| | 1 | 提幔人以利法回答说，
Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied:
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| | 2 | 人岂能使神有益呢？智慧人但能有益于己。
"Can a man be of benefit to God? Can even a wise man benefit him?
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| | 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？
What pleasure would it give the Almighty if you were righteous? What would he gain if your ways were 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 piety that he rebukes you and brings charges against you?
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| | 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 sins endless?
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| | 6 | 因你无故强取弟兄的物为当头，剥去贫寒人的衣服。
You demanded security from your brothers for no reason; you stripped men of their clothing, leaving them naked.
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| | 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 you withheld food from the hungry,
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| | 8 | 有能力的人就得地土。尊贵的人也住在其中。
though you were a powerful man, owning land--an honored man, living on it.
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| | 9 | 你打发寡妇空手回去，折断孤儿的膀臂。
And you sent widows away empty-handed and broke the strength of the fatherless.
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| | 10 | 因此，有网罗环绕你，有恐惧忽然使你惊惶。
That is why snares are all around you, why sudden peril terrifies you,
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| | 11 | 或有黑暗蒙蔽你，并有洪水淹没你。
why it is so dark you cannot see, and why a flood of water covers you.
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| | 12 | 神岂不是在高天吗？你看星宿何其高呢？
"Is not God in the heights of heaven? And see how lofty are the highest stars!
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| | 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 such darkness?
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| | 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 goes about in the vaulted heavens.'
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| | 15 | 你要依从上古的道吗？这道是恶人所行的。
Will you keep to the old path that evil men have trod?
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| | 16 | 他们未到死期，忽然除灭。根基毁坏，好像被江河冲去。
They were carried off before their time, their foundations washed away by a flood.
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| | 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, 'Leave us alone! What can the Almighty do to us?'
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| | 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。
Yet it was he who filled their houses with good things, so I stand aloof from the counsel of the wicked.
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| | 19 | 义人看见他们的结局就欢喜。无辜的人嗤笑他们。
"The righteous see their ruin and rejoice; the innocent mock them, saying,
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| | 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 devours their wealth.'
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| | 21 | 你要认识神，就得平安。福气也必临到你。
"Submit to God and be at peace with him; in this way prosperity will come to you.
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| | 22 | 你当领受他口中的教训，将他的言语存在心里。
Accept instruction from his mouth and lay up his words in your heart.
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| | 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 wickedness far from your tent
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| | 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 assign your nuggets to the dust, your gold of Ophir to the rocks in the ravines,
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| | 25 | 全能者就必为你的珍宝，作你的宝银。
then the Almighty will be your gold, the choicest 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 find delight in the Almighty and will lift up your face to God.
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| | 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.
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| | 28 | 你定意要作何事，必然给你成就。亮光也必照耀你的路。
What you decide on will be done, and light will shine on your ways.
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| | 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 downcast.
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| | 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, who will be delivered through the cleanness of your hands."
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