Job 34

以利户又说：

yǐ lì hù yòu shuō ：

Moreover Elihu answered,

你们智慧人要听我的话； 有知识的人要留心听我说。

nǐ men zhì huì rén yào tīng wǒ de huà ； yǒu zhī shi de rén yào liú xīn tīng wǒ shuō 。

“Hear my words, you wise men. Give ear to me, you who have knowledge.

因为耳朵试验话语， 好像上膛尝食物。

yīn wèi ěr duo shì yàn huà yǔ ， hǎo xiàng shàng táng cháng shí wù 。

For the ear tries words, as the palate tastes food.

我们当选择何为是， 彼此知道何为善。

wǒ men dāng xuǎn zé hé wèi shì ， bǐ cǐ zhī dào hé wèi shàn 。

Let us choose for us that which is right. Let us know among ourselves what is good.

约伯曾说：我是公义， 神夺去我的理；

yuē bó céng shuō ： wǒ shì gōng yì ， shén duó qù wǒ de lǐ ；

For Job has said, ‘I am righteous, God has taken away my right.

我虽有理，还算为说谎言的； 我虽无过，受的伤还不能医治。

wǒ suī yǒu lǐ ， hái suàn wéi shuō huǎng yán de ； wǒ suī wú guò ， shòu de shāng hái bù néng yī zhì 。

Notwithstanding my right I am considered a liar. My wound is incurable, though I am without disobedience.’

谁像约伯， 喝讥诮如同喝水呢？

shuí xiàng yuē bó ， hē jī qiào rú tóng hē shuǐ ne ？

What man is like Job, who drinks scorn like water,

他与作孽的结伴， 和恶人同行。

tā yǔ zuò niè de jié bàn ， hé è rén tóng háng 。

who goes in company with the workers of iniquity, and walks with wicked men?

他说：人以 神为乐， 总是无益。

tā shuō ： rén yǐ shén wéi lè ， zǒng shì wú yì 。

For he has said, ‘It profits a man nothing that he should delight himself with God.’

所以，你们明理的人要听我的话。 神断不致行恶； 全能者断不致作孽。

suǒ yǐ ， nǐ men míng lǐ de rén yào tīng wǒ de huà 。 shén duàn bú zhì xíng è ； quán néng zhě duàn bú zhì zuò niè 。

“Therefore listen to me, you men of understanding: far be it from God, that he should do wickedness, from the Almighty, that he should commit iniquity.

他必按人所做的报应人， 使各人照所行的得报。

tā bì àn rén suǒ zuò de bào yìng rén ， shǐ gè rén zhào suǒ xíng de dé bào 。

For the work of a man he will give to him, and cause every man to find according to his ways.

神必不作恶； 全能者也不偏离公平。

shén bì bú zuò è ； quán néng zhě yě bù piān lí gōng píng 。

Yes surely, God will not do wickedly, neither will the Almighty pervert justice.

谁派他治理地， 安定全世界呢？

shuí pài tā zhì lǐ dì ， ān dìng quán shì jiè ne ？

Who put him in charge of the earth? Or who has appointed him over the whole world?

他若专心为己， 将灵和气收归自己，

tā ruò zhuān xīn wèi jǐ ， jiāng líng hé qi shōu guī zì jǐ ，

If he set his heart on himself, if he gathered to himself his spirit and his breath,

凡有血气的就必一同死亡； 世人必仍归尘土。

fán yǒu xuè qì de jiù bì yì tóng sǐ wáng ； shì rén bì réng guī chén tǔ 。

all flesh would perish together, and man would turn again to dust.

你若明理，就当听我的话， 留心听我言语的声音。

nǐ ruò míng lǐ ， jiù dāng tīng wǒ de huà ， liú xīn tīng wǒ yán yǔ de shēng yīn 。

“If now you have understanding, hear this. Listen to the voice of my words.

难道恨恶公平的可以掌权吗？ 那有公义的、有大能的，岂可定他有罪吗？

nán dào hèn wù gōng píng de kě yǐ zhǎng quán ma ？ nà yǒu gōng yì de 、 yǒu dà néng de ， qǐ kě dìng tā yǒu zuì ma ？

Should even one who hates justice govern? Will you condemn him who is righteous and mighty,

他对君王说：你是鄙陋的； 对贵臣说：你是邪恶的。

tā duì jūn wáng shuō ： nǐ shì bǐ lòu de ； duì guì chén shuō ： nǐ shì xié è de 。

who says to a king, ‘Vile!’ or to nobles, ‘Wicked!’?

他待王子不徇情面， 也不看重富足的过于贫穷的， 因为都是他手所造。

tā dài wáng zǐ bú xùn qíng miàn ， yě bú kàn zhòng fù zú de guò yú pín qióng de ， yīn wèi dōu shì tā shǒu suǒ zào 。

He doesn’t respect the persons of princes, nor respect the rich more than the poor, for they all are the work of his hands.

