今日读经

约伯：你帮助了谁呢

¹约伯回答说：Then Job answered:

²无能的人蒙你何等的帮助！膀臂无力的人蒙你何等的拯救！“How you have helped the powerless and saved the arm that is feeble!

³无智慧的人蒙你何等的指教！你向他多显大知识！How you have counseled the unwise and provided fully sound insight!

⁴你向谁发出言语来？谁的灵从你而出？To whom have you uttered these words? And whose spirit spoke through you?

神的大能遍及阴间和天地

⁵在大水和水族以下的阴魂战兢。The dead tremble—those beneath the waters and those who dwell in them.

⁶在　神面前，阴间显露；灭亡也不得遮掩。Sheol is naked before God, and Abaddon has no covering.

⁷神将北极铺在空中，将大地悬在虚空；He stretches out the north over empty space; He hangs the earth upon nothing.

⁸将水包在密云中，云却不破裂；He wraps up the waters in His clouds, yet the clouds do not burst under their own weight.

⁹遮蔽他的宝座，将云铺在其上；He covers the face of the full moon, spreading over it His cloud.

¹⁰在水面的周围划出界限，直到光明黑暗的交界。He has inscribed a horizon on the face of the waters at the boundary between light and darkness.

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¹¹天的柱子因他的斥责震动惊奇。The foundations of heaven quake, astounded at His rebuke.

¹²他以能力搅动（或译：平静）大海；他借知识打伤拉哈伯，By His power He stirred the sea; by His understanding He shattered Rahab.

¹³借他的灵使天有妆饰；他的手刺杀快蛇。By His breath the skies were cleared; His hand pierced the fleeing serpent.

这不过是神工作的些微

¹⁴看哪，这不过是　神工作的些微；我们所听于他的是何等细微的声音！他大能的雷声谁能明透呢？Indeed, these are but the fringes of His ways; how faint is the whisper we hear of Him! Who then can understand the thunder of His power?”

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我至死必不以自己为不正

¹约伯接着说：Job continued his discourse:

²神夺去我的理，全能者使我心中愁苦。我指着永生的　神起誓：“As surely as God lives, who has deprived me of justice—the Almighty, who has embittered my soul—

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³我的生命尚在我里面；　神所赐呼吸之气仍在我的鼻孔内。as long as my breath is still within me and the breath of God remains in my nostrils,

⁴我的嘴决不说非义之言；我的舌也不说诡诈之语。my lips will not speak wickedness, and my tongue will not utter deceit.

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⁵我断不以你们为是；我至死必不以自己为不正！I will never say that you are right; I will maintain my integrity until I die.

⁶我持定我的义，必不放松；在世的日子，我心必不责备我。I will cling to my righteousness and never let go. As long as I live, my conscience will not accuse me.

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愿仇敌如恶人一样

⁷愿我的仇敌如恶人一样；愿那起来攻击我的，如不义之人一般。May my enemy be like the wicked and my opponent like the unjust.

⁸不敬虔的人虽然得利，　神夺取其命的时候还有什么指望呢？For what is the hope of the godless when he is cut off, when God takes away his life?

⁹患难临到他，　神岂能听他的呼求？Will God hear his cry when distress comes upon him?

¹⁰他岂以全能者为乐，随时求告　神呢？Will he delight in the Almighty? Will he call upon God at all times?

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¹¹神的作为，我要指教你们；全能者所行的，我也不隐瞒。I will instruct you in the power of God. I will not conceal the ways of the Almighty.

¹²你们自己也都见过，为何全然变为虚妄呢？Surely all of you have seen it for yourselves. Why then do you keep up this empty talk?

恶人从神所得的分

¹³神为恶人所定的分，强暴人从全能者所得的报（原文是产业）乃是这样：This is the wicked man’s portion from God—the heritage the ruthless receive from the Almighty.

¹⁴倘或他的儿女增多，还是被刀所杀；他的子孙必不得饱食。Though his sons are many, they are destined for the sword; and his offspring will never have enough food.

¹⁵他所遗留的人必死而埋葬；他的寡妇也不哀哭。His survivors will be buried by the plague, and their widows will not weep for them.

¹⁶他虽积蓄银子如尘沙，预备衣服如泥土；Though he heaps up silver like dust and piles up a wardrobe like clay,

¹⁷他只管预备，义人却要穿上；他的银子，无辜的人要分取。what he lays up, the righteous will wear, and his silver will be divided by the innocent.

