Job

以利戶又說：

Furthermore Elihu answered and said,

你們智慧人要聽我的話；有知識的人要留心聽我說。

Hear my words, O ye wise {men}; and give ear unto me, ye that have knowledge.

因為耳朵試驗話語，好像上膛嘗食物。

For the ear trieth words, as the mouth tasteth meat. {mouth: Heb. palate}

我們當選擇何為是，彼此知道何為善。

Let us choose to us judgment: let us know among ourselves what {is} good.

約伯曾說：我是公義，神奪去我的理；

For Job hath said, I am righteous: and God hath taken away my judgment.

我雖有理，還算為說謊言的；我雖無過，受的傷還不能醫治。

Should I lie against my right? my wound {is} incurable without transgression. {my wound: Heb. mine arrow}

誰像約伯，喝譏誚如同喝水呢？

What man {is} like Job, {who} drinketh up scorning like water?

他與作孽的結伴，和惡人同行。

Which goeth in company with the workers of iniquity, and walketh with wicked men.

他說：人以神為樂，總是無益。

For he hath said, It profiteth a man nothing that he should delight himself with God.

所以，你們明理的人要聽我的話。神斷不致行惡；全能者斷不致作孽。

Therefore hearken unto me, ye men of understanding: far be it from God, {that he should do} wickedness; and {from} the Almighty, {that he should commit} iniquity. {men...: Heb. men of heart}

他必按人所做的報應人，使各人照所行的得報。

For the work of a man shall he render unto him, and cause every man to find according to {his} ways.

神必不作惡；全能者也不偏離公平。

Yea, surely God will not do wickedly, neither will the Almighty pervert judgment.

誰派他治理地，安定全世界呢？

Who hath given him a charge over the earth? or who hath disposed the whole world? {the whole: Heb. all of it?}

他若專心為己，將靈和氣收歸自己，

If he set his heart upon man, {if} he gather unto himself his spirit and his breath; {man: Heb. him}

凡有血氣的就必一同死亡；世人必仍歸塵土。

All flesh shall perish together, and man shall turn again unto dust.

你若明理，就當聽我的話，留心聽我言語的聲音。

If now {thou hast} understanding, hear this: hearken to the voice of my words.

難道恨惡公平的可以掌權麼？那有公義的、有大能的，豈可定他有罪麼？

Shall even he that hateth right govern? and wilt thou condemn him that is most just? {govern: Heb. bind?}

他對君王說：你是鄙陋的；對貴臣說：你是邪惡的。

{Is it fit} to say to a king, {Thou art} wicked? {and} to princes, {Ye are} ungodly?

他待王子不徇情面，也不看重富足的過於貧窮的，因為都是他手所造。

{How much less to him} that accepteth not the persons of princes, nor regardeth the rich more than the poor? for they all {are} the work of his hands.

在轉眼之間，半夜之中，他們就死亡。百姓被震動而去世；有權力的被奪去非借人手。

In a moment shall they die, and the people shall be troubled at midnight, and pass away: and the mighty shall be taken away without hand. {the mighty...: Heb. they shall take away the mighty}

神注目觀看人的道路，看明人的腳步。

For his eyes {are} upon the ways of man, and he seeth all his goings.

沒有黑暗、陰翳能給作孽的藏身。

{There is} no darkness, nor shadow of death, where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.

神審判人，不必使人到他面前再三鑒察。

For he will not lay upon man more {than right}; that he should enter into judgment with God. {enter: Heb. go}

他用難測之法打破有能力的人，設立別人代替他們。

He shall break in pieces mighty men without number, and set others in their stead. {number: Heb. searching out}

他原知道他們的行為，使他們在夜間傾倒滅亡。

Therefore he knoweth their works, and he overturneth {them} in the night, so that they are destroyed. {destroyed: Heb. crushed}

他在眾人眼前擊打他們，如同擊打惡人一樣。

He striketh them as wicked men in the open sight of others; {open...: Heb. place of beholders}

因為他們偏行不跟從他，也不留心他的道，

Because they turned back from him, and would not consider any of his ways: {him: Heb. after him}

甚至使貧窮人的哀聲達到他那裡；他也聽了困苦人的哀聲。

So that they cause the cry of the poor to come unto him, and he heareth the cry of the afflicted.

他使人安靜，誰能擾亂（或譯：定罪）呢？他掩面，誰能見他呢？無論待一國或一人都是如此─

When he giveth quietness, who then can make trouble? and when he hideth {his} face, who then can behold him? whether {it be done} against a nation, or against a man only:

使不虔敬的人不得作王，免得有人牢籠百姓。

That the hypocrite reign not, lest the people be ensnared.

有誰對神說：我受了責罰，不再犯罪；

Surely it is meet to be said unto God, I have borne {chastisement}, I will not offend {any more}:

我所看不明的，求你指教我；我若作了孽，必不再作？

{That which} I see not teach thou me: if I have done iniquity, I will do no more.

他施行報應，豈要隨你的心願、叫你推辭不受麼？選定的是你，不是我。你所知道的只管說罷！

{Should it be} according to thy mind? he will recompense it, whether thou refuse, or whether thou choose; and not I: therefore speak what thou knowest. {according...: Heb. from with thee?}

明理的人和聽我話的智慧人必對我說：

Let men of understanding tell me, and let a wise man hearken unto me. {of...: Heb. of heart}

約伯說話沒有知識，言語中毫無智慧。

Job hath spoken without knowledge, and his words {were} without wisdom.

願約伯被試驗到底，因他回答像惡人一樣。

My desire {is that} Job may be tried unto the end because of {his} answers for wicked men. {My...: or, My father, let Job be tried}

他在罪上又加悖逆；在我們中間拍手，用許多言語輕慢神。

For he addeth rebellion unto his sin, he clappeth {his hands} among us, and multiplieth his words against God.