< अय्यूब 17 >
1 १ “मेरा प्राण निकलने पर है, मेरे दिन पूरे हो चुके हैं; मेरे लिये कब्र तैयार है।
“My (life/time to live) is almost ended; I have no strength left; my grave is waiting for me.
2 २ निश्चय जो मेरे संग हैं वह ठट्ठा करनेवाले हैं, और उनका झगड़ा-रगड़ा मुझे लगातार दिखाई देता है।
Those who are around me are making fun of me; I [SYN] watch them while they (taunt/make fun of) me.”
3 ३ “जमानत दे, अपने और मेरे बीच में तू ही जामिन हो; कौन है जो मेरे हाथ पर हाथ मारे?
“God, [it is as though I am in prison; ] please pay the money in order that I may be released, because there is certainly no one else who will help me.
4 ४ तूने उनका मन समझने से रोका है, इस कारण तू उनको प्रबल न करेगा।
You have prevented my friends from understanding [what is true about me]; do not allow them to triumph over me, [saying that I have done things that are wrong].
5 ५ जो अपने मित्रों को चुगली खाकर लूटा देता, उसके बच्चों की आँखें अंधी हो जाएँगी।
[Our ancestors often said, ‘It often happens that] when someone betrays his friends in order to get some of their property, it is that person’s children who will be punished for it;’ [so I desire/hope that will be true of these friends of mine who are lying about me].
6 ६ “उसने ऐसा किया कि सब लोग मेरी उपमा देते हैं; और लोग मेरे मुँह पर थूकते हैं।
“But now people use that saying of our ancestors when they talk about me; they spit in my face [to insult me].
7 ७ खेद के मारे मेरी आँखों में धुंधलापन छा गया है, और मेरे सब अंग छाया के समान हो गए हैं।
(My sight has become dim/I cannot see well) because I am extremely sad, and my arms and legs are [very thin, with the result that they almost do not cast] [MET] a shadow.
8 ८ इसे देखकर सीधे लोग चकित होते हैं, और जो निर्दोष हैं, वह भक्तिहीन के विरुद्ध भड़क उठते हैं।
Those who [say that they] are good/righteous are shocked [when they see what has happened to me], and people who [say that they] (are innocent/have not done anything that is wrong) say that I am wicked/godless and should be punished.
9 ९ तो भी धर्मी लोग अपना मार्ग पकड़े रहेंगे, और शुद्ध काम करनेवाले सामर्थ्य पर सामर्थ्य पाते जाएँगे।
Those who [claim that they] are righteous will continue to do what [they think] is right, and those [who say] they have not sinned will continue to become stronger.
10 १० तुम सब के सब मेरे पास आओ तो आओ, परन्तु मुझे तुम लोगों में एक भी बुद्धिमान न मिलेगा।
“But even if all of those people came [and stood in front of me], I would not find anyone among them who is wise.
11 ११ मेरे दिन तो बीत चुके, और मेरी मनसाएँ मिट गई, और जो मेरे मन में था, वह नाश हुआ है।
My (life/time to live) is almost ended; I have not been able to do the things that I confidently expected to do; [I have not been able to accomplish] anything that I [SYN] desired.
12 १२ वे रात को दिन ठहराते; वे कहते हैं, अंधियारे के निकट उजियाला है।
My friends do not know when it is night and when it is day; when it is night, they claim that it is daylight; when it is becoming dark, they claim it is becoming light.
13 १३ यदि मेरी आशा यह हो कि अधोलोक मेरा धाम होगा, यदि मैंने अंधियारे में अपना बिछौना बिछा लिया है, (Sheol )
If my home will be the place where dead people are, where will I sleep in the darkness? (Sheol )
14 १४ यदि मैंने सड़ाहट से कहा, ‘तू मेरा पिता है,’ और कीड़े से, ‘तू मेरी माँ,’ और ‘मेरी बहन है,’
I may say to the grave, ‘You will be [like] a father to me,’ and say to the maggots [that will eat my body], ‘You will be [like] a mother or younger sisters to me [because you will be where I will always be].’
15 १५ तो मेरी आशा कहाँ रही? और मेरी आशा किसके देखने में आएगी?
But if I say those things, (will there be anything good that I can confidently expect to happen to me?/there will be nothing good that I can confidently expect to happen to me.) [RHQ] (Is there anyone who knows anything good that I can expect when I am in the grave?/No one knows anything good that I can expect when I am in the grave.) [RHQ]
16 १६ वह तो अधोलोक में उतर जाएगी, और उस समेत मुझे भी मिट्टी में विश्राम मिलेगा।” (Sheol )
After I descend to the place where the dead are, (will I be able to confidently expect anything good there?/I certainly will not be able to confidently expect anything good there.) [RHQ] [It will be as though] [RHQ] I and the things I hope for will descend with me into the dust [where the dead are].” (Sheol )