¹⁸他建造房屋如虫做窝，又如守望者所搭的棚。The house he built is like a moth’s cocoon, like a hut set up by a watchman.

¹⁹他虽富足躺卧，却不得收殓，转眼之间就不在了。He lies down wealthy, but will do so no more; when he opens his eyes, all is gone.

²⁰惊恐如波涛将他追上；暴风在夜间将他刮去。Terrors overtake him like a flood; a tempest sweeps him away in the night.

²¹东风把他飘去，又刮他离开本处。The east wind carries him away, and he is gone; it sweeps him out of his place.

²²神要向他射箭，并不留情；他恨不得逃脱　神的手。It hurls itself against him without mercy as he flees headlong from its power.

²³人要向他拍掌，并要发叱声，使他离开本处。It claps its hands at him and hisses him out of his place.

人能找到地下的宝物

¹银子有矿；炼金有方。“Surely there is a mine for silver and a place where gold is refined.

²铁从地里挖出；铜从石中熔化。Iron is taken from the earth, and copper is smelted from ore.

³人为黑暗定界限，查究幽暗阴翳的石头，直到极处，Man puts an end to the darkness; he probes the farthest recesses for ore in deepest darkness.

⁴在无人居住之处刨开矿穴，过路的人也想不到他们；又与人远离，悬在空中摇来摇去。Far from human habitation he cuts a shaft in places forgotten by the foot of man. Far from men he dangles and sways.

⁵至于地，能出粮食，地内好像被火翻起来。Food may come from the earth, but from below it is transformed as by fire.

⁶地中的石头有蓝宝石，并有金沙。Its rocks are the source of sapphires, containing flecks of gold.

⁷矿中的路鸷鸟不得知道；鹰眼也未见过。No bird of prey knows that path; no falcon’s eye has seen it.

⁸狂傲的野兽未曾行过；猛烈的狮子也未曾经过。Proud beasts have never trodden it; no lion has ever prowled over it.

⁹人伸手凿开坚石，倾倒山根，The miner strikes the flint; he overturns mountains at their base.

¹⁰在磐石中凿出水道，亲眼看见各样宝物。He hews out channels in the rocks, and his eyes spot every treasure.

¹¹他封闭水不得滴流，使隐藏的物显露出来。He stops up the sources of the streams to bring what is hidden to light.

智慧在哪里

¹²然而，智慧有何处可寻？聪明之处在哪里呢？But where can wisdom be found, and where does understanding dwell?

¹³智慧的价值无人能知，在活人之地也无处可寻。No man can know its value, nor is it found in the land of the living.

¹⁴深渊说：不在我内；沧海说：不在我中。The ocean depths say, ‘It is not in me,’ while the sea declares, ‘It is not with me.’

¹⁵智慧非用黄金可得，也不能平白银为它的价值。It cannot be bought with gold, nor can its price be weighed out in silver.

¹⁶俄斐金和贵重的红玛瑙，并蓝宝石，不足与较量；It cannot be valued in the gold of Ophir, in precious onyx or sapphire.

¹⁷黄金和玻璃不足与比较；精金的器皿不足与兑换。Neither gold nor crystal can compare to it, nor jewels of fine gold be exchanged for it.

¹⁸珊瑚、水晶都不足论；智慧的价值胜过珍珠（或译：红宝石）。Coral and quartz are unworthy of mention; the price of wisdom is beyond rubies.

¹⁹古实的红璧玺不足与比较；精金也不足与较量。Topaz from Cush cannot compare to it, nor can it be valued in pure gold.

唯有神知道智慧的所在

²⁰智慧从何处来呢？聪明之处在哪里呢？From where, then, does wisdom come, and where does understanding dwell?

²¹是向一切有生命的眼目隐藏，向空中的飞鸟掩蔽。It is hidden from the eyes of every living thing and concealed from the birds of the air.

²²灭没和死亡说：我们风闻其名。Abaddon and Death say, ‘We have heard a rumor about it.’

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²³神明白智慧的道路，晓得智慧的所在。But God understands its way, and He knows its place.

²⁴因他鉴察直到地极，遍观普天之下，For He looks to the ends of the earth and sees everything under the heavens.

