Job 40
1 Then Yahweh said to Job,
耶和华又对约伯说：
2 “Do you still want to argue with me, the Almighty One? Since you criticize me, (you should be able to answer my questions!/why are you not able to answer my questions?) [RHQ]”
强辩的岂可与全能者争论吗？ 与 神辩驳的可以回答这些吧！
3 Then Job replied to Yahweh,
于是，约伯回答耶和华说：
4 “[Now I realize that] I am completely worthless. So (how could I answer [those questions]?/I could not possibly answer [those questions]!) [RHQ] I will put my hand over my mouth [and not say anything].
我是卑贱的！我用什么回答你呢？ 只好用手捂口。
5 I have already said more than I should have said, so now I will say nothing more.”
我说了一次，再不回答； 说了两次，就不再说。
6 Then Yahweh [again] spoke to Job from inside the great windstorm. He said,
于是，耶和华从旋风中回答约伯说：
7 “I want to ask you some [more] questions. So as men prepare themselves for a difficult task [MET], prepare yourself again to answer some [more] questions.
你要如勇士束腰； 我问你，你可以指示我。
8 “Are you going to accuse me and say that I am unjust? Are you going to say that what I have done is wrong, in order that you can say that what you have done is right?
你岂可废弃我所拟定的？ 岂可定我有罪，好显自己为义吗？
9 Are you as powerful [MTY] as I am? Can your voice sound [as loud] as thunder, as mine can?
你有 神那样的膀臂吗？ 你能像他发雷声吗？
10 [If you can do that], put on the robes that show that you are glorious and are greatly honored!
你要以荣耀庄严为妆饰， 以尊荣威严为衣服；
11 Show that you are very angry; show that you have the right/authority to humble people who are [very] proud!
要发出你满溢的怒气， 见一切骄傲的人，使他降卑；
12 Humble those proud people [just] by looking at them [angrily] Crush wicked people quickly!
见一切骄傲的人，将他制伏， 把恶人践踏在本处；
13 Bury them in the ground! Send them to the place where dead people are, where they will not be able to get out!
将他们一同隐藏在尘土中， 把他们的脸蒙蔽在隐密处；
14 After you do that, I will congratulate/praise you and say that [truly] you can save yourself by your own ability/power.
我就认你右手能以救自己。
15 “Think [also] about the huge animals that live near the water. I made you, and I made them also. They eat grass, like oxen do.
你且观看河马； 我造你也造它。 它吃草与牛一样；
16 Their legs/thighs are [very] strong, and the muscles of their bellies are [very] powerful.
它的气力在腰间， 能力在肚腹的筋上。
17 Their tails are stiff (OR, bend down) like the branches of a cedar tree. The sinews/muscles of their thighs are close together.
它摇动尾巴如香柏树； 它大腿的筋互相联络。
18 Their [thigh] bones are [like] tubes [made] of bronze, and the bones of their legs are like bars [made] of iron.
它的骨头好像铜管； 它的肢体仿佛铁棍。
19 They are among the strongest of the animals that I made, and I, who created them, am the only one who can kill them.
它在 神所造的物中为首； 创造它的给它刀剑。
20 On the hills grows food [PRS] for them to eat while many [HYP] other wild animals play nearby.
诸山给它出食物， 也是百兽游玩之处。
21 They lie down [in the water] under the lotus plants; they hide in [tall] reeds in the swamps.
它伏在莲叶之下， 卧在芦苇隐密处和水洼子里。
22 Those huge animals find shade under the lotus plants, and they are surrounded by poplar trees.
莲叶的阴凉遮蔽它； 溪旁的柳树环绕它。
23 They are not disturbed by raging/swiftly-flowing rivers; they are not even disturbed/frightened when [rivers like the] Jordan [River] rush over them.
河水泛滥，它不发战； 就是约旦河的水涨到它口边，也是安然。
24 No one can [RHQ] catch them by blinding their eyes or by piercing their noses with [the teeth of] a trap!”
在它防备的时候，谁能捉拿它？ 谁能牢笼它穿它的鼻子呢？
