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A covenant had I made with my eyes: how then should I fix my look on a virgin?
And what then would have been my portion of God from above? and what lot of the Almighty from on high?
Is not calamity [ready] for the unjust? and misfortune for the wrong-doers?
Behold, he truly seeth my ways, and numbereth all my steps;
[And knoweth] whether I have walked with vain desires, or if my foot hath hastened after deceit.
Let him weigh me then in a righteous balance, and let God acknowledge my integrity,
7 ೭ ನನ್ನ ನಡತೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ದಾರಿತಪ್ಪಿದ್ದರೆ, ನನ್ನ ಹೃದಯವು ಕಂಡಕಂಡದ್ದನ್ನು ಹಿಂಬಾಲಿಸಿದ್ದರೆ, ನನ್ನ ಕೈಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಕಲ್ಮಷವು ಅಂಟಿಕೊಂಡಿದ್ದರೆ,
If my step have turned aside from the [proper] way, and my heart have walked after my eyes, and if any blemish have cleaved to my hands:
Then let me sow, and let another eat; and let what I have growing be rooted out.
If my heart have been beguiled toward a woman, or if I have lain in wait at my neighbor's door:
Then may my wife labor at the mill for another, and may strangers ill-use her;
For this would be incest; yea, it would be an iniquity [to be punished by] the judges;
For it would be a fire that consumeth down to the place of corruption, and would root out all my products.
13 ೧೩ ಒಂದು ವೇಳೆ ನನಗೂ, ನನ್ನ ದಾಸನಿಗೂ, ಇಲ್ಲವೆ ದಾಸಿಗೂ ವ್ಯಾಜ್ಯವಾದಾಗ, ನಾನು ಅವರ ನ್ಯಾಯವನ್ನು ಅಲಕ್ಷ್ಯಮಾಡಿದ್ದರೆ
If ever I cast aside the justice due to my man-servant and my maid-servant, when they contended with me:
What then could I do when God should rise up? and when he should investigate, what could I answer him?
15 ೧೫ ನನ್ನನ್ನು ಗರ್ಭದಲ್ಲಿ ನಿರ್ಮಿಸಿದಾತನೇ ಅವನನ್ನೂ ನಿರ್ಮಿಸಲಿಲ್ಲವೋ? ಆತನೊಬ್ಬನೇ ನಮ್ಮಿಬ್ಬರನ್ನೂ ಗರ್ಭದಲ್ಲಿ ರೂಪಿಸಿದನಲ್ಲವೇ.
Did not he that made me make him born or a woman? and did not the same one fashion us in the womb?
If ever I denied the wish of the indigent, or ever allowed the eyes of the widow to fall [in vain hopes];
Or if ever I ate my bread by myself alone, and the fatherless did not eat thereof;
18 ೧೮ ಹಾಗಲ್ಲ, ನಾನು ಬಾಲ್ಯದಿಂದಲೂ ತಂದೆಯ ರೀತಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಅನಾಥನನ್ನು ಸಾಕುತ್ತಾ, ನಾನು ಹುಟ್ಟಿದಂದಿನಿಂದಲು ಅನಾಥಳಿಗೆ ದಾರಿತೋರಿಸುತ್ತಾ ಇದ್ದೇನಷ್ಟೆ.
(For from my youth he was brought up with me, as though we were of one father, and I have guided her [as though she was sprung] from my mother's womb; )
If ever I saw any one perishing for want of clothing, or the needy without covering:
If his loins have not blessed me, and if he have not been warmed with the fleece of my sheep;
If I have swung my hand against the fatherless, because I saw in the gate those that would help me:
Then may my shoulder fall from my shoulder-blade, and my arm be broken from the channel-bone;
23 ೨೩ ದೇವರಿಂದ ಬರುವ ವಿಪತ್ತಿಗೆ ಹೆದರಿಕೊಂಡಿದ್ದೆನಷ್ಟೆ, ಆತನ ಪ್ರಭಾವದ ದೆಸೆಯಿಂದ ನಾನು ಇಂಥ ಕೃತ್ಯವನ್ನು ಮಾಡುವುದಕ್ಕಾಗಲಿಲ್ಲ.
For dreaded by me was the calamitous punishment of God, and against his highness I can accomplish nothing.
