约伯记 41
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Simplified)
41 “你岂能用鱼钩钓鳄鱼,
用绳索绑住它的舌头?
2 你岂能用绳子穿它的鼻子,
用钩子穿它的腮骨?
3 它岂会向你连连求饶,
对你说柔和的话?
4 它岂肯与你立约,
一生做你的奴隶?
5 你岂能拿它当小鸟玩耍,
或拴起来给幼女取乐?
6 渔夫们岂能把它当货物出售,
卖给商人?
7 你岂能在它皮上戳满长矛,
头上插满鱼叉?
8 你动手碰碰它,
就知道有何恶战,绝不会再碰。
9 企图捕捉它的都会失望,
人看到它就会心惊胆战。
10 再凶猛的人也不敢惹它。
这样,谁能在我面前站立得住?
11 谁给过我什么,要我偿还?
天下万物都是我的。
12 “论到它的四肢、大力和姣美的身体,
我不能缄默不言。
13 谁能剥去它的外皮?
谁能给它戴上辔头?
14 谁能打开它的口?
它的牙齿令人恐惧。
15 它的脊背覆着行行鳞甲,
牢牢地密封在一起,
16 紧密无间,
连气也透不进去。
17 鳞甲彼此相连相扣,
无法分开。
18 它打喷嚏时,水光四射;
它的眼睛发出晨光;
19 口中喷出火炬,
迸出火星;
20 鼻孔冒烟,
如沸腾的锅和燃烧的芦苇;
21 呼气可点燃煤炭,
口中喷出火焰;
22 颈项强而有力,
恐惧在它前面开路;
23 身上的皱褶紧密相连,
牢牢地密封在一起;
24 心坚如石,
硬如磨石。
25 它一站起来,勇士都害怕,
见它冲来,他们慌忙退缩。
26 刀剑挡不住它,
长矛、标枪、尖戟也无能为力。
27 它视铁如干草,
视铜如朽木。
28 利箭吓不跑它,
弹石在它看来只是碎秸;
29 棍棒无异于秸秆,
它嗤笑投来的标枪。
30 它腹部有锋利的瓦片,
在淤泥上留下道道耙痕。
31 它使深渊如锅翻腾,
大海如油锅滚动。
32 它游过后留下一道波光,
使深渊仿佛披上银发。
33 地上没有动物能与它相比,
像它那样无所畏惧。
34 它藐视群雄,
在高傲的百兽中称王。”
Job 41
New International Version
41 [a]“Can you pull in Leviathan(A) with a fishhook(B)
or tie down its tongue with a rope?
2 Can you put a cord through its nose(C)
or pierce its jaw with a hook?(D)
3 Will it keep begging you for mercy?(E)
Will it speak to you with gentle words?
4 Will it make an agreement with you
for you to take it as your slave for life?(F)
5 Can you make a pet of it like a bird
or put it on a leash for the young women in your house?
6 Will traders barter for it?
Will they divide it up among the merchants?
7 Can you fill its hide with harpoons
or its head with fishing spears?(G)
8 If you lay a hand on it,
you will remember the struggle and never do it again!(H)
9 Any hope of subduing it is false;
the mere sight of it is overpowering.(I)
10 No one is fierce enough to rouse it.(J)
Who then is able to stand against me?(K)
11 Who has a claim against me that I must pay?(L)
Everything under heaven belongs to me.(M)
12 “I will not fail to speak of Leviathan’s limbs,(N)
its strength(O) and its graceful form.
13 Who can strip off its outer coat?
Who can penetrate its double coat of armor[b]?(P)
14 Who dares open the doors of its mouth,(Q)
ringed about with fearsome teeth?
15 Its back has[c] rows of shields
tightly sealed together;(R)
16 each is so close to the next
that no air can pass between.
17 They are joined fast to one another;
they cling together and cannot be parted.
