अय्यूब 31
1 मैले मेरा आँखासित करार बाँधेको छु । तब कसरी कुनै कन्यालाई म कुदृष्टिले हेर्न सक्छु र?
“I solemnly promised myself that I would not look at a young woman with a desire [to have sex with her].
2 किनकि माथि हुनुभएको परमेश्वरबाट के हिस्सा पाइन्छ र? उच्चमा हुनुभएको सर्वशक्तिमान्बाट के उत्तराधिकार पाइन्छ र?
[If I did not do what I promised, ] what would God who is in heaven [MTY] do to me [RHQ]? Almighty [God] would certainly not [RHQ] give me any reward!
3 विपत्ति अधर्मी मानिसहरूका लागि हो, अनि विनाशचाहिं दुष्ट काम गर्नेहरूका लागि हो भनी मैले विचार गर्थें ।
[Previously I thought that] surely [RHQ] it was unrighteous people who would experience calamities, and that it was those who do what is wrong who would experience disasters.
4 के परमेश्वरले मेरा मार्गहरू देख्नुहुन्न र मेरा सबै कदम गन्नुहुन्न र?
God certainly sees [RHQ] everything that I do, [so why is he causing me to suffer?] [It is as though] he counts every step that I take.
5 म झुटो कुरामा हिंडेको छु भने, र मेरो खुट्टा छल गर्न हतारिन्छन् भने,
[“I solemnly declare that] I have never acted wickedly and have never tried to deceive people.
6 न्यायको तराजुमा मलाई जोखियोस्, जसले गर्दा परमेश्वरले मेरो सत्यनिष्ठा जान्नुहुनेछ ।
I request only that God judge me fairly [MET], and if he does that, he will know that I (am innocent/have not done what is wrong).
7 मेरो कदमह बाटोबाट तर्किएको छ भने, र मेरो हृदय मेरा आँखाको पछि लागेको छ भने, र मेरा हातमा कुनै दाग टाँसिएको छ भने,
If [it were true that] I have stopped living righteously, or [that] I [SYN] have desired the things that I look at [MTY], or [that] I am guilty of any other sin,
8 तब मलाई रोप्न दिइयोस् अनि अर्कैले खाओस्, र मेरा बालीहरू उखेलिऊन् ।
then I hope/wish that when I plant [seeds], someone else will [harvest the crops and] eat [them] and that others will uproot the [fruit trees] that I planted.
9 मेरो हृदय स्त्रीद्वारा धोकामा परेको छ भने, र मेरो छिमेकीको ढोकामा म ढुकिबसेको छु भने,
“If [it were true that] I [SYN] have been attracted by some other man’s wife, or [that] I have hidden myself and waited outside [the] door [to] her [house],
10 तब मेरी पत्नीले अर्कैको लागि अन्न पिसोस्, र अरू मानिसहरू त्यसमाथि घोप्टो परून् ।
I hope/desire that my wife will become the servant/slave of another man and have sex [EUP] with him.
11 किनकि त्यो त डरलाग्दो अपराध हुन्छ । वास्तवमा यो न्यायाधीशहरूले दण्ड दिने अपराध हुन्छ ।
[For me to do] that would be a terrible sin, and the judges would decide that I should be punished.
12 किनकि त्यो त नरकसम्म नै भस्म पार्ने आगो हो, र त्यसले मेरा सबै फसललाई जरैसम्म जलाउँछ ।
My [committing adultery] would [produce in me a fire like] [MET] the fire that burns people in hell, and it would burn up everything that I own. (questioned)
13 मेरो कमारा वा कमारीले न्यायको लागि बिन्ती गर्दा, तिनीहरूले मसित बहस गर्दा, मैले बेवास्ता गरेको भए,
“And, if [it were true that] I have ever refused to listen to one of my male or female servants when they complained to me about something,
14 जब मलाई दोष लगाउन परमेश्वर उठ्नुहुन्छ, तब म के गर्न सक्छु र? जब मेरो न्याय गर्न उहाँ आउनुहुन्छ, तब म उहाँलाई कसरी जवाफ दिन सक्छु र?
