| 約伯記-Job 第 38 章 |
| 38:1 | 那時耶和華從旋風中回答約伯，說， Then Jehovah answered Job out of the whirlwind and said, |
| 38:2 | 誰用無知的言語，使我的旨意暗晦不明？ Who is this who darkens counsel By words without knowledge? |
| 38:3 | 你要如勇士束腰；我問你，你可以指示我。 Gird up now your loins like a mighty man; For I will ask of you, and you shall inform Me. |
| 38:4 | 我立大地根基的時候，你在那裏？你若有聰明，隻管告訴我。 Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Tell Me, if you have understanding. |
| 38:5 | 你若曉得就說，是誰定地的尺度？是誰把準繩拉在其上？ Who set its measurements-if you know? Or who stretched the measuring line over it? |
| 38:6 | 地的基礎置於何物之上？地的角石是誰安放的？ Onto what were its bases sunk, Or who laid its cornerstone, |
| 38:7 | 那時晨星一同歌唱，神的眾子也都歡呼。 When the morning stars sang together And all the sons of God shouted for joy? |
| 38:8 | 海水衝出，如出胎胞；那時誰用門將海關閉？ And who hedged in the sea with doors When it burst forth, issuing from the womb, |
| 38:9 | 是我用雲彩當海的衣服，用幽暗當包裹海的布， When I made clouds its clothing And deep darkness its swaddling clothes, |
| 38:10 | 我為海定界限，又安門和閂， And I broke out My boundaries for it And set up bars and doors, |
| 38:11 | 說，你隻可到這裏，不可越過，你狂傲的浪要到此止住。 And I said, To here you shall come and no farther, And here shall your proud waves be stopped? |
| 38:12 | 你出生的日子以來，曾命定晨光麼？你曾使曙光知道本位， Have you ever commanded the morning since your days began? Have you ever caused the dawn to know its place, |
| 38:13 | 叫這光普照地的四極，將惡人從其中抖出來麼？ So that it might take hold of the ends of the earth, And the wicked might be shaken out of it? |
| 38:14 | 地麵改變如泥上蓋印；萬物出現如衣服一樣。 The earth is changed like clay under a seal, And all things on it stand forth like a garment. |
| 38:15 | 亮光不照惡人，高舉的膀臂也必折斷。 And from the wicked their light is withheld, And the high arm is broken. |
| 38:16 | 你曾進到海的泉源，或在深淵的隱密處行走麼？ Have you entered into the springs of the sea, Or have you walked about in the recesses of the deep? |
| 38:17 | 死亡的門，曾向你顯露麼？死蔭的門，你曾見過麼？ Have the gates of death been revealed to you, Or have you seen the gates of the shadow of death? |
| 38:18 | 地的廣闊，你能明了麼？你若全知道，隻管說罷。 Have you comprehended the full expanse of the earth? Declare it, if you know it all. |
| 38:19 | 往光之居所的路在那裏？黑暗的本位在何處？ Where is the way to the dwelling of the light? And the darkness, where is its place, |
| 38:20 | 你能把黑暗帶到本境，看明達到其屋之路麼？ That you may take it to its boundary, And that you may perceive the paths to its house? |
| 38:21 | 你總知道，因為那時你已經出生，你日子的數目也多。 You know, for you were born then, And the number of your days is great. |
| 38:22 | 你曾進入雪庫，或見過雹倉麼？ Have you entered into the storehouses of the snow, Or have you seen the storehouses of the hail, |
| 38:23 | 這雪雹乃是我為降災的時候，為打仗和爭戰的日子所貯存的。 Which I have reserved for the day of calamity, For the day of battle and of war? |
| 38:24 | 往光分開之處的路在那裏？往東風在地上分散之處的路在那裏？ Where is the way to the place where the light is divided, To the place where the east wind scatters upon the earth? |
| 38:25 | 誰為大雨分水道，誰為雷電開道路， Who cut a channel for the rain torrent, Or a way for the thunderbolt, |
| 38:26 | 使雨降在無人之地，無人居住的曠野； To make it rain on a land where no man is, On a wilderness in which there is no man; |
| 38:27 | 使荒廢淒涼之地得著灌溉，青草的嫩苗得以生長？ To satisfy the waste and desolate land And to cause the shoots of grass to sprout? |
| 38:28 | 雨有父麼？露水珠是誰生的？ Does the rain have a father? Or who begot the drops of dew? |
| 38:29 | 冰出於誰的胎？天上的霜是誰生的？ From whose womb does the ice come forth? And the frost of heaven, who gave birth to it? |
| 38:30 | 諸水隱藏，凍結如石頭，深淵表麵凝結成冰。 The waters hide themselves and become like stone, And the surface of the deep is frozen. |
| 38:31 | 你能係住昴星的結，解開參星的帶麼？ Can you fasten the bands of the Pleiades, Or loosen the cords of Orion? |
| 38:32 | 你能按時領出十二宮麼？能引導北鬥和隨它的眾星麼？ Can you lead forth the Mazzaroth in their season? Or can you guide the Bear with its cubs? |
| 38:33 | 你知道天的定例麼？能在地上建立天的管治麼？ Do you know the laws of the heavens? Do you establish their rule on the earth? |
| 38:34 | 你能向雲彩揚起聲來，使充沛的雨水遮蓋你麼？ Can you lift up your voice to the clouds, So that a flood of water would cover you? |
| 38:35 | 你能打發閃電，叫閃電行去，並且對你說，我們在這裏麼？ Can you send forth lightnings, so that they would go And say to you, Here we are? |
| 38:36 | 誰將智慧放在人的懷中，將聰明賜於人的心思？ Who has put wisdom in the inward parts, Or given understanding to the mind? |
| 38:37 | 塵、土聚集成團，土塊緊緊結連時，誰能用智慧數算雲彩？誰能傾倒天上的水瓶？ Who can number the clouds by wisdom, Or who can tip over the water jars of heaven, |
| 38:38 | When the dust runs into a mass And the clods stick together? |
| 38:39 | 獅、子在洞中蹲伏，在叢林裏埋伏時，你能為母獅獵取食物，滿足少壯獅子的食欲麼？ Can you hunt prey for the lioness, Or satisfy the appetite of the young lions, |
| 38:40 | When they crouch in their dens, When they lie in wait in the thicket? |
| 38:41 | 烏鴉之雛，因無食物飛來飛去，向神呼救時，誰為烏鴉豫備食物？ Who provides for the raven its prey When its young ones cry out to God And wander about for lack of food? |
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