Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,
提幔人以利法回答说，

If one attempts a word with you, will you be wearied by it? / But who can refrain from speaking?
人若试图与你说话，你就厌烦么？但谁能忍住不说呢？

Indeed, you have instructed many, / And you have strengthened the weak hands.
看哪，你素来教导许多人，又坚固软弱的手。

Your words have raised up him who was stumbling, / And you have made the bowing knees firm.
你的言语曾把绊倒的人扶起；你又使弯曲乏力的膝稳固。

But now it comes to you, and you are wearied by it; / It touches you, and you are disturbed.
但现在祸患临到你，你就厌烦；挨近你，你便惊惶。

Is not your fear of God your confidence, / And the integrity of your ways your hope?
你的倚靠，不是在于你敬畏神么？你的盼望，不是在于你行径纯全么？

Remember now, who, being innocent, has ever perished? / And where have the upright ever been cut off?
请你追想，无辜的人，有谁灭亡？正直的人，在何处被剪除？

According to what I have seen, those who plow iniquity / And those who sow trouble reap the same.
按我所见，那些耕罪孽、种毒害的人，都照样收割。

By the breath of God they perish, / And by the blast of His anger they are consumed.
他们因神的气而灭亡，因神的怒气而消没。

The roaring of the lion and the sound of the fierce lion / And the teeth of the young lions are broken;
狮子的吼叫和猛狮的声音尽都止息，少壮狮子的牙齿也都断折；

The strong lion perishes for lack of prey, / And the whelps of the lioness are scattered.
壮狮因无猎物而死，母狮之子也都离散。

But a matter has stolen in unto me, / And my ear has received a whisper of it.
但有话暗暗地临到我，我耳朵也听到其细微的声音。

In perplexing thoughts of the night visions, / When deep sleep falls upon men,
在夜间异象的烦扰思念之中，当世人沉睡的时候，

Dread came upon me, and trembling, / And caused all my bones to dread.
恐惧、战兢临到我身，使我百骨战抖。

And a spirit passed before my face; / The hair of my flesh bristled.
有灵从我面前经过，我身上的毫毛直立。

It stood still, but I could not discern its appearance; / A form stood before my eyes; / I heard a murmur of a voice:
那灵站住，我却不能辨其形状；有影像在我眼前；我听见低微的声音，说，

Can a mortal man be more righteous than God? / Can a man be purer than his Maker?
必死的人岂能比神公义么？人岂能比造他的主洁净么？

If He puts no trust in His servants, / And He charges His angels with error,
祂的仆人，祂尚且不信任；祂的使者，祂也指责其谬误；

How much more those who dwell in houses of clay, / Whose foundation is in dust, / Who are crushed like a moth!
何况那些住在土房，根基在尘土里，像蠹虫被压毁的人呢！

From morning to evening they are smashed to pieces; / Without any considering it, they continually perish.
他们在早晚之间，就被打碎，永远灭亡，无人理会。

Should their tent cord be plucked up within them, / They die, and not in wisdom.
他们帐棚的绳索从里面一抽出，他们就死去，且是无智慧而死。