Job 8

书亚人比勒达回答说：

shū yà rén bǐ lè dá huí dá shuō ：

Then Bildad the Shuhite answered,

这些话你要说到几时？ 口中的言语如狂风要到几时呢？

zhè xiē huà nǐ yào shuō dào jǐ shí ？ kǒu zhōng de yán yǔ rú kuáng fēng yào dào jǐ shí ne ？

“How long will you speak these things? Shall the words of your mouth be a mighty wind?

神岂能偏离公平？ 全能者岂能偏离公义？

shén qǐ néng piān lí gōng píng ？ quán néng zhě qǐ néng piān lí gōng yì ？

Does God pervert justice? Or does the Almighty pervert righteousness?

或者你的儿女得罪了他； 他使他们受报应。

huò zhě nǐ de ér nǚ dé zuì le tā ； tā shǐ tā men shòu bào yìng 。

If your children have sinned against him, he has delivered them into the hand of their disobedience.

你若殷勤地寻求 神， 向全能者恳求；

nǐ ruò yīn qín de xún qiú shén ， xiàng quán néng zhě kěn qiú ；

If you want to seek God diligently, make your supplication to the Almighty.

你若清洁正直， 他必定为你起来， 使你公义的居所兴旺。

nǐ ruò qīng jié zhèng zhí ， tā bì dìng wèi nǐ qǐ lái ， shǐ nǐ gōng yì de jū suǒ xīng wàng 。

If you were pure and upright, surely now he would awaken for you, and make the habitation of your righteousness prosperous.

你起初虽然微小， 终久必甚发达。

nǐ qǐ chū suī rán wēi xiǎo ， zhōng jiǔ bì shèn fā dá 。

Though your beginning was small, yet your latter end would greatly increase.

请你考问前代， 追念他们的列祖所查究的。

qǐng nǐ kǎo wèn qián dài ， zhuī niàn tā men de liè zǔ suǒ chá jiū de 。

“Please inquire of past generations. Find out about the learning of their fathers.

我们不过从昨日才有，一无所知； 我们在世的日子好像影儿。

wǒ men bú guò cóng zuó rì cái yǒu ， yì wú suǒ zhī ； wǒ men zài shì de rì zi hǎo xiàng yǐng ér 。

(For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days on earth are a shadow.)

他们岂不指教你，告诉你， 从心里发出言语来呢？

tā men qǐ bù zhǐ jiào nǐ ， gào sù nǐ ， cóng xīn li fā chū yán yǔ lái ne ？

Shall they not teach you, tell you, and utter words out of their heart?

蒲草没有泥岂能发长？ 芦荻没有水岂能生发？

pú cǎo méi yǒu ní qǐ néng fā zhǎng ？ lú dí méi yǒu shuǐ qǐ néng shēng fà ？

“Can the papyrus grow up without mire? Can the rushes grow without water?

尚青的时候，还没有割下， 比百样的草先枯槁。

shàng qīng de shí hou ， hái méi yǒu gē xià ， bǐ bǎi yàng de cǎo xiān kū gǎo 。

While it is yet in its greenness, not cut down, it withers before any other reed.

凡忘记 神的人，景况也是这样； 不虔敬人的指望要灭没。

fán wàng jì shén de rén ， jǐng kuàng yě shì zhè yàng ； bù qián jìng rén de zhǐ wàng yào miè mò 。

So are the paths of all who forget God. The hope of the godless man will perish,

他所仰赖的必折断； 他所倚靠的是蜘蛛网。

tā suǒ yǎng lài de bì zhé duàn ； tā suǒ yǐ kào de shì zhī zhū wǎng 。

whose confidence will break apart, whose trust is a spider’s web.

他要倚靠房屋，房屋却站立不住； 他要抓住房屋，房屋却不能存留。

tā yào yǐ kào fáng wū ， fáng wū què zhàn lì bú zhù ； tā yào zhuā zhù fáng wū ， fáng wū què bù néng cún liú 。

He will lean on his house, but it will not stand. He will cling to it, but it will not endure.

他在日光之下发青， 蔓子爬满了园子；

tā zài rì guāng zhī xià fā qīng ， màn zǐ pá mǎn le yuán zǐ ；

He is green before the sun. His shoots go out along his garden.

他的根盘绕石堆， 扎入石地。

tā de gēn pán rào shí duī ， zhā rù shí dì 。

His roots are wrapped around the rock pile. He sees the place of stones.

他若从本地被拔出， 那地就不认识他，说： 我没有见过你。

tā ruò cóng běn dì bèi bá chū ， nà dì jiù bú rèn shi tā ， shuō ： wǒ méi yǒu jiàn guò nǐ 。

If he is destroyed from his place, then it will deny him, saying, ‘I have not seen you.’

看哪，这就是他道中之乐； 以后必另有人从地而生。

kàn nǎ ， zhè jiù shì tā dào zhōng zhī lè ； yǐ hòu bì lìng yǒu rén cóng dì ér shēng 。

Behold, this is the joy of his way. Out of the earth, others will spring.

神必不丢弃完全人， 也不扶助邪恶人。

shén bì bù diū qì wán quán rén ， yě bù fú zhù xié è rén 。

“Behold, God will not cast away a blameless man, neither will he uphold the evildoers.

他还要以喜笑充满你的口， 以欢呼充满你的嘴。

tā hái yào yǐ xǐ xiào chōng mǎn nǐ de kǒu ， yǐ huān hū chōng mǎn nǐ de zuǐ 。

He will still fill your mouth with laughter, your lips with shouting.

恨恶你的要披戴惭愧； 恶人的帐棚必归于无有。

hèn wù nǐ de yào pī dài cán kuì ； è rén de zhàng peng bì guī yú wú yǒu 。

Those who hate you will be clothed with shame. The tent of the wicked will be no more.”