今日读经

人的善恶增减不了神甚么

¹以利户又说：And Elihu went on to say:

²你以为有理，或以为你的公义胜于　神的公义，“Do you think this is just? You say, ‘I am more righteous than God.’

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³才说这与我有什么益处？我不犯罪比犯罪有什么好处呢？For you ask, ‘What does it profit me, and what benefit do I gain apart from sin?’

⁴我要回答你和在你这里的朋友。I will reply to you and to your friends as well.

⁵你要向天观看，瞻望那高于你的穹苍。Look to the heavens and see; gaze at the clouds high above you.

⁶你若犯罪，能使　神受何害呢？你的过犯加增，能使　神受何损呢？If you sin, what do you accomplish against Him? If you multiply your transgressions, what do you do to Him?

⁷你若是公义，还能加增他什么呢？他从你手里还接受什么呢？If you are righteous, what do you give Him, or what does He receive from your hand?

⁸你的过恶或能害你这类的人；你的公义或能叫世人得益处。Your wickedness affects only a man like yourself, and your righteousness only a son of man.

受欺压的人为何得不着回应

⁹人因多受欺压就哀求，因受能者的辖制（原文是膀臂）便求救，Men cry out under great oppression; they plead for relief from the arm of the mighty.

¹⁰却无人说：造我的　神在哪里？他使人夜间歌唱，But no one asks, ‘Where is God my Maker, who gives us songs in the night,

¹¹教训我们胜于地上的走兽，使我们有聪明胜于空中的飞鸟。who teaches us more than the beasts of the earth and makes us wiser than the birds of the air?’

¹²他们在那里，因恶人的骄傲呼求，却无人答应。There they cry out, but He does not answer, because of the pride of evil men.

¹³虚妄的呼求，　神必不垂听；全能者也必不眷顾。Surely God does not listen to empty pleas, and the Almighty does not take note of it.

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¹⁴何况你说，你不得见他；你的案件在他面前，你等候他吧。How much less, then, when you say that you do not see Him, that your case is before Him and you must wait for Him,

¹⁵但如今因他未曾发怒降罚，也不甚理会狂傲，and further, that in His anger He has not punished or taken much notice of folly!

¹⁶所以约伯开口说虚妄的话，多发无知识的言语。So Job opens his mouth in vain and multiplies words without knowledge.”

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以利户还要为神说话

¹以利户又接着说：And Elihu continued:

²你再容我片时，我就指示你，因我还有话为　神说。“Bear with me a little longer, and I will show you that there is more to be said on God’s behalf.

³我要将所知道的从远处引来，将公义归给造我的主。I get my knowledge from afar, and I will ascribe justice to my Maker.

⁴我的言语真不虚谎；有知识全备的与你同在。For truly my words are free of falsehood; one perfect in knowledge is with you.

神借着困苦开通人的耳朵

⁵神有大能，并不藐视人；他的智慧甚广。Indeed, God is mighty, but He despises no one; He is mighty in strength of understanding.

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⁶他不保护恶人的性命，却为困苦人伸冤。He does not keep the wicked alive, but He grants justice to the afflicted.

⁷他时常看顾义人，使他们和君王同坐宝座，永远要被高举。He does not take His eyes off the righteous, but He enthrones them with kings and exalts them forever.

⁸他们若被锁链捆住，被苦难的绳索缠住，And if men are bound with chains, caught in cords of affliction,

⁹他就把他们的作为和过犯指示他们，叫他们知道有骄傲的行动。then He tells them their deeds and how arrogantly they have transgressed.

¹⁰他也开通他们的耳朵得受教训，吩咐他们离开罪孽转回。He opens their ears to correction and commands that they turn from iniquity.

¹¹他们若听从事奉他，就必度日亨通，历年福乐；If they obey and serve Him, then they end their days in prosperity and their years in happiness.

¹²若不听从，就要被刀杀灭，无知无识而死。But if they do not obey, then they perish by the sword and die without knowledge.

¹³那心中不敬虔的人积蓄怒气；　神捆绑他们，他们竟不求救；The godless in heart harbor resentment; even when He binds them, they do not cry for help.

¹⁴必在青年时死亡，与污秽人一样丧命。They die in their youth, among the male shrine prostitutes.

¹⁵神借着困苦救拔困苦人，趁他们受欺压开通他们的耳朵。God rescues the afflicted by their affliction and opens their ears in oppression.

劝约伯不要偏向罪孽

¹⁶神也必引你出离患难，进入宽阔不狭窄之地；摆在你席上的必满有肥甘。Indeed, He drew you from the jaws of distress to a spacious and broad place, to a table full of richness.

