Job 21
Darby Translation
21 And Job answered and said,
2 Hear attentively my speech, and let this replace your consolations.
3 Suffer me and I will speak; and after I have spoken, mock on!
4 As for me, is my complaint to a man? or wherefore should not my spirit be impatient?
5 Mark me, and be astonished, and lay the hand upon the mouth.
6 Even when I think [thereon], I am affrighted, and trembling taketh hold of my flesh.
7 Wherefore do the wicked live, grow old, yea, become mighty in power?
8 Their seed is established with them in their sight, and their offspring before their eyes.
9 Their houses are safe from fear, neither is the rod of +God upon them.
10 Their bull gendereth, and faileth not; their cow calveth, and casteth not her calf.
11 They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children dance.
12 They shout to the tambour and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the pipe.
13 They spend their days in prosperity, and in a moment go down to Sheol.
14 And they say unto God, Depart from us, for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways!
15 What is the Almighty that we should serve him? and what are we profited if we pray unto him?
16 Behold, their prosperity is not in their hand. The counsel of the wicked be far from me!
17 How often is the lamp of the wicked put out, and cometh their calamity upon them? Doth he distribute sorrows [to them] in his anger?
18 Do they become as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away?
19 +God layeth up [the punishment of] his iniquity for his children; he rewardeth him, and he shall know [it]:
20 His eyes shall see his destruction, and he shall drink of the fury of the Almighty.
21 For what pleasure should he have in his house after him, when the number of his months is cut off?
22 Can any teach God knowledge? And he it is that judgeth those that are high.
23 One dieth in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet;
24 His sides are full of fat, and the marrow of his bones is moistened;
25 And another dieth in bitterness of soul, and hath not tasted good:
26 Together they lie down in the dust, and the worms cover them.
27 Lo, I know your thoughts, and the devices ye wrongfully imagine against me.
28 For ye say, Where is the house of the noble? and where the tent of the dwellings of the wicked?
29 Have ye not asked the wayfarers? and do ye not regard their tokens:
30 That the wicked is reserved for the day of calamity? They are led forth to the day of wrath.
31 Who shall declare his way to his face? and who shall repay him what he hath done?
32 Yet is he carried to the graves, and watch is kept over the tomb.
33 The clods of the valley are sweet unto him; and every man followeth suit after him, as there were innumerable before him.
34 How then comfort ye me in vain? Your answers remain perfidious.
約伯記 21
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Traditional)
約伯的回答
21 約伯回答說：
2 「你們仔細聽我說，
便是給我的慰藉。
3 請容忍我把話說完，
之後任憑你們嘲笑。
4 我豈是向人抱怨？
我有理由不耐煩。
5 你們看到我會大吃一驚，
嚇得用手掩口。
6 我一想到自己，就心驚膽戰，
渾身發抖。
7 為何惡人活著，得享長壽，
勢力強大？
8 他們的兒孫圍繞膝前，
他們得見後代茁壯成長。
9 他們家中平安無懼，
他們不被上帝杖打。
10 他們的公牛繁殖力強，
他們的母牛從不掉胎。
11 他們讓孩童像羊群一樣走到戶外，
盡情地歡跳。
12 他們伴著鈴鼓和豎琴歌唱，
在笛聲中歡喜不已。
13 他們一生幸福，
安然下到陰間。
14 他們對上帝說，『離開我們，
我們不想學習你的道。
15 全能者是誰，竟要我們事奉祂？
向祂禱告有何益處？』
16 看啊，他們的幸福不在他們手中；
因此，我決不苟同他們的想法。
17 「惡人的燈何曾熄滅？
災難何曾臨到他們？
上帝何曾發怒使他們受苦？
18 他們何曾像風中的碎稭，
像被暴風捲去的糠秕？
19 你們說上帝會把懲罰留給他們的兒女，
我認為不如報應在他們本人身上，
讓他們親自領教。
20 願他們親眼看見自己滅亡。
願他們喝下全能者的烈怒。
21 因為他們的歲月一旦度盡，
又怎會關心身後的家人？
22 「上帝既審判身居高位者，
誰還能傳授知識給祂？
23 有人至死仍充滿活力，
盡享平靖安逸。
24 他營養充足，
骨骼健壯。
25 有人至死心中苦痛，
從未嚐過幸福的滋味。
26 二者都埋入塵土，
被蛆蟲覆蓋。
27 我知道你們的想法，
並那些冤枉我的詭計。
28 你們問，『權貴的房子如今何在？
惡人住的帳篷今在何方？』
29 難道你們沒有問過旅客，
不接受他們的說法？
30 就是惡人在災難之日得到倖免，
在上帝發怒之日得以逃脫。
31 誰會當面斥責他們的惡行，
因其所作所為而報應他們？
32 他們被抬入墳墓後，
還有人看守墓地。
33 他們在谷中的沃土安息，
送葬的人前呼後擁，不計其數。
34 你們的空談怎能安慰我？
你們的回答純屬荒謬。」
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