今日读经

以利法：谁能忍住不说

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

²人若想与你说话，你就厌烦吗？但谁能忍住不说呢？“If one ventures a word with you, will you be wearied? Yet who can keep from speaking?

³你素来教导许多的人，又坚固软弱的手。Surely you have instructed many, and have strengthened their feeble hands.

⁴你的言语曾扶助那将要跌倒的人；你又使软弱的膝稳固。Your words have steadied those who stumbled; you have braced the knees that were buckling.

⁵但现在祸患临到你，你就昏迷，挨近你，你便惊惶。But now trouble has come upon you, and you are weary. It strikes you, and you are dismayed.

⁶你的倚靠不是在你敬畏　神吗？你的盼望不是在你行事纯正吗？Is your reverence not your confidence, and the uprightness of your ways your hope?

无辜的人有谁灭亡

⁷请你追想：无辜的人有谁灭亡？正直的人在何处剪除？Consider now, I plead: Who, being innocent, has ever perished? Or where have the upright been destroyed?

⁸按我所见，耕罪孽、种毒害的人都照样收割。As I have observed, those who plow iniquity and those who sow trouble reap the same.

⁹神一出气，他们就灭亡；　神一发怒，他们就消没。By the breath of God they perish, and by the blast of His anger they are consumed.

¹⁰狮子的吼叫和猛狮的声音尽都止息；少壮狮子的牙齿也都敲掉。The lion may roar, and the fierce lion may growl, yet the teeth of the young lions are broken.

¹¹老狮子因绝食而死；母狮之子也都离散。The old lion perishes for lack of prey, and the cubs of the lioness are scattered.

夜间的异象

¹²我暗暗地得了默示；我耳朵也听其细微的声音。Now a word came to me secretly; my ears caught a whisper of it.

¹³在思念夜中、异象之间，世人沉睡的时候，In disquieting visions in the night, when deep sleep falls on men,

¹⁴恐惧、战兢临到我身，使我百骨打战。fear and trembling came over me and made all my bones shudder.

¹⁵有灵从我面前经过，我身上的毫毛直立。Then a spirit glided past my face, and the hair on my body bristled.

¹⁶那灵停住，我却不能辨其形状；有影像在我眼前。我在静默中听见有声音说：It stood still, but I could not discern its appearance; a form loomed before my eyes, and I heard a whispering voice:

¹⁷必死的人岂能比　神公义吗？人岂能比造他的主洁净吗？‘Can a mortal be more righteous than God, or a man more pure than his Maker?

¹⁸主不信靠他的臣仆，并且指他的使者为愚昧；If God puts no trust in His servants, and He charges His angels with error,

¹⁹何况那住在土房、根基在尘土里、被蠹虫所毁坏的人呢？how much more those who dwell in houses of clay, whose foundations are in the dust, who can be crushed like a moth!

²⁰早晚之间，就被毁灭，永归无有，无人理会。They are smashed to pieces from dawn to dusk; unnoticed, they perish forever.

²¹他帐棚的绳索岂不从中抽出来呢？他死，且是无智慧而死。Are not their tent cords pulled up, so that they die without wisdom?’

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愚妄人终必遭祸

¹你且呼求，有谁答应你？诸圣者之中，你转向哪一位呢？“Call out if you please, but who will answer? To which of the holy ones will you turn?

²忿怒害死愚妄人；嫉妒杀死痴迷人。For resentment kills a fool, and envy slays the simple.

³我曾见愚妄人扎下根，但我忽然咒诅他的住处。I have seen a fool taking root, but suddenly his house was cursed.

⁴他的儿女远离稳妥的地步，在城门口被压，并无人搭救。His sons are far from safety, crushed in court without a defender.

⁵他的庄稼有饥饿的人吃尽了，就是在荆棘里的也抢去了；他的财宝有网罗张口吞灭了。The hungry consume his harvest, taking it even from the thorns, and the thirsty pant after his wealth.

⁶祸患原不是从土中出来；患难也不是从地里发生。For distress does not spring from the dust, and trouble does not sprout from the ground.

⁷人生在世必遇患难，如同火星飞腾。Yet man is born to trouble as surely as sparks fly upward.

我必仰望神

⁸至于我，我必仰望　神，把我的事情托付他。However, if I were you, I would appeal to God and lay my cause before Him—

⁹他行大事不可测度，行奇事不可胜数：the One who does great and unsearchable things, wonders without number.

¹⁰降雨在地上，赐水于田里；He gives rain to the earth and sends water upon the fields.

¹¹将卑微的安置在高处，将哀痛的举到稳妥之地；He sets the lowly on high, so that mourners are lifted to safety.

