ਅੱਯੂਬ 33
“However, Job, please hear my speech, and listen to all my words.
See now, I have opened my mouth. My tongue has spoken in my mouth.
My words will utter the uprightness of my heart. That which my lips know they will speak sincerely.
The Spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the Almighty gives me life.
If you can, answer me. Set your words in order before me, and stand up.
Behold, I am toward God even as you are. I am also formed out of the clay.
Behold, my terror will not make you afraid, neither will my pressure be heavy on you.
“Surely you have spoken in my hearing, I have heard the voice of your words, saying,
‘I am clean, without disobedience. I am innocent, neither is there iniquity in me.
Behold, he finds occasions against me. He counts me for his enemy.
He puts my feet in the stocks. He marks 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, I will answer you. In this you are not just, for God is greater than man.
Why do you strive against him, because he doesn’t give account of any of his matters?
For God speaks once, yes twice, though man pays no attention.
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, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falls on men, in slumbering on the bed,
then he opens the ears of men, and seals their instruction,
that he may withdraw man from his purpose, and hide pride from man.
He keeps back his soul from the pit, and his life from perishing by the sword.
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।
“He is chastened also with pain on his bed, with continual strife in his bones,
so that his life abhors bread, and his soul dainty 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 so consumed away that it can’t be seen. His bones that were not seen stick out.
Yes, his soul draws near to the pit, and his life to the destroyers.
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 beside him an angel, an interpreter, one among a thousand, to show to man what is right for him,
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 God is gracious to him, and says, ‘Deliver him from going down to the pit, I have found a ransom.’
His flesh will be fresher 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 prays to God, and he is favorable to him, so that he sees his face with joy. He restores 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।
He sings before men, and says, ‘I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, and it didn’t profit me.
He has redeemed my soul from going into the pit. My life will see the light.’
“Behold, God does all these things, twice, yes three times, with a man,
to bring back his soul from the pit, that he may be enlightened with the light of the living.
Mark well, Job, and listen to me. Hold your peace, and I will speak.
If you have anything to say, answer me. Speak, for I desire to justify you.
If not, listen to me. Hold your peace, and I will teach you wisdom.”
