अय्यूब 24

1 दुष्‍ट मानिसहरूको न्याय गर्ने समय सर्वशक्तिमान्‌ले किन तोक्‍नुभएको छैन? परमेश्‍वरप्रति विश्‍वासयोग्य हुनेहरूले उहाँको न्यायको दिन आएको किन देखेका छैनन्?

Why, seeing times [are] not hid from the Almighty, do they that know him not see his days?

2 यस्ता दुष्‍ट मानिसहरू पनि छन् जसले साँध-सिमानाका निसानाहरू हटाउँछन् । यस्ता दुष्‍ट मानिसहरू पनि छन् जसले बगालहरूलाई जबरजस्ती लैजान्‍छन् र तिनलाई आफ्नै खर्कहरूमा राख्छन् ।

[Some] remove the landmarks: they violently take away flocks, and [their] feed.

3 अनाथहरूका गधाहरूलाई तिनीहरूले जबरजस्‍ती लैजान्छन् । विधवाको गोरुलाई तिनीहरूले बन्‍धकका रूपमा लैजान्छन् ।

They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow's ox for a pledge.

4 दरिद्र मानिसहरूका उनीहरूका मार्गबाट तिनीहरूले जबरजस्‍ती हटाउँछन् । पृथ्वीका सबै गरिब मानिसहरू तिनीहरूबाट आफूलाई लुकाउँछन्।

They turn the needy out of the way: the poor of the earth hide themselves together.

5 हेर्नुहोस्, उजाड-स्थानका वन-गधाहरूझैं, यी गरिब मानिसहरू होसियारी भएर खानेकुरा खोज्‍दै आफ्नो काममा जान्छन् । सायद अराबाले तिनीहरूका छोराछोरीलाई खानेकुरा जुटाउनेछ ।

Behold, [as] wild asses in the desert, they go forth to their work; rising betimes for a prey: the wilderness [yieldeth] food for them [and] for [their] children.

6 गरिब मानिसहरूले अरूका खेतबारीमा रातमा कटनी गर्छन् । तिनीहरूले दुष्‍टहरूका फसलबाट टिप्‍न छुटेका दाख बटुल्छन् ।

They reap [every one] his corn in the field: and they gather the vintage of the wicked.

7 तिनीहरू रातभरि लुगाबिना नाङ्गै बस्छन् । जाडोमा ढाक्‍नलाई तिनीहरूसित केही हुँदैन ।

They cause the naked to lodge without clothing, that [they have] no covering in the cold.

8 तिनीहरू पहाडका झरीले भिजेका छन् । तिनीहरूका बासस्‍थान नभएको हुनाले तिनीहरू ठुला ढुङ्‍गाको छेउमा पल्टिन्छन् ।

They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace the rock for want of a shelter.

9 यस्ता दुष्‍ट मानिसहरू छन् जसले अनाथहरूलाई आफ्‍ना आमाको कोखबाट खोसेर लैजान्छन्, र गरिब मानिसहरूका बालबालिका बन्‍धकको रूपमा लैजान्छन् ।

They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor.

10 तर गरिब मानिसहरू लुगाविना नाङ्गै जान्छन् । तिनीहरू आफै भोकाएको भए पनि, तिनीहरूले अरूका अन्‍नका बिटाहरू बोक्‍छन् ।

They cause [him] to go naked without clothing, and they take away the sheaf [from] the hungry;

11 गरिब मानिसहरूले ती दुष्‍टहरूका पर्खालभित्र तेल पेल्छन् । तिनीहरूले दुष्‍ट मानिसहरूका दाखको कोल पेल्छन्, तर तिनीहरू आफै तिर्खाउँछन् ।

[Who] make oil within their walls, [and] tread [their] wine-presses, and suffer thirst.

12 सहरबाट मर्न लागेको मानिसको क्रन्दन निस्कन्छ, अनि घाइतेको गलाले मदतको लागि चिच्‍च्याउँछ । तर परमेश्‍वरले दोष लगाउनुहुन्‍न ।

Men groan from out of the city, and the soul of the wounded crieth out: yet God layeth not folly [to them].

13 केही दुष्‍ट मानिसहरूले ज्योतिको विरुद्धमा विद्रोह गर्छन् । तिनीहरूले यसका मार्गहरू जान्‍दैनन्, न त तिनीहरू यसका मार्गहरूमा बस्छन् ।

They are of those that rebel against the light; they know not its ways, nor abide in its paths.

