| 約伯傳 |
Job |
| 1厄里烏又接着說： |
1Elihu proceeded further and said: |
| 2你且等一會，容我教導你，因為為天主，我還有些話要說。 |
2Wait yet a little and I will instruct you, for there are still words to be said on God's behalf. |
| 3我要將我所知的傳到遠方，將正義歸於我的造主。 |
3I will bring my knowledge from afar, and to my Maker I will accord the right. |
| 4的確，我的話正確無偽，知識全備的人同你一起。 |
4For indeed, my theme cannot fail me: the one perfect in knowledge I set before you. |
| 5的確，天主寬宏大量，決不藐視任何人，並且有廣大的同情心。 |
5 Behold, God rejects the obstinate in heart; he preserves not the life of the wicked. |
| 6他決不容許惡人生存，但給窮苦人伸冤； |
6He withholds not the just man's rights, but grants vindication to the oppressed, |
| 7他也不剝奪義人的權利。他使君王永久坐在寶座上，但是他們卻驕矜自大； |
7And with kings upon thrones he sets them, exalted forever. |
| 8故此，當他們一旦被鎖鏈束縛，被痛苦的繩索所繫， |
8Or if they are bound with fetters and held fast by bonds of affliction, |
| 9天主就向他們指明他們的惡行，和他們所誇耀的過犯， |
9Then he makes known to them what they have done and their sins of boastful pride. |
| 10開啟他們的耳朵，以聽訓戒，囑咐他們離開邪惡。 |
10He opens their ears to correction and exhorts them to turn back from evil. |
| 11如果他們服從順命，便能幸福地度過歲月，能安樂地享受天年。 |
11If they obey and serve him, they spend their days in prosperity, their years in happiness. |
| 12如果不服從，必被射死，於不知不覺中逝去。 |
12 But if they obey not, they perish; they die for lack of knowledge. |
| 13心術敗壞的人，憤怒填胸，縱被囚禁，仍不呼求救助； |
13The impious in heart lay up anger for themselves; they cry not for help when he enchains them; |
| 14他們必早年夭折，喪命如男倡。 |
14 Therefore they expire in youth, and perish among the reprobate. |
| 15所以天主藉痛苦拯救受難的人，以患難開啟他們的耳鼓。 |
15But he saves the unfortunate through their affliction, and instructs them through distress. |
| 16他也要救你擺脫災難，領你到廣闊自由之地，在你桌上常擺滿肥饌美味； |
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| 17無如你判斷與惡人完全一樣，那麼懲罰和判案必集於你身。 |
17Take heed, turn not to evil; for you have preferred carousal to affliction. |
| 18小心！不要讓忿怒引你肆口謾罵，也不要為重罰讓你離棄正道。 |
18Behold, God is sublime in his power. What teacher is there like him? |
| 19你的哀號和你所有的力量，豈能使你擺脫患難？ |
19Who prescribes for him his conduct, or who can say, "You have done wrong"? |
| 20不要希望黑夜，那是人民由本地被劫去的時候。 |
20Remember, you should extol his work, which men have praised in song. |
| 21小心！別傾向不義，因為這正是你遭難的真正原因。 |
21All men contemplate it; man beholds it from afar. |
| 22天主的能力確實偉大，那有像他那樣的主宰？ |
22Lo, God is great beyond our knowledge; the number of his years is past searching out. |
| 23誰能規定他的道路，誰敢說：你行的不對？ |
23He holds in check the waterdrops that filter in rain through his mists, |
| 24你應記住要讚頌他的工程，這是人們應歌詠的。 |
24Till the skies run with them and the showers rain down on mankind. |
| 25人人都能觀賞，都能從遠處仰望； |
25 For by these he nourishes the nations, and gives them food in abundance. |
| 26天主何其偉大，我們不能理解！他的歲數，無法考究。 |
26 Lo! he spreads the clouds in layers as the carpeting of his tent. |
| 27他汲收水滴，使水氣化為雨露， |
27In his hands he holds the lightning, and he commands it to strike the mark. |
| 28雨即從雲中傾盆而降，沛然落在眾人身上。 |
28His thunder speaks for him and incites the fury of the storm. |
| 29但誰能明瞭雲彩怎樣散布，天幕中怎樣發出隆隆之聲？ |
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| 30他將雲霧展開，遮蓋了群山山頂。 |
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| 31他藉此養育萬民，賜給他們豐富的食糧。 |
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| 32他掌中握着電光，對準目標發射出去。 |
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| 33雷霆報告他的來臨，他的怒火將要懲罰邪惡。 |
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