Job 11
1 Then Zophar the Naamathite replied:
納阿瑪人左法爾發言說：
2 “Should this stream of words go unanswered and such a speaker be vindicated?
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 babbling put others to silence? Will you scoff without rebuke?
你的空談，豈能叫人緘默﹖你如此謾罵，難道無人使你羞愧﹖
4 You have said, ‘My doctrine is sound, and I am pure in Your sight.’
你說過：「我的品行是純潔的，我在你眼中是清白的。」
5 But if only God would speak and open His lips against you,
但願天主講話，開口答覆你!
6 and disclose to you the secrets of wisdom, for true wisdom has two sides. Know then that God exacts from 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 deep things of God or discover 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 higher than the heavens—what can you do? They are deeper than Sheol—what can you know? (Sheol h7585)
完美高於諸天，你能作什麼﹖深於陰府，你能知道什麼﹖ (Sheol h7585)
9 Their measure is longer than the earth and wider than the sea.
其量長過大地，闊於海洋。
10 If He comes along to imprison you, or convenes a court, who can stop Him?
天主若經過，誰能扣留他﹖他若下了逮捕令，誰能阻擋他﹖
11 Surely He knows the deceit of men. If He sees iniquity, does He not take note?
他洞悉人的虛偽，明察人的罪行，且無不注意。
12 But a witless man can no more become wise than the colt of a wild donkey can be born a man!
如此，愚蠢者纔可獲得智慧，野性驢駒纔能變為馴良。
13 As for you, if you direct your heart and lift up your hands to Him,
你若居心正直，向他伸開你的雙手；
14 if you put away the iniquity in your hand, and allow no injustice to 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 then indeed you will lift up your face without shame; you will stand firm and unafraid.
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, recalling it only as waters gone by.
你必能忘卻痛苦，縱然想起，也必似水流去；
17 Your life will be brighter than noonday; its darkness will be like 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, and you will look around and lie down in safety.
因有希望，你纔感覺安全；因有保護，你纔坦然躺臥；
19 You will lie down without fear, and 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, and escape will elude them; they will hope for their last breath.”
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。
