ഇയ്യോബ് 31
“I solemnly promised myself that I would not look at a young woman with a desire [to have sex with her].
[If I did not do what I promised, ] what would God who is in heaven [MTY] do to me [RHQ]? Almighty [God] would certainly not [RHQ] give me any reward!
[Previously I thought that] surely [RHQ] it was unrighteous people who would experience calamities, and that it was those who do what is wrong who would experience disasters.
God certainly sees [RHQ] everything that I do, [so why is he causing me to suffer?] [It is as though] he counts every step that I take.
[“I solemnly declare that] I have never acted wickedly and have never tried to deceive people.
I request only that God judge me fairly [MET], and if he does that, he will know that I (am innocent/have not done what is wrong).
7 ൭ എന്റെ കാലടി വഴിവിട്ട് മാറിയെങ്കിൽ, എന്റെ ഹൃദയം എന്റെ കണ്ണിനെ പിന്തുടർന്നുവെങ്കിൽ, വല്ല കറയും എന്റെ കൈയ്ക്ക് പറ്റിയെങ്കിൽ,
If [it were true that] I have stopped living righteously, or [that] I [SYN] have desired the things that I look at [MTY], or [that] I am guilty of any other sin,
then I hope/wish that when I plant [seeds], someone else will [harvest the crops and] eat [them] and that others will uproot the [fruit trees] that I planted.
“If [it were true that] I [SYN] have been attracted by some other man’s wife, or [that] I have hidden myself and waited outside [the] door [to] her [house],
I hope/desire that my wife will become the servant/slave of another man and have sex [EUP] with him.
[For me to do] that would be a terrible sin, and the judges would decide that I should be punished.
My [committing adultery] would [produce in me a fire like] [MET] the fire that burns people in hell, and it would burn up everything that I own. (questioned)
“And, if [it were true that] I have ever refused to listen to one of my male or female servants when they complained to me about something,
14 ൧൪ ദൈവം എന്നെ കുറ്റം വിധിക്കുവാൻ എഴുന്നേല്ക്കുമ്പോൾ ഞാൻ എന്ത് ചെയ്യും? അവിടുന്ന് ന്യായം വിധിക്കുവാൻ വരുമ്പോൾ ഞാൻ എന്തുത്തരം പറയും?
God would arise [and declare that he would punish me]; and when he would do that, what would I do? If he would ask me [about what I have done], (what would I answer?/I would not be able to answer.) [RHQ]
15 ൧൫ ഗർഭത്തിൽ എന്നെ ഉരുവാക്കിയവനല്ലയോ അവരെയും ഉരുവാക്കിയത്? ഉദരത്തിൽ ഞങ്ങളെ നിർമ്മിച്ചത് ഒരുവനല്ലയോ?
God, who created me, certainly also created my servants [RHQ]; surely he is the one who formed them and me in our mothers’ wombs [RHQ]; [so we all should behave toward each other equally].
“I have guided orphans from the time that they were born; I have taken care of them since they were young. So, if [it were true that] I ate all my food myself and did not share some of it with orphans, or [that] I refused to give poor people the things that they wanted, or [that] I caused widows to live (in despair/without hope [that they would receive any help from anyone]),
or [that] I had seen people die [from cold] because they had no clothes, or [that] I had seen poor people who did not have clothes [to keep them warm],
20 ൨൦ അവന്റെ മനസ്സ് എന്നെ അനുഗ്രഹിച്ചില്ലെങ്കിൽ, എന്റെ ആടുകളുടെ രോമംകൊണ്ട് അവന് കുളിർ മാറിയില്ലെങ്കിൽ,
and they were not able to become warm [from clothes made] from the wool of my sheep with the result that they thanked me for [giving them clothes, ]
or if [it were true that] I threatened to strike any orphan because I knew that the elders at the city gates would (decide in my favor);
[if those things were true about me], I hope/desire that my shoulder blade would be torn out and my arm be torn from my shoulder.
23 ൨൩ ദൈവം അയച്ച വിപത്ത് എനിക്ക് ഭയങ്കരമായിരുന്നു; അവിടുത്തെ പ്രഭാവം നിമിത്തം എനിക്ക് ഒന്നിനും കഴിവില്ലാതെയായി.
I always feared that God would cause me to experience a great disaster [if I did any of those evil things], and I would not have been able to endure the powerful [things that he would do to punish me].