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¹²破坏狡猾人的计谋，使他们所谋的不得成就。He thwarts the schemes of the crafty, so that their hands find no success.

¹³他叫有智慧的中了自己的诡计，使狡诈人的计谋速速灭亡。He catches the wise in their craftiness, and sweeps away the plans of the cunning.

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¹⁴他们白昼遇见黑暗，午间摸索如在夜间。They encounter darkness by day and grope at noon as in the night.

¹⁵神拯救穷乏人脱离他们口中的刀和强暴人的手。He saves the needy from the sword in their mouth and from the clutches of the powerful.

¹⁶这样，贫寒的人有指望，罪孽之辈必塞口无言。So the poor have hope, and injustice shuts its mouth.

神所惩治的人有福

¹⁷神所惩治的人是有福的！所以你不可轻看全能者的管教。Blessed indeed is the man whom God corrects; so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty.

¹⁸因为他打破，又缠裹；他击伤，用手医治。For He wounds, but He also binds; He strikes, but His hands also heal.

¹⁹你六次遭难，他必救你；就是七次，灾祸也无法害你。He will rescue you from six calamities; no harm will touch you in seven.

²⁰在饥荒中，他必救你脱离死亡；在争战中，他必救你脱离刀剑的权力。In famine He will redeem you from death, and in battle from the stroke of the sword.

²¹你必被隐藏，不受口舌之害；灾殃临到，你也不惧怕。You will be hidden from the scourge of the tongue, and will not fear havoc when it comes.

²²你遇见灾害饥馑，就必嬉笑；地上的野兽，你也不惧怕。You will laugh at destruction and famine, and need not fear the beasts of the earth.

²³因为你必与田间的石头立约；田里的野兽也必与你和好。For you will have a covenant with the stones of the field, and the wild animals will be at peace with you.

²⁴你必知道你帐棚平安，要查看你的羊圈，一无所失；You will know that your tent is secure, and find nothing amiss when inspecting your home.

²⁵也必知道你的后裔将来发达，你的子孙像地上的青草。You will know that your offspring will be many, your descendants like the grass of the earth.

²⁶你必寿高年迈才归坟墓，好像禾捆到时收藏。You will come to the grave in full vigor, like a sheaf of grain gathered in season.

²⁷这理，我们已经考察，本是如此。你须要听，要知道是与自己有益。Indeed, we have investigated, and it is true! So hear it and know for yourself.”

约伯：我的灾害比海沙更重

¹约伯回答说：Then Job replied:

²惟愿我的烦恼称一称，我一切的灾害放在天平里；“If only my grief could be weighed and placed with my calamity on the scales.

³现今都比海沙更重，所以我的言语急躁。For then it would outweigh the sand of the seas—no wonder my words have been rash.

⁴因全能者的箭射入我身；其毒，我的灵喝尽了；　神的惊吓摆阵攻击我。For the arrows of the Almighty have pierced me; my spirit drinks in their poison; the terrors of God are arrayed against me.

⁵野驴有草岂能叫唤？牛有料岂能吼叫？Does a wild donkey bray over fresh grass, or an ox low over its fodder?

⁶物淡而无盐岂可吃吗？蛋青有什么滋味呢？Is tasteless food eaten without salt, or is there flavor in the white of an egg?

⁷看为可厌的食物，我心不肯挨近。My soul refuses to touch them; they are loathsome food to me.

⁸惟愿我得着所求的，愿　神赐我所切望的；If only my request were granted and God would fulfill my hope:

⁹就是愿　神把我压碎，伸手将我剪除。that God would be willing to crush me, to unleash His hand and cut me off!

¹⁰我因没有违弃那圣者的言语，就仍以此为安慰，在不止息的痛苦中还可踊跃。It still brings me comfort, and joy through unrelenting pain, that I have not denied the words of the Holy One.

¹¹我有什么气力使我等候？我有什么结局使我忍耐？What strength do I have, that I should still hope? What is my future, that I should be patient?

¹²我的气力岂是石头的气力？我的肉身岂是铜的呢？Is my strength like that of stone, or my flesh made of bronze?

¹³在我岂不是毫无帮助吗？智慧岂不是从我心中赶出净尽吗？Is there any help within me now that success is driven from me?

朋友像干涸的溪水

¹⁴那将要灰心、离弃全能者、不敬畏　神的人，他的朋友当以慈爱待他。A despairing man should have the kindness of his friend, even if he forsakes the fear of the Almighty.

¹⁵我的弟兄诡诈，好像溪水，又像溪水流干的河道。But my brothers are as faithless as wadis, as seasonal streams that overflow,

¹⁶这河因结冰发黑，有雪藏在其中；darkened because of the ice and the inflow of melting snow,

¹⁷天气渐暖就随时消化，日头炎热便从原处干涸。but ceasing in the dry season and vanishing from their channels in the heat.

