- 4:1 Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,
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提幔人以利法回答说，
- 4:2 If one attempts a word with you, will you be wearied by it? But who can refrain from speaking?
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人若试图与你说话，你就厌烦么？但谁能忍住不说呢？
- 4:3 Indeed, you have instructed many, And you have strengthened the weak hands.
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看哪，你素来教导许多人，又坚固软弱的手。
- 4:4 Your words have raised up him who was stumbling, And you have made the bowing knees firm.
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你的言语曾把绊倒的人扶起；你又使弯曲乏力的膝稳固。
- 4:5 But now it comes to you, and you are wearied by it; It touches you, and you are disturbed.
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但现在祸患临到你，你就厌烦；挨近你，你便惊惶。
- 4:6 Is not your fear of God your confidence, And the integrity of your ways your hope?
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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？
- 4:7 Remember now, who, being innocent, has ever perished? And where have the upright ever been cut off?
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请你追想，无辜的人，有谁灭亡？正直的人，在何处被剪除？
- 4:8 According to what I have seen, those who plow iniquity And those who sow trouble reap the same.
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按我所见，那些耕罪孽、种毒害的人，都照样收割。
- 4:9 By the breath of God they perish, And by the blast of His anger they are consumed.
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他们因神的气而灭亡，因神的怒气而消没。
- 4:10 The roaring of the lion and the sound of the fierce lion And the teeth of the young lions are broken;
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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；
- 4:11 The strong lion perishes for lack of prey, And the whelps of the lioness are scattered.
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壮狮因无猎物而死，母狮之子也都离散。
- 4:12 But a matter has stolen in unto me, And my ear has received a whisper of it.
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但有话暗暗的临到我，我耳朵也听到其细微的声音。
- 4:13 In perplexing thoughts of the night visions, When deep sleep falls upon men,
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在夜间异象的烦扰思念之中，当世人沉睡的时候，
- 4:14 Dread came upon me, and trembling, And caused all my bones to dread.
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恐惧、战兢临到我身，使我百骨战抖。
- 4:15 And a spirit passed before my face; The hair of my flesh bristled.
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有灵从我面前经过，我身上的毫毛直立。
- 4:16 It stood still, but I could not discern its appearance; A form stood before my eyes; I heard a murmur of a voice:
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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，
- 4:17 Can a mortal man be more righteous than God? Can a man be purer than his Maker?
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必死的人岂能比神公义么？人岂能比造他的主洁净么？
- 4:18 If He puts no trust in His servants, And He charges His angels with error,
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祂的仆人，祂尚且不信任；祂的使者，祂也指责其谬误；
- 4:19 How much more those who dwell in houses of clay, Whose foundation is in dust, Who are crushed like a moth!
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何况那些住在土房，根基在尘土里，像蠹虫被压毁的人呢！
- 4:20 From morning to evening they are smashed to pieces; Without any considering it, they continually perish.
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他们在早晚之间，就被打碎，永远灭亡，无人理会。
- 4:21 Should their tent cord be plucked up within them, They die, and not in wisdom.
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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。