहोस्, र आफ्नो हातले आफ्नो मुख छुनुहोस् ।
6 Yea, if I have remembered, then I have been troubled. And my flesh hath taken fright.
मैले आफ्नो दुःखको बारेमा सोच्दा म त्रसित हुन्छु, र थरथरीले मेरो शरीरलाई नै समाउँछ ।
7 Wherefore do the wicked live? They have become old, Yea, they have been mighty in wealth.
दुष्ट मानिसहरू किन निरन्तर बाँच्छन्, बुढा हुन्छन् र सामर्थ्यमा शक्तिशाली हुन्छन्?
8 Their seed is established, Before their face with them, And their offspring before their eyes.
तिनीहरूका सन्तानहरू तिनीहरूकै आँखाको सामु स्थापित हुन्छन्, र तिनीहरूका छोराछोरी तिनीहरूकै आँखाको सामु स्थापित हुन्छन् ।
9 Their houses [are] peace without fear, Nor [is] a rod of God upon them.
तिनीहरूका घरहरू डरबाट सुरक्षित हुन्छन् । न त परमेश्वरको छडी नै तिनीहरूमाथि परेको हुन्छ ।
10 His bullock hath eaten corn, and doth not loath. His cow bringeth forth safely, And doth not miscarry.
तिनीहरूका बहर मिसिन्छन् । त्यसो गर्न चुक्दैनन् । तिनीहरूको गाई बियाउँछ, र तुहिंदैन ।
11 They send forth as a flock their sucklings, And their children skip,
तिनीहरूले आफ्ना केटाकेटीलाई बगालझैं बाहिर पठाउँछन्, र तिनीहरूका छोराछोरी नाच्छन् ।
12 They lift [themselves] up at timbrel and harp, And rejoice at the sound of an organ.
तिनीहरूले खैँजडी र वीणाको धुनमा गाउँछन्, र बाँसुरीको सङ्गीतमा रमाउँछन् ।
तिनीहरूले आफ्नो समय समृद्धिमा बिताउँछन्, र तिनीहरू शान्त बएर तल चिहानमा जान्छन् । (Sheol h7585)
14 And they say to God, 'Turn aside from us, And the knowledge of Thy ways We have not desired.
तिनीहरूले परमेश्वरलाई भन्छन्, 'हामीबाट जानुहोस्, किनकि तपाईंका मार्गहरूका कुनै ज्ञान हामी चाहँदैनौं ।
15 What [is] the Mighty One that we serve Him? And what do we profit when we meet with Him?'
सर्वशक्तिमान् को हो र हामीले उहाँको आराधना गर्नू? हामीले उहाँमा प्रार्थना चढायौं भने हामीले के लाभ पाउँछौं र?'
16 Lo, not in their hand [is] their good, (The counsel of the wicked Hath been far from me.)
हेर्नुहोस्, तिनीहरूको समृद्धि तिनीहरूका आफ्नै हातमा छैन र? दुष्ट मानिसहरूको सल्लाहमा मेरो कुनै सरोकार छैन ।
17 How oft is the lamp of the wicked extinguished, And come on them doth their calamity? Pangs He apportioneth in His anger.
कतिपल्ट दुष्ट मानिसहरूको बत्ती निभाइन्छ, अथवा तिनीहरूका विपत्ति तिनीहरूमाथि नै आउँछ? परमेश्वरले आफ्नो क्रोधमा तिनीहरूलाई कतिपल्ट दुःख पठाउनुहुन्छ?
18 They are as straw before wind, And as chaff a hurricane hath stolen away,
कतिपल्ट बतासको सामु तिनीहरू सुकेका झारपात, अथवा आँधीले उडाएर लैजाने भुसझैं भएका छन्?
