अय्यूब 12
1 तब अय्यूबले तिनीहरूलाई जवाफ दिएः
2 “निःसन्देह तिमी सोच्छौ तिमी मात्र ज्ञानी पुरूष हौ तिमी सोच्छौ जब तिमी मर्छौ ज्ञान पनि तिमीसँगै जानेछ।
3 तर मेरो मन तिम्रो जस्तै नै छ। तिमी जतिकै होशियारी म पनि छु। कसैले पनि यो सत्यलाई देख्न सक्छ।
4 मेरो मित्रहरू म प्रति अब हाँसो उडाऊ। तिनीहरू भन्छन, ‘उसले परमेश्वरलाई प्रार्थना गर्यो अनि उसले आफ्नो जवाफ पायो त्यसैले यी सारा दुष्ट कुराहरू उमाथि आइलाग्यो।’ म एक असल मानिस हुँ, म निर्दोष छु। तर तिनीहरू अझ ममाथि हाँस्छन्।
5 दुःखमा नपरेका मानिसहरू दुःखमा पर्नेहरूमाथि हाँस्छन। जब उसको खुट्टा चिप्लिन्छ तिनीहरू उसलाई तिरस्कार गर्न तत्पर रहेका हुन्छन्।
6 तर चोरहरूको घरले तिनीहरूको टाउको दुःखाउदैन। मानिसहरू जसले परमेश्वरलाई क्रोधित पार्दछ ऊ शान्तिमा वस्दछ, अनि तिनीहरूको आफ्नो बल नै देवात हुन्।
7 तर पशुहरूलाई सोध, तिनीहरूले तिमीहरूलाई सिकाउने छन्। अथवा हावामा उड्ने चराहरूलाई सोध, तिनीहरूले तिमीहरूलाई भन्नेछन्।
8 अथवा पृथ्वीसँग बोल, त्यसले तिमीलाई भन्नेछ। अथवा समुद्रका माछाले तिनीहरूको ज्ञान तिमीलाई बताउनेछ।
9 प्रत्येकले जान्दछ कि परमेश्वरले सारा कुराहरू बनाउनु भयो।
10 प्रत्येक प्राणीहरू जो बाँच्दछन् अनि प्रत्येक मानिस जसको प्राण छ, सबै परमेश्वरकै शक्तिको अधीनमा छ।
11 तर जसरी जिब्रोले भोजनको स्वाद लिए जस्तै, कानहरूले जसरी शब्दहरू सुनेर आनन्द लिए जस्तै हुन्छ र?
12 हामी भन्छौ, ‘ज्ञान बूढापाकाहरूमा नै पाइन्छ लामो जीवनले बुद्धि ल्याउँछ।’
13 तर ज्ञान र पराक्रम परमेश्वरको सम्पत्ति हो। राम्रो सल्लाह र बुद्धि उहाँकै हुन्।
14 यदि परमेश्वरले कुनै कुरा भत्काउनु भयो भने मानिसहरूले यसलाई फेरि बनाउन सक्दैनन्। यदि परमेश्वरले कसैलाई कैदमा राख्नु भयो भने मानिसले त्यसलाई मुक्त पार्न? सक्दैनन्।
15 यदि परमेश्वरले वर्षा रोकिदिनु भयो भने पृथ्वी सूख्खा हुनेछ। यदि परमेश्वरले वर्षालाई छोडिदिनु भयो भने त्यसले पृथ्वीमा बाढी ल्याउनेछ।
16 परमेश्वर शक्तिशाली हुनुहुन्छ र सधैं जित्नु हुन्छ। एकजना जसले भुल गर्छ अनि एकजना जसले उसलाई धोका दिन्छ दुवै परमेश्वर कै हुन्।
17 परमेश्वरले सल्लाहकार र उसको ज्ञान खोस्नुहुन्छ अनि मुखियाहरूलाई मूर्ख बनाउनु हुन्छ।
18 राजाहरूले मानिसहरूलाई कैदमा राख्छन तर परमेश्वरले तिनीहरूलाई छुटकारा दिनुहुन्छ अनि तिनीहरूलाई शक्तिशाली बनाउनु हुन्छ।
19 उहाँले पूजाहारीहरू आफ्नो कब्जामा राख्नुहुन्छ अनि ज-जसले आफैंलाई सुरक्षित देख्छन तिनीहरूलाई पराजित पार्नुहुन्छ।
20 परमेश्वरले विश्वासी सल्लाहकारहरूलाई चुप पार्नुहुन्छ। उहाँले बूढापाकाहरूको ज्ञान खोसी लैजानुहुन्छ।
21 परमेश्वरले मुखियाहरूलाई महत्वहीन बनाउनु हुन्छ। उहाँले शासकहरूको शक्ति खोसेर लैजानु हुन्छ।
22 परमेश्वरले अन्धकारका गहिरो रहस्यहरू सम्म थाहा पाउनु हुन्छ। उहाँले त्यस्ता मृत्यु भन्दा कडा अन्धकारमा पनि प्रकाश पठाउनु हुन्छ।
23 परमेश्वरले जाति-जातिहरूलाई ठूला र शक्तिशाली बनाउनुहुन्छ, अनि तिनीहरूलाई ध्वंश पार्नुहुन्छ। उहाँले जातिहरूलाई विस्तार गराउनु हुन्छ त्यसपछि त्यहाँका जनसमूहलाई छरपष्ट पार्नुहुन्छ।
24 परमेश्वरले शासकहरूलाई मूर्ख बनाउनु हुन्छ। उहाँले तिनीहरूलाई जङ्गलमा उदेश्यहीन भौतारिरहेको पार्नुहुन्छ।
25 ती मुखियाहरू त्यस मानिस जस्ता हुन जो अँध्यारो बाटोहरूमा हिंडिरहेको अनुभव गर्दछ। तिनीहरू मताहा मानिस जस्ता हुन्छन जसलाई कहाँ गइरहेछु भन्ने होश हुदैन।”
1 And Job answered and said,
2 No doubt but ye are the people, and wisdom shall die with you.
3 But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you: yea, who knoweth not such things as these?
4 I am as one mocked of his neighbour, who calleth upon God, and he answereth him: the just upright man is laughed to scorn.
