Job 35

1 And Elihu answereth and saith: —

以利戶又說：

2 This hast thou reckoned for judgment: Thou hast said — 'My righteousness [is] more than God's?'

你以為有理， 或以為你的公義勝於上帝的公義，

3 For thou sayest, 'What doth it profit Thee! What do I profit from my sin?'

才說這與我有甚麼益處？ 我不犯罪比犯罪有甚麼好處呢？

4 I return thee words, and thy friends with thee,

我要回答你和在你這裏的朋友。

5 Behold attentively the heavens — and see, And behold the clouds, They have been higher than thou.

你要向天觀看， 瞻望那高於你的穹蒼。

6 If thou hast sinned, what dost thou against Him? And thy transgressions have been multiplied, What dost thou to Him?

你若犯罪，能使上帝受何害呢？ 你的過犯加增，能使上帝受何損呢？

7 If thou hast been righteous, What dost thou give to Him? Or what from thy hand doth He receive?

你若是公義，還能加增他甚麼呢？ 他從你手裏還接受甚麼呢？

8 For a man like thyself [is] thy wickedness, And for a son of man thy righteousness.

你的過惡或能害你這類的人； 你的公義或能叫世人得益處。

9 Because of the multitude of oppressions They cause to cry out, They cry because of the arm of the mighty.

人因多受欺壓就哀求， 因受能者的轄制便求救，

10 And none said, 'Where [is] God my maker? Giving songs in the night,

卻無人說：造我的上帝在哪裏？ 他使人夜間歌唱，

11 Teaching us more than the beasts of the earth, Yea, than the fowl of the heavens He maketh us wiser.'

教訓我們勝於地上的走獸， 使我們有聰明勝於空中的飛鳥。

12 There they cry, and He doth not answer, Because of the pride of evil doers.

他們在那裏， 因惡人的驕傲呼求，卻無人答應。

13 Surely vanity God doth not hear, And the Mighty doth not behold it.

虛妄的呼求，上帝必不垂聽； 全能者也必不眷顧。

14 Yea, though thou sayest thou dost not behold Him, Judgment [is] before Him, and stay for Him.

何況你說，你不得見他； 你的案件在他面前，你等候他吧。

15 And, now, because there is not, He hath appointed His anger, And He hath not known in great extremity.

但如今因他未曾發怒降罰， 也不甚理會狂傲，

16 And Job [with] vanity doth open his mouth, Without knowledge words he multiplieth.

所以約伯開口說虛妄的話， 多發無知識的言語。