Job 28

1 “ત્યાં ચાંદીની ખાણો છે. ત્યાં સોનું ગાળી તેને શુદ્ધ બનાવવા માટે એક જગા છે.

2 લોઢું જમીનમાંથી ખોદી કાઢવામાં આવે છે, અને પિત્તળ ખડકમાંથી ગાળવામાં આવે છે.

3 માણસ અંધકારને ભેદે છે, કાળમીંઢ ખડકોને ખોદી કાઢે છે, ખાણમાં ઊંડાઁમાં ઊંડે ઊતરીને કઇંક શોધી કાઢે છે.

4 ખનીજ ધાતુની શિરાના ચિહન દ્વારા કામદારો જમીનની અંદર નીચે ઊંડાણમા ખોદે છે. તેઓ, લોકો રહે છે તેનાથી દૂર એવી જગ્યાએ જયાં કોઇ કદી ગયું નથી ત્યાં રહે છે. તેઓ જમીનમાં નીચે ઊંડા ઊતરે છે.

5 ધરતીની ઉપર અનાજ ઊગે છે પણ નીચે તો બધું અલગ જ છે જાણે અગ્નિથી ઓગળી ગયું હોય એમ થાય છે.

6 તેના ખડકોમાંથી નીલમણિઓ મળે છે, અને તેમાંથી સોનાના ગઠ્ઠા નીકળે છે.

7 શિકારી બાજ પક્ષીની આંખે પણ તે જમીનની નીચેનો રસ્તો દેખાતો નથી. શિકારી પક્ષી પણ તે રસ્તો જાણતા નથી.

8 વિકરાળ પશુ પણ ત્યાં પહોંચ્યુ નથી.મદોન્મત સિંહના પગ પણ ત્યાં પડ્યા નથી.

9 પરંતુ લોકો જાણે છે, કેવી રીતે અચલ ખડકોને કોતરી કાઢવા અને પર્વતોના મૂળિયાઓને કેવી રીતે ઊખાડી નાખવા.

10 તેઓ ખડકોમાં ભોંયરાઓ ખોદી અને બધા ખડકોના ખજાનાઓ જુએ છે.

11 તેઓ નદીઓના મૂળ શોધી કાઢે છે અને છૂપાયેલી વસ્તુઓને પ્રકાશમાં લાવે છે.

12 પરંતુ તમને જ્ઞાન ક્યાંથી મળે? સમજશકિત ક્યાં મળી શકે?

13 આપણે જાણતા નથી કે જ્ઞાન કેટલું કિંમતી છે. પૃથ્વીપરના લોકો ધરતીમાં ખોદીને જ્ઞાન મેળવી શકતા નથી.

14 ઊંડાણ કહે છે, ‘એ અમારી પાસે પણ નથી;’ મહાસાગરો કહે છે, ‘એ અમારી પાસે નથી.’

15 તે સોનાથી ખરીદી શકાય નહિ. આખી દુનિયામાં અનુભૂત જ્ઞાન ખરીદવા માટે ચાંદી પર્યાપ્ત નથી.

16 ઓફીરના સોનાને ધોરણે કે મૂલ્યવાન ગોમેદ કે નીલમને ધોરણે તેની કિંમત થાય નહિ.

17 સોના કે હીરા સાથે તેની તુલના થઇ શકે તેમ નથી. કે સોનાના પાત્રથી પણ તે ખરીદી શકાય તેમ નથી.

18 એની આગળ પરવાળાં કે રત્નની કોઇ તુલના થાય તેમ નથી. જ જ્ઞાનની કિંમત તો માણેકથી પણ વધુ ઊંચી છે.

19 કૂશ દેશના પોખરાજ પણ અનુભૂત જ્ઞાન જેટલા કિંમતી નથી. શુદ્ધ સુવર્ણથી પણ તમે અનુભૂત જ્ઞાન ખરીદી શકો નહિ.

20 તો અનુભૂત જ્ઞાન ક્યાંથી આવે છે? આપણને સમજશકિત ક્યાંથી મળી શકે?

21 અનુભૂત જ્ઞાન પૃથ્વી પરની દરેક સજીવ વસ્તુથી છૂપાયેલું છે. આકાશના પક્ષી પણ અનુભૂત જ્ઞાનને જોઇ શકતા નથી.

