< अय्यूब 21 >

1 तब अय्यूबले जवाफ दिए र भने,
Then answered Job, and said,
2 “मेरा वचनलाई ध्यान दिएर सुन्‍नुहोस्, र यो तपाईंहरूले मलाई दिने सान्त्वना होस् ।
Hear, O hear my speech, and let this be wherewith you give consolations.
3 मलाई सुन्‍नुहोस्, र म पनि बोल्नेछु । मैले बोलेर सकेपछि निरन्‍तर गिल्ला गर्नुहोस् ।
Bear with me that I may indeed speak: and after my speaking, then canst thou mock.
4 मेरो बारेमा, के मैले मानिसलाई गुनासो गरेको हो र? म किन अधैर्य नहुनू?
As for me, —is against man my complaint? and if this be so, why should my spirit not be impatient?
5 मलाई हेर्नुहोस् र छक्‍क पर्नुहोस्, र आफ्नो हातले आफ्‍नो मुख छुनुहोस् ।
Turn yourselves unto me, and be astounded, and lay your hand upon your mouth.
6 मैले आफ्‍नो दुःखको बारेमा सोच्दा म त्रसित हुन्छु, र थरथरीले मेरो शरीरलाई नै समाउँछ ।
Yea, when I think of it, I am terrified, and shuddering seizeth hold of my flesh.
7 दुष्‍ट मानिसहरू किन निरन्‍तर बाँच्‍छन्, बुढा हुन्छन् र सामर्थ्‍यमा शक्तिशाली हुन्छन्?
Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, grow strong in power?
8 तिनीहरूका सन्तानहरू तिनीहरूकै आँखाको सामु स्‍थापित हुन्छन्, र तिनीहरूका छोराछोरी तिनीहरूकै आँखाको सामु स्‍थापित हुन्छन् ।
Their seed is firmly established in their presence with them. their offspring are before their eyes.
9 तिनीहरूका घरहरू डरबाट सुरक्षित हुन्‍छन् । न त परमेश्‍वरको छडी नै तिनीहरूमाथि परेको हुन्‍छ ।
Their houses are at peace without any dread, and no rod of God [cometh] over them.
10 तिनीहरूका बहर मिसिन्छन् । त्‍यसो गर्न चुक्‍दैनन् । तिनीहरूको गाई बियाउँछ, र तुहिंदैन ।
The bull of each one gendereth, and disappointeth not: the cow of each one calveth, and casteth not her young.
11 तिनीहरूले आफ्ना केटाकेटीलाई बगालझैं बाहिर पठाउँछन्, र तिनीहरूका छोराछोरी नाच्छन् ।
They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children skip about [with joy].
12 तिनीहरूले खैँजडी र वीणाको धुनमा गाउँछन्, र बाँसुरीको सङ्गीतमा रमाउँछन् ।
They sing to the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the pipe.
13 तिनीहरूले आफ्नो समय समृद्धिमा बिताउँछन्, र तिनीहरू शान्‍त बएर तल चिहानमा जान्छन् । (Sheol h7585)
They wear out their days in happiness, and in a moment they go down to the nether world. (Sheol h7585)
14 तिनीहरूले परमेश्‍वरलाई भन्छन्, 'हामीबाट जानुहोस्, किनकि तपाईंका मार्गहरूका कुनै ज्ञान हामी चाहँदैनौं ।
And yet they say unto God, “Depart from us; and the knowledge of thy ways we desire not.
15 सर्वशक्तिमान् को हो र हामीले उहाँको आराधना गर्नू? हामीले उहाँमा प्रार्थना चढायौं भने हामीले के लाभ पाउँछौं र?'
What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit shall we have, if we entreat him urgently?”
16 हेर्नुहोस्, तिनीहरूको समृद्धि तिनीहरूका आफ्‍नै हातमा छैन र? दुष्‍ट मानिसहरूको सल्लाहमा मेरो कुनै सरोकार छैन ।
Lo, not in their hand doth their happiness rest! The counsel of the wicked be [still] far from me.
17 कतिपल्‍ट दुष्‍ट मानिसहरूको बत्ती निभाइन्‍छ, अथवा तिनीहरूका विपत्ति तिनीहरूमाथि नै आउँछ? परमेश्‍वरले आफ्नो क्रोधमा तिनीहरूलाई कतिपल्‍ट दुःख पठाउनुहुन्‍छ?
How often is the lamp of the wicked quenched? and how often cometh over them their calamity? and doth [God] distribute their lot in his anger?
