अय्यूब 9

1 तब अय्यूबले जवाफ दिए र भने,

Then Job replied,

2 “यो यस्‍तै हो भनी म साँच्‍चै जान्दछु । तर एक व्यक्ति कसरी परमेश्‍वसित ठिक हुन सक्छ?

“Yes, I certainly know that [much of] what you said is true. But (how can anyone say to God, ‘I (am innocent/have not done what is wrong) and prove it?’/no one can say to God ‘I (am innocent/have not done what is wrong) and prove it.’) [RHQ]

3 उसले परमेश्‍वरसित तर्क गर्न चाह्यो भने, उसले हजारपल्टमा एकपल्ट पनि जवाफ दिन सक्दैन ।

If someone wanted to argue with God [about that], God could ask him 1,000 questions, and that person would not be able to answer any of them!

4 परमेश्‍वर हृदयमा बुद्धिमान् र बलमा शक्तिशाली हुनुहुन्छ । उहाँको विरुद्धमा कसले आफूलाई कहिलै कठोर पारेको अनि सफल भएको छ र?

God is very wise [IDM] and very powerful; no one who has tried to challenge God has been able to win.

5 जब उहाँले आफ्नो क्रोधमा पर्वतहरूलाई पल्टाउनुहुन्‍छ, तब उहाँले कसैलाई चेताउनी नदिइएर ती हटाउनुहुन्छ ।

He even moves mountains, without them (OR, anyone) knowing about it. When he is angry, he turns them upside down.

6 उहाँले पृथ्वीलाई यसको आफ्नो ठाउँबाट हल्लाउनुहुन्छ, र यसका टेकाहरूलाई कँपाउनुहुन्छ ।

He sends earthquakes that shake the ground; he causes the pillars that support the earth to tremble.

7 उहाँ उही परमेश्‍वर हुनुहुन्छ जसले सूर्यलाई नउदाउन भन्‍नुहुन्‍छ, र त्‍यो उदाउँदैन, र जसले ताराहरूलाई ढाक्‍नुहुन्छ,

[Some days] he speaks to the sun, and it does not rise, and [some nights] he prevents the stars from shining.

8 जो आफैले आकाशलाई तन्‍काउनुहुन्छ, र समुद्रका छालहरूलाई कुल्चिनुहुन्छ,

He alone (stretched out/put in place) the sky; he alone puts his feet on the waves (OR, on the huge sea monster).

9 उहाँले सप्‍तर्षि, मृगशिरा र किरकिटी ताराहरू र दक्षिणका तारापुञ्जहरू बनाउनुहुन्छ ।

He put in their places [the clusters/groups of stars that are called] The Dipper/Bear, Orion, the Pleiades, and the stars in the southern sky.

10 उहाँले महान् र अगम्‍य कुराहरू, अनि अनगिन्ती उदेकका कामहरू गर्नुहुन्छ ।

Only he does great things that we cannot understand; he does more marvelous things than we are able to count.

11 हेर, उहाँ मेरो छेउबाट जानुहुन्छ, र पनि म उहाँलाई देख्दिनँ । उहाँ आफ्नो बाटो हिंड्नुहुँदा मलाई पत्तै हुँदैन ।

He passes by where I am, but I do not see him; he moves further on, but I do not see him go.

12 उहाँले कुनै कुरो खोस्‍नुभयो भने कसले उहाँलाई रोक्‍न सक्छ? कसले उहाँलाई भन्‍न सक्छ, 'तपाईं के गर्दै हुनुहुन्छ?'

If he [wants to] snatch something away, no one [RHQ] can hinder him; no one dares to ask him, ‘Why are you doing that?’ [RHQ]

13 परमेश्‍वरले आफ्नो रिस रोक्‍नुहुन्‍न । राहाबका सहयोगीहरू उहाँको मुनि झुक्छन् ।

God will not very easily stop being angry; he defeated [MTY] those who [tried to] help Rahab, [the great sea monster].

14 कति थोरै जवाफ मैले उहाँलाई दिन सक्छु, उहाँसित तर्क गर्न म शब्दहरू छान्‍न सक्छु र?

“So, [if God took me to court], what could I say [MTY] to answer him?

15 म धर्मी भए तापनि मैले उहाँलाई जवाफ दिन सक्‍दिन । मेरा न्यायकर्तासँत मैले कृपाको लागि बिन्ती मात्र चढाउन सक्‍छु ।

Even though I (would be innocent/would not have done what is wrong), I would not be able to answer him. All I could do would be to request God, my judge/accuser, to act mercifully toward me.

16 मैले उहाँलाई पुकारेँ, र उहाँले मलाई जवाफ दिनुभयो भने पनि, उहाँले मेरो आवाज सुन्‍नुभयो भनेर म विश्‍वास गर्दिनँ ।

If I summoned him to [come to the courtroom] and he said that he would come, I would not believe that he would pay attention to what I would say.

17 किनकि उहाँले मलाई आँधीले तोड्नुहुन्छ, र विनाकारण मेरा घाउहरू बढाउनुहुन्छ ।

He sends storms to batter me, and he bruises me many times (without any reason to do that/even though I am innocent).

18 उहाँले मलाई फेरि सास फेर्ने दिनुहुन्‍न, तर उहाँले मलाई तिक्तताले भर्नुहुन्छ ।

[It is as though] he will not let me get/catch my breath, because he causes me to suffer all the time.

