अय्यूब 12

1 तब अय्यूबले जवाफ दिए र भने,

Then Job said [to his three friends],

2 “निस्सन्देह तपाईंहरू मानिस हुनुहुन्छ । बुद्धि तपाईंहरूसितै मर्नेछ ।

“You (talk as though/You think) [SAR] that you are the people [whom everyone should listen to], and that when you die, there will be no more wise people.

3 तर तपाईंहरूसित भएझैं मसित पनि समझशक्ति छ । म तपाईंहरूभन्दा कम छैनँ । वास्तवमा यस्ता कुराहरू कसले जान्दैन र?

But I have as much good sense as you do; I am (not less wise than/certainly as wise as [LIT]) you. Certainly everyone knows [RHQ] all that you have said.

4 म आफ्‍नो छिमेकीको हाँस्‍ने कुरा भएको छु, मैले परमेश्‍वरमा पुकारा गरें अनि उहाँले मलाई जवाफ दिनुभयो । म न्यायी र दोषरहित मानिस— अहिले म हाँस्‍ने कुरा भएको छु ।

My friends all laugh at me now. Previously I habitually requested God to help me, and he answered/helped me. I am righteous, a very godly man [DOU], but everyone laughs at me.

5 चैनमा बस्‍नेको विचारले दुर्भाग्यलाई घृणा गरिन्छ । चिप्‍लेकाहरूलाई अझै बढी दुर्भाग्य ल्याउने गरी उसले विचार गर्छ ।

Those [like you] who have no troubles make fun of me; they cause those [like me] who are already suffering to have more troubles.

6 डाँकुहरूका पालको उन्‍नति हुन्छ, र परमेश्‍वरलाई रिस उठाउनेहरूले सुरक्षित महसुस गर्छन् । तिनीहरूका आफ्नै हात तिनीहरूका ईश्‍वर हुन् ।

Bandits live peacefully, and no one threatens those who cause God to become angry; their own strength is the god [that they worship].

7 तर अब जङ्गली पशुहरूलाई सोध्‍नुहोस्, र तिनीहरूले तपाईंलाई भन्‍नेछन् । आकाशका चराहरूलाई सोध्‍नुहोस्, र तिनीहरूले तपाईंलाई बताउनेछन् ।

“But ask the wild animals [what they know about God], and [if they could speak] they would teach you. [If you could] ask the birds, they would tell you.

8 वा पृथ्वीसित बोल्नुहोस्, र त्‍यसले तपाईंलाई सिकाउनेछ । समुद्रका माछाहरूले तपाईंलाई घोषणा गर्नेछन् ।

[If you could] ask the creatures [that crawl] on the ground, or the fish in the sea, they would tell you [about God].

9 परमप्रभुको हातले नै यसो गरेको हो भनेर, यी सबैमध्ये कुनचाहिं प्राणीले जान्दैन र?

All of them certainly know [RHQ] that it is Yahweh who has made them with his hands.

10 उहाँकै हातमा हरेक जीवित प्राणीको जीवन, अनि सारा मानव-जातिको सास छ ।

He directs the lives of all living creatures; he gives breath to all [us] humans [to enable us to remain alive].

11 जिब्रोले खानाको स्वाद लिएझैं, के कानले वचनको जाँच गर्दैन र?

And when we [SYN] hear what other people [like you] say, we [RHQ] think carefully about what they say [to determine what is good and what is bad], like we [SYN] taste food [to determine what is good and what is bad].

12 पाका मानिसहरूसित बुद्धि हुन्छ । लामो आयुमा समझशक्ति हुन्छ ।

Old people are [often] very wise, and because of having lived many years, they understand much,

13 परमेश्‍वरसित बुद्धि र शक्ति छन् । उहाँसित सल्लाह र समझशक्ति छन् ।

but God is wise and very powerful; he has good sense and understands [everything].