¹⁷但你满口有恶人批评的言语；判断和刑罚抓住你。But now you are laden with the judgment due the wicked; judgment and justice have seized you.

¹⁸不可容忿怒触动你，使你不服责罚；也不可因赎价大就偏行。Be careful that no one lures you with riches; do not let a large bribe lead you astray.

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¹⁹你的呼求（或译：资财），或是你一切的势力，果有灵验，叫你不受患难吗？Can your wealth or all your mighty effort keep you from distress?

²⁰不要切慕黑夜，就是众民在本处被除灭的时候。Do not long for the night, when people vanish from their homes.

²¹你要谨慎，不可重看罪孽，因你选择罪孽过于选择苦难。Be careful not to turn to iniquity, for this you have preferred to affliction.

谁能像神教训人

²²神行事有高大的能力；教训人的有谁像他呢？Behold, God is exalted in His power. Who is a teacher like Him?

²³谁派定他的道路？谁能说：你所行的不义？Who has appointed His way for Him, or told Him, ‘You have done wrong’?

²⁴你不可忘记称赞他所行的为大，就是人所歌颂的。Remember to magnify His work, which men have praised in song.

²⁵他所行的，万人都看见；世人也从远处观看。All mankind has seen it; men behold it from afar.

神吸取水点、降下雨水

²⁶神为大，我们不能全知；他的年数不能测度。Indeed, God is great—beyond our knowledge; the number of His years is unsearchable.

²⁷他吸取水点，这水点从云雾中就变成雨；For He draws up drops of water which distill the rain from the mist,

²⁸云彩将雨落下，沛然降与世人。which the clouds pour out and shower abundantly on mankind.

²⁹谁能明白云彩如何铺张，和　神行宫的雷声呢？Furthermore, who can understand how the clouds spread out, how the thunder roars from His pavilion?

³⁰他将亮光普照在自己的四围；他又遮覆海底。See how He scatters His lightning around Him and covers the depths of the sea.

³¹他用这些审判众民，且赐丰富的粮食。For by these He judges the nations and provides food in abundance.

³²他以电光遮手，命闪电击中敌人（或译：中了靶子）。He fills His hands with lightning and commands it to strike its mark.

³³所发的雷声显明他的作为，又向牲畜指明要起暴风。The thunder declares His presence; even the cattle regard the rising storm.

神轰轰的雷声

¹因此我心战兢，从原处移动。“At this my heart also pounds and leaps from its place.

²听啊，　神轰轰的声音是他口中所发的响声。Listen closely to the thunder of His voice and the rumbling that comes from His mouth.

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³他发响声震遍天下，发电光闪到地极。He unleashes His lightning beneath the whole sky and sends it to the ends of the earth.

⁴随后人听见有雷声轰轰，大发威严，雷电接连不断。Then there comes a roaring sound; He thunders with His majestic voice. He does not restrain the lightning when His voice resounds.

⁵神发出奇妙的雷声；他行大事，我们不能测透。God thunders wondrously with His voice; He does great things we cannot comprehend.

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冰雪风云都听祂吩咐

⁶他对雪说：要降在地上；对大雨和暴雨也是这样说。For He says to the snow, ‘Fall on the earth,’ and to the gentle rain, ‘Pour out a mighty downpour.’

⁷他封住各人的手，叫所造的万人都晓得他的作为。He seals up the hand of every man, so that all men may know His work.

⁸百兽进入穴中，卧在洞内。The wild animals enter their lairs; they settle down in their dens.

⁹暴风出于南宫；寒冷出于北方。The tempest comes from its chamber, and the cold from the driving north winds.

¹⁰神嘘气成冰；宽阔之水也都凝结。By the breath of God the ice is formed and the watery expanses are frozen.

¹¹他使密云盛满水气，布散电光之云；He loads the clouds with moisture; He scatters His lightning through them.

¹²这云是借他的指引游行旋转，得以在全地面上行他一切所吩咐的，They swirl about, whirling at His direction, accomplishing all that He commands over the face of all the earth.

¹³或为责罚，或为润地，或为施行慈爱。Whether for punishment or for His land, He accomplishes this in His loving devotion.

约伯啊，要站立思想

¹⁴约伯啊，你要留心听，要站立思想　神奇妙的作为。Listen to this, O Job; stand still and consider the wonders of God.

¹⁵神如何吩咐这些，如何使云中的电光照耀，你知道吗？Do you know how God dispatches the clouds or makes the lightning flash?

