约伯记 11
1 拿玛人琐法回答说：
Then Sophar the Minaean answered and said,
2 这许多的言语岂不该回答吗？ 多嘴多舌的人岂可称为义吗？
He that speaks much, should also hear on the other side: or does the fluent speaker think himself to be righteous? blessed [is] the short lived offspring of woman.
3 你夸大的话岂能使人不作声吗？ 你戏笑的时候岂没有人叫你害羞吗？
Be not a speaker of many words; for is there none to answer thee?
4 你说：我的道理纯全； 我在你眼前洁净。
For say not, I am pure in my works, and blameless before him.
5 惟愿 神说话； 愿他开口攻击你，
But oh that the Lord would speak to thee, and open his lips to thee!
6 并将智慧的奥秘指示你； 他有诸般的智识。 所以当知道 神追讨你 比你罪孽该得的还少。
Then shall he declare to thee the power of wisdom; for it shall be double of that which is with thee: and then shalt thou know, that a just recompence of thy sins has come to thee from the Lord.
7 你考察就能测透 神吗？ 你岂能尽情测透全能者吗？
Wilt thou find out the traces of the Lord? or hast thou come to the end [of that] which the Almighty has made?
Heaven [is] high; and what wilt thou do? and there are deeper things than those in hell; what dost thou know? (Sheol h7585)
9 其量比地长， 比海宽。
Or longer than the measure of the earth, or the breadth of the sea.
10 他若经过，将人拘禁， 招人受审，谁能阻挡他呢？
And if he should overthrow all things, who will say to him, What hast thou done?
11 他本知道虚妄的人； 人的罪孽，他虽不留意，还是无所不见。
For he knows the works of transgressors; and when he sees wickedness, he will not overlook [it].
12 空虚的人却毫无知识； 人生在世好像野驴的驹子。
But man vainly buoys himself up with words; and a mortal born of woman [is] like an ass in the desert.
13 你若将心安正， 又向主举手；
For if thou hast made thine heart pure, and liftest up [thine] hands towards him;
14 你手里若有罪孽， 就当远远地除掉， 也不容非义住在你帐棚之中。
if there is any iniquity in thy hands, put if far from thee, and let not unrighteousness lodge in thy habitation.
15 那时，你必仰起脸来毫无斑点； 你也必坚固，无所惧怕。
For thus shall thy countenance shine again, as pure water; and thou shalt divest thyself of uncleanness, and shalt not fear.
16 你必忘记你的苦楚， 就是想起也如流过去的水一样。
And thou shalt forget trouble, as a wave that has passed by; and thou shalt not be scared.
17 你在世的日子要比正午更明， 虽有黑暗仍像早晨。
And thy prayer [shall be] as the morning star, and life shall arise to thee [as] from the noonday.
18 你因有指望就必稳固， 也必四围巡查，坦然安息。
And thou shalt be confident, because thou hast hope; and peace shall dawn to thee from out of anxiety and care.
19 你躺卧，无人惊吓， 且有许多人向你求恩。
For thou shalt be at ease, and there shall be no one to fight against thee; and many shall charge, and make supplication to thee.
20 但恶人的眼目必要失明。 他们无路可逃； 他们的指望就是气绝。
But safety shall fail them; for their hope is destruction, and the eyes of the ungodly shall waste away.
