Job 40
1 And Jehovah doth answer Job, and saith: —
耶和华又对约伯说：
2 Is the striver with the Mighty instructed? The reprover of God, let him answer it.
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 And Job answereth Jehovah, and saith: —
于是，约伯回答耶和华说：
4 Lo, I have been vile, What do I return to Thee? My hand I have placed on my mouth.
我是卑贱的！我用什么回答你呢？ 只好用手捂口。
5 Once I have spoken, and I answer not, And twice, and I add not.
我说了一次，再不回答； 说了两次，就不再说。
6 And Jehovah answereth Job out of the whirlwind, and saith: —
于是，耶和华从旋风中回答约伯说：
7 Gird, I pray thee, as a man, thy loins, I ask thee, and cause thou Me to know.
你要如勇士束腰； 我问你，你可以指示我。
8 Dost thou also make void My judgment? Dost thou condemn Me, That thou mayest be righteous?
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 an arm like God hast thou? And with a voice like Him dost thou thunder?
你有 神那样的膀臂吗？ 你能像他发雷声吗？
10 Put on, I pray thee, excellency and loftiness, Yea, honour and beauty put on.
你要以荣耀庄严为妆饰， 以尊荣威严为衣服；
11 Scatter abroad the wrath of thine anger, And see every proud one, and make him low.
要发出你满溢的怒气， 见一切骄傲的人，使他降卑；
12 See every proud one — humble him, And tread down the wicked in their place.
见一切骄傲的人，将他制伏， 把恶人践踏在本处；
13 Hide them in the dust together, Their faces bind in secret.
将他们一同隐藏在尘土中， 把他们的脸蒙蔽在隐密处；
14 And even I — I do praise thee, For thy right hand giveth salvation to thee.
我就认你右手能以救自己。
15 Lo, I pray thee, Behemoth, that I made with thee: Grass as an ox he eateth.
你且观看河马； 我造你也造它。 它吃草与牛一样；
16 Lo, I pray thee, his power [is] in his loins, And his strength in the muscles of his belly.
它的气力在腰间， 能力在肚腹的筋上。
17 He doth bend his tail as a cedar, The sinews of his thighs are wrapped together,
它摇动尾巴如香柏树； 它大腿的筋互相联络。
18 His bones [are] tubes of brass, His bones [are] as a bar of iron.
它的骨头好像铜管； 它的肢体仿佛铁棍。
19 He [is] a beginning of the ways of God, His Maker bringeth nigh his sword;
它在 神所造的物中为首； 创造它的给它刀剑。
20 For food do mountains bear for him, And all the beasts of the field play there.
诸山给它出食物， 也是百兽游玩之处。
21 Under shades he lieth down, In a secret place of reed and mire.
它伏在莲叶之下， 卧在芦苇隐密处和水洼子里。
22 Cover him do shades, [with] their shadow, Cover him do willows of the brook.
莲叶的阴凉遮蔽它； 溪旁的柳树环绕它。
23 Lo, a flood oppresseth — he doth not haste, He is confident though Jordan Doth come forth unto 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 Before his eyes doth [one] take him, With snares doth [one] pierce the nose?
在它防备的时候，谁能捉拿它？ 谁能牢笼它穿它的鼻子呢？
