akheer, ayoob te os de dosta darmyaan chuppi chha gayi. arab de registan to shayad sirf vagdi hava di avaaz hi aa rehi si. lambi behes karan to baad ayoob kol bolan layi kujh nahi si bachya. zara kalpna karo ki ayoob apne tinn dosta aleefaz, bildad atey sofar val gusse bhariya nazra naal dekh reha hai jive ohna nu bolan layi uksa reha hove. par oh tinne jane neevi payi ja sir jhukayi baithe han. kyo? kyoki ohna ne jo behes atey “havayi” te chubhviya galla keetiya ohna da koi faida nahi hoya. (ayoob 16:3) bina shakk, ayoob apni khariayi saabat karan vich lagga hoya si.

 ayoob nu idda lagga hona ki os de pale taa hun khariayi hi reh gayi hai. os ne apni dhan-daulat guaa layi, os de das de das bache mar gaye, guandiya te dosta ne os da saath dena atey izzat karni chhadd ditti. akheer, os nu gambheer bimari lagg gayi, os di chamrri bimari kaaran kali ho gayi, kharind aa gaye atey keerre pai gaye. itho tak ki os de muh vicho vi badbu aa rehi si. (ayoob 7:5; 19:17; 30:30) par ohna tinn aadmiya di galla karke ayoob gusse naal bhar gaya. oh eh saabat karan vich lagga hoya si ki os ne koi galti nahi keeti. akheer ayoob ne jo keha os karke ohna di bolti band ho gayi. ohna diya chubhviya galla di jharri thamm gayi. par ayoob da dard ove da ove hi reha. os nu aje vi bahut ziada madad di lorr si.

 asi samajh sakde ha ki apne halaata bare ayoob da nazria kyo sahi nahi si. os nu salah te sedh di lorr si. nale os nu dilase te tassali di vi lorr si jo os de tinn dosta nu deni chaheedi si. par ohna ne idda nahi keeta. kee tuhanu kade lagga ki tuhanu vi sedh te dilase di sakht lorr hai? kee tuhanu ohna lokaa ne dukhi keeta jinha nu tusi apna dost samajhde si? aao dekhiye ki yahovah parmeshwar ne apne sevak ayoob di madad kive keeti atey ayoob ne eh madad kive saveekar keeti. ihna galla nu jaan ke tuhanu umeed te madad mil sakdi hai.

 aao dekhiye ki ayoob de birtant vich agge kee hunda hai. uthe alihu naa da ik naujavan vi si. oh uthe kharha chupp-chaap ohna bazurg aadmiya diya galla sunn reha si. ohna diya galla sunn ke os nu bahut dukh lagga.

 alihu ayoob to khush nahi si. oh eh dekh ke dukhi si ki dharmi ayoob gusse vich “apne aap nu na ki parmeshwar nu dharmi” thehra reha si. par alihu nu ayoob naal sachi humdardi si. oh ayoob da dukh atey saafdili dekh sakda si. nale oh samajh sakda si ki os nu salah te dilase di kinni lorr si. bina shakk, alihu ohna jhootha dilasa den valya diya galla sunn ke ak chukka si. os ne sunya si ki ohna tinna ne ayoob nu chubhviya galla kehiya, os da izzat-maan khohan atey nehcha kamzor karan te khariayi nu torran di koshish keeti. is to vi maarri gall ki ohna diya chubhviya galla ne parmeshwar nu dusht thehraya. alihu bolan layi apni vari da intazar kar reha si!—ayoob 32:2-4, 18.

 os ne keha: “mai dina vich juaan ha, tusi vaddi umar de ho, es layi mai tuhanu apna vichaar dassan tho sang gaya atey dar gaya.” par oh ziada der chupp na reh sakya. os ne agge keha: “oh vadde hi nahi jehrre budhvan han, atey na hi buddhe niyao nu samjhan vale han.” (ayoob 32:6, 9) fir alihu ne ihna shabda nu sach saabat karan layi ik lamba bhashan ditta. par os ne aleefaz, bildad atey sofar vang gall nahi keeti. nale os ne ayoob nu bharosa divaya ki oh os nu neeva nahi dikhavega ja os nu hor pareshan nahi karega. os ne ayoob da naa lai ke os layi aadar dikhaya. nale os ne mannya ki ayoob di beizzati keeti gayi si. * os ne aadar naal keha: “he ayoob zara mera bolna sunn lai.”—ayoob 33:1, 7; 34:7.