¹⁶云彩如何浮于空中，那知识全备者奇妙的作为，你知道吗？Do you understand how the clouds float, those wonders of Him who is perfect in knowledge?

¹⁷南风使地寂静，你的衣服就如火热，你知道吗？You whose clothes get hot when the land lies hushed under the south wind,

¹⁸你岂能与　神同铺穹苍吗？这穹苍坚硬，如同铸成的镜子。can you, like Him, spread out the skies, as strong as a mirror of bronze?

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¹⁹我们愚昧不能陈说；请你指教我们该对他说什么话。Teach us what we should say to Him; we cannot draw up our case because of our darkness.

²⁰人岂可说：我愿与他说话？岂有人自愿灭亡吗？Should He be told that I want to speak? Would a man ask to be swallowed up?

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全能者，我们不能测度

²¹现在有云遮蔽，人不得见穹苍的光亮；但风吹过，天又发晴。Now no one can gaze at the sun when it is bright in the skies after the wind has swept them clean.

²²金光出于北方，在　神那里有可怕的威严。Out of the north He comes in golden splendor; awesome majesty surrounds Him.

²³论到全能者，我们不能测度；他大有能力，有公平和大义，必不苦待人。The Almighty is beyond our reach; He is exalted in power! In His justice and great righteousness He does not oppress.

²⁴所以，人敬畏他；凡自以为心中有智慧的人，他都不顾念。Therefore, men fear Him, for He is not partial to the wise in heart.”

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论断人的也无可推诿

¹你这论断人的，无论你是谁，也无可推诿。你在什么事上论断人，就在什么事上定自己的罪；因你这论断人的，自己所行却和别人一样。You, therefore, have no excuse, you who pass judgment on another. For on whatever grounds you judge the other, you are condemning yourself, because you who pass judgment do the same things.

²我们知道这样行的人，　神必照真理审判他。And we know that God’s judgment against those who do such things is based on truth.

³你这人哪，你论断行这样事的人，自己所行的却和别人一样，你以为能逃脱　神的审判吗？So when you, O man, pass judgment on others, yet do the same things, do you think you will escape God’s judgment?

神的恩慈领人悔改

⁴还是你藐视他丰富的恩慈、宽容、忍耐，不晓得他的恩慈是领你悔改呢？Or do you disregard the riches of His kindness, tolerance, and patience, not realizing that God’s kindness leads you to repentance?

⁵你竟任着你刚硬不悔改的心，为自己积蓄忿怒，以致　神震怒，显他公义审判的日子来到。But because of your hard and unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath against yourself for the day of wrath, when God’s righteous judgment will be revealed.

照各人的行为报应

⁶他必照各人的行为报应各人。God “will repay each one according to his deeds.”

⁷凡恒心行善、寻求荣耀、尊贵和不能朽坏之福的，就以永生报应他们；To those who by perseverance in doing good seek glory, honor, and immortality, He will give eternal life.

⁸惟有结党、不顺从真理、反顺从不义的，就以忿怒、恼恨报应他们；But for those who are self-seeking and who reject the truth and follow wickedness, there will be wrath and anger.

⁹将患难、困苦加给一切作恶的人，先是犹太人，后是希腊人，There will be trouble and distress for every human being who does evil, first for the Jew, then for the Greek;

¹⁰却将荣耀、尊贵、平安加给一切行善的人，先是犹太人，后是希腊人。but glory, honor, and peace for everyone who does good, first for the Jew, then for the Greek.

¹¹因为　神不偏待人。For God does not show favoritism.

有律法和没有律法的人

¹²凡没有律法犯了罪的，也必不按律法灭亡；凡在律法以下犯了罪的，也必按律法受审判。All who sin apart from the law will also perish apart from the law, and all who sin under the law will be judged by the law.

¹³（原来在　神面前，不是听律法的为义，乃是行律法的称义。For it is not the hearers of the law who are righteous before God, but it is the doers of the law who will be declared righteous.

良心作见证

¹⁴没有律法的外邦人若顺着本性行律法上的事，他们虽然没有律法，自己就是自己的律法。Indeed, when Gentiles, who do not have the law, do by nature what the law requires, they are a law to themselves, even though they do not have the law.

¹⁵这是显出律法的功用刻在他们心里，他们是非之心同作见证，并且他们的思念互相较量，或以为是，或以为非。）So they show that the work of the law is written on their hearts, their consciences also bearing witness, and their thoughts either accusing or defending them

¹⁶就在　神借耶稣基督审判人隐秘事的日子，照着我的福音所言。on the day when God will judge men’s secrets through Christ Jesus, as proclaimed by my gospel.