Job 36
1 Elihu also continued, and said,
厄里烏又接著說：
2 “Bear with me a little, and I will show you; for I still have something to say on God’s behalf.
你且等一會，容我教導你，因為為天主，我還有些話要說。
3 I will get my knowledge from afar, and will ascribe righteousness to my Maker.
我要將我所知的傳到遠方，將正義歸於我的造主。
4 For truly my words are not false. One who is perfect in knowledge is with you.
的確，我的話正確無偽，知識全備的人同你一起。
5 “Behold, God is mighty, and doesn’t despise anyone. He is mighty in strength of understanding.
的確，天主寬宏大量，決不藐視任何人，並且有廣大的同情心。
6 He doesn’t preserve the life of the wicked, but gives justice to the afflicted.
他決不容許惡人生存，但給窮苦人伸冤；
7 He doesn’t withdraw his eyes from the righteous, but with kings on the throne, he sets them forever, and they are exalted.
他也不剝奪義人的權利。他使君王永久坐在寶座上，但是他們卻驕矜自大；
8 If they are bound in fetters, and are taken in the cords of afflictions,
故此，當他們一旦被鎖鏈束縛，被痛苦的繩索所繫，
9 then he shows them their work, and their transgressions, that they have behaved themselves proudly.
天主就向他們指明他們的惡行，和他們所誇耀的過犯，
10 He also opens their ears to instruction, and commands that they return from iniquity.
開啟他們的耳朵，以聽訓戒，囑咐他們離開邪惡。
11 If they listen and serve him, they will spend their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures.
如果他們服從順命，便能幸福地度過歲月，能安樂地享受天年。
12 But if they don’t listen, they will perish by the sword; they will die without knowledge.
如果不服從，必被射死，於不知不覺中逝去。
13 “But those who are godless in heart lay up anger. They don’t cry for help when he binds them.
心術敗壞的人，憤怒填胸，縱被囚禁，仍不呼求救助；
14 They die in youth. Their life perishes among the unclean.
他們必早年夭折，喪命如男倡。
15 He delivers the afflicted by their affliction, and opens their ear in oppression.
所以天主藉痛苦拯救受難的人，以患難開啟他們的耳鼓。
16 Yes, he would have allured you out of distress, into a wide place, where there is no restriction. That which is set on your table would be full of fatness.
他也要救你擺脫災難，領你到廣闊自由之地，在你桌上常擺滿肥饌美味；
17 “But you are full of the judgment of the wicked. Judgment and justice take hold of you.
無如你判斷與惡人完全一樣，那麼懲罰和判案必集於你身。
18 Don’t let riches entice you to wrath, neither let the great size of a bribe turn you aside.
小心! 不要讓忿怒引你肆口謾罵，也不要為重罰讓你離棄正道。
19 Would your wealth sustain you in distress, or all the might of your strength?
你的哀號和你所有的力量，豈能使你擺脫患難﹖
20 Don’t desire the night, when people are cut off in their place.
不要希望黑夜，那是人民由本地被劫去的時候。
21 Take heed, don’t regard iniquity; for you have chosen this rather than affliction.
小心! 別傾向不義，因為這正是你遭難的真正原因。
22 Behold, God is exalted in his power. Who is a teacher like him?
天主的能力確實偉大，那有像他那樣的主宰﹖
23 Who has prescribed his way for him? Or who can say, ‘You have committed unrighteousness’?
誰能規定他的道路，誰敢說：你行的不對﹖
24 “Remember that you magnify his work, about which men have sung.
你應記住要讚頌他的工程，這是人們應歌詠的。
25 All men have looked on it. Man sees it afar off.
人人都能觀賞，都能從遠處仰望：
26 Behold, God is great, and we don’t know him. The number of his years is unsearchable.
天主何其偉大，我們不能理解! 他的歲數，無法考究。
27 For he draws up the drops of water, which distill in rain from his vapor,
他汲取水滴，使水氣化為雨露，
28 which the skies pour down and which drop on man abundantly.
雨即從雲中傾盆而降，沛然落在眾人身上。
29 Indeed, can anyone understand the spreading of the clouds and the thunderings of his pavilion?
但誰能明瞭雲彩怎樣散布，天幕中怎樣發出隆隆之聲﹖
30 Behold, he spreads his light around him. He covers the bottom of the sea.
他將雲霧展開，遮蓋了群山山頂。
31 For by these he judges the people. He gives food in abundance.
他藉此養育萬民，賜給他們豐富的食糧。
32 He covers his hands with the lightning, and commands it to strike the mark.
他掌中握著電光，對準目標發射出去。
33 Its noise tells about him, and the livestock also, concerning the storm that comes up.
雷霆報告他的來臨，他的怒火將要懲罰邪惡。