14 उज्यालो हुनुअगि हत्यारा उठ्छ, र त्यसले गरिब तथा दरिद्र मानिसहरूलाई मार्छ । रातमा ऊ चोरजस्तो हुन्छ ।

The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief.

15 साथै, व्यभिचारीका आँखाले साँझलाई पर्खेर बस्‍छ । उसले भन्छ, 'कुनै आँखाले मलाई देख्‍नेछैन ।' उसले आफ्नो भेष बद्लन्छ ।

The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me: and disguiseth [his] face.

16 अन्धकारमा दुष्‍टहरू घर फोरेर भित्र पस्छन्, तर दिउँसोको समयमा तिनीहरू लुक्छन् । तिनीहरूले उज्यालोको वास्ता गर्दैनन् ।

In the dark they dig through houses, [which] they had marked for themselves in the day-time: they know not the light.

17 तिनीहरू सबैका लागि निस्पट्ट अँध्यारो बिहानझैं हुन्छ । किनभने तिनीहरू निस्पट्ट अँध्यारोका त्रासहरूका मित्र हुन् ।

For the morning [is] to them even as the shades of death: if [one] knoweth [them], [they are in] the terrors of the shades of death.

18 तापनि पानीको सतहमा देखा पर्ने फिँजझैं तिनीहरू चाँडै नै बितेर जान्‍छन् । तिनीहरूको खेतको हिस्सा श्रापित छ । तिनीहरूका दाखबारीहरूमा काम गर्न कोही पनि जाँदैन ।

He [is] swift as the waters; their portion is cursed in the earth: he beholdeth not the way of the vineyards.

19 जसरी खडेरी र तापले हिउँलाई पगालेर पानी बानउँछ, त्यसरी नै पाप गरेकाहरूलाई चिहानले लैजान्‍छ । (Sheol h7585)

Drouth and heat consume the snow-waters: [so doth] the grave [those who] have sinned. (Sheol h7585)

20 उसलाई जन्माउने गर्भले उसलाई बिर्सिनेछ । किराले त्यसलाई मिठो मानेर खानेछ । फेरि उसको सम्झना गरिनेछैन । यसरी एउटा रुखलाई झैं दुष्‍टतालाई टुक्राटुक्रा पारिनेछ ।

The womb shall forget him; the worm shall feed sweetly on him; he shall be no more remembered; and wickedness shall be broken as a tree.

21 बच्‍चा नजन्माएकी बाँझी स्‍त्रीलाई दुष्‍टले निलिहाल्‍छ । उसले विधवाको निम्‍ति कुनै असल कुरा गर्दैन ।

He oppresseth the barren [that] beareth not: and doeth not good to the widow.

22 तापनि परमेश्‍वरले शक्तिशाली मानिसहरूलाई आफ्नो शक्तिले घिसार्नुहुन्छ । उहाँ खडा हुनुहुन्छ, तर जीवनमा तिनीहरूलाई बलियो पार्नुहुन्‍न ।

He draweth also the mighty with his power: he riseth up, and no [man] is sure of life.

23 तिनीहरू सुरक्षित छन्, र तिनीहरू यसबारे खुसी छन् भनी परमेश्‍वरले तिनीहरूलाई सोच्न दिनुहुन्छ, तर उहाँका आँखा तिनीहरूका मार्गमा हुन्‍छन् ।

[Though] it is given him [to be] in safety, on which he resteth; yet his eyes [are] upon their ways.

24 यी मानिसहरू उच्‍च पारिएका छन् । तापनि क्षणभरमै तिनीहरू खतम हुनेछन् । वास्तवमा, तिनीहरूलाई निम्‍न स्‍तरमा पर्‍याइनेछ । अरू सबैलाई झैं तिनीहरूलाई पनि जम्मा गरिनेछ । अन्‍नको बालाझैं तिनीहरूलाई काटिनेछ ।

They are exalted for a little while, but are gone and brought low; they are taken out of the way as all [others], and cut off as the tops of the ears of corn.

25 यस्तो होइन भने, कसले मलाई झुटा प्रमाणित गर्न सक्छ? कसले मेरो वचनलाई निरर्थक बनाउन सक्छ?

And if [it is] not [so] now, who will make me a liar, and make my speech of no worth?