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1提幔人以利法回答說：Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied:
2智慧人豈可用虛空的知識回答，用充滿肚腹呢？“Does a wise man answer with empty counsel or fill his belly with the hot east wind?
3他豈可用無益的話和無濟於事的言語理論呢？Should he argue with useless words or speeches that serve no purpose?
4你是廢棄敬畏的意，在 神面前阻止敬虔的心。But you even undermine the fear of God and hinder meditation before Him.
5你的罪孽指教你的口；你選用詭詐人的舌頭。For your iniquity instructs your mouth, and you choose the language of the crafty.
6你自己的口定你有罪，並非是我；你自己的嘴見證你的不是。Your own mouth, not mine, condemns you; your own lips testify against you.
7你豈是嗎？你受造在諸山之先嗎？Were you the first man ever born? Were you brought forth before the hills?
8你曾聽見 神的嗎？你還將智慧獨自得盡嗎？Do you listen in on the council of God or limit wisdom to yourself?
9你知道甚麼是我們不知道的呢？你明白甚麼是我們不明白的呢？What do you know that we do not? What do you understand that is not clear to us?
10我們這裡有白髮的和年紀老邁的，比你父親還老。Both the gray-haired and the aged are on our side—men much older than your father.
11神用溫和的話安慰你，你以為太小嗎？Are the consolations of God not enough for you, even words spoken gently to you?
12你的心為何將你逼去？你的眼為何冒出火星，Why has your heart carried you away, and why do your eyes flash,
13使你的靈反對 神，也任你的口發這言語？so that you turn your spirit against God and pour such words from your mouth?
14人是甚麼，竟算為潔淨呢？婦人所生的是甚麼，竟算為義呢？What is man, that he should be pure, or one born of woman, that he should be righteous?
15神不信靠他的眾聖者；在他眼前，天也不潔淨，If God puts no trust in His holy ones, if even the heavens are not pure in His eyes,
16何況那污穢可憎、喝罪孽如水的世人呢！how much less man, who is vile and corrupt, who drinks injustice like water?
17我指示你，你要聽；我要述說所看見的，Listen to me and I will inform you. I will describe what I have seen,
18就是智慧人從列祖所受，傳說而不隱瞞的。what was declared by wise men and was not concealed from their fathers,
19（這地惟獨賜給他們，並沒有外人從他們中間經過。）to whom alone the land was given when no foreigner passed among them.
20惡人一生之日痛苦；強暴人一生的年數也是如此。A wicked man writhes in pain all his days; only a few years are reserved for the ruthless.
21驚嚇的聲音常在他耳中；在平安時，搶奪的必臨到他那裡。Sounds of terror fill his ears; in his prosperity the destroyer attacks him.
22他不信自己能從黑暗中轉回；他被刀劍等候。He despairs of his return from darkness; he is marked for the sword.
23他漂流在外求食，說：哪裡有食物呢？他知道黑暗的日子在他手邊預備好了。He wanders about as food for vultures; he knows the day of darkness is at hand.
24急難困苦叫他害怕，而且勝了他，好像君王預備上陣一樣。Distress and anguish terrify him, overwhelming him like a king poised to attack.
25他伸手攻擊 神，以驕傲攻擊全能者，For he has stretched out his hand against God and has vaunted himself against the Almighty,
26挺著頸項，用向全能者直闖；rushing headlong at Him with a thick, studded shield.
27是因他的，腰積成肥肉。Though his face is covered with fat and his waistline bulges with flesh,
28他曾住在荒涼城邑，無人居住、將成亂堆的房屋。he will dwell in ruined cities, in abandoned houses destined to become rubble.
29他不得富足，財物不得常存，產業在地上也不加增。He will no longer be rich; his wealth will not endure. His possessions will not overspread the land.
30他不得出離黑暗。火焰要將他的枝子燒乾；因 神口中的氣，他要滅亡（原文是走去）。He will not escape from the darkness; the flame will wither his shoots, and the breath of God’s mouth will carry him away.
31他不用倚靠虛假欺哄自己，因虛假必成為他的報應。Let him not deceive himself with trust in emptiness, for emptiness will be his reward.
32他的日期未到之先，這事必成就；他的枝子不得青綠。It will be paid in full before his time, and his branch will not flourish.
33他必像葡萄樹的葡萄，未熟而落；又像橄欖樹的花，。He will be like a vine stripped of its unripe grapes, like an olive tree that sheds its blossoms.
34原來不敬虔之輩必無生育；受賄賂之人的帳棚必被火燒。For the company of the godless will be barren, and fire will consume the tents of bribery.
35他們所懷的是毒害，所生的是罪孽；心裡所預備的是詭詐。They conceive trouble and give birth to evil; their womb is pregnant with deceit.”