¹⁸结伴的客旅离弃大道，顺河偏行，到荒野之地死亡。Caravans turn aside from their routes; they go into the wasteland and perish.

¹⁹提玛结伴的客旅瞻望；示巴同伙的人等候。The caravans of Tema look for water; the travelers of Sheba hope to find it.

²⁰他们因失了盼望就抱愧，来到那里便蒙羞。They are confounded because they had hoped; their arrival brings disappointment.

²¹现在你们正是这样，看见惊吓的事便惧怕。For now you are of no help; you see terror, and you are afraid.

²²我岂说：请你们供给我，从你们的财物中送礼物给我？Have I ever said, ‘Give me something; offer me a bribe from your wealth;

²³岂说：拯救我脱离敌人的手吗？救赎我脱离强暴人的手吗？deliver me from the hand of the enemy; redeem me from the grasp of the ruthless’?

请指出我错在哪里

²⁴请你们教导我，我便不作声；使我明白在何事上有错。Teach me, and I will be silent. Help me understand how I have erred.

²⁵正直的言语力量何其大！但你们责备是责备什么呢？How painful are honest words! But what does your argument prove?

²⁶绝望人的讲论既然如风，你们还想要驳正言语吗？Do you intend to correct my words, and treat as wind my cry of despair?

²⁷你们想为孤儿拈阄，以朋友当货物。You would even cast lots for an orphan and barter away your friend.

²⁸现在请你们看看我，我决不当面说谎。But now, please look at me. Would I lie to your face?

²⁹请你们转意，不要不公；请再转意，我的事有理。Reconsider; do not be unjust. Reconsider, for my righteousness is at stake.

³⁰我的舌上岂有不义吗？我的口里岂不辨奸恶吗？Is there iniquity on my tongue? Can my mouth not discern malice?

人生像雇工的日子

¹人在世上岂无争战吗？他的日子不像雇工人的日子吗？“Is not man consigned to labor on earth? Are not his days like those of a hired hand?

²像奴仆切慕黑影，像雇工人盼望工价；Like a slave he longs for shade; like a hireling he waits for his wages.

³我也照样经过困苦的日月，夜间的疲乏为我而定。So I am allotted months of futility, and nights of misery are appointed to me.

⁴我躺卧的时候便说：我何时起来，黑夜就过去呢？我尽是反来复去，直到天亮。When I lie down I think: ‘When will I get up?’ But the night drags on, and I toss and turn until dawn.

⁵我的肉体以虫子和尘土为衣；我的皮肤才收了口又重新破裂。My flesh is clothed with worms and encrusted with dirt; my skin is cracked and festering.

⁶我的日子比梭更快，都消耗在无指望之中。My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle; they come to an end without hope.

⁷求你想念，我的生命不过是一口气；我的眼睛必不再见福乐。Remember that my life is but a breath. My eyes will never again see happiness.

⁸观看我的人，他的眼必不再见我；你的眼目要看我，我却不在了。The eye that beholds me will no longer see me. You will look for me, but I will be no more.

⁹云彩消散而过；照样，人下阴间也不再上来。As a cloud vanishes and is gone, so he who goes down to Sheol does not come back up.

¹⁰他不再回自己的家；故土也不再认识他。He never returns to his house; his place remembers him no more.

我不禁止我口

¹¹我不禁止我口；我灵愁苦，要发出言语；我心苦恼，要吐露哀情。Therefore I will not restrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.

¹²我对　神说：我岂是洋海，岂是大鱼，你竟防守我呢？Am I the sea, or the monster of the deep, that You must keep me under guard?

¹³若说：我的床必安慰我，我的榻必解释我的苦情，When I think my bed will comfort me and my couch will ease my complaint,

¹⁴你就用梦惊骇我，用异象恐吓我，then You frighten me with dreams and terrify me with visions,

¹⁵甚至我宁肯噎死，宁肯死亡，胜似留我这一身的骨头。so that I would prefer strangling and death over my life in this body.

¹⁶我厌弃性命，不愿永活。你任凭我吧，因我的日子都是虚空。I loathe my life! I would not live forever. Leave me alone, for my days are but a breath.

人算甚么，你竟看他为大

¹⁷人算什么，你竟看他为大，将他放在心上？What is man that You should exalt him, that You should set Your heart upon him,

¹⁸每早鉴察他，时刻试验他？that You attend to him every morning, and test him every moment?

¹⁹你到何时才转眼不看我，才任凭我咽下唾沫呢？Will You never look away from me, or leave me alone to swallow my spittle?

