约伯记 22
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Simplified)
以利法再次回答
22 提幔人以利法回答说：
2 “人对上帝能有何益处？
即使智者对祂又有何益？
3 全能者岂会因你为人公义而喜悦，
因你行为纯全而获利？
4 祂岂会因你敬虔而惩罚你、审判你？
5 你岂不是罪恶深重，
过犯无数？
6 你无故强取弟兄的物品作抵押，
剥去贫寒者的衣服。
7 你不给口渴的人水喝，
不给饥饿的人食物。
8 土地归了权贵，
只让显要占有。
9 你让寡妇空手而去，
你打断孤儿的臂膀。
10 因此你周围布满网罗，
恐惧突然笼罩你。
11 黑暗遮掩你的视线，
洪水淹没你。
12 “上帝岂不在高天之上吗？
看，天上的星宿何其高远！
13 你却说，‘上帝知道什么？
祂怎能隔着幽暗施行审判？
14 当祂在穹苍巡弋时，
密云挡住祂的视线。’
15 难道你要走恶人的古道，
步他们的后尘？
16 他们死期未到便已夭逝，
他们的根基被洪涛卷走。
17 他们对上帝说，‘离开我们吧！
全能者能把我们怎么样？’
18 然而，是上帝把美物充满他们的家；
因此，我决不苟同他们的想法。
19 义人看见他们的结局便欢喜，
无辜者见了便嘲笑，
20 说，‘我们的仇敌果然被铲除，
他们的财产已被火吞噬。’
21 “你要顺从上帝，与祂和好，
福乐就会临到你。
22 你要接受祂的教诲，
把祂的话谨记在心。
23 你若归向全能者，就必得到恢复。
你若将罪恶从帐篷中远远赶走，
24 将金子扔进尘土，
将俄斐的金子丢在布满石头的溪谷，
25 全能者必成为你的金子，
成为你珍贵的银子。
26 那时，你必从全能者那里找到欢乐，
你必抬头仰望上帝。
27 你向祂祷告，祂必垂听，
你必向祂还所许的愿。
28 你想做的事都会成功，
必有光照亮你的道路。
29 人遭贬抑时，你说，‘使他们升高吧。’
上帝就会拯救他们，
30 祂甚至会解救有罪之人，
他们必因你的手清洁而获救。”
Job 22
Legacy Standard Bible
Eliphaz Says Job Must Repent
22 Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,
2 “Can a mighty (A)man be of use to God,
Or an insightful man be useful to himself?
3 Is there any pleasure to [a]the Almighty if you are righteous,
Or profit if you make your ways perfect?
4 Is it because of your reverent fear that He reproves you,
That He (B)enters into judgment against you?
5 Is not (C)your evil great,
And your iniquities without end?
6 For you have (D)taken pledges of your brothers without cause,
And (E)stripped the clothing of the naked.
7 To the weary you have (F)given no water to drink,
And from the hungry you have (G)withheld bread.
8 But the earth (H)belongs to the (I)mighty man,
And (J)the [b]highly respected man inhabits it.
9 You have sent (K)widows away empty,
And the [c]might of the (L)orphans has been crushed.
10 Therefore (M)snares surround you,
And sudden (N)dread terrifies you,
11 Or (O)darkness, so that you cannot see,
And an (P)abundance of water covers you.
12 “Is not God (Q)in the height of heaven?
Look also at the [d]distant stars, how high they are!
13 You say, ‘(R)What does God know?
Can He judge through the dense gloom?
14 (S)Clouds are a hiding place for Him, so that He cannot see;
And He walks on the [e]vault of heaven.’
15 Will you keep to the ancient path
Which (T)wicked men have trod,
16 Who were snatched away (U)before their time,
Whose (V)foundations were [f]washed away by a river?
17 They (W)said to God, ‘Depart from us!’
And ‘What can [g]the Almighty do to them?’