18 Its snorting throws out flashes of light;
its eyes are like the rays of dawn.(S)
19 Flames(T) stream from its mouth;
sparks of fire shoot out.
20 Smoke pours from its nostrils(U)
as from a boiling pot over burning reeds.
21 Its breath(V) sets coals ablaze,
and flames dart from its mouth.(W)
22 Strength(X) resides in its neck;
dismay goes before it.
23 The folds of its flesh are tightly joined;
they are firm and immovable.
24 Its chest is hard as rock,
hard as a lower millstone.(Y)
25 When it rises up, the mighty are terrified;(Z)
they retreat before its thrashing.(AA)
26 The sword that reaches it has no effect,
nor does the spear or the dart or the javelin.(AB)
27 Iron it treats like straw(AC)
and bronze like rotten wood.
28 Arrows do not make it flee;(AD)
slingstones are like chaff to it.
29 A club seems to it but a piece of straw;(AE)
it laughs(AF) at the rattling of the lance.
30 Its undersides are jagged potsherds,
leaving a trail in the mud like a threshing sledge.(AG)
31 It makes the depths churn like a boiling caldron(AH)
and stirs up the sea like a pot of ointment.(AI)
32 It leaves a glistening wake behind it;
one would think the deep had white hair.
33 Nothing on earth is its equal(AJ)—
a creature without fear.
34 It looks down on all that are haughty;(AK)
it is king over all that are proud.(AL)”
Job 41
EasyEnglish Bible
God continues to ask Job questions
41 ‘It is the same with the sea monsters called Leviathan.[a]
Can you catch them with a hook?
Can you use a rope to keep their mouths shut?
2 Can you tie a rope through their noses?
Can you put a hook into their mouths.
3 No! They will not ask you nicely to be kind
and let them go free.
4 They will not make any agreement with you.
You cannot make them your slaves
to work for you as long as they live.
5 Leviathan is not something to enjoy at home, like a bird.
You cannot tie it with a rope,
so that your girls can play with it.
6 Traders do not buy it at the market.
They do not cut it up to sell it.
7 Job, can you throw spears into Leviathan's body to kill it?
Can you shoot arrows into its head?
8 If you try to take hold of it,
you will never forget the fight!
You will never try to do that again!
9 If anyone hopes to catch it,
he is deceiving himself.
As soon as he sees it,
he no longer feels so brave!
10 No one is brave enough to wake it.
So is anyone brave enough to argue against me?
11 Nobody has ever won against me
to make me pay them anything.
Everything in the whole world belongs to me.
12 I must tell you how strong Leviathan's legs are.
Their bodies are very strong
and they have a wonderful shape.
13 Nobody is able to remove their thick skin.
It is like armour that nobody can cut through.
14 Nobody is strong enough to open its mouth.
Its teeth make everyone afraid.
15 Its back is like rows of shields.
They are as hard as stone with no spaces between them.
16 Each shield is very near the next one.
Not even air can pass between them.
17 They are strongly joined together,
and nothing can pull them apart.
18 When Leviathan breathes out loudly,
bright light shines from its nose.
Its eyes shine like the red sun at dawn.
19 Fire comes out from its mouth.
Bright flames shoot out!
20 Smoke pours out from its nose,
like reeds that burn under a pot.
21 Its breath is hot enough to light a fire!
Flames pour out of its mouth.
22 Its neck is very strong.
Wherever it goes,
people shake with fear.
23 There are no weak places in its skin.
Its skin is as hard as iron.
24 It is cruel and it has no fear.
Its heart is as hard as stone.
25 Even the bravest people are afraid
when Leviathan appears.
They run away when it starts to move.
26 If you hit it with a sword,
you will not hurt it.
Spears, arrows and knives will be useless.
27 It can easily break iron or bronze weapons.
It breaks them as easily as grass or soft wood.
28 If you shoot arrows at it,
it will not run away.
If you use a sling to throw stones at it,
the stones will hurt it no more than bits of chaff.
