约伯记 11-12
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Simplified)
琐法的回答
11 拿玛人琐法回答说：
2 “难道滔滔不绝就无人反驳？
难道唠唠叨叨就证明有理？
3 你喋喋不休，人们岂能缄默不言？
你嘲笑讥讽，岂不该有人使你羞愧？
4 你自以为信仰纯全，
在上帝眼中清白。
5 唯愿上帝发言，
开口驳斥你，
6 告诉你智慧的奥秘，
因为真智慧深奥难懂。
要知道，上帝对你的惩罚比你该受的还轻。
7 “你能测度上帝的深奥，
探索全能者的极限吗？
8 那可比诸天还高，你能做什么？
那可比阴间还深，你能知道什么？
9 那可比大地还宽广，
比海洋还辽阔。
10 祂若来囚禁你，
开庭审判，
谁能阻拦？
11 祂洞悉诡诈之人，
看见罪恶，
岂会不理？
12 愚蠢人若能变得聪明，
野驴驹也可生成人样。
13 “你若把心安正，
向祂举手祷告；
14 你若除去自己的罪恶，
不容帐篷里有任何不义，
15 就必能无愧地仰起脸，
站立得稳，无所畏惧。
16 你必忘记自己的苦楚，
它从你记忆中如流水逝去。
17 你的人生将比正午还光明，
生命中的黑暗也必像黎明。
18 你必充满盼望，感到安稳，
你必得到保护，安然入睡。
19 你睡觉时必无人惊扰，
许多人必求你施恩。
20 但恶人必眼目失明，无路可逃，
他们的指望只有死亡。”
约伯的回答
12 约伯回答说：
2 “你们真是什么都懂的人啊，
你们死了，智慧也会消逝！
3 但我也有心智，不比你们逊色。
你们说的，谁不知道？
4 我这求告上帝并蒙祂应允的人竟成了朋友的笑柄，
我这公义纯全的人竟成了笑柄。
5 安逸的人心中藐视灾祸，
常常藐视那些滑倒的人。
6 强盗的帐篷太平，
冒犯上帝、手捧神像的人安稳。
7 “你去问走兽，它们会指教你；
问天上的飞禽，它们会告诉你；
8 向大地讨教，大地会指教你，
或让海中的鱼为你阐明。
9 它们当中哪个不知这是耶和华所为？
10 所有生灵都在祂手中，
世人的气息也不例外。
11 舌头岂不品尝食物，
耳朵岂不辨别话语？
12 智慧与老人相伴，
知识与长者为伍。
13 “上帝有智慧和权能，
谋略和知识属于祂。
14 祂拆毁的，无法重建；
祂囚禁的，无法获释。
15 祂拦住水源，便有干旱；
祂放开水源，大地被淹没。
16 祂充满力量和智慧。
骗子和受骗者都在祂权下。
17 祂使谋士赤身被掳，
使审判官愚拙不堪。
18 祂除去君王的腰带，
在他们腰间绑上囚索。
19 祂使祭司赤身被掳，
祂推翻久握大权者。
20 祂夺去智者的口才，
祂拿走长者的洞见。
21 祂使权贵倍受羞辱，
祂除掉强者的权势。
22 祂揭露黑暗中的奥秘，
祂把幽暗带入光明中。
23 祂使列国兴起又灭亡，
祂使列国扩张又崩溃。
24 祂夺去世人首领的心智，
使他们在无路的荒野流浪。
25 他们在无光的黑暗中摸索，
像醉汉般踉踉跄跄。
Job 11-12
English Standard Version
Zophar Speaks: You Deserve Worse
11 Then (A)Zophar the Naamathite answered and said:
2 “Should (B)a multitude of words go unanswered,
and a man full of talk be judged right?
3 Should your babble silence men,
and when you mock, shall no one shame you?
4 For (C)you say, ‘My (D)doctrine is pure,
and I am clean in God's[a] eyes.’
5 But oh, that God would speak
and open his lips to you,
6 and that he would tell you the secrets of wisdom!
For he is manifold in (E)understanding.[b]
Know then that God (F)exacts of you less than your guilt deserves.
7 (G)“Can you find out the deep things of God?
Can you find out the limit of the Almighty?
8 It is (H)higher than heaven[c]—what can you do?
Deeper than Sheol—what can you know?
9 Its measure is longer than the earth
and broader than the sea.
10 If he (I)passes through and (J)imprisons
and summons the court, who can (K)turn him back?
11 For he knows (L)worthless men;
when he sees iniquity, will he not consider it?
12 But a stupid man will get understanding
when (M)a wild donkey's colt is (N)born a man!
13 “If you (O)prepare your heart,
you will (P)stretch out your hands toward him.
14 If iniquity is in your hand, put it far away,
and let not injustice dwell in your tents.
15 Surely then you will (Q)lift up your face without (R)blemish;
you will be secure and will not fear.
16 You will (S)forget your misery;
you will remember it as waters that have passed away.
17 And your life will be (T)brighter than the noonday;
its darkness will be like the morning.
18 And you will feel secure, because there is hope;
you will look around and (U)take your rest in security.
19 You will (V)lie down, and none will make you afraid;
many will (W)court your favor.
20 But (X)the eyes of the wicked will fail;
all way of escape will be lost to them,
and their hope is (Y)to breathe their last.”
Job Replies: The Lord Has Done This
12 Then Job answered and said:
2 “No doubt you are the people,
and wisdom will die with you.
3 But I have (Z)understanding as well as you;
I am not inferior to you.
Who does not know (AA)such things as these?
4 I am (AB)a laughingstock to my friends;
I, who (AC)called to God and he answered me,
a just and blameless man, am a laughingstock.
5 In the thought of one who is (AD)at ease there is contempt for misfortune;
it is ready for those whose feet slip.
6 (AE)The tents of robbers are at peace,
and those who provoke God are secure,
who bring their god in their hand.[d]
7 “But ask the beasts, and they will teach you;
the birds of the heavens, and they will tell you;
8 or the bushes of the earth, and they will teach you;[e]
and the fish of the sea will declare to you.
9 Who among all these does not know
that (AF)the hand of the Lord has done this?
10 In (AG)his hand is the life of every living thing
and the breath of all mankind.
11 Does not (AH)the ear test words
as the palate tastes food?
12 Wisdom is with (AI)the aged,
and understanding in length of days.
13 (AJ)“With God[f] are wisdom and might;
he has counsel and understanding.
14 If he tears down, none can rebuild;
if he (AK)shuts a man in, none can open.
15 If he (AL)withholds the waters, they dry up;
if he (AM)sends them out, they overwhelm the land.
16 With him are strength and (AN)sound wisdom;
the deceived and the deceiver are his.
17 He leads (AO)counselors away stripped,
and (AP)judges he makes fools.
18 He (AQ)looses the bonds of kings
and binds a waistcloth on their hips.
19 He leads priests away stripped
and overthrows the mighty.
20 He deprives of speech those who are trusted
(AR)and takes away the discernment of the elders.
21 He (AS)pours contempt on princes
and loosens the belt of the strong.
22 He (AT)uncovers the deeps out of darkness
and brings (AU)deep darkness to light.
23 He (AV)makes nations great, and he destroys them;
he enlarges nations, and (AW)leads them away.
24 He takes away understanding from the chiefs of the people of the earth
and (AX)makes them wander in a trackless waste.
25 They (AY)grope in the dark without light,
and he makes them (AZ)stagger like a drunken man.
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