अय्यूब 39
1 “अय्यूब, के तिमी जान्दछौ घोरलहरू कहिले जन्मन्छन्? के तिमीले नियालेको छौ कहिले मृगले आफ्नो बच्चा ब्याउँछ?
2 के तिमी जान्दछौ कति महिनासम्म घोरले र मृगले आफ्ना पेटमा बच्चाहरू बोकी हिंडनु पर्छ? के तिमी जान्दछौ कति महिनामा तिनीहरूले ब्याउँछन्?
3 जब तिनीहरूलाई प्रसव वेदना हुन्छ तिनीहरू निहुरिन्छ र बच्चा ब्याउँछन्।
4 ती पाठाहरू खुल्ला मैदानमा खेल्दै हुर्किन्छन्। त्यसपछि तिनीहरूले आफ्ना आमाहरू छाडदछन अनि कहिले फर्केर आउँदैनन्।
5 अय्यूब, कसले जङ्गली गधाहरूलाई छाडी दियो? कसले तिनीहरूका डोरीहरू खोली दियो अनि कसले तिनीहरूलाई स्वतन्त्र गरे?
6 मैले ती जङ्गली गधाहरूलाई मरूभूमि घर जस्तै छोडिदिएँ। मैले तिनीहरूलाई बस्नको लागि नुन भएको ठाउँ छोडिदिंए।
7 जङ्गली गधाहरू होहल्लालाई घीन गर्छ अनि कसैले पनि तिनीहरूलाई नियन्त्रण गर्न सक्तैन।
8 जङ्गली गधाहरू पहाड पर्वत तिर बस्छन त्यो तिनीहरूको चौउर नै हो जहाँ तिनीहरूले हरियो घाँस खोज्दछ।
9 अय्यूब, के जङ्गली साँढेले तिम्रो सेवा गर्न राजी हुन्छ? के त्यो तिम्रो अन्न भण्डार हेरचाह गर्न राती बस्छ?
10 के एउटा जङ्गली साँढेले तिमीलाई गलामा डोरी बाँध्न दिन्छ ताकि तिमीले खेत जोत्न सक्छौ?
11 एउटा जङ्गली साँढे अति बलियो हुन्छ। तर तिम्रो काम गराउँनलाई त्यसमाथि विश्वास गर्न सक्छौ?
12 के खलाबाट धन उठाई ढुकुटीमा लान त्यो आउँछ भन्ने भरोसा गर्न सक्छौ?
13 शतुरमुर्ग उत्तेजित भई आफ्ना पंखेटाहरू फरफराउँछ तर शतुमूर्गा उड्न सक्तैन। यसको पंखेटाहरू र प्वाँखहरू सारसको जस्तो हुँदैन।
14 शतुरमुर्गले भूइँमा अण्डाहरू पार्दछ अनि बालुवामा न्यानो होस् भनि तिनीहरूलाई छोडिराख्छ।
15 शतुरमूर्गले कोही त्यसको फुलहरूमाथि हिडछ अथवा कुनै पशु त्यसमाथि हिडेर फुटाई देला भनि कुनै पर्वाह नै गर्दैन।
16 शतुरमूर्गले आफ्ना चल्लाहरूलाई आफ्नो होइन भने झैं त्याग्छे। त्यसले आफ्नो महत्वपूर्ण परिश्रमको कुनै पर्वाह नै गर्दिन।
17 किन? किनभने मैले शतुरमूर्गलाई बुद्धि दिइन। शथुरमूर्ग लठेप्रो हुन्छ अनि त्यसलाई त्यस्तै लाटो बनाइदिएँ।
18 तर जब शतुरमूर्ग दगुर्नलाई उठ्छे, ऊ घोडा र घोड सवारलाई तुच्छ ठान्छ, किनभने उ कुनै पनि घोडा भन्दा छिटो दर्गुछे।
19 अय्यूब के तिमीले घोडालाई बल दियौ? के तिमीले त्यसको घाँटीमाथि रौंहरू राख्यौ?
20 के तिमीले घोडालाई सलह जस्तो उफ्रेर टाढा जाने योग्य बनायौ? घोडा जोडले हिन्हिनाउँछ अनि मानिसहरूलाई त्रसित पार्दछन्।
21 घोडा खुशी हुन्छ किनभने त्यो बलियो छ। त्यसले आफ्नो खुट्टाले मैदानमा खोर्सिन्छ र युद्धभूमि तर्फ चाँडो दर्गुछ।
22 घोडाले डरको हाँसो उडाउँछ। त्यो डराउँदैन्। त्यो युद्धभूमिबाट चम्पट लाउँदैन।
23 काँडको तरकस त्यसको छेउमा र्धररर आवाज गर्छ र त्यहाँ भाला र हतियारहरू घाममा टल्किन्छन्।
24 घोडा एकदम उत्तेजित हुन्छ। त्यो मैदानमा चाँडो दर्गुछ। जब त्यसले बिगुल बजेको सुन्दछ त्यो रोकिन सक्तैन।
25 जब बिकुलको आवाज गुञ्जिन्छ घोडा कराउँछ, ‘छिटो,’ उसले टाडैबाट युद्ध सुँध्ने गर्छ। उसको कप्तानहरूले कराउँदै दिएको आदेशहरू अनि युद्धभूमिका अन्य सबै आवाजहरू सुन्दछ।
26 अय्यूब, के तिमीले बाजलाई पंखेटा फिंजाएर दक्षिणतर्फ उड्न सिकायौ?
