Job 12

1 Then Job answered:

1 约伯回答说：

2 “Truly then you are the people with whom wisdom itself will die!

2 “你们真是重要人物， 你们死了，智慧也会消逝！

3 But I also have a mind; I am not inferior to you. Who does not know such things as these?

3 但我也有心智，不比你们逊色。 你们说的，谁不知道？

4 I am a laughingstock to my friends, though I called on God, and He answered. The righteous and upright man is a laughingstock.

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 The one at ease scorns misfortune as the fate of those whose feet are slipping.

5 安逸的人心中藐视灾祸， 灾祸随时临到滑倒的人。

6 The tents of robbers are safe, and those who provoke God are secure—those who carry their god in their hands.

6 强盗的帐篷太平， 冒犯上帝、手捧神像的人安稳。

7 But ask the animals, and they will instruct you; ask the birds of the air, and they will tell you.

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 Or speak to the earth, and it will teach you; let the fish of the sea inform you.

8 向大地讨教，大地会指教你， 或让海中的鱼为你阐明。

9 Which of all these does not know that the hand of the LORD has done this?

9 它们当中哪个不知这是耶和华亲手所为？

10 The life of every living thing is in His hand, as well as the breath of all mankind.

10 所有生命都在祂手中， 世人的气息也不例外。

11 Does not the ear test words as the tongue tastes its food?

11 耳朵岂不辨别话语， 舌头岂不品尝食物？

12 Wisdom is found with the elderly, and understanding comes with long life.

12 智慧与老人相伴， 知识与长者为伍。

13 Wisdom and strength belong to God; counsel and understanding are His.

13 “上帝有智慧和权能， 谋略和知识属于祂。

14 What He tears down cannot be rebuilt; the man He imprisons cannot be released.

14 祂拆毁的，无法重建； 祂囚禁的，无法获释。

15 If He holds back the waters, they dry up, and if He releases them, they overwhelm the land.

15 祂拦住水源，便有干旱； 祂放开水源，大地被淹没。

16 True wisdom and power belong to Him. The deceived and the deceiver are His.

16 祂充满力量和智慧。 骗子和受骗者都在祂权下。

17 He leads counselors away barefoot and makes fools of judges.

17 祂使谋士赤身被掳， 使审判官愚拙不堪。

18 He loosens the bonds placed by kings and fastens a belt around their waists.

18 祂除去君王的腰带， 在他们腰间绑上囚索。

19 He leads priests away barefoot and overthrows the established.

19 祂使祭司赤身被掳， 祂推翻久握大权者。

20 He deprives the trusted of speech and takes away the discernment of elders.

20 祂夺去谋士的口才， 祂拿走长者的洞见。

21 He pours out contempt on nobles and disarms the mighty.

21 祂使权贵倍受羞辱， 祂除掉强者的权势。

22 He reveals the deep things of darkness and brings deep shadows into light.

22 祂揭露黑暗中的奥秘， 祂把幽暗带入光明中。

23 He makes nations great and destroys them; He enlarges nations, then disperses them.

23 祂使列国兴起又灭亡， 祂使列国扩张又崩溃。

24 He deprives the earth’s leaders of reason and makes them wander in a trackless wasteland.

24 祂夺去世人首领的心智， 使他们在无路的荒野流浪。

25 They grope in the darkness without light; He makes them stagger like drunkards.

25 他们在无光的黑暗中摸索， 像醉汉般踉踉跄跄。