Job 40
1 And Jehovah doth answer Job, and saith: —
耶和華又對約伯說：
2 Is the striver with the Mighty instructed? The reprover of God, let him answer it.
強辯的豈可與全能者爭論嗎？ 與上帝辯駁的可以回答這些吧！
3 And Job answereth Jehovah, and saith: —
於是，約伯回答耶和華說：
4 Lo, I have been vile, What do I return to Thee? My hand I have placed on my mouth.
我是卑賤的！我用甚麼回答你呢？ 只好用手摀口。
5 Once I have spoken, and I answer not, And twice, and I add not.
我說了一次，再不回答； 說了兩次，就不再說。
6 And Jehovah answereth Job out of the whirlwind, and saith: —
於是，耶和華從旋風中回答約伯說：
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； 我問你，你可以指示我。
8 Dost thou also make void My judgment? Dost thou condemn Me, That thou mayest be righteous?
你豈可廢棄我所擬定的？ 豈可定我有罪，好顯自己為義嗎？
9 And an arm like God hast thou? And with a voice like Him dost thou thunder?
你有上帝那樣的膀臂嗎？ 你能像他發雷聲嗎？
10 Put on, I pray thee, excellency and loftiness, Yea, honour and beauty put on.
你要以榮耀莊嚴為妝飾， 以尊榮威嚴為衣服；
11 Scatter abroad the wrath of thine anger, And see every proud one, and make him low.
要發出你滿溢的怒氣， 見一切驕傲的人，使他降卑；
12 See every proud one — humble him, And tread down the wicked in their place.
見一切驕傲的人，將他制伏， 把惡人踐踏在本處；
13 Hide them in the dust together, Their faces bind in secret.
將他們一同隱藏在塵土中， 把他們的臉蒙蔽在隱密處；
14 And even I — I do praise thee, For thy right hand giveth salvation to thee.
我就認你右手能以救自己。
15 Lo, I pray thee, Behemoth, that I made with thee: Grass as an ox he eateth.
你且觀看河馬； 我造你也造牠。 牠吃草與牛一樣；
16 Lo, I pray thee, his power [is] in his loins, And his strength in the muscles of his belly.
牠的氣力在腰間， 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,
牠搖動尾巴如香柏樹； 牠大腿的筋互相聯絡。
18 His bones [are] tubes of brass, His bones [are] as a bar of iron.
牠的骨頭好像銅管； 牠的肢體彷彿鐵棍。
19 He [is] a beginning of the ways of God, His Maker bringeth nigh his sword;
牠在上帝所造的物中為首； 創造牠的給牠刀劍。
20 For food do mountains bear for him, And all the beasts of the field play there.
諸山給牠出食物， 也是百獸遊玩之處。
21 Under shades he lieth down, In a secret place of reed and mire.
牠伏在蓮葉之下， 臥在蘆葦隱密處和水窪子裏。
22 Cover him do shades, [with] their shadow, Cover him do willows of the brook.
蓮葉的陰涼遮蔽牠； 溪旁的柳樹環繞牠。
23 Lo, a flood oppresseth — he doth not haste, He is confident though Jordan Doth come forth unto his mouth.
河水泛濫，牠不發戰； 就是約旦河的水漲到牠口邊，也是安然。
24 Before his eyes doth [one] take him, With snares doth [one] pierce the nose?
在牠防備的時候，誰能捉拿牠？ 誰能牢籠牠穿牠的鼻子呢？
