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比勒達：神豈能偏離公平

¹書亞人比勒達回答說：Then Bildad the Shuhite replied:

²這些話你要說到幾時？口中的言語如狂風要到幾時呢？“How long will you go on saying such things? The words of your mouth are a blustering wind.

³神豈能偏離公平？全能者豈能偏離公義？Does God pervert justice? Does the Almighty pervert what is right?

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⁴或者你的兒女得罪了他；他使他們受報應。When your children sinned against Him, He gave them over to their rebellion.

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⁵你若殷勤地尋求　神，向全能者懇求；But if you would earnestly seek God and ask the Almighty for mercy,

⁶你若清潔正直，他必定為你起來，使你公義的居所興旺。if you are pure and upright, even now He will rouse Himself on your behalf and restore your righteous estate.

⁷你起初雖然微小，終久必甚發達。Though your beginnings were modest, your latter days will flourish.

請你考問前代

⁸請你考問前代，追念他們的列祖所查究的。Please inquire of past generations and consider the discoveries of their fathers.

⁹我們不過從昨日才有，一無所知；我們在世的日子好像影兒。For we were born yesterday and know nothing; our days on earth are but a shadow.

¹⁰他們豈不指教你，告訴你，從心裡發出言語來呢？Will they not teach you and tell you, and speak from their understanding?

忘記神的人像無水的蒲草

¹¹蒲草沒有泥豈能發長？蘆荻沒有水豈能生發？Does papyrus grow where there is no marsh? Do reeds flourish without water?

¹²尚青的時候，還沒有割下，比百樣的草先枯槁。While the shoots are still uncut, they dry up more quickly than grass.

¹³凡忘記　神的人，景況也是這樣；不虔敬人的指望要滅沒。Such is the destiny of all who forget God; so the hope of the godless will perish.

¹⁴他所仰賴的必折斷；他所倚靠的是蜘蛛網。His confidence is fragile; his security is in a spider’s web.

¹⁵他要倚靠房屋，房屋卻站立不住；他要抓住房屋，房屋卻不能存留。He leans on his web, but it gives way; he holds fast, but it does not endure.

¹⁶他在日光之下發青，蔓子爬滿了園子；He is a well-watered plant in the sunshine, spreading its shoots over the garden.

¹⁷他的根盤繞石堆，扎入石地。His roots wrap around the rock heap; he looks for a home among the stones.

¹⁸他若從本地被拔出，那地就不認識他，說：我沒有見過你。If he is uprooted from his place, it will disown him, saying, ‘I never saw you.’

¹⁹看哪，這就是他道中之樂；以後必另有人從地而生。Surely this is the joy of his way; yet others will spring from the dust.

神必不丟棄完全人

²⁰神必不丟棄完全人，也不扶助邪惡人。Behold, God does not reject the blameless, nor will He strengthen the hand of evildoers.

²¹他還要以喜笑充滿你的口，以歡呼充滿你的嘴。He will yet fill your mouth with laughter, and your lips with a shout of joy.

²²恨惡你的要披戴慚愧；惡人的帳棚必歸於無有。Your enemies will be clothed in shame, and the tent of the wicked will be no more.”

約伯：人在神面前怎能成為義

¹約伯回答說：Then Job answered:

²我真知道是這樣；但人在　神面前怎能成為義呢？“Yes, I know that it is so, but how can a mortal be righteous before God?

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³若願意與他爭辯，千中之一也不能回答。If one wished to contend with God, he could not answer Him one time out of a thousand.

神的大能無人能擋

⁴他心裡有智慧，且大有能力。誰向　神剛硬而得亨通呢？God is wise in heart and mighty in strength. Who has resisted Him and prospered?

⁵他發怒，把山翻倒挪移，山並不知覺。He moves mountains without their knowledge and overturns them in His anger.

⁶他使地震動，離其本位，地的柱子就搖撼。He shakes the earth from its place, so that its foundations tremble.

⁷他吩咐日頭不出來，就不出來，又封閉眾星。He commands the sun not to shine; He seals off the stars.

