Job:Chapter 12
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| 約伯傳 | Job |
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| 1約伯回答說： | 1Then Job answered: |
| 2的確，只有你們是有知識的子民；那麼，你們一死，智慧也與你們一同喪亡！ | 2No doubt you are the people's voice; when you die, wisdom dies with you! |
| 3其實，我和你們有同樣的心理，我並不亞於你們！誰不知道這些事？ | 3But I have a mind as well as you, I know all that you have said. |
| 4我這呼籲天主而蒙應允的人，卻被他的友人所嘲笑，無辜的義人卻成了笑柄。 | 4To my friends I am a laughingstock when I call on God who does not answer; the just and blameless man is made fun of. |
| 5幸運的人心想：遭難的人應受蔑視，失足的人應再予以打擊。 | 5"Contempt for the unfortunate," so think the prosperous, "a blow for those who are staggering." |
| 6但是，強盜的帳幕竟能安全，觸怒天主的人，以勢力為神的人卻享平安。 | 6Yet the robbers' tents are undisturbed, those who provoke God are in peace, those who make a god of their strength. |
| 7請你詢問走獸，牠們也會開導你；詢問天上的飛鳥，牠們也會告訴你； | 7But ask the beasts to teach you, the birds of the air to tell you, |
| 8地上的爬蟲也會教訓你，海中的魚族也會給你說明。 | 8the plants of the earth to instruct you, the fish of the sea to inform you. |
| 9牠們中有誰不知道：是天主的手創造了這一切？ | 9Who among them does not understand that behind all this is God's hand? |
| 10因為一切活物的生魂，一切血肉之人的靈魂，都握在他手中。 | 10He holds the life of every creature and the breath of all mankind. |
| 11耳朵不是為明辨言語，口腔不是為辨嘗食物嗎？ | 11The ear surely can test the words as the tongue tastes food; |
| 12白髮老人是有智慧的，年紀大者是有見識的； | 12wisdom is found in the old, and understanding in great age; |
| 13但智慧和能力同在天主內，智慧與見識是天主所有。 | 13in God however is wisdom and power; his are counsel and understanding. |
| 14他若拆毀，人不能再建；他若拘禁，人不得開釋。 | 14What he tears down, none can rebuild; the one he imprisons, none can release. |
| 15他若制水，水便乾涸；他若放水，水便沖毀大地。 | 15If he withholds water, there is drought; if he lets it loose, there is flood. |
| 16力量與才能，為他所有；受騙者與騙人者，都屬於他。 | 16In him are strength and perception; deceived and deceiver are in his power. |
| 17他使謀士糊塗，使判官愚蠢； | 17He leads counselors away stripped and makes fools of judges. |
| 18他解除君王所繫的玉帶，將繩索捆在他們的腰間； | 18He loosens the belt of kings and ties a loincloth about their waist. |
| 19他使司祭赤足而行，推倒掌握大權者； | 19He leads priests away, barefoot, and overthrows those in power. |
| 20奪去忠貞者的辯才，剝去年老者的理智： | 20He compels advisers to keep silent, and strips elders of their discernment. |
| 21使貴人備受侮辱，使勇士的腰帶鬆弛； | 21He puts princes to shame; he unties the girdle of the strong. |
| 22使隱秘的事由暗處彰顯，使黑暗進入光明； | 22(He uncovers the gloomy recesses and brings the deep darkness to light.) |
| 23使邦國興起而又滅亡，使民族強大而又消散； | 23He makes a nation rise and fall, a people to grow and to dwindle. |
| 24剝去國君的理智，使他們漂泊於無路的荒野中， | 24He deprives leaders of their judgment, leaving them to roam in a trackless waste. |
| 25在無光的黑暗中摸索，踉蹌猶如醉漢。 | 25Without light, they grope in the dark and stagger like drunkards. |
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