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比勒达首次发言

书亚人比勒达回答说:

“这些话你要说到几时,

你口中的言语像狂风到几时呢?

 神怎会歪曲公平?

全能者怎会屈枉公义?

你的儿女若得罪了他,

他就因他们的过犯撇弃他们。

你若殷勤寻求 神,

向全能者恳求;

你若又洁净又正直,

他就必为你奋起,

复兴你公义的居所。

你起初虽然微小,

到后来必定非常兴旺。

离开 神毫无倚靠

请你查问前几代,

留意他们列祖所查究的。

我们只是昨天才有的,所以一无所知;

我们在世的日子不过是影儿。

10 难道他们不指教你,告诉你,

从心里发出言语来吗?

11 蒲草没有泥,怎能生长?

芦苇没有水,怎能长大呢?

12 尚青还没有割下来的时候,

就比百草先枯槁。

13 忘记 神的,他们的末路也是这样;

不敬虔的人,他的指望必成泡影。

14 他所自恃的,必被折断;

他所靠赖的,不过是蜘蛛网。

15 他倚靠自己的家,家却立不住,

他抓紧自己的家,家却存不久。

16 他在阳光之下,枝润叶青,

它的嫩枝长满园子,

17 它的根缠绕石堆,

扎入石地之中。

18 他若从本处被拔除,

那处就否认他,说:‘我没有见过你。’

19 看哪,这就是他人生的乐趣,

往后必有别的人从尘土中生出来。

 神不丢弃完全人

20 看哪, 神必不离弃完全人,

也不扶助行恶的人之手;

21 他还要以欢笑充满你的口,

以欢呼充满你的嘴。

22 恨你的都必以羞耻为衣,

恶人的帐棚必归于无有。”

Bildad Says God Rewards the Good

Then Bildad the Shuhite [a]answered,

“How long will you say these things,
And the (A)words of your mouth be a mighty wind?
“Does (B)God pervert justice?
Or does [b]the Almighty pervert what is right?
(C)If your sons sinned against Him,
Then He delivered them into the [c]power of their transgression.
“If you would (D)seek God
And implore the compassion of [d]the Almighty,
If you are pure and upright,
Surely now (E)He would rouse Himself for you
And restore your righteous [e](F)estate.
“Though your beginning was insignificant,
Yet your (G)end will increase greatly.

“Please (H)inquire of past generations,
And consider the things searched out by their fathers.
“For we are only of yesterday and know nothing,
Because (I)our days on earth are as a shadow.
10 “Will they not teach you and tell you,
And bring forth words from their minds?

11 “Can the papyrus grow up without a marsh?
Can the rushes grow without water?
12 “While it is still green and not cut down,
Yet it withers before any other [f]plant.
13 “So are the paths of (J)all who forget God;
And the (K)hope of the godless will perish,
14 Whose confidence is fragile,
And whose trust a (L)spider’s [g]web.
15 “He [h]trusts in his (M)house, but it does not stand;
He holds fast to it, but it does not endure.
16 “He [i](N)thrives before the sun,
And his (O)shoots spread out over his garden.
17 “His roots wrap around a rock pile,
He [j]grasps a house of stones.
18 “If he is [k]removed from (P)his place,
Then it will deny him, saying, ‘(Q)I never saw you.’
19 “Behold, (R)this is the joy of His way;
And out of the dust others will spring.
20 “Lo, (S)God will not reject a man of integrity,
Nor (T)will He [l]support the evildoers.
21 “He will yet fill (U)your mouth with laughter
And your lips with shouting.
22 “Those who hate you will be (V)clothed with shame,
And the (W)tent of the wicked will be no longer.”

Footnotes

  1. Job 8:1 Lit answered and said
  2. Job 8:3 Heb Shaddai
  3. Job 8:4 Lit hand
  4. Job 8:5 Heb Shaddai
  5. Job 8:6 Lit place
  6. Job 8:12 Lit reed
  7. Job 8:14 Lit house
  8. Job 8:15 Lit leans on
  9. Job 8:16 Lit is lush
  10. Job 8:17 Heb sees
  11. Job 8:18 Lit swallowed up
  12. Job 8:20 Lit strengthen the hand of