約伯記 18
1 書亞人比勒達回答說：
Then Bildad replied [again]:
2 你尋索言語要到幾時呢？ 你可以揣摩思想，然後我們就說話。
“When are you going to stop talking [RHQ]? If you would stop talking and listen, we could tell you something.
3 我們為何算為畜生， 在你眼中看作污穢呢？
Why do you think that we are [as stupid] as cattle? [DOU, RHQ]
4 你這惱怒將自己撕裂的， 難道大地為你見棄、 磐石挪開原處嗎？
By being [very] angry and hurting yourself, do you think that doing that will shake the earth, or cause the rocks in the mountains to move? [RHQ]?
5 惡人的亮光必要熄滅； 他的火焰必不照耀。
“What will happen is that the lives of wicked people [like you] end [as quickly as we can] put out a light or extinguish the flame of a fire.
6 他帳棚中的亮光要變為黑暗； 他以上的燈也必熄滅。
And when the lamps above them [in their tents] are extinguished, there will be no light in those tents.
7 他堅強的腳步必見狹窄； 自己的計謀必將他絆倒。
[For many years] they walked confidently, but later [in life it was as though] they stumbled and fell, because [they themselves did not heed] the advice [that they gave to others].
8 因為他被自己的腳陷入網中， 走在纏人的網羅上。
[It was as though] they walked into their own net or fell into a pit that they themselves have dug.
9 圈套必抓住他的腳跟； 機關必擒獲他。
[It was as though] a trap grabbed their heels and held them fast [DOU],
10 活扣為他藏在土內； 羈絆為他藏在路上。
[as though the noose of] a rope that was hidden on the ground, [whose other end was fastened to the limb of a tree], seized them when they walked into it.
11 四面的驚嚇要使他害怕， 並且追趕他的腳跟。
Everywhere they went, there were things that caused them to be terrified; [it was as though] those things were pursuing them and biting at their heels.
12 他的力量必因飢餓衰敗； 禍患要在他旁邊等候。
They became hungry, with the result that they had no strength. They experienced disasters [PRS] constantly.
13 他本身的肢體要被吞吃； 死亡的長子要吞吃他的肢體。
Diseases spread all over their skin/bodies; diseases that (caused their bodies to decay/destroyed their arms and legs).
14 他要從所倚靠的帳棚被拔出來， 帶到驚嚇的王那裏。
[When they died, ] they were snatched away from their tents and brought to the one who rules over the dead.
15 不屬他的必住在他的帳棚裏； 硫磺必撒在他所住之處。
Now their tents will burn down, when burning sulfur rains down on those tents!
16 下邊，他的根本要枯乾； 上邊，他的枝子要剪除。
[Because those who died had no descendants], they were [like trees whose] roots have dried up and whose branches have all withered [MET].
17 他的記念在地上必然滅亡； 他的名字在街上也不存留。
No one on the earth will remember them any more; no [one on any] street [will even remember] their names [MTY].
18 他必從光明中被攆到黑暗裏， 必被趕出世界。
They will be expelled from the earth where there is light, and they will be sent into the place where it is dark.
19 在本民中必無子無孫； 在寄居之地也無一人存留。
They will have no children or grandchildren, no descendants where they previously lived.
20 以後來的要驚奇他的日子， 好像以前去的受了驚駭。
People from the east to the west [who hear about what happened to them], will be shocked and horrified.
21 不義之人的住處總是這樣； 此乃不認識上帝之人的地步。
And that is what happens to ungodly/sinful people [like you], to people who (have no interest in/have rejected) God.”
