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Job 33
EasyEnglish Bible
Job 33
EasyEnglish Bible
Elihu continues to speak
33 ‘But now, Job, listen to the things that I will tell you.
Listen carefully to everything that I will say.
2 I will speak to you now.
I am ready to tell you what I think.
3 I am an honest man, so you can believe what I say.
I will tell you what I know is true.
4 The Spirit of Almighty God has made me.
His breath gives me life.
5 Answer me now, Job, if you can.
Prepare yourself.
Be ready to explain your problem to me.
6 Listen! When God looks at us,
we are the same as each other.
God used clay to make both of us.
7 So you should not be afraid of me.
I will not do anything to hurt you.
8 I have heard the things that you have said, Job.
This is what I heard you say:
9 “I am not guilty. I have not done anything that is wrong.
I am pure and clean.
10 But God has decided to punish me!
He attacks me as if I am his enemy.
11 He has tied my feet with chains.
He always watches me to see where I go.”
12 But now I tell you this, Job: You are not right!
God is greater than any human.
13 So you should not argue against him.
You should not say,
“God does not answer any of my questions.”
14 God does speak to people.
He speaks to them in many different ways.
But often people do not recognize his voice.
15 Sometimes God speaks to people in dreams and visions.
He speaks to them at night, while they sleep in bed.
16 He tells them about things that will happen.
He warns them about terrible things,
so that they are afraid.
17 He tells them to turn away from their sins.
He tells them not to be proud.
18 He keeps people safe from death,
so that they do not go to their graves.
19 Or God may warn people with a painful illness.
He may make their bodies hurt all the time.
20 Then they do not want to eat anything.
They cannot eat even the best food.
21 Their bodies become very thin.
People can even see their bones.
22 They will soon die and go to their graves.
Death is waiting to take them away.
23 But perhaps an angel may come
to help one of those people.
He may speak on behalf of God,
as a special angel among the many thousands of God's angels.
The angel may tell that person
how to live in a way that is right.
24 Then God will be kind to that person.
God will say, “Save that person,
so that he does not go to his grave.
I have found someone to pay the price for his life.
So keep him alive.”
25 Then that person's body will become healthy again.
He will be strong, like a young man.
26 When he prays to God,
God will be happy to answer him.
He will again worship God with joy.
And God will give him a good way of life again.
27 That person will say clearly to everyone,
“I did things that were not right.
I did wrong things,
but God did not punish me as I deserved.
28 God rescued me from death,
so that I did not go to my grave.
Now I will enjoy life in the light.”
29 God does all these things for people.
He does them many times.
30 He saves a person from death,
so that he does not go to his grave.
He gives light to that person,
so that he may enjoy his life.
31 Job, listen carefully to me.
Be quiet, and I will speak to you.
32 After that, you may answer me,
if you have something to say.
If I could say that you have not done anything wrong,
that would make me happy.
33 But if you have nothing to say,
then listen to me.
Be quiet and I will teach you how to be wise.’
