今日读经

约伯：请细听我的言语

¹约伯回答说：Then Job answered:

²你们要细听我的言语，就算是你们安慰我。“Listen carefully to my words; let this be your consolation to me.

³请宽容我，我又要说话；说了以后，任凭你们嗤笑吧！Bear with me while I speak; then, after I have spoken, you may go on mocking.

⁴我岂是向人诉冤？为何不焦急呢？Is my complaint against a man? Then why should I not be impatient?

⁵你们要看着我而惊奇，用手捂口。Look at me and be appalled; put your hand over your mouth.

⁶我每逢思想，心就惊惶，浑身战兢。When I remember, terror takes hold, and my body trembles in horror.

恶人为何存活亨通

⁷恶人为何存活，享大寿数，势力强盛呢？Why do the wicked live on, growing old and increasing in power?

⁸他们眼见儿孙，和他们一同坚立。Their descendants are established around them, and their offspring before their eyes.

⁹他们的家宅平安无惧；　神的杖也不加在他们身上。Their homes are safe from fear; no rod of punishment from God is upon them.

¹⁰他们的公牛孳生而不断绝；母牛下犊而不掉胎。Their bulls breed without fail; their cows bear calves and do not miscarry.

¹¹他们打发小孩子出去，多如羊群；他们的儿女踊跃跳舞。They send forth their little ones like a flock; their children skip about,

¹²他们随着琴鼓歌唱，又因箫声欢喜。singing to the tambourine and lyre and making merry at the sound of the flute.

¹³他们度日诸事亨通，转眼下入阴间。They spend their days in prosperity and go down to Sheol in peace.

¹⁴他们对　神说：离开我们吧！我们不愿晓得你的道。Yet they say to God: ‘Leave us alone! For we have no desire to know Your ways.

¹⁵全能者是谁，我们何必事奉他呢？求告他有什么益处呢？Who is the Almighty, that we should serve Him, and what would we gain if we pray to Him?’

¹⁶看哪，他们亨通不在乎自己；恶人所谋定的离我好远。Still, their prosperity is not in their own hands, so I stay far from the counsel of the wicked.

恶人的灯何尝熄灭

¹⁷恶人的灯何尝熄灭？患难何尝临到他们呢？　神何尝发怒，向他们分散灾祸呢？How often is the lamp of the wicked put out? Does disaster come upon them? Does God, in His anger, apportion destruction?

¹⁸他们何尝像风前的碎秸，如暴风刮去的糠秕呢？Are they like straw before the wind, like chaff swept away by a storm?

¹⁹你们说：　神为恶人的儿女积蓄罪孽；我说：不如本人受报，好使他亲自知道。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愿他亲眼看见自己败亡，亲自饮全能者的忿怒。Let his eyes see his own destruction; let him drink for himself the wrath of the Almighty.

²¹他的岁月既尽，他还顾他本家吗？For what does he care about his household after him, when the number of his months has run out?

²²神既审判那在高位的，谁能将知识教训他呢？Can anyone teach knowledge to God, since He judges those on high?

有人至死强壮，有人至死痛苦

²³有人至死身体强壮，尽得平靖安逸；One man dies full of vigor, completely secure and at ease.

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

²⁵有人至死心中痛苦，终身未尝福乐的滋味；Yet another man dies in the bitterness of his soul, having never tasted prosperity.

²⁶他们一样躺卧在尘土中，都被虫子遮盖。But together they lie down in the dust, and worms cover them both.

你们的安慰都是错谬

²⁷我知道你们的意思，并诬害我的计谋。Behold, I know your thoughts full well, the schemes by which you would wrong me.

²⁸你们说：霸者的房屋在哪里？恶人住过的帐棚在哪里？For you say, ‘Where now is the nobleman’s house, and where are the tents in which the wicked dwell?’

²⁹你们岂没有询问过路的人吗？不知道他们所引的证据吗？Have you never asked those who travel the roads? Do you not accept their reports?

³⁰就是恶人在祸患的日子得存留，在发怒的日子得逃脱。Indeed, the evil man is spared from the day of calamity, delivered from the day of wrath.

³¹他所行的，有谁当面给他说明？他所做的，有谁报应他呢？Who denounces his behavior to his face? Who repays him for what he has done?

³²然而他要被抬到茔地；并有人看守坟墓。He is carried to the grave, and watch is kept over his tomb.

³³他要以谷中的土块为甘甜；在他以先去的无数，在他以后去的更多。The clods of the valley are sweet to him; everyone follows behind him, and those before him are without number.

³⁴你们对答的话中既都错谬，怎么徒然安慰我呢？So how can you comfort me with empty words? For your answers remain full of falsehood.”

以利法：人岂能使神有益

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

²人岂能使　神有益呢？智慧人但能有益于己。“Can a man be of use to God? Can even a wise man benefit Him?

³你为人公义，岂叫全能者喜悦呢？你行为完全，岂能使他得利呢？Does it delight the Almighty that you are righteous? Does He profit if your ways are blameless?

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⁴岂是因你敬畏他就责备你、审判你吗？Is it for your reverence that He rebukes you and enters into judgment against you?

你的罪恶岂不是大吗

⁵你的罪恶岂不是大吗？你的罪孽也没有穷尽；Is not your wickedness great? Are not your iniquities endless?

⁶因你无故强取弟兄的物为当头，剥去贫寒人的衣服。For you needlessly demanded security from your brothers and deprived the naked of their clothing.

