约伯记 Job 21

1 Then Job answered,
1 约伯回答说，

2 "Listen carefully to my speech, and let this be your consolation.
2 你们要细听我的言语，就算是你们安慰我。

3 Bear with me that I may speak; then after I have spoken, you may mock.
3 请宽容我，我又要说话。说了以后，任凭你们嗤笑吧。

4 As for me, is my complaint to man? And why should I not be impatient?
4 我岂是向人诉冤，为何不焦急呢。

5 Look at me, and be astonished, and put your hand over your mouth.
5 你们要看着我而惊奇，用手捂口。

6 Even when I remember, I am disturbed, and horror takes hold of my flesh.
6 我每逢思想，心就惊惶，浑身战兢。

7 Why do the wicked still live, continue on, also become very powerful?
7 恶人为何存活，享大寿数，势力强盛呢。

8 Their descendants are established with them in their sight, and their offspring before their eyes.
8 他们眼见儿孙，和他们一同坚立。

9 Their houses are safe from fear, and the rod of God is not on them.
9 他们的家宅平安无惧。神的杖也不加在他们身上。

10 His ox mates without fail; his cow calves and does not miscarry.
10 他们的公牛孳生而不断绝。母牛下犊而不掉胎。

11 They send forth their little ones like the flock, and their children skip about.
11 他们打发小孩子出去，多如羊群。他们的儿女踊跃跳舞。

12 They sing to the timbrel and harp and rejoice at the sound of the flute.
12 他们随着琴鼓歌唱，又因箫声欢喜。

13 They spend their days in prosperity, and suddenly they go down to Sheol.
13 他们度日诸事亨通，转眼下入阴间。

14 They say to God, 'Depart from us! We do not even desire the knowledge of Your ways.
14 他们对神说，离开我们吧。我们不愿晓得你的道。

15 Who is the Almighty, that we should serve Him, and what would we gain if we entreat Him?'
15 全能者是谁，我们何必事奉他呢。求告他有什么益处呢。

16 Behold, their prosperity is not in their hand; the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
16 看哪，他们亨通不在乎自己。恶人所谋定的离我好远。

17 "How often is the lamp of the wicked put out, or does their calamity fall on them? Does God apportion destruction in His anger?
17 恶人的灯何尝熄灭。患难何尝临到他们呢。神何尝发怒，向他们分散灾祸呢。

18 Are they as straw before the wind, and like chaff which the storm carries away?
18 他们何尝像风前的碎秸，如暴风刮去的糠秕呢。

19 You say, 'God stores up a man's iniquity for his sons.' Let God repay him himself so that he may know it.
19 你们说，神为恶人的儿女积蓄罪孽。我说，不如本人受报，好使他亲自知道。

20 Let his own eyes see his destruction, and let him drink of the wrath of the Almighty.
20 愿他亲眼看见自己败亡，亲自饮全能者的忿怒。

21 For what does he care for his household after him, when the number of his months is cut off?
21 他的岁月既尽，他还顾他本家吗。

22 Can anyone teach God knowledge, in that He judges those on high?
22 神既审判那在高位的，谁能将知识教训他呢。

23 One dies in his full strength, being wholly at ease and satisfied;
23 有人至死身体强壮，尽得平靖安逸。

24 His sides are filled with fat, and the marrow of his bones is moist,
24 他的奶桶充满，他的骨髓滋润。

25 While another dies with a bitter soul, never even tasting anything good.
25 有人至死心中痛苦，终身未尝福乐的滋味。

26 Together they lie down in the dust, and worms cover them.
26 他们一样躺卧在尘土中，都被虫子遮盖。

27 "Behold, I know your thoughts, and the schemes by which you would wrong me.
27 我知道你们的意思，并诬害我的计谋。

28 For you say, 'Where is the house of the nobleman, and where is the tent, the dwelling places of the wicked?'
28 你们说，霸者的房屋在哪里。恶人住过的帐棚在哪里。

29 Have you not asked wayfarers, and do you not recognize their evidence?
29 你们岂没有询问过路的人吗。不知道他们所引的证据吗。

30 For the wicked is reserved for the day of calamity; they will be led forth at the day of fury.
30 就是恶人在祸患的日子得存留，在发怒的日子得逃脱。

31 Who will confront him with his actions, and who will repay him for what he has done?
31 他所行的，有谁当面给他说明。他所做的，有谁报应他呢。

32 While he is carried to the grave, men will keep watch over his tomb.
32 然而他要被抬到茔地，并有人看守坟墓。

33 The clods of the valley will be sweet to him; and all men will follow after him, while countless ones go before him.
33 他要以谷中的土块为甘甜，在他以先去的无数，在他以后去的更多。

34 How then can you vainly comfort me, for your answers remain full of falsehood?"
34 你们对答的话中既都错谬，怎么徒然安慰我呢。