约伯记 41
Chinese New Version (Simplified)
神造鳄鱼,显出他伟大
41 “你能用鱼钩钓上鳄鱼吗?
能用绳子把牠的舌头压下吗?
2 能把草绳穿进牠的鼻子吗?
能用刺钩穿透牠的腮骨吗?
3 牠会向你再三恳求,
对你说温柔的话吗?
4 牠肯与你立约,
好使你永远奴役牠吗?
5 你怎能玩弄牠,像玩弄雀鸟一样呢?
怎能把牠拴住,给你的幼女取乐呢?
6 结伙的渔夫怎能拿牠当货物买卖呢?
怎能把牠分给商人呢?
7 你能用倒钩扎满牠的皮吗?
能用鱼叉扎满牠的头吗?
8 你把手按在牠身上,
想到与牠的战斗,你就不再是这样作了。(本章第1~8节在《马索拉文本》为40:25~32)
9 人希望捉住牠是徒然的,
人一见牠,就心惊胆战。(本节在《马索拉文本》为41:1)
10 人惹牠的时候,牠不是很凶猛吗?
这样,有谁人在我面前能站立得住呢?
11 谁先给了我,以致我要偿还呢?
天下万物,都是我的。
12 论到鳄鱼的四肢和牠的力气,
以及美好的体态,我不能缄默不言。
13 谁能揭开牠的外皮呢?
谁能进入牠上下两颚之间呢?
14 谁能打开牠的口呢?
牠的牙齿令人战栗。
15 牠的背有一行一行的鳞甲,
紧紧合闭着,像印得很紧的印章一样。
16 这鳞甲一一相连接,
连气也透不入其间,
17 鳞甲一一互相连合,
互相紧贴,不能分离。
18 牠打的喷嚏闪出光来,
牠的眼睛如同清晨的阳光;
19 有火从牠的口中发出,
火星四射;
20 有烟从牠的鼻孔里冒出来,
像从沸腾的锅中和烧着的芦苇里冒出来一样;
21 牠的气可以点着煤炭,
有火焰从牠的口里喷出来,
22 牠的颈项上存着能力,
惊恐在牠面前跳跃。
23 牠下垂的肌肉紧贴在一起,
牢牢地贴在身上,不能摇动。
24 牠的心坚实如石头,
如下磨石那样坚实。
25 牠一起来,勇士都惊慌,
因惊惶过度举止失措。
26 追上牠的刀剑都没用,
矛枪、标枪、短枪也是这样。
27 牠把铁当作干草,
把铜当作朽木。
28 弓箭不能使牠逃跑,
甩石机弦在牠看来不过是碎秸。
29 棍棒被牠当作碎?,
短枪飕飕之声牠也讥笑。
30 牠的腹下像锐利的瓦片,
牠在泥上碾过如同有利钉的耙犁田一样。
31 牠使深渊沸腾,
牠搅动海洋如在鼎中调制膏油。
32 牠使自己行过的路发出白光,
令人把深渊当作白发老人。
33 在世上没有一样像牠的,
牠是无所惧怕的动物;
34 所有高大的动物,牠都藐视,
牠在一切狂傲的野兽之上作王。”
Job 41
New King James Version
God’s Power in the Leviathan
41 “Can you draw out (A)Leviathan[a] with a hook,
Or snare his tongue with a line which you lower?
2 Can you (B)put a reed through his nose,
Or pierce his jaw with a [b]hook?
3 Will he make many supplications to you?
Will he speak softly to you?
4 Will he make a covenant with you?
Will you take him as a servant forever?
5 Will you play with him as with a bird,
Or will you leash him for your maidens?
6 Will your companions [c]make a banquet of him?
Will they apportion him among the merchants?
7 Can you fill his skin with harpoons,
Or his head with fishing spears?
8 Lay your hand on him;
Remember the battle—
Never do it again!
9 Indeed, any hope of overcoming him is false;
Shall one not be overwhelmed at the sight of him?
10 No one is so fierce that he would dare stir him up.
Who then is able to stand against Me?
11 (C)Who has preceded Me, that I should pay him?
(D)Everything under heaven is Mine.
12 “I will not [d]conceal his limbs,
His mighty power, or his graceful proportions.
13 Who can [e]remove his outer coat?
Who can approach him with a double bridle?
14 Who can open the doors of his face,
With his terrible teeth all around?
15 His rows of [f]scales are his pride,
Shut up tightly as with a seal;
16 One is so near another
That no air can come between them;
17 They are joined one to another,
They stick together and cannot be parted.
18 His sneezings flash forth light,
And his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.
19 Out of his mouth go burning lights;
Sparks of fire shoot out.
20 Smoke goes out of his nostrils,
As from a boiling pot and burning rushes.
21 His breath kindles coals,
And a flame goes out of his mouth.
22 Strength dwells in his neck,
And [g]sorrow dances before him.
23 The folds of his flesh are joined together;
They are firm on him and cannot be moved.
24 His heart is as hard as stone,
Even as hard as the lower millstone.
25 When he raises himself up, the mighty are afraid;
Because of his crashings they [h]are beside themselves.
26 Though the sword reaches him, it cannot avail;
Nor does spear, dart, or javelin.
27 He regards iron as straw,
And bronze as rotten wood.
28 The arrow cannot make him flee;
Slingstones become like stubble to him.
29 Darts are regarded as straw;
He laughs at the threat of javelins.
30 His undersides are like sharp potsherds;
He spreads pointed marks in the mire.
31 He makes the deep boil like a pot;
He makes the sea like a pot of ointment.
32 He leaves a shining wake behind him;
One would think the deep had white hair.
33 On earth there is nothing like him,
Which is made without fear.
34 He beholds every high thing;
He is king over all the children of pride.”
Chinese New Version (CNV). Copyright © 1976, 1992, 1999, 2001, 2005 by Worldwide Bible Society.
Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.