今日读经

耶和华从旋风中回答

¹那时，耶和华从旋风中回答约伯说：Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind and said:

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²谁用无知的言语使我的旨意暗昧不明？“Who is this who obscures My counsel by words without knowledge?

³你要如勇士束腰；我问你，你可以指示我。Now brace yourself like a man; I will question you, and you shall inform Me.

我立大地根基的时候

⁴我立大地根基的时候，你在哪里呢？你若有聪明，只管说吧！Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Tell Me, if you have understanding.

⁵你若晓得就说，是谁定地的尺度？是谁把准绳拉在其上？Who fixed its measurements? Surely you know! Or who stretched a measuring line across it?

⁶地的根基安置在何处？地的角石是谁安放的？On what were its foundations set, or who laid its cornerstone,

⁷那时，晨星一同歌唱；　神的众子也都欢呼。while the morning stars sang together and all the sons of God shouted for joy?

为海定界限

⁸海水冲出，如出胎胞，那时谁将它关闭呢？Who enclosed the sea behind doors when it burst forth from the womb,

⁹是我用云彩当海的衣服，用幽暗当包裹它的布，when I made the clouds its garment and thick darkness its blanket,

¹⁰为它定界限，又安门和闩，when I fixed its boundaries and set in place its bars and doors,

¹¹说：你只可到这里，不可越过；你狂傲的浪要到此止住。and I declared: ‘You may come this far, but no farther; here your proud waves must stop’?

晨光、海源与死亡的门

¹²你自生以来，曾命定晨光，使清晨的日光知道本位，In your days, have you commanded the morning or assigned the dawn its place,

¹³叫这光普照地的四极，将恶人从其中驱逐出来吗？that it might spread to the ends of the earth and shake the wicked out of it?

¹⁴因这光，地面改变如泥上印印，万物出现如衣服一样。The earth takes shape like clay under a seal; its hills stand out like the folds of a garment.

¹⁵亮光不照恶人；强横的膀臂也必折断。Light is withheld from the wicked, and their upraised arm is broken.

¹⁶你曾进到海源，或在深渊的隐密处行走吗？Have you journeyed to the vents of the sea or walked in the trenches of the deep?

¹⁷死亡的门曾向你显露吗？死荫的门你曾见过吗？Have the gates of death been revealed to you? Have you seen the gates of the shadow of death?

¹⁸地的广大你能明透吗？你若全知道，只管说吧！Have you surveyed the extent of the earth? Tell Me, if you know all this.

¹⁹光明的居所从何而至？黑暗的本位在于何处？Where is the way to the home of light? Do you know where darkness resides,

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²⁰你能带到本境，能看明其室之路吗？so you can lead it back to its border? Do you know the paths to its home?

²¹你总知道，因为你早已生在世上，你日子的数目也多。Surely you know, for you were already born! And the number of your days is great!

雪库、雹仓与雨水

²²你曾进入雪库，或见过雹仓吗？Have you entered the storehouses of snow or observed the storehouses of hail,

²³这雪雹乃是我为降灾，并打仗和争战的日子所预备的。which I hold in reserve for times of trouble, for the day of war and battle?

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²⁴光亮从何路分开？东风从何路分散遍地？In which direction is the lightning dispersed, or the east wind scattered over the earth?

²⁵谁为雨水分道？谁为雷电开路？Who cuts a channel for the flood or clears a path for the thunderbolt,

²⁶使雨降在无人之地、无人居住的旷野？to bring rain on a barren land, on a desert where no man lives,

²⁷使荒废凄凉之地得以丰足，青草得以发生？to satisfy the parched wasteland and make it sprout with tender grass?

²⁸雨有父吗？露水珠是谁生的呢？Does the rain have a father? Who has begotten the drops of dew?

²⁹冰出于谁的胎？天上的霜是谁生的呢？From whose womb does the ice emerge? Who gives birth to the frost from heaven,

³⁰诸水坚硬（或译：隐藏）如石头；深渊之面凝结成冰。when the waters become hard as stone and the surface of the deep is frozen?

