< अय्यूब 21 >
1 तब अय्यूबले जवाफ दिए र भने,
Then Job answered, and said:
2 “मेरा वचनलाई ध्यान दिएर सुन्नुहोस्, र यो तपाईंहरूले मलाई दिने सान्त्वना होस् ।
Hear, I beseech you, my words, and do penance.
3 मलाई सुन्नुहोस्, र म पनि बोल्नेछु । मैले बोलेर सकेपछि निरन्तर गिल्ला गर्नुहोस् ।
Suffer me, and I will speak, and after, if you please, laugh at my words.
4 मेरो बारेमा, के मैले मानिसलाई गुनासो गरेको हो र? म किन अधैर्य नहुनू?
Is my debate against man, that I should not have just reason to be troubled?
5 मलाई हेर्नुहोस् र छक्क पर्नुहोस्, र आफ्नो हातले आफ्नो मुख छुनुहोस् ।
Hearken to me and be astonished, and lay your finger on your mouth.
6 मैले आफ्नो दुःखको बारेमा सोच्दा म त्रसित हुन्छु, र थरथरीले मेरो शरीरलाई नै समाउँछ ।
As for me, when I remember, I am afraid, and trembling taketh hold on my flesh.
7 दुष्ट मानिसहरू किन निरन्तर बाँच्छन्, बुढा हुन्छन् र सामर्थ्यमा शक्तिशाली हुन्छन्?
Why then do the wicked live, are they advanced, and strengthened with riches?
8 तिनीहरूका सन्तानहरू तिनीहरूकै आँखाको सामु स्थापित हुन्छन्, र तिनीहरूका छोराछोरी तिनीहरूकै आँखाको सामु स्थापित हुन्छन् ।
Their seed continueth before them, a multitude of kinsmen, and of children’s children in their sight.
9 तिनीहरूका घरहरू डरबाट सुरक्षित हुन्छन् । न त परमेश्वरको छडी नै तिनीहरूमाथि परेको हुन्छ ।
Their houses are secure and peaceable, and the rod of God is not upon them.
10 तिनीहरूका बहर मिसिन्छन् । त्यसो गर्न चुक्दैनन् । तिनीहरूको गाई बियाउँछ, र तुहिंदैन ।
Their cattle have conceived, and failed not: their cow has calved, and is not deprived of her fruit.
11 तिनीहरूले आफ्ना केटाकेटीलाई बगालझैं बाहिर पठाउँछन्, र तिनीहरूका छोराछोरी नाच्छन् ।
Their little ones go out like a flock, and their children dance and play.
12 तिनीहरूले खैँजडी र वीणाको धुनमा गाउँछन्, र बाँसुरीको सङ्गीतमा रमाउँछन् ।
They take the timbrel, and the harp, and rejoice at the sound of the organ.
13 तिनीहरूले आफ्नो समय समृद्धिमा बिताउँछन्, र तिनीहरू शान्त बएर तल चिहानमा जान्छन् । (Sheol )
They spend their days in wealth, and in a moment they go down to hell. (Sheol )
14 तिनीहरूले परमेश्वरलाई भन्छन्, 'हामीबाट जानुहोस्, किनकि तपाईंका मार्गहरूका कुनै ज्ञान हामी चाहँदैनौं ।
Who have said to God: Depart from us, we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.
15 सर्वशक्तिमान् को हो र हामीले उहाँको आराधना गर्नू? हामीले उहाँमा प्रार्थना चढायौं भने हामीले के लाभ पाउँछौं र?'
Who is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what doth it profit us if we pray to him?
16 हेर्नुहोस्, तिनीहरूको समृद्धि तिनीहरूका आफ्नै हातमा छैन र? दुष्ट मानिसहरूको सल्लाहमा मेरो कुनै सरोकार छैन ।
Yet because their good things are not in their hand, may the counsel of the wicked be far from me.
17 कतिपल्ट दुष्ट मानिसहरूको बत्ती निभाइन्छ, अथवा तिनीहरूका विपत्ति तिनीहरूमाथि नै आउँछ? परमेश्वरले आफ्नो क्रोधमा तिनीहरूलाई कतिपल्ट दुःख पठाउनुहुन्छ?
How often shall the lamp of the wicked be put out, and a deluge come upon them, and he shall distribute the sorrows of his wrath?
