約伯記 41
1 你豈能以魚鉤鉤上鱷魚﹖以繩索縛住牠的舌頭﹖
Canst thou draw out leviathan with a fishhook? Or press down his tongue with a cord?
2 你豈能以鼻圈穿過牠的鼻子，以鉤子刺透牠的腮骨﹖
Canst thou put a rope into his nose? Or pierce his jaw through with a hook?
3 牠豈能再三向你哀求，向你說甜言蜜語﹖
Will he make many supplications unto thee? Or will he speak soft words unto thee?
4 牠豈能同你訂立盟約，使自己常作你的奴隸﹖
Will he make a covenant with thee, That thou shouldest take him for a servant for ever?
5 你豈能玩弄牠像玩弄小鳥，將牠縛著作你女兒的玩物﹖
Wilt thou play with him as with a bird? Or wilt thou bind him for thy maidens?
6 結夥的漁人不是想在牠身上謀利，將牠售與商人﹖
Will the bands [of fishermen] make traffic of him? Will they part him among the merchants?
7 你豈能以長矛穿透牠的皮，以魚叉刺透牠的頭顱﹖
Canst thou fill his skin with barbed irons, Or his head with fish-spears?
8 將你的掌撫在牠身上罷! 若你想到惡鬥，決不敢再撫。
Lay thy hand upon him; Remember the battle, and do so no more.
9 看，人的希望落了空，並且一見牠就嚇壞了。
Behold, the hope of him is in vain: Will not one be cast down even at the sight of him?
10 沒有一個勇敢的人敢觸犯牠，有誰還敢站立在牠前面呢﹖
None is so fierce that he dare stir him up; Who then is he that can stand before me?
11 誰攻擊牠，而能安全無恙﹖普天之下沒有一人!
Who hath first given unto me, that I should repay him? [Whatsoever is] under the whole heaven is mine.
12 論牠的四體百肢，我不能緘默；論牠的力量，我要說：沒有可與牠相比的。
I will not keep silence concerning his limbs, Nor his mighty strength, nor his goodly frame.
13 誰能揭開牠的外衣，誰能穿透牠雙層的鱗甲﹖
Who can strip off his outer garment? Who shall come within his jaws?
14 誰敢啟開牠的口﹖牠四周的牙齒，令人戰慄。
Who can open the doors of his face? Round about his teeth is terror.
15 牠的脊背有如盾甲，好像為石印所密封。
[His] strong scales are [his] pride, Shut up together [as with] a close seal.
16 鱗甲片片相連，氣也透不進去：
One is so near to another, That no air can come between them.
17 互相聯結，黏在一起不可分離。
They are joined one to another; They stick together, so that they cannot be sundered.
18 牠的噴嚏發出白光，眼睛像旭日閃動。
His sneezings flash forth light, And his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.
19 火把從牠口中噴出，火花四射。
Out of his mouth go burning torches, And sparks of fire leap forth.
20 煙從牠鼻孔冒出，宛如燃燒沸騰的鍋鑪。
Out of his nostrils a smoke goeth, As of a boiling pot and [burning] rushes.
21 牠的氣息可點燃煤炭，火燄由牠口中射出。
His breath kindleth coals, And a flame goeth forth from his mouth.
22 牠的力量集中在牠的頸上，在牠面前，沒有不恐怖的。
In his neck abideth strength, And terror danceth before him.
23 牠的肌肉互相連結，緊貼牠身，堅不可動。
The flakes of his flesh are joined together: They are firm upon him; they cannot be moved.
24 牠的心堅如石塊，堅硬有如磨磐。
His heart is as firm as a stone; Yea, firm as the nether millstone.
25 牠一起立，壯士戰慄，驚慌失措。
When he raiseth himself up, the mighty are afraid: By reason of consternation they are beside themselves.
26 人若想捕捉牠，刀、槍、箭、戟都是徒然。
If one lay at him with the sword, it cannot avail; Nor the spear, the dart, nor the pointed shaft.
27 牠視鐵如草芥，視銅若朽木。
He counteth iron as straw, [And] brass as rotten wood.
28 弓矢不能使牠遁逃；機石打在牠身上好似碎湝。
The arrow cannot make him flee: Sling-stones are turned with him into stubble.
29 牠視棍棒像麥湝，對射來的箭矢冷笑。
Clubs are counted as stubble: He laugheth at the rushing of the javelin.
30 牠腹下似尖瓦，牠行過之地，有如打禾機碾過。
His underparts are [like] sharp potsherds: He spreadeth [as it were] a threshing-wain upon the mire.
31 牠使深淵沸騰有如沸鼎，使海洋沸騰有如油鍋。
He maketh the deep to boil like a pot: He maketh the sea like a pot of ointment.
32 牠游過之路發出銀光，令人以為海洋飄揚白髮。
He maketh a path to shine after him; One would think the deep to be hoary.
33 世上沒有可與牠相比的，牠一無所懼。
Upon earth there is not his like, That is made without fear.
34 牠卑視所有的巨獸，牠在猛獸中稱王。
He beholdeth everything that is high: He is king over all the sons of pride.
