Job 37
Contemporary English Version
Elihu Continues
I Am Frightened
37 I am frightened
and tremble all over,
2 when I hear the roaring voice
of God in the thunder,
3 and when I see his lightning
flash across the sky.
4 God's majestic voice
thunders his commands,[a]
5 creating miracles too marvelous
for us to understand.
6 Snow and heavy rainstorms
7 make us stop and think
about God's power,[b]
8 and they force animals
to seek shelter.
9 The windstorms of winter strike,
10 and the breath of God
freezes streams and rivers.
11 Rain clouds filled with lightning
appear at God's command,
12 traveling across the sky
13 to release their cargo—
sometimes as punishment for sin,
sometimes as kindness.
Consider Carefully
14 Job, consider carefully
the many wonders of God.
15 Can you explain why lightning
flashes at the orders
16 of God who knows all things?
Or how he hangs the clouds
in empty space?
17 You almost melt in the heat
of fierce desert winds
when the sky is like brass.
18 God can hammer out the clouds
in spite of the oppressive heat,
but can you?
19 Tell us what to say to God!
Our minds are in the dark,
and we don't know how
to argue our case.
20 Should I risk my life
by telling God
that I want to speak?
21 No one can stare at the sun
after a breeze has blown
the clouds from the sky.
22 Yet the glorious splendor
of God All-Powerful
is brighter by far.
23 God cannot be seen—
but his power is great,
and he is always fair.
24 And so we humans fear God,
because he shows no respect
for those who are proud
and think they know so much.
约伯记 37
Chinese New Version (Simplified)
述说 神的威荣与作为
37 “我的心因此战兢，
跳离原处。
2 你们当细听他轰轰的声音，
他口中发出隆隆的雷声。
3 他发雷声响遍天下，
也发电光闪到地极。
4 接着雷声霹雳，
神以自己威严之声打雷，
人听到雷声的时候，
神并没有留住风霜雨云（“风霜雨云”直译是“它们”）。
5 神以奇妙的方法打雷，
他行大事，我们不能了解。
6 他对雪说：‘降在地上’，
对大雨暴雨也是这样。
7 他封住各人的手，
叫万人知道他的作为。
8 野兽进入洞中，
留在穴里。
9 风暴来自南宫，
寒冷出于北方。
10 神所呼的气息结成冰，
广阔无边的水也凝结；
11 他使密云满载水气，
云彩布散他的电光。
12 电光照着 神的指引来往旋转，
在地球上行他一切所吩咐的。
13 他使电光来临，是为施行责罚，
或为滋润大地，或为赐予慈爱。
14 约伯啊！你当留心听这话，
要站立思想 神奇妙的事。
15 神怎样吩咐这些，
又怎样使云中的电光照耀，你知道吗？
16 密云怎样浮于空中，
那知识全备者奇妙的作为，你知道吗？
17 地因南风而寂静的时候，
你的衣服怎样热起来，你知道吗？
18 你能与 神同铺云天吗？
这云天坚硬如铸成的镜子。
19 我们因愚昧无知的缘故，不能陈明我们的案件，
请你告诉我们应该对他说甚么话。
20 人怎能对他说：‘我要说话’？
哪有人自愿灭亡呢？
21 人不能看见云后的强光，
唯有经风一吹，天才晴朗。
22 金光来自北方，
在 神的周围有可怕的威严。
23 论到全能者，我们无法把他查出；
他大有能力与公平，
又满有公义，他必不苦待人。
24 因此人人都应该敬畏他；
心中自以为有智慧的，
他都不看顾。”
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