约伯记 40
1 耶和华又对约伯说：
And YHWH answers Job and says:
2 强辩的岂可与全能者争论吗？ 与 神辩驳的可以回答这些吧！
“Is the striver with the Mighty instructed? The reprover of God, let him answer it.”
3 于是，约伯回答耶和华说：
And Job answers YHWH and says:
4 我是卑贱的！我用什么回答你呢？ 只好用手捂口。
“Behold, I have been vile, What do I return to You? I have placed my hand on my mouth.
5 我说了一次，再不回答； 说了两次，就不再说。
I have spoken once, and I do not answer, And twice, and I do not add.”
6 于是，耶和华从旋风中回答约伯说：
And YHWH answers Job out of the whirlwind and says:
7 你要如勇士束腰； 我问你，你可以指示我。
“Now gird your loins as a man, I ask you, and you cause Me to know.
8 你岂可废弃我所拟定的？ 岂可定我有罪，好显自己为义吗？
Do you also make My judgment void? Do you condemn Me, That you may be righteous?
9 你有 神那样的膀臂吗？ 你能像他发雷声吗？
And do you have an arm like God? And do you thunder with a voice like His?
10 你要以荣耀庄严为妆饰， 以尊荣威严为衣服；
Now put on excellence and loftiness, Indeed, put on splendor and beauty.
11 要发出你满溢的怒气， 见一切骄傲的人，使他降卑；
Scatter abroad the wrath of your anger, And see every proud one, and make him low.
12 见一切骄傲的人，将他制伏， 把恶人践踏在本处；
See every proud one—humble him, And tread down the wicked in their place.
13 将他们一同隐藏在尘土中， 把他们的脸蒙蔽在隐密处；
Hide them in the dust together, Bind their faces in secret.
14 我就认你右手能以救自己。
And even I praise you, For your right hand gives salvation to you.
15 你且观看河马； 我造你也造它。 它吃草与牛一样；
Now behold, behemoth, That I made with you: He eats grass as an ox.
16 它的气力在腰间， 能力在肚腹的筋上。
Now behold, his power [is] in his loins, And his strength in the muscles of his belly.
17 它摇动尾巴如香柏树； 它大腿的筋互相联络。
He bends his tail as a cedar, The sinews of his thighs are wrapped together,
18 它的骨头好像铜管； 它的肢体仿佛铁棍。
His bones [are] tubes of bronze, His bones [are] as a bar of iron.
19 它在 神所造的物中为首； 创造它的给它刀剑。
He [is] a beginning of the ways of God, His Maker [alone] brings His sword near;
20 诸山给它出食物， 也是百兽游玩之处。
For mountains bear food for him, And all the beasts of the field play there.
21 它伏在莲叶之下， 卧在芦苇隐密处和水洼子里。
He lies down under shades, In a secret place of reed and marsh.
22 莲叶的阴凉遮蔽它； 溪旁的柳树环绕它。
Shades cover him, [with] their shadow, Willows of the brook cover him.
23 河水泛滥，它不发战； 就是约旦河的水涨到它口边，也是安然。
Behold, a flood oppresses—he does not hurry, He is confident though Jordan Comes forth to his mouth.
24 在它防备的时候，谁能捉拿它？ 谁能牢笼它穿它的鼻子呢？
Does [one] take him by his eyes? Does [one] pierce the nose with snares?”
