约伯记 4
Chinese New Version (Traditional)
以利法首次發言責難約伯
4 提幔人以利法回答說：
2 “人若對你說一句話，你就厭煩嗎？
但誰又忍得住不說話呢？
3 你曾經教過許多人，
又堅固了無力的手；
4 你的話扶起了絆倒的人，
你使彎曲乏力的膝堅挺。
5 但現在禍患臨到你，你就灰心，
災禍遇上你，你就驚惶沮喪。
神賞善罰惡
6 你所自恃的，不是敬畏 神嗎？
你所盼望的，不是行為完全嗎？
7 請想一想，無辜的人有誰滅亡？
哪有正直的人被剪除呢？
8 據我所見，耕耘罪孽的，必收割罪孽；
種植毒害的，必收割毒害。
9 他們因 神的氣息而滅亡，
因他的怒氣而消滅。
10 獅子的咆哮，猛獅的吼聲，盡都止息，
壯獅的牙齒也都斷掉。
11 公獅因缺乏獵物而死亡，
母獅之子也被分散。
世人微不足道
12 有話偷偷傳給我，
我的耳朵聽到細語；
13 在夜間因異象而煩擾的心思中，
世人都在沉睡的時候，
14 恐懼戰慄臨到我，
以致我全身發抖。
15 有靈拂過我面前，
使我毛骨悚然。
16 那靈站住，
我辨不出他的形狀，
只見有一形象在我眼前，
然後我聽見低微的聲音，說：
17 ‘人能在 神面前算為公義嗎？
人能在他的創造主面前算為潔淨嗎？
18 他的僕役他還不信任，
他的天使他也指責過錯，
19 何況那些住在土屋裡，
根基在塵土中，
比蠹蟲還容易被壓碎的人呢？
20 在早晚之間他們就被毀滅，
永歸沉淪，無人懷念。
21 他們帳棚的繩索不是從他們中間抽出來嗎？
他們死去，不是無智慧而死嗎？’”
Job 4
Christian Standard Bible
First Series of Speeches
Eliphaz Speaks
4 Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied:
2 Should anyone try to speak with you
when you are exhausted?
Yet who can keep from speaking?
3 Indeed, you have instructed many
and have strengthened(A) weak hands.
4 Your words have steadied the one who was stumbling
and braced the knees that were buckling.(B)
5 But now that this has happened to you,
you have become exhausted.
It strikes(C) you, and you are dismayed.
6 Isn’t your piety your confidence,
and the integrity of your life[a] your hope?(D)
7 Consider: Who has perished when he was innocent?
Where have the honest[b] been destroyed?(E)
8 In my experience, those who plow injustice
and those who sow trouble(F) reap the same.(G)
9 They perish at a single blast(H) from God
and come to an end by the breath of his nostrils.(I)
10 The lion may roar and the fierce lion(J) growl,
but the teeth of young lions are broken.(K)
11 The strong lion dies if it catches no prey,
and the cubs of the lioness are scattered.(L)
12 A word was brought to me in secret;
my ears caught a whisper of it.(M)
13 Among unsettling thoughts from visions in the night,(N)
when deep sleep(O) comes over men,
14 fear and trembling came over me(P)
and made all my bones shake.
15 I felt a draft[c] on my face,
and the hair on my body stood up.
16 A figure stood there,
but I could not recognize its appearance;
a form loomed before my eyes.
I heard a whispering voice:
17 “Can a mortal be righteous before God?
Can a man be more pure than his Maker?” (Q)
18 If God puts no trust in his servants
and he charges his angels with foolishness,[d](R)
19 how much more those who dwell in clay houses,(S)
whose foundation is in the dust,
who are crushed like a moth!
20 They are smashed to pieces from dawn to dusk;
they perish forever while no one notices.(T)
21 Are their tent cords not pulled up?
They die without wisdom.(U)
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