God would arise [and declare that he would punish me]; and when he would do that, what would I do? If he would ask me [about what I have done], (what would I answer?/I would not be able to answer.) [RHQ]
15 मलाई गर्भमा रच्नुहुनेले नै तिनीहरूलाई पनि रच्नुभएको होइन र? हामी सबैलाई उहाँले नै गर्भमा बनाउनुभएको होइन र?
God, who created me, certainly also created my servants [RHQ]; surely he is the one who formed them and me in our mothers’ wombs [RHQ]; [so we all should behave toward each other equally].
16 गरिब मानिसहरूलाई मैले तिनीहरूको इच्छा वञ्चित गरेको छु भने, अर्थात् विधवाका आँखालाई मैले आँसुले धमिल्याएको छु भने,
“I have guided orphans from the time that they were born; I have taken care of them since they were young. So, if [it were true that] I ate all my food myself and did not share some of it with orphans, or [that] I refused to give poor people the things that they wanted, or [that] I caused widows to live (in despair/without hope [that they would receive any help from anyone]),
17 अर्थात् मैले आफ्नो गासलाई एक्लै खाएको छु, अनि अनाथहरूलाई पनि त्यो खान दिएको छैनँ भने—
18 किनकि मेरो युवावस्थादेखि मसित अनाथ बुबासितझैं हुर्केको छ, अनि मैले उसकी विधवा आमालाई मेरी आमाको गर्भदेखि नै डोर्याएको छु ।
19 लुगाफाटाको कमीले कोही नष्ट भएको मैले देखेको छु भने, अर्थात् खाँचोमा परेको मान्छेले लुगा लगाउन नपाएको मैले देखेको छु भने,
or [that] I had seen people die [from cold] because they had no clothes, or [that] I had seen poor people who did not have clothes [to keep them warm],
20 मेरो भेडाको ऊनले आफूलाई न्यानो पार्न नपाएको हुनाले, उसको हृदयले मलाई आशिष् दिएको छैन भने,
and they were not able to become warm [from clothes made] from the wool of my sheep with the result that they thanked me for [giving them clothes, ]
21 सहरको मूल ढोकामा मैले आफ्नो समर्थन देखेको हुनाले, अनाथहरूको विरुद्धमा मैले आफ्नो हात उठाएको छु भने, तब मेरो विरद्धमा अभियोग लगाउनुहोस् ।
or if [it were true that] I threatened to strike any orphan because I knew that the elders at the city gates would (decide in my favor);
22 मैले यी कुराहरू गरेको छु भने, मेरो काँधको पाता काँधबाट खुस्कोस् र मेरो पाखुरा त्यसको जोर्नीबाट खुस्कोस् ।
[if those things were true about me], I hope/desire that my shoulder blade would be torn out and my arm be torn from my shoulder.
23 किनकि परमेश्वरबाट आउने विनाशदेखि म डराएँ । उहाँको ऐश्वर्यको कारण मैले ती कुराहरू गर्न सकिनँ ।
I always feared that God would cause me to experience a great disaster [if I did any of those evil things], and I would not have been able to endure the powerful [things that he would do to punish me].
24 सुनलाई मैले आफ्नो आशा बनाएको छु भने, अनि निखुर सुनलाई मैले यसो भनेको छु, ‘मैले भर पर्ने तँमाथि नै हो,' भने,
“If [it were true that] I trusted in my gold/money [DOU],
25 मेरो धन-सम्पत्ति प्रशस्त भएको हुनाले, मेरो हातले धेरै धनदौलत प्राप्त गरेको हुनाले म रमाएको छु भने, तब मेरो विरुद्धमा अभियोगहरू ल्याउनुहोस् ।
or that I rejoiced because I had acquired many things and had become very rich,
26 सूर्य उदाउँदा मैले त्यसको दर्शन गरेको, अर्थात् चन्द्रमा चम्किलो भएर हिंडेको हेरेको भए,
or that I looked at the sun when it was shining or looked at the beautiful moon
27 अनि मेरो हृदय गुप्तमा आकर्षित भएको छ भने, जसको कारणले तिनको पुजा गर्न मेरो मुखले मेरो हातलाई चुम्बन गरेको भए—
and I [SYN] had been tempted [to worship them] by kissing my hand to revere them,
28 यो पनि न्यायाधीशहरूले दण्ड दिने अपराध हुन्थ्यो, किनकि माथि विराजमान् हुनुहुने परमेश्वरलाई मैले इन्कार गरेको हुन्थें ।
those things also would be sins for which the judges would say that I must be punished, because I would have been rejecting God [by doing those things].
