యోబు~ గ్రంథము 22
Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered,
"Can a man be profitable to God? Surely he who is wise is profitable to himself.
3 ౩ నువ్వు నీతిమంతుడివై ఉండడం సర్వశక్తుడైన దేవునికి సంతోషమా? నువ్వు యథార్థవంతుడివై ప్రవర్తించడం ఆయనకు లాభకరమా?
Is it any pleasure to Shaddai, that you are righteous? Or does it benefit him, that you make your ways perfect?
4 ౪ ఆయన పట్ల భయభక్తులు కలిగి ఉన్నందువల్ల ఆయన నిన్ను గద్దిస్తాడా? నీ భయభక్తులను బట్టి ఆయన నీతో వ్యాజ్యెమాడుతాడా?
Is it for your piety that he reproves you, that he enters with you into judgment?
Isn't your wickedness great? Neither is there any end to your iniquities.
6 ౬ ఏమీ ఇవ్వకుండానే నీ సోదరుల దగ్గర నువ్వు తాకట్టు పెట్టుకున్నావు. వస్త్ర హీనుల బట్టలు తీసుకున్నావు.
For you have taken pledges from your brother for nothing, and stripped the naked of their clothing.
You haven't given water to the weary to drink, and you have withheld bread from the hungry.
But as for the mighty man, he had the earth. The honorable man, he lived in it.
You have sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.
Therefore snares are around you. Sudden fear troubles you,
11 ౧౧ నిన్ను చిక్కించుకొన్న అంధకారాన్ని నువ్వు చూడడం లేదా? నిన్ను ముంచెత్తబోతున్న ప్రళయ జలాలను నువ్వు చూడడం లేదా?
or darkness, so that you can not see, and floods of waters cover you.
"Isn't God in the heights of heaven? See the height of the stars, how high they are.
You say, 'What does God know? Can he judge through the thick darkness?
14 ౧౪ దట్టమైన మేఘాలు ఆయనకు అడ్డుగా ఉన్నాయి. ఆయన మనలను చూడలేడు. ఆకాశ గోపురంలో ఆయన తిరుగుతున్నాడు” అని నీవనుకుంటావు.
Thick clouds are a covering to him, so that he doesn't see. He walks on the vault of the sky.'
Will you keep the old way, which wicked men have trodden,
16 ౧౬ తమ కాలం రాకముందే వారు హటాత్తుగా నిర్మూలమైపోయారు. వారి పునాదులు నదీ ప్రవాహలవలె కొట్టుకు పోయాయి.
who were snatched away before their time, whose foundation was poured out as a stream,
who said to God, 'Depart from us;' and, 'What can Shaddai do for us?'
Yet he filled their houses with good things, but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
The righteous see it, and are glad. The innocent ridicule them,
saying, 'Surely those who rose up against us are cut off. The fire has consumed the remnant of them.'
"Acquaint yourself with him, now, and be at peace. Thereby good shall come to you.
Please receive instruction 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.
If you return to Shaddai, you shall be built up, if you put away unrighteousness far from your tents.
Lay your treasure in the dust, the gold of Ophir among the stones of the brooks.
Shaddai will be your treasure, and precious silver to you.
For then you will delight yourself in Shaddai, and shall lift up your face to God.
You shall make your prayer to him, and he will hear you. You shall pay your vows.
And you will also decree a thing, and it will be established for you, and light will shine on your ways.
When they cast down, you shall say, 'be lifted up.' And he will save the humble.
He will even deliver him who is not innocent. Yes, he shall be delivered through the cleanness of your hands."