22 વિનાશ તથા મૃત્યુ કહે છે કે, ‘અમે અમારા કાનોએ તેની અફવા સાંભળી છે.’

23 દેવ જ તે તરફનો માર્ગ જાણે છે, એને એના રહેઠાણની ખબર છે.

24 કારણકે એને ધરતીના છેડાની જાણ છે, આકાશની નીચે જે કઇં છે તે બધું એ જોઇ શકે છે.

25 જ્યારે દેવ પવનનું વજન કરે છે અને તે પાણીને માપથી નાખે છે.

26 જ્યારે તેમણે વરસાદ માટે નિયમ ઠરાવ્યો અને મેઘર્ગજીત વાવાઝોડાનો માર્ગ નક્કી કર્યો,

27 તે વખતે દેવે અનુભૂત જ્ઞાન જોયું હતું. અને તે વિશે ધ્યાનપૂર્વક વિચાર્યુ. દેવે જોયું હતું અનુભૂત જ્ઞાનની કેટલી મહત્તા હતી અને તે મંજૂર કર્યું.

28 તેણે માણસને કહ્યું, “યહોવાનો ડર અને તેમનો આદરભાવ કરવો એ જ અનુભૂત જ્ઞાન છે. દુષ્ટતાથી દૂર રહેવું તે જ સમજશકિત છે.”

1 Surely there is a vein for the silver, and a place for gold where they fine it.

2 Iron is taken out of the earth, and brass is molten out of the stone.

3 He setteth an end to darkness, and searcheth out all perfection: the stones of darkness, and the shadow of death.

4 The flood breaketh out from the inhabitant; even the waters forgotten of the foot: they are dried up, they are gone away from men.

5 As for the earth, out of it cometh bread: and under it is turned up as it were fire.

6 The stones of it are the place of sapphires: and it hath dust of gold.

7 There is a path which no fowl knoweth, and which the vulture’s eye hath not seen:

8 The lion’s whelps have not trodden it, nor the fierce lion passed by it.

9 He putteth forth his hand upon the rock; he overturneth the mountains by the roots.

10 He cutteth out rivers among the rocks; and his eye seeth every precious thing.

11 He bindeth the floods from overflowing; and the thing that is hid bringeth he forth to light.

12 But where shall wisdom be found? and where is the place of understanding?

13 Man knoweth not the price thereof; neither is it found in the land of the living.

14 The depth saith, It is not in me: and the sea saith, It is not with me.

15 It cannot be gotten for gold, neither shall silver be weighed for the price thereof.

16 It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire.

17 The gold and the crystal cannot equal it: and the exchange of it shall not be for jewels of fine gold.

18 No mention shall be made of coral, or of pearls: for the price of wisdom is above rubies.

19 The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, neither shall it be valued with pure gold.

20 Whence then cometh wisdom? and where is the place of understanding?

21 Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the fowls of the air.

22 Destruction and death say, We have heard the fame thereof with our ears.

23 God understandeth the way thereof, and he knoweth the place thereof.

24 For he looketh to the ends of the earth, and seeth under the whole heaven;

25 To make the weight for the winds; and he weigheth the waters by measure.

26 When he made a decree for the rain, and a way for the lightning of the thunder:

27 Then did he see it, and declare it; he prepared it, yea, and searched it out.

28 And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.

Zechariah 2 in Tamil and English

1 তারপর আমি চোখ তুলে চেয়ে দেখলাম মাপার ফিতে হাতে একজন মানুষ|
I lifted up mine eyes again, and looked, and behold a man with a measuring line in his hand.

2 আমি জিজ্ঞেস করলাম, “আপনি কোথায যাচ্ছেন?”তিনি আমায় বললেন, “আমি জেরুশালেম মেপে দেখতে চাই তা দৈর্ঘ্যে ও প্রস্থে কতখানি|”
Then said I, Whither goest thou? And he said unto me, To measure Jerusalem, to see what is the breadth thereof, and what is the length thereof.

