Job 23
1 1 ಯೋಬನು ಉತ್ತರಕೊಟ್ಟು ಹೇಳಿದ್ದೇನಂದರೆ--
2 ಈಹೊತ್ತೇ ನನ್ನ ದೂರು ಕಹಿಯಾಗಿದೆ; ನನ್ನ ಏಟು ನನ್ನ ನಿಟ್ಟುಸುರಿಗಿಂತ ಭಾರವಾಗಿದೆ.
3 ನಾನು ತಿಳಿದುಕೊಂಡು ಆತನನ್ನು ಕಂಡುಕೊಂಡರೆ ಎಷ್ಟೋ ಒಳ್ಳೇದು! ಆತನ ಪೀಠದ ತನಕ ಬರುವೆನು.
4 ನ್ಯಾಯವನ್ನು ಆತನ ಮುಂದೆ ಸಿದ್ಧಮಾಡುವೆನು; ನನ್ನ ಬಾಯನ್ನು ಪ್ರತಿವಾದಗಳಿಂದ ತುಂಬಿಸುವೆನು.
5 ಆತನು ನನಗೆ ಪ್ರತ್ಯುತ್ತರವಾಗಿ ಕೊಡುವ ಮಾತುಗಳನ್ನು ತಿಳಿದು ಆತನು ಹೇಳುವದನ್ನು ಗ್ರಹಿಸುವೆನು.
6 ಬಹು ಶಕ್ತಿಯಿಂದ ನನ್ನ ಸಂಗಡ ಆತನು ವಾದಿಸುವನೋ? ಇಲ್ಲ, ನನ್ನಲ್ಲಿ ಆತನು ಶಕ್ತಿ ಇಡುವನು.
7 ಅಲ್ಲಿ ನೀತಿವಂತನು ಅವನ ಸಂಗಡ ತರ್ಕ ಮಾಡುವನು; ನಾನು ನಿತ್ಯವಾಗಿ ನನ್ನ ನ್ಯಾಯಾಧಿಪತಿಗೆ ತಪ್ಪಿಸಿಕೊಳ್ಳುವೆನು.
8 ಇಗೋ, ನಾನು ಮುಂದೆ ನಡೆದರೆ ಆತನು ಅಲ್ಲಿ ಇರುವದಿಲ್ಲ; ಹಿಂತಿರುಗಿದರೆ ಆತನನ್ನು ಗ್ರಹಿಸುವದಿಲ್ಲ.
9 ಎಡಗಡೆಯಲ್ಲಿ, ಆತನು ಕೆಲಸ ಮಾಡು ವಲ್ಲಿ ಆತನನ್ನು ನೋಡುವದಿಲ್ಲ; ಬಲಗಡೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಆತನು ಅಡಗಿಸಿಕೊಳ್ಳುತ್ತಾನೆ, ನಾನು ಕಾಣುವದಿಲ್ಲ.
10 ಆದರೆ ನಾನು ಹಿಡಿಯುವ ಮಾರ್ಗವನ್ನು ಆತನು ತಿಳಿದಿದ್ದಾನೆ, ನನ್ನನ್ನು ಶೋಧಿಸಿದಾಗ ನಾನು ಬಂಗಾರದ ಹಾಗೆ ಹೊರಗೆ ಬರುವೆನು.
11 ಆತನ ಹೆಜ್ಜೆಯನ್ನು ನನ್ನ ಕಾಲು ಹಿಡಿಯಿತು; ಆತನ ಮಾರ್ಗವನ್ನು ನಾನು ತೊಲಗದೆ ನೋಡಿಕೊಂಡೆನು.
12 ಆತನ ತುಟಿಗಳ ಆಜ್ಞೆಗೆ ನಾನು ಹಿಂಜರಿಯಲಿಲ್ಲ. ನನ್ನ ಅಗತ್ಯದ ಆಹಾರಕ್ಕಿಂತ ಆತನ ಬಾಯಿಯ ಮಾತುಗಳನ್ನು ಹೆಚ್ಚಾಗಿ ಲಕ್ಷಿಸಿದೆನು.
