| 約伯傳 |
Job |
| 1納阿瑪人左法爾發言說： |
1And Zophar the Naamathite spoke out and said: |
| 2難道喋喋不休，就不需要答覆？難道多嘴多舌的人，就證明有理？ |
2Should not the man of many words be answered, or must the garrulous man necessarily be right? |
| 3你的空談，豈能叫人緘默？你如此謾罵，難道無人使你羞愧？ |
3Shall your babblings keep men silent, and shall you deride and no one give rebuke? |
| 4你說過：「我的品行是純潔的，我在你眼中是清白的。」 |
4Shall you say: "My teaching is pure, and I am clean in your sight"? |
| 5但願天主講話，開口答覆你！ |
5But oh, that God would speak, and open his lips against you, |
| 6將智慧的秘密，─ 即那難以理解的事 ─ 啟示給你，那麼你便知道，天主還忽略了你的一些罪過。 |
6And tell you that the secrets of wisdom are twice as effective: So you might learn that God will make you answer for your guilt. |
| 7你豈能探究天主的奧秘，或洞悉全能者的完美？ |
7Can you penetrate the designs of God? Dare you vie with the perfection of the Almighty? |
| 8完美高於諸天，你能作什麼？深於陰府，你能知道什麼？ |
8It is higher than the heavens; what can you do? It is deeper than the nether world; what can you know? |
| 9其量長過大地，闊於海洋。 |
9It is longer than the earth in measure, and broader than the sea. |
| 10天主若經過，誰能扣留他？他若下了逮捕令，誰能阻擋他？ |
10If he seize and imprison or call to judgment, who then can say him nay? |
| 11他洞悉人的虛偽，明察人的罪行，且無不注意。 |
11For he knows the worthlessness of men and sees iniquity; will he then ignore it? |
| 12如此，愚蠢者纔可獲得智慧，野性驢駒纔能變為馴良。 |
12Will empty man then gain understanding, and the wild jackass be made docile? |
| 13你若居心正直，向他伸開你的雙手； |
13If you set your heart aright and stretch out your hands toward him, |
| 14你若將手中的罪惡除掉，不容不義留在你帳幕內； |
14If you remove all iniquity from your conduct, and let not injustice dwell in your tent, |
| 15那麼你定能仰首無愧，一定站立穩定，一無所懼； |
15Surely then you may lift up your face in innocence; you may stand firm and unafraid. |
| 16你必能忘卻痛苦，縱然想起，也必似水流去； |
16For then you shall forget your misery, or recall it like waters that have ebbed away. |
| 17你的壽命如日中之光華，縱有陰暗，仍如晨曦。 |
17Then your life shall be brighter than the noonday; its gloom shall become as the morning, |
| 18因有希望，你纔感覺安全；因有保護，你纔坦然躺臥； |
18And you shall be secure, because there is hope; you shall look round you and lie down in safety, |
| 19你躺臥，無人敢來擾亂你，反而有多人來奉承你。 |
19and you shall take your rest with none to disturb. Many shall entreat your favor, |
| 20然而惡人的眼必要昏花，他們安身之所必全毀壞，他們的希望只在吐出最後的一口氣。 |
20but the wicked, looking on, shall be consumed with envy. Escape shall be cut off from them, they shall wait to expire. |