14 हेर्नुहोस्, उहाँले तोड्नुहुन्‍छ, त्‍यसलाई फेरि निर्माण गर्न सकिँदैन । उहाँले कसैलाई कैद गर्नुहुन्‍छ भने, त्यहाँ छुटकारा हुँदैन ।

If he tears [something] down, no one can rebuild it; if he puts someone in prison, no one can open [the prison doors to allow that person to escape].

15 हेर्नुहोस्, उहाँले पानीलाई रोक्‍नुभयो भने, ती सुक्छन् । अनि उहाँले त्यसलाई पठाउनुहुन्‍छ भने, तिनले जमिनलाई डुबाउँछ ।

When he prevents rain from falling, everything dries up. When he causes a lot of rain to fall, [the result is that] there are floods.

16 उहाँसित ताकत र बुद्धि छन् । धोका दिने र धोका खानेहरू दुवै मानिसहरू उहाँको शक्तिमा हुन्‍छन् ।

He is the one who is truly strong and wise; he rules over those who deceive others and those whom they deceive.

17 उहाँले सल्लाहकारहरूलाई शोकमा पारेर नाङ्गै खुट्टा हिंडाउनुहुन्छ । उहाँले न्यायाधीशहरूलाई मूर्ख बनाउनुहुन्छ ।

He [sometimes] causes [the king’s] officials to no longer be wise, and he causes judges to become foolish.

18 उहाँले राजाहरूको उच्‍च अधिकार खोस्‍नुहुन्‍छ । उहाँले तिनीहरूको कम्मरमा पटुका बेर्नुहुन्छ ।

He takes from kings the robes that they wear and puts loincloths around their waists, [causing them to become slaves].

19 उहाँले पुजारीहरूलाई शोकमा नाङ्गै खुट्टा हिंडाउनुहुन्छ, र शक्तिशाली मानिसहरूलाई फाल्‍नुहुन्छ ।

He takes from priests the sacred clothes that they wear, [with the result that they no longer can do their work], and takes power from those who rule others.

20 उहाँले भरोसायोग्य बोलीलाई हटाउनुहुन्छ, र समझशक्तिलाई धर्म-गुरुहरूबाट टाढा पुर्‍याउनुहुन्छ ।

He [sometimes] causes those whom others trust to be unable to speak, and he causes old men to no longer have good sense.

21 उहाँले राजकुमारहरूमाथि निन्दा खन्याउनुहुन्छ, र बलिया मानिसहरूको पेटी फुकाल्‍नुहुन्छ ।

He causes those who have authority to be despised, and he causes those who are powerful to no longer have any power/strength.

22 उहाँले अन्धकारका गहिरा कुराहरू प्रकट गर्नुहुन्छ, र अँध्‍यारो छायामा ज्योति ल्याउनुहुन्छ ।

He causes things that are hidden in the darkness to be revealed.

23 उहाँले जातिहरूलाई बलियो पार्नुहुन्छ, र उहाँले नै तिनीहरूलाई नष्‍ट गर्नुहुन्छ । उहाँले जातिहरूलाई बिस्तार गर्नुहुन्छ, र उहाँले नै तिनीहरूलाई कैदी बनाएर लैजानुहुन्छ ।

He causes some nations to become very great, and [later] he destroys them; he causes the territory of some nations to become much larger, and [later] he causes them to be defeated and their people to be scattered.

24 उहाँले पृथ्वीका मानिसहरूका अगुवाहरूबाट समझशक्ति हटाउनुहुन्छ । उहाँले तिनीहरूलाई उजाड-स्थानमा भौंतारिन लगाउनुहुन्छ जहाँ कुनै बाटो हुँदैन ।

He causes [some] rulers to become foolish/stupid, and then he causes them to wander around, lost, in an barren desert.

25 उज्यालोविना अन्धकारमा तिनीहरू छामेर हिंड्छन् । उहाँले तिनीहरूलाई मातेको मान्छैझै धर्मराउने बनाउनुहुन्छ ।

They grope around in the darkness, without any light, and he causes them to stagger like [SIM] people who are drunk.”