अय्यूब 21

1 तब अय्योब ने उत्तर दिया:

Then Job replied,

2 “अब ध्यान से मेरी बात सुन लो और इससे तुम्हें सांत्वना प्राप्‍त हो.

“Listen to what I say, all [three] of you; that is the only thing that you can do that will comfort me.

3 मेरे उद्गार पूर्ण होने तक धैर्य रखना, बाद में तुम मेरा उपहास कर सकते हो.

Be patient with me, and allow me to speak. Then, after I am finished speaking, you can continue to make fun of me.

4 “मेरी स्थिति यह है कि मेरी शिकायत किसी मनुष्य से नहीं है, तब क्या मेरी अधीरता असंगत है?

“It is certainly not [RHQ] people against whom I am complaining, [but God] And it is certainly [RHQ] right for me to be impatient!

5 मेरी स्थिति पर ध्यान दो तथा इस पर चकित भी हो जाओ; आश्चर्यचकित होकर अपने मुख पर हाथ रख लो.

Look at me! Does what you see not cause you to be appalled and to put your hands over your mouths [and say no more]?

6 उसकी स्मृति मुझे डरा देती है; तथा मेरी देह आतंक में समा जाती है.

When I think about [what has happened to me], I am frightened and my entire body shakes.

7 क्यों दुर्वृत्त दीर्घायु प्राप्‍त करते जाते हैं? वे उन्‍नति करते जाते एवं सशक्त हो जाते हैं.

“[But let me ask this: ] ‘Why do wicked people continue to live, and become prosperous, and not die until they are very old?’

8 इतना ही नहीं उनके तो वंश भी, उनके जीवनकाल में समृद्ध होते जाते हैं.

They have their children around them, and they watch them while they [grow up and] start to live in their own houses, and they enjoy their grandchildren.

9 उनके घरों पर आतंक नहीं होता; उन पर परमेश्वर का दंड भी नहीं होता.

Wicked people live in their own houses without being afraid, and God does not punish [MTY] them.

10 उसका सांड़ बिना किसी बाधा के गाभिन करता है; उसकी गाय बच्‍चे को जन्म देती है, तथा कभी उसका गर्भपात नहीं होता.

Their bulls always mate with the cows successfully, and the cows give birth to calves and never miscarry.

11 उनके बालक संख्या में झुंड समान होते हैं; तथा खेलते रहते हैं.

Wicked people send their young children outside [to play], and the children play [happily] like [SIM] lambs [in a pasture].

12 वे खंजरी एवं किन्‍नोर की संगत पर गायन करते हैं; बांसुरी का स्वर उन्हें आनंदित कर देता है.

Some children dance and sing, while others shake tambourines and play lyres, and they are happy when they hear people playing flutes.

13 उनके जीवन के दिन तो समृद्धि में ही पूर्ण होते हैं, तब वे एकाएक अधोलोक में प्रवेश कर जाते हैं. (Sheol h7585)

Wicked people enjoy having good things all the time that they are alive, and they die quietly/peacefully and go down to the place of the dead. (Sheol h7585)

14 वे तो परमेश्वर को आदेश दे बैठते हैं, ‘दूर हो जाइए मुझसे!’ कोई रुचि नहीं है हमें आपकी नीतियों में.

While they are alive, they say to God, ‘Do not bother us; we do not want to know how you want us to conduct our lives!

15 कौन है यह सर्वशक्तिमान, कि हम उनकी सेवा करें? क्या मिलेगा, हमें यदि हम उनसे आग्रह करेंगे?

Why do you, Almighty God, think that we should serve you? (What advantage do we get if we pray to you?/It is useless for us to pray to you.) [RHQ]’

16 तुम्हीं देख लो, उनकी समृद्धि उनके हाथ में नहीं है, दुर्वृत्तों की परामर्श मुझे स्वीकार्य नहीं है.

Think about it: Wicked people think that it is because of what they have done that they have become prosperous, but I do not understand why they think like that.

17 “क्या कभी ऐसा हुआ है कि दुष्टों का दीपक बुझा हो? अथवा उन पर विपत्ति का पर्वत टूट पड़ा हो, क्या कभी परमेश्वर ने अपने कोप में उन पर नाश प्रभावी किया है?

(“How often does it happen that wicked people die [MET] before they are old?/Very seldom do wicked people die [MET] before they are old.) [RHQ] (Do they ever experience disasters?/They seldom experience disasters.) [RHQ] (Does God ever punish them because of being very angry with them?/God never punishes them because of being very angry with them.) [RHQ]

18 क्या दुर्वृत्त वायु प्रवाह में भूसी-समान हैं, उस भूसी-समान जो तूफान में विलीन हो जाता है?

