Job 35

1 Then Elihu continued, saying,

以利户又说：

2 “Do you think it's honest to claim you are right before God?

你以为有理， 或以为你的公义胜于 神的公义，

3 And you ask, ‘What benefit do I get? What good has it done me by not sinning?’

才说这与我有什么益处？ 我不犯罪比犯罪有什么好处呢？

4 I'll tell you, and your friends too!

我要回答你和在你这里的朋友。

5 Just look up at the sky and see. Observe the clouds high above you.

你要向天观看， 瞻望那高于你的穹苍。

6 If you sin, how does that harm God? How do your many sins affect God?

你若犯罪，能使 神受何害呢？ 你的过犯加增，能使 神受何损呢？

7 If you do what's right, what good are you doing for him?

你若是公义，还能加增他什么呢？ 他从你手里还接受什么呢？

8 No—your sins only affect people like yourself, and whatever good you do only affects them too.

你的过恶或能害你这类的人； 你的公义或能叫世人得益处。

9 People cry out because of terrible persecution; they call for someone to save them from their oppressors.

人因多受欺压就哀求， 因受能者的辖制便求救，

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

却无人说：造我的 神在哪里？ 他使人夜间歌唱，

11 who teaches us more than the animals, and makes us wiser than the birds?’

教训我们胜于地上的走兽， 使我们有聪明胜于空中的飞鸟。

12 When they call out for help, God doesn't answer because they are proud and evil people.

他们在那里， 因恶人的骄傲呼求，却无人答应。

13 God doesn't listen to their empty cries; the Almighty doesn't pay them any attention.

虚妄的呼求， 神必不垂听； 全能者也必不眷顾。

14 How much less will God hear you when you say he can't see you? Your case is before him, so you have to wait for him.

何况你说，你不得见他； 你的案件在他面前，你等候他吧。

15 You're saying that God doesn't punish people in his anger and pays little attention to sin.

但如今因他未曾发怒降罚， 也不甚理会狂傲，

16 You, Job, are talking nonsense, making long speeches when you know nothing!”

所以约伯开口说虚妄的话， 多发无知识的言语。