ayoob
40 yahovah ne ayoob nu agge keha:
2 “kee nuktacheeni karan vale nu sarabshaktiman naal behes karni chaheedi?+
jehrra parmeshwar nu sudharna chahunda hai, oh javab deve.”+
3 ayoob ne yahovah nu javab ditta:
4 “dekh! mai nikamma ha.+
mai tainu kee javab dya?
mai apna hath apne muh te rakhda ha.+
5 mai ik vaar bolya, dooji vaar bolya,
par dobara javab nahi diaanga, mai hor kujh nahi kahanga.”
6 fir yahovah ne toofan vicho di ayoob nu javab ditta:+
7 “zara mard vang apna lakk bannh;
mai taitho savaal puchhda ha te tu mainu dass.+
8 kee tu mere insaaf te ungal chukkenga?*
apne aap nu sahi saabat karan layi kee tu mere te dosh laavenga?+
9 kee teri baah vich sache parmeshwar di baah jinna zor hai?+
kee teri avaaz os di avaaz vang garj sakdi hai?+
10 kirpa kar ke apne aap nu mehma te pratap naal shingar;
maan atey tej da libaas pa.
11 apne gusse da keher varha;
harek ghamandi nu dekh atey os nu neeva kar.
12 har hankari val takk atey os nu nimar kar,
nazar aaundya hi dushta nu uthe hi midh sutt.
13 ohna sarya nu mitti vich gadd de;
gupt tha andar ohna nu* bannh de,
14 fir mai vi tainu mann lavanga*
ki tera sajja hath tainu bachaa sakda hai.
15 zara behimath* nu dekh, jis nu mai ove hi banaya jive tainu banaya.
oh bald vang ghaah khanda hai.
16 dekh, os de lakk vich kinni takat hai
atey os de tid diya maas-peshiya vich kinna bal hai!
17 oh apni poochh dyaar vang akrra lainda hai;
os de patta diya nasa gundiya hoiya han.
18 os diya haddiya tambe diya naliya vargiya han;
os de ang kutt-kutt ke banaye lohe de dandya varge han.
19 parmeshwar de kamma vicho is kisam da oh pehla jaanvar hai;*
sirf os da sirjanhar hi os kol talvar lai ke ja sakda hai.
20 paharr os layi khana ugaunde han
jithe sare jangli jaanvar khedde han.
21 oh kandyaaliya jharriya hetha letda hai,
daldal de kanya di panah vich lamma painda hai.
22 kandyaaliya jharriya os utte chha kardiya han
atey ghati de bed* de drakht os nu gheri rakhde han.
23 chahe nadi vich toofan aa jave, oh ghabraunda nahi.
bhave yardan+ darya is de muh tak charh aave, oh befikar rehnda hai.
24 kee os de dekhdya koi os nu farr sakda hai
ja os de nakk vich nakel* pa sakda hai?