< अय्यूब 21 >

1 तब अय्यूबले जवाफ दिए र भने,
But Job answered and said:
2 “मेरा वचनलाई ध्यान दिएर सुन्‍नुहोस्, र यो तपाईंहरूले मलाई दिने सान्त्वना होस् ।
Hear attentively my words, And let this be your consolation.
3 मलाई सुन्‍नुहोस्, र म पनि बोल्नेछु । मैले बोलेर सकेपछि निरन्‍तर गिल्ला गर्नुहोस् ।
Bear with me, that I may speak; And after I have spoken, mock on!
4 मेरो बारेमा, के मैले मानिसलाई गुनासो गरेको हो र? म किन अधैर्य नहुनू?
Is my complaint concerning man? Why then should I not be angry?
5 मलाई हेर्नुहोस् र छक्‍क पर्नुहोस्, र आफ्नो हातले आफ्‍नो मुख छुनुहोस् ।
Look upon me, and be astonished, And lay your hand upon your mouth!
6 मैले आफ्‍नो दुःखको बारेमा सोच्दा म त्रसित हुन्छु, र थरथरीले मेरो शरीरलाई नै समाउँछ ।
When I think of it, I am confounded; Trembling taketh hold of my flesh.
7 दुष्‍ट मानिसहरू किन निरन्‍तर बाँच्‍छन्, बुढा हुन्छन् र सामर्थ्‍यमा शक्तिशाली हुन्छन्?
Why is it that the wicked live, Grow old, yea, become mighty in substance?
8 तिनीहरूका सन्तानहरू तिनीहरूकै आँखाको सामु स्‍थापित हुन्छन्, र तिनीहरूका छोराछोरी तिनीहरूकै आँखाको सामु स्‍थापित हुन्छन् ।
Their children are established in their sight with them, And their offspring before their eyes.
9 तिनीहरूका घरहरू डरबाट सुरक्षित हुन्‍छन् । न त परमेश्‍वरको छडी नै तिनीहरूमाथि परेको हुन्‍छ ।
Their houses are in peace, without fear, And the rod of God cometh not upon them.
10 तिनीहरूका बहर मिसिन्छन् । त्‍यसो गर्न चुक्‍दैनन् । तिनीहरूको गाई बियाउँछ, र तुहिंदैन ।
Their bull gendereth, and faileth not; Their cow calveth, and casteth not her calf.
11 तिनीहरूले आफ्ना केटाकेटीलाई बगालझैं बाहिर पठाउँछन्, र तिनीहरूका छोराछोरी नाच्छन् ।
They send forth their little ones like a flock, And their children dance.
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 spend their days in prosperity, And in a moment go down to the under-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! 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 will it profit us, if we pray to him?”
16 हेर्नुहोस्, तिनीहरूको समृद्धि तिनीहरूका आफ्‍नै हातमा छैन र? दुष्‍ट मानिसहरूको सल्लाहमा मेरो कुनै सरोकार छैन ।
[[Ye say, ]] “Lo! their prosperity is not secure in their hands! Far from me be the conduct of the wicked!”
17 कतिपल्‍ट दुष्‍ट मानिसहरूको बत्ती निभाइन्‍छ, अथवा तिनीहरूका विपत्ति तिनीहरूमाथि नै आउँछ? परमेश्‍वरले आफ्नो क्रोधमा तिनीहरूलाई कतिपल्‍ट दुःख पठाउनुहुन्‍छ?
How often is it, that the lamp of the wicked is put out? And that destruction cometh upon them, And that He dispenseth to them tribulations in his anger?
18 कतिपल्‍ट बतासको सामु तिनीहरू सुकेका झारपात, अथवा आँधीले उडाएर लैजाने भुसझैं भएका छन्?
How often are they as stubble before the wind, Or as chaff, which the whirlwind carrieth away?