29 If you hit it with a heavy stick,
that hurts it no more than a piece of straw.
If you throw a spear at it,
it laughs!
30 Its stomach has sharp pieces,
like bits of a pot that someone has broken.
When it moves along,
it ploughs the soil under it.
31 When it swims in the deep water of the sea,
the water seems to boil.
It makes big waves,
like oil that is boiling in a pot.
32 As it swims, the water behind it shines.
It makes waves that look like white hair on the sea.
33 There is no other animal like it in the whole world.
It is not afraid of anything.
34 It does not respect any other great animal.
It rules as king over all the proud animals.’
Footnotes
- 41:1 This may be speaking about the animal that we call a crocodile.
Jó 41
Almeida Revista e Corrigida 2009
41 Poderás pescar com anzol o leviatã ou ligarás a sua língua com a corda? 2 Podes pôr uma corda no seu nariz ou com um espinho furarás a sua queixada? 3 Porventura, multiplicará as suas suplicações para contigo? Ou brandamente te falará? 4 Fará ele concertos contigo, ou o tomarás tu por escravo para sempre? 5 Brincarás com ele, como se fora um passarinho, ou o prenderás para tuas meninas? 6 Os teus companheiros farão dele um banquete, ou o repartirão entre os negociantes? 7 Encherás a sua pele de ganchos, ou a sua cabeça de arpéus de pescadores? 8 Põe a tua mão sobre ele, lembra-te da peleja e nunca mais tal intentarás. 9 Eis que a sua esperança falhará; porventura, nenhum à sua vista será derribado? 10 Ninguém há tão atrevido, que a despertá-lo se atreva; quem, pois, é aquele que ousa erguer-se diante de mim? 11 Quem primeiro me deu, para que eu haja de retribuir-lhe? Pois o que está debaixo de todos os céus é meu.
12 Não me calarei a respeito dos seus membros, nem da relação das suas forças, nem da graça da sua compostura. 13 Quem descobriria a superfície da sua veste? Quem entrará entre as suas queixadas dobradas? 14 Quem abriria as portas do seu rosto? Pois em roda dos seus dentes está o terror. 15 As suas fortes escamas são excelentíssimas, cada uma fechada como com selo apertado. 16 Uma à outra se chega tão perto, que nem um assopro passa por entre elas. 17 Umas às outras se ligam; tanto aderem entre si, que não se podem separar. 18 Cada um dos seus espirros faz resplandecer a luz, e os seus olhos são como as pestanas da alva. 19 Da sua boca saem tochas; faíscas de fogo saltam dela. 20 Do seu nariz procede fumaça, como de uma panela fervente, ou de uma grande caldeira. 21 O seu hálito faz acender os carvões; e da sua boca sai chama. 22 No seu pescoço pousa a força; perante ele, até a tristeza salta de prazer. 23 Os músculos da sua carne estão pegados entre si; cada um está firme nele, e nenhum se move. 24 O seu coração é firme como uma pedra e firme como a mó de baixo. 25 Levantando-se ele, tremem os valentes; em razão dos seus abalos, ficam fora de si. 26 Se alguém lhe tocar com a espada, essa não poderá penetrar, nem lança, dardo ou flecha. 27 Ele reputa o ferro palha, e o cobre, pau podre. 28 A seta o não fará fugir; as pedras das fundas se lhe tornam em restolho. 29 As pedras atiradas são para ele como arestas, e ri-se do brandir da lança. 30 Debaixo de si tem conchas pontiagudas; estende-se sobre coisas pontiagudas como na lama. 31 As profundezas faz ferver, como uma panela; torna o mar como quando os unguentos fervem. 32 Após ele alumia o caminho; parece o abismo tornado em brancura de cãs. 33 Na terra, não há coisa que se lhe possa comparar, pois foi feito para estar sem pavor. 34 Todo o alto vê; é rei sobre todos os filhos de animais altivos.
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