你能系住昴星的结吗

³¹你能系住昴星的结吗？能解开参星的带吗？Can you bind the chains of the Pleiades or loosen the belt of Orion?

³²你能按时领出十二宫吗？能引导北斗和随它的众星（星：原文是子）吗？Can you bring forth the constellations in their seasons or lead out the Bear and her cubs?

³³你知道天的定例吗？能使地归在天的权下吗？Do you know the laws of the heavens? Can you set their dominion over the earth?

³⁴你能向云彩扬起声来，使倾盆的雨遮盖你吗？Can you command the clouds so that a flood of water covers you?

³⁵你能发出闪电，叫它行去，使它对你说：我们在这里？Can you send the lightning bolts on their way? Do they report to you, ‘Here we are’?

³⁶谁将智慧放在怀中？谁将聪明赐于心内？Who has put wisdom in the heart or given understanding to the mind?

^37–38谁能用智慧数算云彩呢？尘土聚集成团，土块紧紧结连；那时，谁能倾倒天上的瓶呢？Who has the wisdom to count the clouds? Or who can tilt the water jars of the heavens when the dust hardens into a mass and the clods of earth stick together?

谁为狮子和乌鸦预备食物

^39–40母狮子在洞中蹲伏，少壮狮子在隐密处埋伏；你能为它们抓取食物，使它们饱足吗？Can you hunt the prey for a lioness or satisfy the hunger of young lions when they crouch in their dens and lie in wait in the thicket?

⁴¹乌鸦之雏因无食物飞来飞去，哀告　神；那时，谁为它预备食物呢？Who provides food for the raven when its young cry out to God as they wander about for lack of food?

野山羊、母鹿和野驴

¹山岩间的野山羊几时生产，你知道吗？母鹿下犊之期，你能察定吗？“Do you know when mountain goats give birth? Have you watched the doe bear her fawn?

²它们怀胎的月数，你能数算吗？它们几时生产，你能晓得吗？Can you count the months they are pregnant? Do you know the time they give birth?

³它们屈身，将子生下，就除掉疼痛。They crouch down and bring forth their young; they deliver their newborn.

⁴这子渐渐肥壮，在荒野长大，去而不回。Their young ones thrive and grow up in the open field; they leave and do not return.

⁵谁放野驴出去自由？谁解开快驴的绳索？Who set the wild donkey free? Who released the swift donkey from the harness?

⁶我使旷野作它的住处，使咸地当它的居所。I made the wilderness his home and the salt flats his dwelling.

⁷它嗤笑城内的喧嚷，不听赶牲口的喝声。He scorns the tumult of the city and never hears the shouts of a driver.

⁸遍山是它的草场；它寻找各样青绿之物。He roams the mountains for pasture, searching for any green thing.

野牛岂肯服事你

⁹野牛岂肯服事你？岂肯住在你的槽旁？Will the wild ox consent to serve you? Will he stay by your manger at night?

¹⁰你岂能用套绳将野牛笼在犁沟之间？它岂肯随你耙山谷之地？Can you hold him to the furrow with a harness? Will he plow the valleys behind you?

¹¹岂可因它的力大就倚靠它？岂可把你的工交给它做吗？Can you rely on his great strength? Will you leave your hard work to him?

¹²岂可信靠它把你的粮食运到家，又收聚你禾场上的谷吗？Can you trust him to bring in your grain and gather it to your threshing floor?

鸵鸟

¹³鸵鸟的翅膀欢然搧展，岂是显慈爱的翎毛和羽毛吗？The wings of the ostrich flap joyfully, but cannot match the pinions and feathers of the stork.

¹⁴因它把蛋留在地上，在尘土中使得温暖；For she leaves her eggs on the ground and lets them warm in the sand.

¹⁵却想不到被脚踹碎，或被野兽践踏。She forgets that a foot may crush them, or a wild animal may trample them.

¹⁶它忍心待雏，似乎不是自己的；虽然徒受劳苦，也不为雏惧怕；She treats her young harshly, as if not her own, with no concern that her labor was in vain.

