Job 36
1 Elihu [finished by] saying this:
以利户又接着说：
2 “[Job, ] be patient with me a little longer, because I have something else to teach you. I have something else to say that God [wants you to know].
你再容我片时，我就指示你， 因我还有话为 神说。
3 I will tell you what I have learned from many sources, in order to show that God, my creator, is just/fair.
我要将所知道的从远处引来， 将公义归给造我的主。
4 I am not saying anything to you that is false; I, who am standing in front of you, am someone who understands things (very well/perfectly) [HYP].
我的言语真不虚谎； 有知识全备的与你同在。
5 “Hey, God is [very] powerful, and he does not despise anyone, and he understands everything.
神有大能，并不藐视人； 他的智慧甚广。
6 He does not allow wicked people to remain alive, and he always acts justly toward those who are poor.
他不保护恶人的性命， 却为困苦人伸冤。
7 He always watches over [MTY] those who are righteous; he allows them to sit on thrones [and rule] with kings, and they are honored forever.
他时常看顾义人， 使他们和君王同坐宝座， 永远要被高举。
8 But if people [who commit crimes] are caught, they [are thrown into prison and] are caused to suffer by being fastened with chains.
他们若被锁链捆住， 被苦难的绳索缠住，
9 When that happens, God shows them what they have done; he shows them the sins that they have committed, and he shows them that they have been proud/arrogant.
他就把他们的作为和过犯指示他们， 叫他们知道有骄傲的行动。
10 He causes them to listen [MTY] to what he is warning them, and he commands them to turn away from [doing what is] evil.
他也开通他们的耳朵得受教训， 吩咐他们离开罪孽转回。
11 If they (listen to/heed) him and serve him, [after they get out of prison] they will prosper for all the years that they are alive and be peaceful/happy.
他们若听从事奉他， 就必度日亨通，历年福乐；
12 But if they do not (listen/pay attention) to him, they will die violently, not knowing [why God is causing them to die].
若不听从， 就要被刀杀灭，无知无识而死。
13 “Godless/Wicked people continue being angry, and they do not cry out for help, [even] when God is punishing them.
那心中不敬虔的人积蓄怒气； 神捆绑他们，他们竟不求救；
14 They die while they are still young, disgraced because of their very immoral behavior [EUP].
必在青年时死亡， 与污秽人一样丧命。
15 But God teaches people by causing them to suffer; by afflicting them, he causes them to listen to [MTY] what he is telling them.
神借着困苦救拔困苦人， 趁他们受欺压开通他们的耳朵。
16 “And Job, [I think that] God [wants to] bring you out of your troubles and allow you to live without distress; he wants your table to be full of very nice food.
神也必引你出离患难， 进入宽阔不狭窄之地； 摆在你席上的必满有肥甘。
17 But now, you are being punished [MTY] as wicked people are punished; [God] [PRS] has been punishing you (justly/as you deserve).
但你满口有恶人批评的言语； 判断和刑罚抓住你。
18 So be careful that you are not deceived by [desiring to acquire] money or that you are not ruined by [accepting] large bribes.
不可容忿怒触动你，使你不服责罚； 也不可因赎价大就偏行。
19 [If you are deceived by those things, ] it certainly will not [RHQ] help you to cry out when you are distressed; all of your strength will not help you.
你的呼求，或是你一切的势力， 果有灵验，叫你不受患难吗？
20 Do not wish that it would be nighttime [in order that God will not see you and punish you], because night is the time when [even] people-groups are destroyed!
不要切慕黑夜， 就是众民在本处被除灭的时候。
21 Be careful not to [begin doing] evil things, because [God] has caused you to suffer to prevent you from doing evil.
你要谨慎，不可重看罪孽， 因你选择罪孽过于选择苦难。
22 “Hey, God is extremely powerful; there is certainly [RHQ] no teacher who teaches like he does.
神行事有高大的能力； 教训人的有谁像他呢？
23 No one has [RHQ] told him what he should do, and no one has [RHQ] said to him, ‘You have done what is wrong!’
谁派定他的道路？ 谁能说：你所行的不义？
24 People have [always] sung to praise him, so you also should never forget to praise him for what he has done.
你不可忘记称赞他所行的为大， 就是人所歌颂的。
25 Everyone has seen [what he has done], but [sometimes] we can see it only from far away.
他所行的，万人都看见； 世人也从远处观看。
26 “Hey, God is very great, and we are not able to know how great he is, and we do not know how old he is.
神为大，我们不能全知； 他的年数不能测度。
27 He draws water up [from the earth and puts it in clouds] and causes it to become rain.
他吸取水点， 这水点从云雾中就变成雨；
28 The rain pours down from the sky/clouds; God causes abundant showers to fall on everyone.
云彩将雨落下，沛然降与世人。
29 No one can [RHQ] understand how the clouds move [across the sky] or how it thunders in the sky where God lives.
谁能明白云彩如何铺张， 和 神行宫的雷声呢？
30 He causes lightning to flash all around him, but he causes the bottom of the oceans to remain dark.
他将亮光普照在自己的四围； 他又遮覆海底。
31 By providing plenty of rain for us, he enables us to have abundant food.
他用这些审判众民， 且赐丰富的粮食。
32 [It is as though] he holds the lightning in his hands, and [then] he commands it to strike where he wants it to.
他以电光遮手， 命闪电击中敌人。
33 When we hear his thunder, we know that there will be a storm, and the cattle know it, too.”
所发的雷声显明他的作为， 又向牲畜指明要起暴风。
