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 the leviathan with a hook, or canst thou tie 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 ring in his nose, or bore through his jaw with a buckle?
3 牠豈能再三向你哀求，向你說甜言蜜語﹖
Will he make many supplications to thee, or speak soft words to 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, and wilt thou take him to be 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﹖
Shalt thou play with him as with a bird, or tie him up for thy handmaids?
6 結夥的漁人不是想在牠身上謀利，將牠售與商人﹖
Shall friends cut him in pieces, shall merchants divide him?
7 你豈能以長矛穿透牠的皮，以魚叉刺透牠的頭顱﹖
Wilt thou fill nets with his skin, and the cabins of fishes with his head?
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 speak no more.
9 看，人的希望落了空，並且一見牠就嚇壞了。
Behold his hope shall fail him, and in the sight of all he shall be cast down.
10 沒有一個勇敢的人敢觸犯牠，有誰還敢站立在牠前面呢﹖
I will not stir him up, like one that is cruel: for who can resist my countenance?
11 誰攻擊牠，而能安全無恙﹖普天之下沒有一人!
Who hath given me before that I should repay him? All things that are under heaven are 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 spare him, nor his mighty words, and framed to make supplication.
13 誰能揭開牠的外衣，誰能穿透牠雙層的鱗甲﹖
Who can discover the face of his garment? or who can go into the midst of his mouth?
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? his teeth are terrible round about.
15 牠的脊背有如盾甲，好像為石印所密封。
His body is like molten shields, shut close up with scales pressing upon one another.
16 鱗甲片片相連，氣也透不進去：
One is joined to another, and not so much as any air can come between them:
17 互相聯結，黏在一起不可分離。
They stick one to another and they hold one another fast, and shall not be separated.
18 牠的噴嚏發出白光，眼睛像旭日閃動。
His sneezing is like the shining of fire, and his eyes like the eyelids of the morning.
19 火把從牠口中噴出，火花四射。
Out of his mouth go forth lamps, like torches of lighted fire.
20 煙從牠鼻孔冒出，宛如燃燒沸騰的鍋鑪。
Out of his nostrils goeth smoke, like that of a pot heated and boiling.
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 cometh forth out of 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 strength shall dwell, and want goeth before his face.
23 牠的肌肉互相連結，緊貼牠身，堅不可動。
The members of his flesh cleave one to another: he shall send lightnings against him, and they shall not be carried to another place.
24 牠的心堅如石塊，堅硬有如磨磐。
His heart shall be as hard as a stone, and as firm as a smith’s anvil.
25 牠一起立，壯士戰慄，驚慌失措。
When he shall raise him up, the angels shall fear, and being affrighted shall purify themselves.
26 人若想捕捉牠，刀、槍、箭、戟都是徒然。
When a sword shall lay at him, it shall not be able to hold, nor a spear, nor a breastplate.
27 牠視鐵如草芥，視銅若朽木。
For he shall esteem 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 archer shall not put him to flight, the stones of the sling are to him like stubble.
29 牠視棍棒像麥湝，對射來的箭矢冷笑。
As stubble will he esteem the hammer, and he will laugh him to scorn who shaketh the spear.
30 牠腹下似尖瓦，牠行過之地，有如打禾機碾過。
The beams of the sun shall be under him, and he shall strew gold under him like mire.
31 牠使深淵沸騰有如沸鼎，使海洋沸騰有如油鍋。
He shall make the deep sea to boil like a pot, and shall make it as when ointments boil.
32 牠游過之路發出銀光，令人以為海洋飄揚白髮。
A path shall shine after him, he shall esteem the deep as growing old.
33 世上沒有可與牠相比的，牠一無所懼。
There is no power upon earth that can be compared with him who was made to fear no one.
34 牠卑視所有的巨獸，牠在猛獸中稱王。
He beholdeth every high thing, he is king over all the children of pride.
