Job 37

1 “At this my heart also pounds and leaps from its place.

1 “因此我心战栗， 在胸膛跳动。

2 Listen closely to the thunder of His voice and the rumbling that comes from His mouth.

2 请仔细听祂发出的雷声， 听祂口中发出的轰鸣。

3 He unleashes His lightning beneath the whole sky and sends it to the ends of the earth.

3 祂使闪电划过整个天空， 亮光直照到地极。

4 Then there comes a roaring sound; He thunders with His majestic voice. He does not restrain the lightning when His voice resounds.

4 随后雷声隆隆， 祂发出威严之声。 祂一发声，雷电交加。

5 God thunders wondrously with His voice; He does great things we cannot comprehend.

5 上帝发出奇妙的雷声， 我们无法测度祂伟大的作为。

6 For He says to the snow, ‘Fall on the earth,’ and to the gentle rain, ‘Pour out a mighty downpour.’

6 祂命雪降在大地， 令雨倾盆倒下，

7 He seals up the hand of every man, so that all men may know His work.

7 使人们停下工作， 以便世人都知道祂的作为。

8 The wild animals enter their lairs; they settle down in their dens.

8 野兽躲进窝里， 留在洞中。

9 The tempest comes from its chamber, and the cold from the driving north winds.

9 暴风从南天而来， 寒流由北方而至。

10 By the breath of God the ice is formed and the watery expanses are frozen.

10 上帝嘘气成冰， 使宽阔的水面凝结。

11 He loads the clouds with moisture; He scatters His lightning through them.

11 祂使密云布满水气， 从云端发出闪电。

12 They swirl about, whirling at His direction, accomplishing all that He commands over the face of all the earth.

12 云随祂的指令旋转， 在地面遵行祂的吩咐，

13 Whether for punishment or for His land, He accomplishes this in His loving devotion.

13 或为惩罚大地， 或为彰显慈爱。

14 Listen to this, O Job; stand still and consider the wonders of God.

14 “约伯啊，请留心听， 要驻足沉思上帝的奇妙作为。

15 Do you know how God dispatches the clouds or makes the lightning flash?

15 你知道上帝如何发出命令， 使云中电光闪烁吗？

16 Do you understand how the clouds float, those wonders of Him who is perfect in knowledge?

16 你知道全知者的奇妙作为—— 祂如何使云彩飘浮吗？

17 You whose clothes get hot when the land lies hushed under the south wind,

17 南风吹来，大地沉寂时， 你就汗湿衣襟，你知道为何吗？

18 can you, like Him, spread out the skies, as strong as a mirror of bronze?

18 你能像祂那样铺展坚如铜镜的穹苍吗？

19 Teach us what we should say to Him; we cannot draw up our case because of our darkness.

19 我们因愚昧而无法陈诉， 请指教我们如何与祂对话。

20 Should He be told that I want to speak? Would a man ask to be swallowed up?

20 我怎敢与祂对话？ 岂有人自取灭亡？

21 Now no one can gaze at the sun when it is bright in the skies after the wind has swept them clean.

21 风吹散天空的云后， 无人能仰视太阳的强光。

22 Out of the north He comes in golden splendor; awesome majesty surrounds Him.

22 北方出现金色的光芒， 上帝充满可怕的威严。

23 The Almighty is beyond our reach; He is exalted in power! In His justice and great righteousness He does not oppress.

23 我们无法测度全能者， 祂充满能力，无比正直公义， 不恃强凌弱。

24 Therefore, men fear Him, for He is not partial to the wise in heart.”

24 所以，人们都敬畏祂， 祂不看顾自以为有智慧的人。”