Job 33

1 “But now, O Job, hear my speech, and listen to all my words.

1 “约伯啊，请听我言， 请留心听我每一句话。

2 Behold, I will open my mouth; my address is on the tip of my tongue.

2 我要开口发言， 我话已在舌尖。

3 My words are from an upright heart, and my lips speak sincerely what I know.

3 我的话发自正直的心， 我的口如实陈明道理。

4 The Spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the Almighty gives me life.

4 上帝的灵创造了我， 全能者的气赋予我生命。

5 Refute me if you can; prepare your case and confront me.

5 如果你能，就反驳我， 站出来与我辩论。

6 I am just like you before God; I was also formed from clay.

6 在上帝面前，我与你无异， 也是泥土造的。

7 Surely no fear of me should terrify you; nor will my hand be heavy upon you.

7 所以你不用惧怕我， 我不会对你施加压力。

8 Surely you have spoken in my hearing, and I have heard these very words:

8 “你的话已进到我耳中， 我听见你说，

9 ‘I am pure, without transgression; I am clean, with no iniquity in me.

9 ‘我纯全无过， 我清白无罪，

10 Yet God finds occasions against me; He counts me as His enemy.

10 上帝却挑我的错， 与我为敌；

11 He puts my feet in the stocks; He watches over all my paths.’

11 祂给我戴上脚镣， 鉴察我的一举一动。’

12 Behold, you are not right in this matter. I will answer you, for God is greater than man.

12 “我来答复你，你这话没有道理， 因为上帝比世人大。

13 Why do you complain to Him that He answers nothing a man asks?

13 你为何向祂抱怨， 说祂不理会世人的话？

14 For God speaks in one way and in another, yet no one notices.

14 上帝一再用各种方式说话， 然而世人却不明白。

15 In a dream, in a vision in the night, when deep sleep falls upon men as they slumber on their beds,

15 人躺在床上沉睡时， 在梦境和夜间的异象中，

16 He opens their ears and terrifies them with warnings

16 上帝开启他们的耳朵， 用警告惊吓他们，

17 to turn a man from wrongdoing and keep him from pride,

17 使他们离开罪恶， 不再骄傲，

18 to preserve his soul from the Pit and his life from perishing by the sword.

18 以免他们的灵魂坠入深坑， 他们的性命被刀剑夺去。

19 A man is also chastened on his bed with pain and constant distress in his bones,

19 “人因受罚而卧病在床， 骨头疼痛不止，

20 so that he detests his bread, and his soul loathes his favorite food.

20 以致毫无食欲， 对佳肴心生厌恶。

21 His flesh wastes away from sight, and his hidden bones protrude.

21 他日渐消瘦， 只剩下骨头。

22 He draws near to the Pit, and his life to the messengers of death.

22 他的灵魂临近深坑， 他的生命濒临死亡。

23 Yet if there is a messenger on his side, one mediator in a thousand, to tell a man what is right for him,

23 如果一千天使中有一位能做他的中保， 指示他当行的事，

24 to be gracious to him and say, ‘Spare him from going down to the Pit; I have found his ransom,’

24 上帝 就会怜悯他，说，‘别让他下坟墓， 我已得到他的赎金。’

25 then his flesh is refreshed like a child’s; he returns to the days of his youth.

25 那时，他的皮肉比孩童还嫩， 他将恢复青春的活力。

26 He prays to God and finds favor; he sees God’s face and shouts for joy, and God restores His righteousness to that man.

26 他向上帝祷告时必蒙悦纳， 他欢呼着朝见上帝， 再度被祂视为义人。

27 Then he sings before men with these words: ‘I have sinned and perverted what was right; yet I did not get what I deserved.

27 他会当众歌唱说， ‘我犯了罪，颠倒是非， 祂却没有按我的罪报应我。

28 He redeemed my soul from going down to the Pit, and I will live to see the light.’

28 祂救赎我的灵魂，使之免下深坑， 使我的生命得见光明。’

29 Behold, all these things God does to a man, two or even three times,

29 “看啊，这都是上帝的作为， 祂一次次地恩待世人，

30 to bring back his soul from the Pit, that he may be enlightened with the light of life.

30 从深坑救回人的灵魂， 使他沐浴生命之光。

31 Pay attention, Job, and listen to me; be silent, and I will speak.

31 约伯啊，留心听我说， 不要作声，我要发言。

32 But if you have something to say, answer me; speak up, for I would like to vindicate you.

32 你若有话，就答复我； 你只管说，我愿看到你的清白。

33 But if not, then listen to me; be quiet, and I will teach you wisdom.”

33 否则，请听我言； 不要作声，我要传授你智慧。”