13 ಆದರೆ ಆತನು ಒಂದೇ ಮನಸ್ಸುಳ್ಳವನು, ಆತ ನನ್ನು ತಿರುಗಿಸುವವನ್ಯಾರು? ತನ್ನ ಪ್ರಾಣವು ಅಪೇ ಕ್ಷಿಸುವ ಪ್ರಕಾರವೇ ಮಾಡುತ್ತಾನೆ.
14 ನನಗೆ ನೇಮಿಸಿ ದ್ದನ್ನು ಆತನು ಈಡೇರಿಸುತ್ತಾನೆ; ಇವುಗಳಂತೆ ಅನೇಕವು ಆತನಲ್ಲಿ ಅವೆ.
15 ಆದದರಿಂದ ಆತನ ಮುಂದೆ ತಲ್ಲಣಪಡುತ್ತೇನೆ; ಗ್ರಹಿಸಿಕೊಂಡು ಆತನಿಗೆ ಭಯ ಪಡುತ್ತೇನೆ.
16 ದೇವರು ನನ್ನ ಹೃದಯವನ್ನು ಮೆತ್ತಗೆ ಮಾಡಿದ್ದಾನಲ್ಲಾ; ಸರ್ವಶಕ್ತನು ನನ್ನನ್ನು ತಲ್ಲಣಪಡಿಸಿ ದ್ದಾನಲ್ಲಾ.
17 ಕತ್ತಲೆಯ ಮುಂದೆ ನಾನು ಕಡಿಯಲ್ಪಡ ಲಿಲ್ಲ; ಅಂಧಕಾರವನ್ನು ನನ್ನ ಮುಂದೆ ಅಡಗಿಸಿದ್ದಾನೆ.
1 Then Job answered and said,
2 Even to day is my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning.
3 Oh that I knew where I might find him! that I might come even to his seat!
4 I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.
5 I would know the words which he would answer me, and understand what he would say unto me.
6 Will he plead against me with his great power? No; but he would put strength in me.
7 There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge.
8 Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him:
9 On the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him: he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him:
10 But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
11 My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined.
12 Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.
13 But he is in one mind, and who can turn him? and what his soul desireth, even that he doeth.
14 For he performeth the thing that is appointed for me: and many such things are with him.
15 Therefore am I troubled at his presence: when I consider, I am afraid of him.
16 For God maketh my heart soft, and the Almighty troubleth me:
17 Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither hath he covered the darkness from my face.
0 To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.
1 In thee, O Lord, do I put my trust; let me never be ashamed: deliver me in thy righteousness.
2 Bow down thine ear to me; deliver me speedily: be thou my strong rock, for an house of defence to save me.
3 For thou art my rock and my fortress; therefore for thy name’s sake lead me, and guide me.
4 Pull me out of the net that they have laid privily for me: for thou art my strength.
5 Into thine hand I commit my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O Lord God of truth.
6 I have hated them that regard lying vanities: but I trust in the Lord.
7 I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy: for thou hast considered my trouble; thou hast known my soul in adversities;
8 And hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy: thou hast set my feet in a large room.
9 Have mercy upon me, O Lord, for I am in trouble: mine eye is consumed with grief, yea, my soul and my belly.
10 For my life is spent with grief, and my years with sighing: my strength faileth because of mine iniquity, and my bones are consumed.
11 I was a reproach among all mine enemies, but especially among my neighbours, and a fear to mine acquaintance: they that did see me without fled from me.
12 I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am like a broken vessel.
13 For I have heard the slander of many: fear was on every side: while they took counsel together against me, they devised to take away my life.
14 But I trusted in thee, O Lord: I said, Thou art my God.
15 My times are in thy hand: deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me.
16 Make thy face to shine upon thy servant: save me for thy mercies’ sake.
17 Let me not be ashamed, O Lord; for I have called upon thee: let the wicked be ashamed, and let them be silent in the grave.
18 Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.
19 Oh how great is thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee; which thou hast wrought for them that trust in thee before the sons of men!
20 Thou shalt hide them in the secret of thy presence from the pride of man: thou shalt keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues.
21 Blessed be the Lord: for he hath shewed me his marvellous kindness in a strong city.
22 For I said in my haste, I am cut off from before thine eyes: nevertheless thou heardest the voice of my supplications when I cried unto thee.
23 O love the Lord, all ye his saints: for the Lord preserveth the faithful, and plentifully rewardeth the proud doer.
24 Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the Lord.