ਅੱਯੂਬ 31
“I solemnly promised myself that I would not look at a young woman with a desire [to have sex with her].
[If I did not do what I promised, ] what would God who is in heaven [MTY] do to me [RHQ]? Almighty [God] would certainly not [RHQ] give me any reward!
[Previously I thought that] surely [RHQ] it was unrighteous people who would experience calamities, and that it was those who do what is wrong who would experience disasters.
God certainly sees [RHQ] everything that I do, [so why is he causing me to suffer?] [It is as though] he counts every step that I take.
[“I solemnly declare that] I have never acted wickedly and have never tried to deceive people.
I request only that God judge me fairly [MET], and if he does that, he will know that I (am innocent/have not done what is wrong).
7 ੭ ਜੇ ਮੇਰੇ ਕਦਮ ਕੁਰਾਹੇ ਪੈ ਗਏ ਹੋਣ ਅਤੇ ਮੇਰਾ ਦਿਲ ਮੇਰੀਆਂ ਅੱਖਾਂ ਦੇ ਮਗਰ ਚੱਲਿਆ ਹੋਵੇ, ਅਤੇ ਮੇਰੇ ਹੱਥਾਂ ਤੇ ਕੋਈ ਦਾਗ਼ ਲੱਗਾ ਹੋਵੇ,
If [it were true that] I have stopped living righteously, or [that] I [SYN] have desired the things that I look at [MTY], or [that] I am guilty of any other sin,
then I hope/wish that when I plant [seeds], someone else will [harvest the crops and] eat [them] and that others will uproot the [fruit trees] that I planted.
9 ੯ “ਜੇ ਮੇਰਾ ਦਿਲ ਕਿਸੇ ਔਰਤ ਤੇ ਮੋਹਿਤ ਹੋ ਗਿਆ ਹੋਵੇ, ਅਤੇ ਮੈਂ ਆਪਣੇ ਗੁਆਂਢੀ ਦੇ ਬੂਹੇ ਉੱਤੇ ਘਾਤ ਲਾ ਕੇ ਬੈਠਾ ਹੋਵਾਂ,
“If [it were true that] I [SYN] have been attracted by some other man’s wife, or [that] I have hidden myself and waited outside [the] door [to] her [house],
I hope/desire that my wife will become the servant/slave of another man and have sex [EUP] with him.
[For me to do] that would be a terrible sin, and the judges would decide that I should be punished.
My [committing adultery] would [produce in me a fire like] [MET] the fire that burns people in hell, and it would burn up everything that I own. (questioned)
“And, if [it were true that] I have ever refused to listen to one of my male or female servants when they complained to me about something,
God would arise [and declare that he would punish me]; and when he would do that, what would I do? If he would ask me [about what I have done], (what would I answer?/I would not be able to answer.) [RHQ]
15 ੧੫ ਜਿਸ ਨੇ ਮੈਨੂੰ ਕੁੱਖ ਵਿੱਚ ਬਣਾਇਆ, ਕੀ ਉਹ ਨੇ ਉਸ ਨੂੰ ਵੀ ਨਹੀਂ ਬਣਾਇਆ? ਅਤੇ ਇੱਕੋ ਹੀ ਨੇ ਸਾਨੂੰ ਗਰਭ ਵਿੱਚ ਨਹੀਂ ਰਚਿਆ?
God, who created me, certainly also created my servants [RHQ]; surely he is the one who formed them and me in our mothers’ wombs [RHQ]; [so we all should behave toward each other equally].
