ਅੱਯੂਬ 20
Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,
Therefore do my thoughts give answer to me, even by reason of my haste that is in me.
3 ੩ ਮੈਂ ਉਹ ਝਿੜਕੀ ਸੁਣਦਾ ਜੋ ਮੈਨੂੰ ਸ਼ਰਮਿੰਦਾ ਕਰਦੀ ਹੈ, ਅਤੇ ਮੇਰਾ ਆਤਮਾ ਆਪਣੀ ਸਮਝ ਅਨੁਸਾਰ ਮੈਨੂੰ ਉੱਤਰ ਦਿੰਦਾ ਹੈ।
I have heard the reproof which putteth me to shame, and the spirit of my understanding answereth me.
Knowest thou [not] this of old time, since man was placed upon earth,
That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the godless but for a moment?
Though his excellency mount up to the heavens, and his head reach unto the clouds;
Yet he shall perish for ever like his own dung: they which have seen him shall say, Where is he?
He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found: yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night.
The eye which saw him shall see him no more; neither shall his place any more behold him.
His children shall seek the favour of the poor, and his hands shall give back his wealth.
His bones are full of his youth, but it shall lie down with him in the dust.
Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue;
Though he spare it, and will not let it go, but keep it still within his mouth;
Yet his meat in his bowels is turned, it is the gall of asps within him.
15 ੧੫ ਉਹ ਦੌਲਤ ਨੂੰ ਨਿਗਲ ਤਾਂ ਗਿਆ ਹੈ ਪਰ ਉਹ ਨੂੰ ਫਿਰ ਉਗਲੇਗਾ, ਪਰਮੇਸ਼ੁਰ ਉਹ ਨੂੰ ਉਸ ਦੇ ਢਿੱਡ ਵਿੱਚੋਂ ਕੱਢ ਲਵੇਗਾ।
He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again: God shall cast them out of his belly.
He shall suck the poison of asps: the viper’s tongue shall slay him.
He shall not look upon the rivers, the flowing streams of honey and butter.
18 ੧੮ ਉਹ ਆਪਣੀ ਕਸ਼ਟ ਨਾਲ ਕੀਤੀ ਹੋਈ ਕਮਾਈ ਨੂੰ ਮੋੜ ਦੇਵੇਗਾ ਪਰ ਆਪ ਉਸ ਨੂੰ ਨਹੀਂ ਨਿਗਲੇਗਾ, ਉਹ ਆਪਣੇ ਲੈਣ-ਦੇਣ ਦੇ ਲਾਭ ਦੇ ਅਨੁਸਾਰ ਖੁਸ਼ੀ ਨਾ ਮਨਾਏਗਾ,
That which he laboured for shall he restore, and shall not swallow it down; according to the substance that he hath gotten, he shall not rejoice.
For he hath oppressed and forsaken the poor; he hath violently taken away an house, and he shall not build it up.
20 ੨੦ “ਕਿਉਂ ਜੋ ਲਾਲਸਾ ਦੇ ਕਾਰਨ ਉਸ ਨੇ ਆਪਣੇ ਅੰਦਰ ਸ਼ਾਂਤੀ ਨਾ ਜਾਣੀ, ਇਸ ਲਈ ਉਹ ਆਪਣੀਆਂ ਮਨ ਭਾਉਣੀਆਂ ਚੀਜ਼ਾਂ ਨਾ ਬਚਾ ਸਕੇਗਾ।
Because he knew no quietness within him, he shall not save aught of that wherein he delighteth.
There was nothing left that he devoured not; therefore his prosperity shall not endure.
In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: the hand of every one that is in misery shall come upon him.
23 ੨੩ ਜਦ ਉਹ ਆਪਣਾ ਪੇਟ ਭਰਨ ਨੂੰ ਹੋਵੇ ਤਦ ਪਰਮੇਸ਼ੁਰ ਆਪਣਾ ਕਹਿਰ ਉਸ ਉੱਤੇ ਘੱਲੇਗਾ ਅਤੇ ਉਹ ਦੇ ਰੋਟੀ ਖਾਣ ਦੇ ਵੇਲੇ ਉਹ ਉਸ ਉੱਤੇ ਆ ਪਵੇਗਾ।
When he is about to fill his belly, [God] shall cast the fierceness of his wrath upon him, and shall rain it upon him while he is eating.
He shall flee from the iron weapon, and the bow of brass shall strike him through.
25 ੨੫ ਉਹ ਉਸ ਤੀਰ ਨੂੰ ਬਾਹਰ ਖਿੱਚਦਾ ਅਤੇ ਉਹ ਉਸ ਦੇ ਸਰੀਰ ਵਿੱਚੋਂ ਬਾਹਰ ਆਉਂਦਾ ਹੈ, ਤਦ ਉਹ ਦੀ ਚਮਕਦੀ ਹੋਈ ਨੋਕ ਉਹ ਦੇ ਪਿੱਤੇ ਵਿੱਚੋਂ ਨਿੱਕਲੇਗੀ, ਅਤੇ ਭੈਅ ਉਸ ਦੇ ਉੱਤੇ ਆ ਪਵੇਗਾ।
He draweth it forth, and it cometh out of his body: yea, the glittering point cometh out of his gall; terrors are upon him.
26 ੨੬ ਉਸ ਦੇ ਖ਼ਜ਼ਾਨਿਆਂ ਉੱਤੇ ਘੁੱਪ ਹਨ੍ਹੇਰਾ ਛਾ ਜਾਵੇਗਾ, ਅਣਸੁਲਗੀ ਅੱਗ ਉਹ ਨੂੰ ਭਸਮ ਕਰੇਗੀ, ਜੋ ਕੁਝ ਉਹ ਦੇ ਤੰਬੂ ਵਿੱਚ ਬਾਕੀ ਹੈ, ਉਸ ਨੂੰ ਵੀ ਭਸਮ ਕਰ ਦੇਵੇਗੀ!
All darkness is laid up for his treasures: a fire not blown [by man] shall devour him; it shall consume that which is left in his tent.
The heavens shall reveal his iniquity, and the earth shall rise up against him.
The increase of his house shall depart, [his goods] shall flow away in the day of his wrath.
29 ੨੯ ਪਰਮੇਸ਼ੁਰ ਵੱਲੋਂ ਦੁਸ਼ਟ ਮਨੁੱਖ ਦਾ ਇਹੋ ਹੀ ਹਿੱਸਾ ਹੈ, ਇਹ ਪਰਮੇਸ਼ੁਰ ਵੱਲੋਂ ਉਹ ਦੇ ਲਈ ਨਿਯੁਕਤ ਕੀਤੀ ਹੋਈ ਮਿਰਾਸ ਹੈ!”
This is the portion of a wicked man from God, and the heritage appointed unto him by God.
