Job 20

1 Then Zophar the Naamathite replied:

1 拿玛人琐法回答说：

2 “So my anxious thoughts compel me to answer, because of the turmoil within me.

2 “我感到烦躁不安， 心中有话不吐不快。

3 I have heard a rebuke that insults me, and my understanding prompts a reply.

3 我听见侮辱我的斥责， 我的理智催促我回答。

4 Do you not know that from antiquity, since man was placed on the earth,

4 难道你不知道吗？从古至今， 自从世上有人以来，

5 the triumph of the wicked has been brief and the joy of the godless momentary?

5 恶人得势不会长久， 不信上帝者的快乐转瞬即逝。

6 Though his arrogance reaches the heavens, and his head touches the clouds,

6 虽然他傲气冲天， 把头挺到云端，

7 he will perish forever, like his own dung; those who had seen him will ask, ‘Where is he?’

7 终必如自己的粪便永远消亡， 见过他的人都不知他在何处。

8 He will fly away like a dream, never to be found; he will be chased away like a vision in the night.

8 他如梦消逝，踪影杳然； 如夜间的异象，飞逝而去。

9 The eye that saw him will see him no more, and his place will no longer behold him.

9 见过他的人不会再见到他， 他将从家乡消失无踪。

10 His sons will seek the favor of the poor, for his own hands must return his wealth.

10 他的儿女要向穷人乞怜， 他要亲手偿还不义之财。

11 The youthful vigor that fills his bones will lie down with him in the dust.

11 他的筋骨依然强健， 却要随他葬入尘土。

12 Though evil is sweet in his mouth and he conceals it under his tongue,

12 “他以邪恶为甘饴， 将其藏在舌下，

13 though he cannot bear to let it go and keeps it in his mouth,

13 含在口中， 慢慢品味。

14 yet in his stomach his food sours into the venom of cobras within him.

14 这食物在腹中变质， 变成了蛇的毒液。

15 He swallows wealth but vomits it out; God will force it from his stomach.

15 他要吐出所吞下的财富， 上帝要倒空他腹中之物。

16 He will suck the poison of cobras; the fangs of a viper will kill him.

16 他吸吮蛇的毒液， 被蛇的舌头害死。

17 He will not enjoy the streams, the rivers flowing with honey and cream.

17 他无法享用流淌不尽的奶与蜜。

18 He must return the fruit of his labor without consuming it; he cannot enjoy the profits of his trading.

18 他留不住劳碌的成果， 无法享用所赚的财富。

19 For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor; he has seized houses he did not build.

19 他欺压、抛弃穷人， 强占他人的房屋。

20 Because his appetite is never satisfied, he cannot escape with his treasure.

20 他贪欲无度， 不放过任何喜爱之物。

21 Nothing is left for him to consume; thus his prosperity will not endure.

21 他吞掉一切所有， 他的福乐不能长久。

22 In the midst of his plenty, he will be distressed; the full force of misery will come upon him.

22 他在富足时将陷入困境， 各种灾祸将接踵而至。

23 When he has filled his stomach, God will vent His fury upon him, raining it down on him as he eats.

23 上帝的怒火如雨降在他身上， 填满他的肚腹。

24 Though he flees from an iron weapon, a bronze-tipped arrow will pierce him.

24 他躲过了铁刃， 却被铜箭射穿。

25 It is drawn out of his back, the gleaming point from his liver. Terrors come over him.

25 利箭穿透他的后背， 闪亮的箭头刺破他的胆囊， 恐怖笼罩着他。

26 Total darkness is reserved for his treasures. A fire unfanned will consume him and devour what is left in his tent.

26 他的财宝消失在幽冥中， 天火 要吞噬他， 焚毁他帐篷中残留的一切。

27 The heavens will expose his iniquity, and the earth will rise up against him.

27 天要揭露他的罪恶， 地要站出来指控他。

28 The possessions of his house will be removed, flowing away on the day of God’s wrath.

28 在上帝发烈怒的日子， 洪流将席卷他的家产。

29 This is the wicked man’s portion from God, the inheritance God has appointed him.”

29 这便是上帝给恶人的归宿， 是上帝让他们承受的结局。”