ਅੱਯੂਬ 12
Then Job said [to his three friends],
“You (talk as though/You think) [SAR] that you are the people [whom everyone should listen to], and that when you die, there will be no more wise people.
3 ੩ ਤੁਹਾਡੇ ਵਾਂਗੂੰ ਮੈਨੂੰ ਵੀ ਸਮਝ ਹੈ, ਮੈਂ ਤੁਹਾਡੇ ਨਾਲੋਂ ਕੁਝ ਘੱਟ ਨਹੀਂ ਹਾਂ, ਅਤੇ ਕੌਣ ਹੈ ਜੋ ਅਜਿਹੀਆਂ ਗੱਲਾਂ ਨਹੀਂ ਜਾਣਦਾ?
But I have as much good sense as you do; I am (not less wise than/certainly as wise as [LIT]) you. Certainly everyone knows [RHQ] all that you have said.
4 ੪ “ਮੈਂ ਆਪਣੇ ਮਿੱਤਰਾਂ ਲਈ ਹਾਸੇ ਦਾ ਕਾਰਨ ਹਾਂ, ਮੈਂ ਜਿਹੜਾ ਪਰਮੇਸ਼ੁਰ ਨੂੰ ਪੁਕਾਰਦਾ ਸੀ ਅਤੇ ਉਹ ਉੱਤਰ ਦਿੰਦਾ ਸੀ, ਮੈਂ ਜੋ ਧਰਮੀ ਅਤੇ ਖਰਾ ਮਨੁੱਖ ਸੀ, ਹੁਣ ਹਾਸੇ ਦਾ ਕਾਰਨ ਬਣ ਗਿਆ ਹਾਂ।
My friends all laugh at me now. Previously I habitually requested God to help me, and he answered/helped me. I am righteous, a very godly man [DOU], but everyone laughs at me.
Those [like you] who have no troubles make fun of me; they cause those [like me] who are already suffering to have more troubles.
6 ੬ ਲੁਟੇਰਿਆਂ ਦੇ ਤੰਬੂ ਸੁੱਖ-ਸਾਂਦ ਨਾਲ ਰਹਿੰਦੇ ਹਨ, ਅਤੇ ਪਰਮੇਸ਼ੁਰ ਦਾ ਕ੍ਰੋਧ ਭੜਕਾਉਣ ਵਾਲੇ ਸੁਰੱਖਿਅਤ ਰਹਿੰਦੇ ਹਨ, ਅਰਥਾਤ ਉਹਨਾਂ ਦਾ ਪਰਮੇਸ਼ੁਰ ਉਹਨਾਂ ਦੇ ਹੱਥ ਵਿੱਚ ਰਹਿੰਦਾ ਹੈ।
Bandits live peacefully, and no one threatens those who cause God to become angry; their own strength is the god [that they worship].
“But ask the wild animals [what they know about God], and [if they could speak] they would teach you. [If you could] ask the birds, they would tell you.
[If you could] ask the creatures [that crawl] on the ground, or the fish in the sea, they would tell you [about God].
All of them certainly know [RHQ] that it is Yahweh who has made them with his hands.
He directs the lives of all living creatures; he gives breath to all [us] humans [to enable us to remain alive].
And when we [SYN] hear what other people [like you] say, we [RHQ] think carefully about what they say [to determine what is good and what is bad], like we [SYN] taste food [to determine what is good and what is bad].
Old people are [often] very wise, and because of having lived many years, they understand much,
but God is wise and very powerful; he has good sense and understands [everything].
14 ੧੪ ਵੇਖੋ, ਜੋ ਉਹ ਢਾਹ ਸੁੱਟਦਾ, ਉਸ ਨੂੰ ਬਣਾਇਆ ਨਹੀਂ ਜਾ ਸਕਦਾ, ਜਿਸ ਮਨੁੱਖ ਉੱਤੇ ਉਹ ਬੰਧਨ ਪਾਉਂਦਾ ਹੈ, ਉਹ ਖੁੱਲ੍ਹ ਨਹੀਂ ਸਕਦਾ।
If he tears [something] down, no one can rebuild it; if he puts someone in prison, no one can open [the prison doors to allow that person to escape].
15 ੧੫ ਵੇਖੋ, ਜਦ ਉਹ ਮੀਂਹ ਨੂੰ ਰੋਕ ਲੈਂਦਾ ਹੈ ਤਾਂ ਸੋਕਾ ਪੈ ਜਾਂਦਾ ਹੈ, ਫੇਰ ਉਹ ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਘੱਲਦਾ ਹੈ ਤੇ ਉਹ ਧਰਤੀ ਉਲੱਦ ਦਿੰਦੇ ਹਨ।
When he prevents rain from falling, everything dries up. When he causes a lot of rain to fall, [the result is that] there are floods.
He is the one who is truly strong and wise; he rules over those who deceive others and those whom they deceive.
He [sometimes] causes [the king’s] officials to no longer be wise, and he causes judges to become foolish.
18 ੧੮ ਉਹ ਰਾਜਿਆਂ ਦੇ ਪਾਏ ਹੋਏ ਬੰਧਨਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਖੋਲ੍ਹ ਦਿੰਦਾ ਹੈ, ਅਤੇ ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਦੇ ਲੱਕਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਬੰਧਨਾਂ ਨਾਲ ਬੰਨ੍ਹ ਦਿੰਦਾ ਹੈ।
He takes from kings the robes that they wear and puts loincloths around their waists, [causing them to become slaves].
He takes from priests the sacred clothes that they wear, [with the result that they no longer can do their work], and takes power from those who rule others.
He [sometimes] causes those whom others trust to be unable to speak, and he causes old men to no longer have good sense.
He causes those who have authority to be despised, and he causes those who are powerful to no longer have any power/strength.
22 ੨੨ ਉਹ ਹਨੇਰੇ ਦੀਆਂ ਡੂੰਘੀਆਂ ਗੱਲਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਪਰਗਟ ਕਰ ਦਿੰਦਾ ਹੈ, ਅਤੇ ਮੌਤ ਦੇ ਸਾਯੇ ਨੂੰ ਚਾਨਣ ਵਿੱਚ ਬਾਹਰ ਲੈ ਆਉਂਦਾ ਹੈ।
He causes things that are hidden in the darkness to be revealed.
23 ੨੩ ਉਹ ਕੌਮਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਵਧਾਉਂਦਾ ਅਤੇ ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਨਾਸ ਕਰਦਾ ਹੈ, ਉਹ ਕੌਮਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਫੈਲਾਉਂਦਾ ਅਤੇ ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਮੋੜ ਲੈ ਆਉਂਦਾ ਹੈ,
He causes some nations to become very great, and [later] he destroys them; he causes the territory of some nations to become much larger, and [later] he causes them to be defeated and their people to be scattered.
24 ੨੪ ਉਹ ਦੇਸ ਦੇ ਲੋਕਾਂ ਦੇ ਮੁਖੀਆਂ ਦੀ ਸਮਝ ਨੂੰ ਲੈ ਲੈਂਦਾ ਹੈ, ਅਤੇ ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਸੁੰਨੇ ਥਾਵਾਂ ਵਿੱਚ ਭਟਕਾਉਂਦਾ ਹੈ, ਜਿੱਥੇ ਕੋਈ ਰਾਹ ਨਹੀਂ।
He causes [some] rulers to become foolish/stupid, and then he causes them to wander around, lost, in an barren desert.
They grope around in the darkness, without any light, and he causes them to stagger like [SIM] people who are drunk.”
