Job 36

1 And Elius further continued, and said,

厄里烏又接著說：

2 Wait for me yet a little while, that I may teach you: for there is yet speech in me.

你且等一會，容我教導你，因為為天主，我還有些話要說。

3 Having fetched my knowledge from afar, and according to my works,

我要將我所知的傳到遠方，將正義歸於我的造主。

4 I will speak just things truly, and you shall not unjustly receive unjust words.

的確，我的話正確無偽，知識全備的人同你一起。

5 But know that the Lord will not cast off an innocent man: being mighty in strength of wisdom,

的確，天主寬宏大量，決不藐視任何人，並且有廣大的同情心。

6 he will not by any means save alive the ungodly: and he will grant the judgement of the poor.

他決不容許惡人生存，但給窮苦人伸冤；

7 He will not turn away his eyes from the righteous, but [they shall be] with kings on the throne: and he will establish them in triumph, and they shall be exalted.

他也不剝奪義人的權利。他使君王永久坐在寶座上，但是他們卻驕矜自大；

8 But they that are bound in fetters shall be holden in cords of poverty.

故此，當他們一旦被鎖鏈束縛，被痛苦的繩索所繫，

9 And he shall recount to them their works, and their transgressions, for such will act with violence.

天主就向他們指明他們的惡行，和他們所誇耀的過犯，

10 But he will listen to the righteous: and he has said that they shall turn from unrighteousness.

開啟他們的耳朵，以聽訓戒，囑咐他們離開邪惡。

11 If they should hear and serve [him], they shall spend their days in prosperity, and their years in honour.

如果他們服從順命，便能幸福地度過歲月，能安樂地享受天年。

12 But he preserves not the ungodly; because they are not willing to know the Lord, and because when reproved they were disobedient.

如果不服從，必被射死，於不知不覺中逝去。

13 And the hypocrites in heart will array wrath [against themselves]; they will not cry, because he has bound them.

心術敗壞的人，憤怒填胸，縱被囚禁，仍不呼求救助；

14 Therefore let their soul die in youth, and their life be wounded by messengers [of death].

他們必早年夭折，喪命如男倡。

15 Because they afflicted the weak and helpless: and he will vindicate the judgement of the meek.

所以天主藉痛苦拯救受難的人，以患難開啟他們的耳鼓。

16 And he has also enticed you out of the mouth of the enemy:

他也要救你擺脫災難，領你到廣闊自由之地，在你桌上常擺滿肥饌美味；

17 [there is] a deep gulf [and] a rushing stream beneath it, and your table came down full of fatness. Judgement shall not fail from the righteous;

無如你判斷與惡人完全一樣，那麼懲罰和判案必集於你身。

18 but there shall be wrath upon the ungodly, by reason of the ungodliness of the bribes which they received for iniquities.

小心! 不要讓忿怒引你肆口謾罵，也不要為重罰讓你離棄正道。

19 Let not [your] mind willingly turn you aside from the petition of the feeble that are in distress.

你的哀號和你所有的力量，豈能使你擺脫患難﹖

20 And draw not forth all the mighty [men] by night, so that the people should go up instead of them.

不要希望黑夜，那是人民由本地被劫去的時候。

21 But take heed lest you do that which is wrong: for of this you has made choice because of poverty.

小心! 別傾向不義，因為這正是你遭難的真正原因。

22 Behold, the Mighty One shall prevail by his strength: for who is powerful as he is?

天主的能力確實偉大，那有像他那樣的主宰﹖

23 And who is he that examines his works? or who can say, he has wrought injustice?

誰能規定他的道路，誰敢說：你行的不對﹖

24 Remember that his works are great [beyond] those which men have attempted.

你應記住要讚頌他的工程，這是人們應歌詠的。

25 Every man has seen in himself, how many mortals are wounded.

人人都能觀賞，都能從遠處仰望：

26 Behold, the Mighty One is great, and we shall not know [him]: the number of his years is even infinite.

天主何其偉大，我們不能理解! 他的歲數，無法考究。

27 And the drops of rain are numbered by him, and shall be poured out in rain to form a cloud.

他汲取水滴，使水氣化為雨露，

28 The ancient [heavens] shall flow, and the clouds overshadow innumerable mortals: he has fixed a time to cattle, and they know the order of rest. [Yet] by all these things your understanding is not astonished, neither is your mind disturbed in [your] body.

雨即從雲中傾盆而降，沛然落在眾人身上。

29 And though one should understand the outspreadings of the clouds, [or] the measure of his tabernacle;

但誰能明瞭雲彩怎樣散布，天幕中怎樣發出隆隆之聲﹖

30 behold he will stretch his bow against him, and he covers the bottom of the sea.

他將雲霧展開，遮蓋了群山山頂。

31 For by them he will judge the nations: he will give food to him that has strength.

他藉此養育萬民，賜給他們豐富的食糧。

32 He has hidden the light in [his] hands, and given charge concerning it to the interposing [cloud].

他掌中握著電光，對準目標發射出去。

33 The Lord will declare concerning this [to] his friend: [but there is] a portion also for unrighteousness.

雷霆報告他的來臨，他的怒火將要懲罰邪惡。