యోబు~ గ్రంథము 33
“However, Job, please hear my speech, and listen to all my words.
See now, I have opened my mouth. My tongue has spoken in my mouth.
My words will utter the uprightness of my heart. That which my lips know they will speak sincerely.
The Spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the Almighty gives me life.
If you can, answer me. Set your words in order before me, and stand up.
Behold, I am toward God even as you are. I am also formed out of the clay.
Behold, my terror will not make you afraid, neither will my pressure be heavy on you.
“Surely you have spoken in my hearing, I have heard the voice of your words, saying,
‘I am clean, without disobedience. I am innocent, neither is there iniquity in me.
Behold, he finds occasions against me. He counts me for his enemy.
11 ౧౧ ఆయన నా కాళ్లను బొండలో బిగిస్తున్నాడు. నా దారులన్నిటినీ కనిపెట్టి చూస్తున్నాడు” అని నీవంటున్నావు.
He puts my feet in the stocks. He marks all my paths.’
“Behold, I will answer you. In this you are not just, for God is greater than man.
Why do you strive against him, because he doesn’t give account of any of his matters?
For God speaks once, yes twice, though man pays no attention.
In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falls on men, in slumbering on the bed,
then he opens the ears of men, and seals their instruction,
that he may withdraw man from his purpose, and hide pride from man.
He keeps back his soul from the pit, and his life from perishing by the sword.
19 ౧౯ వ్యాధిచేత మంచం పట్టడం మూలంగానూ, ఒకడి ఎముకల్లో ఎడతెగని నొప్పులు కలగడం మూలంగానూ వాణ్ణి శిక్షిస్తాడు.
“He is chastened also with pain on his bed, with continual strife in his bones,
so that his life abhors bread, and his soul dainty food.
His flesh is so consumed away that it can’t be seen. His bones that were not seen stick out.
Yes, his soul draws near to the pit, and his life to the destroyers.
23 ౨౩ మనుషులకు యుక్తమైనది ఏదో దాన్ని వాడికి తెలియజేయడానికి వేలాది దేవదూతల్లో ఒకడు వాడికి మధ్యవర్తిగా ఉంటే,
“If there is beside him an angel, an interpreter, one among a thousand, to show to man what is right for him,
24 ౨౪ ఆ దేవదూత వాడిపై కరుణ చూపి దేవునితో “పాతాళంలోకి దిగిపోకుండా ఇతన్ని విడిపించు. ఇతని పక్షంగా పరిహారం దొరికింది” అని గనక అంటే,
then God is gracious to him, and says, ‘Deliver him from going down to the pit, I have found a ransom.’
25 ౨౫ అప్పుడు వాడి మాంసం చిన్నపిల్లల మాంసం కన్నా ఆరోగ్యంగా ఉంటుంది. వాడికి తన యవ్వన బలం తిరిగి కలుగుతుంది.
His flesh will be fresher than a child’s. He returns to the days of his youth.
26 ౨౬ వాడు దేవుణ్ణి బతిమాలుకుంటే ఆయన వాణ్ణి కటాక్షిస్తాడు. కాబట్టి వాడు ఆయన ముఖం చూసి సంతోషిస్తాడు. ఇలా ఆయన మనిషికి నిర్దోషత్వం దయచేస్తాడు.
He prays to God, and he is favorable to him, so that he sees his face with joy. He restores to man his righteousness.
27 ౨౭ అప్పుడు వాడు మనుష్యుల ఎదుట సంతోషిస్తూ ఇలా అంటాడు. “నేను పాపం చేసి యథార్థమైన దాన్ని వక్రం చేశాను. అయినా నా పాపానికి తగిన ప్రతీకారం నాకు కలగలేదు.
He sings before men, and says, ‘I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, and it didn’t profit me.
He has redeemed my soul from going into the pit. My life will see the light.’
“Behold, God does all these things, twice, yes three times, with a man,
30 ౩౦ కూపంలోనుండి వారిని మళ్ళీ రప్పించాలని, మనుషులు సజీవులకుండే వెలుగుతో వెలిగించబడాలని ఇలా చేస్తాడు.
to bring back his soul from the pit, that he may be enlightened with the light of the living.
Mark well, Job, and listen to me. Hold your peace, and I will speak.
If you have anything to say, answer me. Speak, for I desire to justify you.
If not, listen to me. Hold your peace, and I will teach you wisdom.”
