约伯记 34
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Simplified)
34 以利户又说：
2 “各位智者，请听我言；
明达之士，要侧耳听我的话。
3 因为耳朵辨别话语，
正如舌头品尝食物。
4 我们来鉴别何为正，
一起来认识何为善。
5 约伯曾说，‘我是清白的，
上帝却夺去我的公道。
6 我虽然有理，却被认为是撒谎者；
我虽然无过，却受到致命的创伤。’
7 有谁像约伯？
他肆意嘲讽，
8 与恶者为伍，
同坏人作伴。
9 因为他说，‘人取悦上帝毫无益处。’
10 “所以明智的人啊，请听我言，
上帝绝不会作恶，
全能者绝无不义。
11 祂按人所行的对待人，
照人所做的报应人。
12 上帝绝不会作恶，
全能者不会颠倒是非。
13 谁曾派祂治理大地，
让祂掌管整个世界呢？
14 上帝若决定收回自己的灵和气，
15 所有生灵将一同灭亡，
世人也将归回尘土。
16 “你若明理，请听我言，
侧耳听我说。
17 憎恶正义的岂可掌权？
你要谴责公义的大能者吗？
18 祂可以称君王为废物，
称权贵为恶徒。
19 祂不偏袒王侯，
也不轻贫重富，
因为他们都是祂亲手造的。
20 他们夜间转瞬死去，
百姓震颤，继而消逝，
权贵也被铲除，非借人手。
21 上帝鉴察世人的道路，
观看他们的脚步。
22 没有黑暗和阴影可供作恶者藏身。
23 祂不必再三察验，
把人召到面前审判。
24 祂击垮权贵无需审查，
另立他人取而代之。
25 祂知道他们的行为，
祂使他们在夜间倾覆、灭亡。
26 祂当众击打他们，
正如击打恶人。
27 因为他们离弃祂，
无视祂的正道，
28 以致穷人的呼求传到祂那里，
祂也听见了困苦者的呼求。
29 但祂若保持缄默，谁能定祂有罪？
祂若掩起脸来，谁能看得见祂？
个人和国家都靠祂垂顾，
30 以免不敬虔者做王，
祸国殃民。
31 “有谁对上帝说，
‘我受了管教，不会再犯罪；
32 我不明白的事，求你指教我；
我若行了恶事，必不再行’？
33 难道因为你拒绝接受，
上帝就要迎合你的要求吗？
要做抉择的是你，而非我，
请说说你的高见。
34 明达的人和听我发言的智者都会说，
35 ‘约伯所言毫无知识，
他的话没有智慧。’
36 愿约伯被试炼到底，
因为他的回答如恶人之言。
37 他的叛逆使他罪上加罪，
他在我们中间拍手讥笑，
用许多话亵渎上帝。”
Job 34
Amplified Bible
Elihu Vindicates God’s Justice
34 Elihu continued his discourse and said,
2
“Hear my words, you wise men,
And listen to me, you who have [so much] knowledge.
3
“For the ear puts words to the test
As the palate tastes food.
4
“Let us choose for ourselves that which is right;
Let us know among ourselves what is good.
5
“For Job has said, ‘I am righteous [and innocent],
But God has taken away my right;(A)
6
Although I am right, I am accounted a liar.
My wound is incurable, though I am without transgression.’
7
“What man is like Job,
Who drinks up derision like water,
8
Who goes in company with those who do evil
And walks with wicked men?
9
“For he has said, ‘It profits a man nothing
When he takes delight and is pleased with God and obeys Him.’
10
“Therefore hear me, you men of understanding.
Far be it from God that He would do wickedness,
And from the Almighty to do wrong.
11
“For God pays a man according to his work,
And He will make every man find [appropriate] compensation according to his way.
12
“Surely God will not act wickedly,
Nor will the Almighty pervert justice.
13
“Who put God in charge over the earth?
And who has laid on Him the whole world?
14
“If God should determine to do so,
If He should gather to Himself [that is, withdraw from man] His [life-giving] spirit and His breath,
15
All flesh would perish together,
And man would return to dust.(B)
16
“If you now have understanding, hear this;
Listen to the sound of my words.
17
“Shall one who hates justice [and is an enemy of right] govern?
And will you condemn Him who is just and mighty?
18
“God who says to a king, ‘You are worthless and vile,’
Or to princes and nobles, ‘You are wicked and evil’?
19
“Who is not partial to princes,
Nor does He regard the rich above the poor,
For they all are the work of His hands.
20
“In a moment they die, even at midnight
The people are shaken and pass away,
And the powerful are taken away without a [human] hand.
21
“For God’s eyes are on the ways of a man,
And He sees all his steps.(C)
22
“There is no darkness nor deep shadow
Where the evildoers may hide themselves.
23
“For He sets no appointed time for a man,
That he should appear before Him in judgment.
24
“He breaks mighty men without inquiry,
And sets others in their place.(D)
25
“Therefore He knows of their works,
And He overthrows them in the night,
So that they are crushed and destroyed.
26
“He strikes them like the wicked
In a public place,
27
Because they turned aside from following Him
And would not consider or show regard for any of His ways,(E)
28
So that they caused the cry of the poor to come to Him,
And He heard the cry of the afflicted.(F)
29
“When He keeps quiet, who then can condemn?
When He hides His face [withdrawing His favor and help], who then can behold Him [and make supplication to Him],
Whether it be a nation or a man by himself?—
30
So that godless men would not rule
Nor be snares for the people.
31
“For has anyone said to God,
‘I have endured my chastisement;
I will not offend anymore;
32
Teach me what I do not see [in regard to how I have sinned];
If I have done wrong (injustice, unrighteousness),
I will not do it again’?
33
“Shall God’s retribution [for your sins] be on your terms, because you refuse to accept it?
For you must do the choosing, and not I;
Therefore say what you [truthfully] know.
34
“Men of understanding will tell me,
Indeed, every wise man who hears me [will agree],
35
‘Job speaks without knowledge,
And his words are without wisdom and insight.
36
‘Job ought to be tried [a]to the limit
Because he answers like wicked men!
37
‘For he adds rebellion [in his unsubmissive, defiant attitude toward God] to his [unacknowledged] sin;
He claps his hands among us [in open mockery and contempt of God],
And he multiplies his words [of accusation] against God.’”
Footnotes
- Job 34:36 Or to the end.
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