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Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said:
2 ೨ “ಮನುಷ್ಯ ಮಾತ್ರದವನಿಂದ ದೇವರಿಗೆ ಏನು ಪ್ರಯೋಜನವಾದೀತು? ಒಬ್ಬನು ವಿವೇಕಿಯಾಗಿ ನಡೆದುಕೊಂಡರೆ ಅವನಿಗೆ ಪ್ರಯೋಜನವಷ್ಟೆ.
Can a man, then, profit God? Behold, the wise man profiteth himself.
Is it a pleasure to the Almighty, that thou art righteous; Or a gain to him, that thou walkest uprightly?
Will he contend with thee because he feareth thee? Will he enter with thee into judgment?
Hath not thy wickedness been great? Have not thine iniquities been numberless?
6 ೬ ನೋಡು, ನಿನ್ನ ಸಹೋದರನಿಂದ ಸುಮ್ಮನೆ ಒತ್ತೆಯಾಳುಗಳನ್ನು ತೆಗೆದುಕೊಂಡಿದ್ದಿ, ಬೆತ್ತಲೆಯವರ ಬಟ್ಟೆಯನ್ನೂ ಸೆಳಕೊಂಡಿದ್ದಿ.
For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother unjustly, And stripped the poor of their clothing.
Thou hast given the weary no water to drink, And withholden bread from the hungry.
But the man of power, his was the land, And the honorable man dwelt in it.
Thou hast sent widows away empty, And broken the arms of the fatherless.
Therefore snares are round about thee, And sudden fear confoundeth thee;
Or darkness, through which thou canst not see, And floods of water cover thee.
Is not God in the height of heaven? And behold the stars, how high they are!
Hence thou sayest, “What doth God know? Can he govern behind the thick darkness?
14 ೧೪ ದಟ್ಟವಾದ ಮೋಡಗಳು ಆತನಿಗೆ ಪರದೆಯ ಹಾಗಿರುವುದರಿಂದ ನೋಡಲಾರನು; ಆಕಾಶಮಂಡಲದ ಮೇಲೆ ನಡೆದಾಡುತ್ತಾನೆ’ ಎಂದು ಹೇಳಿಕೊಂಡೆಯಲ್ಲವೇ.
Dark clouds are a veil to him, and he cannot see; And he walketh upon the arch of heaven.”
Wilt thou take the old way Which wicked men have trodden,
Who were cut down before their time, And whose foundations were swept away by a flood?
17 ೧೭ ಅವರು ಆತನನ್ನು ಕುರಿತು, ‘ನಮ್ಮಿಂದ ತೊಲಗಿ ಹೋಗು, ಸರ್ವಶಕ್ತನಾದ ದೇವರು ನಮಗೇನು ಮಾಡಾನು’ ಎಂದು ಹೇಳಿಕೊಳ್ಳುತ್ತಿದ್ದರು.
Who said unto God, “Depart from us!” And, “What can the Almighty do to us?”
And yet he filled their houses with good things!—Far from me be the counsel of the wicked!
The righteous see their fate, and rejoice; And the innocent hold them in derision.
“Truly our adversary is destroyed, And fire hath consumed his abundance!”
Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: Thus shall prosperity return to thee.
Receive, I pray thee, instruction from his mouth, And lay up his words in thy heart.
23 ೨೩ ನೀನು ಸರ್ವಶಕ್ತನಾದ ದೇವರ ಕಡೆಗೆ ತಿರುಗಿಕೊಂಡು, ನಿನ್ನ ಗುಡಾರಗಳಿಂದ ಅನ್ಯಾಯವನ್ನು ದೂರಮಾಡಿದರೆ ಉದ್ಧಾರವಾಗುವಿ.
If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up; If thou put away iniquity from thy tent.
Cast to the dust thy gold, And the gold of Ophir to the stones of the brook:
Then shall the Almighty be thy gold, Yea, treasures of silver unto thee;
For then shalt thou have delight in the Almighty, And shalt lift up thy face unto God.
Thou shalt pray to him, and he shall hear thee, And thou shalt perform thy vows.
The purpose which thou formest shall prosper with thee, And light shall shine upon thy ways.
29 ೨೯ ಜನರು ನಿನ್ನನ್ನು ಕೆಳಕ್ಕೆ ಬೀಳಿಸುವಾಗ, ಮೇಲಕ್ಕೆ ಎತ್ತಲ್ಪಡುವೆನು ಅಂದುಕೊಳ್ಳುವಿ, ಆಗ ದೀನದೃಷ್ಟಿಯುಳ್ಳ ನಿನ್ನನ್ನು ಆತನು ರಕ್ಷಿಸುವನು.
When men are cast down, thou shalt say, “There lifting up!” And the humble person he will save.
30 ೩೦ ನಿರ್ದೋಷಿಯನ್ನು ಆತನು ತಪ್ಪಿಸುವನು, ಹೌದು, ಆತನು ಇಂಥವನನ್ನು ತಪ್ಪಿಸುವುದಕ್ಕೆ ನಿನ್ನ ಕೈಗಳ ಪರಿಶುದ್ಧತೆಯೇ ಕಾರಣವಾಗಿರುವುದು.”
He will deliver even him that is not innocent. The purity of thy hands shall save him.