3 তখন য়ে দেবদূতটি আমার সঙ্গে কথা বলেছিলেন তিনি চলে গেলেন এবং আরেকটি দেবদূত তাঁর সঙ্গে কথা বলবার জন্য এগিয়ে এলেন|
And, behold, the angel that talked with me went forth, and another angel went out to meet him,

4 তিনি তাকে বললেন, “দৌড়ে গিয়ে সেই যুবকদের বল য়ে জেরুশালেম মাপার পক্ষে অতিশয বড়| তার কাছে গিয়ে এই কথাগুলো বল:‘জেরুশালেম হবে প্রাচীরবিহীন একটি শহর কারণ জেরুশালেমে বসবাসকারী মানুষ ও পশুর সংখ্যা হবে অনেক|’
And said unto him, Run, speak to this young man, saying, Jerusalem shall be inhabited as towns without walls for the multitude of men and cattle therein:

5 প্রভু বলেছেন, ‘আমি শহরের চারধারে একটি আগুনের প্রাচীর তৈরী করে তাকে রক্ষা করব| এবং সেই শহরের মহিমা আনয়ণ করবার জন্য আমি সেখানে বাস করব|”‘
For I, saith the Lord, will be unto her a wall of fire round about, and will be the glory in the midst of her.

6 প্রভু বলেছেন, “তাড়াতাড়ি কর, উত্তরে অবস্থিত দেশটি ত্যাগ কর! হ্যাঁ, এটা সত্যি য়ে আমি তোমার লোকেদের চতুর্দ্দিকে ছড়িয়ে দিয়েছিলাম|”
Ho, ho, come forth, and flee from the land of the north, saith the Lord: for I have spread you abroad as the four winds of the heaven, saith the Lord.

7 ওহে সিয়োনের লোকেরা, যারা বাবিলে বাস করছ, তোমাদের প্রাণ বাঁচাতে এ জায়গা ছেড়ে যাও| ঐ শহর ছেড়ে পালাও! সর্বশক্তিমান প্রভুই এই কথা বলেছেন| তিনি আমাকে সেই জাতিগুলির মধ্যে পাঠিয়েছেন যারা তোমাদের লুঠ করেছিল| তিনি আমাকে পাঠিয়েছেন তোমাদের কাছে সম্মান আনতে|
Deliver thyself, O Zion, that dwellest with the daughter of Babylon.

8 কারণ তোমাদের আঘাত করা, ঈশ্বরের চোখের মণিকে আঘাত করবার তুল্য|
For thus saith the Lord of hosts; After the glory hath he sent me unto the nations which spoiled you: for he that toucheth you toucheth the apple of his eye.

9 বাবিলের লোকেরা আমার লোকেদের কারারুদ্ধ করেছিল এবং তাদের এীতদাস বানিয়েছিল| কিন্তু আমি তাদের আঘাত করলে তারা আমার লোকেদের দাস হয়ে যাবে| তখন তোমরা জানবে য়ে সর্বশক্তিমান প্রভুই আমায় পাঠিয়েছেন|”
For, behold, I will shake mine hand upon them, and they shall be a spoil to their servants: and ye shall know that the Lord of hosts hath sent me.

10 প্রভু বলেছেন, “সিয়োন, আনন্দ করো এবং সুখী হও! কারণ আমি আসছি এবং আমি তোমার শহরে বাস করব|
Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion: for, lo, I come, and I will dwell in the midst of thee, saith the Lord.

11 সেই সময়ে বহু জাতি আমার কাছে আসবে| তারা আমার লোক হবে এবং আমি তোমার শহরে বাস করব|” আর তুমি জানবে য়ে সর্বশক্তিমান প্রভু আমায় তোমার কাছে পাঠিয়েছেন|”
And many nations shall be joined to the Lord in that day, and shall be my people: and I will dwell in the midst of thee, and thou shalt know that the Lord of hosts hath sent me unto thee.

12 প্রভু জেরুশালেমকে তাঁর বিশেষ শহর হিসেবে আবার মনোনীত করবেন| যিহূদা হবে পবিত্র ভূমিতে তাঁর অংশ|
And the Lord shall inherit Judah his portion in the holy land, and shall choose Jerusalem again.

13 প্রত্যেকে নীরব হও! প্রভু তাঁর পবিত্র আবাস হতে আসছেন|
Be silent, O all flesh, before the Lord: for he is raised up out of his holy habitation.