Job 22
1 Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,
提幔人以利法回答說：
2 Can a man be profitable to God, as he that is wise may be profitable to himself?
人豈能使上帝有益呢？ 智慧人但能有益於己。
3 [Is it] any pleasure to the Almighty, that thou art righteous? or [is it] gain [to him], that thou makest thy ways perfect?
你為人公義，豈叫全能者喜悅呢？ 你行為完全，豈能使他得利呢？
4 Will he reprove thee for fear of thee? will he enter with thee into judgment?
豈是因你敬畏他 就責備你、審判你嗎？
5 [Is] not thy wickedness great? and thy iniquities infinite?
你的罪惡豈不是大嗎？ 你的罪孽也沒有窮盡；
6 For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother for naught, and stripped the naked of their clothing.
因你無故強取弟兄的物為當頭， 剝去貧寒人的衣服。
7 Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, and thou hast withheld bread from the hungry.
困乏的人，你沒有給他水喝； 飢餓的人，你沒有給他食物。
8 But [as for] the mighty man, he had the earth; and the honorable man dwelt in it.
有能力的人就得地土； 尊貴的人也住在其中。
9 Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.
你打發寡婦空手回去， 折斷孤兒的膀臂。
10 Therefore snares [are] around thee, and sudden fear troubleth thee;
因此，有網羅環繞你， 有恐懼忽然使你驚惶；
11 Or darkness, [that] thou canst not see; and abundance of waters cover thee.
或有黑暗蒙蔽你， 並有洪水淹沒你。
12 [Is] not God in the hight of heaven? and behold the hight of the stars, how high they are!
上帝豈不是在高天嗎？ 你看星宿何其高呢！
13 And thou sayest, How doth God know? can he judge through the dark cloud?
你說：上帝知道甚麼？ 他豈能看透幽暗施行審判呢？
14 Thick clouds [are] a covering to him, that he seeth not; and he walketh in the circuit of heaven.
密雲將他遮蓋，使他不能看見； 他周遊穹蒼。
15 Hast thou marked the old way which wicked men have trodden?
你要依從上古的道嗎？ 這道是惡人所行的。
16 Who were cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflowed with a flood!
他們未到死期，忽然除滅； 根基毀壞，好像被江河沖去。
17 Who said to God, depart from us: and what can the Almighty do for them!
他們向上帝說：離開我們吧！ 又說：全能者能把我們怎麼樣呢？
18 Yet he filled their houses with good [things]: but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
哪知上帝以美物充滿他們的房屋； 但惡人所謀定的離我好遠。
19 The righteous see [it], and are glad: and the innocent deride them.
義人看見他們的結局就歡喜； 無辜的人嗤笑他們，
20 Whereas our substance is not cut down, but the remnant of them the fire consumeth.
說：那起來攻擊我們的果然被剪除， 其餘的都被火燒滅。
21 Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: by this good shall come to thee.
你要認識上帝，就得平安； 福氣也必臨到你。
22 Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, and lay up his words in thy heart.
你當領受他口中的教訓， 將他的言語存在心裏。
23 If thou shalt return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, thou shalt put away iniquity far from thy tabernacles.
你若歸向全能者，從你帳棚中遠除不義， 就必得建立。
24 Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust, and the [gold] of Ophir as the stones of the brooks.
要將你的珍寶丟在塵土裏， 將俄斐的黃金丟在溪河石頭之間；
25 Yea, the Almighty shall be thy defense and thou shalt have plenty of silver.
全能者就必為你的珍寶， 作你的寶銀。
26 For then shalt thou have thy delight in the Almighty, and shalt lift up thy face to God.
你就要以全能者為喜樂， 向上帝仰起臉來。
27 Thou shalt make thy prayer to him, and he shall hear thee, and thou shalt pay thy vows.
你要禱告他，他就聽你； 你也要還你的願。
28 Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established to thee: and the light shall shine upon thy ways.
你定意要做何事，必然給你成就； 亮光也必照耀你的路。
29 When [men] are cast down, then thou shalt say, [There is] exaltation; and he shall save the humble person.
人使你降卑，你仍可說：必得高升； 謙卑的人，上帝必然拯救。
30 He shall deliver the island of the innocent: and it is delivered by the pureness of thy hands.
人非無辜，上帝且要搭救他； 他因你手中清潔，必蒙拯救。