 alihu ne ayoob nu sidhi-sidhi salah ditti: “sach much tai mere kanna vich aakhya hai, . . . bhayi mai saaf atey niraparadh ha, mai paak te nirdosh ha. vekh, oh mere virudh vela labhda hai.” alihu mushkal di jarrh tak gaya atey os ne puchhya: “bhala, tu es nu theek samajhda hai, bhayi tai aakhya, mera dharam parmeshwar nalo vadheek haiga?” oh is tarha diya galla nu nazarandaz nahi kar sakda si. naujavan aadmi ne keha: “tu es vich dharmi nahi.” (ayoob 33:8-12; 35:2) alihu jaanda si ki ayoob ne jo guaaya si atey os de jhoothe dosta ne os naal jo bura salook keeta si, os karke oh gusse naal bharya hoya si. par alihu ne ayoob nu keha: “khabardar, mate keher tainu thathe layi parere.”—ayoob 36:18.

 sabh to zaroori gall hai ki alihu yahovah parmeshwar de pakh vich bolya. os ne zabardast tareeke naal is sachayi ’te zor ditta: “eh parmeshwar to door hove ki oh dushtpuna kare, nale sarab shaktiman to ki oh buriayi kare! . . . na hi sarab shaktiman puthe niyao karu.” (ayoob 34:10, 12) yahovah daya dikha ke niya karda hai. alihu ne ayoob nu yaad karaya ki parmeshwar os nu saza nahi de reha si bhave os ne parmeshwar khilaf buriya te niradar valiya galla kehiya san. (ayoob 35:13-15) nale alihu ne eh nahi dikhaya ki os nu sare savaala de javab pata san. par os ne keha: “parmeshwar mahan haiga atey asi oh nu nahi jaande.”—ayoob 36:26.

 chahe alihu ne sidhi-sidhi salah ditti, par fir vi oh daya dikhaunda reha. os ne ayoob nu ik shaandar umeed bare dassya ki ik din yahovah os nu bilkul theek kar devega. parmeshwar apne vafadar sevak nu kahega: “os da maas balak nalo vadheek harya bharya ho jaooga, oh apni juaani val murr aaooga.” ik hor gall to pata laggda hai ki alihu ne daya dikhayi. ayoob nu bhashan den di bajaye alihu ne os nu gall karan ja javab den layi keha: “je tai kujh bolna hai taa mainu uttar deh, bol, kyo jo mai tainu dharmi thehrauna chahunda ha.” (ayoob 33:25, 32) par ayoob kujh nahi bolya. shayad is tarha diya pyaar te hausla den valiya galla sunn ke os nu lagga nahi ki os nu apne pakh vich kujh kehen di lorr si. shayad alihu diya galla sunn ki ayoob roya te os nu sakoon milya.

 asi ihna doha vafadar aadmiya to bahut kujh sikh sakde ha. alihu to asi sikhde ha ki asi salah te dilasa kive de sakde ha. ik sacha dost apne dost di gambheer galti ja galat kamm bare dassan to pichhe nahi hatda. (kahauta 27:6) asi ajehe hi dost ban-na chahunde ha, par asi odo vi daya naal pesh aavange atey hausla den valiya galla kahange jado sadde dost sadde naal rukhe tareeke naal pesh aaunde han. nale jado sanu salah di lorr hundi hai, taa asi ayoob di misal to sikh sakde ha ki salah nu angaulya karan di bajaye sanu nimarta naal is nu sunn-na chaheeda hai. sanu sarya nu salah te taarrna di lorr hai. is nu sunn ke saddi jaan bach sakdi hai.—kahauta 4:13.

 alihu ne apnia galla vich aksar hava, baddal, bijli te garj bare gall keeti. os ne yahovah bare keha: “suno na, oh de gajjan di avaz nu.” thodi der baad alihu ne “jhakharr” di gall keeti. (ayoob 37:2, 9) laggda hai ki os de gall kardya jhakharr chal reha si atey eh hor tez hunda ja reha si. akheer, sare pase toofan aa gaya. fir ik anokhi ghatna vapari. yahovah bolya!—ayoob 38:1.

 ayoob di kitab parhde vele jado asi ihna shaandar adhiyava nu parhde ha jinha vich yahovah ayoob naal gall karda hai, taa sanu bahut sakoon milda hai. eh idda hai jive sachayi da jhakharr aleefaz, bildad atey sofar diya sariya khokhliya atey jhoothiya galla nu uda ke lai gaya hove. shuru vich taa yahovah ne ihna tinna aadmiya da zikar tak nahi keeta, sago os ne apna sara dhyaan sirf ayoob utte laya. os ne apne pyaare sevak naal is tarha gall keeti jive ik pita apne puttar naal karda hai.

