< अय्यूब 8 >

1 तब बिल्दाद शुहीले जवाफ दिए र भने,
Then answered Bildad the Shuchite, and said,
2 “तपाईं कहिलेसम्म यी कुरा भन्‍नुहुन्छ? कहिलेसम्म तपाईंको मुखका वचन शक्तिशाली बतास हुनेछन्?
How long wilt thou speak these things? and [let] like a mighty wind be the words of thy mouth?
3 के परमेश्‍वरले न्यायमा रोक लगाउनुहुन्‍छ र? के सर्वशक्तिमान्‌ले धार्मिकतामा रोक लगाउनुहुन्छ र?
Should God pervert justice? or should the Almighty pervert righteousness?
4 तपाईंका छोराछोरीले उहाँको विरुद्धमा पाप गरेका छन् । हामी यो जान्‍दछौं, किनकि उहाँले तिनीहरूलाई आफ्‍नै पापमा मर्न दिनुभयो ।
If thy children have sinned against him, then did he send them off through the means of their transgression.
5 तर मानौँ, तपाईंले परमेश्‍वरलाई बडो मेहनत गरेर खोज्नुभयो, अनि आफ्नो बिन्ती सर्वशक्तिमान्‌लाई चढाउनुभयो ।
If thou wilt earnestly seek for God, and make thy supplication to the Almighty;
6 तपाईं शुद्ध र सोझो हुनुहुन्छ भने, उहाँले निश्‍चय पनि तपाईंको पक्ष लिनुहुन्‍छ, र तपाईंको उचित स्थानमा तपाईंलाई पुनर्स्थापित गर्नुहुन्‍छ ।
If thou become pure and upright: surely then will he watch over thee, and restore thy righteous habitation.
7 तपाईंको सुरुआत् सानो भए तापनि, तपाईंको आखिरी अवस्था महान् हुन्‍छ ।
And thy beginning will have been small; because thy latter end will grow up greatly.
8 कृपया पहिलेका पुस्ताहरूलाई सोध्‍नुहोस्, र हाम्रा पुर्खाहरूले सिकेका कुरामा आफ्‍नो ध्यान लगाउनुहोस् ।
For ask, I pray thee, of an earlier generation, and prepare thyself to [stand by] the research of their fathers; —
9 (हामी हिजो मात्र जन्मियौं र हामी केही जन्‍दैनौं, किनकि पृथ्वीमा हाम्रा दिनहरू छाया मात्र हो ।)
For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because a [mere] shadow are our days upon earth; —
10 के तिनले तपाईंलाई सिकाउने र भन्‍ने छैनन् र? के तिनले आफ्ना हृदयहरूबाट वचन बोल्ने छैनन्?
Behold, these will truly teach thee, they will speak unto thee, and out of their very heart will they bring forth words:
11 के दलदल नभएको ठाउँमा नर्कट उम्रन्छ? के पानीविना निगालाहरू बढ्छन्?
Can the bulrush shoot upward without mire? can the meadow-grass grow up without water?
12 ती अझै हरिया छँदै र नकाटकै बेलामा, अरू कुनै बिरुवाभन्दा पहिले नै ती सुक्‍छन् ।
It is yet in its greenness, not yet cut down, when it withereth before any other grass.
13 परमेश्‍वरलाई बिर्सनेहरू सबैका मार्गहरू पनि त्यस्तै हुन्‍छन् । ईश्‍वरहीनको आशा नष्‍ट हुन्‍छन् ।
So are the paths of all that forget God; and the hope of the hypocrite will perish:
14 उसको दृढता टुक्राटुक्रा हुनेछन्, र उसको भरोसा माकुरोको जालझैं कमजोर हुन्छ ।
[It is he] whose trust will be cut off, and but a spider's web is that in which he confideth.
15 ऊ आफ्नो घरमा अडेल लग्‍छ, तर त्‍यसले उसलाई थाम्दैन । उसले त्‍यसमा समात्छ, तर यो अडिंदैन ।
He leaneth against his house, but it shall not stand: he layeth fast hold on it, but it shall not remain erect.
16 घामको मुनि त्‍यो हरियो हुन्छ, र त्‍यसका पालुवाहरू त्‍यसको सारा बगैँचामा फैलिन्‍छ ।
He is in full vigor before the sun, and over his garden his shoots go forth.
17 त्‍यसका जराहरू ढुङ्गाको थुप्रो वरिपरि बेरिन्छन् । तिनले चट्टानहरूका बिचमा राम्रा ठाउँहरू खोज्छन् ।
His roots are twisted about a stoneheap, he selecteth [for himself] a place of stones.
18 तर यो व्यक्ति आफ्नो ठाउँ बाहिर नष्‍ट भयो भने, तब त्यो ठाउँले उसलाई इन्कार गर्नेछ र भन्‍नेछ, 'मैले तँलाई कहिल्यै देखिनँ ।'
But when men destroy him from his place, then will it deny him, saying, I have never seen thee.
19 हेर्नुहोस्, त्यस्तो व्यक्तिको व्यवहारको 'आनन्द' यही हो । त्यसको ठाउँमा उही माटोबाट अन्य बिरुवाहरू उम्रनेछन् ।
Behold, this is the joy of his way, and out of the [same] dust others will grow up.
20 हेर्नुहोस्, परमेश्‍वरले निर्दोष मानिसलाई फाल्‍नुहुन्‍न, न त उहाँले दुष्‍ट काम गर्नेहरूका हातलाई मदत गर्नुहुन्छ ।
Behold, God will not reject a perfect man, and will not hold fast by their hand the evil-doers:
21 तर पनि उहाँले तपाईंको मुखमा हाँसो, र तपाईंको ओठमा आनन्‍दको सोरले भर्नुहुनेछ ।
Till he fill thy mouth with laughing, and thy lips with joyful shouting.
22 तपाईंलाई घृणा गर्नेहरू लाजले ढाकिनेछन् । दुष्‍टको पाल फेरि रहनेछैन ।”
They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame; and the tent of the wicked shall be no more.

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