अय्यूब 23
And Job answereth and saith: —
Also — to-day [is] my complaint bitter, My hand hath been heavy because of my sighing.
O that I had known — and I find Him, I come in unto His seat,
I arrange before Him the cause, And my mouth fill [with] arguments.
I know the words He doth answer me, And understand what He saith to me.
In the abundance of power doth He strive with me? No! surely He putteth [it] in me.
There the upright doth reason with Him, And I escape for ever from my judge.
Lo, forward I go — and He is not, And backward — and I perceive him not.
9 ९ जब वह बाईं ओर काम करता है तब वह मुझे दिखाई नहीं देता; वह तो दाहिनी ओर ऐसा छिप जाता है, कि मुझे वह दिखाई ही नहीं पड़ता।
[To] the left in His working — and I see not, He is covered [on] the right, and I behold not.
10 १० परन्तु वह जानता है, कि मैं कैसी चाल चला हूँ; और जब वह मुझे ता लेगा तब मैं सोने के समान निकलूँगा।
For He hath known the way with me, He hath tried me — as gold I go forth.
On His step hath my foot laid hold, His way I have kept, and turn not aside,
12 १२ उसकी आज्ञा का पालन करने से मैं न हटा, और मैंने उसके वचन अपनी इच्छा से कहीं अधिक काम के जानकर सुरक्षित रखे।
The command of His lips, and I depart not. Above my allotted portion I have laid up The sayings of His mouth.
13 १३ परन्तु वह एक ही बात पर अड़ा रहता है, और कौन उसको उससे फिरा सकता है? जो कुछ उसका जी चाहता है वही वह करता है।
And He [is] in one [mind], And who doth turn Him back? And His soul hath desired — and He doth [it].
14 १४ जो कुछ मेरे लिये उसने ठाना है, उसी को वह पूरा करता है; और उसके मन में ऐसी-ऐसी बहुत सी बातें हैं।
For He doth complete my portion, And many such things [are] with Him.
Therefore, from His presence I am troubled, I consider, and am afraid of Him.
And God hath made my heart soft, And the Mighty hath troubled me.
For I have not been cut off before darkness, And before me He covered thick darkness.