 yahovah ayoob da dard samajhda si. nale os nu ayoob ’te taras aaya jidda os nu apne pyaare bachya diya dukh-takleefa nu dekh ke aaunda hai. (yasayah 63:9; zakaryah 2:8) par os nu eh vi pata si ki ayoob “giaanheen galla” kar ke apne aap nu hor dukhi kar reha si. is layi yahovah ne ayoob to kayi savaal puchh ke os di soch sudhari. os ne puchhya: “tu kithe sai jad mai dharti di neeu rakhi? dass, je tu samajh rakhda hai!” srishti de shuru vich ‘saver de tarya’ yani doota ne yahovah di rachna dekh ke os di mehma keeti. (ayoob 38:2, 4, 7) bina shakk, ayoob nu is bare kujh vi nahi pata si.

 yahovah ne srishti bare hor gall keeti. os ne ayoob nu sankhep vich kujh galla dassiya jis nu ajj vigiaan keha janda hai. os ne ajehe vishya ’te gall keeti, jive khagol-vigiaan, jeev-vigiaan, bhu-vigiaan atey bhautik-vigiaan. khaas karke yahovah ne ohna jaanvara bare gall keeti jo os desh vich paaye jande san jithe ayoob rehnda si. eh kujh jaanvar san: babbar sher, paharri kaa, paharri bakkri, jangli gadhe, jangli sandh, shutarmurg, ghorre, baaz, dariayi ghorre atey magarmachh. zara kalpna karo ki brehmand de kartar to kudrat bare jaankari laini kinne hi vadde sanman di gall hai! *

 yahovah ne os nu eh sariya galla kyo dassiya? ayoob nu hor nimar bannan di lorr si. os naal jo bura hoya si, os bare os ne sochya te shikayat keeti ki eh sara kujh yahovah karva reha hai. idda kar ke oh apne dard nu hor vadha reha si te apne pyaare pita to door ho reha si. is layi parmeshwar ne os nu vaar-vaar puchhya ki oh odo kithe si jado os ne eh sariya shaandar cheeza banaiya san. nale puchhya ki ayoob os vallo banaye jeev-jantuaa nu khila-pila sakda si atey ohna nu vass vich kar sakda si. je ayoob yahovah diya banaiya mamooli cheeza nu vass vich nahi kar sakda si, taa oh srishtikarta ’te dosh kive la sakda si? kee yahovah de raah atey khayal ayoob di chhoti soch to kite ziada uche nahi san?

 yahovah ne jo kujh vi keha os to pata laggda hai ki oh ayoob nu kinna pyaar karda si. eh idda si jive yahovah ayoob naal tarak kar reha hove: ‘mere putt, je mai eh sariya cheeza banaun de naal-naal ihna di dekh-bhaal kar sakda ha, taa kee tainu nahi laggda ki mai teri vi dekh-bhaal kar sakda? kee mai tainu chhadd sakda, tere bache te teri dhan-daulat tere to khoh sakda atey tainu bimari la sakda? kee sirf mai hi nahi ha jo tere har nuksan di bharpayi kar sakda atey tere dukha vich tainu dilasa de sakda?’

 ayoob ne sirf do vaar yahovah de savaala da javab ditta. os ne na taa behes keeti, na apne aap nu sahi thehraun di koshish keeti te na hi bahane banaye. os ne nimarta naal mannya ki os nu bahut ghatt pata si atey os ne apnia moorkhta bhariya galla ’te pachhtava vi keeta. (ayoob 40:4, 5; 42:1-6) itho asi ayoob di nehcha saaf-saaf dekh sakde ha. os ne bahut kujh sehya si, par fir vi os ne apni nehcha banayi rakhi. os ne yahovah di taarrna saveekar keeti atey apni soch sudhari. shayad asi vi apne aap to ajehe savaal puchhiye, ‘kee mai inna nimar ha ki mai salah te taarrna kabool karda ha?’ sanu sarya nu salah di lorr hai. salah nu kabool karke asi ayoob di nehcha di rees kar rahe hunde ha.

