Job 22

1 Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied:

1 提幔人以利法回答说：

2 “Can a man be of use to God? Can even a wise man benefit Him?

2 “人对上帝能有何益处？ 即使智者对祂又有何益？

3 Does it delight the Almighty that you are righteous? Does He profit if your ways are blameless?

3 全能者岂会因你为人公义而喜悦， 因你行为纯全而获利？

4 Is it for your reverence that He rebukes you and enters into judgment against you?

4 祂岂会因你敬虔而责备你、审判你？

5 Is not your wickedness great? Are not your iniquities endless?

5 你岂不是罪恶深重， 过犯无数？

6 For you needlessly demanded security from your brothers and deprived the naked of their clothing.

6 你无故强取弟兄的物品作抵押， 剥去贫寒者的衣服，任其赤身露体。

7 You gave no water to the weary and withheld food from the famished,

7 你不给疲乏的人水喝， 不给饥饿的人食物。

8 while the land belonged to a mighty man, and a man of honor lived on it.

8 土地归了权贵， 只让显要占有。

9 You sent widows away empty-handed, and the strength of the fatherless was crushed.

9 你让寡妇空手而去， 你打断孤儿的臂膀。

10 Therefore snares surround you, and sudden peril terrifies you;

10 因此你周围布满网罗， 恐惧突然笼罩你。

11 it is so dark you cannot see, and a flood of water covers you.

11 黑暗遮掩你的视线， 洪水淹没你。

12 Is not God as high as the heavens? Look at the highest stars, how lofty they are!

12 “上帝岂不在高天之上吗？ 看，天上的星宿何其高远！

13 Yet you say: ‘What does God know? Does He judge through thick darkness?

13 你却说，‘上帝知道什么？ 祂怎能穿透幽暗施行审判？

14 Thick clouds veil Him so He does not see us as He traverses the vault of heaven.’

14 当祂在穹苍巡弋时， 密云挡住祂的视线。’

15 Will you stay on the ancient path that wicked men have trod?

15 难道你要走恶人的古道， 步他们的后尘？

16 They were snatched away before their time, and their foundations were swept away by a flood.

16 他们死期未到便已夭逝， 他们的根基被洪涛卷走。

17 They said to God, ‘Depart from us. What can the Almighty do to us?’

17 他们对上帝说，‘离开我们吧！ 全能者能把我们怎么样？’

18 But it was He who filled their houses with good things; so I stay far from the counsel of the wicked.

18 然而，是上帝把美物充满他们的家； 因此，我决不苟同他们的谋划。

19 The righteous see it and are glad; the innocent mock them:

19 义人看见他们的结局便欢喜， 无辜者见了便嘲笑，

20 ‘Surely our foes are destroyed, and fire has consumed their excess.’

20 说，‘我们的仇敌果然被铲除， 他们的财产已被火吞噬。’

21 Reconcile now and be at peace with Him; thereby good will come to you.

21 “你要顺从上帝，与祂和好， 福乐就会临到你。

22 Receive instruction from His mouth, and lay up His words in your heart.

22 你要接受祂的教诲， 把祂的话谨记在心。

23 If you return to the Almighty, you will be restored. If you remove injustice from your tents

23 你若归向全能者，就必得到恢复。 你若将罪恶从帐篷中远远赶走，

24 and consign your gold to the dust and the gold of Ophir to the stones of the ravines,

24 将金子扔进尘土， 将俄斐的金子丢在布满石头的溪谷，

25 then the Almighty will be your gold and the finest silver for you.

25 全能者必成为你的金子， 成为你珍贵的银子。

26 Surely then you will delight in the Almighty and lift up your face to God.

26 那时，你必以全能者为乐， 你必抬头仰望上帝。

27 You will pray to Him, and He will hear you, and you will fulfill your vows.

27 你向祂祷告，祂必垂听， 你必向祂还所许的愿。

28 Your decisions will be carried out, and light will shine on your ways.

28 你想做的事都会成功， 必有光照亮你的道路。

29 When men are brought low and you say, ‘Lift them up!’ then He will save the lowly.

29 人遭贬抑时，你说，‘他们太高傲了。’ 上帝拯救眼目低垂的人。

30 He will deliver even one who is not innocent, rescuing him through the cleanness of your hands.”

30 祂甚至会解救有罪之人， 他们必因你的手清洁而获救。”