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Moreover Job continued his discourse, and said:
2 ೨ “ಅಯ್ಯೋ ನಾನು ಹಿಂದಿನ ತಿಂಗಳುಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಇದ್ದಂತೆ ಈಗಲೂ ಇದ್ದರೆ ಎಷ್ಟೋ ಸಂತೋಷವಾಗಿತ್ತು! ಆ ದಿನಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ದೇವರು ನನ್ನನ್ನು ಕಾಯುತ್ತಿದ್ದನಲ್ಲಾ!
O that I were as in months past, In the days when God was my guardian;
When his lamp shined over my head, And when by his light I walked through darkness!
As I was in the autumn of my days, When the friendship of God was over my tent;
When the Almighty was yet with me, And my children were around me;
6 ೬ ಹಾಲು ತುಪ್ಪದಲ್ಲಿ ನನ್ನ ಪಾದಗಳನ್ನು ತೊಳೆಯುತ್ತಿದ್ದೆ, ಬಂಡೆಯು ನನಗೋಸ್ಕರ ಎಣ್ಣೆಯನ್ನು ಪ್ರವಾಹವಾಗಿ ಸುರಿಸುತ್ತಿತ್ತು.
When I bathed my steps in milk, And the rock poured me out rivers of oil!
When I went forth to the gate by the city, And took my seat in the market-place,
The young men saw me and hid themselves, And the aged arose and stood.
The princes refrained from speaking, And laid their hand upon their mouth.
The nobles held their peace, And their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth.
When the ear heard me, then it blessed me; And when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me.
For I delivered the poor, when they cried; And the fatherless, who had none to help him.
The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me, And I caused the heart of the widow to sing for joy.
14 ೧೪ ನಾನು ಧರ್ಮವನ್ನು ಧರಿಸಿಕೊಂಡೆನು, ಧರ್ಮವು ನನ್ನನ್ನು ಧರಿಸಿತು. ನನ್ನ ನ್ಯಾಯವೇ ನನಗೆ ನಿಲುವಂಗಿಯೂ, ಕಿರೀಟವೂ ಆಗಿತ್ತು.
I clothed myself with righteousness, and it clothed itself with me; And justice was my robe and diadem.
I was eyes to the blind, And feet was I to the lame;
I was a father to the poor, And the cause of him I knew not I searched out;
And I broke the teeth of the wicked, And plucked the spoil from his jaws.
18 ೧೮ ಆಗ ನಾನು ಹೇಳಿದ್ದೇನೆಂದರೆ, ‘ನನ್ನ ಗೂಡಿನಲ್ಲಿಯೇ ನಾನು ಸಾಯುವೆನು, ನನ್ನ ದಿನಗಳು ಮರಳಿನಂತೆ ಅಸಂಖ್ಯವಾಗಿರುವವು.
Then said I, “I shall die in my nest; I shall multiply my days as the sand.
19 ೧೯ ನನ್ನ ಬೇರುಗಳು ನೀರಿನವರೆಗೂ ವ್ಯಾಪಿಸಿಕೊಂಡಿರುವವು, ರಾತ್ರಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಇಬ್ಬನಿಯು ನನ್ನ ರೆಂಬೆಗಳ ಮೇಲೆ ಬಿದ್ದಿರುವುದು.
My root is spread abroad to the waters, And the dew abideth on my branches.
My glory is fresh with me, And my bow gathereth strength in my hand.”
To me men gave ear, and waited, And kept silence for my counsel.
To my words they made no reply, When my speech dropped down upon them.
Yea, they waited for me as for the rain; They opened their mouths wide as for the latter rain.
If I smiled upon them, they believed it not; Nor did they cause the light of my countenance to fall.
25 ೨೫ ನಾನು ಅವರಿಗೆ ತಕ್ಕ ಮಾರ್ಗವನ್ನು ಆರಿಸಿಕೊಟ್ಟು, ತನ್ನ ಸೈನ್ಯಗಳ ಮಧ್ಯದಲ್ಲಿ ಕುಳಿತಿರುವ ರಾಜನಂತೆಯೂ, ದುಃಖಿತರನ್ನು ಸಂತೈಸುವ ಮುಖಂಡನಾಗಿ ಆಸೀನನಾಗಿದ್ದೆನು.”
When I came among them, I sat as chief; I dwelt as a king in the midst of an army, As a comforter among mourners.
