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 智慧人岂可用虚空的知识回答， 用东风充满肚腹呢？

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

3 他岂可用无益的话 和无济于事的言语理论呢？

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

4 你是废弃敬畏的意， 在 神面前阻止敬虔的心。

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

5 你的罪孽指教你的口； 你选用诡诈人的舌头。

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

6 你自己的口定你有罪，并非是我； 你自己的嘴见证你的不是。

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

7 你岂是头一个被生的人吗？ 你受造在诸山之先吗？

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

8 你曾听见 神的密旨吗？ 你还将智慧独自得尽吗？

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

9 你知道什么是我们不知道的呢？ 你明白什么是我们不明白的呢？

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

10 我们这里有白发的和年纪老迈的， 比你父亲还老。

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

11 神用温和的话安慰你， 你以为太小吗？

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

12 你的心为何将你逼去？ 你的眼为何冒出火星，

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

13 使你的灵反对 神， 也任你的口发这言语？

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

14 人是什么，竟算为洁净呢？ 妇人所生的是什么，竟算为义呢？

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

15 神不信靠他的众圣者； 在他眼前，天也不洁净，

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

16 何况那污秽可憎、 喝罪孽如水的世人呢！

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

17 我指示你，你要听； 我要述说所看见的，

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

18 就是智慧人从列祖所受， 传说而不隐瞒的。

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

19 这地惟独赐给他们， 并没有外人从他们中间经过。

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

20 恶人一生之日劬劳痛苦； 强暴人一生的年数也是如此。

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

21 惊吓的声音常在他耳中； 在平安时，抢夺的必临到他那里。

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

22 他不信自己能从黑暗中转回； 他被刀剑等候。

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

23 他漂流在外求食，说：哪里有食物呢？ 他知道黑暗的日子在他手边预备好了。

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

24 急难困苦叫他害怕， 而且胜了他，好像君王预备上阵一样。

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

25 他伸手攻击 神， 以骄傲攻击全能者，

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

26 挺着颈项， 用盾牌的厚凸面向全能者直闯；

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

27 是因他的脸蒙上脂油， 腰积成肥肉。

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

28 他曾住在荒凉城邑， 无人居住、将成乱堆的房屋。

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

29 他不得富足，财物不得常存， 产业在地上也不加增。

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 他不得出离黑暗。 火焰要将他的枝子烧干； 因 神口中的气，他要灭亡 。

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

31 他不用倚靠虚假欺哄自己， 因虚假必成为他的报应。

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

32 他的日期未到之先，这事必成就； 他的枝子不得青绿。

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

33 他必像葡萄树的葡萄，未熟而落； 又像橄榄树的花，一开而谢。

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

34 原来不敬虔之辈必无生育； 受贿赂之人的帐棚必被火烧。

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

35 他们所怀的是毒害，所生的是罪孽； 心里所预备的是诡诈。