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約伯：請細聽我的言語

¹約伯回答說：Then Job answered:

²你們要細聽我的言語，就算是你們安慰我。“Listen carefully to my words; let this be your consolation to me.

³請寬容我，我又要說話；說了以後，任憑你們嗤笑吧！Bear with me while I speak; then, after I have spoken, you may go on mocking.

⁴我豈是向人訴冤？為何不焦急呢？Is my complaint against a man? Then why should I not be impatient?

⁵你們要看著我而驚奇，用手摀口。Look at me and be appalled; put your hand over your mouth.

⁶我每逢思想，心就驚惶，渾身戰兢。When I remember, terror takes hold, and my body trembles in horror.

惡人為何存活亨通

⁷惡人為何存活，享大壽數，勢力強盛呢？Why do the wicked live on, growing old and increasing in power?

⁸他們眼見兒孫，和他們一同堅立。Their descendants are established around them, and their offspring before their eyes.

⁹他們的家宅平安無懼；　神的杖也不加在他們身上。Their homes are safe from fear; no rod of punishment from God is upon them.

¹⁰他們的公牛孳生而不斷絕；母牛下犢而不掉胎。Their bulls breed without fail; their cows bear calves and do not miscarry.

¹¹他們打發小孩子出去，多如羊群；他們的兒女踴躍跳舞。They send forth their little ones like a flock; their children skip about,

¹²他們隨著琴鼓歌唱，又因簫聲歡喜。singing to the tambourine and lyre and making merry at the sound of the flute.

¹³他們度日諸事亨通，轉眼下入陰間。They spend their days in prosperity and go down to Sheol in peace.

¹⁴他們對　神說：離開我們吧！我們不願曉得你的道。Yet they say to God: ‘Leave us alone! For we have no desire to know Your ways.

¹⁵全能者是誰，我們何必事奉他呢？求告他有甚麼益處呢？Who is the Almighty, that we should serve Him, and what would we gain if we pray to Him?’

¹⁶看哪，他們亨通不在乎自己；惡人所謀定的離我好遠。Still, their prosperity is not in their own hands, so I stay far from the counsel of the wicked.

惡人的燈何嘗熄滅

¹⁷惡人的燈何嘗熄滅？患難何嘗臨到他們呢？　神何嘗發怒，向他們分散災禍呢？How often is the lamp of the wicked put out? Does disaster come upon them? Does God, in His anger, apportion destruction?

¹⁸他們何嘗像風前的碎秸，如暴風颳去的糠秕呢？Are they like straw before the wind, like chaff swept away by a storm?

¹⁹你們說：　神為惡人的兒女積蓄罪孽；我說：不如本人受報，好使他親自知道。It is said that God lays up one’s punishment for his children. Let God repay the man himself, so he will know it.

²⁰願他親眼看見自己敗亡，親自飲全能者的忿怒。Let his eyes see his own destruction; let him drink for himself the wrath of the Almighty.

²¹他的歲月既盡，他還顧他本家嗎？For what does he care about his household after him, when the number of his months has run out?

²²神既審判那在高位的，誰能將知識教訓他呢？Can anyone teach knowledge to God, since He judges those on high?

有人至死強壯，有人至死痛苦

²³有人至死身體強壯，盡得平靖安逸；One man dies full of vigor, completely secure and at ease.

²⁴他的奶桶充滿，他的骨髓滋潤。His body is well nourished, and his bones are rich with marrow.

²⁵有人至死心中痛苦，終身未嘗福樂的滋味；Yet another man dies in the bitterness of his soul, having never tasted prosperity.

²⁶他們一樣躺臥在塵土中，都被蟲子遮蓋。But together they lie down in the dust, and worms cover them both.

你們的安慰都是錯謬

²⁷我知道你們的意思，並誣害我的計謀。Behold, I know your thoughts full well, the schemes by which you would wrong me.

²⁸你們說：霸者的房屋在哪裡？惡人住過的帳棚在哪裡？For you say, ‘Where now is the nobleman’s house, and where are the tents in which the wicked dwell?’

²⁹你們豈沒有詢問過路的人嗎？不知道他們所引的證據嗎？Have you never asked those who travel the roads? Do you not accept their reports?

³⁰就是惡人在禍患的日子得存留，在發怒的日子得逃脫。Indeed, the evil man is spared from the day of calamity, delivered from the day of wrath.

