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 我心中急躁， 所以我的思念叫我回答。

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

3 我已听见那羞辱我，责备我的话； 我的悟性叫我回答。

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

4 你岂不知亘古以来， 自从人生在地，

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

5 恶人夸胜是暂时的， 不敬虔人的喜乐不过转眼之间吗？

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

6 他的尊荣虽达到天上， 头虽顶到云中，

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

7 他终必灭亡，像自己的粪一样； 素来见他的人要说：他在哪里呢？

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

8 他必飞去如梦，不再寻见， 速被赶去，如夜间的异象。

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

9 亲眼见过他的，必不再见他； 他的本处也再见不着他。

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

10 他的儿女要求穷人的恩； 他的手要赔还不义之财。

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

11 他的骨头虽然有青年之力， 却要和他一同躺卧在尘土中。

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

12 他口内虽以恶为甘甜， 藏在舌头底下，

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

13 爱恋不舍，含在口中；

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

14 他的食物在肚里却要化为酸， 在他里面成为虺蛇的恶毒。

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

15 他吞了财宝，还要吐出； 神要从他腹中掏出来。

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

16 他必吸饮虺蛇的毒气； 蝮蛇的舌头也必杀他。

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

17 流奶与蜜之河， 他不得再见。

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

18 他劳碌得来的要赔还，不得享用 ； 不能照所得的财货欢乐。

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

19 他欺压穷人，且又离弃； 强取非自己所盖的房屋 。

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

20 他因贪而无厌， 所喜悦的连一样也不能保守。

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

21 其余的没有一样他不吞灭， 所以他的福乐不能长久。

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

22 他在满足有余的时候，必到狭窄的地步； 凡受苦楚的人都必加手在他身上。

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

23 他正要充满肚腹的时候， 神必将猛烈的忿怒降在他身上； 正在他吃饭的时候， 要将这忿怒像雨降在他身上。

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

24 他要躲避铁器； 铜弓的箭要将他射透。

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

25 他把箭一抽，就从他身上出来； 发光的箭头从他胆中出来， 有惊惶临在他身上。

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

26 他的财宝归于黑暗； 人所不吹的火要把他烧灭， 要把他帐棚中所剩下的烧毁。

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

27 天要显明他的罪孽； 地要兴起攻击他。

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

28 他的家产必然过去； 神发怒的日子，他的货物都要消灭。

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

29 这是恶人从 神所得的分， 是 神为他所定的产业。