¹⁷因为　神使它没有智慧，也未将悟性赐给它。For God has deprived her of wisdom; He has not endowed her with understanding.

¹⁸它几时挺身展开翅膀，就嗤笑马和骑马的人。Yet when she proudly spreads her wings, she laughs at the horse and its rider.

战马

¹⁹马的大力是你所赐的吗？它颈项上挓挲的鬃是你给它披上的吗？Do you give strength to the horse or adorn his neck with a mane?

²⁰是你叫它跳跃像蝗虫吗？它喷气之威使人惊惶。Do you make him leap like a locust, striking terror with his proud snorting?

²¹它在谷中刨地，自喜其力；它出去迎接佩带兵器的人。He paws in the valley and rejoices in his strength; he charges into battle.

²²它嗤笑可怕的事并不惊惶，也不因刀剑退回。He laughs at fear, frightened of nothing; he does not turn back from the sword.

²³箭袋和发亮的枪，并短枪在它身上铮铮有声。A quiver rattles at his side, along with a flashing spear and lance.

²⁴它发猛烈的怒气将地吞下；一听角声就不耐站立。Trembling with excitement, he devours the distance; he cannot stand still when the ram’s horn sounds.

²⁵角每发声，它说呵哈；它从远处闻着战气，又听见军长大发雷声和兵丁呐喊。At the blast of the horn, he snorts with fervor. He catches the scent of battle from afar, the shouts of captains and the cry of war.

鹰雀与大鹰

²⁶鹰雀飞翔，展开翅膀一直向南，岂是借你的智慧吗？Does the hawk take flight by your understanding and spread his wings toward the south?

²⁷大鹰上腾在高处搭窝，岂是听你的吩咐吗？Does the eagle soar at your command and make his nest on high?

²⁸它住在山岩，以山峰和坚固之所为家，He dwells on a cliff and lodges there; his stronghold is on a rocky crag.

²⁹从那里窥看食物，眼睛远远观望。From there he spies out food; his eyes see it from afar.

³⁰它的雏也咂血；被杀的人在哪里，它也在那里。His young ones feast on blood; and where the slain are, there he is.”

约伯用手摀口

¹耶和华又对约伯说：And the LORD said to Job:

²强辩的岂可与全能者争论吗？与　神辩驳的可以回答这些吧！“Will the faultfinder contend with the Almighty? Let him who argues with God give an answer.”

³于是，约伯回答耶和华说：Then Job answered the LORD:

⁴我是卑贱的！我用什么回答你呢？只好用手捂口。“Behold, I am insignificant. How can I reply to You? I place my hand over my mouth.

⁵我说了一次，再不回答；说了两次，就不再说。I have spoken once, but I have no answer—twice, but I have nothing to add.”

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你有神那样的膀臂吗

⁶于是，耶和华从旋风中回答约伯说：Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind and said:

⁷你要如勇士束腰；我问你，你可以指示我。“Now brace yourself like a man; I will question you, and you shall inform Me.

⁸你岂可废弃我所拟定的？岂可定我有罪，好显自己为义吗？Would you really annul My justice? Would you condemn Me to justify yourself?

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⁹你有　神那样的膀臂吗？你能像他发雷声吗？Do you have an arm like God’s? Can you thunder with a voice like His?

¹⁰你要以荣耀庄严为妆饰，以尊荣威严为衣服；Then adorn yourself with majesty and splendor, and clothe yourself with honor and glory.

¹¹要发出你满溢的怒气，见一切骄傲的人，使他降卑；Unleash the fury of your wrath; look on every proud man and bring him low.

¹²见一切骄傲的人，将他制伏，把恶人践踏在本处；Look on every proud man and humble him; trample the wicked where they stand.

¹³将他们一同隐藏在尘土中，把他们的脸蒙蔽在隐密处；Bury them together in the dust; imprison them in the grave.

¹⁴我就认你右手能以救自己。Then I will confess to you that your own right hand can save you.

