Job 4

1 And Eliphaz the Temanite made answer and said,

提幔人以利法回答說：

2 If one says a word, will it be a weariness to you? but who is able to keep from saying what is in his mind?

人若想與你說話，你就厭煩嗎？ 但誰能忍住不說呢？

3 Truly, you have been a helper to others, and you have made feeble hands strong;

你素來教導許多的人， 又堅固軟弱的手。

4 He who was near to falling has been lifted up by your words, and you have given strength to bent knees.

你的言語曾扶助那將要跌倒的人； 你又使軟弱的膝穩固。

5 But now it has come on you and it is a weariness to you; you are touched by it and your mind is troubled.

但現在禍患臨到你，你就昏迷， 挨近你，你便驚惶。

6 Is not your fear of God your support, and your upright way of life your hope?

你的倚靠不是在你敬畏上帝嗎？ 你的盼望不是在你行事純正嗎？

7 Have you ever seen destruction come to an upright man? or when were the god-fearing ever cut off?

請你追想：無辜的人有誰滅亡？ 正直的人在何處剪除？

8 What I have seen is that those by whom trouble has been ploughed, and evil planted, get the same for themselves.

按我所見，耕罪孽、種毒害的人 都照樣收割。

9 By the breath of God destruction takes them, and by the wind of his wrath they are cut off.

上帝一出氣，他們就滅亡； 上帝一發怒，他們就消沒。

10 Though the noise of the lion and the sounding of his voice, may be loud, the teeth of the young lions are broken.

獅子的吼叫和猛獅的聲音盡都止息； 少壯獅子的牙齒也都敲掉。

11 The old lion comes to his end for need of food, and the young of the she-lion go wandering in all directions.

老獅子因絕食而死； 母獅之子也都離散。

12 A word was given to me secretly, and the low sound of it came to my ears.

我暗暗地得了默示； 我耳朵也聽其細微的聲音。

13 In troubled thoughts from visions of the night, when deep sleep comes on men,

在思念夜中、異象之間， 世人沉睡的時候，

14 Fear came on me and shaking, and my bones were full of trouble;

恐懼、戰兢臨到我身， 使我百骨打戰。

15 And a breath was moving over my face; the hair of my flesh became stiff:

有靈從我面前經過， 我身上的毫毛直立。

16 Something was present before me, but I was not able to see it clearly; there was a form before my eyes: a quiet voice came to my ears, saying:

那靈停住， 我卻不能辨其形狀； 有影像在我眼前。 我在靜默中聽見有聲音說：

17 May a man be upright before God? or a man be clean before his Maker?

必死的人豈能比上帝公義嗎？ 人豈能比造他的主潔淨嗎？

18 Truly, he puts no faith in his servants, and he sees error in his angels;

主不信靠他的臣僕， 並且指他的使者為愚昧；

19 How much more those living in houses of earth, whose bases are in the dust! They are crushed more quickly than an insect;

何況那住在土房、根基在塵土裏、 被蠹蟲所毀壞的人呢？

20 Between morning and evening they are completely broken; they come to an end for ever, and no one takes note.

早晚之間，就被毀滅， 永歸無有，無人理會。

21 If their tent-cord is pulled up, do they not come to an end, and without wisdom?

他帳棚的繩索豈不從中抽出來呢？ 他死，且是無智慧而死。