యోబు~ గ్రంథము 29
Job again took up his parable, and said,
"Oh that I were as in the months of old, as in the days when God watched over me;
when his lamp shone on my head, and by his light I walked through darkness,
as I was in the ripeness of my days, when the friendship of God was in my tent,
when Shaddai was yet with me, and my children were around me,
when my steps were washed with butter, and the rock poured out streams of oil for me,
when I went forth to the city gate, when I prepared my seat in the street.
The young men saw me and hid themselves. The aged rose up and stood.
The princes refrained from talking, and laid their hand on their mouth.
The voice of the nobles was hushed, 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.
For when the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it commended me:
Because I delivered the poor who cried, and the fatherless also, who had none to help him,
13 ౧౩ నశించిపోవడానికి సిద్ధంగా ఉన్నవారి దీవెన నా మీదికి వచ్చింది. వితంతువుల హృదయాన్ని సంతోషపెట్టాను.
the blessing of him who 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 justice was as a robe and a diadem.
I was eyes to the blind, and feet to the lame.
I was a father to the needy. The cause of him who I did not know, I searched out.
I broke the jaws of the unrighteous, and plucked the prey 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 own house, I shall number my days as the sand.
My root is spread out to the waters. The dew lies all night on my branch.
My glory is fresh in me. My bow is renewed in my hand.'
"Men listened to me, waited, and kept silence for my counsel.
After my words they did not speak again. My speech fell on them.
23 ౨౩ వర్షం కోసం కనిపెట్టినట్టు వారు నా కోసం కనిపెట్టుకున్నారు. కడవరి వాన కోసమన్నట్టు వారు వెడల్పుగా నోరు తెరుచుకున్నారు.
They waited for me as for the rain. Their mouths drank as with the spring rain.
I smiled on them when they had no confidence. They did not reject the light of my face.
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 as chief. I lived as a king in the army, as one who comforts the mourners.
