Job 34
Christian Standard Bible
34 Then Elihu continued,[a] saying:
2 Hear my words, you wise ones,
and listen to me, you knowledgeable ones.
3 Doesn’t the ear test words
as the palate tastes food?
4 Let us judge for ourselves what is right;
let us decide together what is good.
5 For Job has declared, “I am righteous,
yet God has deprived me of justice.(A)
6 Would I lie about my case?(B)
My wound[b] is incurable,
though I am without transgression.”
7 What man is like Job?
He drinks derision(C) like water.
8 He keeps company with evildoers
and walks with wicked men.
9 For he has said, “A man gains nothing
when he becomes God’s friend.”(D)
10 Therefore listen to me, you men of understanding.
It is impossible for God to do wrong,
and for the Almighty to act unjustly.(E)
11 For he repays(F) a person according to his deeds,
and he gives him what his conduct deserves.[c]
12 Indeed, it is true that God does not act wickedly
and the Almighty does not pervert justice.(G)
13 Who gave him authority over the earth?
Who put him in charge of the entire world?(H)
14 If he put his mind to it
and withdrew the spirit(I) and breath he gave,
15 every living thing would perish together
and mankind would return to the dust.(J)
16 If you have understanding, hear this;
listen to what I have to say.
17 Could one who hates justice govern the world?
Will you condemn the mighty Righteous One,(K)
18 who says to a king, “Worthless man!”
and to nobles, “Wicked men!”?(L)
19 God is not partial(M) to princes
and does not favor the rich over the poor,
for they are all the work of his hands.
20 They die suddenly in the middle of the night;
people shudder, then pass away.
Even the mighty are removed without effort.
21 For his eyes watch over a man’s ways,
and he observes all his steps.(N)
22 There is no darkness, no deep darkness,
where evildoers can hide.(O)
23 God does not need to examine a person further,
that one should[d] approach him in court.
24 He shatters the mighty without an investigation
and sets others in their place.(P)
25 Therefore, he recognizes their deeds(Q)
and overthrows them by night, and they are crushed.
26 In full view of the public,[e]
he strikes them for their wickedness,
27 because they turned aside from following him
and did not understand any of his ways
28 but caused the poor to cry out to him,
and he heard the outcry of the needy.(R)
29 But when God is silent, who can declare him guilty?
When he hides his face, who can see him?
Yet he watches over both individuals and nations,
30 so that godless men should not rule
or ensnare the people.
31 Suppose someone says to God,
“I have endured my punishment;
I will no longer act wickedly.
32 Teach me what I cannot see;
if I have done wrong, I won’t do it again.”
33 Should God repay you on your terms
when you have rejected his?
You must choose, not I!
So declare what you know.
34 Reasonable men will say to me,
along with the wise men who hear me,
35 “Job speaks without knowledge;(S)
his words are without insight.”
36 If only Job were tested to the limit,
because his answers are like those of wicked men.
37 For he adds rebellion to his sin;
he scornfully claps(T) in our presence,
while multiplying(U) his words against God.
约伯记 34
Chinese New Version (Traditional)
責約伯自義
34 以利戶回答，說：
2 “智慧人哪！你們要聽我的話；
有知識的人哪！你們要側耳聽我。
3 因為耳朵試驗言語，
好像上膛嘗試食物。
4 我們要選擇何為是，
讓我們彼此知道何為善。
5 約伯說：‘我是有理的，
神卻奪去我的公理；
6 我雖然有公理，卻被認為是說謊的；
我雖然毫無過犯，我所受的箭傷卻無法醫治。’
7 有哪一個人像約伯呢？
他喝褻慢如同喝水，
8 他與作孽的同夥，
他與惡人同行。
9 因為他說過：‘人討 神的喜悅，
對他並無益處。’
神是公義的
10 所以，明理的人哪！你們要聽我的話，
神決不至作惡，全能者斷不至行不義，
11 因為 神必照著人所作的報應他，
使各人按照所行的得報應。
12 真的， 神必不作惡，
全能者也必不顛倒是非。
13 誰派他管理大地？
誰設立全世界呢？
14 他若對人決心這樣作，
他若把靈與氣收歸自己，
15 有血肉生命的就都一同氣絕身亡，
世人都歸回塵土。
16 你若明理，就請聽這話，
留心聽我說話的聲音。
17 恨惡公平的真的可以掌權嗎？
那有公義與大能的，你定他為有罪嗎？
18 他不是對君王說：‘你是匪徒’，
又對貴族說：‘你們是惡人’嗎？
19 他不徇王子的情面，
也不看重富人過於窮人，
因為他們都是他手所造的。
神明察秋毫
20 他們在半夜之中剎那之間死亡，
平民因遭受震動而去世，
有權勢的被除滅非借人手。
21 神的眼看顧人的道路，
察看他每一步，
22 沒有黑暗，又沒有死蔭的地方，
可以給作孽的在那裡藏身。
23 神不必進一步鑒察人，
使人到他面前去受審判。
24 他不必查究就可以打碎有權勢的人，
並且設立別人代替他們。
25 他原來留心他們所行的，
在夜間傾覆他們，他們就被壓碎；
26 他在觀眾面前擊打他們，
有如擊打惡人一樣；
27 因為他們偏離正道不跟從他，
也不留心他的一切道路，
28 以致窮人的哀求達到他那裡，
他也垂聽了困苦人的哀求。
29 他若安靜不動，誰能定他有罪呢？
他若掩面，誰能看見他呢？
無論對待一國或一人，都是這樣。
30 別讓不敬虔的人作王，
免得他危害人民。
31 有人對 神說：
‘我忍受了管教，不再有敗壞的行為了，
32 我所看不到的求你指教我，
我若行了罪孽，必不再行’。
33 神會因你拒絕悔改，
就遵照你的心意嗎？
要作抉擇的是你，不是我，
你所知道的，只管說出來吧。
34 明理的人必對我說，
智慧的人要聽我的話。
35 約伯說話毫無知識，
他的言語沒有智慧。
36 但願約伯被試驗到底，
因為他的回答像惡人一樣。
37 他在自己的罪上又加過犯，
在我們中間鼓掌嘲笑 神，
用許多話敵對 神。”
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