अय्यूब 22

1 तब एलीपज तेमानीले जवाफ दिए र यसो भने,

Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered, and said,

2 “के मानिस परमेश्‍वरको लागि उपयोगी हुन सक्छ र? के बुद्धिमान् मानिस उहाँको लागि उपयोगी हुन सक्छ र?

Can a man be profitable to God? Surely he who is wise is profitable to himself.

3 तपाईं धर्मी हुनुहुन्छ भने, सर्वशक्तिमान्‌लाई के आनन्द मिल्छ र? तपाईंले आफ्ना मार्गहरू दोषरहित बनाउनुहुन्‍छ भने, त्यो उहाँको लाभ हो र?

Is it any pleasure to the Almighty that thou are righteous? Or is it gain to him that thou make thy ways perfect?

4 तपाईंले उहाँको आदर गरेको हुनाले, उहाँले तपाईंलाई हप्काउनुहुन्छ अनि तपाईंलाई इन्साफमा लानुहुन्छ र?

Is it for thy fear of him that he reproves thee, that he enters with thee into judgment?

5 के तपाईंको दुष्‍टता विशाल छैन र? के तपाईंको अधर्मको असीमित छैन र?

Is not thy wickedness great? Neither is there any end to thine iniquities.

6 किनकि विनाकारण तपाईंले आफ्नो भाइबाट ऋणको जमानत माग्‍नुभएको छ, अनि तपाईंले दरिद्रहरूको सबै लुगा खोसेर तिनीहरूलाई नाङ्गो पार्नुभएको छ ।

For thou have taken pledges from thy brother for nothing, and stripped the naked of their clothing.

7 थाकेका मानिसहरूलाई तपाईंले पानी पिउन दिनुभएको छैन । भोकाएका मानिसहरूले रोटी पाउन तपाईंले रोक्‍नुभएको छ ।

Thou have not given water to the weary to drink, and thou have withheld bread from the hungry.

8 तपाईं, शक्तिशाली मानिससित जग्गाजमिन भए पनि, तपाईं, इज्‍जतदार मानिस त्‍यसमा बसोबास गर्नुभए पनि,

But as for the mighty man, he had the land. And the honorable man, he dwelt in it.

9 तपाईंले विधवाहरूलाई रित्तो हात पठाउनुभएको छ । अनाथहरूका पाखुरा भाँचिएका छन् ।

Thou have sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.

10 त्यसकारण पासोहरू तपाईंको चारैतिर छन्, र एक्‍कासि आउने डरले तपाईंलाई कष्‍ट दिन्छ ।

Therefore snares are round about thee, and sudden fear troubles thee,

11 अन्धकार हुन्‍छ जसले गर्दा तपाईंले देख्‍न सक्‍नुहुन्‍न । पानीको भलले तपाईंलाई डुबाउँछ ।

or darkness, so that thou cannot see, and abundance of waters cover thee.

12 के परमेश्‍वर स्‍वर्गको उच्‍चमा हुनुहुन्‍न र? आकाशका ताराहरूको उच्‍चता हेर्नुहोस्, ती कति उच्‍चमा छन्!

Is not God in the height of heaven? And behold the height of the stars, how high they are!

13 तपाईं भन्‍नुहुन्छ, 'परमेश्‍वरलाई के थाहा छ? के उहाँले निस्पट्ट अन्धकारमा न्याय गर्न सक्‍नहुन्छ र?

And thou say, What does God know? Can he judge through the thick darkness?

14 उहाँले हामीलाई देख्‍न नसकून् भनेर बाक्ला बादलहरूले उहाँलाई घेरेका छन् । उहाँ आकाशको चक्रमा हिंड्‍नुहुन्छ ।'

Thick clouds are a covering to him, so that he does not see, and he walks on the vault of heaven.

15 दुष्‍ट मानिसहरू हिंडेका पुरानै मार्गमा, तपाईं पनि हिंड्नुहुन्‍छ र—

Will thou keep the old way which wicked men have trodden?

16 तिनीहरूको समय हुनुअगि नै तिनीहरूको जीवन लिइयो, तिनीहरूका जगहरू नदीले झैं बगाएर लगेको छ,

Who were snatched away before their time, whose foundation was poured out as a stream,

17 जसले परमेश्‍वरलाई यसो भने, 'हामीबाट जानुहोस्, ' जसले यसो भने, 'सर्वशक्तिमान्‌ले हामीलाई के गर्न सक्‍नुहुन्छ र?'

who said to God, Depart from us, and, What can the Almighty do for us?

