యోబు~ గ్రంథము 22
Then Eliphaz the Thaemanite answered and said,
Is it not the Lord that teaches understanding and knowledge?
3 ౩ నువ్వు నీతిమంతుడివై ఉండడం సర్వశక్తుడైన దేవునికి సంతోషమా? నువ్వు యథార్థవంతుడివై ప్రవర్తించడం ఆయనకు లాభకరమా?
For what matters it to the Lord, if you were blameless in [your] works? or is it profitable that you should perfect your way?
4 ౪ ఆయన పట్ల భయభక్తులు కలిగి ఉన్నందువల్ల ఆయన నిన్ను గద్దిస్తాడా? నీ భయభక్తులను బట్టి ఆయన నీతో వ్యాజ్యెమాడుతాడా?
Will you maintain and plead your own cause? and will he enter into judgement with you?
Is not your wickedness abundant, and your sins innumerable?
6 ౬ ఏమీ ఇవ్వకుండానే నీ సోదరుల దగ్గర నువ్వు తాకట్టు పెట్టుకున్నావు. వస్త్ర హీనుల బట్టలు తీసుకున్నావు.
And you have taken security of your brethren for nothing, and have taken away the clothing of the naked.
Neither have you given water to the thirsty to drink, but have taken away the morsel of the hungry.
And you have accepted the persons of some; and you have established those [that were already settled] on the earth.
But you have sent widows away empty, and has afflicted orphans.
Therefore snares have compassed you, and disastrous war has troubled you.
11 ౧౧ నిన్ను చిక్కించుకొన్న అంధకారాన్ని నువ్వు చూడడం లేదా? నిన్ను ముంచెత్తబోతున్న ప్రళయ జలాలను నువ్వు చూడడం లేదా?
The light has proved darkness to you, and water has covered you on your lying down.
Does not he that dwells in the high places observe? and has he not brought down the proud?
And you has said, What does the Mighty One know? does he judge in the dark?
14 ౧౪ దట్టమైన మేఘాలు ఆయనకు అడ్డుగా ఉన్నాయి. ఆయన మనలను చూడలేడు. ఆకాశ గోపురంలో ఆయన తిరుగుతున్నాడు” అని నీవనుకుంటావు.
A cloud is his hiding-place, and he shall not be seen; and he passes through the circle of heaven.
Will you [not] mark the old way, which righteous men have trodden?
16 ౧౬ తమ కాలం రాకముందే వారు హటాత్తుగా నిర్మూలమైపోయారు. వారి పునాదులు నదీ ప్రవాహలవలె కొట్టుకు పోయాయి.
who were seized before their time: their foundations [are as] an overflowing stream.
Who say, What will the Lord do to us? or what will the Almighty bring upon us?
Yet he filled their houses with good things: but the counsel for the wicked is far from him.
The righteous have seen [it], and laughed, and the blameless one has derided [them].
Verily their substance has been utterly destroyed, and the fire shall devour what is left of their [property].
Be firm, I pray you, if you can endure; then your fruit shall prosper.
And receive a declaration from his mouth, and lay up his words in your heart.
23 ౨౩ సర్వశక్తుని వైపు తిరిగి నీ నివాసాల్లో నుండి దుర్మార్గాన్ని దూరంగా తొలగిస్తే నువ్వు అభివృద్ధి పొందుతావు.
And if you shall turn and humble yourself before the Lord, you have [thus] removed unrighteousness far from your habitation.
You shall lay up for yourself [treasure] in a heap on the rock; and Sophir [shall be] as the rock of the torrent.
So the Almighty shall be your helper from enemies, and he shall bring you forth pure as silver that has been tried by fire.
Then shall you have boldness before the Lord, looking up cheerfully to heaven.
And he shall hear you when you pray to him, and he shall grant you [power] to pay your vows.
And he shall establish to you again a habitation of righteousness and there shall be light upon your paths.
Because you have humbled yourself; and you shall say, [Man] has behaved proudly, but he shall save him that is of lowly eyes.
He shall deliver the innocent, and do you save yourself by your pure hands.
