Job 15

1 Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied:

1 提幔人以利法回答说：

2 “Does a wise man answer with empty counsel or fill his belly with the hot east wind?

2 “智者岂会用空谈作答， 满腹东风？

3 Should he argue with useless words or speeches that serve no purpose?

3 申辩时岂会讲无用的话， 说无益之言？

4 But you even undermine the fear of God and hinder meditation before Him.

4 你摒弃对上帝的敬畏， 拒绝向祂默祷。

5 For your iniquity instructs your mouth, and you choose the language of the crafty.

5 你的罪指示你开口， 使你说出诡诈之言。

6 Your own mouth, not mine, condemns you; your own lips testify against you.

6 并非我定你的罪， 定你罪的是你的口， 指控你的是你的嘴唇。

7 Were you the first man ever born? Were you brought forth before the hills?

7 你岂是第一个出生的人？ 你岂在群山之前被造？

8 Do you listen in on the council of God or limit wisdom to yourself?

8 你岂听过上帝的密旨？ 你岂独揽智慧？

9 What do you know that we do not? What do you understand that is not clear to us?

9 有何事你知而我们不知， 你懂而我们不懂？

10 Both the gray-haired and the aged are on our side—men much older than your father.

10 我们这里有白发老人， 比你父亲还年长。

11 Are the consolations of God not enough for you, even words spoken gently to you?

11 上帝用温柔的话安慰你， 难道你还嫌不够吗？

12 Why has your heart carried you away, and why do your eyes flash,

12 你为何失去理智， 为何双眼冒火，

13 so that you turn your spirit against God and pour such words from your mouth?

13 以致你向上帝发怒， 口出恶言？

14 What is man, that he should be pure, or one born of woman, that he should be righteous?

14 人算什么，怎能纯洁？ 妇人所生的算什么，怎能公义？

15 If God puts no trust in His holy ones, if even the heavens are not pure in His eyes,

15 连上帝的圣者都无法令祂信任， 连诸天在祂的眼中都不洁净，

16 how much less man, who is vile and corrupt, who drinks injustice like water?

16 更何况可憎败坏、 嗜恶如喝水的世人？

17 Listen to me and I will inform you. I will describe what I have seen,

17 “让我告诉你，你好好听着。 我要把所见的陈明，

18 what was declared by wise men and was not concealed from their fathers,

18 那是智者的教导， 是他们未曾隐瞒的祖训。

19 to whom alone the land was given when no foreigner passed among them.

19 这片土地只赐给了他们， 没有外人在他们中间出入。

20 A wicked man writhes in pain all his days; only a few years are reserved for the ruthless.

20 恶人一生受折磨， 残暴之徒终身受苦。

21 Sounds of terror fill his ears; in his prosperity the destroyer attacks him.

21 他耳边响着恐怖的声音， 他安逸时遭强盗袭击。

22 He despairs of his return from darkness; he is marked for the sword.

22 他不指望能逃脱黑暗， 他注定要丧身刀下。

23 He wanders about as food for vultures; he knows the day of darkness is at hand.

23 他到处流浪，寻找食物， 他知道黑暗之日快要来临。

24 Distress and anguish terrify him, overwhelming him like a king poised to attack.

24 患难和痛苦使他害怕， 像预备上阵的君王一样压制他。

25 For he has stretched out his hand against God and has vaunted himself against the Almighty,

25 因为他挥拳对抗上帝， 藐视全能者，

26 rushing headlong at Him with a thick, studded shield.

26 手拿坚盾狂妄地冲撞祂。

27 Though his face is covered with fat and his waistline bulges with flesh,

27 他满脸肥肉， 腰间堆满脂肪。

28 he will dwell in ruined cities, in abandoned houses destined to become rubble.

28 他活在毁灭的城邑， 住在被人废弃、 行将坍塌的房屋。

29 He will no longer be rich; his wealth will not endure. His possessions will not overspread the land.

29 他不再富足， 家财不能久留， 地产无法加增。

30 He will not escape from the darkness; the flame will wither his shoots, and the breath of God’s mouth will carry him away.

30 他无法逃脱黑暗， 火焰要烧焦他的嫩枝， 上帝口中的气要毁灭他。

31 Let him not deceive himself with trust in emptiness, for emptiness will be his reward.

31 他不可自欺，信靠虚空， 因为虚空必成为他的回报。

32 It will be paid in full before his time, and his branch will not flourish.

32 在他离世以前，虚空必临到他， 他的枝子再不会青绿。

33 He will be like a vine stripped of its unripe grapes, like an olive tree that sheds its blossoms.

33 他必像一棵葡萄树， 葡萄未熟已掉落； 又像一棵橄榄树， 花刚开便凋零。

34 For the company of the godless will be barren, and fire will consume the tents of bribery.

34 不信上帝之辈必不生育， 受贿者的帐篷必被火烧。

35 They conceive trouble and give birth to evil; their womb is pregnant with deceit.”

35 他们心怀不轨，生出罪恶， 他们满腹诡诈。”