Job 40
1 Then Yahweh said to Job,
主はまたヨブに答えて言われた、
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]”
「非難する者が全能者と争おうとするのか、神と論ずる者はこれに答えよ」。
3 Then Job replied to Yahweh,
そこで、ヨブは主に答えて言った、
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].
「見よ、わたしはまことに卑しい者です、なんとあなたに答えましょうか。ただ手を口に当てるのみです。
5 I have already said more than I should have said, so now I will say nothing more.”
わたしはすでに一度言いました、また言いません、すでに二度言いました、重ねて申しません」。
6 Then Yahweh [again] spoke to Job from inside the great windstorm. He said,
主はまたつむじ風の中からヨブに答えられた、
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.
「あなたは腰に帯して、男らしくせよ。わたしはあなたに尋ねる、わたしに答えよ。
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?
あなたはなお、わたしに責任を負わそうとするのか。あなたはわたしを非とし、自分を是としようとするのか。
9 Are you as powerful [MTY] as I am? Can your voice sound [as loud] as thunder, as mine can?
あなたは神のような腕を持っているのか、神のような声でとどろきわたることができるか。
10 [If you can do that], put on the robes that show that you are glorious and are greatly honored!
あなたは威光と尊厳とをもってその身を飾り、栄光と華麗とをもってその身を装ってみよ。
11 Show that you are very angry; show that you have the right/authority to humble people who are [very] proud!
あなたのあふるる怒りを漏らし、すべての高ぶる者を見て、これを低くせよ。
12 Humble those proud people [just] by looking at them [angrily] Crush wicked people quickly!
すべての高ぶる者を見て、これをかがませ、また悪人をその所で踏みつけ、
13 Bury them in the ground! Send them to the place where dead people are, where they will not be able to get out!
彼らをともにちりの中にうずめ、その顔を隠れた所に閉じこめよ。
14 After you do that, I will congratulate/praise you and say that [truly] you can save yourself by your own ability/power.
そうすれば、わたしもまた、あなたをほめて、あなたの右の手はあなたを救うことができるとしよう。
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.
河馬を見よ、これはあなたと同様にわたしが造ったもので、牛のように草を食う。
16 Their legs/thighs are [very] strong, and the muscles of their bellies are [very] powerful.
見よ、その力は腰にあり、その勢いは腹の筋にある。
17 Their tails are stiff (OR, bend down) like the branches of a cedar tree. The sinews/muscles of their thighs are close together.
これはその尾を香柏のように動かし、そのももの筋は互にからみ合う。
18 Their [thigh] bones are [like] tubes [made] of bronze, and the bones of their legs are like bars [made] of iron.
その骨は青銅の管のようで、その肋骨は鉄の棒のようだ。
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.
これは神のわざの第一のものであって、これを造った者がこれにつるぎを授けた。
20 On the hills grows food [PRS] for them to eat while many [HYP] other wild animals play nearby.
山もこれがために食物をいだし、もろもろの野の獣もそこに遊ぶ。
21 They lie down [in the water] under the lotus plants; they hide in [tall] reeds in the swamps.
これは酸棗の木の下に伏し、葦の茂み、または沼に隠れている。
22 Those huge animals find shade under the lotus plants, and they are surrounded by poplar trees.
酸棗の木はその陰でこれをおおい、川の柳はこれをめぐり囲む。
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.
見よ、たとい川が荒れても、これは驚かない。ヨルダンがその口に注ぎかかっても、これはあわてない。
24 No one can [RHQ] catch them by blinding their eyes or by piercing their noses with [the teeth of] a trap!”
だれが、かぎでこれを捕えることができるか。だれが、わなでその鼻を貫くことができるか。