29 मलाई घृणा गर्ने कुनै व्यक्तिको विनाशमा म रमाएको छु भने, अर्थात् विपत्तिले उसमाथि विजय पाउँदा आफैलाई बधाई दिएको छु भने, तब मेरो विरुद्धमा अभियोग लगाउनुहोस् ।
“[It is not true that] I [SYN] sinned by requesting God to curse people who hated me with the result that God would cause them to die. It is also not true that I was glad when they were ruined or that I rejoiced when they experienced disasters [DOU].
30 वास्तवमा ऊ मरोस् भनी सराप्नलाई, आफ्नो मुखलाई पाप गर्ने अनुमति मैले दिएकै छैनँ ।
31 मेरो पालका मानिसहरूले कदापि यसो भनेका छैनन् भने, 'अय्यूबको भोजनले तृप्त नभएको मानिस कसैले भेट्टाउन सक्छ?'
[It is also not true that] I never welcomed travelers to stay in my tent or that I did not open my doors to them, but [forced them to] sleep in the streets. [All] the men who work for me certainly know that [RHQ]!
32 (विदेशीले पनि कदापि सहरको चोकमा बास बस्नुपरेको छैन, किनकि यात्रु निम्ति मैले सधैँ आफ्ना ढोकाहरू खुला गरेको छु), र त्यसो होइन भने, मेरो विरुद्धमा अभियोग लगाउनुहोस् ।
33 आफ्नो दोषलाई आफ्नै लुगाले ढाकेर, मानव-जातिले झैं मैले आफ्ना पापहरू लुकाएको भए,
Some people try to hide their sins, but I have never done that;
34 (किनकि ठुलो भिडदेखि म डराएँ, परिवारहरूको निन्दाले मलाई त्रसित पार्यो, जसको कारणले म चुप लागें र बाहिर गइनँ), तब मेरो विरुद्धमा अभियोग लगाउनुहोस् ।
and I never remained silent and refused to go outside of my home because I was very (afraid of/worried about) what people would say [about me], and that they would hate/scorn me.
35 ओहो, मेरो कुरा सुन्ने कोही भए त, हेर्नुहोस्, मेरो हस्ताक्षर यहीँ छ । सर्वशक्तिमान्को जवाफ पाऊँ । मेरो प्रतिवादीले लेखेको दोष-पत्र मसित भए त,
“I wish/desire that there was someone who would hear what I am saying! I solemnly declare [that all that I have said is true]. I wish that those who oppose me would write down [on a scroll] the evil things that they say that I did.
36 निश्चय पनि त्यो म आफ्नै काँधमा खुलमखुला बोकेर हिंड्थें । मुकुटझैं त्यो म लगाउँथें ।
[If they did that, ] I would wear that scroll on my shoulder, or wear it on top of my head, [in order that everyone could see it].
37 जसरी निर्धक्क राजकुमार उहाँकहाँ जान्छन्, त्यसरी नै उहाँलाई म आफ्ना कदमहरूको हिसाब दिन्थें ।
I would tell [God] everything that I have done, and I would approach him [confidently], like a ruler would.
38 मेरो खेत मेरो विरुद्धमा कदापि कराएको छ भने, र यसमा भएका हलोका डोबहरू एकसाथ रोएका छन् भने,
If [it were true that] I have stolen land, with the result that [it was as though] its furrows cried out to accuse me of stealing;
39 त्यसको फसलको लागि मूल्य नचूकाइ मैले खाएको छु भने, अर्थात्, त्यसका मालिकहरूलाई मृत्युमा पुर्याएको छु भने,
or [if it were true that] I have eaten the crops that grew in someone else’s fields without paying [for those crops], with the result that those farmers who grew those crops died [from hunger];
40 तब गहुँको साटोमा काँढा र जौँको साटो झारपात उम्रियोस् ।” अय्यूबका वचनहरू सकिए ।
then I wish/desire that thorns would grow [in my fields] instead of wheat. May bad weeds grow instead of barley!” That is the end of what Job said [to his three friends].
