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你且觀看河馬

¹⁵你且觀看河馬；我造你也造牠。牠吃草與牛一樣；Look at Behemoth, which I made along with you. He feeds on grass like an ox.

¹⁶牠的氣力在腰間，能力在肚腹的筋上。See the strength of his loins and the power in the muscles of his belly.

¹⁷牠搖動尾巴如香柏樹；牠大腿的筋互相聯絡。His tail sways like a cedar; the sinews of his thighs are tightly knit.

¹⁸牠的骨頭好像銅管；牠的肢體彷彿鐵棍。His bones are tubes of bronze; his limbs are rods of iron.

¹⁹牠在　神所造的物中為首；創造牠的給牠刀劍。He is the foremost of God’s works; only his Maker can draw the sword against him.

²⁰諸山給牠出食物，也是百獸遊玩之處。The hills yield him their produce, while all the beasts of the field play nearby.

²¹牠伏在蓮葉之下，臥在蘆葦隱密處和水窪子裡。He lies under the lotus plants, hidden among the reeds of the marsh.

²²蓮葉的陰涼遮蔽牠；溪旁的柳樹環繞牠。The lotus plants conceal him in their shade; the willows of the brook surround him.

²³河水泛濫，牠不發戰；就是約旦河的水漲到牠口邊，也是安然。Though the river rages, Behemoth is unafraid; he remains secure, though the Jordan surges to his mouth.

²⁴在牠防備的時候，誰能捉拿牠？誰能牢籠牠穿牠的鼻子呢？Can anyone capture him as he looks on, or pierce his nose with a snare?

你能用魚鉤釣上鱷魚嗎

¹你能用魚鉤釣上鱷魚嗎？能用繩子壓下牠的舌頭嗎？“Can you pull in Leviathan with a hook or tie down his tongue with a rope?

²你能用繩索穿牠的鼻子嗎？能用鉤穿牠的腮骨嗎？Can you put a cord through his nose or pierce his jaw with a hook?

³牠豈向你連連懇求，說柔和的話嗎？Will he beg you for mercy or speak to you softly?

⁴豈肯與你立約，使你拿牠永遠作奴僕嗎？Will he make a covenant with you to take him as a slave for life?

⁵你豈可拿牠當雀鳥玩耍嗎？豈可為你的幼女將牠拴住嗎？Can you pet him like a bird or put him on a leash for your maidens?

⁶搭夥的漁夫豈可拿牠當貨物嗎？能把牠分給商人嗎？Will traders barter for him or divide him among the merchants?

⁷你能用倒鉤槍扎滿牠的皮，能用魚叉叉滿牠的頭嗎？Can you fill his hide with harpoons or his head with fishing spears?

⁸你按手在牠身上，想與牠爭戰，就不再這樣行吧！If you lay a hand on him, you will remember the battle and never repeat it!

⁹人指望捉拿牠是徒然的；一見牠，豈不喪膽嗎？Surely hope of overcoming him is false. Is not the sight of him overwhelming?

誰能在我面前站立得住

¹⁰沒有那麼兇猛的人敢惹牠。這樣，誰能在我面前站立得住呢？No one is so fierce as to rouse Leviathan. Then who is able to stand against Me?

¹¹誰先給我甚麼，使我償還呢？天下萬物都是我的。Who has given to Me that I should repay him? Everything under heaven is Mine.

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鱷魚的鱗甲與大力

¹²論到鱷魚的肢體和其大力，並美好的骨骼，我不能緘默不言。I cannot keep silent about his limbs, his power and graceful form.

¹³誰能剝牠的外衣？誰能進牠上下牙骨之間呢？Who can strip off his outer coat? Who can approach him with a bridle?

¹⁴誰能開牠的腮頰？牠牙齒四圍是可畏的。Who can open his jaws, ringed by his fearsome teeth?

¹⁵牠以堅固的鱗甲為可誇，緊緊合閉，封得嚴密。His rows of scales are his pride, tightly sealed together.

¹⁶這鱗甲一一相連，甚至氣不得透入其間，One scale is so near to another that no air can pass between them.

