Job 29
1 વધુમાં અયૂબે અનુસંધાનમાં કહ્યું:
2 “હું ઇચ્છું છું, મારું જીવન થોડા મહિના પહેલા હતું તેવું હોત. તે વખતે દેવ મારું ધ્યાન રાખતા હતા અને મારી સંભાળ લેતા હતા.
3 ત્યારે તેનો દીવો મારા પર ઝળહળતો હતો અને એના પ્રકાશથી હું અંધકારમાં ચાલી શકતો હતો. દેવે મને જીવવા માટેનો સાચો રસ્તો બતાવ્યો હતો.
4 હું એ દિવસો માટે ઇચ્છું છું જ્યારે હું સફળ હતો અને દેવ મારા નિકટના મિત્ર હતા.
5 તે વખતે સર્વસમર્થ દેવ મારી સાથે હતા અને મારા સંતાનો મને વીંટળાયેલા રહેતા હતાં.
6 તે વખતે જીવન સારું હતું, હું મારા પગ દૂધની તરથી ધોતો અને મારી પાસે પુષ્કળ પ્રમાણમાં સારામાં સારુ તેલ હતું.
7 એ દિવસોમાં હું જ્યારે નગરના દરવાજે જતો ત્યારે આદરપાત્ર આગેવાનોની વચ્ચે જાહેર સભાના સ્થળમાં હું બેઠો હતો.
8 ત્યારે યુવાનો મને જોઇને માર્ગ મૂકતા હતાં અને વૃદ્ધો ઊભા થઇને મને માન આપતા હતાં.
9 નેતાઓ પણ મને જોઇને બીજાઓને ચૂપ કરવા માટે બોલવાનું બંધ કરી દેતા અને મોં પર તેઓના હાથ મૂકતાં.
10 નગરનાં ઉચ્ચ અધિકારીઓ ધીમા અવાજે બોલ્યા. તેઓની જીભ તેઓના મોઢાના તાળવે ચોંટી ગઇ.
11 મેં જે કહ્યું તે લોકોએ સાંભળ્યુઁ અને પછી મારા વિશે સારી વાતો કરી. મેં જે કર્યું તે લોકોએ જોયું અને પ્રસંશા કરી.
12 કારણકે જ્યારે ગરીબોએ મદદ માટે બોલાવ્યો, મેં અનાથને મદદ કરી કે જેની સંભાળ લે તેવું કોઇન હતું.
13 જેઓ મરવા પડ્યા હતાં તેઓ મને આશીર્વાદ આપતા હતાં. વિધવાઓના હૈયા હું ઠારતો હતો.
14 સદાચારી રહેવું એ મારા વસ્ત્રો હતા. પ્રામાણિક વર્તન એ મારો ઝબ્બો અને પાઘડી હતા.
15 હું અંધજનોની આંખ સમાન હતો. તેઓને જ્યાં ક્યાંય પણ જવાની ઇચ્છા હતી, મેં તેઓને રસ્તો બતાવ્યો. અને હું લંગડા માટે પગ સમાન હતો. તેઓ જ્યાં જવાં માંગતા હતા હું તેઓને ઊંચકીને લઇ ગયો.
16 ગરીબો સાથે હું તેઓના પિતાની જેમ વર્તતો. મેં લોકોને ન્યાયાલયમાં તેઓની દલીલો જીતવા મદદ કરી જેઓને હું જાણતો પણ ન હતો.
17 મેં દુષ્ટ લોકોને તેઓની શકિતનો દુરુપયોગ કરતા રોક્યા અને નિદોર્ષ લોકોને તેઓથી બચાવ્યા.
18 હું આખો વખત વિચાર કરતો કે હું મારી આસપાસ મારા કુટુંબ સાથે લાંબુ જીવન જીવીશ.
19 મેં વિચાર્યુ, હું નીરોગી છોડ જેના મૂળિયા ને ખૂબ પાણી છે અને જેની ડાળીઓ ઝાકળથી ભીની છે તેના જેવો તંદુરસ્ત અને મરદાન પુરુષ થઇશ.
20 મેં વિચાર્યું દરેક નવો દિવસ તેજસ્વી અને નવી અને ઉત્તેજિત વસ્તુઓથી ભરેલો હશે.
21 લોકો મારા બોધને ધ્યાનથી સાંભળતા હતાં, તેઓ શાંતિ પૂર્વક મારી સલાહની રાહ જોતા હતા.
22 મારા બોલી રહ્યાં પછી એ કોઇ દલીલ કરતા ન હતા. કારણકે મારી સલાહથી તેઓને સંતોષ થતો હતો.
23 જેમ પ્રતિકૂળ સમયમાં વરસાદની રાહ જોવાતી હોય તેવી રીતે લોકોએ મારી સલાહ માટે આતુરતાપૂર્વક રાહ જોઇ. મારા શબ્દો જાણે વસંત ઋતુનો વરસાદ હોય. તેમ તેઓ તેનો આસ્વાદ માણી રહ્યાં હતા.
24 તેઓ વિશ્વાસ કરી શકતા નહિ. ત્યારે હું મોં મલકાવીને તેઓને ઉત્તેજન આપતો. મારા સ્મિતે તેઓને સારું લગાડ્યું.
25 હું એમની વચ્ચે વડીલની જેમ બેસી અને તેઓની બધી બાબતોનો ઉકેલ લાવતો. હું છાવણીમાં તેના લશ્કર સાથેના એક રાજા જેવો હતો, અને જ્યારે તેઓ નિરાશ-હતાશ થતા ત્યારે હું તેમને હિંમત અને આશ્વાસન આપતો હતો.”
1 Moreover Job continued his parable, and said,
2 Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me;
3 When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness;
4 As I was in the days of my youth, when the secret of God was upon my tabernacle;
5 When the Almighty was yet with me, when my children were about me;
6 When I washed my steps with butter, and the rock poured me out rivers of oil;
7 When I went out to the gate through the city, when I prepared my seat in the street!
8 The young men saw me, and hid themselves: and the aged arose, and stood up.
9 The princes refrained talking, and laid their hand on their mouth.
10 The nobles held their peace, and their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth.
11 When the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me:
12 Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him.
13 The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I caused the widow’s heart to sing for joy.
14 I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: my judgment was as a robe and a diadem.
15 I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame.
16 I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I searched out.
17 And I brake the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth.
18 Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the sand.
19 My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch.
20 My glory was fresh in me, and my bow was renewed in my hand.
21 Unto me men gave ear, and waited, and kept silence at my counsel.
22 After my words they spake not again; and my speech dropped upon them.
23 And they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain.
24 If I laughed on them, they believed it not; and the light of my countenance they cast not down.
25 I chose out their way, and sat chief, and dwelt as a king in the army, as one that comforteth the mourners.
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.