³¹他所行的，有誰當面給他說明？他所做的，有誰報應他呢？Who denounces his behavior to his face? Who repays him for what he has done?

³²然而他要被抬到塋地；並有人看守墳墓。He is carried to the grave, and watch is kept over his tomb.

³³他要以谷中的土塊為甘甜；在他以先去的無數，在他以後去的更多。The clods of the valley are sweet to him; everyone follows behind him, and those before him are without number.

³⁴你們對答的話中既都錯謬，怎麼徒然安慰我呢？So how can you comfort me with empty words? For your answers remain full of falsehood.”

以利法：人豈能使神有益

¹提幔人以利法回答說：Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied:

²人豈能使　神有益呢？智慧人但能有益於己。“Can a man be of use to God? Can even a wise man benefit Him?

³你為人公義，豈叫全能者喜悅呢？你行為完全，豈能使他得利呢？Does it delight the Almighty that you are righteous? Does He profit if your ways are blameless?

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⁴豈是因你敬畏他就責備你、審判你嗎？Is it for your reverence that He rebukes you and enters into judgment against you?

你的罪惡豈不是大嗎

⁵你的罪惡豈不是大嗎？你的罪孽也沒有窮盡；Is not your wickedness great? Are not your iniquities endless?

⁶因你無故強取弟兄的物為當頭，剝去貧寒人的衣服。For you needlessly demanded security from your brothers and deprived the naked of their clothing.

⁷困乏的人，你沒有給他水喝；飢餓的人，你沒有給他食物。You gave no water to the weary and withheld food from the famished,

⁸有能力的人就得地土；尊貴的人也住在其中。while the land belonged to a mighty man, and a man of honor lived on it.

⁹你打發寡婦空手回去，折斷孤兒的膀臂。You sent widows away empty-handed, and the strength of the fatherless was crushed.

¹⁰因此，有網羅環繞你，有恐懼忽然使你驚惶；Therefore snares surround you, and sudden peril terrifies you;

¹¹或有黑暗蒙蔽你，並有洪水淹沒你。it is so dark you cannot see, and a flood of water covers you.

神豈不是在高天

¹²神豈不是在高天嗎？你看星宿何其高呢！Is not God as high as the heavens? Look at the highest stars, how lofty they are!

¹³你說：　神知道甚麼？他豈能看透幽暗施行審判呢？Yet you say: ‘What does God know? Does He judge through thick darkness?

¹⁴密雲將他遮蓋，使他不能看見；他周遊穹蒼。Thick clouds veil Him so He does not see us as He traverses the vault of heaven.’

¹⁵你要依從上古的道嗎？這道是惡人所行的。Will you stay on the ancient path that wicked men have trod?

¹⁶他們未到死期，忽然除滅；根基毀壞，好像被江河沖去。They were snatched away before their time, and their foundations were swept away by a flood.

¹⁷他們向　神說：離開我們吧！又說：全能者能把我們怎麼樣呢？They said to God, ‘Depart from us. What can the Almighty do to us?’

¹⁸哪知　神以美物充滿他們的房屋；但惡人所謀定的離我好遠。But it was He who filled their houses with good things; so I stay far from the counsel of the wicked.

¹⁹義人看見他們的結局就歡喜；無辜的人嗤笑他們，The righteous see it and are glad; the innocent mock them:

²⁰說：那起來攻擊我們的果然被剪除，其餘的都被火燒滅。‘Surely our foes are destroyed, and fire has consumed their excess.’

你要認識神，就得平安

²¹你要認識　神，就得平安；福氣也必臨到你。Reconcile now and be at peace with Him; thereby good will come to you.

²²你當領受他口中的教訓，將他的言語存在心裡。Receive instruction from His mouth, and lay up His words in your heart.

²³你若歸向全能者，從你帳棚中遠除不義，就必得建立。If you return to the Almighty, you will be restored. If you remove injustice from your tents

²⁴要將你的珍寶丟在塵土裡，將俄斐的黃金丟在溪河石頭之間；and consign your gold to the dust and the gold of Ophir to the stones of the ravines,

²⁵全能者就必為你的珍寶，作你的寶銀。then the Almighty will be your gold and the finest silver for you.

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²⁶你就要以全能者為喜樂，向　神仰起臉來。Surely then you will delight in the Almighty and lift up your face to God.

