ਅੱਯੂਬ 33
“And yet, please, O Job, Hear my speech and give ear [to] all my words.
Now behold, I have opened my mouth, My tongue has spoken in the palate.
Of the uprightness of my heart [are] my sayings, And my lips have clearly spoken knowledge.
The Spirit of God has made me, And the breath of the Mighty quickens me.
If you are able—answer me, Set in array before me—station yourself.
Behold, I [am], according to your word, for God, I have also been formed from the clay.
Behold, my terror does not frighten you, And my burden on you is not heavy.
Surely you have spoken in my ears, And the sounds of words I hear:
I [am] pure, without transgression, I [am] innocent, and I have no iniquity.
Behold, He develops hindrances against me, He reckons me for an enemy to Him,
He puts my feet in the stocks, He watches all my paths.
12 ੧੨ “ਪਰ ਵੇਖ, ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਉੱਤਰ ਦਿੰਦਾ ਹਾਂ, ਤੂੰ ਇਸ ਵਿੱਚ ਧਰਮੀ ਨਹੀਂ, ਕਿਉਂ ਜੋ ਪਰਮੇਸ਼ੁਰ ਮਨੁੱਖ ਨਾਲੋਂ ਵੱਡਾ ਹੈ।
Behold, you have not been righteous [in] this, I answer you, that God is greater than man.
Why have you striven against Him, When [for] all His matters He does not answer?
For once God speaks, and twice (he does not behold it),
15 ੧੫ ਸੁਫ਼ਨੇ ਵਿੱਚ ਜਾਂ ਰਾਤ ਦੇ ਦਰਸ਼ਣ ਵਿੱਚ, ਜਦ ਭਾਰੀ ਨੀਂਦ ਮਨੁੱਖਾਂ ਉੱਤੇ ਆ ਪੈਂਦੀ ਹੈ, ਅਤੇ ਜਦ ਉਹ ਆਪਣਿਆਂ ਬਿਸਤਰਿਆਂ ਉੱਤੇ ਸੌਂਦੇ ਹਨ,
In a dream—a vision of night, In the falling of deep sleep on men, In slumberings on a bed.
Then He uncovers the ear of men, And seals for their instruction,
To turn aside man [from] doing, And He conceals pride from man.
He keeps back his soul from corruption, And his life from passing away by a dart.
19 ੧੯ “ਜਦ ਕਿਸੇ ਦੀ ਤਾੜਨਾ ਹੋਵੇ ਤਾਂ ਉਹ ਆਪਣੇ ਬਿਸਤਰੇ ਉੱਤੇ ਦਰਦ ਨਾਲ ਦੱਬ ਕੇ ਝੁੱਲਦਾ ਹੈ, ਅਤੇ ਆਪਣੀਆਂ ਹੱਡੀਆਂ ਵਿੱਚ ਰੋਜ਼ ਦੀ ਅਣ-ਬਣ ਨਾਲ ਵੀ।
And he has been reproved With pain on his bed, And the strife of his bones [is] enduring.
And his life has nauseated bread, And his soul desirable food.
21 ੨੧ ਉਸ ਦਾ ਮਾਸ ਅਜਿਹਾ ਸੁੱਕ ਜਾਂਦਾ ਹੈ ਕਿ ਵਿਖਾਈ ਨਹੀਂ ਦਿੰਦਾ, ਉਸ ਦੀਆਂ ਹੱਡੀਆਂ ਜਿਹੜੀਆਂ ਪਹਿਲਾਂ ਵਿਖਾਈ ਨਹੀਂ ਸਨ ਦਿੰਦੀਆਂ ਨਿੱਕਲ ਆਉਂਦੀਆਂ ਹਨ!
His flesh is consumed from being seen, And his bones are high, they were not seen!
And his soul draws near to the pit, And his life to those causing death.
23 ੨੩ ਹੁਣ ਜੇ ਉਸ ਦੇ ਕੋਲ ਕੋਈ ਦੂਤ ਹੋਵੇ ਜੋ ਹਜ਼ਾਰਾਂ ਵਿੱਚੋਂ ਇੱਕ ਹੋਵੇ ਜੋ ਉਸ ਨੂੰ ਅਰਥ ਕਰਕੇ ਦੱਸੇ ਕਿ ਮਨੁੱਖ ਦੇ ਲਈ ਕੀ ਠੀਕ ਹੈ।
If there is a messenger by him, An interpreter—one of a thousand, To declare for man his uprightness,
24 ੨੪ ਤਦ ਉਹ ਉਸ ਉੱਤੇ ਦਯਾ ਕਰਦਾ ਹੈ ਤੇ ਆਖਦਾ ਹੈ, ਉਸ ਨੂੰ ਟੋਏ ਵਿੱਚ ਪੈਣ ਤੋਂ ਬਚਾ ਲੈ, ਮੈਨੂੰ ਉਸ ਲਈ ਪ੍ਰਾਸਚਿੱਤ ਮਿਲ ਗਿਆ ਹੈ।
Then He favors him and says, Ransom him from going down to the pit, I have found an atonement.
Fresher [is] his flesh than a child’s, He returns to the days of his youth.
26 ੨੬ ਉਹ ਪਰਮੇਸ਼ੁਰ ਅੱਗੇ ਪ੍ਰਾਰਥਨਾ ਕਰੇਗਾ ਅਤੇ ਉਹ ਉਸ ਨੂੰ ਕਬੂਲ ਕਰੇਗਾ, ਉਹ ਖੁਸ਼ੀ ਨਾਲ ਪਰਮੇਸ਼ੁਰ ਦਾ ਦਰਸ਼ਣ ਕਰੇਗਾ, ਉਹ ਮਨੁੱਖ ਲਈ ਉਸ ਦਾ ਧਰਮ ਫੇਰ ਮੋੜ ਦੇਵੇਗਾ।
He makes supplication to God, And He accepts him. And he sees His face with shouting, And He returns to man His righteousness.
27 ੨੭ ਉਹ ਮਨੁੱਖਾਂ ਦੇ ਅੱਗੇ ਗਾਉਣ ਲੱਗਦਾ ਅਤੇ ਆਖਣ ਲੱਗਦਾ ਹੈ, - ਮੈਂ ਪਾਪ ਕੀਤਾ ਅਤੇ ਸਿੱਧੀ ਗੱਲ ਨੂੰ ਉਲੱਦ ਦਿੱਤਾ ਪਰ ਉਸ ਦਾ ਬਦਲਾ ਮੈਥੋਂ ਨਾ ਲਿਆ ਗਿਆ।
[Then] he looks on men and says, I sinned, and I have perverted uprightness, And it has not been profitable to me.
He has ransomed my soul From going over into the pit, And my life looks on the light.
Behold, God works all these, Twice, [even] three times with man,
To bring back his soul from the pit, To be enlightened with the light of the living.
Attend, O Job, listen to me, Keep silent, and I speak.
If there are words—answer me, Speak, for I have a desire to justify you.
If there are not—listen to me, Keep silent, and I teach you wisdom.”
