Job 11

1 Then Zophar, the Naamathite, answered,

納阿瑪人左法爾發言說：

2 “Should not the multitude of words be answered? Should a man full of talk be justified?

難道喋喋不休，就不需要答覆﹖難道多嘴多舌的人，就證明有理﹖

3 Should your boastings make men hold their peace? When you mock, will no man make you ashamed?

你的空談，豈能叫人緘默﹖你如此謾罵，難道無人使你羞愧﹖

4 For you say, ‘My doctrine is pure. I am clean in your eyes.’

你說過：「我的品行是純潔的，我在你眼中是清白的。」

5 But oh that God would speak, and open his lips against you,

但願天主講話，開口答覆你!

6 that he would show you the secrets of wisdom! For true wisdom has two sides. Know therefore that God exacts of you less than your iniquity deserves.

將智慧的秘密，－即那難以理解的事－啟示給你，那麼你便知道，天主還忽略了你的一些罪過。

7 “Can you fathom the mystery of God? Or can you probe the limits of the Almighty?

你豈能探究天主的奧秘，或洞悉全能者的完美﹖

8 They are high as heaven. What can you do? They are deeper than Sheol (Sheol h7585). What can you know?

完美高於諸天，你能作什麼﹖深於陰府，你能知道什麼﹖ (Sheol h7585)

9 Its measure is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.

其量長過大地，闊於海洋。

10 If he passes by, or confines, or convenes a court, then who can oppose him?

天主若經過，誰能扣留他﹖他若下了逮捕令，誰能阻擋他﹖

11 For he knows false men. He sees iniquity also, even though he does not consider it.

他洞悉人的虛偽，明察人的罪行，且無不注意。

12 An empty-headed man becomes wise when a man is born as a wild donkey’s colt.

如此，愚蠢者纔可獲得智慧，野性驢駒纔能變為馴良。

13 “If you set your heart aright, stretch out your hands toward him.

你若居心正直，向他伸開你的雙手；

14 If iniquity is in your hand, put it far away. Do not let unrighteousness dwell in your tents.

你若將手中的罪惡除掉，不容不義留在你的帳幕內；

15 Surely then you will lift up your face without spot. Yes, you will be steadfast, and will not fear,

那麼你定能仰首無愧，一定站立穩定，一無所懼；

16 for you will forget your misery. You will remember it like waters that have passed away.

你必能忘卻痛苦，縱然想起，也必似水流去；

17 Life will be clearer than the noonday. Though there is darkness, it will be as the morning.

你的壽命如日中之光華，縱有陰暗，仍如晨曦。

18 You will be secure, because there is hope. Yes, you will search, and will take your rest in safety.

因有希望，你纔感覺安全；因有保護，你纔坦然躺臥；

19 Also you will lie down, and no one will make you afraid. Yes, many will court your favor.

你躺臥，無人敢來擾亂你，反而有多人來奉承你。

20 But the eyes of the wicked will fail. They will have no way to flee. Their hope will be the giving up of the spirit.”

然而惡人的眼必要昏花，他們安身之所必全毀壞，他們的希望只在吐出最後的一口氣。