18 कतिपल्ट बतासको सामु तिनीहरू सुकेका झारपात, अथवा आँधीले उडाएर लैजाने भुसझैं भएका छन्?
They shall be as chaff before the face of the wind, and as ashes which the whirlwind scattereth.
19 तपाईंहरू भन्नुहुन्छ, 'मानिसको दोषको दण्ड परमेश्वरले उसका छोराछोरीलाई दिनुहुन्छ ।' त्यो उसैले भोग्नुपरोस्, जसले गर्दा उसले आफ्नो दोष थाहा पाओस् ।
God shall lay up the sorrow of the father for his children: and when he shall repay, then shall he know.
20 उसका आँखाले उसको आफ्नो विनाश देखून्, र सर्वशक्तिमान्को क्रोध उसले पिउनुपरोस् ।
His eyes shall see his own destruction, and he shall drink of the wrath of the Almighty.
21 किनकि उसको आफ्नै आयु सकिएपछि, उसले आफ्नो परिवारको के वास्ता गर्छ र?
For what is it to him what befalleth his house after him: and if the number of his months be diminished by one half?
22 परमेश्वरले त उच्चमा हुनेहरूको पनि न्याय गर्नुहुन्छ, तब के कसैले उहाँलाई ज्ञान सिकाउन सक्छ र?
Shall any one teach God knowledge, who judgeth those that are high?
23 एक जना मानिस पूरा बलियो अवस्थामा, बिलकुल शान्ति र चैनमा मर्छ ।
One man dieth strong, and hale, rich and happy.
24 उसको शरीर ह्रष्टपुष्ट हुन्छ, र उसको हड्डीहरूको मासी ताजा हुन्छ ।
His bowels are full of fat, and his bones are moistened with marrow.
25 अर्को मानिस मनको तिक्ततामा नै मर्छ, जसले कुनै असल कुराको अनुभव कदापि गरेको छैन ।
But another dieth in bitterness of soul without any riches:
26 तिनीहरू समान रूपमा धूलोमा पल्टिन्छन् । तिनीहरू दुवैलाई किराहरूले ढाक्छन् ।
And yet they shall sleep together in the dust, and worms shall cover them.
27 हेर्नुहोस्, तपाईंहरूका विचार, अनि मेरो कुभलो गर्ने तपाईंहरूका मार्गहरू म जान्दछु ।
Surely I know your thoughts, and your unjust judgments against me.
28 किनकि तपाईंहरू भन्नुहुन्छ, 'अहिले त्यो राजकुमारको घर कहाँ छ? दुष्ट मानिस कुनै समयमा बस्ने गरेको पाल कहाँ छ?'
For you say: Where is the house of the prince? and where are the dwelling places of the wicked?
29 यात्रा गर्ने मानिसहरूलाई तपाईंहरूले कहिल्यै सोध्नुभएको छैन? तिनीहरूले भन्ने प्रमाण तपाईंहरूलाई थाहा छैन,
Ask any one of them that go by the way, and you shall perceive that he knoweth these same things.
30 कि दुष्ट मानिस विपत्तिको दिनमा जोगिन्छ, र क्रोधको दिनमा उसलाई कतै सारेर जोगाइन्छ?
Because the wicked man is reserved to the day of destruction, and he shall be brought to the day of wrath.
31 दुष्ट मानिसको सामु उसको मार्गलाई कसले दोषी ठहराउँछ र? उसको गरेको कामको बदला कसले लिन सक्छ र?
Who shall reprove his way to his face? and who shall repay him what he hath done?
32 तापनि उसलाई चिहानमा लगिनेछ । मानिसहरूले उसको चिहानको रेखदेख गर्नेछन् ।
He shall be brought to the graves, and shall watch in the heap of the dead.
33 मैदानको माटोका डल्ला उसलाई गुलियो हुनेछ । अनगिन्ती मानिस उसको अगि-अगि हुनाले, सबै मानिस उसको पछिपछि जानेछन् ।
He hath been acceptable to the gravel of Cocytus, and he shall draw every man after him, and there are innumerable before him.
34 तपाईंहरूका व्यर्थका कुराले मलाई कसरी सान्त्वना दिन्छ, किनकि तपाईंहरूको जवाफमा झुटबाहेक केही छैन?”
How then do ye comfort me in vain, whereas your answer is shewn to be repugnant to truth?