16 ੧੬ “ਜੇ ਮੈਂ ਗ਼ਰੀਬਾਂ ਦੀ ਇੱਛਿਆ ਨੂੰ ਪੂਰਾ ਨਾ ਕੀਤਾ ਹੋਵੇ, ਅਤੇ ਵਿਧਵਾ ਦੀਆਂ ਅੱਖਾਂ ਮੇਰੇ ਕਾਰਨ ਨਿਰਾਸ਼ ਹੋ ਗਈਆਂ ਹੋਣ,
“I have guided orphans from the time that they were born; I have taken care of them since they were young. So, if [it were true that] I ate all my food myself and did not share some of it with orphans, or [that] I refused to give poor people the things that they wanted, or [that] I caused widows to live (in despair/without hope [that they would receive any help from anyone]),
18 ੧੮ ਕਿਉਂ ਜੋ ਮੇਰੀ ਜੁਆਨੀ ਤੋਂ ਉਹ ਮੇਰੇ ਨਾਲ ਪਲਿਆ ਜਿਵੇਂ ਪਿਤਾ ਨਾਲ, ਅਤੇ ਮੈਂ ਆਪਣੀ ਮਾਂ ਦੀ ਕੁੱਖ ਤੋਂ ਹੀ ਵਿਧਵਾ ਦੀ ਦੇਖਭਾਲ ਕੀਤੀ ਹੈ।
or [that] I had seen people die [from cold] because they had no clothes, or [that] I had seen poor people who did not have clothes [to keep them warm],
20 ੨੦ ਜੇਕਰ ਮੈਂ ਆਪਣੀਆਂ ਭੇਡਾਂ ਦੀ ਉੱਨ ਦੇ ਕੱਪੜੇ ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਨਾ ਦਿੱਤੇ ਹੋਣ, ਅਤੇ ਉਸ ਦੇ ਦਿਲ ਨੇ ਮੈਨੂੰ ਬਰਕਤ ਨਾ ਦਿੱਤੀ ਹੋਵੇ ਜਦ ਉਹ ਗਰਮ ਹੋਇਆ,
and they were not able to become warm [from clothes made] from the wool of my sheep with the result that they thanked me for [giving them clothes, ]
or if [it were true that] I threatened to strike any orphan because I knew that the elders at the city gates would (decide in my favor);
[if those things were true about me], I hope/desire that my shoulder blade would be torn out and my arm be torn from my shoulder.
23 ੨੩ ਕਿਉਂ ਜੋ ਪਰਮੇਸ਼ੁਰ ਵੱਲੋਂ ਬਿਪਤਾ ਮੈਨੂੰ ਡਰਾਉਂਦੀ ਸੀ, ਅਤੇ ਉਹ ਦੇ ਪਰਤਾਪ ਦੇ ਕਾਰਨ ਮੈਂ ਕੁਝ ਨਹੀਂ ਕਰ ਸਕਦਾ ਸੀ।
I always feared that God would cause me to experience a great disaster [if I did any of those evil things], and I would not have been able to endure the powerful [things that he would do to punish me].
“If [it were true that] I trusted in my gold/money [DOU],
or that I rejoiced because I had acquired many things and had become very rich,
or that I looked at the sun when it was shining or looked at the beautiful moon
27 ੨੭ ਅਤੇ ਮੇਰਾ ਦਿਲ ਚੁੱਪਕੇ ਮੋਹਿਤ ਹੋ ਗਿਆ ਹੁੰਦਾ, ਅਤੇ ਉਹਨਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਸਨਮਾਨ ਦੇ ਕੇ ਮੈਂ ਆਪਣੇ ਹੱਥਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਚੁੰਮ ਲਿਆ ਹੁੰਦਾ,
and I [SYN] had been tempted [to worship them] by kissing my hand to revere them,
28 ੨੮ ਤਦ ਇਹ ਨਿਆਂਈਆਂ ਦੁਆਰਾ ਸਜ਼ਾ ਦੇਣ ਜੋਗ ਬਦੀ ਹੁੰਦੀ, ਕਿਉਂਕਿ ਅਜਿਹਾ ਕਰਕੇ ਮੈਂ ਸਵਰਗੀ ਪਰਮੇਸ਼ੁਰ ਦਾ ਇਨਕਾਰ ਕੀਤਾ ਹੁੰਦਾ।
those things also would be sins for which the judges would say that I must be punished, because I would have been rejecting God [by doing those things].
29 ੨੯ “ਜੇ ਮੈਂ ਆਪਣੇ ਵੈਰੀ ਦੇ ਨਾਸ ਤੋਂ ਅਨੰਦ ਹੋਇਆ ਹੁੰਦਾ, ਅਤੇ ਜਦ ਮੁਸੀਬਤ ਉਸ ਉੱਤੇ ਪਈ ਤਾਂ ਮੈਂ ਖੁਸ਼ੀ ਮਨਾਈ ਹੁੰਦੀ,
“[It is not true that] I [SYN] sinned by requesting God to curse people who hated me with the result that God would cause them to die. It is also not true that I was glad when they were ruined or that I rejoiced when they experienced disasters [DOU].
