约伯记 35

1 以利户又说：

Elihu spake moreover, and said,

2 你以为有理， 或以为你的公义胜于 神的公义，

Thinkest thou this to be right, [that] thou saidst, My righteousness [is] more than God’s?

3 才说这与我有什么益处？ 我不犯罪比犯罪有什么好处呢？

For thou saidst, What advantage will it be unto thee? [and], What profit shall I have, [if I be cleansed] from my sin?

4 我要回答你和在你这里的朋友。

I will answer thee, and thy companions with thee.

5 你要向天观看， 瞻望那高于你的穹苍。

Look unto the heavens, and see; and behold the clouds [which] are higher than thou.

6 你若犯罪，能使 神受何害呢？ 你的过犯加增，能使 神受何损呢？

If thou sinnest, what doest thou against him? or [if] thy transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou unto him?

7 你若是公义，还能加增他什么呢？ 他从你手里还接受什么呢？

If thou be righteous, what givest thou him? or what receiveth he of thine hand?

8 你的过恶或能害你这类的人； 你的公义或能叫世人得益处。

Thy wickedness [may hurt] a man as thou [art; ] and thy righteousness [may profit] the son of man.

9 人因多受欺压就哀求， 因受能者的辖制便求救，

By reason of the multitude of oppressions they make [the oppressed] to cry: they cry out by reason of the arm of the mighty.

10 却无人说：造我的 神在哪里？ 他使人夜间歌唱，

But none saith, Where [is] God my maker, who giveth songs in the night;

11 教训我们胜于地上的走兽， 使我们有聪明胜于空中的飞鸟。

Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven?

12 他们在那里， 因恶人的骄傲呼求，却无人答应。

There they cry, but none giveth answer, because of the pride of evil men.

13 虚妄的呼求， 神必不垂听； 全能者也必不眷顾。

Surely God will not hear vanity, neither will the Almighty regard it.

14 何况你说，你不得见他； 你的案件在他面前，你等候他吧。

Although thou sayest thou shalt not see him, [yet] judgment [is] before him; therefore trust thou in him.

15 但如今因他未曾发怒降罚， 也不甚理会狂傲，

But now, because [it is] not [so], he hath visited in his anger; yet he knoweth [it] not in great extremity:

16 所以约伯开口说虚妄的话， 多发无知识的言语。

Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vain; he multiplieth words without knowledge.