耶和华回答约伯

38 那时,耶和华从旋风中回答约伯说:
“是谁用无知的话蒙蔽我的旨意?
你要像勇士一样束腰备战,
我来提问,你来回答。

“我立大地根基的时候,你在哪里?
你若那么聪明,请告诉我。
你可知道谁为大地定的尺寸?
谁用准绳把它丈量?
是什么支撑大地的根基?
谁为它安放的基石?
当时晨星齐声歌唱,
众天使都发出欢呼。

“大海从母胎奔腾而出时,
谁为它划定界限?
是我为大海披上云彩,
为它裹上厚厚的幽暗。
10 是我为它划定界限,
并安上门和闩,
11 说,‘你到此为止,不可越界;
你狂傲的波涛要停在这里。’

12 “你生平可曾向晨曦发号施令,
为黎明的曙光指定岗位,
13 使阳光普照大地,
抖出藏匿的恶人?
14 日光使大地改观,如泥上盖印,
万物如衣服般显出颜色。
15 恶人得不到光明,
强横的臂膀必折断。
16 你可曾到过大海的源头,
走过深渊的底部?
17 死亡之门可曾向你显露?
你可曾见过幽冥之门?
18 你知道大地有多广阔吗?
你若知道,就告诉我吧。

19 “哪条路通往光明的居所?
哪里是黑暗的住处?
20 你能把它们带回原处吗?
你认识通往其居所的路吗?
21 你肯定知道,
因为那时你已出生,
你的寿数又很长久!

22 “你曾到过雪库,
或见过雹仓吗?
23 那是我为降灾之时,
为争战之日而预备的。
24 光从哪条路散开?
东风从哪条路吹向大地?
25 谁为豪雨开水道,
为雷电辟路径,
26 使雨水降在杳无人烟之地,
降在无人居住的旷野,
27 以滋润荒凉不毛之地,
使土地长出青草?
28 雨水有父亲吗?
谁生的露珠?
29 冰出自谁的胎?
谁生的天上的霜?
30 水变得坚硬如石,
深渊表面凝结成冰。

31 “你能系住昴星的结,
解开参星的带吗?
32 你能按季节领出星座,
引导北斗及其众星吗?
33 你知道天的定律吗?
你能使地服从天律吗?
34 你能号令云彩,
使倾盆大雨覆盖你吗?
35 你能命闪电发出,
让它听候调遣吗?
36 谁将智慧放在人胸中?
谁使人内心有聪明?
37-38 尘土结成硬团,
土块黏在一起时,
谁能凭智慧数算云彩?
谁能倾倒天上的水囊?

39-40 “狮子卧在洞中,
壮狮埋伏在隐秘处,
你能为它们猎取食物,
使它们饱餐吗?
41 乌鸦的幼雏饿得飞来飞去,
向上帝哀鸣时,
谁供应乌鸦食物?

39 “你知道野山羊何时生产吗?
你看过母鹿产仔吗?
你能算出它们怀胎的月数吗?
你知道它们分娩的日期吗?
它们几时屈身产仔,
结束分娩之痛?
幼仔健壮,在荒野长大,
离群而去,不再回来。

“谁让野驴逍遥自在?
谁解开了它的缰绳?
我使它以旷野为家,
以盐地作居所。
它嗤笑城邑的喧闹,
不听赶牲口的吆喝。
它以群山作草场,
寻找青翠之物。

“野牛岂肯为你效劳,
在你的槽旁过夜?
10 你岂能用缰绳把野牛牵到犁沟?
它岂肯跟着你在山谷耕地?
11 你岂能倚靠它的大力,
把你的重活交给它?
12 岂能靠它运回粮食,
替你堆聚到麦场?

13 “鸵鸟欢然拍动翅膀,
它岂有白鹳的翎羽?
14 它将蛋产在地上,
使蛋得到沙土的温暖,
15 却不知蛋会被踩碎,
或遭野兽践踏。
16 它苛待雏鸟,好像它们并非己出,
就算徒劳一场,它也不怕。
17 因为上帝未赐它智慧,
没有给它悟性。
18 然而,一旦它展翅奔跑,
必嗤笑马儿和骑士。

19 “马的力量岂是你赐的?
它颈上的鬃毛岂是你披的?
20 岂是你使它跳跃如蝗虫,
发出令人胆寒的长嘶?
21 它在谷中刨地,
炫耀力量,奋力冲向敌军。
22 它嘲笑恐惧,毫不害怕,
不因刀剑而退缩。
23 它背上的箭袋铮铮作响,
长矛和投枪闪闪发光。
24 角声一响,它便无法静立,
狂烈地颤抖,急于驰骋大地。
25 听到角声,它就发出长嘶,
它老远便嗅到战争的气味,
并听见吶喊和将领的号令。

