| 約伯記-Job 第 34 章 |
| 34:1 | 以利戶繼續說， Then Elihu continued and said, |
| 34:2 | 你們智慧人，要聽我的話；有知識的人，要側耳聽我說。 Hear my words, you wise men; And you who know, give ear to me. |
| 34:3 | 因為耳朵試驗話語，好像上膛嚐食物。 For the ear tries words As the palate tastes food. |
| 34:4 | 我們當為自己選擇何為是，彼此知道何為善。 Let us choose for ourselves what is right; Let us know among ourselves what is good. |
| 34:5 | 約伯曾說，我是義的，神奪去我的理； For Job has said, I am righteous, And God has taken away my right; |
| 34:6 | 我豈能說謊違背我的理？我雖無過，受的箭傷卻無法醫治。 Should I lie against my right? My arrow wound is incurable, though I am without transgression. |
| 34:7 | 誰像約伯，喝譏誚如同喝水， What man is like Job, Who drinks up scoffing like water, |
| 34:8 | 與作孽的結伴而行，和惡人一同行走呢？ Who goes in company with the workers of iniquity And walks with wicked men? |
| 34:9 | 他說，人以神為樂，總是無益。 For he has said, It does not profit a man To delight himself in God. |
| 34:10 | 所以你們明理的人要聽我的話：神斷不至行惡，全能者斷不至作孽。 Therefore, you men of understanding, hear me: Far be it from God that He would do evil, And from the Almighty that He would commit iniquity. |
| 34:11 | 祂必按人所作的報應人，使人照自己的行徑得報。 For He will render a man's work to him And will cause a man to find that which is according to his own way. |
| 34:12 | 神必不作惡，全能者也必不屈枉公理。 Indeed in all certainty God will not do evil, And the Almighty will not pervert justice. |
| 34:13 | 誰派祂治理地？誰安定全世界呢？ Who has ever put the earth in His charge? Or who has ever set in order the whole world? |
| 34:14 | 祂若隻顧自己，將祂的靈和氣收歸自己； If He were to consider Himself only, He would gather back to Himself His Spirit and His breath; |
| 34:15 | 凡有血肉的必一同氣絕，人必仍歸塵土。 All flesh would perish together, And man would return to dust. |
| 34:16 | 你若明理，就當聽這話，側耳聽我言語的聲音。 If then you have understanding, hear this; Give ear to the voice of my words. |
| 34:17 | 難道恨惡公理的，可以掌權麼？那公義且有大能的，你豈可定為有罪呢？ Shall one who hates justice govern? And will you condemn the just and mighty One, |
| 34:18 | 祂對君王說，你是卑劣的！對貴胄說，你是邪惡的！ He who says to a king, You worthless one! And to nobles, You wicked one! |
| 34:19 | 祂不徇掌權者的情麵，也不看重富足的過於貧窮的；因為他們都是祂手所造的。 He who does not respect the persons of princes, Nor regard the rich man more than the poor, For they are all the work of His hands? |
| 34:20 | 在轉眼之間，半夜之中，他們就死亡；百姓被震動而去世，有權勢的被除滅非借人手。 In a moment they die, and in the middle of the night The people are shaken, and they pass away; And the mighty are taken away, but by no human hand. |
| 34:21 | 因為神注目觀看人的道路，看明人一切的腳步。 For His eyes are upon the ways of a man, And He sees all his steps. |
| 34:22 | 沒有黑暗和死蔭，能給作孽的藏身。 There is no darkness and no shadow of death Where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves. |
| 34:23 | 因為神不必再三鑒察人，使人到祂麵前受審判。 For He does not need to consider a man further, That he should go to God in litigation. |
| 34:24 | 祂不必查究，就打破有勢力的人，設立別人代替他們。 He breaks mighty men in pieces without inquiry And puts others in their stead. |
| 34:25 | 因此祂知道他們的行為，在夜間傾覆他們，使他們被壓碎。 Hence He knows their actions, And He overturns them in the night so that they are crushed. |
| 34:26 | 祂在眾人眼前擊打他們，如同擊打惡人一樣； He strikes them as He would evil men, In a place where all can see; |
| 34:27 | 因為他們偏離不跟從祂，也不留心祂一切的道路， Because they turned aside from following after Him And would not regard any of His ways, |
| 34:28 | 以致貧窮人的哀聲達到祂那裏，祂也聽了困苦人的哀聲。 So that they caused the cry of the poor to come to Him, And He heard the cry of the afflicted. |
| 34:29 | 祂若靜默，誰能定罪祂？祂若掩麵，誰能看見祂？無論待一國或一人，都是如此， When He is silent, who can condemn Him? When He hides His face, who can behold Him? He does so toward a nation and toward a man alike, |
| 34:30 | 使不虔敬的人不得作王，免得有人牢籠百姓。 That no profane man would reign, that there would be no snares for the people. |
| 34:31 | 有誰對神說，我擔受了責罰，不再有敗壞的行為了； For has anyone ever said to God, I have borne chastisement; I will offend no more; |
| 34:32 | 我所看不明的，求你指教我；我若作了孽，必不再作？ What I do not see teach me; If I have committed iniquity, I will do it no more? |
| 34:33 | 祂施行報應，豈因你拒絕不受，就隨你的心願麼？要作揀選的是你，不是我；你所知道的，隻管說罷。 Should He recompense to fit you, since you have rejected it? For you must choose, and not I. So speak what you know. |
| 34:34 | 明理的人，和聽我話的智慧人，必對我說， Men of understanding will say to me, As well as the man of wisdom who hears me, |
| 34:35 | 約伯說話沒有知識，言語中毫無見識。 Job has spoken without knowledge, And his words are without insight. |
| 34:36 | 我願約伯被試驗到底，因他回答像惡人一樣。 I wish that Job were tried to the limit Because of his answering like evil men. |
| 34:37 | 他在罪上又加悖逆；在我們中間拍掌，用許多言語頂撞神。 For he adds rebellion to his sin; Among us he claps his hands And multiplies his words against God. |
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