²⁰鉴察人的主啊，我若有罪，于你何妨？为何以我当你的箭靶子，使我厌弃自己的性命？If I have sinned, what have I done to You, O watcher of mankind? Why have You made me Your target, so that I am a burden to You?

²¹为何不赦免我的过犯，除掉我的罪孽？我现今要躺卧在尘土中；你要殷勤地寻找我，我却不在了。Why do You not pardon my transgression and take away my iniquity? For soon I will lie down in the dust; You will seek me, but I will be no more.”

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保罗的外甥揭发埋伏

¹⁶保罗的外甥听见他们设下埋伏，就来到营楼里告诉保罗。But when the son of Paul’s sister heard about the plot, he went into the barracks and told Paul.

¹⁷保罗请一个百夫长来，说：“你领这少年人去见千夫长，他有事告诉他。”Then Paul called one of the centurions and said, “Take this young man to the commander; he has something to tell him.”

¹⁸于是把他领去见千夫长，说：“被囚的保罗请我到他那里，求我领这少年人来见你；他有事告诉你。”So the centurion took him to the commander and said, “Paul the prisoner sent and asked me to bring this young man to you. He has something to tell you.”

千夫长私下查问

¹⁹千夫长就拉着他的手，走到一旁，私下问他说：“你有什么事告诉我呢？”The commander took the young man by the hand, drew him aside, and asked, “What do you need to tell me?”

²⁰他说：“犹太人已经约定，要求你明天带下保罗到公会里去，假作要详细查问他的事。He answered, “The Jews have agreed to ask you to bring Paul to the Sanhedrin tomorrow on the pretext of acquiring more information about him.

²¹你切不要随从他们；因为他们有四十多人埋伏，已经起誓说：若不先杀保罗就不吃不喝。现在预备好了，只等你应允。”Do not let them persuade you, because more than forty men are waiting to ambush him. They have bound themselves with an oath not to eat or drink until they have killed him; they are ready now, awaiting your consent.”

²²于是千夫长打发少年人走，嘱咐他说：“不要告诉人你将这事报给我了。”So the commander dismissed the young man and instructed him, “Do not tell anyone that you have reported this to me.”

千夫长连夜护送保罗

²³千夫长便叫了两个百夫长来，说：“预备步兵二百，马兵七十，长枪手二百，今夜亥初往凯撒利亚去；Then he called two of his centurions and said, “Prepare two hundred soldiers, seventy horsemen, and two hundred spearmen to go to Caesarea in the third hour of the night.

²⁴也要预备牲口叫保罗骑上，护送到巡抚腓力斯那里去。”Provide mounts for Paul to take him safely to Governor Felix.”

²⁵千夫长又写了文书，And he wrote the following letter:

给巡抚腓力斯的文书

²⁶大略说：“克劳第·吕西亚，请巡抚腓力斯大人安。Claudius Lysias, To His Excellency, Governor Felix: Greetings.

²⁷这人被犹太人拿住，将要杀害，我得知他是罗马人，就带兵丁下去救他出来。This man was seized by the Jews, and they were about to kill him when I came with my troops to rescue him. For I had learned that he is a Roman citizen,

²⁸因要知道他们告他的缘故，我就带他下到他们的公会去，and since I wanted to understand their charges against him, I brought him down to their Sanhedrin.

²⁹便查知他被告是因他们律法的辩论，并没有什么该死该绑的罪名。I found that the accusation involved questions about their own law, but there was no charge worthy of death or imprisonment.

³⁰后来有人把要害他的计谋告诉我，我就立时解他到你那里去，又吩咐告他的人在你面前告他。（有古卷加：愿你平安！）”When I was informed that there was a plot against the man, I sent him to you at once. I also instructed his accusers to present their case against him before you.

保罗被解到凯撒利亚

³¹于是，兵丁照所吩咐他们的，将保罗夜里带到安提帕底。So the soldiers followed their orders and brought Paul by night to Antipatris.

³²第二天，让马兵护送，他们就回营楼去。The next day they returned to the barracks and let the horsemen go on with him.

³³马兵来到凯撒利亚，把文书呈给巡抚，便叫保罗站在他面前。When the horsemen arrived in Caesarea, they delivered the letter to the governor and presented Paul to him.

³⁴巡抚看了文书，问保罗是哪省的人，既晓得他是基利家人，The governor read the letter and asked what province Paul was from. Learning that he was from Cilicia,

³⁵就说：“等告你的人来到，我要细听你的事”；便吩咐人把他看守在希律的衙门里。he said, “I will hear your case when your accusers arrive.” Then he ordered that Paul be kept under guard in Herod’s Praetorium.