倚靠律法夸口的人

¹⁷你称为犹太人，又倚靠律法，且指着　神夸口；Now you, if you call yourself a Jew; if you rely on the law and boast in God;

¹⁸既从律法中受了教训，就晓得　神的旨意，也能分别是非（或译：也喜爱那美好的事）；if you know His will and approve of what is superior because you are instructed by the law;

¹⁹又深信自己是给瞎子领路的，是黑暗中人的光，if you are convinced that you are a guide for the blind, a light for those in darkness,

²⁰是蠢笨人的师傅，是小孩子的先生，在律法上有知识和真理的模范。an instructor of the foolish, a teacher of infants, because you have in the law the embodiment of knowledge and truth—

教导别人，却不教导自己

²¹你既是教导别人，还不教导自己吗？你讲说人不可偷窃，自己还偷窃吗？you, then, who teach others, do you not teach yourself? You who preach against stealing, do you steal?

²²你说人不可奸淫，自己还奸淫吗？你厌恶偶像，自己还偷窃庙中之物吗？You who forbid adultery, do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you rob temples?

²³你指着律法夸口，自己倒犯律法、玷辱　神吗？You who boast in the law, do you dishonor God by breaking the law?

²⁴神的名在外邦人中，因你们受了亵渎，正如经上所记的。As it is written: “God’s name is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you.”

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真割礼在乎心

²⁵你若是行律法的，割礼固然于你有益；若是犯律法的，你的割礼就算不得割礼。Circumcision has value if you observe the law, but if you break the law, your circumcision has become uncircumcision.

²⁶所以那未受割礼的，若遵守律法的条例，他虽然未受割礼，岂不算是有割礼吗？If a man who is not circumcised keeps the requirements of the law, will not his uncircumcision be regarded as circumcision?

²⁷而且那本来未受割礼的，若能全守律法，岂不是要审判你这有仪文和割礼竟犯律法的人吗？The one who is physically uncircumcised yet keeps the law will condemn you who, even though you have the written code and circumcision, are a lawbreaker.

²⁸因为外面作犹太人的，不是真犹太人；外面肉身的割礼，也不是真割礼。A man is not a Jew because he is one outwardly, nor is circumcision only outward and physical.

²⁹惟有里面作的，才是真犹太人；真割礼也是心里的，在乎灵，不在乎仪文。这人的称赞不是从人来的，乃是从　神来的。No, a man is a Jew because he is one inwardly, and circumcision is a matter of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the written code. Such a man’s praise does not come from men, but from God.

犹太人有甚么长处

¹这样说来，犹太人有什么长处？割礼有什么益处呢？What, then, is the advantage of being a Jew? Or what is the value of circumcision?

²凡事大有好处：第一是　神的圣言交托他们。Much in every way. First of all, they have been entrusted with the very words of God.

³即便有不信的，这有何妨呢？难道他们的不信就废掉　神的信吗？What if some did not have faith? Will their lack of faith nullify God’s faithfulness?

⁴断乎不能！不如说，　神是真实的，人都是虚谎的。如经上所记：你责备人的时候，显为公义；被人议论的时候，可以得胜。Certainly not! Let God be true and every man a liar. As it is written: “So that You may be proved right when You speak and victorious when You judge.”

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我们的不义与神的义

⁵我且照着人的常话说，我们的不义若显出　神的义来，我们可以怎么说呢？神降怒，是他不义吗？But if our unrighteousness highlights the righteousness of God, what shall we say? That God is unjust to inflict His wrath on us? I am speaking in human terms.

⁶断乎不是！若是这样，　神怎能审判世界呢？Certainly not! In that case, how could God judge the world?

⁷若　神的真实，因我的虚谎越发显出他的荣耀，为什么我还受审判，好像罪人呢？However, if my falsehood accentuates God’s truthfulness, to the increase of His glory, why am I still condemned as a sinner?

⁸为什么不说，我们可以作恶以成善呢？这是毁谤我们的人说我们有这话。这等人定罪是该当的。Why not say, as some slanderously claim that we say, “Let us do evil that good may result”? Their condemnation is deserved!