約伯記 22
1 提幔人以利法回答說：
Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,
2 人豈能使上帝有益呢？ 智慧人但能有益於己。
“Can a man be useful to God? Can a wise man be useful to him?
3 你為人公義，豈叫全能者喜悅呢？ 你行為完全，豈能使他得利呢？
Is it any pleasure to the Almighty if you are righteous? Is it gain to him if you make your ways blameless?
4 豈是因你敬畏他 就責備你、審判你嗎？
Is it because of your reverence for him that he rebukes you and takes you to judgment?
5 你的罪惡豈不是大嗎？ 你的罪孽也沒有窮盡；
Is not your wickedness great? Is there no end to your iniquities?
6 因你無故強取弟兄的物為當頭， 剝去貧寒人的衣服。
For you have demanded guarantee of a loan from your brother for no reason, and you have stripped away clothing from the naked.
7 困乏的人，你沒有給他水喝； 飢餓的人，你沒有給他食物。
You have not given water to weary people to drink; you have withheld bread from hungry people
8 有能力的人就得地土； 尊貴的人也住在其中。
although you, a mighty man, possessed the earth, although you, an honored man, lived in it.
9 你打發寡婦空手回去， 折斷孤兒的膀臂。
You have sent widows away empty; the arms of the fatherless have been broken.
10 因此，有網羅環繞你， 有恐懼忽然使你驚惶；
Therefore, snares are all around you, and sudden fear troubles you.
11 或有黑暗蒙蔽你， 並有洪水淹沒你。
There is darkness, so that you cannot see; an abundance of waters covers you.
12 上帝豈不是在高天嗎？ 你看星宿何其高呢！
Is not God in the heights of heaven? Look at the height of the stars, how high they are!
13 你說：上帝知道甚麼？ 他豈能看透幽暗施行審判呢？
You say, 'What does God know? Can he judge through the thick darkness?
14 密雲將他遮蓋，使他不能看見； 他周遊穹蒼。
Thick clouds are a covering to him, so that he does not see us; he walks on the vault of heaven.'
15 你要依從上古的道嗎？ 這道是惡人所行的。
Will you keep the old way that wicked men have walked—
16 他們未到死期，忽然除滅； 根基毀壞，好像被江河沖去。
those who were snatched away before their time, those whose foundations have washed away like a river,
17 他們向上帝說：離開我們吧！ 又說：全能者能把我們怎麼樣呢？
those who said to God, 'Depart from us'; those who said, 'What can the Almighty do to us?'
18 哪知上帝以美物充滿他們的房屋； 但惡人所謀定的離我好遠。
Yet he filled their houses with good things; the plans of wicked people are far from me.
19 義人看見他們的結局就歡喜； 無辜的人嗤笑他們，
Righteous people see their fate and are glad; innocent people laugh them to scorn.
20 說：那起來攻擊我們的果然被剪除， 其餘的都被火燒滅。
They say, 'Surely those who rose up against us are cut off; fire has consumed their possessions.'
21 你要認識上帝，就得平安； 福氣也必臨到你。
Now agree with God and be at peace with him; in that way, good will come to you.
22 你當領受他口中的教訓， 將他的言語存在心裏。
Receive, I beg you, instruction from his mouth; store up his words in your heart.
23 你若歸向全能者，從你帳棚中遠除不義， 就必得建立。
If you return to the Almighty, you will be built up, if you put unrighteousness far away from your tents.
24 要將你的珍寶丟在塵土裏， 將俄斐的黃金丟在溪河石頭之間；
Lay your treasure down in the dust, the gold of Ophir among the stones of the brooks,
25 全能者就必為你的珍寶， 作你的寶銀。
and the Almighty will be your treasure, precious silver to you.
26 你就要以全能者為喜樂， 向上帝仰起臉來。
For then you will take pleasure in the Almighty; you will lift up your face to God.
27 你要禱告他，他就聽你； 你也要還你的願。
You will make your prayer to him, and he will hear you; you will pay your vows to him.
28 你定意要做何事，必然給你成就； 亮光也必照耀你的路。
You will also decree anything, and it will be confirmed for you; light will shine on your paths.
29 人使你降卑，你仍可說：必得高升； 謙卑的人，上帝必然拯救。
God humbles a proud man, and he saves the one with lowered eyes.
30 人非無辜，上帝且要搭救他； 他因你手中清潔，必蒙拯救。
He will rescue even the man who is not innocent; who will be rescued through the cleanness of your hands.”
