ইয়োবের বিবরণ 33
“However, Job, please hear my speech, and listen to all my words.
See now, I have opened my mouth. My tongue has spoken in my mouth.
My words will utter the uprightness of my heart. That which my lips know they will speak sincerely.
The Spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the Almighty gives me life.
If you can, answer me. Set your words in order before me, and stand up.
Behold, I am toward God even as you are. I am also formed out of the clay.
Behold, my terror will not make you afraid, neither will my pressure be heavy on you.
“Surely you have spoken in my hearing, I have heard the voice of your words, saying,
‘I am clean, without disobedience. I am innocent, neither is there iniquity in me.
Behold, he finds occasions against me. He counts me for his enemy.
He puts my feet in the stocks. He marks all my paths.’
“Behold, I will answer you. In this you are not just, for God is greater than man.
Why do you strive against him, because he doesn’t give account of any of his matters?
For God speaks once, yes twice, though man pays no attention.
In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falls on men, in slumbering on the bed,
then he opens the ears of men, and seals their instruction,
that he may withdraw man from his purpose, and hide pride from man.
He keeps back his soul from the pit, and his life from perishing by the sword.
“He is chastened also with pain on his bed, with continual strife in his bones,
so that his life abhors bread, and his soul dainty food.
21 ২১ তা মাংস ক্ষয়ে চলে যায় যাতে তা দেখা না যায়; তার হাড়, একদিন দেখা যেত না, কিন্তু এখন বেরিয়ে পড়েছে।
His flesh is so consumed away that it can’t be seen. His bones that were not seen stick out.
Yes, his soul draws near to the pit, and his life to the destroyers.
23 ২৩ কিন্তু যদি সেখানে কোন স্বর্গদূত থাকে যে তার মধ্যস্থকারী হতে পারে, একজন মধ্যস্থকারী, একজন হাজার জনের মধ্যে থেকে, তাকে দেখাতে কোনটা ঠিক কাজ,
“If there is beside him an angel, an interpreter, one among a thousand, to show to man what is right for him,
24 ২৪ এবং যদি সেই স্বর্গদূত তার প্রতি সদয় হন এবং ঈশ্বরকে বলেন, এই লোকটিকে গর্তে নেমে যাওয়া থেকে রক্ষা করুন; আমি প্রায়শ্চিত্ত পেয়েছি,
then God is gracious to him, and says, ‘Deliver him from going down to the pit, I have found a ransom.’
His flesh will be fresher than a child’s. He returns to the days of his youth.
26 ২৬ সে ঈশ্বরের কাছে প্রার্থনা করবে এবং ঈশ্বর তার প্রতি সদয় হবেন, যাতে সে আনন্দের সাথে ঈশ্বরের মুখ দেখে। ঈশ্বর সেই লোককে তাঁর ধার্ম্মিকতা দেবেন।
He prays to God, and he is favorable to him, so that he sees his face with joy. He restores to man his righteousness.
27 ২৭ তখন সেই লোক অন্য সমস্ত লোকের সামনে গান করবে এবং বলবে, আমি পাপ করেছি এবং যা ঠিক ছিল তা বিকৃত করেছি, কিন্তু আমার পাপের জন্য কোন শাস্তি পাইনি।
He sings before men, and says, ‘I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, and it didn’t profit me.
He has redeemed my soul from going into the pit. My life will see the light.’
“Behold, God does all these things, twice, yes three times, with a man,
to bring back his soul from the pit, that he may be enlightened with the light of the living.
Mark well, Job, and listen to me. Hold your peace, and I will speak.
If you have anything to say, answer me. Speak, for I desire to justify you.
If not, listen to me. Hold your peace, and I will teach you wisdom.”
