Job 4
EasyEnglish Bible
Job's friend Eliphaz speaks to him[a]
4 Eliphaz, who came from Teman, decided to speak. He said this to Job:
2 ‘Please be patient and listen to what I say.
Allow me to speak, because I cannot remain quiet.
3 Listen! You have taught many people.
You have helped weak people to be strong.
4 With your words, you have saved people from danger.
You have helped people who are in trouble to be brave.
5 But now you are the person who has trouble.
You yourself are not patient.
Trouble has come to you and you feel afraid.
6 But you respect God's authority,
so you should trust him.
You live in an honest way,
so you should still hope for better things.
7 Think about this:
People who are not guilty of sin do not suddenly die.
God does not destroy people who do good things.
8 I will tell you what I have seen.
Trouble comes to people who do wicked things.
They receive the punishment that they deserve.
9 God destroys them with his breath.
His anger is like a storm that blows them away.
10 Lions are strong animals that roar loudly.
But if God breaks a lion's teeth, it cannot eat.
11 Even the strongest lion will die if it has nothing to eat.
The young lions will run away from their mother to find food.[b]
12 One night I heard a quiet voice.
Someone spoke to me and told me a secret.
13 I was asleep, but my dreams woke me.
14 I was very afraid.
Even my bones were shaking.
15 A wind was blowing over my face.
The hair on my skin stood up.
16 Something stopped and it stood in front of me.
I could not recognize its shape.
Then I heard a quiet voice say:
17 “No human is righteous when he stands in front of God.
He cannot be pure in front of his Maker.
18 God knows that even his angels make mistakes.
They may do foolish things.
19 God used clay to make bodies for us who are humans.
We came from the dust of the earth.
We are as weak as moths.
20 We are alive in the morning,
and when evening comes we may be dead.
People disappear for ever.
No one even knows about it.
21 They no longer have their valuable things.
They suddenly die and they are still not wise.” ’
Footnotes
- 4:1 Now Job's friend Eliphaz tries to explain to Job why bad things have happened. He says that God is kind to good people and he punishes people who are bad. So if bad things have happened, Job must have done wrong things.
- 4:11 Eliphaz says that God will destroy wicked people, even if they are very strong.
约伯记 4
Chinese New Version (Traditional)
以利法首次發言責難約伯
4 提幔人以利法回答說：
2 “人若對你說一句話，你就厭煩嗎？
但誰又忍得住不說話呢？
3 你曾經教過許多人，
又堅固了無力的手；
4 你的話扶起了絆倒的人，
你使彎曲乏力的膝堅挺。
5 但現在禍患臨到你，你就灰心，
災禍遇上你，你就驚惶沮喪。
神賞善罰惡
6 你所自恃的，不是敬畏 神嗎？
你所盼望的，不是行為完全嗎？
7 請想一想，無辜的人有誰滅亡？
哪有正直的人被剪除呢？
8 據我所見，耕耘罪孽的，必收割罪孽；
種植毒害的，必收割毒害。
9 他們因 神的氣息而滅亡，
因他的怒氣而消滅。
10 獅子的咆哮，猛獅的吼聲，盡都止息，
壯獅的牙齒也都斷掉。
11 公獅因缺乏獵物而死亡，
母獅之子也被分散。
世人微不足道
12 有話偷偷傳給我，
我的耳朵聽到細語；
13 在夜間因異象而煩擾的心思中，
世人都在沉睡的時候，
14 恐懼戰慄臨到我，
以致我全身發抖。
15 有靈拂過我面前，
使我毛骨悚然。
16 那靈站住，
我辨不出他的形狀，
只見有一形象在我眼前，
然後我聽見低微的聲音，說：
17 ‘人能在 神面前算為公義嗎？
人能在他的創造主面前算為潔淨嗎？
18 他的僕役他還不信任，
他的天使他也指責過錯，
19 何況那些住在土屋裡，
根基在塵土中，
比蠹蟲還容易被壓碎的人呢？
20 在早晚之間他們就被毀滅，
永歸沉淪，無人懷念。
21 他們帳棚的繩索不是從他們中間抽出來嗎？
他們死去，不是無智慧而死嗎？’”
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