If I have made gold my confidence, or have said to the fine gold, Thou art my trust:
If ever I rejoiced because my wealth was abundant, and because my hand had gotten much;
If ever I looked at the light [of the sun] when he shone brightly and on the moon walking in splendor:
And my heart became misled in secret, and my hand kissed my mouth:
This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judge; for thus would I have denied the God that is above.
If ever I rejoiced at the downfall of him that hated me, or was elated when evil befell him; —
30 ೩೦ ಇಲ್ಲವೇ ಇಲ್ಲ, ನನ್ನ ಬಾಯಿ ಅವನನ್ನು ಶಪಿಸಿ ಅವನ ಪ್ರಾಣ ಹೋಗಲಿ ಎಂದು ಬೇಡಿಕೊಂಡು ಪಾಪವಶವಾಗುವುದಕ್ಕೆ ನಾನು ಒಪ್ಪಲೇ ಇಲ್ಲ.
But I suffered not my mouth to sin by denouncing with a curse his soul: —
31 ೩೧ ನನ್ನ ಗುಡಾರದ ಆಳುಗಳು, ‘ನಮ್ಮ ಯಜಮಾನ ಬಡಿಸಿದ ಮಾಂಸದಿಂದ ತೃಪ್ತರಾಗದವರು ಎಲ್ಲಿಯೂ ಸಿಕ್ಕಲಾರರು’ ಎಂದು ಹೇಳಿಕೊಳ್ಳುತ್ತಿರಲಿಲ್ಲವೋ?
If the men of my tent said not, Oh is there one that is not satisfied of his flesh; —
In the street a stranger had not to lodge; my doors I held open to the roadside;
If I covered up my transgressions like a common man, by hiding in my bosom my iniquity;
34 ೩೪ ನಾನು ಬಾಗಿಲು ದಾಟದೆ ಮೌನವಾಗಿದ್ದು, ಸಾಮಾನ್ಯ ಜನರ ಹಾಗೆ ನನ್ನ ದ್ರೋಹಗಳನ್ನು ಮರೆಮಾಡಿ, ಎದೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ನನ್ನ ಪಾಪವನ್ನು ಬಚ್ಚಿಟ್ಟುಕೊಂಡಿದ್ದರೆ,
Because I dreaded the great multitude, or because the contempt of families did terrify me, so that I kept silence, and dared not to go out of the door; —
35 ೩೫ ಅಯ್ಯೋ, ನನ್ನ ಕಡೆಗೆ ಕಿವಿಗೊಡತಕ್ಕವನು ಇದ್ದರೆ ಎಷ್ಟೋ ಲೇಸು! ಇದೇ ನನ್ನ ಕೈಗುರುತು ನೋಡಿರಿ, ಸರ್ವಶಕ್ತನಾದ ದೇವರು ನನಗೆ ಉತ್ತರಕೊಡಲಿ! ನನ್ನ ವಿರೋಧಿಯು ಬರೆದುಕೊಂಡ ಅಪಾದನೆಯ ಪತ್ರವು ನನಗೆ ಸಿಕ್ಕಿದರೆ ಎಷ್ಟೋ ಸಂತೋಷ!
Oh who will bring me one that would hear me! behold, here is my plea; may the Almighty answer me; and any record which my opponent may have written, —
Surely upon my shoulder would I carry it: I would bind it as a crown unto me.
37 ೩೭ ಪ್ರಭುವಿನಂತೆ ಆತನ ಸಾನ್ನಿಧ್ಯದಲ್ಲಿ ಪ್ರವೇಶಿಸಿ ನನ್ನ ಹೆಜ್ಜೆಗಳ ಲೆಕ್ಕವನ್ನು, ಆತನಿಗೆ ಅರಿಕೆಮಾಡಿಕೊಳ್ಳುತ್ತಿದ್ದೆನು.
The number of my steps would I tell him: as [to] a prince would I go near unto him.—
If my land ever cried out because of me, or if its furrows wept together;
If I ever consumed its strength without payment, or caused the soul of its owners to grieve:
40 ೪೦ ಗೋದಿಗೆ ಬದಲಾಗಿ ಮುಳ್ಳುಗಳೂ, ಜವೆಗೋದಿಗೆ ಪ್ರತಿಯಾಗಿ ಕೆಟ್ಟ ಕಳೆಗಳೂ ಬೆಳೆಯಲಿ.” ಎಂದನು. ಹೀಗೆ ಯೋಬನ ಮಾತುಗಳು ಮುಗಿದವು.
Then may instead of wheat, thorns come forth, and instead of barley, cockle. (Here end the words of Job.)
