Job 36

以利户又接着说：

yǐ lì hù yòu jiē zhe shuō ：

Elihu also continued, and said,

你再容我片时，我就指示你， 因我还有话为 神说。

nǐ zài róng wǒ piàn shí ， wǒ jiù zhǐ shì nǐ ， yīn wǒ hái yǒu huà wèi shén shuō 。

“Bear with me a little, and I will show you; for I still have something to say on God’s behalf.

我要将所知道的从远处引来， 将公义归给造我的主。

wǒ yào jiāng suǒ zhī dào de cóng yuǎn chù yǐn lái ， jiāng gōng yì guī gěi zào wǒ de zhǔ 。

I will get my knowledge from afar, and will ascribe righteousness to my Maker.

我的言语真不虚谎； 有知识全备的与你同在。

wǒ de yán yǔ zhēn bù xū huǎng ； yǒu zhī shi quán bèi de yǔ nǐ tóng zài 。

For truly my words are not false. One who is perfect in knowledge is with you.

神有大能，并不藐视人； 他的智慧甚广。

shén yǒu dà néng ， bìng bù miǎo shì rén ； tā de zhì huì shèn guǎng 。

“Behold, God is mighty, and doesn’t despise anyone. He is mighty in strength of understanding.

他不保护恶人的性命， 却为困苦人伸冤。

tā bù bǎo hù è rén de xìng mìng ， què wèi kùn kǔ rén shēn yuān 。

He doesn’t preserve the life of the wicked, but gives justice to the afflicted.

他时常看顾义人， 使他们和君王同坐宝座， 永远要被高举。

tā shí cháng kàn gù yì rén ， shǐ tā men hé jūn wáng tóng zuò bǎo zuò ， yǒng yuǎn yào bèi gāo jǔ 。

He doesn’t withdraw his eyes from the righteous, but with kings on the throne, he sets them forever, and they are exalted.

他们若被锁链捆住， 被苦难的绳索缠住，

tā men ruò bèi suǒ liàn kǔn zhù ， bèi kǔ nàn de shéng suǒ chán zhù ，

If they are bound in fetters, and are taken in the cords of afflictions,

他就把他们的作为和过犯指示他们， 叫他们知道有骄傲的行动。

tā jiù bǎ tā men de zuò wéi hé guò fàn zhǐ shì tā men ， jiào tā men zhī dào yǒu jiāo ào de xíng dòng 。

then he shows them their work, and their transgressions, that they have behaved themselves proudly.

他也开通他们的耳朵得受教训， 吩咐他们离开罪孽转回。

tā yě kāi tōng tā men de ěr duo dé shòu jiào xùn ， fēn fu tā men lí kāi zuì niè zhuǎn huí 。

He also opens their ears to instruction, and commands that they return from iniquity.

他们若听从事奉他， 就必度日亨通，历年福乐；

tā men ruò tīng cóng shì fèng tā ， jiù bì dù rì hēng tōng ， lì nián fú lè ；

If they listen and serve him, they will spend their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures.

若不听从， 就要被刀杀灭，无知无识而死。

ruò bù tīng cóng ， jiù yào bèi dāo shā miè ， wú zhī wú shí ér sǐ 。

But if they don’t listen, they will perish by the sword; they will die without knowledge.

那心中不敬虔的人积蓄怒气； 神捆绑他们，他们竟不求救；

nà xīn zhōng bú jìng qián de rén jī xù nù qì ； shén kǔn bǎng tā men ， tā men jìng bù qiú jiù ；

“But those who are godless in heart lay up anger. They don’t cry for help when he binds them.

必在青年时死亡， 与污秽人一样丧命。

bì zài qīng nián shí sǐ wáng ， yǔ wū huì rén yí yàng sàng mìng 。

They die in youth. Their life perishes among the unclean.

神借着困苦救拔困苦人， 趁他们受欺压开通他们的耳朵。

shén jiè zhe kùn kǔ jiù bá kùn kǔ rén ， chèn tā men shòu qī yā kāi tōng tā men de ěr duo 。

He delivers the afflicted by their affliction, and opens their ear in oppression.

神也必引你出离患难， 进入宽阔不狭窄之地； 摆在你席上的必满有肥甘。

shén yě bì yǐn nǐ chū lí huàn nàn ， jìn rù kuān kuò bù xiá zhǎi zhī dì ； bǎi zài nǐ xí shàng de bì mǎn yǒu féi gān 。

Yes, he would have allured you out of distress, into a wide place, where there is no restriction. That which is set on your table would be full of fatness.