18 Yet He (X)filled their houses with good things,
But (Y)the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
19 The (Z)righteous see and are glad,
And the innocent mock them,
20 Saying, ‘Truly those who rise against us are wiped out,
And their [h]abundance (AA)the fire has consumed.’
21 “[i](AB)Yield now and be at peace with Him;
Thereby good will come to you.
22 Please receive [j](AC)instruction from His mouth
And set His words in your heart.
23 If you (AD)return to [k]the Almighty, you will be [l]restored;
If you (AE)remove unrighteousness far from your tent,
24 And (AF)put your [m]gold in the dust,
And the gold of Ophir among the stones of the brooks,
25 Then [n]the Almighty will be your [o]gold
And choice silver to you.
26 For then you will (AG)delight in [p]the Almighty
And lift up your face to God.
27 You will (AH)entreat Him, and (AI)He will hear you;
And you will pay your vows.
28 You will also decree a thing, and it will be established for you;
And (AJ)light will shine on your ways.
29 When [q]some are cast down, you will speak with [r]confidence,
And the [s](AK)humble person He will save.
30 He will provide escape for one who is not innocent,
And he will (AL)escape through the cleanness of your hands.”
Footnotes
- Job 22:3 Heb Shaddai
- Job 22:8 Lit the one whose face is lifted up
- Job 22:9 Lit arms
- Job 22:12 Lit head, top-most
- Job 22:14 Lit circle
- Job 22:16 Lit poured out
- Job 22:17 Heb Shaddai
- Job 22:20 Or excess
- Job 22:21 Or Make yourself useful, cf. Job 22:2
- Job 22:22 Or law
- Job 22:23 Heb Shaddai
- Job 22:23 Lit built up
- Job 22:24 Lit ore
- Job 22:25 Heb Shaddai
- Job 22:25 Lit ore
- Job 22:26 Heb Shaddai
- Job 22:29 Lit they cast you down
- Job 22:29 Lit pride
- Job 22:29 Lit lowly of eyes
Job 22
King James Version
22 Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,
2 Can a man be profitable unto God, as he that is wise may be profitable unto himself?
3 Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that thou art righteous? or is it gain to him, that thou makest thy ways perfect?
4 Will he reprove thee for fear of thee? will he enter with thee into judgment?
5 Is not thy wickedness great? and thine iniquities infinite?
6 For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother for nought, and stripped the naked of their clothing.
7 Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, and thou hast withholden bread from the hungry.
8 But as for the mighty man, he had the earth; and the honourable man dwelt in it.
9 Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.
10 Therefore snares are round about thee, and sudden fear troubleth thee;
11 Or darkness, that thou canst not see; and abundance of waters cover thee.
12 Is not God in the height of heaven? and behold the height of the stars, how high they are!
13 And thou sayest, How doth God know? can he judge through the dark cloud?
14 Thick clouds are a covering to him, that he seeth not; and he walketh in the circuit of heaven.
15 Hast thou marked the old way which wicked men have trodden?
16 Which were cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflown with a flood:
17 Which said unto God, Depart from us: and what can the Almighty do for them?
18 Yet he filled their houses with good things: but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
19 The righteous see it, and are glad: and the innocent laugh them to scorn.
20 Whereas our substance is not cut down, but the remnant of them the fire consumeth.
21 Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto thee.
22 Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, and lay up his words in thine heart.
23 If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, thou shalt put away iniquity far from thy tabernacles.
24 Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust, and the gold of Ophir as the stones of the brooks.
25 Yea, the Almighty shall be thy defence, and thou shalt have plenty of silver.
26 For then shalt thou have thy delight in the Almighty, and shalt lift up thy face unto God.
27 Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he shall hear thee, and thou shalt pay thy vows.
28 Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee: and the light shall shine upon thy ways.
29 When men are cast down, then thou shalt say, There is lifting up; and he shall save the humble person.
30 He shall deliver the island of the innocent: and it is delivered by the pureness of thine hands.
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