Job 40
1 And the Lord addide, and spak to Joob,
耶和华又对约伯说：
2 Whether he, that stryueth with God, schal haue rest so liytli? Sotheli he, that repreueth God, owith for to answere to hym.
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 Forsothe Joob answeride to the Lord,
于是，约伯回答耶和华说：
4 and seide, What may Y answere, which haue spoke liytli? Y schal putte myn hond on my mouth.
我是卑贱的！我用什么回答你呢？ 只好用手捂口。
5 Y spak o thing, which thing Y wold, that Y hadde not seid; and Y spak anothir thing, to which Y schal no more adde.
我说了一次，再不回答； 说了两次，就不再说。
6 Forsothe the Lord answeride to Joob fro the whirlewynd,
于是，耶和华从旋风中回答约伯说：
7 and seide, Girde thou as a man thi leendis, and Y schal axe thee, and schewe thou to me.
你要如勇士束腰； 我问你，你可以指示我。
8 Whether thou schalt make voide my doom, and schalt condempne me, that thou be maad iust?
你岂可废弃我所拟定的？ 岂可定我有罪，好显自己为义吗？
9 And if thou hast an arm, as God hath, and if thou thundrist with lijk vois, `take thou fairnesse aboute thee,
你有 神那样的膀臂吗？ 你能像他发雷声吗？
10 and be thou reisid an hiy, and be thou gloriouse, and be thou clothid `in faire clothis.
你要以荣耀庄严为妆饰， 以尊荣威严为衣服；
11 Distrie thou proude men in thi woodnesse, and biholde thou, and make lowe ech bostere.
要发出你满溢的怒气， 见一切骄傲的人，使他降卑；
12 Biholde thou alle proude men, and schende thou hem; and al to-breke thou wickid men in her place.
见一切骄傲的人，将他制伏， 把恶人践踏在本处；
13 Hide thou hem in dust togidere, and drenche doun her faces in to a diche.
将他们一同隐藏在尘土中， 把他们的脸蒙蔽在隐密处；
14 And Y schal knowleche, that thi riyt hond may saue thee.
我就认你右手能以救自己。
15 Lo! behemot, whom Y made with thee, schal as an oxe ete hey.
你且观看河马； 我造你也造它。 它吃草与牛一样；
16 His strengthe is in hise leendis, and his vertu is in the nawle of his wombe.
它的气力在腰间， 能力在肚腹的筋上。
17 He streyneth his tail as a cedre; the senewis of his `stones of gendrure ben foldid togidere.
它摇动尾巴如香柏树； 它大腿的筋互相联络。
18 Hise boonys ben as the pipis of bras; the gristil of hym is as platis of yrun.
它的骨头好像铜管； 它的肢体仿佛铁棍。
19 He is the bigynnyng of the weies of God; he, that made hym, schal sette his swerd to hym.
它在 神所造的物中为首； 创造它的给它刀剑。
20 Hillis beren eerbis to this behemot; alle the beestis of the feeld pleien there.
诸山给它出食物， 也是百兽游玩之处。
21 He slepith vndur schadewe, in the pryuete of rehed, in moiste places.
它伏在莲叶之下， 卧在芦苇隐密处和水洼子里。
22 Schadewis hilen his schadewe; the salewis of the ryuer cumpassen hym.
莲叶的阴凉遮蔽它； 溪旁的柳树环绕它。
23 He schal soupe vp the flood, and he schal not wondre; he hath trist, that Jordan schal flowe in to his mouth.
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 He schal take hem bi `the iyen of hym, as bi an hook; and bi scharpe schaftis he schal perse hise nosethirlis.
在它防备的时候，谁能捉拿它？ 谁能牢笼它穿它的鼻子呢？
