अय्यूब 15
And Eliphaz the Temanite answereth and saith: —
Doth a wise man answer [with] vain knowledge? And fill [with] an east wind his belly?
To reason with a word not useful? And speeches — no profit in them?
Yea, thou dost make reverence void, And dost diminish meditation before God.
For thy mouth teacheth thine iniquity, And thou chooseth the tongue of the subtile.
6 ६ मैं तो नहीं परन्तु तेरा मुँह ही तुझे दोषी ठहराता है; और तेरे ही वचन तेरे विरुद्ध साक्षी देते हैं।
Thy mouth declareth thee wicked, and not I, And thy lips testify against thee.
The first man art thou born? And before the heights wast thou formed?
Of the secret counsel of God dost thou hear? And withdrawest thou unto thee wisdom?
What hast thou known, and we know not? Understandest thou — and it is not with us?
Both the gray-headed And the very aged [are] among us — Greater than thy father [in] days.
11 ११ परमेश्वर की शान्तिदायक बातें, और जो वचन तेरे लिये कोमल हैं, क्या ये तेरी दृष्टि में तुच्छ हैं?
Too few for thee are the comforts of God? And a gentle word [is] with thee,
What — doth thine heart take thee away? And what — are thine eyes high?
For thou turnest against God thy spirit? And hast brought out words from thy mouth:
What [is] man that he is pure, And that he is righteous, one born of woman?
Lo, in His holy ones He putteth no credence, And the heavens have not been pure in His eyes.
Also — surely abominable and filthy Is man drinking as water perverseness.
I shew thee — hearken to me — And this I have seen and declare:
Which the wise declare — And have not hid — from their fathers.
To them alone was the land given, And a stranger passed not over into their midst:
'All days of the wicked he is paining himself, And few years have been laid up for the terrible one.
A fearful voice [is] in his ears, In peace doth a destroyer come to him.
He believeth not to return from darkness, And watched [is] he for the sword.
23 २३ वह रोटी के लिये मारा-मारा फिरता है, कि कहाँ मिलेगी? उसे निश्चय रहता है, कि अंधकार का दिन मेरे पास ही है।
He is wandering for bread — 'Where [is] it?' He hath known that ready at his hand Is a day of darkness.
24 २४ संकट और दुर्घटना से उसको डर लगता रहता है, ऐसे राजा के समान जो युद्ध के लिये तैयार हो, वे उस पर प्रबल होते हैं।
Terrify him do adversity and distress, They prevail over him As a king ready for a boaster.
25 २५ क्योंकि उसने तो परमेश्वर के विरुद्ध हाथ बढ़ाया है, और सर्वशक्तिमान के विरुद्ध वह ताल ठोंकता है,
For he stretched out against God his hand, And against the Mighty he maketh himself mighty.
He runneth unto Him with a neck, With thick bosses of his shields.
For he hath covered his face with his fat, And maketh vigour over [his] confidence.
28 २८ और वह उजाड़े हुए नगरों में बस गया है, और जो घर रहने योग्य नहीं, और खण्डहर होने को छोड़े गए हैं, उनमें बस गया है।
And he inhabiteth cities cut off, houses not dwelt in, That have been ready to become heaps.
29 २९ वह धनी न रहेगा, और न उसकी सम्पत्ति बनी रहेगी, और ऐसे लोगों के खेत की उपज भूमि की ओर न झुकने पाएगी।
He is not rich, nor doth his wealth rise, Nor doth he stretch out on earth their continuance.
30 ३० वह अंधियारे से कभी न निकलेगा, और उसकी डालियाँ आग की लपट से झुलस जाएँगी, और परमेश्वर के मुँह की श्वास से वह उड़ जाएगा।
He turneth not aside from darkness, His tender branch doth a flame dry up, And he turneth aside at the breath of His mouth!
Let him not put credence in vanity, He hath been deceived, For vanity is his recompence.
Not in his day is it completed, And his bending branch is not green.
He shaketh off as a vine his unripe fruit, And casteth off as an olive his blossom.
34 ३४ क्योंकि भक्तिहीन के परिवार से कुछ बन न पड़ेगा, और जो घूस लेते हैं, उनके तम्बू आग से जल जाएँगे।
For the company of the profane [is] gloomy, And fire hath consumed tents of bribery.
35 ३५ उनको उपद्रव का गर्भ रहता, और वे अनर्थ को जन्म देते है और वे अपने अन्तःकरण में छल की बातें गढ़ते हैं।”
To conceive misery, and to bear iniquity, Even their heart doth prepare deceit.
