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約伯記-Job 第 12 章

12:1	約伯回答說， Then Job answered and said,
12:2	你們真是有智慧的子民哪，你們死亡，智慧也就滅沒了。 Surely then you are the people, And wisdom will die with you.
12:3	但我也有聰明，與你們一樣；我並非不及你們。你們所說這樣的事，誰不知道呢？ I also have understanding as you do; I am not inferior to you. And who does not know things like these?
12:4	我這呼求神、蒙祂應允的人，竟成了朋友所譏笑的；公義完全的人，竟成了人所譏笑的。 I have become a laughingstock to my friends, I, who have called out to God and He answers me. The righteous man, the perfect man, is a laughingstock.
12:5	安逸的人心裏藐視災禍；這災禍常常等待滑腳的人。 There is contempt for calamity in the thought of him who is at ease: It is prepared for those whose foot slips.
12:6	強盜的帳棚興旺，惹神發怒的人穩固，這些人將自己的能力當作神。 The tents of robbers prosper, And those who provoke God have security, Those who carry their god in their own might.
12:7	你且問走獸，走獸必指教你；又問空中的飛鳥，飛鳥必告訴你； But ask now of the beasts, and they will teach you; And of the birds of heaven, and they will tell you.
12:8	或與地說話，地必指教你；海中的魚，也必向你說明。 Or speak to the earth, and it will teach you; And the fish of the sea will declare to you.
12:9	在這一切之中，誰不知道這是耶和華的手作成的呢？ Who among all these does not know That the hand of Jehovah has done this,
12:10	凡活物的生命，和一切血肉之人的氣息，都在祂手中。 In whose hand is the life of every living thing And the breath of all flesh of man?
12:11	耳朵豈不試驗言語，正如上膛品嚐食物麼？ Does not the ear try words Even as the palate tastes food for itself?
12:12	你們說，年老的有智慧，壽高的有辨識。 In aged men, you say, there is wisdom, And in length of days there is understanding.
12:13	其實智慧和能力乃在於神；謀略和辨識都屬於祂。 But with Him are wisdom and might; Counsel and understanding are His.
12:14	看哪，祂拆毀的，就不能再建造；祂將人禁閉，便不得開釋。 Indeed, He breaks down, and it cannot be rebuilt; He shuts a man up, and the door cannot be opened.
12:15	祂把水留住，水便枯幹；祂發出水來，水就翻地。 Indeed, He withholds the waters, and they dry up; And He sends them forth, and they overturn the earth.
12:16	在祂有能力和智慧；被欺騙的與欺騙人的，都屬於祂。 With Him are strength and effectual wisdom; The deceived and the deceiver are His.
12:17	祂把謀士剝衣擄去，又使審判官變成愚人。 He leads counselors away stripped, And He makes fools of judges.
12:18	祂放鬆君王的綁，又用帶子捆他們的腰。 He loosens the fetters of kings And binds their loins with a belt.
12:19	祂把祭司剝衣擄去，又使有權勢的人傾敗。 He leads priests away stripped, And He overturns dignitaries.
12:20	祂廢去忠信人的講論，又奪去老年人的謀略。 He removes the utterance of the trusty And takes away the counsel of the elders.
12:21	祂使貴胄蒙羞被辱，又放鬆壯士的腰帶。 He pours contempt upon the princes And loosens the belt of the strong.
12:22	祂將深奧的事從黑暗中顯露出來，使死蔭顯為光明。 He uncovers the depths out of darkness And brings to light the shadow of death.
12:23	祂使邦國興旺，又將其毀滅；祂使邦國開廣，又將其擄去。 He makes nations great and destroys them; He expands nations and leads them off.
12:24	祂將地上民中首領的聰明奪去，使他們在荒廢無路之地飄流。 He removes the understanding of the heads of the people of the earth And causes them to wander in a pathless waste.
12:25	他們無光，在黑暗中摸索；祂使他們東倒西歪，像醉酒的人一樣。 They grope in darkness, and there is no light; And He causes them to stagger like a drunken man.

約伯記-Job 第 12 章