18 तापनि उहाँले तिनीहरूका घरहरू असल कुराहरूले भर्नुभयो । दुष्‍ट मानिसहरूका योजनाहरू मबाटै धेरै टाढा छन् ।

Yet he filled their houses with good things. But the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

19 धर्मी मानिसहरूले तिनीहरूको सुदिन देख्छन्, र खुसी हुन्छन् । निर्दोष मानिसहरूले हाँसेर तिनीहरूको उपहास गर्छन् ।

The righteous see it, and are glad. And the innocent laugh them to scorn,

20 तिनीहरू भन्छन्, 'निश्‍चय नै हाम्रो विरुद्धमा उठ्नेहरू त्‍यागिएका छन् । आगोले तिनीहरूको धन-सम्पत्ति भस्म पारेको छ ।'

Saying, Surely those who rose up against us are cut off, and the remnant of them, the fire has consumed.

21 अब परमेश्‍वरसित सहमत हुनुहोस्, र मिलाप गर्नुहोस् । त्‍यसरी तपाईंकहाँ भलाइ आउनेछ ।

Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace. By this good shall come to thee.

22 म तपाईंलाई बिन्ती गर्छु, उहाँको निर्देशनको वचन ग्रहण गर्नुहोस् । उहाँका वचनहरू आफ्‍नो हृदयमा जम्‍मा गर्नुहोस् ।

Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, and lay up his words in thy heart.

23 तपाईं सर्वशक्तिमान्‌कहाँ फर्कनुहुन्‍छ भने, अधार्मिकतालाई तपाईंले आफ्ना पालहरूबाट धेरै टाढा राख्‍नुहुन्‍छ भने, तपाईंको निर्माण हुनेछ ।

If thou return to the Almighty, thou shall be built up, thou put away unrighteousness far from thy tents.

24 आफ्‍नो खजाना भुइँको धूलोमा, ओपीरको सुनलाई खोलाका ढुङ्गाहरूका बिचमा फाल्‍नुहोस्,

Then thou shall lay up gold as dust, and the gold of Ophir as the stones of the brooks.

25 अनि सर्वशक्तिमान्‌ तपाईंको खजाना, तपाईंको बहुमूल्य चाँदी बन्‍नुहुनेछ ।

Yea, the Almighty will be thy treasure, and precious silver to thee.

26 किनकि त्‍यसपछि तपाईं सर्वशक्तिमान्‌मा रमाउनुहुनेछ । तपाईंले आफ्नो अनुहार परमेश्‍वरमा उचाल्‍नुहुनेछ ।

For then shall thou delight thyself in the Almighty, and shall lift up thy face to God.

27 तपाईंले आफ्‍नो प्रार्थना उहाँमा नै चढाउनुहुनेछ, अनि उहाँले तपाईंको बिन्‍ती सुन्‍नुहुनेछ । तपाईंले उहाँमा आफ्नो भाकल पुरा गर्नुहुनेछ ।

Thou shall make thy prayer to him, and he will hear thee, and thou shall pay thy vows.

28 तपाईंले कुनै पनि आदेश दिनुहुनेछ, र तपाईंको निम्‍ति त्‍यो कुरो पुरा हुनेछ । तपाईंका मार्गहरूमा ज्योति चम्कनेछ ।

Thou shall also decree a thing, and it shall be established to thee. And light shall shine upon thy ways.

29 परमेश्‍वरले घमण्डी मानिसलाई निम्‍न स्‍तरमा झर्नुहुन्छ, र निराश भएकाहरूलाई उहाँले बचाउनुहुन्छ ।

When they cast thee down, thou shall say, There is lifting up, and he will save the humble man.

30 जो निर्दोष छैन त्‍यो मानिसलाई पनि उहाँले छुटकारा दिनुहुन्छ । तपाईंका हातको शुद्धताले गर्दा तिनीहरूले छुटकारा पाउनेछन् ।”

He will deliver even him who is not innocent. Yea, he shall be delivered through the cleanness of thy hands.