Job 4
1 And Eliphaz the Temanite answers and says:
特曼人厄里法次開始說：
2 “Has one tried a word with you? You are weary! And who is able to keep in words?
人若和你講話，你能忍受嗎﹖但誰又能忍住不說﹖
3 Behold, you have instructed many, And feeble hands you make strong.
看，你曾勸戒過許多人，堅固過軟弱無能的人；
4 Your words raise up the stumbling one, And you strengthen bowing knees.
你的話扶起了跌倒的人，堅固了膝弱無力的人；
5 But now, it comes to you, And you are weary; It strikes to you, and you are troubled.
但是現今災禍一臨於你，你就萎靡不振；一接觸你，你就沮喪失意。
6 Is your reverence not your confidence? Your hope—the perfection of your ways?
你敬畏天主之情，豈不是你的依靠﹖你完善的行為，豈不是你的希望﹖
7 Now remember, Who, being innocent, has perished? And where have the upright been cut off?
請想：那有無辜者喪亡﹖那有正直者消逝﹖
8 As I have seen—plowers of iniquity, And sowers of misery, reap it!
照我所見：那播種邪惡的，必收邪惡；散佈毒害的，必收毒害。
9 From the breath of God they perish, And from the spirit of His anger [are] consumed.
天主一噓氣，他們即滅亡；一發怒氣，他們即消失。
10 The roaring of a lion, And the voice of a fierce lion, And teeth of young lions have been broken.
獅吼豹嗥完全止息，幼獅的牙齒也被打碎；
11 An old lion is perishing without prey, And the whelps of the lioness separate.
壯獅因缺獵物而滅絕，牝獅幼子各自東西離散。
12 And a thing is secretly brought to me, And my ear receives a little of it.
我竊聽到一句話，我耳聽見細語聲。
13 In thoughts from visions of the night, In the falling of deep sleep on men,
當人沉睡時，夜夢多幻象；
14 Fear has met me, and trembling, And the multitude of my bones caused to fear.
我恐怖戰慄，全身骨頭發抖。
15 And a spirit passes before my face, The hair of my flesh stands up;
寒風掠過我面，使我毛髮悚然。
16 It stands, and I do not discern its aspect, A likeness [is] before my eyes, Silence! And I hear a voice:
他停立不動，但我不能辨其形狀；我面前出現形影，我聽見細微的聲音：
17 Is mortal man more righteous than God? Is a man cleaner than his Maker?
人豈能在天主前自以為義﹖在造他者前，自以為潔﹖
18 Behold, He puts no credence in His servants, Nor sets praise in His messengers.
看，他的僕役，他還不信；他的使者，他還歸罪，
19 Also—the inhabitants of houses of clay (Whose foundation [is] in the dust, They bruise them before a moth).
何況那以泥屋為居所，以塵土為基礎的人! 他們為人踐踏，有如蠹蟲；
20 From morning to evening are beaten down, Without any regarding, they perish forever.
晨昏間即化為齏粉，永遠消亡而無人一顧。
21 Has their excellence not been removed with them? They die, and not in wisdom!”
幕索如已自斷，他們豈不是因缺少智慧而死亡﹖