19 ताकतको विषय हो भने, उहाँ शक्तिशाली हुनुहुन्छ । न्यायको विषय हो भने, कसले उहाँलाई बोलाउन सक्छ?

If I would try to (wrestle with/fight against) him, [there is no way that I could defeat him, ] [because] he is stronger than I am. If I would request him to appear in court, there is no one who could [RHQ] force him to go there.

20 म ठिक भए पनि मेरो आफ्नै मुखले मलाई दोषी ठहराउँछ । र म दोषरहित भए पनि मेरा वचनले मलाई दोषी प्रमाणित गर्छन् ।

Even though I was innocent, what I would say would cause him to say that I must be punished [MTY]; even though I had not done anything wrong, he would prove that I am guilty.

21 म दोषरहित छु, तर अब फेरि म आफ्‍नै बारेमा वास्ता गर्दिनँ । मेरो आफ्नै जीवनलाई म घृणा गर्छु ।

“I have not done what is wrong, but that is not important. I despise continuing to remain alive.

22 यसले मलाई केही फरक पार्दैन । त्यसैले म भन्छु, उहाँले दोषरहित र दुष्‍ट मानिसलाई सँगसँगै नष्‍ट गर्नुहुन्छ ।

But it doesn’t matter, because God will get rid of [all of us, ] both those who are innocent and those who are wicked.

23 जब कोर्राले अकस्मात् मार्छ, तब उहाँले निर्दोषहरूको निराशाको उपहास गर्नुहुन्छ ।

When people experience disaster and it causes them to suddenly die, God laughs at it, even if they are innocent.

24 पृथ्वी दुष्‍ट मानिसको हातमा दिइएको छ । परमेश्‍वरले यसका न्यायकर्ताहरूका मुहार ढाक्‍नुहन्छ । यसो गर्ने उहाँ हुनुहुन्‍न भने त्‍यो को हो त?

God has allowed wicked people to control [what happens in] the world. [It is as though] he has caused judges to be blindfolded, [with the result that they cannot judge fairly]. If it is not God who has put wicked people in control, who has done it?

25 मेरा दिनहरू कुद्‍ने दूतभन्दा पनि द्रुत गतिमा दौडन्छन् । मेरा दिनहरू भाग्छन् । तिनले कतै पनि भलो देख्दैनन् ।

“My days go by very quickly, like a fast runner; [it is as though] they run away, and nothing good happens to me on those days.

26 ती निगालोको डुङ्गाजस्तै चाँडो बगेर छन्, र आफ्नो सिकारलाई वेगसित झम्टने चीलझैं छन् ।

My life goes by very rapidly, like a boat made from reeds sailing swiftly, or like an eagle that swoops down to seize a small animal.

27 आफ्‍ना गुनासाहरूको विषयमा म बिर्सन्छु, आफ्‍नो निराश अनुहार म हटाउँछु र खुसी हुन्छु भनें पनि,

If I smile and say [to God], ‘I will forget what I am complaining about; I will stop looking sad and try to be cheerful/happy,’

28 आफ्‍ना सबै शोकदेखि म डराउँछु, किनकि तपाईंले मलाई निर्दोष ठहराउनुहुने छैन भनी म जान्‍दछु ।

then I become afraid because of all that I am suffering, because I know that God does not consider that I am innocent.

29 म दोषी ठहराइने छु । तब मैले किन व्यर्थैमा कोसिस गर्ने?

He will (condemn me/declare that I should be punished), so why should I keep trying in vain [to defend myself]?

30 आफैलाई मैले हिउँको पानीले धोएँ, र आफ्‍ना हात अत्यन्तै सफा बनाए पनि,

If I washed myself with snow or cleansed my hands with lye/soap [to get rid of my guilt],

31 परमेश्‍वरले मलाई हिलैमा फाल्नुहुन्छ, र मेरा आफ्नै लुगाहरूले मलाई घृणा गर्छन् ।

he would still throw me into a filthy pit; as a result [it would be as though] even my clothes would detest me.

32 किनकि परमेश्‍वर मजस्तै मानिस हुनुहुन्‍न, कि म उहाँलाई जवाफ दिन सकूँ, वा अदालतमा हामी सँगसँगै आउन सकौं ।

“God is not a human, as I am, so there is no way that I could answer him [to prove that I am innocent] if we went together to have a trial [in a courtroom].

33 हाम्रा बिचमा कुनै न्यायधीश छैन, जसले हामी दुवैमाथि आफ्‍ना हात पसार्न सक्छ ।

There is no one to (mediate/hear us and decide who is right), no one who has authority over both of us [IDM].

34 अर्को कुनै न्यायाधीश छैन, जसले परमेश्‍वरको लौरो मबाट हटाउन सक्छ, जसले मलाई भयभीत पार्नबाट उहाँको त्रासलाई रोक्‍न सक्छ ।

I wish/desire that he would stop punishing [MTY] me, and that he would not continue to terrify me.

35 तब म बोल्‍नेछु र उहाँदेखि डराउँदिनँ, तर अहिलेको जस्ता कुराहरू छन्, म त्यसो गर्न सक्दिनँ ।

If he did that, I would declare [that I am innocent] without being afraid of him, because I know that I really have not [done what is wrong like God thinks that I have].”