 hun yahovah ayoob nu os de dukha to dilasa den layi kadam chukkda hai. aleefaz jhootha dilasa den valya vicho sabh to vadda si. yahovah ne os nu keha: “mera krodh tere utte atey tere doha mittra utte bharrak utthya hai kyo jo tusi mere vikhe sach nahi bole jive mera daas ayoob bolya.” (ayoob 42:7) zara ihna shabda bare socho. kee yahovah eh keh reha si ki ihna tinna aadmiya diya sariya galla jhoothiya san atey ayoob diya sariya galla sachiya? bilkul nahi. * par ayoob atey os de doshiya de halaata vich vadda farak si. ayoob da dil tutta hoya si, oh gam vich duba hoya si atey os ’te jhoothe dosh laye gaye san. is layi asi samajh sakde ha ki os ne kadi-kadayi moorkhta bhariya galla kyo kehiya. par aleefaz te os de do dosta de halaat is tarha de nahi san. nehcha kamzor hon karke ohna ne jaan-bujh ke atey ghamand naal chubhviya galla kehiya. ohna ne na sirf nirdosh aadmi utte dosh laye, sago ohna ne yahovah bare vi galat galla kehiya. itho tak ki ohna ne apnia galla raahi yahovah nu dusht parmeshwar vajo pesh keeta!

 fir is vich koi hairani di gall nahi ki yahovah ne ohna aadmiya nu apnia galtiya di keemat bharan layi keha. ohna nu satt bald te satt bhedu bali de taur te charhaune paine san. eh koi maarri-moti gall nahi si kyoki baad vich moosa de kanoon vich dassya gaya si ki je maha pujari de paap karke poori kaum doshi bann-di si, taa os nu bald di bali charhauni paindi si. (leviya 4:3) moosa de kanoon vich bali de taur te charhaye jande jaanvara vich bald sabh to mehnga si. is to vadh ke yahovah ne keha ki oh taa hi ohna de charhave kabool karega je ayoob ohna di khatar prarthna kare. * (ayoob 42:8) ayoob de dil nu kinna hi sakoon milya hona jado os ne dekhya ki os de parmeshwar ne os nu nirdosh thehraya atey yahovah de niya di jitt hoi!

 yahovah nu poora yakeen si ki ayoob os di gall mannega atey ohna aadmiya nu maaf kar devega jinha ne os nu bahut ziada dukh pahunchaya si. ayoob ne apne pita nu nirash nahi keeta. (ayoob 42:9) os di aagyakari os di khariayi da sabh to vadda saboot si jo os de shabda to kite ziada maene rakhdi si. ise khariayi karke ayoob nu beshumar barkata miliya.

 yahovah ayoob naal ‘humdardi atey daya’ naal pesh aaya. (yakoob 5:11) kidda? yahovah ne ayoob nu theek kar ditta. zara socho ki ayoob nu odo kidda lagga hona jado os ne dekhya ki alihu de kahe mutabak os da “maas balak nalo vadheek harya bharya” ho gaya! akheer, os da parivar atey dost os de aale-duaale ikatthe hoye, os naal humdardi jatayi atey os nu tohfe ditte. yahovah ne ayoob nu pehla nalo dugni dhan-daulat ditti. is to vadda dukh hor kee ho sakda si ki os ne apne bache guaa laye? par ayoob atey os di patni ne das hor bachya de maape hon da sukh paya! nale yahovah ne chamatkar kar ke ayoob di umar vi vadhayi. ayoob 140 saal hor jeeunda reha te os ne apnia agliya chaar peerriya vi dekhiya. asi parhde ha: “taa ayoob buddha te samapoor ho ke chalana kar gaya.” (ayoob 42:10-17) ayoob atey os di pyaari patni navi duniya vich apne parivar nu dobara milange jinha vich oh das bache vi honge jinha nu shaitan ne khoh lya si.—yuhanna 5:28, 29.

 yahovah ne ayoob nu beshumar barkata kyo dittiya? bible javab dindi hai: “tusi sunya hai ki ayoob ne kinne dheeraj naal dukh sahe san.” (yakoob 5:11) ayoob ne inniya mushkla sahiya jinha bare asi soch vi nahi sakde. “dheeraj” shabd to pata laggda hai ki ayoob ne nehcha atey yahovah layi pyaar hon karke apne ’te aaiya azmaaisha sahiya. gusse atey kurrttan naal bharan di bajaye oh ohna lokaa nu vi maaf karan layi tyaar si jinha ne jaan-bujh ke os nu dukh pahunchaya si. nale os ne apna dhyaan apni umeed atey khariayi ’te laayi rakhya.—ayoob 27:5.

 sanu sarya nu dheeraj rakhan di lorr hai. asi bharosa rakh sakde ha ki ayoob vang shaitan sanu vi nirash karan di poori koshish karega. par je asi nehcha rakhange, nimar bane rahange, doojya nu maaf karan layi tyaar rahange te apni khariayi ’te pakke rahange, taa asi vi apna dhyaan apni umeed ’te laayi rakhange. (ibraniya 10:36) ayoob di nehcha di rees kar ke asi shaitan nu dukhi karange atey yahovah de dil nu khush karange!