Job 26

1 Then responded Job, and said: —

約伯回答說：

2 How hast thou given help to one of no-strength? given victory to an arm of no-power?

無能為力的人，你怎樣援助了他﹖無力的手臂，你怎樣支持了他﹖

3 How hast thou given counsel to one of no-wisdom? or, effective wisdom, abundantly made known?

你給無知的人出過什麼主義，表現了你豐富的智慧﹖

4 Whom hast thou taught speech? Whose inspiration hath come from thee?

你說這些話是指教誰﹖從你心裏發出的是什麼精神﹖

5 The shades, tremble, beneath the waters and their inhabitants;

幽魂在地下打顫，海底與居於海底的，驚恐不已。

6 Naked is hades before him, and there is no covering to destruction; (Sheol h7585)

陰府在他前面顯露，死域也沒有遮掩。 (Sheol h7585)

7 Who stretcheth out the north over emptiness, hangeth the earth upon nothingness;

他將北極伸張到太虛，將大地懸於虛無之上。

8 Who bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds, and the cloud is not rent beneath them;

他將水包裹在濃雲中，托水的雲彩卻不破裂。

9 Who shutteth-in the face of the throne, he spreadeth over it his cloud;

他遮蔽了滿月的面貌，使雲彩散佈其上。

10 A, boundary, hath he encircled on the face of the waters, as far as where light ends in darkness;

在水面上劃了一圓圈，當作光明與黑暗的分界。

11 The pillars of the heavens, are shaken, and are terrified at his rebuke:

支天的柱子震動，因他的呵叱而戰慄。

12 By his strength, hath he excited the sea, and, by his skill, hath he shattered the Crocodile:

他以威力使海洋動盪，以明智擊傷了海怪。

13 By his spirit, hath he arched the heavens, His hand hath pierced the fleeing serpent.

他一噓氣，天氣清朗；他親手戮穿了飛龍。

14 Lo! these, are the fringes of his way, and what a whisper of a word hath been heard of him! But, the thunder of his might, who could understand?

看啊! 這只是他行動的一端，我們所聽到的語句，何其細微! 他轟轟烈烈的作為，有誰能明瞭﹖