约伯记 15
1 提幔人以利法回答说：
And Eliphaz the Themanite, answered, and said:
2 智慧人岂可用虚空的知识回答， 用东风充满肚腹呢？
Will a wise man answer as if he were speaking in the wind, and fill his stomach with burning heat?
3 他岂可用无益的话 和无济于事的言语理论呢？
Thou reprovest him by words, who is not equal to thee, and thou speakest that which is not good for thee.
4 你是废弃敬畏的意， 在 神面前阻止敬虔的心。
As much as is in thee, thou hast made void fear, and hast taken away prayers from before God.
5 你的罪孽指教你的口； 你选用诡诈人的舌头。
For thy iniquity hath taught thy mouth, and thou imitatest the tongue of blasphemers.
6 你自己的口定你有罪，并非是我； 你自己的嘴见证你的不是。
Thy own mouth shall condemn thee, and not I: and thy own lips shall answer thee.
7 你岂是头一个被生的人吗？ 你受造在诸山之先吗？
Art thou the first man that was born, or wast thou made before the hills?
8 你曾听见 神的密旨吗？ 你还将智慧独自得尽吗？
Hast thou heard God’s counsel, and shall his wisdom be inferior to thee?
9 你知道什么是我们不知道的呢？ 你明白什么是我们不明白的呢？
What knowest thou that we are ignorant of? what dost thou understand that we know not?
10 我们这里有白发的和年纪老迈的， 比你父亲还老。
There are with us also aged and ancient men, much elder than thy fathers.
11 神用温和的话安慰你， 你以为太小吗？
Is it a great matter that God should comfort thee? but thy wicked words hinder this.
12 你的心为何将你逼去？ 你的眼为何冒出火星，
Why doth thy heart elevate thee, and why dost thou stare with thy eyes, as if they were thinking great things?
13 使你的灵反对 神， 也任你的口发这言语？
Why doth thy spirit swell against God, to utter such words out of thy mouth?
14 人是什么，竟算为洁净呢？ 妇人所生的是什么，竟算为义呢？
What is man that he should be without spot, and he that is born of a woman that he should appear just?
15 神不信靠他的众圣者； 在他眼前，天也不洁净，
Behold among his saints none is unchangeable, and the heavens are not pure in his sight.
16 何况那污秽可憎、 喝罪孽如水的世人呢！
How much more is man abominable, and unprofitable, who drinketh iniquity like water?
17 我指示你，你要听； 我要述说所看见的，
I will shew thee, hear me: and I will tell thee what I have seen.
18 就是智慧人从列祖所受， 传说而不隐瞒的。
Wise men confess and hide not their fathers.
19 这地惟独赐给他们， 并没有外人从他们中间经过。
To whom alone the earth was given, and no stranger hath passed among them.
20 恶人一生之日劬劳痛苦； 强暴人一生的年数也是如此。
The wicked man is proud all his days, and the number of the years of his tyranny is uncertain.
21 惊吓的声音常在他耳中； 在平安时，抢夺的必临到他那里。
The sound of dread is always in his ears: and when there is peace, he always suspecteth treason.
22 他不信自己能从黑暗中转回； 他被刀剑等候。
He believeth not that he may return from darkness to light, looking round about for the sword on every side.
23 他漂流在外求食，说：哪里有食物呢？ 他知道黑暗的日子在他手边预备好了。
When he moveth himself to seek bread, he knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.
24 急难困苦叫他害怕， 而且胜了他，好像君王预备上阵一样。
Tribulation shall terrify him, and distress shall surround him, as a king that is prepared for the battle.
25 他伸手攻击 神， 以骄傲攻击全能者，
For he hath stretched out his hand against God, and hath strengthened himself against the Almighty.
26 挺着颈项， 用盾牌的厚凸面向全能者直闯；
He hath run against him with his neck raised up, and is armed with a fat neck.
27 是因他的脸蒙上脂油， 腰积成肥肉。
Fatness hath covered his face, and the fat hangeth down on his sides.
28 他曾住在荒凉城邑， 无人居住、将成乱堆的房屋。
He hath dwelt in desolate cities, and in desert houses that are reduced into heaps.
29 他不得富足，财物不得常存， 产业在地上也不加增。
He shall not be enriched, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall he push his root in the earth.
30 他不得出离黑暗。 火焰要将他的枝子烧干； 因 神口中的气，他要灭亡 。
He shall not depart out of darkness: the flame shall dry up his branches, and he shall be taken away by the breath of his own month.
31 他不用倚靠虚假欺哄自己， 因虚假必成为他的报应。
He shall not believe, being vainly deceived by error, that he may be redeemed with any price.
32 他的日期未到之先，这事必成就； 他的枝子不得青绿。
Before his days be full he shall perish: and his hands shall wither away.
33 他必像葡萄树的葡萄，未熟而落； 又像橄榄树的花，一开而谢。
He shall be blasted as a vine when its grapes are in the first flower, and as an olive tree that casteth its flower.
34 原来不敬虔之辈必无生育； 受贿赂之人的帐棚必被火烧。
For the congregation of the hypocrite is barren, and fire shall devour their tabernacles, who love to take bribes.
35 他们所怀的是毒害，所生的是罪孽； 心里所预备的是诡诈。
He hath conceived sorrow, and hath brought forth iniquity, and his womb prepareth deceits.
