< अय्यूब 8 >

1 तब बिल्दाद शुहीले जवाफ दिए र भने,
Then Bildad the Shuhite answered and said,
2 “तपाईं कहिलेसम्म यी कुरा भन्‍नुहुन्छ? कहिलेसम्म तपाईंको मुखका वचन शक्तिशाली बतास हुनेछन्?
“How long will you say these things? How long will the words of your mouth be a mighty wind?
3 के परमेश्‍वरले न्यायमा रोक लगाउनुहुन्‍छ र? के सर्वशक्तिमान्‌ले धार्मिकतामा रोक लगाउनुहुन्छ र?
Does God pervert justice? Does the Almighty pervert righteousness?
4 तपाईंका छोराछोरीले उहाँको विरुद्धमा पाप गरेका छन् । हामी यो जान्‍दछौं, किनकि उहाँले तिनीहरूलाई आफ्‍नै पापमा मर्न दिनुभयो ।
Your children have sinned against him; we know this, for he gave them into the hand of their sins.
5 तर मानौँ, तपाईंले परमेश्‍वरलाई बडो मेहनत गरेर खोज्नुभयो, अनि आफ्नो बिन्ती सर्वशक्तिमान्‌लाई चढाउनुभयो ।
But suppose you diligently sought God and presented your request to the Almighty.
6 तपाईं शुद्ध र सोझो हुनुहुन्छ भने, उहाँले निश्‍चय पनि तपाईंको पक्ष लिनुहुन्‍छ, र तपाईंको उचित स्थानमा तपाईंलाई पुनर्स्थापित गर्नुहुन्‍छ ।
If you are pure and upright, then he would surely stir himself on your behalf and restore you to your rightful place.
7 तपाईंको सुरुआत् सानो भए तापनि, तपाईंको आखिरी अवस्था महान् हुन्‍छ ।
Even though your beginning was small, still your final condition would be much greater.
8 कृपया पहिलेका पुस्ताहरूलाई सोध्‍नुहोस्, र हाम्रा पुर्खाहरूले सिकेका कुरामा आफ्‍नो ध्यान लगाउनुहोस् ।
Please ask the former generations, and give your attention to what our ancestors learned.
9 (हामी हिजो मात्र जन्मियौं र हामी केही जन्‍दैनौं, किनकि पृथ्वीमा हाम्रा दिनहरू छाया मात्र हो ।)
(We were only born yesterday and know nothing because our days on earth are a shadow).
10 के तिनले तपाईंलाई सिकाउने र भन्‍ने छैनन् र? के तिनले आफ्ना हृदयहरूबाट वचन बोल्ने छैनन्?
Will they not teach you and tell you? Will they not speak words from their hearts?
11 के दलदल नभएको ठाउँमा नर्कट उम्रन्छ? के पानीविना निगालाहरू बढ्छन्?
Can papyrus grow without a marsh? Can reeds grow without water?
12 ती अझै हरिया छँदै र नकाटकै बेलामा, अरू कुनै बिरुवाभन्दा पहिले नै ती सुक्‍छन् ।
While they are still green and not cut down, they wither before any other plant.
13 परमेश्‍वरलाई बिर्सनेहरू सबैका मार्गहरू पनि त्यस्तै हुन्‍छन् । ईश्‍वरहीनको आशा नष्‍ट हुन्‍छन् ।
So also are the paths of all who forget God; the hope of the godless will perish.
14 उसको दृढता टुक्राटुक्रा हुनेछन्, र उसको भरोसा माकुरोको जालझैं कमजोर हुन्छ ।
His confidence will break apart, and his trust is as weak as a spider's web.
15 ऊ आफ्नो घरमा अडेल लग्‍छ, तर त्‍यसले उसलाई थाम्दैन । उसले त्‍यसमा समात्छ, तर यो अडिंदैन ।
He leans on his house, but it will not support him; he takes hold of it, but it does not stand.
16 घामको मुनि त्‍यो हरियो हुन्छ, र त्‍यसका पालुवाहरू त्‍यसको सारा बगैँचामा फैलिन्‍छ ।
Under the sun he is green, and his shoots go out over his entire garden.
17 त्‍यसका जराहरू ढुङ्गाको थुप्रो वरिपरि बेरिन्छन् । तिनले चट्टानहरूका बिचमा राम्रा ठाउँहरू खोज्छन् ।
His roots are wrapped about the heaps of stone; they look for good places among the rocks.
18 तर यो व्यक्ति आफ्नो ठाउँ बाहिर नष्‍ट भयो भने, तब त्यो ठाउँले उसलाई इन्कार गर्नेछ र भन्‍नेछ, 'मैले तँलाई कहिल्यै देखिनँ ।'
But if this person is destroyed out of his place, then that place will deny him and say, 'I never saw you.'
19 हेर्नुहोस्, त्यस्तो व्यक्तिको व्यवहारको 'आनन्द' यही हो । त्यसको ठाउँमा उही माटोबाट अन्य बिरुवाहरू उम्रनेछन् ।
See, this is the “joy” of such a person's behavior; other plants will sprout out of the same soil in his place.
20 हेर्नुहोस्, परमेश्‍वरले निर्दोष मानिसलाई फाल्‍नुहुन्‍न, न त उहाँले दुष्‍ट काम गर्नेहरूका हातलाई मदत गर्नुहुन्छ ।
See, God will not cast away an innocent man; neither will he take the hand of evildoers.
21 तर पनि उहाँले तपाईंको मुखमा हाँसो, र तपाईंको ओठमा आनन्‍दको सोरले भर्नुहुनेछ ।
He will yet fill your mouth with laughter, your lips with shouting.
22 तपाईंलाई घृणा गर्नेहरू लाजले ढाकिनेछन् । दुष्‍टको पाल फेरि रहनेछैन ।”
Those who hate you will be clothed with shame; the tent of the wicked will be no more.”

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