¹⁷都是互相聯絡、膠結，不能分離。They are joined to one another; they clasp and cannot be separated.

噴火冒煙的巨獸

¹⁸牠打噴嚏就發出光來；牠眼睛好像早晨的光線（原文是眼皮）。His snorting flashes with light, and his eyes are like the rays of dawn.

¹⁹從牠口中發出燒著的火把，與飛迸的火星；Firebrands stream from his mouth; fiery sparks shoot forth!

²⁰從牠鼻孔冒出煙來，如燒開的鍋和點著的蘆葦。Smoke billows from his nostrils as from a boiling pot over burning reeds.

²¹牠的氣點著煤炭，有火焰從牠口中發出。His breath sets coals ablaze, and flames pour from his mouth.

²²牠頸項中存著勁力；在牠面前的都恐嚇蹦跳。Strength resides in his neck, and dismay leaps before him.

²³牠的肉塊互相聯絡，緊貼其身，不能搖動。The folds of his flesh are tightly joined; they are firm and immovable.

²⁴牠的心結實如石頭，如下磨石那樣結實。His chest is as hard as a rock, as hard as a lower millstone!

²⁵牠一起來，勇士都驚恐，心裡慌亂，便都昏迷。When Leviathan rises up, the mighty are terrified; they withdraw before his thrashing.

刀槍都奈何不了牠

²⁶人若用刀，用槍，用標槍，用尖槍扎牠，都是無用。The sword that reaches him has no effect, nor does the spear or dart or arrow.

²⁷牠以鐵為乾草，以銅為爛木。He regards iron as straw and bronze as rotten wood.

²⁸箭不能恐嚇牠使牠逃避；彈石在牠看為碎秸。No arrow can make him flee; slingstones become like chaff to him.

²⁹棍棒算為禾秸；牠嗤笑短槍颼的響聲。A club is regarded as straw, and he laughs at the sound of the lance.

³⁰牠肚腹下如尖瓦片；牠如釘耙經過淤泥。His undersides are jagged potsherds, spreading out the mud like a threshing sledge.

³¹牠使深淵開滾如鍋，使洋海如鍋中的膏油。He makes the depths seethe like a cauldron; he makes the sea like a jar of ointment.

³²牠行的路隨後發光，令人想深淵如同白髮。He leaves a glistening wake behind him; one would think the deep had white hair!

³³在地上沒有像牠造的那樣，無所懼怕。Nothing on earth is his equal—a creature devoid of fear!

³⁴凡高大的，牠無不藐視；牠在驕傲的水族上作王。He looks down on all the haughty; he is king over all the proud.”

約伯：現在親眼看見你

¹約伯回答耶和華說：Then Job replied to the LORD:

²我知道，你萬事都能做；你的旨意不能攔阻。“I know that You can do all things and that no plan of Yours can be thwarted.

³誰用無知的言語使你的旨意隱藏呢？我所說的是我不明白的；這些事太奇妙，是我不知道的。You asked, ‘Who is this who conceals My counsel without knowledge?’ Surely I spoke of things I did not understand, things too wonderful for me to know.

⁴求你聽我，我要說話；我問你，求你指示我。You said, ‘Listen now, and I will speak. I will question you, and you shall inform Me.’

⁵我從前風聞有你，現在親眼看見你。My ears had heard of You, but now my eyes have seen You.

⁶因此我厭惡自己（或譯：我的言語），在塵土和爐灰中懊悔。Therefore I despise myself, and I repent in dust and ashes.”

神責備三個朋友

⁷耶和華對約伯說話以後，就對提幔人以利法說：「我的怒氣向你和你兩個朋友發作，因為你們議論我不如我的僕人約伯說的是。After the LORD had spoken these words to Job, He said to Eliphaz the Temanite, “My wrath is kindled against you and your two friends. For you have not spoken about Me accurately, as My servant Job has.