19 God layeth up for his sons his sorrow, He giveth recompense unto him — and he knoweth.
तपाईंहरू भन्नुहुन्छ, 'मानिसको दोषको दण्ड परमेश्वरले उसका छोराछोरीलाई दिनुहुन्छ ।' त्यो उसैले भोग्नुपरोस्, जसले गर्दा उसले आफ्नो दोष थाहा पाओस् ।
20 His own eyes see his destruction, And of the wrath of the Mighty he drinketh.
उसका आँखाले उसको आफ्नो विनाश देखून्, र सर्वशक्तिमान्को क्रोध उसले पिउनुपरोस् ।
21 For what [is] his delight in his house after him, And the number of his months cut off?
किनकि उसको आफ्नै आयु सकिएपछि, उसले आफ्नो परिवारको के वास्ता गर्छ र?
22 To God doth [one] teach knowledge, And He the high doth judge?
परमेश्वरले त उच्चमा हुनेहरूको पनि न्याय गर्नुहुन्छ, तब के कसैले उहाँलाई ज्ञान सिकाउन सक्छ र?
23 This [one] dieth in his perfect strength, Wholly at ease and quiet.
एक जना मानिस पूरा बलियो अवस्थामा, बिलकुल शान्ति र चैनमा मर्छ ।
24 His breasts have been full of milk, And marrow his bones doth moisten.
उसको शरीर ह्रष्टपुष्ट हुन्छ, र उसको हड्डीहरूको मासी ताजा हुन्छ ।
25 And this [one] dieth with a bitter soul, And have not eaten with gladness.
अर्को मानिस मनको तिक्ततामा नै मर्छ, जसले कुनै असल कुराको अनुभव कदापि गरेको छैन ।
26 Together — on the dust they lie down, And the worm doth cover them over.
तिनीहरू समान रूपमा धूलोमा पल्टिन्छन् । तिनीहरू दुवैलाई किराहरूले ढाक्छन् ।
27 Lo, I have known your thoughts, And the devices against me ye do wrongfully.
हेर्नुहोस्, तपाईंहरूका विचार, अनि मेरो कुभलो गर्ने तपाईंहरूका मार्गहरू म जान्दछु ।
28 For ye say, 'Where [is] the house of the noble? And where the tent — The tabernacles of the wicked?'
किनकि तपाईंहरू भन्नुहुन्छ, 'अहिले त्यो राजकुमारको घर कहाँ छ? दुष्ट मानिस कुनै समयमा बस्ने गरेको पाल कहाँ छ?'
29 Have ye not asked those passing by the way? And their signs do ye not know?
यात्रा गर्ने मानिसहरूलाई तपाईंहरूले कहिल्यै सोध्नुभएको छैन? तिनीहरूले भन्ने प्रमाण तपाईंहरूलाई थाहा छैन,
30 That to a day of calamity is the wicked spared. To a day of wrath they are brought.
कि दुष्ट मानिस विपत्तिको दिनमा जोगिन्छ, र क्रोधको दिनमा उसलाई कतै सारेर जोगाइन्छ?
31 Who doth declare to his face his way? And [for] that which he hath done, Who doth give recompence to him?
दुष्ट मानिसको सामु उसको मार्गलाई कसले दोषी ठहराउँछ र? उसको गरेको कामको बदला कसले लिन सक्छ र?
32 And he — to the graves he is brought. And over the heap a watch is kept.
तापनि उसलाई चिहानमा लगिनेछ । मानिसहरूले उसको चिहानको रेखदेख गर्नेछन् ।
33 Sweet to him have been the clods of the valley, And after him every man he draweth, And before him there is no numbering.
मैदानको माटोका डल्ला उसलाई गुलियो हुनेछ । अनगिन्ती मानिस उसको अगि-अगि हुनाले, सबै मानिस उसको पछिपछि जानेछन् ।
34 And how do ye comfort me [with] vanity, And in your answers hath been left trespass?
तपाईंहरूका व्यर्थका कुराले मलाई कसरी सान्त्वना दिन्छ, किनकि तपाईंहरूको जवाफमा झुटबाहेक केही छैन?”
