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Job 17 आयूबस्य चरित्रपुस्तकम् 17

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1

वियुक्ताःviyuktāḥ सन्तिsan·ti मेme प्राणाprā·ṇā निस्तेजांसिnis·te·jāṃ·si दिनानिdi·nā·ni

viyuktāḥ santi me prāṇā nistejāṃsi dināni

My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves are ready for me.
2

श्रववासाचśravavāsāca मेme नान्यत्nān·yat किञ्चनेवावश्िव्यतेkiñcanevāvaśivyate।।
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śravavāsāca me nānyat kiñcanevāvaśivyate||

Are there not mockers with me? and doth not mine eye continue in their provocation?
3

तथापीमेtathāpīme मयाma·yā सादेsāde तिरन्तिtiranti परिहासकाःparihāsakāḥ। तेषांte·ṣāṃ विराधचेष्टासुvirādhaceṣṭāsu व्तेतेvtete लोचनंlo·ca·naṃ ममma·ma।।
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tathāpīme mayā sāde tiranti parihāsakāḥ| teṣāṃ virādhaceṣṭāsu vtete locanaṃ mama||

Lay down now, put me in a surety with thee; who is he that will strike hands with me?
4

त्वंtvaṃ ममma·ma प्रतिभ्च्pratibhc श्चत्वाścatvā स्वान्तिकेsvān·ti·ke क्षिपkṣi·pa मेme प्रंpraṃ। नचेत्nacet कोko मेme करंka·raṃ त्वाtvā प्रतिश्रुpratiśru मेme भविष्यतिbha·viṣ·ya·ti।। यस्मात्yas·māt त्वंtvaṃ चित्तमेतेषांcittameteṣāṃ ज्ञानलाभाल्यवारुयःjñānalābhālyavāruyaḥ। अतोa·to हेतोhe·to तंtaṃ कत्तव्याkattavyā छ्लोतिघामुन्नतिस्तयाchlotighāmunnatistayā।।
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tvaṃ mama pratibhc ścatvā svāntike kṣipa me praṃ| nacet ko me karaṃ tvā pratiśru me bhaviṣyati|| yasmāt tvaṃ cittameteṣāṃ jñānalābhālyavāruyaḥ| ato heto taṃ kattavyā chlotighāmunnatistayā||

For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: therefore shalt thou not exalt them.
5

लोघ्राणाम्loghrāṇām अंशवद्धaṃśavaddha येनye·na निदिश्यन्तेnidiśyante खबन्धवःkhabandhavaḥ। लोचनै्तस्यlocanaitasya पुन्नाणांpunnāṇāṃ निन्तेजस्वंnintejasvaṃ गमिष्यतेga·miṣ·ya·te।।
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loghrāṇām aṃśavaddha yena nidiśyante khabandhavaḥ| locanaitasya punnāṇāṃ nintejasvaṃ gamiṣyate||

He that speaketh flattery to his friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail.
6

ताटृदनरेणtāṭṛdanareṇa लोकानांlo·kā·nāṃ दास्यश्रूमिरदंdāsyaśrūmiradaṃ कृतःkṛ·taḥ। सर्व्वघामेवsarvaghāmeva साक्षाचsākṣāca सञ्जातोsañjāto टṭa णास्पद्ṇāspad।।
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tāṭṛdanareṇa lokānāṃ dāsyaśrūmiradaṃ kṛtaḥ| sarvvaghāmeva sākṣāca sañjāto ṭa ṇāspad||

He hath made me also a byword of the people; and aforetime I was as a tabret.
7

दुःखान्नेचduḥkhānneca ममma·ma कच्ीणkacīṇa छायाchā·yā तुल्याखिलाtulyākhilā तनु्ःtanuḥ।
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duḥkhānneca mama kacīṇa chāyā tulyākhilā tanuḥ|

Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, and all my members are as a shadow.
8

अनेनाकुटिलाचाराःanenākuṭilācārāḥ स्तम्भिताःstambhitāḥ सम्भवन्तिsambhavanti छ्िchi च्धाम्मिकाचcdhāmmikāca रोमाच्ोromāco निद्दावस्थापिniddāvasthāpi जायतेjā·ya·te।।
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anenākuṭilācārāḥ stambhitāḥ sambhavanti chi cdhāmmikāca romāco niddāvasthāpi jāyate||

Upright men shall be astonied at this, and the innocent shall stir up himself against the hypocrite.
9

धागम्मिकःdhāgammikaḥ स्थिरsthira चित्तेनcittena निजमागेंnijamāgeṃ प्रवत्तेतेpravattete। खचिहस्तमनुष्यस्यkhacihastamanuṣyasya वधतेvadhate चca सदाsa·dā बलंba·laṃ।

dhāgammikaḥ sthira cittena nijamāgeṃ pravattete| khacihastamanuṣyasya vadhate ca sadā balaṃ|

