约伯记 8
1 书亚人比勒达回答说：
Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,
2 这些话你要说到几时？ 口中的言语如狂风要到几时呢？
How long wilt thou speak these [things]? and [how long shall] the words of thy mouth [be like] a strong wind?
3 神岂能偏离公平？ 全能者岂能偏离公义？
Doth God pervert judgment? or doth the Almighty pervert justice?
4 或者你的儿女得罪了他； 他使他们受报应。
If thy children have sinned against him, and he have cast them away for their transgression;
5 你若殷勤地寻求 神， 向全能者恳求；
If thou wouldest seek unto God betimes, and make thy supplication to the Almighty;
6 你若清洁正直， 他必定为你起来， 使你公义的居所兴旺。
If thou [wert] pure and upright; surely now he would awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous.
7 你起初虽然微小， 终久必甚发达。
Though thy beginning was small, yet thy latter end should greatly increase.
8 请你考问前代， 追念他们的列祖所查究的。
For enquire, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thyself to the search of their fathers:
9 我们不过从昨日才有，一无所知； 我们在世的日子好像影儿。
(For we [are but of] yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth [are] a shadow: )
10 他们岂不指教你，告诉你， 从心里发出言语来呢？
Shall not they teach thee, [and] tell thee, and utter words out of their heart?
11 蒲草没有泥岂能发长？ 芦荻没有水岂能生发？
Can the rush grow up without mire? can the flag grow without water?
12 尚青的时候，还没有割下， 比百样的草先枯槁。
Whilst it [is] yet in his greenness, [and] not cut down, it withereth before any [other] herb.
13 凡忘记 神的人，景况也是这样； 不虔敬人的指望要灭没。
So [are] the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite’s hope shall perish:
14 他所仰赖的必折断； 他所倚靠的是蜘蛛网。
Whose hope shall be cut off, and whose trust [shall be] a spider’s web.
15 他要倚靠房屋，房屋却站立不住； 他要抓住房屋，房屋却不能存留。
He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand: he shall hold it fast, but it shall not endure.
16 他在日光之下发青， 蔓子爬满了园子；
He [is] green before the sun, and his branch shooteth forth in his garden.
17 他的根盘绕石堆， 扎入石地。
His roots are wrapped about the heap, [and] seeth the place of stones.
18 他若从本地被拔出， 那地就不认识他，说： 我没有见过你。
If he destroy him from his place, then [it] shall deny him, [saying], I have not seen thee.
19 看哪，这就是他道中之乐； 以后必另有人从地而生。
Behold, this [is] the joy of his way, and out of the earth shall others grow.
20 神必不丢弃完全人， 也不扶助邪恶人。
Behold, God will not cast away a perfect [man], neither will he help the evil doers:
21 他还要以喜笑充满你的口， 以欢呼充满你的嘴。
Till he fill thy mouth with laughing, and thy lips with rejoicing.
22 恨恶你的要披戴惭愧； 恶人的帐棚必归于无有。
They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame; and the dwelling place of the wicked shall come to nought.