⁸他獨自鋪張蒼天，步行在海浪之上。He alone stretches out the heavens and treads on the waves of the sea.

⁹他造北斗、參星、昴星，並南方的密宮；He is the Maker of the Bear and Orion, of the Pleiades and the constellations of the south.

¹⁰他行大事，不可測度，行奇事，不可勝數。He does great things beyond searching out, and wonders without number.

¹¹他從我旁邊經過，我卻不看見；他在我面前行走，我倒不知覺。Were He to pass by me, I would not see Him; were He to move, I would not recognize Him.

¹²他奪取，誰能阻擋？誰敢問他：你做甚麼？If He takes away, who can stop Him? Who dares to ask Him, ‘What are You doing?’

¹³神必不收回他的怒氣；扶助拉哈伯的，屈身在他以下。God does not restrain His anger; the helpers of Rahab cower beneath Him.

我怎敢與神辯論

¹⁴既是這樣，我怎敢回答他，怎敢選擇言語與他辯論呢？How then can I answer Him or choose my arguments against Him?

¹⁵我雖有義，也不回答他，只要向那審判我的懇求。For even if I were right, I could not answer. I could only beg my Judge for mercy.

¹⁶我若呼籲，他應允我；我仍不信他真聽我的聲音。If I summoned Him and He answered me, I do not believe He would listen to my voice.

¹⁷他用暴風折斷我，無故地加增我的損傷。For He would crush me with a tempest and multiply my wounds without cause.

¹⁸我就是喘一口氣，他都不容，倒使我滿心苦惱。He does not let me catch my breath, but overwhelms me with bitterness.

¹⁹若論力量，他真有能力！若論審判，他說誰能將我傳來呢？If it is a matter of strength, He is indeed mighty! If it is a matter of justice, who can summon Him?

²⁰我雖有義，自己的口要定我為有罪；我雖完全，我口必顯我為彎曲。Even if I were righteous, my mouth would condemn me; if I were blameless, it would declare me guilty.

²¹我本完全，不顧自己；我厭惡我的性命。Though I am blameless, I have no concern for myself; I despise my own life.

²²善惡無分，都是一樣；所以我說，完全人和惡人，他都滅絕。It is all the same, and so I say, ‘He destroys both the blameless and the wicked.’

²³若忽然遭殺害之禍，他必戲笑無辜的人遇難。When the scourge brings sudden death, He mocks the despair of the innocent.

²⁴世界交在惡人手中；蒙蔽世界審判官的臉，若不是他，是誰呢？The earth is given into the hand of the wicked; He blindfolds its judges. If it is not He, then who is it?

我的日子比跑信的更快

²⁵我的日子比跑信的更快，急速過去，不見福樂。My days are swifter than a runner; they flee without seeing good.

²⁶我的日子過去如快船，如急落抓食的鷹。They sweep by like boats of papyrus, like an eagle swooping down on its prey.

²⁷我若說：我要忘記我的哀情，除去我的愁容，心中暢快；If I were to say, ‘I will forget my complaint and change my expression and smile,’

²⁸我因愁苦而懼怕，知道你必不以我為無辜。I would still dread all my sufferings; I know that You will not acquit me.

²⁹我必被你定為有罪，我何必徒然勞苦呢？Since I am already found guilty, why should I labor in vain?

³⁰我若用雪水洗身，用鹼潔淨我的手，If I should wash myself with snow and cleanse my hands with lye,

³¹你還要扔我在坑裡，我的衣服都憎惡我。then You would plunge me into the pit, and even my own clothes would despise me.

沒有聽訟的人

³²他本不像我是人，使我可以回答他，又使我們可以同聽審判。For He is not a man like me, that I can answer Him, that we can take each other to court.

³³我們中間沒有聽訟的人可以向我們兩造按手。Nor is there a mediator between us, to lay his hand upon us both.

³⁴願他把杖離開我，不使驚惶威嚇我。Let Him remove His rod from me, so that His terror will no longer frighten me.

³⁵我就說話，也不懼怕他，現在我卻不是那樣。Then I would speak without fear of Him. But as it is, I am on my own.

