अय्यूब 38

1 तब परमप्रभुले अय्यूबलाई प्रचण्ड आँधीबाट बोलाउनुभयो र यसो भन्‍नुभयो,

Then Yahweh spoke to Job from inside a great windstorm. He said to him,

2 “ज्ञानविनाका शब्‍दहरू बोलेर, योजनाहरूमा अन्धकार ल्याउने यो को हो?

“(Who are you to question what I plan to do?/You have no right/authority to question what I plan to do.) [RHQ] You are speaking ignorantly!

3 अब एक जना मानिसले झैं आफ्‍नो कम्मर कस्, किनकि म तँलाई प्रश्नहरू सोध्‍नेछु, र तैंले जवाफ दिनुपर्छ ।

I want to ask you [some] questions, so, just like men prepare themselves for a difficult task [MET], prepare to answer my questions.

4 मैले पृथ्वीको जग बसाल्दा तँ कहाँ थिइस्? तँसित धेरै समझशक्ति छ भने मलाई भन् ।

(“Where were you/Were you there with me) [long ago] when I (laid the foundations of/created) the earth? Since you know so much, tell me [where you were at that time].

5 यसको नाप कसले निधो गर्‍यो? तँलाई थाहा भए मलाई भन् । यसमाथि कसले नाप्ने धागो टाँग्यो?

Do you know how I decided how large the earth would be? Do you know who stretched a measuring tape around the earth? Surely [since you think that you know so much, ] you should know that!

6 के कुरा माथि यसका जगहरू बसालिए? यसको कुने-ढुङ्गो कसले बसाल्यो?

What supports the pillars on which the earth rests? When the stars [that shine early] in the morning sang together, and someone put in place the stone that causes the earth to stay in its place, and all the angels shouted joyfully [when they saw that happening], who laid that cornerstone? [Did you?]

7 कति बेला बिहानका ताराहरूले एकसाथ गाए, र परमेश्‍वरका सबै छोराहरूले आनन्‍दले चिच्‍च्याए ।

8 गर्भबाट निस्केझैं समुद्र फुटेर निस्कँदा, कसले त्‍यसका ढोकाहरू बन्द गर्‍यो?

“When the seas poured forth from inside the earth, who prevented the water from flooding over the land?

9 कति बेला मैले त्‍यसलाई बादलको कपडाले ढाकें, अनि निस्पट्ट अन्धकारलाई त्यसको पटुका बनाएँ?

It was I, [not you, ] who caused clouds to come over the seas and caused it to become very dark [under those clouds].

10 त्यस बेला मैले समुद्रमा मेरो सिमाना तोकिदिएँ, र यसका गजबारहरू तथा ढोकाहरू लगाइदिएँ,

I set limits for the seas, and I put barriers [so that the water would not come over the land].

11 अनि मैले त्यसलाई भनें, 'तँ यहाँसम्म आउन सक्छस्, तर यसभन्दा पर होइन । तेरा छालहरूको अहङ्कारको सिमा म यहाँ तोकिदिन्‍छु ।'

[I pointed to the shore] and said to the water, ‘I permit you to come up to here, but I do not permit you to come any farther. Your powerful waves must stop there!’

12 के तैंले बिहानीलाई आज्ञा दिएको, अथवा मिरमिरेलाई त्‍यसको ठाउँ चिनाएको छस्,

“Job, have you [ever] commanded the morning [to begin]? Have you [ever] told the dawn to start a new day?

13 जसको कारणले त्‍यसले पृथ्वीको छेउ समातोस्, अनि दुष्‍टहरूलाई त्यहाँबाट हटाउनलाई हल्लाओस्?

Have you [ever] told the dawn to spread out over the whole earth, with the result that wicked people run away from the light?

14 छाप मुनिको माटोको आकार बदलिएझैं स्‍वरूपमा पृथ्वी बद्लिन्छ । एउटा लुगा कच्‍चेको धारझैं त्यसमा भएका सबै कुरा प्रस्ट देखिन्छन् ।

When it becomes light after the dawn, the hills and the valleys become clear like the folds in a cloth.

15 दुष्‍टहरूबाट तिनीहरूको 'ज्योति' लगिन्छ । तिनीहरूको उठाइएको पाखुरा भाँचिन्छ ।

When it becomes daylight, the wicked do not have the darkness [that they like]; [in the daylight] they no longer are able to raise up their arms, ready to hurt people.

16 के तँ समुद्रको पानीको मूलमा गएको छस्? के तँ गहिरोभन्दा गहिरो ठाउँमा हिंडेको छस्?

“[Job, ] have you traveled to the springs [in the bottom of the ocean] from which the water in the seas comes? Have you investigated/explored the very bottom of the oceans?

17 के मृत्युका ढोकाहरू तँलाई देखाइएको छ? के तैंले मृत्युका छायाका ढोकाहरू देखेको छस्?

Has someone shown you the gates to the place where dead people are, the gates to the place where it is very dark?

18 के पृथ्वीको विस्तृत फैलावटलाई तैंले बुझेको छस्? तँलाई यो सबै थाहा छ भने मलाई भन् ।

Do you know how big the earth is? Tell me, if you know all these things!

19 ज्योतिको बासस्थानमा जाने बाटो कता— अन्धकारको बारेमा, त्‍यसको ठाउँ कहाँ बस्छ?

“Where is the road to the place where light comes from? And [can you tell me] where darkness lives?

20 ज्योति र अन्धकारलाई तिनीहरूको काम गर्ने ठाउँमा तैंले लिएर जान सक्छस्? तिनीहरूका घरमा तिनीहरूलाई फर्काएर लाने बाटो तैंले चिन्‍न सक्छस्?

Can take me to its home? Do you know where the road is that goes there?