27 के तिमी मात्र हौ जसले गिद्धलाई आकाश माथि माथि उडन सिकायौ। के तिमीले त्यसलाई उच्च पर्वतहरूमा त्यसको गुँड बनाउन सिकायौ?
28 गिद्ध पर्वत र शिखरमा बस्दछ। चट्टान नै गिद्धको किल्ला हो।
29 गिद्धले आफ्नो शिकार उच्च किल्लाबाट नियाल्दछ। गिद्धले एकदम टाढामा भएको शिकार देख्न सक्छ।
30 जहाँ मरेका सिनुहरू हुन्छन त्यहाँ गिद्धहरू एकत्रित हुने गर्छन। अनि बच्चाहरूले रगत चुस्दछ।”
1 Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? or canst thou mark when the hinds do calve?
2 Canst thou number the months that they fulfil? or knowest thou the time when they bring forth?
3 They bow themselves, they bring forth their young ones, they cast out their sorrows.
4 Their young ones are in good liking, they grow up with corn; they go forth, and return not unto them.
5 Who hath sent out the wild ass free? or who hath loosed the bands of the wild ass?
6 Whose house I have made the wilderness, and the barren land his dwellings.
7 He scorneth the multitude of the city, neither regardeth he the crying of the driver.
8 The range of the mountains is his pasture, and he searcheth after every green thing.
9 Will the unicorn be willing to serve thee, or abide by thy crib?
10 Canst thou bind the unicorn with his band in the furrow? or will he harrow the valleys after thee?
11 Wilt thou trust him, because his strength is great? or wilt thou leave thy labour to him?
12 Wilt thou believe him, that he will bring home thy seed, and gather it into thy barn?
13 Gavest thou the goodly wings unto the peacocks? or wings and feathers unto the ostrich?
14 Which leaveth her eggs in the earth, and warmeth them in dust,
15 And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may break them.
16 She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not hers: her labour is in vain without fear;
17 Because God hath deprived her of wisdom, neither hath he imparted to her understanding.
18 What time she lifteth up herself on high, she scorneth the horse and his rider.
19 Hast thou given the horse strength? hast thou clothed his neck with thunder?
20 Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper? the glory of his nostrils is terrible.
21 He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength: he goeth on to meet the armed men.
22 He mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted; neither turneth he back from the sword.
23 The quiver rattleth against him, the glittering spear and the shield.
24 He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage: neither believeth he that it is the sound of the trumpet.
25 He saith among the trumpets, Ha, ha; and he smelleth the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting.
26 Doth the hawk fly by thy wisdom, and stretch her wings toward the south?
27 Doth the eagle mount up at thy command, and make her nest on high?
28 She dwelleth and abideth on the rock, upon the crag of the rock, and the strong place.
29 From thence she seeketh the prey, and her eyes behold afar off.
30 Her young ones also suck up blood: and where the slain are, there is she.
0 A Psalm of David.
1 Plead my cause, O Lord, with them that strive with me: fight against them that fight against me.
2 Take hold of shield and buckler, and stand up for mine help.
3 Draw out also the spear, and stop the way against them that persecute me: say unto my soul, I am thy salvation.
4 Let them be confounded and put to shame that seek after my soul: let them be turned back and brought to confusion that devise my hurt.
5 Let them be as chaff before the wind: and let the angel of the Lord chase them.
6 Let their way be dark and slippery: and let the angel of the Lord persecute them.
7 For without cause have they hid for me their net in a pit, which without cause they have digged for my soul.
8 Let destruction come upon him at unawares; and let his net that he hath hid catch himself: into that very destruction let him fall.
9 And my soul shall be joyful in the Lord: it shall rejoice in his salvation.
10 All my bones shall say, Lord, who is like unto thee, which deliverest the poor from him that is too strong for him, yea, the poor and the needy from him that spoileth him?
11 False witnesses did rise up; they laid to my charge things that I knew not.
12 They rewarded me evil for good to the spoiling of my soul.
13 But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth: I humbled my soul with fasting; and my prayer returned into mine own bosom.
14 I behaved myself as though he had been my friend or brother: I bowed down heavily, as one that mourneth for his mother.
15 But in mine adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together: yea, the abjects gathered themselves together against me, and I knew it not; they did tear me, and ceased not:
16 With hypocritical mockers in feasts, they gnashed upon me with their teeth.
17 Lord, how long wilt thou look on? rescue my soul from their destructions, my darling from the lions.
18 I will give thee thanks in the great congregation: I will praise thee among much people.
19 Let not them that are mine enemies wrongfully rejoice over me: neither let them wink with the eye that hate me without a cause.
20 For they speak not peace: but they devise deceitful matters against them that are quiet in the land.
21 Yea, they opened their mouth wide against me, and said, Aha, aha, our eye hath seen it.
22 This thou hast seen, O Lord: keep not silence: O Lord, be not far from me.
23 Stir up thyself, and awake to my judgment, even unto my cause, my God and my Lord.
24 Judge me, O Lord my God, according to thy righteousness; and let them not rejoice over me.
25 Let them not say in their hearts, Ah, so would we have it: let them not say, We have swallowed him up.
26 Let them be ashamed and brought to confusion together that rejoice at mine hurt: let them be clothed with shame and dishonour that magnify themselves against me.
27 Let them shout for joy, and be glad, that favour my righteous cause: yea, let them say continually, Let the Lord be magnified, which hath pleasure in the prosperity of his servant.
28 And my tongue shall speak of thy righteousness and of thy praise all the day long.