18 कतिपल्‍ट बतासको सामु तिनीहरू सुकेका झारपात, अथवा आँधीले उडाएर लैजाने भुसझैं भएका छन्?
Are they as straw before the wind, and as chaff which the stealeth away?
19 तपाईंहरू भन्‍नुहुन्छ, 'मानिसको दोषको दण्‍ड परमेश्‍वरले उसका छोराछोरीलाई दिनुहुन्छ ।' त्‍यो उसैले भोग्‍नुपरोस्, जसले गर्दा उसले आफ्नो दोष थाहा पाओस् ।
Should God lay up for his children his wrong-doing? it were better that he reward him, that he might know it himself.
20 उसका आँखाले उसको आफ्नो विनाश देखून्, र सर्वशक्तिमान्‌को क्रोध उसले पिउनुपरोस् ।
His own eyes ought to see his downfall, and from the wrath of the Almighty ought he to drink.
21 किनकि उसको आफ्नै आयु सकिएपछि, उसले आफ्नो परिवारको के वास्ता गर्छ र?
For what care hath he for his household after him, when the number of his months is all apportioned to him?
22 परमेश्‍वरले त उच्‍चमा हुनेहरूको पनि न्याय गर्नुहुन्‍छ, तब के कसैले उहाँलाई ज्ञान सिकाउन सक्छ र?
Is this fitting God, who teacheth knowledge? him who judgeth those that are highest?
23 एक जना मानिस पूरा बलियो अवस्‍थामा, बिलकुल शान्ति र चैनमा मर्छ ।
That this one dieth in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet;
24 उसको शरीर ह्रष्‍टपुष्‍ट हुन्छ, र उसको हड्‍डीहरूको मासी ताजा हुन्छ ।
His vessels being full of healthy fluid, and the marrow of his bones being well moistened:
25 अर्को मानिस मनको तिक्‍ततामा नै मर्छ, जसले कुनै असल कुराको अनुभव कदापि गरेको छैन ।
While this other dieth with an embittered soul, and hath never partaken of any happiness;
26 तिनीहरू समान रूपमा धूलोमा पल्टिन्छन् । तिनीहरू दुवैलाई किराहरूले ढाक्छन् ।
[And yet] together they must lie down in the dust, and the worms will cover them?
27 हेर्नुहोस्, तपाईंहरूका विचार, अनि मेरो कुभलो गर्ने तपाईंहरूका मार्गहरू म जान्‍दछु ।
Behold, I know your thoughts, and the opinions which ye wrongfully devise against me.
28 किनकि तपाईंहरू भन्‍नुहुन्छ, 'अहिले त्‍यो राजकुमारको घर कहाँ छ? दुष्‍ट मानिस कुनै समयमा बस्‍ने गरेको पाल कहाँ छ?'
For ye say, Where is the house of the noble-minded? and where is the tent of the dwelling-places of the wicked?
29 यात्रा गर्ने मानिसहरूलाई तपाईंहरूले कहिल्यै सोध्‍नुभएको छैन? तिनीहरूले भन्‍ने प्रमाण तपाईंहरूलाई थाहा छैन,
Have ye not asked the wayfarers? surely their token ye cannot disregard,
30 कि दुष्‍ट मानिस विपत्तिको दिनमा जोगिन्छ, र क्रोधको दिनमा उसलाई कतै सारेर जोगाइन्‍छ?
That the bad man is reserved for the day of calamity, [that the wicked] are carried forward to the day of wrath.
31 दुष्‍ट मानिसको सामु उसको मार्गलाई कसले दोषी ठहराउँछ र? उसको गरेको कामको बदला कसले लिन सक्‍छ र?
[But] who will tell him to his face of his way? and who will repay him what he hath done?
32 तापनि उसलाई चिहानमा लगिनेछ । मानिसहरूले उसको चिहानको रेखदेख गर्नेछन् ।
Yea he will indeed be carried to the grave, and men will quickly think of his monument:
33 मैदानको माटोका डल्ला उसलाई गुलियो हुनेछ । अनगिन्ती मानिस उसको अगि-अगि हुनाले, सबै मानिस उसको पछिपछि जानेछन् ।
Sweet are to him the clods of the valley; and after him succeedeth every man, as those that were before him are without number.
34 तपाईंहरूका व्यर्थका कुराले मलाई कसरी सान्त्वना दिन्‍छ, किनकि तपाईंहरूको जवाफमा झुटबाहेक केही छैन?”
How then will ye comfort me with vanity? and of your answers there remaineth only deception.

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