Job 22
1 Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,
特曼人厄里法次接著說：
2 Can a man be profitable unto God, as he that is wise may be profitable unto himself?
人為天主能有什麼益處﹖明智人只能於一己有益。
3 Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that you are righteous? or is it gain to him, that you make your ways perfect?
縱然你公正，對全能者有什麼好處﹖縱然你品行齊全，對天主有什麼利益﹖
4 Will he reprove you for fear of you? will he enter with you into judgment?
他豈能因你敬畏之心而責斥你，拉你來聽審﹖
5 Is not your wickedness great? and your iniquities infinite?
豈不是因為你罪惡多端，罪過無窮﹖
6 For you have taken a pledge from your brother for nothing, and stripped the naked of their clothing.
因為你無理地強取了你兄弟的抵押，剝去了人的衣服，使之赤裸；
7 You have not given water to the weary to drink, and you have withheld bread from the hungry.
口渴的人，你沒有給他水喝；饑餓的人，你沒有給他飯吃；
8 But as for the mighty man, he had the earth; and the honourable man dwelt in it.
讓強有力的人佔有土地，讓尊貴體面的人住在其中；
9 You have sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.
卻使寡婦空手而歸，折斷孤兒的手臂；
10 Therefore snares are round about you, and sudden fear troubles you;
因此羅網要四面圍困你，恐嚇突降，使你驚惶。
11 Or darkness, that you can not see; and abundance of waters cover you.
光明變成黑暗，使你毫無所見；洪水漫漫，將你淹沒。
12 Is not God in the height of heaven? and behold the height of the stars, how high they are!
天主豈不是居於高天﹖看，最高的星辰何其高遠﹖
13 And you say, How does God know? can he judge through the dark cloud?
你曾說過：「天主知道什麼﹖他豈能透過黑雲施行審判﹖
14 Thick clouds are a covering to him, that he sees not; and he walks in the circuit of heaven.
雲彩遮蔽著他，使他看不到什麼，而他只在天邊周圍遊行。」
15 Have you marked the old way which wicked men have trodden?
你豈要固守惡人所蹈的故轍﹖
16 Which were cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflowed with a flood:
尚未到時，他們已被攫去，大水沖去了他們的基礎。
17 Which said unto God, Depart from us: and what can the Almighty do for them?
他們曾向天主說：「離開我們! 全能者能為我們作什麼﹖」
18 Yet he filled their houses with good things: but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
他原來是以福利充滿了他們的家，可是惡人的思想離他很遠。
19 The righteous see it, and are glad: and the innocent laugh them to scorn.
義人見了就歡樂，無罪者也譏笑他們說：「
20 Whereas our substance is not cut down, but the remnant of them the fire consumes.
的確，他們的財富已被消滅，他門所剩餘的皆被火焚毀。」
21 Acquaint now yourself with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto you.
請你與他親善和好，藉此你的幸福必的恢復。
22 Receive, I pray you, the law from his mouth, and lay up his words in your heart.
請你領受他口中的教訓，將他的話存在心中。
23 If you return to the Almighty, you shall be built up, you shall put away iniquity far from your tabernacles.
如果你歸向全能者，你必興起；你若使邪惡離開你的帳幕，
24 Then shall you lay up gold as dust, and the gold of Ophir as the stones of the brooks.
視金子如塵埃，視敖非爾金如溪石，
25 Yea, the Almighty shall be your defence, and you shall have plenty of silver.
全能者必作為你的精金，作為你的銀堆。
26 For then shall you have your delight in the Almighty, and shall lift up your face unto God.
那時你必以全能者為喜樂，向天主仰起你的頭來。
27 You shall make your prayer unto him, and he shall hear you, and you shall pay your vows.
那時你祈求他，他必應允你；你可向他還你的誓願。
28 You shall also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto you: and the light shall shine upon your ways.
你決定的事，事必成就；光明要照耀你的道路，
29 When men are cast down, then you shall say, There is lifting up; and he shall save the humble person.
因為他壓伏驕傲的人，拯救低首下心的人。
30 He shall deliver the island of the innocent: and it is delivered by the pureness of your hands.
他必解救無罪的人；你若手中清廉，你必獲救。