⁸現在你們要取七隻公牛，七隻公羊，到我僕人約伯那裡去，為自己獻上燔祭，我的僕人約伯就為你們祈禱。我因悅納他，就不按你們的愚妄辦你們。你們議論我，不如我的僕人約伯說的是。」So now, take seven bulls and seven rams, go to My servant Job, and sacrifice a burnt offering for yourselves. Then My servant Job will pray for you, for I will accept his prayer and not deal with you according to your folly. For you have not spoken accurately about Me, as My servant Job has.”

⁹於是提幔人以利法、書亞人比勒達、拿瑪人瑣法照著耶和華所吩咐的去行；耶和華就悅納約伯。So Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite went and did as the LORD had told them; and the LORD accepted Job’s prayer.

為朋友祈禱，神加倍賜福

¹⁰約伯為他的朋友祈禱。耶和華就使約伯從苦境（原文是擄掠）轉回，並且耶和華賜給他的比他從前所有的加倍。After Job had prayed for his friends, the LORD restored his prosperity and doubled his former possessions.

¹¹約伯的弟兄、姊妹，和以先所認識的人都來見他，在他家裡一同吃飯；又論到耶和華所降與他的一切災禍，都為他悲傷安慰他。每人也送他一塊銀子和一個金環。All his brothers and sisters and prior acquaintances came and dined with him in his house. They consoled him and comforted him over all the adversity that the LORD had brought upon him. And each one gave him a piece of silver and a gold ring.

約伯晚年的福分

¹²這樣，耶和華後來賜福給約伯比先前更多。他有一萬四千羊，六千駱駝，一千對牛，一千母驢。So the LORD blessed Job’s latter days more than his first. He owned 14,000 sheep, 6,000 camels, 1,000 yoke of oxen, and 1,000 female donkeys.

¹³他也有七個兒子，三個女兒。And he also had seven sons and three daughters.

¹⁴他給長女起名叫耶米瑪，次女叫基洗亞，三女叫基連‧哈樸。He named his first daughter Jemimah, his second Keziah, and his third Keren-happuch.

¹⁵在那全地的婦女中找不著像約伯的女兒那樣美貌。她們的父親使她們在弟兄中得產業。No women as beautiful as Job’s daughters could be found in all the land, and their father granted them an inheritance among their brothers.

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¹⁶此後，約伯又活了一百四十年，得見他的兒孫，直到四代。After this, Job lived 140 years and saw his children and their children to the fourth generation.

¹⁷這樣，約伯年紀老邁，日子滿足而死。And so Job died, old and full of years.

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都在罪惡之下

⁹這卻怎麼樣呢？我們比他們強嗎？決不是的！因我們已經證明：猶太人和希臘人都在罪惡之下。What then? Are we any better? Not at all. For we have already made the charge that Jews and Greeks alike are all under sin.

沒有義人，連一個也沒有

¹⁰就如經上所記：沒有義人，連一個也沒有。As it is written: “There is no one righteous, not even one.

¹¹沒有明白的；沒有尋求　神的；There is no one who understands, no one who seeks God.

¹²都是偏離正路，一同變為無用。沒有行善的，連一個也沒有。All have turned away, they have together become worthless; there is no one who does good, not even one.”

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口舌嘴唇都有毒

¹³他們的喉嚨是敞開的墳墓；他們用舌頭弄詭詐，嘴唇裡有虺蛇的毒氣，“Their throats are open graves; their tongues practice deceit.” “The venom of vipers is on their lips.”

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¹⁴滿口是咒罵苦毒。“Their mouths are full of cursing and bitterness.”

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腳和眼都偏離平安

¹⁵殺人流血，他們的腳飛跑，“Their feet are swift to shed blood;

¹⁶所經過的路便行殘害暴虐的事。ruin and misery lie in their wake,

¹⁷平安的路，他們未曾知道；and the way of peace they have not known.”

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¹⁸他們眼中不怕　神。“There is no fear of God before their eyes.”

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律法塞住各人的口

¹⁹我們曉得律法上的話都是對律法以下之人說的，好塞住各人的口，叫普世的人都伏在　神審判之下。Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world held accountable to God.

²⁰所以凡有血氣的，沒有一個因行律法能在　神面前稱義，因為律法本是叫人知罪。Therefore no one will be justified in His sight by works of the law. For the law merely brings awareness of sin.