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1 以利戶又說:
And Elihu answers and says:
2 你以為有理, 或以為你的公義勝於上帝的公義,
“Have you reckoned this for judgment [when] you have said, My righteousness [is] more than God’s?
3 才說這與我有甚麼益處? 我不犯罪比犯罪有甚麼好處呢?
For you say, What does it profit You? What do I profit from my sin?
4 我要回答你和在你這裏的朋友。
I return words, and your friends with you,
5 你要向天觀看, 瞻望那高於你的穹蒼。
Behold attentively the heavens—and see, And behold the clouds, They have been higher than you.
6 你若犯罪,能使上帝受何害呢? 你的過犯加增,能使上帝受何損呢?
If you have sinned, what do you do against Him? And your transgressions have been multiplied, What do you do to Him?
7 你若是公義,還能加增他甚麼呢? 他從你手裏還接受甚麼呢?
If you have been righteous, What do you give to Him? Or what does He receive from your hand?
8 你的過惡或能害你這類的人; 你的公義或能叫世人得益處。
For a man like yourself [is] your wickedness, And for a son of man your righteousness.
9 人因多受欺壓就哀求, 因受能者的轄制便求救,
Because of the multitude of oppressions They cause to cry out, They cry because of the arm of the mighty.
10 卻無人說:造我的上帝在哪裏? 他使人夜間歌唱,
And none said, Where [is] God my Maker? Giving songs in the night,
11 教訓我們勝於地上的走獸, 使我們有聰明勝於空中的飛鳥。
Teaching us more than the beasts of the earth, Indeed, He makes us wiser than the bird of the heavens.
12 他們在那裏, 因惡人的驕傲呼求,卻無人答應。
There they cry, and He does not answer, Because of the pride of evildoers.
13 虛妄的呼求,上帝必不垂聽; 全能者也必不眷顧。
Surely God does not hear vanity, And the Mighty does not behold it.
14 何況你說,你不得見他; 你的案件在他面前,你等候他吧。
Indeed, though you say you do not behold Him, Judgment [is] before Him, and stays for Him.
15 但如今因他未曾發怒降罰, 也不甚理會狂傲,
And now, because there is not, He has appointed His anger, And He has not known in great extremity.
16 所以約伯開口說虛妄的話, 多發無知識的言語。
And Job opens his mouth [with] vanity, He multiplies words without knowledge.”

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