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Bildad Speaks of the Downfall of the Wicked

18 Then Bildad the Shuhite answered and said,

“How long until you put an end to your words?
Show understanding and then we can talk.
Why are we (A)regarded as beasts,
As dense in your eyes?
O [a]you who tear yourself in your anger—
For your sake is the earth to be forsaken,
Or the rock to be moved from its place?

“Indeed, the (B)light of the wicked goes out,
And the [b]flame of his fire gives no light.
The light in his tent is (C)darkened,
And his lamp goes out above him.
His [c]vigorous stride is shortened,
And his (D)own counsel brings him down.
For he is (E)thrown into the net by his own feet,
And he steps on the netting.
A snare seizes him by the heel,
And a device snaps shut on him.
10 A rope for him is hidden in the ground,
And a trap for him on the path.
11 All around (F)terrors frighten him,
And (G)harass him at every step.
12 His vigor is (H)famished,
And disaster is ready at his side.
13 The firstborn of death eats parts of his skin;
It (I)eats parts of him.
14 He is (J)torn from [d]the security of his tent,
And [e]they march him in step before the king of (K)terrors.
15 [f]There dwells in his tent nothing of his;
(L)Brimstone is scattered on his abode.
16 His (M)roots are dried below,
And his (N)branch is cut off above.
17 (O)Memory of him perishes from the earth,
And he has no name abroad.
18 [g]He is driven from light (P)into darkness,
And (Q)chased from the inhabited world.
19 He has neither (R)offspring nor posterity among his people,
Nor any survivor where he sojourned.
20 Those [h]in the west are appalled at (S)his [i]fate,
And those [j]in the east are seized with horror.
21 Surely such are the (T)dwellings of the unjust,
And this is the place of him who does not know God.”

Footnotes

  1. Job 18:4 Lit he...tears himself...his
  2. Job 18:5 Lit spark
  3. Job 18:7 Lit steps of his strength
  4. Job 18:14 Lit his tent his trust
  5. Job 18:14 Or you or she shall march
  6. Job 18:15 Or Fire dwells in his tent
  7. Job 18:18 Lit They drive him...And chase him
  8. Job 18:20 Lit who come after
  9. Job 18:20 Lit day
  10. Job 18:20 Lit who have gone before

比勒達發言

18 書亞人比勒達回答說:

「你要狡辯到何時呢?
你先想清楚,然後我們再談。
為何你把我們當作牲畜,
把我們視為蠢貨?
你這氣得要撕碎自己的人,
大地會因你而荒涼嗎?
磐石會因你而挪移嗎?

「惡人的光必熄滅。
他的火焰不再閃耀。
他帳篷中一片黑暗,
他上面的燈光熄滅。
惡人強勁的步伐變得蹣跚,
他必被自己的陰謀所害。
他自陷網羅,
步入圈套。
套索纏住他的腳跟,
網羅緊緊地罩住他。
10 土裡埋著絆他的繩索,
路上有陷阱等待著他。
11 恐懼四面籠罩著他,
步步緊追著他。
12 他餓得氣力衰竭,
災禍隨時臨到他。
13 疾病侵蝕他的皮肉,
死亡吞噬他的肢體。
14 他被拖出安穩的帳篷,
被押到冥王[a]那裡。
15 他的帳篷燃燒著烈焰,
他的居所撒滿了硫磺。
16 他下面的根莖枯乾,
上面的枝子枯萎。
17 他從世上銷聲匿跡,
無人記得他的名字。
18 他從光明中被趕入黑暗,
他被逐出這個世界。
19 他在本族中無子無孫,
他所居之地無人生還。
20 他的下場令西方的人震驚,
令東方的人戰慄。
21 這就是不義之人的結局,
不認識上帝之人的下場。」

Footnotes

  1. 18·14 冥王」希伯來文是「恐怖之王」。