अय्यूब 34
1 अझै एलीहूले निरन्तर बोले,
Moreover, Elihu continued to speak:
2 “हे बुद्धिमान् मानिसहरू हो, मेरा वचन सुन्नुहोस् । हे ज्ञान भएकाहरू हो, मेरा कुरा सुन्नुहोस् ।
“Listen to my words, you wise men; hear me, you who have knowledge.
3 जिब्रोले भोजनको स्वाद लिएझैं, कानले शब्दहरूलाई जाँच्ने कोसिस गर्छ ।
For the ear tries words as the palate tastes food.
4 जे न्यायोचित छ, सो हामी आफ्नो निम्ति रोजौं । जे असल छ, सो हामी आफ्नो बिचमा खोजौं ।
Let us choose for ourselves what is just: let us discover among ourselves what is good.
5 किनकि अय्यूबले भनेका छन्, 'म धर्मी छु, तर परमेश्वरले मेरा अधिकारहरू हटाउनुभएको छ ।
For Job has said, 'I am righteous, but God has taken away my rights.
6 मेरा अधिकारहरू भए पनि मलाई झुटो ठानिएको छ । म पापी नभए पनि मेरो घाउ निको हुँदैन ।'
Regardless of my rights, I am considered to be a liar. My wound is incurable, although I am without sin.'
7 अय्यूब कस्ता मानिस हुन्, जसले गिल्लालाई पनि पानीझैं पिउँछन्,
What man is like Job, who drinks up mockery like water,
8 जो दुष्ट काम गर्नेहरूको सङ्गतमा जान्छन्, र जो दुष्ट मानिसहरूसितै हिंड्छन् ।
who goes around in the company of those who do evil, and who walks with wicked men?
9 किनकि तिनले भनेका छन्, 'परमेश्वरले जे इच्छा गर्नुहुन्छ त्यो गर्नमा मानिसलाई कुनै रमाहट हुँदैन ।'
For he has said, 'It is no use to a person to take pleasure in doing what God wants.'
10 त्यसैले हे सुझबुझ भएका मानिसहरू हो, मेरो कुरा सुन्नुहोस् । परमेश्वरले कदापि दुष्ट काम गर्नुहुन्न । सर्वशक्तिमान्ले कदापि पाप गर्नुहुन्न ।
So listen to me, you men of understanding: far be it from God that he should do wickedness; far be it from the Almighty that he should commit sin.
11 किनकि उहाँले व्यक्तिको कामअनुसारको प्रतिफल दिनुहुन्छ । उहाँले हरेक मानिसलाई उसका आफ्नै चालअनुसारको इनाम दिनुहुन्छ ।
For he pays back a person's work; he makes every man come upon the reward of his own ways.
12 वास्तवमा परमेश्वरले कुनै दुष्ट काम गर्नुहुन्न, न त सर्वशक्तिमान्ले कदापि न्यायलाई बङ्ग्याउनुहुन्छ ।
Indeed, God does nothing wicked, nor does the Almighty ever pervert justice.
13 कसले उहाँलाई पृथ्वीको निरीक्षक तुल्याएको हो र? कसले सारा संसार उहाँको अधीनमा राखिदिएको हो र?
Who put him in charge over the earth? Who put the whole world under him?
14 उहाँले आफ्ना मनसायहरू आफैमा मात्र राख्नुभएको भए, र उहाँले कहिलै आफ्ना आत्मा र सास आफैमा फर्काउनुभए,
If he ever set his intentions only on himself, and if he ever gathered back to himself his spirit and his breath,
15 तब सारा प्राणी एकसाथ नष्ट हुन्थे । मानव-जाति फेरि पनि माटोमा नै फर्कन्थ्यो ।
then all flesh would perish together; mankind would return to dust again.
16 अब तपाईंसित सुझबुझ छ भने, यो कुरा सुन्नुहोस् । मेरो वचनको आवाजलाई सुन्नुहोस् ।
If now you have understanding, listen to this; listen to the sound of my words.
17 के न्यायलाई घृणा गर्नेले शासन गर्न सक्छ? के तपाईंले परमेश्वरलाई दोषी ठहराउनुहुन्छ जो धर्मी र शक्तिशाली हुनुहुन्छ?
Can one who hates justice govern? Will you condemn God, who is righteous and mighty?
18 परमेश्वरले राजालाई भन्नुहुन्छ, 'तँ निकम्मा होस्' वा कुलीनहरूलाई भन्नुहुन्छ, 'तिमीहरू दुष्ट हौ ।'
God, who says to a king, 'You are vile,' or says to nobles, 'You are wicked'?
19 परमेश्वरले अगुवाहरूको पक्ष लिनुहुन्न, र गरिबहरूलाई भन्दा बढी मान धनीहरूलाई गर्नुहुन्न, किनकि तिनीहरू सबै उहाँका हातका काम हुन् ।
God, who does not show favoritism to leaders and does not acknowledge rich people more than poor, for they all are the work of his hands.
20 एकै क्षणमा तिनीहरू मर्नेछन् । मध्यरातमा मानिसहरू हल्लिन्छन् र बितेर जान्छन् । शक्तिशाली मानिसहरू लगिन्छन्, तर मानवीय हातले होइन ।
In a moment they will die; at midnight people will be shaken and will pass away; mighty people will be taken away, but not by human hands.
