Then Zophar the Naamathite answered and said,
拿玛人琐法回答说，

Because of this, my disquieting thoughts answer me; / And hence my haste is in me.
为此，我烦扰的思念叫我回答；我的里面急躁。

I hear the reproof that humiliates me, / And the spirit of my understanding answers me.
我听见那羞辱我、责备我的话；我的灵凭我的悟性叫我回答。

Do you not know this from of old, / Since man was set upon the earth,
你岂不知亘古以来，自从人被安置在地上，

That the joyous shouting of the wicked is short, / And the rejoicing of the profane is but for a moment?
恶人的欢呼是短暂的，不虔敬人的喜乐不过转眼之间么？

Though his arrogance goes up to heaven, / And his head touches the clouds;
他的高傲虽达到天上，头虽顶到云中；

Like his own dung he perishes forever; / Those who have seen him say, Where is he?
他必永远灭亡，像自己的粪一样；素来见他的人要说，他在哪里呢？

Like a dream he flies away and is not found; / Indeed he is chased away like a vision of the night.
他必如梦飞去，不被寻见；他被赶逐如夜间的异象。

The eye looks on him then sees him no more, / Nor does his place observe him anymore.
亲眼见过他的，必不再看见他；他的本处，也再见不着他。

His children seek the favor of the poor, / And his hands return his wealth.
他的儿女要求穷人的恩惠，他的手要赔还不义之财。

His bones are full of youthful vigor, / Yet it lies down with him in the dust.
他的骨头虽满有青年之力，却要和他一同躺卧在尘土中。

Though wickedness is sweet in his mouth, / Though he hides it under his tongue,
邪恶在他口中虽然甘甜，他将其藏于舌下，

Though he favors it and will not forsake it, / But holds it in his mouth;
爱恋不舍，含在口中；

His food in his bowels is changed; / It is the venom of asps within him.
他的食物在肚腹里，要起变化，在他里面成为虺蛇的恶毒。

He swallows down riches and vomits them up; / God casts them forth from his stomach.
他吞了财宝，还要吐出；神要从他腹中掏出来。

He sucks the poison of asps; / The tongue of the viper slays him.
他必吸虺蛇的毒；蝮蛇的舌头也必杀他。

He will not look on the rivers, / The streams flowing with honey and butter.
他不得再见河川，就是流蜜与奶油之河。

He will return what he toiled for and will not swallow it down; / And he will not rejoice according to the wealth of his trading.
他劳碌得来的要赔还，不得享用；不能照交易所得的财货欢乐。

For he has oppressed and abandoned the poor; / He has violently seized a house that he did not build.
他欺压、离弃穷人；强取非自己所盖的房屋。

Because he knew no respite in his craving, / Of that which he desired he will save nothing.
他因贪得无厌，所喜悦的连一样也不能保全。

There will be nothing left of what he has devoured; / Thus his prosperity will not endure.
他所吞吃的，没有一样余剩；所以他的福乐不能持久。

In the fullness of his sufficiency he will be distressed; / The hand of everyone in trouble will come against him.
他在充足满盈的时候，必成为困苦；凡受苦楚的人，都必加手在他身上。

In order to fill his belly, / God will send the burning fierceness of His wrath on him / And will rain it upon him as his food.
神必将猛烈的忿怒降在他身上，像雨降在他身上，作他的食物，充满他的肚腹。

He will flee from the iron weapon, / But the bronze bow will strike him through.
他要躲避铁制的兵器，但铜弓的箭要将他射透。

He draws the arrow out, and it comes out of his body; / Indeed the glittering point goes forth from his gall. / Terrors come upon him.
他一抽，箭就从他身上出来；发光的箭头，从他胆中出来；有惊惶临到他身上。

Total darkness is laid up as his treasures; / A fire not fanned by man will devour him; / It will feed on what is left in his tent.
有全般的黑暗存留，作他的财宝；有非人所吹的火，要把他烧灭，把他帐棚中所剩下的烧毁。

The heavens will reveal his iniquity, / And the earth will rise up against him.
天要显明他的罪孽，地要兴起攻击他。

The increase of his house will depart / As things swept away in the day of His wrath.
他家所累增的必被迁去，在神发怒的日子，必被冲没。

This is the wicked man's portion from God / And the inheritance decreed to him by God.
这是恶人从神所得的分，是神命定给他的产业。