Then Job answered and said,
约伯回答说，

Listen carefully to my word, / And let this be your consolations.
你们要细听我的言语，作为你们对我的安慰。

Bear with me, and I will speak; / And after I have spoken, mock on.
请宽容我，我又要说话；我说了以后，你们再嗤笑吧。

As for me, is my complaint to man? / And why should my spirit not be impatient?
至于我，我岂是向人诉冤？我的灵为何不焦急呢？

Look at me and be appalled; / And put your hand over your mouth.
你们要看着我而惊奇，用手捂口。

Even when I remember, I am troubled, / And horror takes hold of my flesh.
我每逢想起，就惊惶，浑身战兢。

Why do the wicked live, / Grow old, even become mighty in riches?
恶人为何存活，享大寿数，财势强盛呢？

Their seed is established with them in their sight, / And their offspring, before their eyes.
他们的后裔在他们面前和他们一同坚立，他们的子孙在他们眼前也是如此。

Their houses are free from dread, / And the rod of God is not upon them.
他们的家宅平安无惧，神的杖也不加在他们身上。

Their bull breeds and does not fail; / Their cow calves and does not miscarry.
他们的公牛孳生而不断绝；母牛下犊而不掉胎。

They send forth their little ones like a herd, / And their children dance.
他们打发小孩子出去，多如羊群；他们的儿女踊跃跳舞。

They lift up their voices to the tambourine and lyre, / And they rejoice at the sound of the flute.
他们随着鼓和琴扬声歌唱，又因箫声欢喜。

They spend their days in prosperity, / And in a moment they go down into Sheol.
他们度日诸事亨通，转眼下入阴间。

And they say unto God, Depart from us, / For we do not desire the knowledge of Your ways.
他们对神说，离开我们吧；我们不愿认识你的道路。

What is the Almighty, that we should serve Him? / And what profit is there, that we should pray to Him?
全能者是谁，我们竟要事奉祂？向祂恳求有什么益处？

Indeed, their prosperity is not in their own hand. / The counsel of the wicked is far from Him.
看哪，他们的亨通不在自己手中；恶人的谋算离祂甚远。

How often is the lamp of the wicked put out, / So that their calamity comes upon them, / So that God distributes sorrows in His anger?
恶人的灯何尝熄灭？祸患何尝临到他们？神何尝在怒中，把痛苦分给他们？

Do they become like straw before the wind / And like chaff that the storm carries off?
他们何尝像风前的碎秸，如暴风刮去的糠秕？

You say, God stores up the punishment of his iniquity for his children. / I say, Let Him recompense him, so that he knows it.
你们说，神将恶人罪孽该受的惩罚，积存给他的儿女。我说，不如报应他本人，好使他亲自知道。

Let his eyes see his destruction, / And let him drink the wrath of the Almighty.
愿他亲眼看见自己败亡，亲自饮全能者的忿怒。

For what is there for him to delight in, in his house after him, / When the number of his months is cut off?
他岁月的数目既然截断，他的家在他身后还有什么可叫他喜悦呢？

Will someone teach knowledge to God, / Seeing that He judges those who are on high?
神既审判那在高位的，谁能将知识教训祂呢？

One dies in his full strength, / Being completely at ease and quiet;
有人至死仍然力气充足，尽得平靖安逸；

His pails are full of milk, / And the marrow of his bones is moist.
他的奶桶盈满，他的骨髓滋润。

But another dies in bitterness of soul / And does not taste of good.
有人至死魂中痛苦，终身未尝福乐的滋味。

They lie down alike in the dust, / And the worm covers them.
他们一样躺卧在尘土中，都被虫子遮盖。

Indeed, I know your thoughts, / And the devices by which you would wrong me.
看哪，我知道你们的意图，并诬害我的计谋。

For you say, Where is the house of the prince? / Where is the tent of the dwellings of the wicked?
你们说，贵胄的房屋在哪里？恶人居住的帐棚在哪里？

Have you not asked those who travel the roads? / And do you not regard their evidence,
你们岂没有询问过路的人么？不理会他们所引的证据么？

That the wicked man is spared in the day of calamity, / That they are led forth at the day of overflowing wrath?
就是恶人在祸患的日子得存留，在怒气满溢的日子得逃脱。

Who will declare his way to his face? / And who will repay him what he has done?
他所行的道路，有谁当面给他说明？他所作的，有谁报应他？

When he is borne to the grave, / A watch is kept over the tomb.
他被抬到茔地时，有人看守坟墓。

The clods of the valley are sweet to him; / And all men go in procession after him, / And those who went before him are without number.
他要以谷中的土块为甘甜；众人随他之后前去，在他以先去的也是无数。

Why then do you comfort me with vanity? / For your responses leave only falsehood behind.
你们的回答既然只留下虚假，怎么还用虚空的话安慰我呢？