యోబు~ గ్రంథము 29
Moreover Job continued his parable, and said,
Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me;
When his candle shined on my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness;
As I was in the days of my youth, when the secret of God was on my tabernacle;
When the Almighty was yet with me, when my children were about me;
When I washed my steps with butter, and the rock poured me out rivers of oil;
When I went out to the gate through the city, when I prepared my seat in the street!
The young men saw me, and hid themselves: and the aged arose, and stood up.
The princes refrained talking, and laid their hand on their mouth.
The nobles held their peace, and their tongue stuck to the roof of their mouth.
11 ౧౧ నా సంగతి విన్న ప్రతివాడూ నన్ను అదృష్టవంతుడిగా ఎంచాడు. నేను కంటబడిన ప్రతివాడూ నన్ను గూర్చి సాక్ష్యమిచ్చాడు.
When the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me:
Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him.
13 ౧౩ నశించిపోవడానికి సిద్ధంగా ఉన్నవారి దీవెన నా మీదికి వచ్చింది. వితంతువుల హృదయాన్ని సంతోషపెట్టాను.
The blessing of him that was ready to perish came on me: and I caused the widow’s heart to sing for joy.
14 ౧౪ నేను నీతిని వస్త్రంగా ధరించుకున్నాను గనక అది నన్ను ధరించింది. నా న్యాయవర్తన నాకు వస్త్రం, పాగా అయింది.
I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: my judgment was as a robe and a diadem.
I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame.
I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I searched out.
And I broke the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth.
18 ౧౮ అప్పుడు నేను ఇలా అనుకున్నాను. నా గూటి దగ్గరనే నేను కన్ను మూస్తాను. ఇసుక రేణువుల్లాగా నేను దీర్ఘాయువు గలవాడినౌతాను.
Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the sand.
My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night on my branch.
My glory was fresh in me, and my bow was renewed in my hand.
To me men gave ear, and waited, and kept silence at my counsel.
After my words they spoke not again; and my speech dropped on them.
23 ౨౩ వర్షం కోసం కనిపెట్టినట్టు వారు నా కోసం కనిపెట్టుకున్నారు. కడవరి వాన కోసమన్నట్టు వారు వెడల్పుగా నోరు తెరుచుకున్నారు.
And they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain.
If I laughed on them, they believed it not; and the light of my countenance they cast not down.
25 ౨౫ నేను వారికి పెద్దనై కూర్చుని వారికి మార్గాలను ఏర్పరచాను. తన సైన్యం దగ్గర రాజులాగా ఉన్నాను. దుఃఖించే వారిని ఓదార్చే వాడి వలే ఉన్నాను.
I chose out their way, and sat chief, and dwelled as a king in the army, as one that comforts the mourners.