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²⁵要为风定轻重，又度量诸水；When God fixed the weight of the wind and measured out the waters,

²⁶他为雨露定命令，为雷电定道路。when He set a limit for the rain and a path for the thunderbolt,

²⁷那时他看见智慧，而且述说；他坚定，并且查究。then He looked at wisdom and appraised it; He established it and searched it out.

²⁸他对人说：敬畏主就是智慧；远离恶便是聪明。And He said to man, ‘Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom, and to turn away from evil is understanding.’”

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惟愿我如从前的日子

¹约伯又接着说：And Job continued his discourse:

²惟愿我的景况如从前的月份，如　神保守我的日子。“How I long for the months gone by, for the days when God watched over me,

³那时他的灯照在我头上；我借他的光行过黑暗。when His lamp shone above my head, and by His light I walked through the darkness,

⁴我愿如壮年的时候：那时我在帐棚中，　神待我有密友之情；when I was in my prime, when the friendship of God rested on my tent,

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⁵全能者仍与我同在；我的儿女都环绕我。when the Almighty was still with me and my children were around me,

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⁶奶多可洗我的脚；磐石为我出油成河。when my steps were bathed in cream and the rock poured out for me streams of oil!

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在城门受人尊敬

⁷我出到城门，在街上设立座位；When I went out to the city gate and took my seat in the public square,

⁸少年人见我而回避，老年人也起身站立；the young men saw me and withdrew, and the old men rose to their feet.

⁹王子都停止说话，用手捂口；The princes refrained from speaking and covered their mouths with their hands.

¹⁰首领静默无声，舌头贴住上膛。The voices of the nobles were hushed, and their tongues stuck to the roofs of their mouths.

¹¹耳朵听我的，就称我有福；眼睛看我的，便称赞我；For those who heard me called me blessed, and those who saw me commended me,

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我为穷乏人的父

¹²因我拯救哀求的困苦人和无人帮助的孤儿。because I rescued the poor who cried out and the fatherless who had no helper.

¹³将要灭亡的为我祝福；我也使寡妇心中欢乐。The dying man blessed me, and I made the widow’s heart sing for joy.

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¹⁴我以公义为衣服，以公平为外袍和冠冕。I put on righteousness, and it clothed me; justice was my robe and my turban.

¹⁵我为瞎子的眼，瘸子的脚。I served as eyes to the blind and as feet to the lame.

¹⁶我为穷乏人的父；素不认识的人，我查明他的案件。I was a father to the needy, and I took up the case of the stranger.

¹⁷我打破不义之人的牙床，从他牙齿中夺了所抢的。I shattered the fangs of the unjust and snatched the prey from his teeth.

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我的根长到水边

¹⁸我便说：我必死在家中（原文是窝中），必增添我的日子，多如尘沙。So I thought: ‘I will die in my nest and multiply my days as the sand.

¹⁹我的根长到水边；露水终夜沾在我的枝上。My roots will spread out to the waters, and the dew will rest nightly on my branches.

²⁰我的荣耀在身上增新；我的弓在手中日强。My glory is ever new within me, and my bow is renewed in my hand.’

²¹人听见我而仰望，静默等候我的指教。Men listened to me with expectation, waiting silently for my counsel.

²²我说话之后，他们就不再说；我的言语像雨露滴在他们身上。After my words, they spoke no more; my speech settled on them like dew.

²³他们仰望我如仰望雨，又张开口如切慕春雨。They waited for me as for rain and drank in my words like spring showers.

²⁴他们不敢自信，我就向他们含笑；他们不使我脸上的光改变。If I smiled at them, they did not believe it; the light of my countenance was precious.

²⁵我为他们选择道路，又坐首位；我如君王在军队中居住，又如吊丧的安慰伤心的人。I chose their course and presided as chief. So I dwelt as a king among his troops, as a comforter of the mourners.

从马耳他到罗马

¹¹过了三个月，我们上了亚历山大的船往前行；这船以“宙斯双子”为记，是在那海岛过了冬的。After three months we set sail in an Alexandrian ship that had wintered in the island. It had the Twin Brothers as a figurehead.

¹²到了叙拉古，我们停泊三日；Putting in at Syracuse, we stayed there three days.

¹³又从那里绕行，来到利基翁。过了一天，起了南风，第二天就来到部丢利。From there we weighed anchor and came to Rhegium. After one day, a south wind came up, and on the second day we arrived at Puteoli.