31 ੩੧ ਜੇ ਮੇਰੇ ਤੰਬੂਆਂ ਵਿੱਚ ਰਹਿਣ ਵਾਲਿਆਂ ਨੇ ਨਾ ਆਖਿਆ ਹੋਵੇ, ਕਿ ਕੌਣ ਹੈ ਜਿਹੜਾ ਉਸ ਦੇ ਘਰ ਦੇ ਮਾਸ ਤੋਂ ਨਾ ਰੱਜਿਆ ਹੋਵੇ?
[It is also not true that] I never welcomed travelers to stay in my tent or that I did not open my doors to them, but [forced them to] sleep in the streets. [All] the men who work for me certainly know that [RHQ]!
Some people try to hide their sins, but I have never done that;
34 ੩੪ ਇਸ ਕਾਰਨ ਕਿ ਮੈਂ ਵੱਡੀ ਭੀੜ ਤੋਂ ਭੈਅ ਖਾਂਦਾ ਸੀ, ਅਤੇ ਘਰਾਣਿਆਂ ਦੀ ਨਫ਼ਰਤ ਨੇ ਮੈਨੂੰ ਅਜਿਹਾ ਡਰਾਇਆ ਕਿ ਮੈਂ ਚੁੱਪ ਵੱਟ ਲਈ ਅਤੇ ਦਰਵਾਜ਼ੇ ਤੋਂ ਬਾਹਰ ਨਾ ਨਿੱਕਲਿਆ,
and I never remained silent and refused to go outside of my home because I was very (afraid of/worried about) what people would say [about me], and that they would hate/scorn me.
35 ੩੫ “ਕਾਸ਼ ਕਿ ਕੋਈ ਮੇਰੀ ਸੁਣਦਾ! ਵੇਖੋ, ਮੈਂ ਆਪਣੀ ਸਫ਼ਾਈ ਪੇਸ਼ ਕੀਤੀ ਹੈ, ਹੁਣ ਸਰਬ ਸ਼ਕਤੀਮਾਨ ਪਰਮੇਸ਼ੁਰ ਮੈਨੂੰ ਉੱਤਰ ਦੇਵੇ! ਕਾਸ਼ ਕਿ ਮੇਰੇ ਉੱਤੇ ਦੋਸ਼ ਲਾਉਣ ਵਾਲੇ ਦੇ ਸ਼ਿਕਾਇਤ-ਨਾਮੇ ਦੀ ਲਿਖਤ ਮੇਰੇ ਕੋਲ ਹੁੰਦੀ!
“I wish/desire that there was someone who would hear what I am saying! I solemnly declare [that all that I have said is true]. I wish that those who oppose me would write down [on a scroll] the evil things that they say that I did.
[If they did that, ] I would wear that scroll on my shoulder, or wear it on top of my head, [in order that everyone could see it].
37 ੩੭ ਮੈਂ ਉਹ ਨੂੰ ਆਪਣੇ ਕਦਮਾਂ ਦਾ ਹਿਸਾਬ ਦਿੰਦਾ, ਮੈਂ ਉਹ ਦੇ ਅੱਗੇ ਇਸ ਤਰ੍ਹਾਂ ਪੇਸ਼ ਹੁੰਦਾ ਜਿਵੇਂ ਸ਼ਾਸਕ ਦੇ ਅੱਗੇ।
I would tell [God] everything that I have done, and I would approach him [confidently], like a ruler would.
If [it were true that] I have stolen land, with the result that [it was as though] its furrows cried out to accuse me of stealing;
39 ੩੯ ਜੇ ਮੈਂ ਆਪਣੀ ਜ਼ਮੀਨ ਦੀ ਉਪਜ ਨੂੰ ਬਿਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਮਜ਼ਦੂਰੀ ਦਿੱਤੇ ਖਾਧਾ ਹੋਵੇ, ਜਾਂ ਉਹ ਦੇ ਮਾਲਕਾਂ ਦੀ ਜਾਨ ਲਈ ਹੋਵੇ,
or [if it were true that] I have eaten the crops that grew in someone else’s fields without paying [for those crops], with the result that those farmers who grew those crops died [from hunger];
then I wish/desire that thorns would grow [in my fields] instead of wheat. May bad weeds grow instead of barley!” That is the end of what Job said [to his three friends].
