Job 8

1 Then Bildad the Shuhite replied:

1 书亚人比勒达回答说：

2 “How long will you go on saying such things? The words of your mouth are a blustering wind.

2 这些话你要说到几时？ 口中的言语如狂风要到几时呢？

3 Does God pervert justice? Does the Almighty pervert what is right?

3 神岂能偏离公平？ 全能者岂能偏离公义？

4 When your children sinned against Him, He gave them over to their rebellion.

4 或者你的儿女得罪了他； 他使他们受报应。

5 But if you would earnestly seek God and ask the Almighty for mercy,

5 你若殷勤地寻求 神， 向全能者恳求；

6 if you are pure and upright, even now He will rouse Himself on your behalf and restore your righteous estate.

6 你若清洁正直， 他必定为你起来， 使你公义的居所兴旺。

7 Though your beginnings were modest, your latter days will flourish.

7 你起初虽然微小， 终久必甚发达。

8 Please inquire of past generations and consider the discoveries of their fathers.

8 请你考问前代， 追念他们的列祖所查究的。

9 For we were born yesterday and know nothing; our days on earth are but a shadow.

9 我们不过从昨日才有，一无所知； 我们在世的日子好像影儿。

10 Will they not teach you and tell you, and speak from their understanding?

10 他们岂不指教你，告诉你， 从心里发出言语来呢？

11 Does papyrus grow where there is no marsh? Do reeds flourish without water?

11 蒲草没有泥岂能发长？ 芦荻没有水岂能生发？

12 While the shoots are still uncut, they dry up more quickly than grass.

12 尚青的时候，还没有割下， 比百样的草先枯槁。

13 Such is the destiny of all who forget God; so the hope of the godless will perish.

13 凡忘记 神的人，景况也是这样； 不虔敬人的指望要灭没。

14 His confidence is fragile; his security is in a spider’s web.

14 他所仰赖的必折断； 他所倚靠的是蜘蛛网。

15 He leans on his web, but it gives way; he holds fast, but it does not endure.

15 他要倚靠房屋，房屋却站立不住； 他要抓住房屋，房屋却不能存留。

16 He is a well-watered plant in the sunshine, spreading its shoots over the garden.

16 他在日光之下发青， 蔓子爬满了园子；

17 His roots wrap around the rock heap; he looks for a home among the stones.

17 他的根盘绕石堆， 扎入石地。

18 If he is uprooted from his place, it will disown him, saying, ‘I never saw you.’

18 他若从本地被拔出， 那地就不认识他，说： 我没有见过你。

19 Surely this is the joy of his way; yet others will spring from the dust.

19 看哪，这就是他道中之乐； 以后必另有人从地而生。

20 Behold, God does not reject the blameless, nor will He strengthen the hand of evildoers.

20 神必不丢弃完全人， 也不扶助邪恶人。

21 He will yet fill your mouth with laughter, and your lips with a shout of joy.

21 他还要以喜笑充满你的口， 以欢呼充满你的嘴。

22 Your enemies will be clothed in shame, and the tent of the wicked will be no more.”

22 恨恶你的要披戴惭愧； 恶人的帐棚必归于无有。