21 किनकि परमेश्वरको दृष्टि मानिसको चालमा हुन्छ । उहाँले त्यसका सबै कदम हेर्नुहुन्छ ।
For God's eyes are upon a person's ways; he sees all his steps.
22 यस्तो कुनै अन्धकार वा बाक्लो अँध्यारो छैन, जहाँ अधर्म गर्नेहरूले आफैलाई लुकाउन सक्छन् ।
There is no darkness, no thick gloom where the doers of iniquity may hide themselves.
23 किनकि परमेश्वरले व्यक्तिको थप जाँच गर्नुपर्दैन । कुनै पनि व्यक्ति इन्साफको लागि उहाँको सामु जानु आवश्यक छैन ।
For God does not need to examine a person further; there is no need for any person to go before him in judgment.
24 उहाँले शक्तिशाली मानिसहरूलाई तिनीहरूका चालको कारणले टुक्रा-टुक्रा पार्नुहुन्छ जसको थप अनुसन्धान आवश्यक नै हुँदैन । उहाँले तिनीहरूका ठाउँमा अरूलाई राख्नुहुन्छ ।
He breaks mighty men into pieces for their ways that need no further investigation; he puts others in their places.
25 यसरी तिनीहरूका कामहरूका जानकारी उहाँलाई हुन्छ । उहाँले यी मानिसहरूलाई रातमा पल्टाउनुहुन्छ । तिनीहरू नष्ट हुन्छन् ।
In this way he has knowledge of their deeds; he overthrows these people in the night; they are destroyed.
26 अरूले देख्नेगरी खुला ठाउँमा, उहाँले तिनीहरूका दुष्ट कामहरूको लागि अपराधीहरूलाई झैं तिनीहरूलाई मार्नुहुन्छ,
In the open sight of others, he kills them for their wicked deeds like criminals
27 किनकि उहाँको अनुसरण गर्नबाट तिनीहरू तर्के, र उहाँका कुनै पनि मार्गको अनुसरण गर्न इन्कार गरे ।
because they turned away from following him and refused to acknowledge any of his ways.
28 यसरी गरिब मानिसहरूको रोदन उहाँको कानले सुन्ने तिनीहरूले बनाए । कष्टमा परेका मानिसहरूको रोदन उहाँले सुन्नुभयो ।
In this way, they made the cry of poor people come to him; he heard the cry of afflicted people.
29 जब उहाँ चुप लाग्नुहुन्छ, तब कसले उहाँलाई दोषी ठहराउन सक्छ र? उहाँले आफ्नो अनुहार लुकाउनुहुन्छ भने कसले उहाँलाई भेट्न सक्छ र? उहाँले जाति र व्यक्तिमाथि समान किसिमले शासन गर्नुहुन्छ,
When he stays silent, who can condemn him? If he hides his face, who can perceive him? He rules over nation and individual alike,
30 जसको कारणले पापी मानिसले शासन गर्न नपाओस्, यसरी मानिसहरूलाई पासोमा पार्ने कोही नहोस् ।
so that a godless man may not rule, so that there may be no one to entrap people.
31 मानौँ, कसैले परमेश्वरलाई भन्छ, 'म निश्चय नै दोषी छु, तर म फेरि पाप गर्नेछैनँ ।
Suppose someone says to God, 'I am certainly guilty, but I will not sin any longer;
32 मैले देख्न नसक्ने कुरा मलाई सिकाउनुहोस् । मैले पाप गरेको छु, तर त्यो काम म फेरि गर्नेछैनँ ।'
teach me what I cannot see; I have committed sin, but I will do it no longer.'
33 तपाईंको विचारमा, परमेश्वरले गर्नुहुने कुरा तपाईंलाई मन पर्दैन भन्दैमा, के परमेश्वरले त्यो व्यक्तिको पापलाई दण्ड दिनैपर्छ र? तपाईंले नै चुन्ने हो, मैल होइन । त्यसैले आफूले जानेका कुरा भन्नुहोस् ।
Do you think that God will punish that person's sin, since you dislike what God does? You must choose, not I. So say what it is that you know.
34 सुझबुझ भएका मानिसहरूले मलाई भन्नेछन्— वास्तवमा मेरो कुरा सुन्ने हरेक बुद्धिमान् मानिसले भन्नेछ,
Men of understanding will say to me— indeed, every wise man who hears me will say,
35 'अय्यूब ज्ञानविनै बोल्छन् । तिनका शब्दहरूमा बुद्धिका कुरा छैनन् ।'
'Job speaks without knowledge; his words are without wisdom.'
36 अय्यूबले दुष्ट मानिसहरूले झैं कुरा गरेको हुनाले, तिनको भनेका स-साना कुरा लिएर जाँच गर्न सकिए त!
If only Job were put on trial in the smallest details of his case because of his talking like wicked men.
37 किनकि आफ्नो पापमा तिनले विद्रोह थप्छन् । हाम्रा बिचमा गिल्ला गर्दै तिनी थपडी मार्छन् । तिनी परमेश्वरको विरुद्धमा वचनको थुप्रो लगाउँछन् ।”
For he adds rebellion to his sin; he claps his hands in mockery in our midst; he piles up words against God.”