19 तपाईंहरू भन्‍नुहुन्छ, 'मानिसको दोषको दण्‍ड परमेश्‍वरले उसका छोराछोरीलाई दिनुहुन्छ ।' त्‍यो उसैले भोग्‍नुपरोस्, जसले गर्दा उसले आफ्नो दोष थाहा पाओस् ।
“But” [[say ye]] “God layeth up his iniquity for his children.” Let him requite the offender, and let him feel it!
20 उसका आँखाले उसको आफ्नो विनाश देखून्, र सर्वशक्तिमान्‌को क्रोध उसले पिउनुपरोस् ।
Let his own eyes see his destruction, And let him drink of the wrath of the Almighty!
21 किनकि उसको आफ्नै आयु सकिएपछि, उसले आफ्नो परिवारको के वास्ता गर्छ र?
For what concern hath he for his household after him, When the number of his own months is completed?
22 परमेश्‍वरले त उच्‍चमा हुनेहरूको पनि न्याय गर्नुहुन्‍छ, तब के कसैले उहाँलाई ज्ञान सिकाउन सक्छ र?
Who then shall impart knowledge to God, —To him that judgeth the highest?
23 एक जना मानिस पूरा बलियो अवस्‍थामा, बिलकुल शान्ति र चैनमा मर्छ ।
One dieth in the fulness of his prosperity, Being wholly at ease and quiet;
24 उसको शरीर ह्रष्‍टपुष्‍ट हुन्छ, र उसको हड्‍डीहरूको मासी ताजा हुन्छ ।
His sides are full of fat, And his bones moist with marrow.
25 अर्को मानिस मनको तिक्‍ततामा नै मर्छ, जसले कुनै असल कुराको अनुभव कदापि गरेको छैन ।
Another dieth in bitterness of soul, And hath not tasted pleasure.
26 तिनीहरू समान रूपमा धूलोमा पल्टिन्छन् । तिनीहरू दुवैलाई किराहरूले ढाक्छन् ।
Alike they lie down in the dust, And the worms cover them.
27 हेर्नुहोस्, तपाईंहरूका विचार, अनि मेरो कुभलो गर्ने तपाईंहरूका मार्गहरू म जान्‍दछु ।
Behold, I know your thoughts, And the devices by which ye wrong 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 oppressor, And where the dwelling-places of the wicked?”
29 यात्रा गर्ने मानिसहरूलाई तपाईंहरूले कहिल्यै सोध्‍नुभएको छैन? तिनीहरूले भन्‍ने प्रमाण तपाईंहरूलाई थाहा छैन,
Have ye never inquired of travellers, And do ye not know their tokens,
30 कि दुष्‍ट मानिस विपत्तिको दिनमा जोगिन्छ, र क्रोधको दिनमा उसलाई कतै सारेर जोगाइन्‍छ?
That the wicked is spared in the day of destruction, And that he is borne to his grave in the day of wrath?
31 दुष्‍ट मानिसको सामु उसको मार्गलाई कसले दोषी ठहराउँछ र? उसको गरेको कामको बदला कसले लिन सक्‍छ र?
Who will charge him with his conduct to his face, And who will requite him for the evil he hath done?
32 तापनि उसलाई चिहानमा लगिनेछ । मानिसहरूले उसको चिहानको रेखदेख गर्नेछन् ।
Even this man is borne with honor to the grave; Yea, he watcheth over his tomb.
33 मैदानको माटोका डल्ला उसलाई गुलियो हुनेछ । अनगिन्ती मानिस उसको अगि-अगि हुनाले, सबै मानिस उसको पछिपछि जानेछन् ।
Sweet to him are the sods of the valley: And all men move after him, As multitudes without number before him.
34 तपाईंहरूका व्यर्थका कुराले मलाई कसरी सान्त्वना दिन्‍छ, किनकि तपाईंहरूको जवाफमा झुटबाहेक केही छैन?”
Why then do ye offer your vain consolations? Your answers continue false.

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