26 “鹰隼展翅翱翔,飞往南方,
岂是靠你的智慧?
27 秃鹰腾飞,在高处搭窝,
岂是奉你的命令?
28 它居住在悬崖上,
盘踞在山岩峭壁,
29 它从那里搜寻猎物,
它的目光直达远方。
30 它的幼雏噬血,
哪里有尸体,它就在哪里。”

耶和華回答約伯

38 那時,耶和華從旋風中回答約伯說:
「是誰用無知的話蒙蔽我的旨意?
你要像勇士一樣束腰備戰,
我來提問,你來回答。

「我立大地根基的時候,你在哪裡?
你若那麼聰明,請告訴我。
你可知道誰為大地定的尺寸?
誰用準繩把它丈量?
是什麼支撐大地的根基?
誰為它安放的基石?
當時晨星齊聲歌唱,
眾天使都發出歡呼。

「大海從母胎奔騰而出時,
誰為它劃定界限?
是我為大海披上雲彩,
為它裹上厚厚的幽暗。
10 是我為它劃定界限,
並安上門和閂,
11 說,『你到此為止,不可越界;
你狂傲的波濤要停在這裡。』

12 「你生平可曾向晨曦發號施令,
為黎明的曙光指定崗位,
13 使陽光普照大地,
抖出藏匿的惡人?
14 日光使大地改觀,如泥上蓋印,
萬物如衣服般顯出顏色。
15 惡人得不到光明,
強橫的臂膀必折斷。
16 你可曾到過大海的源頭,
走過深淵的底部?
17 死亡之門可曾向你顯露?
你可曾見過幽冥之門?
18 你知道大地有多廣闊嗎?
你若知道,就告訴我吧。

19 「哪條路通往光明的居所?
哪裡是黑暗的住處?
20 你能把它們帶回原處嗎?
你認識通往其居所的路嗎?
21 你肯定知道,
因為那時你已出生,
你的壽數又很長久!

22 「你曾到過雪庫,
或見過雹倉嗎?
23 那是我為降災之時,
為爭戰之日而預備的。
24 光從哪條路散開?
東風從哪條路吹向大地?
25 誰為豪雨開水道,
為雷電闢路徑,
26 使雨水降在杳無人煙之地,
降在無人居住的曠野,
27 以滋潤荒涼不毛之地,
使土地長出青草?
28 雨水有父親嗎?
誰生的露珠?
29 冰出自誰的胎?
誰生的天上的霜?
30 水變得堅硬如石,
深淵表面凝結成冰。

31 「你能繫住昴星的結,
解開參星的帶嗎?
32 你能按季節領出星座,
引導北斗及其眾星嗎?
33 你知道天的定律嗎?
你能使地服從天律嗎?
34 你能號令雲彩,
使傾盆大雨覆蓋你嗎?
35 你能命閃電發出,
讓它聽候調遣嗎?
36 誰將智慧放在人胸中?
誰使人內心有聰明?
37-38 塵土結成硬團,
土塊黏在一起時,
誰能憑智慧數算雲彩?
誰能傾倒天上的水囊?

39-40 「獅子臥在洞中,
壯獅埋伏在隱秘處,
你能為牠們獵取食物,
使牠們飽餐嗎?
41 烏鴉的幼雛餓得飛來飛去,
向上帝哀鳴時,
誰供應烏鴉食物?

39 「你知道野山羊何時生產嗎?
你看過母鹿產仔嗎?
你能算出牠們懷胎的月數嗎?
你知道牠們分娩的日期嗎?
牠們幾時屈身產仔,
結束分娩之痛?
幼仔健壯,在荒野長大,
離群而去,不再回來。

「誰讓野驢逍遙自在?
誰解開了牠的韁繩?
我使牠以曠野為家,
以鹽地作居所。
牠嗤笑城邑的喧鬧,
不聽趕牲口的吆喝。
牠以群山作草場,
尋找青翠之物。

「野牛豈肯為你效勞,
在你的槽旁過夜?
10 你豈能用韁繩把野牛牽到犁溝?
牠豈肯跟著你在山谷耕地?
11 你豈能倚靠牠的大力,
把你的重活交給牠?
12 豈能靠牠運回糧食,
替你堆聚到麥場?

