| 約伯傳 |
Job |
| 1特曼人厄里法次接着說： |
1Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said: |
| 2人為天主能有什麼益處？明智人只能於一己有益。 |
2Can a man be profitable to God? Though to himself a wise man be profitable! |
| 3縱然你公正，對全能者能有什麼好處？縱然你品行齊全，對天主有什麼利益？ |
3Is it of advantage to the Almighty if you are just? Or is it a gain to him if you make your ways perfect? |
| 4他豈能因你敬畏之心而責斥你，拉你來聽審？ |
4Is it because of your piety that he reproves you-- that he enters with you into judgment? |
| 5豈不是因為你罪惡多端，罪過無窮？ |
5Is not your wickedness manifold? Are not your iniquities endless? |
| 6因為你無理地強取了你兄弟的抵押，剝去了人的衣服，使之赤裸； |
6 You have unjustly kept your kinsmen's goods in pawn, left them stripped naked of their clothing. |
| 7口渴的人，你沒有給他水喝；饑餓的人，你沒有給他飯吃； |
7To the thirsty you have given no water to drink, and from the hungry you have withheld bread; |
| 8讓強有力的人佔有土地，讓尊貴體面的人住在其中； |
8As if the land belonged to the man of might, and only the privileged were to dwell in it. |
| 9卻使寡婦空手而歸，折斷孤兒的手臂； |
9You have sent widows away empty-handed, and the resources of orphans you have destroyed. |
| 10因此羅網要四面圍困你，恐嚇突降，使你驚惶。 |
10Therefore snares are round about you, and a sudden terror causes you dismay, |
| 11光明變成黑暗，使你毫無所見；洪水漫漫，將你淹沒。 |
11Or darkness, in which you cannot see; a deluge of waters covers you. |
| 12天主豈不是居於高天？看，最高的星辰何其高遠？ |
12Does not God, in the heights of the heavens, behold the stars, high though they are? |
| 13你曾說過：「天主知道什麼？他豈能透過黑雲施行審判？ |
13Yet you say, "What does God know? Can he judge through the thick darkness? |
| 14雲彩遮蔽着他，使他看不到什麼，而他只在天邊周圍遊行。」 |
14Clouds hide him so that he cannot see; he walks upon the vault of the heavens!" |
| 15你豈要固守惡人所蹈的故轍？ |
15Do you indeed keep to the ancient way trodden by worthless men, |
| 16尚未到時，他們已被攫去，大水沖去了他們的基礎。 |
16Who were snatched away before their time; whose foundations a flood swept away? |
| 17他們曾向天主說：「離開我們！全能者能為我們作什麼？」 |
17These men said to God, "Depart from us!" and, "What can the Almighty do to us?" |
| 18他原來是以福利充滿了他們的家，可是惡人的思想離他很遠。 |
18 (Yet he had filled their houses with good things! But far be from me the mind of the impious!) |
| 19義人見了就歡樂，無罪者也譏笑他們說： |
19The just look on and are gladdened, and the innocent deride them: |
| 20「的確，他們的財富已被消滅，他們所剩餘的皆被火焚毀。」 |
20"Truly these have been destroyed where they stood, and such as were left, fire has consumed!" |
| 21請你與他親善和好，藉此你的幸福必得恢復。 |
21Come to terms with him to be at peace. In this shall good come to you: |
| 22請你領受他口中的教訓，將他的話存在心中。 |
22Receive instruction from his mouth, and lay up his words in your heart. |
| 23如果你歸向全能者，你必興起；你若使邪惡離開你的帳幕， |
23If you return to the Almighty, you will be restored; if you put iniquity far from your tent, |
| 24視金子如塵埃，視敖非爾金如溪石， |
24 And treat raw gold like dust, and the fine gold of Ophir as pebbles from the brook, |
| 25全能者必作為你的精金，作為你的銀堆。 |
25Then the Almighty himself shall be your gold and your sparkling silver. |
| 26那時你必以全能者為喜樂，向天主仰起你的頭來。 |
26For then you shall delight in the Almighty and you shall lift up your face toward God. |
| 27那時你祈求他，他必應允你；你可向他還你的誓願。 |
27You shall entreat him and he will hear you, and your vows you shall fulfill. |
| 28你決定的事，事必成就；光明要照耀你的道路， |
28When you make a decision, it shall succeed for you, and upon your ways the light shall shine. |
| 29因為他壓伏驕傲的人，拯救低首下心的人。 |
29For he brings down the pride of the haughty, but the man of humble mien he saves. |
| 30他必解救無罪的人；你若手中清廉，你必獲救。 |
30God delivers him who is innocent; you shall be delivered through cleanness of hands. |