¹⁴在那里遇见弟兄们，请我们与他们同住了七天。这样，我们来到罗马。There we found some brothers who invited us to spend the week with them. And so we came to Rome.

弟兄们出来迎接

¹⁵那里的弟兄们一听见我们的信息就出来，到亚比乌市和三馆地方迎接我们。保罗见了他们，就感谢　神，放心壮胆。The brothers there had heard about us and traveled as far as the Forum of Appius and the Three Taverns to meet us. When Paul saw them, he was encouraged and gave thanks to God.

保罗在罗马受看守

¹⁶进了罗马城，（有古卷加：百夫长把众囚犯交给御营的统领，惟有）保罗蒙准和一个看守他的兵另住在一处。When we arrived in Rome, Paul was permitted to stay by himself, with a soldier to guard him.

保罗会见犹太人的首领

¹⁷过了三天，保罗请犹太人的首领来。他们来了，就对他们说：“弟兄们，我虽没有做什么事干犯本国的百姓和我们祖宗的规条，却被锁绑，从耶路撒冷解在罗马人的手里。After three days, he called together the leaders of the Jews. When they had gathered, he said to them, “Brothers, although I have done nothing against our people or the customs of our fathers, I was taken prisoner in Jerusalem and handed over to the Romans.

¹⁸他们审问了我，就愿意释放我；因为在我身上，并没有该死的罪。They examined me and wanted to release me, because there was no basis for a death sentence against me.

¹⁹无奈犹太人不服，我不得已，只好上告于凯撒，并非有什么事要控告我本国的百姓。But when the Jews objected, I was compelled to appeal to Caesar, even though I have no charge to bring against my nation.

²⁰因此，我请你们来见面说话，我原为以色列人所指望的，被这链子捆锁。”So for this reason I have called to see you and speak with you. It is because of the hope of Israel that I am bound with this chain.”

²¹他们说：“我们并没有接着从犹太来论你的信，也没有弟兄到这里来报给我们说你有什么不好处。The leaders replied, “We have not received any letters about you from Judea, nor have any of the brothers from there reported or even mentioned anything bad about you.

²²但我们愿意听你的意见如何；因为这教门，我们晓得是到处被毁谤的。”But we consider your views worth hearing, because we know that people everywhere are speaking against this sect.”

从早到晚讲论神国的道

²³他们和保罗约定了日子，就有许多人到他的寓处来。保罗从早到晚，对他们讲论这事，证明　神国的道，引摩西的律法和先知的书，以耶稣的事劝勉他们。So they set a day to meet with Paul, and many people came to the place he was staying. He expounded to them from morning to evening, testifying about the kingdom of God and persuading them about Jesus from the Law of Moses and the Prophets.

²⁴他所说的话，有信的，有不信的。Some of them were convinced by what he said, but others refused to believe.

引用以赛亚的话

²⁵他们彼此不合，就散了；未散以先，保罗说了一句话，说：“圣灵借先知以赛亚向你们祖宗所说的话是不错的。They disagreed among themselves and began to leave after Paul had made this final statement: “The Holy Spirit was right when He spoke to your fathers through Isaiah the prophet:

²⁶他说：你去告诉这百姓说：你们听是要听见，却不明白；看是要看见，却不晓得；‘Go to this people and say, “You will be ever hearing but never understanding; you will be ever seeing but never perceiving.”

²⁷因为这百姓油蒙了心，耳朵发沉，眼睛闭着；恐怕眼睛看见，耳朵听见，心里明白，回转过来，我就医治他们。For this people’s heart has grown callous; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn, and I would heal them.’

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²⁸所以你们当知道，　神这救恩，如今传给外邦人，他们也必听受。”（有古卷加：Be advised, therefore, that God’s salvation has been sent to the Gentiles, and they will listen!”

²⁹保罗说了这话，犹太人议论纷纷地就走了。）（BSB 英译本没有这一节）

放胆传道两年

³⁰保罗在自己所租的房子里住了足足两年。凡来见他的人，他全都接待，Paul stayed there two full years in his own rented house, welcoming all who came to visit him.

³¹放胆传讲　神国的道，将主耶稣基督的事教导人，并没有人禁止。Boldly and freely he proclaimed the kingdom of God and taught about the Lord Jesus Christ.