21 त्यति बेला नै तेरो जन्म भएको भए निस्सन्देह, तँलाई थाहा हुन्‍छ । तेरो उमेर धेरै भइसकेको हुन्छ!

I am sure that you know these things, because you [talk as though you] were born before the time when all things were created; you [must] be very old!

22 हिउँका भण्डारहरूभित्र तँ पसेको छस्? अथवा असिनाका भण्डारहरू तैंले देखेको छस्?

“Have you entered the place where I store the snow and the place where I keep the hail?

23 यी कुराहरू मैले सङ्कष्‍टको समयको निम्‍ति, अनि संघर्ष र युद्धको दिनको लागि साँचेको छु ।

I store the snow and the hail [in order that I can use them to help my people] when [they have] troubles, in times when [they are fighting] wars [DOU].

24 बिजुली चम्केर जाने बाटो कुन हो, अथवा पूर्वीय बतास कहाँबाट पृथ्वीको चारैतिर जान्‍छ?

And where is the road to the place from which I cause the lightning to flash? Where is the place from where the east wind begins to blow over all the earth?

25 झरीको बाडीको लागि कसले नहरहरू खनेको छ, अथवा गर्जनको लागि कसले बाटो बनाएको छ,

Who created the channels in which the rain comes down from the sky? Who makes the roads for the thunder/lightning?

26 कुनै व्‍यक्ति नरहने ठाउँ र कोही नभएको उजाड-स्थानमा पानी पार्नलाई,

Who causes rain to fall in the desert, in places where no one lives?

27 सर्वनाश भएको र उजाड ठाउँहरूलाई हरियाली ल्‍याउनलाई, र भूमिबाट घाँस उमार्नलाई?

Who sends the rain that gives moisture/water to areas where nothing has grown, with the result that grass begins to grow again?

28 के झरीको कुनै बुबा छ, अर्थात् शीतको थोपालाई जन्माउने को हो?

Does the rain have a father? Does the dew [also] have a father?

29 कसको गर्भबाट बरफको जन्‍म भयो? आकाशबाट झर्ने तुसारोलाई कसले जन्मायो?

And from whose womb does ice come [in the (winter/cold season)]? Who gives birth to the frost that comes down from the sky?

30 पानीले आफैलाई लुकाउँछ र ढुङ्गाझैं बन्छ । महासागरको सतह जमेको हुन्‍छ ।

[In the winter, ] the water [freezes and] becomes hard, like a rock, and the surface of lakes becomes frozen.

31 के तैंले किरकिटी ताराहरूलाई साङ्लाले बाँध्‍न सक्छस्? अर्थात् मृगशिराको पुञ्जलाई फुकाल्न सक्छस्?

“[Job], can you fasten the chains that hold the stars together in clusters/groups in the sky?

32 के तैंले तारामण्डलहरूलाई तिनीहरूको आफ्नो ऋतुमा प्रकट गराउन सक्छस्? के तैंले सप्‍तर्षि तारा र त्यसको दललाई डोर्‍याउन सक्छस्?

Can you tell the stars when they should shine? Can you guide [the stars in the groups in the northern sky whose names are] the Big Bear and the Little Bear?

33 के तैंले आकाशको शासन गर्ने नियमहरूलाई जानेको छस्? के तैंले आकाशको नियमलाई पृथ्वीमाथि बसाउन सक्छस्?

Do you know the laws that the stars must obey? Can you cause those same laws to rule [everything here] on the earth?

34 के तैंले आफ्नो सोर बादलसम्म पुर्‍याउन सक्छस्, जसले गर्दा झरीको प्रसस्‍त भलले तँलाई ढाक्‍न सक्‍छ?

“Can you shout to the clouds and cause rain to pour down on you?

35 के तैँल बिजुलीका चमकहरूलाई पठाउन सक्छस् जसले गर्दा ती बाहिर जान सकून्, तिनले तँलाई यसो भनून्, 'हामी यहाँ छौं?'

Can you cause flashes of lightning to come down and strike where you want it to strike? Do those flashes say to you, ‘Where do you want us to strike next?’

36 बादलमा कसले बुद्धि राखेको छ, अथवा तुवाँलोलाई समझशक्ति दिएको छ?

Who enables the clouds to know when they should cause rain to fall?

37 कसले आफ्नो सिपद्वारा बादललाई गन्‍न सक्छ? कसले आकाशको पानीको भण्डारबाट खन्याउन सक्छ,

And who is skilled/wise enough to be able to count the clouds? Who can tilt the jugs of water in the sky [to cause the rain to fall],

38 जति बेला धुलो कडा डल्लो बन्छ, अनि माटोका डल्लाहरू एकसाथ टाँसिएर बस्छ?

with the result that the dry ground becomes hard as the dry (clods/lumps of soil) [become wet and] stick together?

39 के सिंहनीको निम्ति तैंले सिकार खोज्न सक्छस्, अर्थात् त्यसका डमरूहरूको भोकलाई तृप्‍त पार्न सक्छस्,

“When a lioness and her cubs crouch in their dens or hide in a thicket, [waiting for some animal to pass by that they can kill, ] can you find animals for a lioness to kill so that [she and] her cubs can [eat the meat and] not be hungry any more?

40 जति बेला तिनीहरू आफ्नो खोरमा ढुकिबस्छन्, अनि गुप्‍तमा लुकेर पर्खिरहन्‍छन्?

41 कागका बचेराहरूले परमेश्‍वरमा पुकारा गर्दा, र खानेकुराको अभावले भाउन्‍न हुँदा, कसले तिनलाई आहार जुटाइदिन्छ?

Who provides dead animals for crows, when the baby crows are calling out to me [for food], [when they are so weak] because of their lack of food [that] they (stagger around/can hardly stand up) [in their nests]?”