你為何與我爭辯

¹我厭煩我的性命，必由著自己述說我的哀情；因心裡苦惱，我要說話，“I loathe my own life; I will express my complaint and speak in the bitterness of my soul.

²對　神說：不要定我有罪，要指示我，你為何與我爭辯？I will say to God: Do not condemn me! Let me know why You prosecute me.

³你手所造的，你又欺壓，又藐視，卻光照惡人的計謀。這事你以為美嗎？Does it please You to oppress me, to reject the work of Your hands and favor the schemes of the wicked?

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⁴你的眼豈是肉眼？你查看豈像人查看嗎？Do You have eyes of flesh? Do You see as man sees?

⁵你的日子豈像人的日子，你的年歲豈像人的年歲，Are Your days like those of a mortal, or Your years like those of a man,

⁶就追問我的罪孽，尋察我的罪過嗎？that You should seek my iniquity and search out my sin—

⁷其實，你知道我沒有罪惡，並沒有能救我脫離你手的。though You know that I am not guilty, and there is no deliverance from Your hand?

你手創造我，又要毀滅我

⁸你的手創造我，造就我的四肢百體，你還要毀滅我。Your hands shaped me and altogether formed me. Would You now turn and destroy me?

⁹求你記念─製造我如摶泥一般，你還要使我歸於塵土嗎？Please remember that You molded me like clay. Would You now return me to dust?

¹⁰你不是倒出我來好像奶，使我凝結如同奶餅嗎？Did You not pour me out like milk, and curdle me like cheese?

¹¹你以皮和肉為衣給我穿上，用骨與筋把我全體聯絡。You clothed me with skin and flesh, and knit me together with bones and sinews.

¹²你將生命和慈愛賜給我；你也眷顧保全我的心靈。You have granted me life and loving devotion, and Your care has preserved my spirit.

¹³然而，你待我的這些事早已藏在你心裡；我知道你久有此意。Yet You concealed these things in Your heart, and I know that this was in Your mind:

¹⁴我若犯罪，你就察看我，並不赦免我的罪孽。If I sinned, You would take note, and would not acquit me of my iniquity.

¹⁵我若行惡，便有了禍；我若為義，也不敢抬頭，正是滿心羞愧，眼見我的苦情。If I am guilty, woe to me! And even if I am righteous, I cannot lift my head. I am full of shame and aware of my affliction.

¹⁶我若昂首自得，你就追捕我如獅子，又在我身上顯出奇能。Should I hold my head high, You would hunt me like a lion, and again display Your power against me.

¹⁷你重立見證攻擊我，向我加增惱怒，如軍兵更換著攻擊我。You produce new witnesses against me and multiply Your anger toward me. Hardships assault me in wave after wave.

為何使我出母胎

¹⁸你為何使我出母胎呢？不如我當時氣絕，無人得見我；Why then did You bring me from the womb? Oh, that I had died, and no eye had seen me!

¹⁹這樣，就如沒有我一般，一出母胎就被送入墳墓。If only I had never come to be, but had been carried from the womb to the grave.

^20–21我的日子不是甚少嗎？求你停手寬容我，叫我在往而不返之先─就是往黑暗和死蔭之地以先─可以稍得暢快。Are my days not few? Withdraw from me, that I may have a little comfort, before I go—never to return—to a land of darkness and gloom,

²²那地甚是幽暗，是死蔭混沌之地；那裡的光好像幽暗。to a land of utter darkness, of deep shadow and disorder, where even the light is like darkness.”

瑣法：神追討的比你該得的還少

¹拿瑪人瑣法回答說：Then Zophar the Naamathite replied:

²這許多的言語豈不該回答嗎？多嘴多舌的人豈可稱為義嗎？“Should this stream of words go unanswered and such a speaker be vindicated?

³你誇大的話豈能使人不作聲嗎？你戲笑的時候豈沒有人叫你害羞嗎？Should your babbling put others to silence? Will you scoff without rebuke?

⁴你說：我的道理純全；我在你眼前潔淨。You have said, ‘My doctrine is sound, and I am pure in Your sight.’

