Job 42

1 Then Job replied to the LORD:

1 约伯回答耶和华说：

2 “I know that You can do all things and that no plan of Yours can be thwarted.

2 “我知道你无所不能， 你的旨意无不成就。

3 You asked, ‘Who is this who conceals My counsel without knowledge?’ Surely I spoke of things I did not understand, things too wonderful for me to know.

3 你问，‘是谁用无知蒙蔽我的旨意？’ 诚然，我对所谈的事一无所知， 这些事太奇妙，我无法明白。

4 You said, ‘Listen now, and I will speak. I will question you, and you shall inform Me.’

4 你说，‘你且听着，我要发言。 我来提问，你来回答。’

5 My ears had heard of You, but now my eyes have seen You.

5 我从前风闻有你， 现在亲眼看见你。

6 Therefore I despise myself, and I repent in dust and ashes.”

6 因此我厌恶自己， 在尘土和炉灰中忏悔。”

7 After the LORD had spoken these words to Job, He said to Eliphaz the Temanite, “My wrath is kindled against you and your two friends. For you have not spoken about Me accurately, as My servant Job has.

7 耶和华对约伯说完这些话后，就对提幔人以利法说：“你和你的两个朋友让我愤怒，因为你们对我的议论不如我仆人约伯说的有理。

8 So now, take seven bulls and seven rams, go to My servant Job, and sacrifice a burnt offering for yourselves. Then My servant Job will pray for you, for I will accept his prayer and not deal with you according to your folly. For you have not spoken accurately about Me, as My servant Job has.”

8 现在你们要取七头公牛和七只公羊，到我仆人约伯那里，为自己献上燔祭，因为你们对我的议论不如我仆人约伯说的有理。我仆人约伯会为你们祷告，我会悦纳他的祷告，不按你们的愚妄惩罚你们。”

9 So Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite went and did as the LORD had told them; and the LORD accepted Job’s prayer.

9 于是，提幔人以利法、书亚人比勒达和拿玛人琐法遵命而行，耶和华悦纳了约伯的祷告。

10 After Job had prayed for his friends, the LORD restored his prosperity and doubled his former possessions.

10 约伯为朋友们祷告后，耶和华恢复了他以前的昌盛，并且耶和华赐给他的比以前多一倍。

11 All his brothers and sisters and prior acquaintances came and dined with him in his house. They consoled him and comforted him over all the adversity that the LORD had brought upon him. And each one gave him a piece of silver and a gold ring.

11 约伯的兄弟姊妹和从前的朋友都来探望他，在他家里一同吃饭，为他遭受耶和华所降的种种灾难而安抚、慰问他。他们每人送他一块银子和一个金环。

12 So the LORD blessed Job’s latter days more than his first. He owned 14,000 sheep, 6,000 camels, 1,000 yoke of oxen, and 1,000 female donkeys.

12 耶和华赐给约伯晚年的福分比起初更多：他有一万四千只羊、六千只骆驼、一千对牛和一千头母驴。

13 And he also had seven sons and three daughters.

13 他还有七个儿子和三个女儿。

14 He named his first daughter Jemimah, his second Keziah, and his third Keren-happuch.

14 他给长女取名叫耶米玛、次女叫基洗亚、三女叫基连·哈朴。

15 No women as beautiful as Job’s daughters could be found in all the land, and their father granted them an inheritance among their brothers.

15 地上找不到像约伯三个女儿那样美丽的女子。约伯让她们与弟兄一同承受产业。

16 After this, Job lived 140 years and saw his children and their children to the fourth generation.

16 此后，约伯又活了一百四十年，得见四代子孙。

17 And so Job died, old and full of years.

17 约伯年纪老迈，寿终正寝。