13 「鴕鳥歡然拍動翅膀,
牠豈有白鸛的翎羽?
14 牠將蛋產在地上,
使蛋得到沙土的溫暖,
15 卻不知蛋會被踩碎,
或遭野獸踐踏。
16 牠苛待雛鳥,好像牠們並非己出,
就算徒勞一場,牠也不怕。
17 因為上帝未賜牠智慧,
沒有給牠悟性。
18 然而,一旦牠展翅奔跑,
必嗤笑馬兒和騎士。

19 「馬的力量豈是你賜的?
牠頸上的鬃毛豈是你披的?
20 豈是你使牠跳躍如蝗蟲,
發出令人膽寒的長嘶?
21 牠在谷中刨地,
炫耀力量,奮力衝向敵軍。
22 牠嘲笑恐懼,毫不害怕,
不因刀劍而退縮。
23 牠背上的箭袋錚錚作響,
長矛和投槍閃閃發光。
24 角聲一響,牠便無法靜立,
狂烈地顫抖,急於馳騁大地。
25 聽到角聲,牠就發出長嘶,
牠老遠便嗅到戰爭的氣味,
並聽見吶喊和將領的號令。

26 「鷹隼展翅翱翔,飛往南方,
豈是靠你的智慧?
27 禿鷹騰飛,在高處搭窩,
豈是奉你的命令?
28 牠居住在懸崖上,
盤踞在山岩峭壁,
29 牠從那裡搜尋獵物,
牠的目光直達遠方。
30 牠的幼雛噬血,
哪裡有屍體,牠就在哪裡。」

38 Then the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,

Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?

Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me.

Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.

Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it?

Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof;

When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?

Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb?

When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddlingband for it,

10 And brake up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors,

11 And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?

12 Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days; and caused the dayspring to know his place;

13 That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked might be shaken out of it?

14 It is turned as clay to the seal; and they stand as a garment.

15 And from the wicked their light is withholden, and the high arm shall be broken.

16 Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? or hast thou walked in the search of the depth?

17 Have the gates of death been opened unto thee? or hast thou seen the doors of the shadow of death?

18 Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth? declare if thou knowest it all.

19 Where is the way where light dwelleth? and as for darkness, where is the place thereof,

20 That thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof, and that thou shouldest know the paths to the house thereof?

21 Knowest thou it, because thou wast then born? or because the number of thy days is great?

22 Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow? or hast thou seen the treasures of the hail,

23 Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war?

24 By what way is the light parted, which scattereth the east wind upon the earth?

25 Who hath divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters, or a way for the lightning of thunder;

26 To cause it to rain on the earth, where no man is; on the wilderness, wherein there is no man;

27 To satisfy the desolate and waste ground; and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth?

28 Hath the rain a father? or who hath begotten the drops of dew?

29 Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it?

30 The waters are hid as with a stone, and the face of the deep is frozen.

31 Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion?

32 Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons?

33 Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven? canst thou set the dominion thereof in the earth?

34 Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover thee?

35 Canst thou send lightnings, that they may go and say unto thee, Here we are?

36 Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? or who hath given understanding to the heart?

37 Who can number the clouds in wisdom? or who can stay the bottles of heaven,

38 When the dust groweth into hardness, and the clods cleave fast together?

39 Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lion? or fill the appetite of the young lions,

40 When they couch in their dens, and abide in the covert to lie in wait?

41 Who provideth for the raven his food? when his young ones cry unto God, they wander for lack of meat.

39 Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? or canst thou mark when the hinds do calve?

Canst thou number the months that they fulfil? or knowest thou the time when they bring forth?

They bow themselves, they bring forth their young ones, they cast out their sorrows.

Their young ones are in good liking, they grow up with corn; they go forth, and return not unto them.

Who hath sent out the wild ass free? or who hath loosed the bands of the wild ass?

Whose house I have made the wilderness, and the barren land his dwellings.

He scorneth the multitude of the city, neither regardeth he the crying of the driver.

The range of the mountains is his pasture, and he searcheth after every green thing.

Will the unicorn be willing to serve thee, or abide by thy crib?

10 Canst thou bind the unicorn with his band in the furrow? or will he harrow the valleys after thee?

11 Wilt thou trust him, because his strength is great? or wilt thou leave thy labour to him?

12 Wilt thou believe him, that he will bring home thy seed, and gather it into thy barn?

13 Gavest thou the goodly wings unto the peacocks? or wings and feathers unto the ostrich?

14 Which leaveth her eggs in the earth, and warmeth them in dust,

15 And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may break them.

16 She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not her's: her labour is in vain without fear;

17 Because God hath deprived her of wisdom, neither hath he imparted to her understanding.

18 What time she lifteth up herself on high, she scorneth the horse and his rider.

19 Hast thou given the horse strength? hast thou clothed his neck with thunder?

20 Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper? the glory of his nostrils is terrible.

21 He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength: he goeth on to meet the armed men.

22 He mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted; neither turneth he back from the sword.

23 The quiver rattleth against him, the glittering spear and the shield.

24 He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage: neither believeth he that it is the sound of the trumpet.

25 He saith among the trumpets, Ha, ha; and he smelleth the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting.

26 Doth the hawk fly by thy wisdom, and stretch her wings toward the south?

27 Doth the eagle mount up at thy command, and make her nest on high?

28 She dwelleth and abideth on the rock, upon the crag of the rock, and the strong place.

29 From thence she seeketh the prey, and her eyes behold afar off.

30 Her young ones also suck up blood: and where the slain are, there is she.