యోబు~ గ్రంథము 16
Job replied [to Eliphaz and the others: ]
“I have heard things like that before; all of you, [instead of helping me, ] are only causing me to feel more miserable.
Will your speeches, which are only hot air, never end [RHQ]? Eliphaz, what bothers/irritates you so much that you continue replying to me?
4 ౪ నా దుస్థితి మీకు పట్టి ఉంటే నేను కూడా మీలాగా మాట్లాడేవాణ్ణి. మీ మీద లేనిపోని మాటలు కల్పిస్తూ నా తల ఆడిస్తూ మీవైపు చూసేవాణ్ణి.
If it were you [three and not I] who were suffering, I could say the things that you are saying; I could make great speeches [to criticize/condemn you], and I could shake my head at you [to ridicule you].
But, [unlike all of you, ] with what I said [MTY] I would encourage you and try to cause your pain to be less.
“But now, if I talk, my pain does not decrease, and if I am silent, my pain still certainly does not [RHQ] go away.
God has now taken away all my strength, and he has destroyed my family.
8 ౮ నా శరీరమంతా బక్కచిక్కిపోయింది. క్షీణించిపోయి, మడతలు పడిన నా చర్మం నాకు వ్యతిరేకంగా సాక్ష్యమిస్తున్నది.
He has shriveled me up, and people think that shows that I [am a sinner]. And people see that I am only skin and bones, and they think that proves that I [am guilty].
Because God is very angry with me and hates me, [it is as though he is a wild animal that] [MET] has gnashed his teeth at me because he is my enemy.
10 ౧౦ మనుషులు నన్ను ఎత్తి పొడవడానికి సిద్ధంగా ఉన్నారు. వాళ్ళ తిట్లు నాకు చెంపపెట్టులాంటివి. వాళ్ళంతా ఏకమై నాకు వ్యతిరేకంగా సమకూడుతున్నారు.
People gape/stare at me with their mouths open [to sneer at me]; they have struck me on the face/cheek to ridicule me, and they crowd around me to threaten me.
[It is as though] God has handed me over to ungodly people and turned me over to the wicked [DOU].
12 ౧౨ నేను మౌనంగా ఉండిపోయాను. ఆయన నన్ను ముక్కలు ముక్కలు చేశాడు. నా మెడ పట్టుకుని విదిలించి నన్ను చిందరవందర చేశాడు. నన్ను గురిగా చేసుకుని వేధిస్తున్నాడు.
Previously, I was living peacefully, but he crushed me; [it is as though] he grabbed my neck and smashed me to pieces. [It is as though] [MET] he set me up like a target;
13 ౧౩ ఆయన వేసే బాణాలు నా దేహమంతా గుచ్చుకుంటున్నాయి. ఆయన నా మూత్రపిండాలను పొడిచివేశాడు. జాలి, దయ లేకుండా నన్ను వేధిస్తున్నాడు. నాలోని పైత్యరసాన్ని నేలపై కక్కించాడు.
people are surrounding me [and shooting arrows at me]. His arrows pierce my kidneys and cause the bile [from my liver] to spill onto the ground, and God does not pity me at all.
14 ౧౪ దెబ్బ మీద దెబ్బ వేసి నన్ను విరగగొడుతున్నాడు. యుద్ధ వీరుని వలే పరుగెత్తుకుంటూ వచ్చి నా మీద పడ్డాడు.
[It is as though] [MET] I am a wall that he is breaking through; he rushes at me like [SIM] a soldier [attacking his enemies].
[“Because I am mourning, ] I wear pieces of rough cloth that I have sewed together, and I sit [here] in the dirt, very depressed/discouraged.
My face is red because I have cried very much, and there are dark circles around my eyes.
[All this has happened to me] even though I have not acted violently [toward anyone], and I [always] pray sincerely/honestly [to God].
[When I die, ] I want the ground [APO] to [act as though I had been murdered and] cry out against those who killed me, and I do not want anyone to stop me while I am demanding [that God act justly toward] me.
But even now, [I know that] there is someone in heaven who will testify for me, and he will say that what I have done is right.
My [three] friends scorn/ridicule me, but my eyes are full of tears [while I cry out] to God.
21 ౨౧ ఒక వ్యక్తి తన స్నేహితుని కోసం బ్రతిమిలాడినట్టు నా కోసం దేవుణ్ణి వేడుకునే ఒక మనిషి నాకు కావాలి.
I pray that [the] one [who knows what I have done] would come to plead with God for me like people plead for their friends.
[I say this because] within a few years [I will die]; I will walk along the [to the grave] from which I will never return.”