[He does not blow] them away like wind blows away straw; they are never carried off by a whirlwind.

19 तुम दावा करते हो, ‘परमेश्वर किसी भी व्यक्ति के पाप को उसकी संतान के लिए जमा कर रखते हैं.’ तो उपयुक्त हैं कि वह इसका दंड प्रभावी कर दें, कि उसे स्थिति बोध हो जाए.

You say, ‘When people have committed sins, God waits and punishes their children because of those sins;’ but [I say that] God should punish those who sin, [not their children, ] in order that the sinners will know [that it is because of their own sins that they are being punished].

20 उत्तम होगा कि वह स्वयं अपने नाश को देख ले; वह स्वयं सर्वशक्तिमान के कोप का पान कर ले.

I hope/wish that wicked people will experience themselves being destroyed, that they will experience being punished by an angry Almighty God.

21 क्योंकि जब उसकी आयु के वर्ष समाप्‍त कर दिए गए हैं तो वह अपनी गृहस्थी की चिंता कैसे कर सकता है?

After wicked people are dead, they are not at all concerned [RHQ] about what happens to their families [MTY].

22 “क्या यह संभव है कि कोई परमेश्वर को ज्ञान दे, वह, जो परलोक के प्राणियों का न्याय करते हैं?

“Since God judges [everyone, ] even those that are in heaven, (who can teach God anything?/certainly no one can teach God anything.) [RHQ]

23 पूर्णतः सशक्त व्यक्ति का भी देहावसान हो जाता है, उसका, जो निश्चिंत एवं संतुष्ट था.

Some people die while they are very healthy, while they are peaceful, when they are not afraid of anything.

24 जिसकी देह पर चर्बी थी तथा हड्डियों में मज्जा भी था.

Their bodies are fat; their bones are strong.

25 जबकि अन्य व्यक्ति की मृत्यु कड़वाहट में होती है, जिसने जीवन में कुछ भी सुख प्राप्‍त नहीं किया.

Other people die being very miserable; they have never experienced good things happening to them.

26 दोनों धूल में जा मिलते हैं, और कीड़े उन्हें ढांक लेते हैं.

But both rich and poor people die and are buried, and maggots eat their bodies. [Everyone dies, so it is clear that dying is not always the punishment for being wicked].

27 “यह समझ लो, मैं तुम्हारे विचारों से अवगत हूं, उन योजनाओं से भी, जिनके द्वारा तुम मुझे छलते रहते हो.

“Listen, I know what you [three] are thinking. I know the evil things that you plan to do to me.

28 तुम्हारे मन में प्रश्न उठ रहा है, ‘कहां है उस कुलीन व्यक्ति का घर, कहां है वह तंबू, जहां दुर्वृत्त निवास करते हैं?’

You say, ‘What happened to the tents in which wicked people were living? The houses of evil rulers have been destroyed!’

29 क्या तुमने कभी अनुभवी यात्रियों से प्रश्न किया है? क्या उनके साक्ष्य से तुम परिचित हो?

But have you never inquired of people who travel much? Do you not believe their reports about what they have seen,

30 क्योंकि दुर्वृत्त तो प्रलय के लिए हैं, वे कोप-दिवस पर बंदी बना लिए जाएंगे.

that wicked people usually do not suffer at the time when there are great disasters; that wicked people are the ones who are rescued when God is angry [and punishes people] [MTY]?

31 कौन उसे उसके कृत्यों का स्मरण दिलाएगा? कौन उसे उसके कृत्यों का प्रतिफल देगा?

There is no one [RHQ] who accuses wicked people, and there is no one who (pays them back/gives them the punishment that they deserve) for all the evil things that they have done.

32 जब उसकी मृत्यु पर उसे दफन किया जाएगा, लोग उसकी कब्र पर पहरेदार रखेंगे.

The corpses of wicked people are carried to their graves, and people are put there to guard those graves.

33 घाटी की मिट्टी उसे मीठी लगती है; सभी उसका अनुगमन करेंगे, जबकि असंख्य तो वे हैं, जो उसकी यात्रा में होंगे.

A huge number [HYP] of people go to the grave site. Some go in front of the procession and some come behind. And the clods of dirt thrown on the graves of those wicked people who have died are like a nice blanket.

34 “तुम्हारे निरर्थक वचन मुझे सांत्वना कैसे देंगे? क्योंकि तुम्हारे प्रत्युत्तर झूठी बातों से भरे हैं!”

“So how can you console me by talking nonsense? Every reply that you make is full of lies!”