< 約伯記 40 >
Moreover the LORD answered Job, and said:
2 好辯之士,豈能同全能者辯論﹖非難天主的,請答覆這一切!
Shall he that reproveth contend with the Almighty? He that argueth with God, let him answer it.
Then Job answered the LORD, and said:
Behold, I am of small account; what shall I answer Thee? I lay my hand upon my mouth.
5 我說過一次,再不敢重複;我再說一次:我不敢再說什麼! 」
Once have I spoken, but I will not answer again; yea, twice, but I will proceed no further.
Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said:
Gird up thy loins now like a man; I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto Me.
Wilt thou even make void My judgment? Wilt thou condemn Me, that thou mayest be justified?
9 你的手臂豈能同天主的相比﹖你的聲音,那能像雷鳴﹖
Or hast thou an arm like God? And canst thou thunder with a voice like Him?
10 請你以尊貴和高雅作你的點綴,以光華美麗作你的衣裳;
Deck thyself now with majesty and excellency, and array thyself with glory and beauty.
Cast abroad the rage of thy wrath; and look upon every one that is proud, and abase him.
12 視察一切傲慢的人,且加以制服,推翻惡人所處的地位;
Look on every one that is proud, and bring him low; and tread down the wicked in their place.
Hide them in the dust together; bind their faces in the hidden place.
14 如果你能這樣作,我也要稱讚你,因為你的右手救護了你。
Then will I also confess unto thee that thine own right hand can save thee.
15 且看河馬,牠同你都是我造成的,牠像牛一樣吃草。
Behold now behemoth, which I made with thee; he eateth grass as an ox.
Lo now, his strength is in his loins, and his force is in the stays of his body.
He straineth his tail like a cedar; the sinews of his thighs are knit together.
His bones are as pipes of brass; his gristles are like bars of iron.
He is the beginning of the ways of God; He only that made him can make His sword to approach unto him.
Surely the mountains bring him forth food, and all the beasts of the field play there.
He lieth under the lotus-trees, in the covert of the reed, and fens.
The lotus-trees cover him with their shadow; the willows of the brook compass him about.
23 河水漲溢之時,牠毫不戰慄;約但河漲到牠口邊,牠仍安寧。
Behold, if a river overflow, he trembleth not; he is confident, though the Jordan rush forth to his mouth.
Shall any take him by his eyes, or pierce through his nose with a snare?