⁵惟願　神說話；願他開口攻擊你，But if only God would speak and open His lips against you,

⁶並將智慧的奧祕指示你；他有諸般的智識。所以當知道　神追討你比你罪孽該得的還少。and disclose to you the secrets of wisdom, for true wisdom has two sides. Know then that God exacts from you less than your iniquity deserves.

⁷你考察就能測透　神嗎？你豈能盡情測透全能者嗎？Can you fathom the deep things of God or discover the limits of the Almighty?

⁸他的智慧高於天，你還能做甚麼？深於陰間，你還能知道甚麼？They are higher than the heavens—what can you do? They are deeper than Sheol—what can you know?

⁹其量比地長，比海寬。Their measure is longer than the earth and wider than the sea.

¹⁰他若經過，將人拘禁，招人受審，誰能阻擋他呢？If He comes along to imprison you, or convenes a court, who can stop Him?

¹¹他本知道虛妄的人；人的罪孽，他雖不留意，還是無所不見。Surely He knows the deceit of men. If He sees iniquity, does He not take note?

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¹²空虛的人卻毫無知識；人生在世好像野驢的駒子。But a witless man can no more become wise than the colt of a wild donkey can be born a man!

你若將心安正

¹³你若將心安正，又向主舉手；As for you, if you direct your heart and lift up your hands to Him,

¹⁴你手裡若有罪孽，就當遠遠地除掉，也不容非義住在你帳棚之中。if you put away the iniquity in your hand, and allow no injustice to dwell in your tents,

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¹⁵那時，你必仰起臉來毫無斑點；你也必堅固，無所懼怕。then indeed you will lift up your face without blemish; you will stand firm and unafraid.

¹⁶你必忘記你的苦楚，就是想起也如流過去的水一樣。For you will forget your misery, recalling it only as waters gone by.

¹⁷你在世的日子要比正午更明，雖有黑暗仍像早晨。Your life will be brighter than noonday; its darkness will be like the morning.

¹⁸你因有指望就必穩固，也必四圍巡查，坦然安息。You will be secure, because there is hope, and you will look around and lie down in safety.

¹⁹你躺臥，無人驚嚇，且有許多人向你求恩。You will lie down without fear, and many will court your favor.

²⁰但惡人的眼目必要失明。他們無路可逃；他們的指望就是氣絕。But the eyes of the wicked will fail, and escape will elude them; they will hope for their last breath.”

帖土羅控告保羅

¹過了五天，大祭司亞拿尼亞同幾個長老，和一個辯士帖土羅下來，向巡撫控告保羅。Five days later the high priest Ananias came down with some elders and a lawyer named Tertullus, who presented to the governor their case against Paul.

²保羅被提了來，帖土羅就告他說：When Paul had been called in, Tertullus opened the prosecution: “Because of you, we have enjoyed a lasting peace, and your foresight has brought improvements to this nation.

³「腓力斯大人，我們因你得以大享太平，並且這一國的弊病，因著你的先見得以更正了；我們隨時隨地滿心感謝不盡。In every way and everywhere, most excellent Felix, we acknowledge this with all gratitude.

⁴惟恐多說，你嫌煩絮，只求你寬容聽我們說幾句話。But in order not to delay you any further, I beg your indulgence to hear us briefly.

⁵我們看這個人，如同瘟疫一般，是鼓動普天下眾猶太人生亂的，又是拿撒勒教黨裡的一個頭目，We have found this man to be a pestilence, stirring up dissension among the Jews all over the world. He is a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes,

⁶連聖殿他也想要污穢；我們把他捉住了。（有古卷加：要按我們的律法審問，and he even tried to desecrate the temple; so we seized him.

⁷不料千夫長呂西亞前來，甚是強橫，從我們手中把他奪去，吩咐告他的人到你這裡來。）（BSB 英譯本沒有這一節）

⁸你自己究問他，就可以知道我們告他的一切事了。」By examining him yourself, you will be able to learn the truth about all our charges against him.”

⁹眾猶太人也隨著告他說：「事情誠然是這樣。」The Jews concurred, asserting that these charges were true.

