Job 35

1 Then Elihu also said this:

以利户又说：

2 “[Job, ] do you think that what you said is right/correct? You say, ‘God knows that I am innocent,’

你以为有理， 或以为你的公义胜于 神的公义，

3 and you say [to God], ‘What good have I received for not sinning? What benefit have I received from that?’ [DOU, RHQ]

才说这与我有什么益处？ 我不犯罪比犯罪有什么好处呢？

4 [Well, ] I will answer you, and I will answer your three friends, too.

我要回答你和在你这里的朋友。

5 “[Job], look up at the sky; look at the clouds that are high above you and realize [that God is far above everything].

你要向天观看， 瞻望那高于你的穹苍。

6 If you have sinned, that does not [RHQ] harm God at all. If many times you do things that are wrong, that certainly does not [RHQ] affect him [DOU].

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 And if you are righteous, does that help God? No, he is not benefited by anything that you do [DOU].

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 It is other people who suffer because of the wicked things that you do, but by doing good things for people, you help them.

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 the many things that people do to others to (oppress them/treat them cruelly); they call for help because of the things that powerful people do [MTY] to them.

人因多受欺压就哀求， 因受能者的辖制便求救，

10 But (no one/none of them) calls out [to God], saying ‘Why does God, my creator, [not help me]? He [should] enable me to sing [joyful] songs, [instead of very sad songs, ] during the night.

却无人说：造我的 神在哪里？ 他使人夜间歌唱，

11 He [should be able to] teach us more than all the wild animals do; he [should] enable us to become wiser than [all] the birds are!’

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 People cry out [for help], but God does not answer them, because those who cry out are proud and evil people.

他们在那里， 因恶人的骄傲呼求，却无人答应。

13 It is useless for them to cry out, because God, the Almighty One, does not pay any attention to what they say.

虚妄的呼求， 神必不垂听； 全能者也必不眷顾。

14 So, when you complain that you cannot see God, and you tell him that you are waiting for him [to decide whether or not you should be punished for what you have done], God will not listen to you, either!

何况你说，你不得见他； 你的案件在他面前，你等候他吧。

15 Furthermore, [you say that] because he does not pay attention when people commit sins, he does not become angry and punish them.

但如今因他未曾发怒降罚， 也不甚理会狂傲，

16 You say things that are useless; you say a lot of things without knowing [what you are talking about].”

所以约伯开口说虚妄的话， 多发无知识的言语。