⁷困乏的人，你没有给他水喝；饥饿的人，你没有给他食物。You gave no water to the weary and withheld food from the famished,

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

⁹你打发寡妇空手回去，折断孤儿的膀臂。You sent widows away empty-handed, and the strength of the fatherless was crushed.

¹⁰因此，有网罗环绕你，有恐惧忽然使你惊惶；Therefore snares surround you, and sudden peril terrifies you;

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

神岂不是在高天

¹²神岂不是在高天吗？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你说：　神知道什么？他岂能看透幽暗施行审判呢？Yet you say: ‘What does God know? Does He judge through thick darkness?

¹⁴密云将他遮盖，使他不能看见；他周游穹苍。Thick clouds veil Him so He does not see us as He traverses the vault of heaven.’

¹⁵你要依从上古的道吗？这道是恶人所行的。Will you stay on the ancient path that wicked men have trod?

¹⁶他们未到死期，忽然除灭；根基毁坏，好像被江河冲去。They were snatched away before their time, and their foundations were swept away by a flood.

¹⁷他们向　神说：离开我们吧！又说：全能者能把我们怎么样呢？They said to God, ‘Depart from us. What can the Almighty do to us?’

¹⁸哪知　神以美物充满他们的房屋；但恶人所谋定的离我好远。But it was He who filled their houses with good things; so I stay far from the counsel of the wicked.

¹⁹义人看见他们的结局就欢喜；无辜的人嗤笑他们，The righteous see it and are glad; the innocent mock them:

²⁰说：那起来攻击我们的果然被剪除，其余的都被火烧灭。‘Surely our foes are destroyed, and fire has consumed their excess.’

你要认识神，就得平安

²¹你要认识　神，就得平安；福气也必临到你。Reconcile now and be at peace with Him; thereby good will come to you.

²²你当领受他口中的教训，将他的言语存在心里。Receive instruction from His mouth, and lay up His words in your heart.

²³你若归向全能者，从你帐棚中远除不义，就必得建立。If you return to the Almighty, you will be restored. If you remove injustice from your tents

²⁴要将你的珍宝丢在尘土里，将俄斐的黄金丢在溪河石头之间；and consign your gold to the dust and the gold of Ophir to the stones of the ravines,

²⁵全能者就必为你的珍宝，作你的宝银。then the Almighty will be your gold and the finest silver for you.

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²⁶你就要以全能者为喜乐，向　神仰起脸来。Surely then you will delight in the Almighty and lift up your face to God.

²⁷你要祷告他，他就听你；你也要还你的愿。You will pray to Him, and He will hear you, and you will fulfill your vows.

²⁸你定意要做何事，必然给你成就；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，你仍可说：必得高升；谦卑的人，　神必然拯救。When men are brought low and you say, ‘Lift them up!’ then He will save the lowly.

³⁰人非无辜，　神且要搭救他；他因你手中清洁，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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第十四天夜里渐近陆地

²⁷到了第十四天夜间，船在亚得里亚海飘来飘去。约到半夜，水手以为渐近旱地，On the fourteenth night we were still being driven across the Adriatic Sea. About midnight the sailors sensed they were approaching land.

²⁸就探深浅，探得有十二丈；稍往前行，又探深浅，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恐怕撞在石头上，就从船尾抛下四个锚，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，把小船放在海里，假作要从船头抛锚的样子。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保罗对百夫长和兵丁说：“这些人若不等在船上，你们必不能得救。”But Paul said to the centurion and the soldiers, “Unless these men remain with the ship, you cannot be saved.”

³²于是兵丁砍断小船的绳子，由它飘去。So the soldiers cut the ropes to the lifeboat and set it adrift.

保罗劝众人吃饭

³³天渐亮的时候，保罗劝众人都吃饭，说：“你们悬望忍饿不吃什么，已经十四天了。Right up to daybreak, Paul kept urging them all to eat: “Today is your fourteenth day in constant suspense, without taking any food.

³⁴所以我劝你们吃饭，这是关乎你们救命的事；因为你们各人连一根头发也不至于损坏。”So for your own preservation, I urge you to eat something, because not a single hair of your head will be lost.”

³⁵保罗说了这话，就拿着饼，在众人面前祝谢了　神，擘开吃。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于是他们都放下心，也就吃了。They were all encouraged and took some food themselves.

³⁷我们在船上的共有二百七十六个人。In all, there were 276 of us on board.

³⁸他们吃饱了，就把船上的麦子抛在海里，为要叫船轻一点。After the men had eaten their fill, they lightened the ship by throwing the grain into the sea.

船搁浅破坏

³⁹“到了天亮，他们不认识那地方，但见一个海湾，有岸可登，就商议能把船拢进去不能。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于是砍断缆索，弃锚在海里；同时也松开舵绳，拉起头篷，顺着风向岸行去。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但遇着两水夹流的地方，就把船搁了浅；船头胶住不动，船尾被浪的猛力冲坏。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.

百夫长救保罗，众人得救上岸

⁴²兵丁的意思要把囚犯杀了，恐怕有洑水脱逃的。The soldiers planned to kill the prisoners so none of them could swim to freedom.

⁴³但百夫长要救保罗，不准他们任意而行，就吩咐会洑水的，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其余的人可以用板子或船上的零碎东西上岸。这样，众人都得了救，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.