“If [it were true that] I trusted in my gold/money [DOU],
25 ൨൫ എന്റെ ധനം വളരെയായിരിക്കുകകൊണ്ടും എന്റെ കൈ അധികം സമ്പാദിച്ചിരിക്കുകകൊണ്ടും ഞാൻ സന്തോഷിച്ചുവെങ്കിൽ,
or that I rejoiced because I had acquired many things and had become very rich,
or that I looked at the sun when it was shining or looked at the beautiful moon
and I [SYN] had been tempted [to worship them] by kissing my hand to revere them,
28 ൨൮ അത് ന്യായാധിപന്മാർ ശിക്ഷിക്കേണ്ട കുറ്റം അത്രേ; അതിനാൽ ഉയരത്തിലെ ദൈവത്തെ ഞാൻ നിഷേധിച്ചു എന്നു വരുമല്ലോ.
those things also would be sins for which the judges would say that I must be punished, because I would have been rejecting God [by doing those things].
29 ൨൯ എന്റെ വൈരിയുടെ നാശത്തിൽ ഞാൻ സന്തോഷിക്കുകയോ, അവന്റെ അനർത്ഥത്തിൽ ഞാൻ നിഗളിക്കുകയോ ചെയ്തു എങ്കിൽ -
“[It is not true that] I [SYN] sinned by requesting God to curse people who hated me with the result that God would cause them to die. It is also not true that I was glad when they were ruined or that I rejoiced when they experienced disasters [DOU].
30 ൩൦ അവന്റെ പ്രാണനാശം ഇച്ഛിച്ച് ശാപം ചൊല്ലി പാപം ചെയ്യുവാൻ എന്റെ നാവിനെ ഒരിക്കലും സമ്മതിച്ചിട്ടില്ല -
[It is also not true that] I never welcomed travelers to stay in my tent or that I did not open my doors to them, but [forced them to] sleep in the streets. [All] the men who work for me certainly know that [RHQ]!
32 ൩൨ എന്നിങ്ങനെ എന്റെ കൂടാരത്തിലെ ആളുകൾ പറഞ്ഞില്ലെങ്കിൽ - പരദേശി തെരുവീഥിയിൽ രാപാർക്കേണ്ടിവന്നിട്ടില്ല; വഴിപോക്കന് ഞാൻ എന്റെ വാതിൽ തുറന്നുകൊടുത്തു -
Some people try to hide their sins, but I have never done that;
34 ൩൪ മഹാപുരുഷാരത്തെ ശങ്കിക്കുകകൊണ്ടും കുടുംബങ്ങളുടെ നിന്ദ എന്നെ ഭ്രമിപ്പിക്കുകകൊണ്ടും ഞാൻ വാതിലിന് പുറത്തിറങ്ങാതെ മിണ്ടാതിരുന്നു എങ്കിൽ -
and I never remained silent and refused to go outside of my home because I was very (afraid of/worried about) what people would say [about me], and that they would hate/scorn me.
35 ൩൫ അയ്യോ, എന്റെ സങ്കടം കേൾക്കുന്നവൻ ഉണ്ടായിരുന്നുവെങ്കിൽ കൊള്ളാമായിരുന്നു! ഇതാ, എന്റെ ഒപ്പ്! സർവ്വശക്തൻ എനിക്ക് ഉത്തരം നല്കുമാറാകട്ടെ. എന്റെ പ്രതിയോഗി എഴുതിയ കുറ്റപത്രം കിട്ടിയെങ്കിൽ കൊള്ളാമായിരുന്നു!
“I wish/desire that there was someone who would hear what I am saying! I solemnly declare [that all that I have said is true]. I wish that those who oppose me would write down [on a scroll] the evil things that they say that I did.
[If they did that, ] I would wear that scroll on my shoulder, or wear it on top of my head, [in order that everyone could see it].
I would tell [God] everything that I have done, and I would approach him [confidently], like a ruler would.
If [it were true that] I have stolen land, with the result that [it was as though] its furrows cried out to accuse me of stealing;
39 ൩൯ വിലകൊടുക്കാതെ ഞാൻ അതിന്റെ വിളവ് തിന്നുകയോ അതിന്റെ ഉടമകളുടെ പ്രാണൻ പോകുവാൻ സംഗതിയാക്കുകയോ ചെയ്തു എങ്കിൽ,
or [if it were true that] I have eaten the crops that grew in someone else’s fields without paying [for those crops], with the result that those farmers who grew those crops died [from hunger];
40 ൪൦ കോതമ്പിന് പകരം കാരമുള്ളും യവത്തിന് പകരം കളയും മുളച്ചുവളരട്ടെ”. ഇയ്യോബിന്റെ വചനങ്ങൾ അവസാനിച്ചു.
then I wish/desire that thorns would grow [in my fields] instead of wheat. May bad weeds grow instead of barley!” That is the end of what Job said [to his three friends].
