约伯记 35

1 以利户又说：

And Elihu answereth and saith: —

2 你以为有理， 或以为你的公义胜于 神的公义，

This hast thou reckoned for judgment: Thou hast said — '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 sayest, 'What doth it profit Thee! What do I profit from my sin?'

4 我要回答你和在你这里的朋友。

I return thee words, and thy friends with thee,

5 你要向天观看， 瞻望那高于你的穹苍。

Behold attentively the heavens — and see, And behold the clouds, They have been 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 hast sinned, what dost thou against Him? And thy transgressions have been multiplied, What dost thou to 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 hast been righteous, What dost thou give to Him? Or what from thy hand doth He receive?

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。

For a man like thyself [is] thy wickedness, And for a son of man thy righteousness.

9 人因多受欺压就哀求， 因受能者的辖制便求救，

Because of the multitude of oppressions They cause to cry out, They cry because 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，

And none said, 'Where [is] God my maker? Giving 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。

Teaching us more than the beasts of the earth, Yea, than the fowl of the heavens He maketh us wiser.'

12 他们在那里， 因恶人的骄傲呼求，却无人答应。

There they cry, and He doth not answer, Because of the pride of evil doers.

13 虚妄的呼求， 神必不垂听； 全能者也必不眷顾。

Surely vanity God doth not hear, And the Mighty doth not behold it.

14 何况你说，你不得见他； 你的案件在他面前，你等候他吧。

Yea, though thou sayest thou dost not behold Him, Judgment [is] before Him, and stay for Him.

15 但如今因他未曾发怒降罚， 也不甚理会狂傲，

And, now, because there is not, He hath appointed His anger, And He hath not known in great extremity.

16 所以约伯开口说虚妄的话， 多发无知识的言语。

And Job [with] vanity doth open his mouth, Without knowledge words he multiplieth.