The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger.
10

सर्व्वंsar·vaṃ युयंyu·yaṃ पराढत्यparāḍhatya समागच्छतsamāgacchata पुव्वेवत्puvvevat। युष्मन्मध्येyuṣ·man·madh·ye मयाma·yā कोऽपिko·pi ज्ञानीjñā·nī नासादयिव्यतेnāsādayivyate।।

sarvvaṃ yuyaṃ parāḍhatya samāgacchata puvvevat| yuṣmanmadhye mayā ko'pi jñānī nāsādayivyate||

But as for you all, do ye return, and come now: for I cannot find one wise man among you.
11

ममma·ma दिनान्यतीतानिdinānyatītāni तयेवाच्छिन्नतांtayevācchinnatāṃ गताःga·tāḥ। सकलाsa·ka·lā ममma·ma सङ्कल्पाsaṅkalpā खथाखित्तस्यkhathākhittasya मेme प्रियाःpri·yāḥ।।

mama dinānyatītāni tayevācchinnatāṃ gatāḥ| sakalā mama saṅkalpā khathākhittasya me priyāḥ||

My days are past, my purposes are broken off, even the thoughts of my heart.
12

तथापीमेंtathāpīmeṃ मनुव्यास्तांmanuvyāstāṃ रात्रिंrāt·riṃ कुर्व्वन्तिkur·van·ti वासरvāsara। दीस्तिंdīstiṃ वदन्तिva·dan·ti चासन्चांcāsancāṃ तमिखस्याग्रगमिनींtamikhasyāgragaminīṃ।।।
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tathāpīmeṃ manuvyāstāṃ rātriṃ kurvvanti vāsara| dīstiṃ vadanti cāsancāṃ tamikhasyāgragaminīṃ|||

They change the night into day: the light is short because of darkness.
13

योyo ऽहंhaṃ काङ्ामिkāṅāmi पातालंpātālaṃ मामकौननिवासवत्māmakaunanivāsavat। च्यास्तणामिcyāstaṇāmi मदीयअ्madīyaa शयनीयंśayanīyaṃ तमिस्रकेta·mis·ra·ke।।
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yo 'haṃ kāṅāmi pātālaṃ māmakaunanivāsavat| cyāstaṇāmi madīyaa śayanīyaṃ tamisrake||

If I wait, the grave is mine house: I have made my bed in the darkness.
14

चयंcayaṃ वच्चिvacci पिताpi·tā मेme त्वtva कीटीkīṭī माताmā·tā खसाkhasā चca मेme

cayaṃ vacci pitā me tva kīṭī mātā khasā ca me

I have said to corruption, Thou art my father: to the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister.
15

व्याशाvyāśā मेme तादृशस्यtā·dṛ·śas·ya क्तkta ममापेक्षांmamāpekṣāṃ कka इच्ततेictate।।
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vyāśā me tādṛśasya kta mamāpekṣāṃ ka ictate||

And where is now my hope? as for my hope, who shall see it?
16

पातालमवरूढpātālamavarūḍha तेte निरुद्धेniruddhe तस्यtas·ya चागलेःcāgaleḥ। साधंsādhaṃ ताभ्याञ्चtābhyāñca विश्रामेviśrāme धूल्यामेवdhūlyāmeva मयाश्यतेmayāśyate।।
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pātālamavarūḍha te niruddhe tasya cāgaleḥ| sādhaṃ tābhyāñca viśrāme dhūlyāmeva mayāśyate||

They shall go down to the bars of the pit, when our rest together is in the dust.

Sources. Sanskrit: Satyavedaḥ, the New Testament in Sanskrit (Calcutta Baptist Missionaries, 1851; J. Wenger’s revision of W. Carey’s version). Digital text © 2018 SanskritBible.in, via eBible.org, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; changed here: arranged by verse and every word linked to the dictionary (links made automatically). Old Testament Sanskrit: the Old Testament in Sanskrit, Calcutta Baptist Mission Press, 1848–1852 (public domain), read by OCR from the Internet Archive scans of the Boston University School of Theology copy; unproofread, with machine clean-up only. Pāli Canon: Mahāsaṅgīti Tipiṭaka Buddhavasse 2500 (based on the Vipassana Research Institute’s Chaṭṭha Saṅgāyana edition), from SuttaCentral bilara-data, CC0; Devanagari and pronunciation made automatically from the Roman text. Pāli English: Bhikkhu Sujato (suttas) and Bhikkhu Brahmali (Vinaya), SuttaCentral, CC0. Pāli word meanings: the Pali Text Society’s Pali-English Dictionary (Rhys Davids & Stede), corrected reprint © The Pali Text Society, CC BY-NC 3.0, digital text from BuddhaDust; word matching automatic. English: King James Version (1769), public domain; words the translators added are in italics. Word meanings and pronunciations: Monier-Williams, Sanskrit–English Dictionary (1872), via this site’s Sanskrit dictionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); English↔Sanskrit word matches made automatically and may need checking.