但你满口有恶人批评的言语； 判断和刑罚抓住你。

dàn nǐ mǎn kǒu yǒu è rén pī píng de yán yǔ ； pàn duàn hé xíng fá zhuā zhù nǐ 。

“But you are full of the judgment of the wicked. Judgment and justice take hold of you.

不可容忿怒触动你，使你不服责罚； 也不可因赎价大就偏行。

bù kě róng fèn nù chù dòng nǐ ， shǐ nǐ bù fú zé fá ； yě bù kě yīn shú jià dà jiù piān xíng 。

Don’t let riches entice you to wrath, neither let the great size of a bribe turn you aside.

你的呼求 ，或是你一切的势力， 果有灵验，叫你不受患难吗？

nǐ de hū qiú ， huò shì nǐ yí qiè de shì li ， guǒ yǒu líng yàn ， jiào nǐ bú shòu huàn nàn ma ？

Would your wealth sustain you in distress, or all the might of your strength?

不要切慕黑夜， 就是众民在本处被除灭的时候。

bú yào qiè mù hēi yè ， jiù shì zhòng mín zài běn chù bèi chú miè de shí hou 。

Don’t desire the night, when people are cut off in their place.

你要谨慎，不可重看罪孽， 因你选择罪孽过于选择苦难。

nǐ yào jǐn shèn ， bù kě zhòng kàn zuì niè ， yīn nǐ xuǎn zé zuì niè guò yú xuǎn zé kǔ nàn 。

Take heed, don’t regard iniquity; for you have chosen this rather than affliction.

神行事有高大的能力； 教训人的有谁像他呢？

shén xíng shì yǒu gāo dà de néng lì ； jiào xun rén de yǒu shuí xiàng tā ne ？

Behold, God is exalted in his power. Who is a teacher like him?

谁派定他的道路？ 谁能说：你所行的不义？

shuí pài dìng tā de dào lù ？ shuí néng shuō ： nǐ suǒ xíng de bú yì ？

Who has prescribed his way for him? Or who can say, ‘You have committed unrighteousness’?

你不可忘记称赞他所行的为大， 就是人所歌颂的。

nǐ bù kě wàng jì chēng zàn tā suǒ xíng de wéi dà ， jiù shì rén suǒ gē sòng de 。

“Remember that you magnify his work, about which men have sung.

他所行的，万人都看见； 世人也从远处观看。

tā suǒ xíng de ， wàn rén dōu kàn jiàn ； shì rén yě cóng yuǎn chù guān kàn 。

All men have looked on it. Man sees it afar off.

神为大，我们不能全知； 他的年数不能测度。

shén wéi dà ， wǒ men bù néng quán zhī ； tā de nián shù bù néng cè dù 。

Behold, God is great, and we don’t know him. The number of his years is unsearchable.

他吸取水点， 这水点从云雾中就变成雨；

tā xī qǔ shuǐ diǎn ， zhè shuǐ diǎn cóng yún wù zhōng jiù biàn chéng yǔ ；

For he draws up the drops of water, which distill in rain from his vapor,

云彩将雨落下，沛然降与世人。

yún cai jiāng yǔ luò xià ， pèi rán jiàng yǔ shì rén 。

which the skies pour down and which drop on man abundantly.

谁能明白云彩如何铺张， 和 神行宫的雷声呢？

shuí néng míng bai yún cai rú hé pū zhāng ， hé shén xíng gōng de léi shēng ne ？

Indeed, can anyone understand the spreading of the clouds and the thunderings of his pavilion?

他将亮光普照在自己的四围； 他又遮覆海底。

tā jiāng liàng guāng pǔ zhào zài zì jǐ de sì wéi ； tā yòu zhē fù hǎi dǐ 。

Behold, he spreads his light around him. He covers the bottom of the sea.

他用这些审判众民， 且赐丰富的粮食。

tā yòng zhè xiē shěn pàn zhòng mín ， qiě cì fēng fù de liáng shi 。

For by these he judges the people. He gives food in abundance.

他以电光遮手， 命闪电击中敌人 。

tā yǐ diàn guāng zhē shǒu ， mìng shǎn diàn jī zhòng dí rén 。

He covers his hands with the lightning, and commands it to strike the mark.

所发的雷声显明他的作为， 又向牲畜指明要起暴风。

suǒ fā de léi shēng xiǎn míng tā de zuò wéi ， yòu xiàng shēng chù zhǐ míng yào qǐ bào fēng 。

Its noise tells about him, and the livestock also, concerning the storm that comes up.