Job 8
1 Then responded Bildad the Shuhite, and said: —
叔亞人彼耳達得發言說：
2 How long wilt thou speak these things? Or, as a mighty wind, shall be the sayings of thy mouth?
這些話你要講到幾時﹖你口中的話像狂風要到何時﹖
3 Should, GOD, pervert justice? Or, the Almighty, pervert righteousness?
天主豈能違背公道﹖全能者豈能屈枉正義﹖
4 Though, thy children, sinned against him, and he delivered them into the hand of their transgression,
若你的子女得罪了他，他必將他們交於罪過的權勢下。
5 Yet, if, thou thyself, wilt diligently seek unto GOD, —and, unto the Almighty, wilt make supplication;
你若急切尋覓天主，哀求全能者；
6 If, pure and upright, thou thyself, art, surely, now, will he answer thy prayer, and will prosper thy righteous habitation:
你若純潔正直，他必親來守護你，恢復你正義的居所。
7 So shall thy beginning appear small, —when, thy latter end, he shall greatly increase!
你起初雖然微小，今後必要興隆強大。
8 For inquire, I pray thee, of a former generation, and prepare thyself for the research of their fathers; —
請你查問上一代，細想祖先的經驗；
9 For, of yesterday, are, we, and cannot know, for, a shadow, are our days upon earth:
因為我們由昨日纔有，本來一無所知；我們在世上的日月，好似影子。
10 Shall, they, not teach thee—tell thee, and, out of their memory, bring forth words?
他們必訓誡你，指教你，向你說出內心的話：
11 Can the paper-reed grow up, without a marsh? Or the rush grow up, without water?
蒲草不在池沼內，怎能長大﹖蘆葦沒有水，怎會長起﹖
12 Though while still, in its freshness, it be not plucked off, yet, before any kind of grass, it doth wither:
在茁壯中，尚未砍下，已先百草而枯萎。
13 So, shall be the latter end of all who forget GOD, and, the hope of the impious, shall perish:
凡忘記天主的，他的末路也是這樣：惡人的希望必化為泡影。
14 Whose trust shall be contemptible, —and, a spider’s web, his confidence:
他的依靠好似游絲，他的憑藉有如蛛網。
15 He leaneth upon his house, and it will not stand, he holdeth it fast, and it will not remain erect.
他倚恃自己的家，但它卻站立不住；他要依附自己的住所，住所卻不能久存。
16 Full of moisture he is, before the sun, and, over his garden, his shoot goeth forth:
它在日光下而青蔥，枝蔓爬滿了園囿，
17 Over a heap, his roots are entwined, a place of stones, he descrieth;
根盤據在石堆上，纏繞在石屋上。
18 If one destroy him out of his place, then will it disown him [saying] —I have not seen thee.
若有人從原處把它拔除，那地必否認說：「我未曾見過它。」
19 Lo! that, is the joy of his way, —and, out of the dust, shall others spring up.
看，它要腐爛在路上，必從地上生出另一棵。
20 Lo! GOD, will not reject a blameless man, neither will he grasp the hand of evil-doers:
天主決不棄捨完善的人，也決不支持惡人的勢力。
21 At length he shall fill with laughter thy mouth, and thy lips, with a shout of triumph:
你的口角必再洋溢著喜悅，你的唇邊必再充滿歡笑。
22 They who hate thee, shall be clothed with shame, but, the tent of the lawless, shall not be!
憎恨你的必蒙受羞辱，惡人的帳幕必化為烏有。
