Job 35
1 ಇದಲ್ಲದೆ ಎಲೀಹು ಮಾತನಾಡಿ ಹೇಳಿದ್ದೇನಂದರೆ--
2 ನನ್ನ ನೀತಿಯು ದೇವರ ನೀತಿ ಗಿಂತ ದೊಡ್ಡದು ಎಂದು ನೀನು ಹೇಳಿದ್ದು ಸರಿಯಾದ ದ್ದೆಂದು ನೀನು ನೆನಸುತ್ತೀಯೋ?
3 ನೀನು--ನನಗೆ ಏನು ಪ್ರಯೋಜನವಾಗುವದು? ನನ್ನ ಪಾಪವು ತೊಳೆ ಯಲ್ಪಟ್ಟರೆ ನನಗೆ ಲಾಭವೇನು ಎನ್ನುವಿ.
4 ನಾನು ನಿನಗೂ ನಿನ್ನ ಸಂಗಡ ಇರುವ ಸ್ನೇಹಿತರಿಗೂ ಉತ್ತರ ಕೊಡುತ್ತೇನೆ.
5 ಆಕಾಶಗಳನ್ನು ದೃಷ್ಟಿಸಿ ನೋಡು, ಮೇಘಗಳನ್ನು ದೃಷ್ಟಿಸು; ಅವು ನಿನಗಿಂತ ಎತ್ತರವಾಗಿವೆ.
6 ನೀನು ಪಾಪಮಾಡಿದರೆ ಆತನಿಗೆ ವಿರೋಧವಾಗಿ ಏನು ಮಾಡುವಿ? ನಿನ್ನ ದ್ರೋಹಗಳು ಹೆಚ್ಚಿದರೆ ಆತನಿಗೆ ಏನು ಮಾಡುವಿ?
7 ನೀನು ನೀತಿವಂತನಾಗಿ ದ್ದರೆ ಆತನಿಗೇನು ಕೊಡುವಿ? ಇಲ್ಲವೆ ಆತನು ನಿನ್ನ ಕೈಯಿಂದ ಏನು ತೆಗೆದುಕೊಳ್ಳುವನು?
8 ನಿನ್ನ ಹಾಗಿ ರುವ ಮನುಷ್ಯನಿಗೆ ನಿನ್ನ ದುಷ್ಟತ್ವವು ಕೇಡು ಮಾಡ ಬಹುದು. ಮನುಷ್ಯನ ಮಗನಿಗೆ ನಿನ್ನ ನೀತಿಯು ಲಾಭ ಮಾಡಬಹುದು.
9 ಬಹು ಬಲಾತ್ಕಾರದ ದೆಸೆಯಿಂದ ಬಲಾತ್ಕಾರ ಮಾಡಲ್ಪಟ್ಟವರು ಕೂಗುವಂತೆ ಅವರು ಮಾಡುತ್ತಾರೆ; ಪರಾಕ್ರಮಿಗಳ ತೋಳಿಗೋಸ್ಕರ ಮೊರೆಯಿಡುತ್ತಾರೆ.
10 ಆದರೆ ರಾತ್ರಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಗೀತೆಗಳನ್ನು ಕೊಡುವ ನನ್ನ ನಿರ್ಮಾಣಿಕನಾದ ದೇವರು ಎಲ್ಲಿ ಎಂದು ಯಾರೂ ಹೇಳುವದಿಲ್ಲ.
11 ಆತನು ಭೂಮಿಯ ಮೃಗಗಳಿಗಿಂತ ನಮಗೆ ಹೆಚ್ಚು ಕಲಿಸಿ, ಆಕಾಶದ ಪಕ್ಷಿಗಳಿಗಿಂತ ನಮಗೆ ಅಧಿಕ ಜ್ಞಾನವನ್ನು ಕೊಡುತ್ತಾನೆ.
12 ಅಲ್ಲಿ ಅವರು ಕೆಟ್ಟವರ ಗರ್ವದ ನಿಮಿತ್ತ ಮೊರೆಯಿಡಲು ಉತ್ತರ ಕೊಡುವದಿಲ್ಲ.
