ইয়োবের বিবরণ 29
And Job again took up his measure, and said,
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;
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,
8 ৮ যুবকেরা আমায় দেখল এবং তারা সম্মানে আমার থেকে দূরত্ব বজায় রাখত এবং বৃদ্ধেরা আমার জন্য উঠে দাঁড়াত।
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;
12 ১২ কারণ আমি দরিদ্র লোকদের উদ্ধার করতাম যারা কষ্টে চিত্কার করত এবং যার কেউ নেই সেই পিতৃহীনকেও সাহায্য করতাম।
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 ১৪ আমি ধার্ম্মিকতা পরতাম এবং এটা আমায় ঢাকত; আমার ন্যায়বিচার কাপড়ের মত ছিল এবং একটা পাগড়ির মত ছিল।
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.
Then said I, Like a stem, shall I grow old, yea, as the sand, shall I multiply days:
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;
23 ২৩ তারা যেমন বৃষ্টির জন্য, তেমনি আমার জন্যও সবদিন অপেক্ষা করত; শেষের বর্ষার মত তারা আমার কথা পান করত।
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 ২৫ আমি তাদের পথ ঠিক করতাম এবং তাদের প্রধানের মত বসতাম; আমি রাজার মত বাঁচতাম তার সৈন্যদলে, ঠিক একজন ব্যক্তির মত যে শোক সভায় শোকার্তদের সান্ত্বনা দেয়।
I chose out their way, and sat chief, —and abode, as king, in an army, as one who, to mourners, giveth comfort.