保羅答辯

¹⁰巡撫點頭叫保羅說話。他就說：「我知道你在這國裡斷事多年，所以我樂意為自己分訴。When the governor motioned for Paul to speak, he began his response: “Knowing that you have been a judge over this nation for many years, I gladly make my defense.

¹¹你查問就可以知道，從我上耶路撒冷禮拜到今日不過有十二天。You can verify for yourself that no more than twelve days ago I went up to Jerusalem to worship.

¹²他們並沒有看見我在殿裡，或是在會堂裡，或是在城裡，和人辯論，聳動眾人。Yet my accusers did not find me debating with anyone in the temple or riling up a crowd in the synagogues or in the city.

¹³他們現在所告我的事並不能對你證實了。Nor can they prove to you any of their charges against me.

按著那道事奉神

¹⁴但有一件事，我向你承認，就是他們所稱為異端的道，我正按著那道事奉我祖宗的　神，又信合乎律法的和先知書上一切所記載的，I do confess to you, however, that I worship the God of our fathers according to the Way, which they call a sect. I believe everything that is laid down by the Law and written in the Prophets,

¹⁵並且靠著　神，盼望死人，無論善惡，都要復活，就是他們自己也有這個盼望。and I have the same hope in God that they themselves cherish, that there will be a resurrection of both the righteous and the wicked.

¹⁶我因此自己勉勵，對　神對人，常存無虧的良心。In this hope, I strive always to maintain a clear conscience before God and man.

帶著捐項上耶路撒冷

¹⁷過了幾年，我帶著賙濟本國的捐項和供獻的物上去。After several years, then, I returned to Jerusalem to bring alms to my people and to present offerings.

¹⁸正獻的時候，他們看見我在殿裡已經潔淨了，並沒有聚眾，也沒有吵嚷，惟有幾個從亞細亞來的猶太人。At the time they found me in the temple, I was ceremonially clean and was not inciting a crowd or an uproar. But there are some Jews from the province of Asia

¹⁹他們若有告我的事，就應當到你面前來告我。who ought to appear before you and bring charges, if they have anything against me.

²⁰即或不然，這些人若看出我站在公會前，有妄為的地方，他們自己也可以說明。Otherwise, let these men state for themselves any crime they found in me when I stood before the Sanhedrin,

²¹縱然有，也不過一句話，就是我站在他們中間大聲說：『我今日在你們面前受審，是為死人復活的道理。』」unless it was this one thing I called out as I stood in their presence: ‘It is concerning the resurrection of the dead that I am on trial before you today.’”

腓力斯拖延審判

²²腓力斯本是詳細曉得這道，就支吾他們說：「且等千夫長呂西亞下來，我要審斷你們的事。」Then Felix, who was well informed about the Way, adjourned the hearing and said, “When Lysias the commander comes, I will decide your case.”

²³於是吩咐百夫長看守保羅，並且寬待他，也不攔阻他的親友來供給他。He ordered the centurion to keep Paul under guard, but to allow him some freedom and permit his friends to minister to his needs.

講論公義、節制和審判

²⁴過了幾天，腓力斯和他夫人─猶太的女子土西拉─一同來到，就叫了保羅來，聽他講論信基督耶穌的道。After several days, Felix returned with his wife Drusilla, who was a Jewess. He sent for Paul and listened to him speak about faith in Christ Jesus.

²⁵保羅講論公義、節制，和將來的審判。腓力斯甚覺恐懼，說：「你暫且去吧，等我得便再叫你來。」As Paul expounded on righteousness, self-control, and the coming judgment, Felix became frightened and said, “You may go for now. When I find the time, I will call for you.”

²⁶腓力斯又指望保羅送他銀錢，所以屢次叫他來，和他談論。At the same time, he was hoping that Paul would offer him a bribe. So he sent for Paul frequently and talked with him.

保羅被留在監裡兩年

²⁷過了兩年，波求•非斯都接了腓力斯的任；腓力斯要討猶太人的喜歡，就留保羅在監裡。After two years had passed, Felix was succeeded by Porcius Festus. And wishing to do the Jews a favor, Felix left Paul in prison.