在转眼之间，半夜之中， 他们就死亡。 百姓被震动而去世； 有权力的被夺去非借人手。

zài zhuǎn yǎn zhī jiān ， bàn yè zhī zhōng ， tā men jiù sǐ wáng 。 bǎi xìng bèi zhèn dòng ér qù shì ； yǒu quán lì de bèi duó qù fēi jiè rén shǒu 。

In a moment they die, even at midnight. The people are shaken and pass away. The mighty are taken away without a hand.

神注目观看人的道路， 看明人的脚步。

shén zhù mù guān kàn rén de dào lù ， kàn míng rén de jiǎo bù 。

“For his eyes are on the ways of a man. He sees all his goings.

没有黑暗、阴翳能给作孽的藏身。

méi yǒu hēi àn 、 yīn yì néng gěi zuò niè de cáng shēn 。

There is no darkness, nor thick gloom, where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.

神审判人，不必使人到他面前再三鉴察。

shén shěn pàn rén ， bú bì shǐ rén dào tā miàn qián zài sān jiàn chá 。

For he doesn’t need to consider a man further, that he should go before God in judgment.

他用难测之法打破有能力的人， 设立别人代替他们。

tā yòng nán cè zhī fǎ dǎ pò yǒu néng lì de rén ， shè lì bié ren dài tì tā men 。

He breaks mighty men in pieces in ways past finding out, and sets others in their place.

他原知道他们的行为， 使他们在夜间倾倒灭亡。

tā yuán zhī dào tā men de xíng wéi ， shǐ tā men zài yè jiān qīng dǎo miè wáng 。

Therefore he takes knowledge of their works. He overturns them in the night, so that they are destroyed.

他在众人眼前击打他们， 如同击打恶人一样。

tā zài zhòng rén yǎn qián jī dǎ tā men ， rú tóng jī dǎ è rén yí yàng 。

He strikes them as wicked men in the open sight of others;

因为他们偏行不跟从他， 也不留心他的道，

yīn wèi tā men piān xíng bù gēn cóng tā ， yě bù liú xīn tā de dào ，

because they turned away from following him, and wouldn’t pay attention to any of his ways,

甚至使贫穷人的哀声达到他那里； 他也听了困苦人的哀声。

shèn zhì shǐ pín qióng rén de āi shēng dá dào tā nà li ； tā yě tīng le kùn kǔ rén de āi shēng 。

so that they caused the cry of the poor to come to him. He heard the cry of the afflicted.

他使人安静，谁能扰乱 呢？ 他掩面，谁能见他呢？ 无论待一国或一人都是如此—

tā shǐ rén ān jìng ， shuí néng rǎo luàn ne ？ tā yǎn miàn ， shuí néng jiàn tā ne ？ wú lùn dài yì guó huò yì rén dōu shì rú cǐ —

When he gives quietness, who then can condemn? When he hides his face, who then can see him? He is over a nation or a man alike,

使不虔敬的人不得作王， 免得有人牢笼百姓。

shǐ bù qián jìng de rén bù dé zuò wáng ， miǎn de yǒu rén láo lóng bǎi xìng 。

that the godless man may not reign, that there be no one to ensnare the people.

有谁对 神说： 我受了责罚，不再犯罪；

yǒu shuí duì shén shuō ： wǒ shòu le zé fá ， bú zài fàn zuì ；

“For has any said to God, ‘I am guilty, but 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？

wǒ suǒ kàn bù míng de ， qiú nǐ zhǐ jiào wǒ ； wǒ ruò zuò le niè ， bì bú zài zuò ？

Teach me that which I don’t see. If I have done iniquity, I will do it no more’?

他施行报应， 岂要随你的心愿、叫你推辞不受吗？ 选定的是你，不是我。 你所知道的只管说吧！

tā shī xíng bào yìng ， qǐ yào suí nǐ de xīn yuàn 、 jiào nǐ tuī cí bú shòu ma ？ xuǎn dìng de shì nǐ ， bú shì wǒ 。 nǐ suǒ zhī dào de zhǐ guǎn shuō ba ！

Shall his recompense be as you desire, that you refuse it? For you must choose, and not I. Therefore speak what you know.

明理的人和听我话的智慧人必对我说：

míng lǐ de rén hé tīng wǒ huà de zhì huì rén bì duì wǒ shuō ：

Men of understanding will tell me, yes, every wise man who hears me:

约伯说话没有知识， 言语中毫无智慧。

yuē bó shuō huà méi yǒu zhī shi ， yán yǔ zhōng háo wú zhì huì 。

‘Job speaks without knowledge. His words are without wisdom.’

愿约伯被试验到底， 因他回答像恶人一样。

yuàn yuē bó bèi shì yàn dào dǐ ， yīn tā huí dá xiàng è rén yí yàng 。

I wish that Job were tried to the end, because of his answering like wicked men.

他在罪上又加悖逆； 在我们中间拍手， 用许多言语轻慢 神。

tā zài zuì shàng yòu jiā bèi nì ； zài wǒ men zhōng jiān pāi shǒu ， yòng xǔ duō yán yǔ qīng màn shén 。

For he adds rebellion to his sin. He claps his hands among us, and multiplies his words against God.”