约伯记 Job 38

1 Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind and said,
1 那时，耶和华从旋风中回答约伯说，

2 "Who is this that darkens counsel by words without knowledge?
2 谁用无知的言语，使我的旨意暗昧不明。

3 Now gird up your loins like a man; I will ask you, and you instruct Me!
3 你要如勇士束腰。我问你，你可以指示我。

4 Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth? Tell Me, if you have understanding,
4 我立大地根基的时候，你在哪里呢。你若有聪明，只管说吧。

5 Who set its measurements? Since you know. Or who stretched the line on it?
5 你若晓得就说，是谁定地的尺度。是谁把准绳拉在其上。

6 On what were its bases sunk? Or who laid its cornerstone,
6 地的根基安置在何处。地的角石是谁安放的。

7 When the morning stars sang together and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
7 那时晨星一同歌唱，神的众子也都欢呼。

8 "Or who enclosed the sea with doors when, bursting forth, it went out from the womb;
8 海水冲出，如出胎胞，那时谁将它关闭呢。

9 When I made a cloud its garment and thick darkness its swaddling band,
9 是我用云彩当海的衣服，用幽暗当包裹它的布，

10 And I placed boundaries on it and set a bolt and doors,
10 为它定界限，又安门和闩，

11 And I said, 'Thus far you shall come, but no farther; and here shall your proud waves stop'?
11 说，你只可到这里，不可越过。你狂傲的浪要到此止住。

12 "Have you ever in your life commanded the morning, and caused the dawn to know its place,
12 你自生以来，曾命定晨光，使清晨的日光知道本位。

13 That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, and the wicked be shaken out of it?
13 叫这光普照地的四极，将恶人从其中驱逐出来吗。

14 It is changed like clay under the seal; and they stand forth like a garment.
14 因这光，地面改变如泥上印印，万物出现如衣服一样。

15 From the wicked their light is withheld, and the uplifted arm is broken.
15 亮光不照恶人，强横的膀臂也必折断。

16 "Have you entered the springs of the sea or walked in the recesses of the deep?
16 你曾进到海源，或在深渊的隐密处行走吗。

17 Have the gates of death been revealed to you, or have you seen the gates of deep darkness?
17 死亡的门曾向你显露吗。死荫的门你曾见过吗。

18 Have you understood the expanse of the earth? Tell Me, if you know all this.
18 地的广大你能明透吗。你若全知道，只管说吧。

19 "Where is the way to the dwelling of light? And darkness, where is its place,
19 光明的居所从何而至。黑暗的本位于何处。

20 That you may take it to its territory and that you may discern the paths to its home?
20 你能带到本境，能看明其室之路吗。

21 You know, for you were born then, and the number of your days is great!
21 你总知道，因为你早已生在世上，你日子的数目也多。

22 "Have you entered the storehouses of the snow, or have you seen the storehouses of the hail,
22 你曾进入雪库。或见过雹仓吗。

23 Which I have reserved for the time of distress, for the day of war and battle?
23 这雪雹乃是我为降灾，并打仗和争战的日子所预备的。

24 What is the way to the place where the light is divided, or the east wind scattered on the earth?
24 光亮从何路分开。东风从何路分散遍地。

25 "Who has cleft a channel for the flood, or a path for the thunderbolt,
25 谁为雨水分道。谁为雷电开路。

26 To bring rain on a land without people, on a desert without a man in it,
26 使雨降在无人之地，无人居住的旷野。

27 To satisfy the waste and desolate land and to make the seeds of grass to sprout?
27 使荒废凄凉之地得以丰足，青草得以发生。

28 Has the rain a father? Or who has begotten the drops of dew?
28 雨有父吗。露水珠是谁生的呢。

29 From whose womb has come the ice? And the frost of heaven, who has given it birth?
29 冰出于谁的胎。天上的霜是谁生的呢。

30 Water becomes hard like stone, and the surface of the deep is imprisoned.
30 诸水坚硬如石头，深渊之面凝结成冰。

31 "Can you bind the chains of the Pleiades, or loose the cords of Orion?
31 你能系住昴星的结吗。能解开参星的带吗。

32 Can you lead forth the Mazzaroth in their season, or guide the Bear with her satellites?
32 你能按时领出十二宫吗。能引导北斗和随它的众星吗。

33 Do you know the ordinances of the heavens, or fix their rule over the earth?
33 你知道天的定例吗。能使地归在天的权下吗。

34 "Can you lift up your voice to the clouds, so that an abundance of water may cover you?
34 你能向云彩扬起声来，使倾盆的雨遮盖你吗。

35 Can you send forth lightnings that they may go and say to you, 'Here we are'?
35 你能发出闪电，叫它行去，使它对你说，我们在这里。

36 Who has put wisdom in the innermost being or given understanding to the mind?
36 谁将智慧放在怀中。谁将聪明赐于心内。

37 Who can count the clouds by wisdom, or tip the water jars of the heavens,
37 谁能用智慧数算云彩呢。尘土聚集成团，土块紧紧结连。

38 When the dust hardens into a mass and the clods stick together?
38 那时，谁能倾倒天上的瓶呢。

39 "Can you hunt the prey for the lioness, or satisfy the appetite of the young lions,
39 母狮子在洞中蹲伏，少壮狮子在隐密处埋伏。

40 When they crouch in their dens and lie in wait in their lair?
40 你能为它们抓取食物，使它们饱足吗。

41 Who prepares for the raven its nourishment when its young cry to God and wander about without food?"
41 乌鸦之雏因无食物飞来飞去，哀告神。那时，谁为它预备食物呢。