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Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied:
“Does a wise man answer with empty counsel or fill his belly with the hot east wind?
Should he argue with useless words or speeches that serve no purpose?
4 ೪ ಇದಲ್ಲದೆ ನೀನು ದೇವರ ಭಯವನ್ನು ಹಾಳುಮಾಡುತ್ತಿರುವೆ, ನೀನು ನನ್ನನ್ನು ಪಾತಾಳಕ್ಕೆ ತಳ್ಳಿ ನನ್ನ ದೇವಭಕ್ತಿಯನ್ನು ಕ್ಷಯಗೊಳಿಸುತ್ತೀ.
But you even undermine the fear of God and hinder meditation before Him.
For your iniquity instructs your mouth, and you choose the language of the crafty.
6 ೬ ನಿನ್ನನ್ನು ಅಪರಾಧಿಯೆಂದು ನಿರ್ಣಯಿಸುವವನು ನಾನಲ್ಲ, ನಿನ್ನ ಮಾತುಗಳು ಕೂಡ ನಿನಗೆ ವಿರುದ್ಧವಾಗಿ ಸಾಕ್ಷಿ ಕೊಡುತ್ತವೆ, ನಿನ್ನನ್ನು ಅಪರಾಧಿಯನ್ನಾಗಿಸುತ್ತದೆ.
Your own mouth, not mine, condemns you; your own lips testify against you.
Were you the first man ever born? Were you brought forth before the hills?
8 ೮ ದೇವರ ಆಲೋಚನಾ ಸಭೆಯಲ್ಲಿದ್ದುಕೊಂಡು ಅಲ್ಲಿ ಹೇಳಿದ್ದನ್ನು ಕೇಳಿದ್ದೀಯಾ? ಜ್ಞಾನವನ್ನೆಲ್ಲಾ ನಿನ್ನ ಕಡೆಗೆ ಸೆಳೆದುಕೊಂಡಿದ್ದೀಯಾ?
Do you listen in on the council of God or limit wisdom to yourself?
What do you know that we do not? What do you understand that is not clear to us?
Both the gray-haired and the aged are on our side— men much older than your father.
Are the consolations of God not enough for you, even words spoken gently to you?
Why has your heart carried you away, and why do your eyes flash,
as you turn your spirit against God and pour such words from your mouth?
What is man, that he should be pure, or one born of woman, that he should be righteous?
If God puts no trust in His holy ones, if even the heavens are not pure in His eyes,
how much less man, who is vile and corrupt, who drinks injustice like water?
Listen to me and I will inform you. I will describe what I have seen,
what was declared by wise men and was not concealed from their fathers,
to whom alone the land was given when no foreigner passed among them.
A wicked man writhes in pain all his days; only a few years are reserved for the ruthless.
21 ೨೧ ಭಯ ಅಪಾಯಗಳ ಸಪ್ಪಳವು ಅವನ ಕಿವಿಯಲ್ಲೇ ಇರುವುದು, ತಾನು ಸುಖವಾಗಿರುವಾಗಲೂ ಸೂರೆಗಾರನು ತನ್ನ ಮೇಲೆ ಬೀಳುವನೆಂದು ಭಯಪಡುವನು.
Sounds of terror fill his ears; in his prosperity the destroyer attacks him.
He despairs of his return from darkness; he is marked for the sword.
23 ೨೩ ‘ರೊಟ್ಟಿ ಎಲ್ಲಿ?’ ಎಂದು ಹುಡುಕುತ್ತಾ ಅಲೆದಾಡುವನೆಂಬುದಾಗಿ ನಿಶ್ಚಯಿಸಿಕೊಂಡು, ಆ ಕತ್ತಲಿನ ದಿನವು ತನ್ನ ಪಕ್ಕದಲ್ಲಿ ಸಿದ್ಧವಾಗಿದೆ ಎಂದು ತಿಳಿದುಕೊಂಡಿರುವನು.
He wanders about as food for vultures; he knows the day of darkness is at hand.
Distress and anguish terrify him, overwhelming him like a king poised to attack.
For he has stretched out his hand against God and has vaunted himself against the Almighty,
rushing headlong at Him with a thick, studded shield.
Though his face is covered with fat and his waistline bulges with flesh,
28 ೨೮ ಅವನು ಹಾಳು ಪಟ್ಟಣಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಸೇರಿಕೊಂಡು, ‘ದಿಬ್ಬಗಳಾಗಿ ಹೋಗಲಿ ಯಾರೂ ವಾಸಿಸದಿರಲಿ’ ಎಂದು ಶಾಪಹೊಂದಿದ ಮನೆಗಳೊಳಗೆ ವಾಸವಾಗಿದ್ದನು.
he will dwell in ruined cities, in abandoned houses destined to become rubble.
29 ೨೯ ಇಂಥವನು ಐಶ್ವರ್ಯವಂತನಾಗುವುದಿಲ್ಲ, ಅವನ ಆಸ್ತಿಯು ಸ್ಥಿರವಾಗಿ ನಿಲ್ಲದು. ಅವನ ಪ್ರತಿ ಫಲವು ಭಾರದಿಂದ ಭೂಮಿಯ ಕಡೆಗೆ ಬಾಗುವುದಿಲ್ಲ.
He will no longer be rich; his wealth will not endure. His possessions will not overspread the land.
30 ೩೦ ಕತ್ತಲೊಳಗಿಂದ ಅವನು ಪಾರಾಗುವುದಿಲ್ಲ, ಕಿಚ್ಚು ಅವನ ಕೊಂಬೆಗಳನ್ನು ಒಣಗಿಸುವುದು, ದೇವರ ಶ್ವಾಸದಿಂದ ಒಣಗಿ ಹೋಗುವನು.
He will not escape from the darkness; the flame will wither his shoots, and the breath of God’s mouth will carry him away.
Let him not deceive himself with trust in emptiness, for emptiness will be his reward.
It will be paid in full before his time, and his branch will not flourish.
33 ೩೩ ಮಾಗದ ಹಣ್ಣುಗಳನ್ನು ಕಳೆದುಕೊಂಡ ದ್ರಾಕ್ಷಿಯ ಬಳ್ಳಿಯಂತೆ ಇರುವನು, ಎಣ್ಣೆಯ ಮರದ ಹಾಗೆ ತನ್ನ ಹೂವುಗಳನ್ನು ಉದುರಿಸಿಬಿಡುವನು.
He will be like a vine stripped of its unripe grapes, like an olive tree that sheds its blossoms.
For the company of the godless will be barren, and fire will consume the tents of bribery.
They conceive trouble and give birth to evil; their womb is pregnant with deceit.”
