But now, Job, hear my speaking, / And give ear to all my words.
然而约伯啊，请听我的话，侧耳听我一切的言语。

Indeed now, I have opened my mouth; / My tongue has spoken in my mouth.
请看，我已经开口，我的舌头已经在我口中发言。

My words manifest the uprightness of my heart, / And what my lips know they speak sincerely.
我的言语显明我心中的正直；我嘴唇所知道的，就清洁无伪地说出。

The Spirit of God has made me, / And the breath of the Almighty has enlivened me.
神的灵造了我，全能者的气使我得生。

If you can, respond to me; / Arrange your words before me; take your stand.
你若能，就回答我；请站起来，在我面前陈明。

Indeed, I am before God as you are; / I too was cut out of clay.
看哪，我在神面前与你一样，也是由泥土中捏出来的。

So no fear of me can terrify you, / Nor can my pressure be heavy upon you.
我的威吓不能使你惊惶，我的压力在你身上也不会沉重。

You have surely spoken in my hearing, / And I have heard the voice of your words, saying,
你所说的我听见了，我听见你言语的声音，说，

I am clean and without transgression; / I am pure, and there is no iniquity in me.
我是清洁无过的；我是纯洁的，在我里面也没有罪孽。

See, He finds occasions for hostility against me; / He considers me as His enemy.
看哪，神找机会攻击我，以我为仇敌，

He puts my feet in stocks; / He watches all my paths.
把我的脚上了木狗，察看我一切的行径。

However, in this you are not right, I will answer you, / For God is greater than man.
我要回答你说，你这话不对，因神比人更大。

Why do you contend with Him, / Saying that He does not answer for any of His affairs?
你为何与祂争论说，祂的事祂都不回答呢？

For God speaks in one way, / Indeed in two ways, without any perceiving it —
原来神用一种方式，甚至用两种方式说话，人却不理会；

In a dream, a night vision, / When deep sleep falls upon men / In the slumberings upon their beds —
（人在床上打盹沉睡的时候，神在梦中，在夜间的异象里说话；）

Then He opens the ears of men / And seals up their instruction,
神就开通人的耳朵，将他们当受的教训印在他们心上，

That He may turn man aside from his doing / And hide pride from man.
好叫人转离自己所行的，又将骄傲从人除掉。

He keeps his soul from the pit, / And his life from perishing by the sword.
祂使人的魂不陷在坑里，使人的生命不灭在刀下。

He is also chastened with pain upon his bed / And with continual strife in his bones,
人在床上被神用痛苦惩治，骨头不住地挣扎；

So that his life abhors bread, / And his soul, fancy food.
以致他的生命厌弃食物，他的魂厌恶美味。

His flesh is so consumed that it cannot be seen, / And his bones that had not been seen stick out.
他的肉消瘦，以致看不见，先前不见的骨头，都凸出来。

And his soul draws near to the pit, / And his life, to the destroyers.
他的魂临近深坑，他的生命接近灭命者。

If there is with him an angel, / An interpreter, one of a thousand, / To declare to man what is right for him,
一千天使中，若有一个在他身旁作传话的，指示人所当行的事，

Then He will be gracious to him and will say, / Redeem him from going down into the pit; / I have found a ransom.
神就向他开恩，说，救赎他免下深坑；我已经得了赎价。

His flesh will be fresher than in childhood; / He will return to the days of his youth.
他的肉要比孩童的肉更嫩；他就反老还童。

He will pray to God, and He will accept him, / So that he sees His face with joyous shouting; / And God restores to man his righteousness.
他祷告神，神就悦纳他，使他欢呼朝见神的面；神又使人复得他的义。

He will sing to men and say, / I sinned and perverted what was right, / But it was not paid back to me.
他要向人歌唱说，我犯了罪，屈枉正直，却未受报应。

He has redeemed my soul from perishing in the pit, / And my life will see the light.
神救赎了我的魂免入深坑；我的生命也必见光。

Indeed, all these things God accomplishes for a man, / Twice, even three times,
看哪，神两次、三次向人行这一切的事，

To bring his soul back from the pit, / To enlighten him with the light of the living.
为要从深坑救回人的魂，以活人之地的光照耀他。

Take heed, Job; hear me. / Be silent, and I will speak.
约伯啊，你当侧耳听我的话；不要作声，我要说话。

If you have anything to say, answer me; / Speak, for I desire to justify you.
你若有话说，就可以回答我；你只管说，因我愿以你为是。

If not, you listen to me; / Be silent, and I will teach you wisdom.
若不然，你就听我说；你不要作声，我便将智慧教训你。