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And Job again took up his measure, and said,
2 ೨ “ಅಯ್ಯೋ ನಾನು ಹಿಂದಿನ ತಿಂಗಳುಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಇದ್ದಂತೆ ಈಗಲೂ ಇದ್ದರೆ ಎಷ್ಟೋ ಸಂತೋಷವಾಗಿತ್ತು! ಆ ದಿನಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ದೇವರು ನನ್ನನ್ನು ಕಾಯುತ್ತಿದ್ದನಲ್ಲಾ!
Oh that it were with me as in the months of old, as in the days, when, GOD, used to watch over me;
When his lamp shone over my head, by whose light, I could go through darkness;
As I was, in the days of my prime, when, the intimacy of GOD, was over my tent;
While yet the Almighty was with me, round about me, were my young men;
6 ೬ ಹಾಲು ತುಪ್ಪದಲ್ಲಿ ನನ್ನ ಪಾದಗಳನ್ನು ತೊಳೆಯುತ್ತಿದ್ದೆ, ಬಂಡೆಯು ನನಗೋಸ್ಕರ ಎಣ್ಣೆಯನ್ನು ಪ್ರವಾಹವಾಗಿ ಸುರಿಸುತ್ತಿತ್ತು.
When my steps were bathed in milk, and, the rock, poured out beside me, rivulets of oil:
When I went out to the gate unto the city, in the open place, made ready my seat,
Young men saw me, and hid themselves, and, the aged, arose—they stood;
Rulers, restrained speech, and, a hand, laid they on their mouth;
The voice of nobles, was hushed, and their tongue to their palate, did cleave;
When, the ear, heard, then it pronounced me happy, When, the eye, saw, then it bare me witness;
Because I used to deliver the oppressed who was crying out for aid, the fatherless also, and him that had no helper;
The blessing of him that was ready to perish, upon me was wont to descend, and, the heart of the widow, caused I to sing for joy;
14 ೧೪ ನಾನು ಧರ್ಮವನ್ನು ಧರಿಸಿಕೊಂಡೆನು, ಧರ್ಮವು ನನ್ನನ್ನು ಧರಿಸಿತು. ನನ್ನ ನ್ಯಾಯವೇ ನನಗೆ ನಿಲುವಂಗಿಯೂ, ಕಿರೀಟವೂ ಆಗಿತ್ತು.
Righteousness, I put on, and it clothed me, Like a robe and turban, was my, justice;
Eyes, became I to the, blind, and, feet to the lame, was, I!
A father, was, I, to the needy, and, as for the cause which I knew not, I used to search it out;
And I shivered the fangs of the perverse, —and, out of his teeth, I tare the prey.
18 ೧೮ ಆಗ ನಾನು ಹೇಳಿದ್ದೇನೆಂದರೆ, ‘ನನ್ನ ಗೂಡಿನಲ್ಲಿಯೇ ನಾನು ಸಾಯುವೆನು, ನನ್ನ ದಿನಗಳು ಮರಳಿನಂತೆ ಅಸಂಖ್ಯವಾಗಿರುವವು.
Then said I, Like a stem, shall I grow old, yea, as the sand, shall I multiply days:
19 ೧೯ ನನ್ನ ಬೇರುಗಳು ನೀರಿನವರೆಗೂ ವ್ಯಾಪಿಸಿಕೊಂಡಿರುವವು, ರಾತ್ರಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಇಬ್ಬನಿಯು ನನ್ನ ರೆಂಬೆಗಳ ಮೇಲೆ ಬಿದ್ದಿರುವುದು.
My root, is laid open to the waters, and, the dew, shall lodge for the night in my boughs;
Mine honour, shall be young again with me, and, my bow, in my hand, be renewed.
To me, men hearkened, and waited, and kept silence for my counsel;
After I had spoken, they spake not again, and, upon them, used my speech to drop;
And they waited, as for rain, for me, and, their mouths, they opened wide for the spring-rain;
I laughed at them—they lost confidence, and, the light of my countenance, they suffered not to fail;
25 ೨೫ ನಾನು ಅವರಿಗೆ ತಕ್ಕ ಮಾರ್ಗವನ್ನು ಆರಿಸಿಕೊಟ್ಟು, ತನ್ನ ಸೈನ್ಯಗಳ ಮಧ್ಯದಲ್ಲಿ ಕುಳಿತಿರುವ ರಾಜನಂತೆಯೂ, ದುಃಖಿತರನ್ನು ಸಂತೈಸುವ ಮುಖಂಡನಾಗಿ ಆಸೀನನಾಗಿದ್ದೆನು.”
I chose out their way, and sat chief, —and abode, as king, in an army, as one who, to mourners, giveth comfort.