²⁷你要禱告他，他就聽你；你也要還你的願。You will pray to Him, and He will hear you, and you will fulfill your vows.

²⁸你定意要做何事，必然給你成就；亮光也必照耀你的路。Your decisions will be carried out, and light will shine on your ways.

²⁹人使你降卑，你仍可說：必得高升；謙卑的人，　神必然拯救。When men are brought low and you say, ‘Lift them up!’ then He will save the lowly.

³⁰人非無辜，　神且要搭救他；他因你手中清潔，必蒙拯救。He will deliver even one who is not innocent, rescuing him through the cleanness of your hands.”

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第十四天夜裡漸近陸地

²⁷到了第十四天夜間，船在亞得里亞海飄來飄去。約到半夜，水手以為漸近旱地，On the fourteenth night we were still being driven across the Adriatic Sea. About midnight the sailors sensed they were approaching land.

²⁸就探深淺，探得有十二丈；稍往前行，又探深淺，探得有九丈。They took soundings and found that the water was twenty fathoms deep. Going a little farther, they took another set of soundings that read fifteen fathoms.

²⁹恐怕撞在石頭上，就從船尾拋下四個錨，盼望天亮。Fearing that we would run aground on the rocks, they dropped four anchors from the stern and prayed for daybreak.

水手想要逃走

³⁰水手想要逃出船去，把小船放在海裡，假作要從船頭拋錨的樣子。Meanwhile, the sailors attempted to escape from the ship. Pretending to lower anchors from the bow, they let the lifeboat down into the sea.

³¹保羅對百夫長和兵丁說：「這些人若不等在船上，你們必不能得救。」But Paul said to the centurion and the soldiers, “Unless these men remain with the ship, you cannot be saved.”

³²於是兵丁砍斷小船的繩子，由它飄去。So the soldiers cut the ropes to the lifeboat and set it adrift.

保羅勸眾人吃飯

³³天漸亮的時候，保羅勸眾人都吃飯，說：「你們懸望忍餓不吃甚麼，已經十四天了。Right up to daybreak, Paul kept urging them all to eat: “Today is your fourteenth day in constant suspense, without taking any food.

³⁴所以我勸你們吃飯，這是關乎你們救命的事；因為你們各人連一根頭髮也不至於損壞。」So for your own preservation, I urge you to eat something, because not a single hair of your head will be lost.”

³⁵保羅說了這話，就拿著餅，在眾人面前祝謝了　神，擘開吃。After he had said this, Paul took bread and gave thanks to God in front of them all. Then he broke it and began to eat.

³⁶於是他們都放下心，也就吃了。They were all encouraged and took some food themselves.

³⁷我們在船上的共有二百七十六個人。In all, there were 276 of us on board.

³⁸他們吃飽了，就把船上的麥子拋在海裡，為要叫船輕一點。After the men had eaten their fill, they lightened the ship by throwing the grain into the sea.

船擱淺破壞

³⁹「到了天亮，他們不認識那地方，但見一個海灣，有岸可登，就商議能把船攏進去不能。When daylight came, they did not recognize the land, but they sighted a bay with a sandy beach, where they decided to run the ship aground if they could.

⁴⁰於是砍斷纜索，棄錨在海裡；同時也鬆開舵繩，拉起頭篷，順著風向岸行去。Cutting away the anchors, they left them in the sea as they loosened the ropes that held the rudders. Then they hoisted the foresail to the wind and made for the beach.

⁴¹但遇著兩水夾流的地方，就把船擱了淺；船頭膠住不動，船尾被浪的猛力衝壞。But the ship struck a sandbar and ran aground. The bow stuck fast and would not move, and the stern was being broken up by the pounding of the waves.

百夫長救保羅，眾人得救上岸

⁴²兵丁的意思要把囚犯殺了，恐怕有洑水脫逃的。The soldiers planned to kill the prisoners so none of them could swim to freedom.

⁴³但百夫長要救保羅，不准他們任意而行，就吩咐會洑水的，跳下水去先上岸；But the centurion, wanting to spare Paul’s life, thwarted their plan. He commanded those who could swim to jump overboard first and get to land.

⁴⁴其餘的人可以用板子或船上的零碎東西上岸。這樣，眾人都得了救，上了岸。The rest were to follow on planks and various parts of the ship. In this way everyone was brought safely to land.