Job 35

1 And Elihu went on to say:

1 以利户又说：

2 “Do you think this is just? You say, ‘I am more righteous than God.’

2 “你在上帝面前自以为义， 你认为这合理吗？

3 For you ask, ‘What does it profit me, and what benefit do I gain apart from sin?’

3 你还说，‘这与我何干？ 我不犯罪又有何益处？’

4 I will reply to you and to your friends as well.

4 我要答复你和你的朋友。

5 Look to the heavens and see; gaze at the clouds high above you.

5 要抬头观看诸天， 瞻望头顶的穹苍。

6 If you sin, what do you accomplish against Him? If you multiply your transgressions, what do you do to Him?

6 你若犯罪，与上帝何妨？ 你若罪恶累累，对祂有何影响？

7 If you are righteous, what do you give Him, or what does He receive from your hand?

7 你若为人公义，与祂何益？ 祂从你手上能得什么好处？

8 Your wickedness affects only a man like yourself, and your righteousness only a son of man.

8 你的罪恶只能伤害你的同类， 你的公义只能令世人受益。

9 Men cry out under great oppression; they plead for relief from the arm of the mighty.

9 “人们因饱受压迫而呼求， 因强权者的压制而求救。

10 But no one asks, ‘Where is God my Maker, who gives us songs in the night,

10 但无人问，‘创造我的上帝在哪里？ 祂使人夜间欢唱，

11 who teaches us more than the beasts of the earth and makes us wiser than the birds of the air?’

11 使我们比地上的走兽聪明， 比天上的飞鸟有智慧。’

12 There they cry out, but He does not answer, because of the pride of evil men.

12 他们因恶人的嚣张而呼求， 上帝却不回答。

13 Surely God does not listen to empty pleas, and the Almighty does not take note of it.

13 上帝必不垂听虚妄的呼求， 全能者必不理会。

14 How much less, then, when you say that you do not see Him, that your case is before Him and you must wait for Him,

14 更何况你说你看不见祂， 你的案子已呈上，在等祂裁决。

15 and further, that in His anger He has not punished or taken much notice of folly!

15 你还说祂没有发怒降罚， 也毫不理会罪恶。

16 So Job opens his mouth in vain and multiplies words without knowledge.”

16 约伯啊，你说的尽是虚言， 讲了一堆无知的话。”