5 He that is ready to slip with his feet is as a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease.
6 The tabernacles of robbers prosper, and they that provoke God are secure; into whose hand God bringeth abundantly.
7 But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee:
8 Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee: and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee.
9 Who knoweth not in all these that the hand of the Lord hath wrought this?
10 In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind.
11 Doth not the ear try words? and the mouth taste his meat?
12 With the ancient is wisdom; and in length of days understanding.
13 With him is wisdom and strength, he hath counsel and understanding.
14 Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be built again: he shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening.
15 Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up: also he sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth.
16 With him is strength and wisdom: the deceived and the deceiver are his.
17 He leadeth counsellers away spoiled, and maketh the judges fools.
18 He looseth the bond of kings, and girdeth their loins with a girdle.
19 He leadeth princes away spoiled, and overthroweth the mighty.
20 He removeth away the speech of the trusty, and taketh away the understanding of the aged.
21 He poureth contempt upon princes, and weakeneth the strength of the mighty.
22 He discovereth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth out to light the shadow of death.
23 He increaseth the nations, and destroyeth them: he enlargeth the nations, and straiteneth them again.
24 He taketh away the heart of the chief of the people of the earth, and causeth them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way.
25 They grope in the dark without light, and he maketh them to stagger like a drunken man.
1 And he began again to teach by the sea side: and there was gathered unto him a great multitude, so that he entered into a ship, and sat in the sea; and the whole multitude was by the sea on the land.
2 And he taught them many things by parables, and said unto them in his doctrine,
3 Hearken; Behold, there went out a sower to sow:
4 And it came to pass, as he sowed, some fell by the way side, and the fowls of the air came and devoured it up.
5 And some fell on stony ground, where it had not much earth; and immediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of earth:
6 But when the sun was up, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away.
7 And some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit.
8 And other fell on good ground, and did yield fruit that sprang up and increased; and brought forth, some thirty, and some sixty, and some an hundred.
9 And he said unto them, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.
10 And when he was alone, they that were about him with the twelve asked of him the parable.
11 And he said unto them, Unto you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God: but unto them that are without, all these things are done in parables:
12 That seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest at any time they should be converted, and their sins should be forgiven them.
13 And he said unto them, Know ye not this parable? and how then will ye know all parables?
14 The sower soweth the word.
15 And these are they by the way side, where the word is sown; but when they have heard, Satan cometh immediately, and taketh away the word that was sown in their hearts.
16 And these are they likewise which are sown on stony ground; who, when they have heard the word, immediately receive it with gladness;
17 And have no root in themselves, and so endure but for a time: afterward, when affliction or persecution ariseth for the word’s sake, immediately they are offended.
18 And these are they which are sown among thorns; such as hear the word,
19 And the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful.
20 And these are they which are sown on good ground; such as hear the word, and receive it, and bring forth fruit, some thirtyfold, some sixty, and some an hundred.
21 And he said unto them, Is a candle brought to be put under a bushel, or under a bed? and not to be set on a candlestick?
22 For there is nothing hid, which shall not be manifested; neither was any thing kept secret, but that it should come abroad.
23 If any man have ears to hear, let him hear.
24 And he said unto them, Take heed what ye hear: with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you: and unto you that hear shall more be given.
25 For he that hath, to him shall be given: and he that hath not, from him shall be taken even that which he hath.
26 And he said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground;
27 And should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he knoweth not how.
28 For the earth bringeth forth fruit of herself; first the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear.
29 But when the fruit is brought forth, immediately he putteth in the sickle, because the harvest is come.
30 And he said, Whereunto shall we liken the kingdom of God? or with what comparison shall we compare it?
31 It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is sown in the earth, is less than all the seeds that be in the earth:
32 But when it is sown, it groweth up, and becometh greater than all herbs, and shooteth out great branches; so that the fowls of the air may lodge under the shadow of it.
33 And with many such parables spake he the word unto them, as they were able to hear it.
34 But without a parable spake he not unto them: and when they were alone, he expounded all things to his disciples.
35 And the same day, when the even was come, he saith unto them, Let us pass over unto the other side.
36 And when they had sent away the multitude, they took him even as he was in the ship. And there were also with him other little ships.
37 And there arose a great storm of wind, and the waves beat into the ship, so that it was now full.
38 And he was in the hinder part of the ship, asleep on a pillow: and they awake him, and say unto him, Master, carest thou not that we perish?
39 And he arose, and rebuked the wind, and said unto the sea, Peace, be still. And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm.
40 And he said unto them, Why are ye so fearful? how is it that ye have no faith?
41 And they feared exceedingly, and said one to another, What manner of man is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?