अय्यूब 23
1 तब अय्यूबले जवाफ दिएः
2 “म थाकेर कमजोर भएता पनि अझै म विद्रोही कुरा गरिरहेको छु।
3 म जान्ने इच्छा गर्छु परमेश्वर कहाँ हुनु हुन्छ, तब म उहाँ जहाँ हुनु हुन्छ त्यही जाने थिएँ।
4 अनि मेरो निर्दोषपनालाई प्रमाण गर्न म मेरो तर्क प्रस्तुत गर्ने थिए। म मेरो सबै तर्क पेश गर्न तैयार हुनेथें।
5 अनि म उहाँको प्रत्युत्तर चाल पाउने थिएँ अनि जान्ने थिएँ कि उहाँले मलाई भन्नु पर्ने के छ।
6 के उहाँले मेरो विरूद्ध उहाँका महाशक्ति प्रयोग गर्नु हुनेछ? होइन, उहाँले मेरा वचनहरूमा ध्यान दिनु हुनेछ।
7 उहाँसँग मेरो इमान्दार त्यहाँ छलफल हुनेथ्यो, अनि म मेरो मामला जित्ने थिएँ।
8 यदि म पूर्व तिर गएँ भने, परमेश्वर त्यहाँ रहनु हुनेछैन। यदि म पश्चिम तिर गएँ भने पनि परमेश्वरलाई देख्दिन्।
9 अनि यदि म उत्तर जान्छु, परमेश्वरले के गर्नु हुन्छ त्यो म पक्रन सक्तिन। अनि उहाँ दक्षिण जानु भयो भने म उहाँलाई देख्ने छैन।
10 तर, जब कि मैले गरेको प्रत्येक चीज परमेश्वरले जान्नु हुन्छ, उहाँले मलाई जाँच्नु सक्नु हुन्छ अनि शुद्ध सुन जस्तै मै त्यो जाँचमा उत्तीर्न हुनेछ।
11 परमेश्वरले इच्छा गर्नु भएको बाटोमा होशियरीसित हिंडे। परमेश्वरको बाटोबाट म भडकिन।
12 मैले सँधै परमेश्वरको आज्ञाको पालन गरे। परमेश्वरले भन्नु भएका वचनहरू मैले मेरो हृदयमा संचय गरिराखेको छु।
13 तर परमेश्वर कहिल्यै परिर्वतन हुनुहुन्न। परमेश्वरको विरूद्ध कोही पनि उठ्न सक्तैन्। परमेश्वरले जे चाहनुहुन्छ त्यही गर्नुहुन्छ।
14 परमेश्वरले त्यही गर्नु हुनेछ जुन उहाँले मेरो लागि योजना गर्नु भएको थियो अनि उहाँसँग मेरो निम्ति अझ धेरै योजनाहरू छन्।
15 यसकारण म परमेश्वरसँग डराउँछु। म ती कुराहरू बुझ्छु यसकारण म परमेश्वरसँग डराउँछु
16 परमेश्वरले मेरो हृदय निर्बल बनाउनु भयो, अनि मेरो उत्साह बिलिन गरिदिनु भयो। सर्वशक्तिमान परमेश्वरले मलाई त्रसित पार्नुभयो।
17 अप्रिय घटनाहरू जुन ममाथि आइपर्यो तिनीहरू मेरो मुखमा ढाकिएको कालो बादल जस्तो छन्। तर त्यस अन्धकारले मलाई चुपचाप राख्ने छैन।
1 Then Job answered and said,
2 Even to day is my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning.
3 Oh that I knew where I might find him! that I might come even to his seat!
4 I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.
5 I would know the words which he would answer me, and understand what he would say unto me.
6 Will he plead against me with his great power? No; but he would put strength in me.
7 There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge.
8 Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him:
9 On the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him: he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him:
10 But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
11 My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined.
12 Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.
13 But he is in one mind, and who can turn him? and what his soul desireth, even that he doeth.
14 For he performeth the thing that is appointed for me: and many such things are with him.
15 Therefore am I troubled at his presence: when I consider, I am afraid of him.
16 For God maketh my heart soft, and the Almighty troubleth me:
17 Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither hath he covered the darkness from my face.
1 And it came to pass, when Saul was returned from following the Philistines, that it was told him, saying, Behold, David is in the wilderness of En-gedi.
2 Then Saul took three thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and went to seek David and his men upon the rocks of the wild goats.
3 And he came to the sheepcotes by the way, where was a cave; and Saul went in to cover his feet: and David and his men remained in the sides of the cave.
4 And the men of David said unto him, Behold the day of which the Lord said unto thee, Behold, I will deliver thine enemy into thine hand, that thou mayest do to him as it shall seem good unto thee. Then David arose, and cut off the skirt of Saul’s robe privily.
5 And it came to pass afterward, that David’s heart smote him, because he had cut off Saul’s skirt.
6 And he said unto his men, The Lord forbid that I should do this thing unto my master, the Lord’s anointed, to stretch forth mine hand against him, seeing he is the anointed of the Lord.
7 So David stayed his servants with these words, and suffered them not to rise against Saul. But Saul rose up out of the cave, and went on his way.
8 David also arose afterward, and went out of the cave, and cried after Saul, saying, My lord the king. And when Saul looked behind him, David stooped with his face to the earth, and bowed himself.
9 And David said to Saul, Wherefore hearest thou men’s words, saying, Behold, David seeketh thy hurt?
10 Behold, this day thine eyes have seen how that the Lord had delivered thee to day into mine hand in the cave: and some bade me kill thee: but mine eye spared thee; and I said, I will not put forth mine hand against my lord; for he is the Lord’s anointed.
11 Moreover, my father, see, yea, see the skirt of thy robe in my hand: for in that I cut off the skirt of thy robe, and killed thee not, know thou and see that there is neither evil nor transgression in mine hand, and I have not sinned against thee; yet thou huntest my soul to take it.
12 The Lord judge between me and thee, and the Lord avenge me of thee: but mine hand shall not be upon thee.
13 As saith the proverb of the ancients, Wickedness proceedeth from the wicked: but mine hand shall not be upon thee.
14 After whom is the king of Israel come out? after whom dost thou pursue? after a dead dog, after a flea.
15 The Lord therefore be judge, and judge between me and thee, and see, and plead my cause, and deliver me out of thine hand.
16 And it came to pass, when David had made an end of speaking these words unto Saul, that Saul said, Is this thy voice, my son David? And Saul lifted up his voice, and wept.
17 And he said to David, Thou art more righteous than I: for thou hast rewarded me good, whereas I have rewarded thee evil.
18 And thou hast shewed this day how that thou hast dealt well with me: forasmuch as when the Lord had delivered me into thine hand, thou killedst me not.
19 For if a man find his enemy, will he let him go well away? wherefore the Lord reward thee good for that thou hast done unto me this day.
20 And now, behold, I know well that thou shalt surely be king, and that the kingdom of Israel shall be established in thine hand.
21 Swear now therefore unto me by the Lord, that thou wilt not cut off my seed after me, and that thou wilt not destroy my name out of my father’s house.
22 And David sware unto Saul. And Saul went home; but David and his men gat them up unto the hold.