Job 40
1 And YHWH answers Job and says:
上主又接著問約伯說：
2 “Is the striver with the Mighty instructed? The reprover of God, let him answer it.”
好辯之士，豈能同全能者辯論﹖非難天主的，請答覆這一切!
3 And Job answers YHWH and says:
約伯回答上主說：「
4 “Behold, I have been vile, What do I return to You? I have placed my hand on my mouth.
看，我這麼卑賤，我能回答什麼﹖只好用手掩口。
5 I have spoken once, and I do not answer, And twice, and I do not add.”
我說過一次，再不敢重複；我再說一次：我不敢再說什麼! 」
6 And YHWH answers Job out of the whirlwind and says:
上主由旋風中回答約伯說：
7 “Now gird your loins as a man, I ask you, and you cause Me to know.
你要像勇士束好腰，我要問你，請指教我。
8 Do you also make My judgment void? Do you condemn Me, That you may be righteous?
你豈能推翻我的評斷，歸罪於我，而自以為有理﹖
9 And do you have an arm like God? And do you thunder with a voice like His?
你的手臂豈能同天主的相比﹖你的聲音，那能像雷鳴﹖
10 Now put on excellence and loftiness, Indeed, put on splendor and beauty.
請你以尊貴和高雅作你的點綴，以光華美麗作你的衣裳；
11 Scatter abroad the wrath of your anger, And see every proud one, and make him low.
發洩你的烈怒，貶抑一切高傲的人；
12 See every proud one—humble him, And tread down the wicked in their place.
視察一切傲慢的人，且加以制服，推翻惡人所處的地位；
13 Hide them in the dust together, Bind their faces in secret.
將他們一同埋在土中，把他們都關在黑暗中!
14 And even I praise you, For your right hand gives salvation to you.
如果你能這樣作，我也要稱讚你，因為你的右手救護了你。
15 Now behold, behemoth, That I made with you: He eats grass as an ox.
且看河馬，牠同你都是我造成的，牠像牛一樣吃草。
16 Now behold, his power [is] in his loins, And his strength in the muscles of his belly.
牠的精力全在腰部，牠的力量是在腹部的肌肉；
17 He bends his tail as a cedar, The sinews of his thighs are wrapped together,
牠挺起尾巴好像香柏，大腿上的筋聯結在一起；
18 His bones [are] tubes of bronze, His bones [are] as a bar of iron.
牠的脊骨好似銅管，牠的骨骸有如鐵杠。
19 He [is] a beginning of the ways of God, His Maker [alone] brings His sword near;
牠是天主的傑作，造牠者賜給了牠利刃。
20 For mountains bear food for him, And all the beasts of the field play there.
群山供給牠食物，百獸在那裏同牠遊戲。
21 He lies down under shades, In a secret place of reed and marsh.
牠臥在蓮葉之下，躺在蘆葦和沼澤深處；
22 Shades cover him, [with] their shadow, Willows of the brook cover him.
蓮葉的蔭影遮蔽著牠，溪邊的楊柳掩護著牠。
23 Behold, a flood oppresses—he does not hurry, He is confident though Jordan Comes forth to his mouth.
河水漲溢之時，牠毫不戰慄；約但河漲到牠口邊，牠仍安寧。
24 Does [one] take him by his eyes? Does [one] pierce the nose with snares?”
誰能在牠目前捕捉牠，或以木橛穿透牠的鼻孔﹖