13 ನಿಶ್ಚಯವಾಗಿ ವ್ಯರ್ಥವಾದ ದ್ದನ್ನು ದೇವರು ಕೇಳುವದಿಲ್ಲ. ಇಲ್ಲವೇ ಸರ್ವಶಕ್ತನು ಅದನ್ನು ಲಕ್ಷಿಸುವದಿಲ್ಲ.
14 ನೀನು ಅವನನ್ನು ದೃಷ್ಟಿಸುವ ದಿಲ್ಲವೆಂದು ನೀನು ಹೇಳಿದರೂ ನ್ಯಾಯತೀರ್ಪು ಅವನ ಮುಂದೆ ಇರುವದು; ಆದದರಿಂದ ನೀನು ಆತನಲ್ಲಿ ಭರವಸವಿಡು.
15 ಆದರೆ ಈಗ ಅದು ಹಾಗಲ್ಲದಿರುವದರಿಂದ ಆತನು ತನ್ನ ಕೋಪದಿಂದ ಏನೂ ವಿಚಾರಿಸದೆ ಇದ್ದಾನೆ; ಆದರೂ ಅವನು ದೊಡ್ಡ ಇಕ್ಕಟ್ಟಿನಲ್ಲಿ ಅದನ್ನು ತಿಳುಕೊಳ್ಳುವದಿಲ್ಲ.
16 ಆದದರಿಂದ ಯೋಬನು ವ್ಯರ್ಥವಾಗಿ ಬಾಯಿ ತೆರೆದು ತಿಳುವಳಿಕೆ ಇಲ್ಲದೆ ನುಡಿಗಳನ್ನು ಹೆಚ್ಚಿಸುತ್ತಾನೆ.
1 Elihu spake moreover, and said,
2 Thinkest thou this to be right, that thou saidst, My righteousness is more than God’s?
3 For thou saidst, What advantage will it be unto thee? and, What profit shall I have, if I be cleansed from my sin?
4 I will answer thee, and thy companions with thee.
5 Look unto the heavens, and see; and behold the clouds which are higher than thou.
6 If thou sinnest, what doest thou against him? or if thy transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou unto him?
7 If thou be righteous, what givest thou him? or what receiveth he of thine hand?
8 Thy wickedness may hurt a man as thou art; and thy righteousness may profit the son of man.
9 By reason of the multitude of oppressions they make the oppressed to cry: they cry out by reason of the arm of the mighty.
10 But none saith, Where is God my maker, who giveth songs in the night;
11 Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven?
12 There they cry, but none giveth answer, because of the pride of evil men.
13 Surely God will not hear vanity, neither will the Almighty regard it.
14 Although thou sayest thou shalt not see him, yet judgment is before him; therefore trust thou in him.
15 But now, because it is not so, he hath visited in his anger; yet he knoweth it not in great extremity:
16 Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vain; he multiplieth words without knowledge.
1 My brethren, have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with respect of persons.
2 For if there come unto your assembly a man with a gold ring, in goodly apparel, and there come in also a poor man in vile raiment;
3 And ye have respect to him that weareth the gay clothing, and say unto him, Sit thou here in a good place; and say to the poor, Stand thou there, or sit here under my footstool:
4 Are ye not then partial in yourselves, and are become judges of evil thoughts?
5 Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him?
6 But ye have despised the poor. Do not rich men oppress you, and draw you before the judgment seats?
7 Do not they blaspheme that worthy name by the which ye are called?
8 If ye fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well:
9 But if ye have respect to persons, ye commit sin, and are convinced of the law as transgressors.
10 For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all.
11 For he that said, Do not commit adultery, said also, Do not kill. Now if thou commit no adultery, yet if thou kill, thou art become a transgressor of the law.
12 So speak ye, and so do, as they that shall be judged by the law of liberty.
13 For he shall have judgment without mercy, that hath shewed no mercy; and mercy rejoiceth against judgment.
14 What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him?
15 If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food,
16 And one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled; notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body; what doth it profit?
17 Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone.
18 Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works.
19 Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble.
20 But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?
21 Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar?
22 Seest thou how faith wrought with his works, and by works was faith made perfect?
23 And the scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness: and he was called the Friend of God.
24 Ye see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only.
25 Likewise also was not Rahab the harlot justified by works, when she had received the messengers, and had sent them out another way?
26 For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.