約伯記 33
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Traditional)
約伯記 33
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Traditional)
33 「約伯啊，請聽我言，
請留心聽我每一句話。
2 我要開口發言，
我話已在舌尖。
3 我的話發自正直的心，
我的口如實陳明道理。
4 上帝的靈創造了我，
全能者的氣賦予我生命。
5 如果你能，就反駁我，
站出來與我辯論。
6 在上帝面前，我與你無異，
也是泥土造的。
7 所以你不用懼怕我，
我不會對你施加壓力。
8 「你的話已進到我耳中，
我聽見你說，
9 『我純全無過，
我清白無罪，
10 上帝卻挑我的錯，
與我為敵；
11 祂給我戴上腳鐐，
鑒察我的一舉一動。』
12 「我來答覆你，你的話沒有道理，
因為上帝比世人大。
13 你為何向祂抱怨，
說祂不理會世人的話？
14 上帝一再用各種方式說話，
然而世人卻不明白。
15 人躺在床上沉睡時，
在夢境和夜間的異象中，
16 上帝開啟他們的耳朵，
用警告驚嚇他們，
17 使他們離開罪惡，
不再驕傲，
18 以免他們的靈魂墜入深坑，
他們的性命被刀劍奪去。
19 「人因受罰而臥病在床，
骨頭疼痛不止，
20 以致毫無食慾，
對佳餚心生厭惡。
21 他日漸消瘦，
只剩下骨頭。
22 他的靈魂臨近深坑，
他的生命瀕臨死亡。
23 如果一千天使中有一位能做他的中保，
指示他當行的事，
24 上帝[a]就會憐憫他，說，『別讓他下墳墓，
我已得到他的贖金。』
25 那時，他的皮肉將嫩如孩童，
他將恢復青春的活力。
26 他向上帝禱告時必蒙悅納，
他歡呼著朝見上帝，
再度被祂視為義人。
27 他會當眾歌唱說，
『我犯了罪，顛倒是非，
祂卻沒有按我的罪報應我。
28 祂救贖我的靈魂，使之免下深坑，
使我的生命得見光明。』
29 「看啊，這都是上帝的作為，
祂一次次地恩待世人，
30 從深坑救回人的靈魂，
使他沐浴生命之光。
31 約伯啊，留心聽我說，
不要作聲，我要發言。
32 你若有話，就答覆我；
你只管說，我願看到你的清白。
33 否則，請聽我言；
不要作聲，我要傳授你智慧。」
Footnotes
- 33·24 「上帝」希伯來文是「他」，也可能指天使。
Job 33
New International Version
Job 33
New International Version
33 “But now, Job, listen(A) to my words;
pay attention to everything I say.(B)
2 I am about to open my mouth;
my words are on the tip of my tongue.
3 My words come from an upright heart;(C)
my lips sincerely speak what I know.(D)
4 The Spirit(E) of God has made me;(F)
the breath of the Almighty(G) gives me life.(H)
5 Answer me(I) then, if you can;
stand up(J) and argue your case before me.(K)
6 I am the same as you in God’s sight;(L)
I too am a piece of clay.(M)
7 No fear of me should alarm you,
nor should my hand be heavy on you.(N)
8 “But you have said in my hearing—
I heard the very words—
9 ‘I am pure,(O) I have done no wrong;(P)
I am clean and free from sin.(Q)
10 Yet God has found fault with me;
he considers me his enemy.(R)
11 He fastens my feet in shackles;(S)
he keeps close watch on all my paths.’(T)
12 “But I tell you, in this you are not right,
for God is greater than any mortal.(U)
13 Why do you complain to him(V)
that he responds to no one’s words[a]?(W)
14 For God does speak(X)—now one way, now another(Y)—
though no one perceives it.(Z)
15 In a dream,(AA) in a vision(AB) of the night,(AC)
when deep sleep(AD) falls on people
as they slumber in their beds,
16 he may speak(AE) in their ears
and terrify them(AF) with warnings,(AG)
17 to turn them from wrongdoing
and keep them from pride,(AH)
18 to preserve them from the pit,(AI)
their lives from perishing by the sword.[b](AJ)
19 “Or someone may be chastened(AK) on a bed of pain(AL)
with constant distress in their bones,(AM)
20 so that their body finds food(AN) repulsive
and their soul loathes the choicest meal.(AO)
21 Their flesh wastes away to nothing,
and their bones,(AP) once hidden, now stick out.(AQ)
22 They draw near to the pit,(AR)
and their life to the messengers of death.[c](AS)
23 Yet if there is an angel at their side,
a messenger,(AT) one out of a thousand,
sent to tell them how to be upright,(AU)
24 and he is gracious to that person and says to God,
‘Spare them from going down to the pit;(AV)
I have found a ransom for them(AW)—
25 let their flesh be renewed(AX) like a child’s;
let them be restored as in the days of their youth’(AY)—
26 then that person can pray to God and find favor with him,(AZ)
they will see God’s face and shout for joy;(BA)
he will restore them to full well-being.(BB)
27 And they will go to others and say,
‘I have sinned,(BC) I have perverted what is right,(BD)
but I did not get what I deserved.(BE)
28 God has delivered(BF) me from going down to the pit,(BG)
and I shall live to enjoy the light of life.’(BH)
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