Job 8
1 Then Bildad, from [the] Shuah [area], spoke to Job. He said,
书亚人比勒达回答说：
2 “Job, how much longer will you talk like this? What you say is [only] hot air.
这些话你要说到几时？ 口中的言语如狂风要到几时呢？
3 Almighty God certainly never does [RHQ] what is unfair/unjust. He always does [LIT] what is right/fair.
神岂能偏离公平？ 全能者岂能偏离公义？
4 So, it is evident that your children have sinned against him, therefore he has caused them to be punished for evil things that they have done.
或者你的儿女得罪了他； 他使他们受报应。
5 But, if you will [now] earnestly request [DOU] Almighty [God] to help you,
你若殷勤地寻求 神， 向全能者恳求；
6 and if you are pure and honest/righteous, he will surely do something good for you and reward you by giving your family back to you and enabling you to prosper.
你若清洁正直， 他必定为你起来， 使你公义的居所兴旺。
7 And even though you [think that you] were not very prosperous/wealthy before, during the last part of your life you will become very wealthy.
你起初虽然微小， 终久必甚发达。
8 “I request you to think about what happened long ago and consider what our ancestors found out.
请你考问前代， 追念他们的列祖所查究的。
9 [It seems as though] we were born only yesterday and we know very little [HYP]; our time here on the earth [disappears quickly, like] a shadow [MET].
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 So, why do you not allow your ancestors to teach you and tell you something? Allow them to tell you from what they learned!
他们岂不指教你，告诉你， 从心里发出言语来呢？
11 Papyrus can certainly not [RHQ] grow in places where there is no marsh/swamp; reeds certainly cannot [RHQ] flourish/grow where there is no water.
蒲草没有泥岂能发长？ 芦荻没有水岂能生发？
12 [If they do not have enough water], while they are still blossoming, they wither more quickly than other plants wither.
尚青的时候，还没有割下， 比百样的草先枯槁。
13 Those who do not pay attention to what God says are like those [reeds]; godless people stop confidently expecting [that good things will happen to them].
凡忘记 神的人，景况也是这样； 不虔敬人的指望要灭没。
14 The things they confidently expect to happen do not happen; things they trust [will help them] are [as fragile as] [MET] a spider’s web.
他所仰赖的必折断； 他所倚靠的是蜘蛛网。
15 If they lean against a house (OR, trust in their wealth; OR, lean on a spider web), it does not (endure/protect them) [LIT]; they cling to things [to be protected], but those things do not remain firm.
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 Godless people [are like plants] [MET] that are watered before the sun rises; their shoots spread all over the gardens.
他在日光之下发青， 蔓子爬满了园子；
17 The roots of those plants twist around piles of stones and cling tightly to rocks.
他的根盘绕石堆， 扎入石地。
18 But if those plants are pulled out, [it is as though] the place where they were planted says ‘They were never here!’ [And that is what happens to wicked people who do not heed what God says].
他若从本地被拔出， 那地就不认识他，说： 我没有见过你。
19 Truly, evil people [MET] are not joyful [IRO] for a long time; other people come and take their places.
看哪，这就是他道中之乐； 以后必另有人从地而生。
20 :So, [I tell you, Job], God will not reject you if you are truly godly/righteous, but he does not help [IDM] evil people.
神必不丢弃完全人， 也不扶助邪恶人。
21 He will enable you [MTY] to continually laugh and to always shout [joyfully].
他还要以喜笑充满你的口， 以欢呼充满你的嘴。
22 But those who hate you will be very ashamed, and the homes of wicked people will disappear.”
恨恶你的要披戴惭愧； 恶人的帐棚必归于无有。
