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Job 33
Legacy Standard Bible
Job 33
Legacy Standard Bible
Elihu Asks Job to Hear and Respond
33 “However now, Job, please (A)hear my speech,
And give ear to all my words.
2 Behold now, I open my mouth;
My tongue in my [a]mouth speaks.
3 My words are from the uprightness of my heart,
And my lips speak (B)knowledge sincerely.
4 The (C)Spirit of God has made me,
And the (D)breath of [b]the Almighty gives me life.
5 (E)Respond to me if you can;
Arrange yourselves before me, take your stand.
6 Behold, I belong to God like you;
I too have been [c]formed out of the (F)clay.
7 Behold, (G)no dread of me should terrify you,
Nor should my pressure weigh heavily on you.
8 “Surely you have spoken in my hearing,
And I have heard the sound of your speech:
9 ‘I am (H)pure, (I)without transgression;
I am innocent, and there (J)is no guilt in me.
10 Behold, He finds reasons for opposition against me;
He (K)counts me as His enemy.
11 He (L)puts my feet in the stocks;
He keeps watch over all my paths.’
12 Behold, let me answer you; (M)you are not right in this,
For God is greater than mortal man.
13 “Why do you (N)contend against Him?
For He does not give an answer for all His doings.
14 Indeed (O)God speaks once,
Or twice, yet no one perceives it.
15 In a (P)dream, a vision of the night,
When deep sleep falls on men,
While they slumber in their beds,
16 Then (Q)He opens the ears of men,
And seals in their discipline,
17 That He may turn man aside from his conduct,
And [d]keep man from pride;
18 He (R)holds back his soul from the pit,
And his life from passing over [e]to death (S)by a weapon.
19 “[f]Man is also reproved with (T)pain on his bed,
And with unceasing contention in his bones,
20 So that his life (U)loathes bread,
And his soul favorite food.
21 His (V)flesh wastes away from sight,
And his (W)bones which were not seen stick out.
22 Then (X)his soul draws near to the pit,
And his life to those who bring death.
23 “If there is an angel as (Y)mediator for him,
One out of a thousand,
To declare to a man what is [g]right for him,
24 Then let him be gracious to him, and say,
‘Deliver him from (Z)going down to the pit;
I have found (AA)atonement’;
25 Let his flesh become fresher than in youth,
Let him return to the days of his youthful vigor;
26 Then he will (AB)entreat God, and He will accept him,
And (AC)he will see His face with joyful shouts,
And He may restore His righteousness to man.
27 He will sing to men and say,
‘I (AD)have sinned and perverted what is right,
But He has not done (AE)what is due to me.
28 He has redeemed my soul from passing into the pit,
And my life shall (AF)see the light.’
29 “Behold, God does (AG)all these things twice, three times with men,
30 To (AH)bring back his soul from the pit,
That he may be enlightened with the light of life.
31 Pay attention, O Job, listen to me;
Keep silent, and I will speak.
32 Then if [h]you have any speech, respond to me;
Speak, for I desire to prove you righteous.
33 If not, (AI)listen to me;
Keep silent, and I will teach you wisdom.”
約伯記 33
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Traditional)
約伯記 33
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Traditional)
33 「約伯啊，請聽我言，
請留心聽我每一句話。
2 我要開口發言，
我話已在舌尖。
3 我的話發自正直的心，
我的口如實陳明道理。
4 上帝的靈創造了我，
全能者的氣賦予我生命。
5 如果你能，就反駁我，
站出來與我辯論。
6 在上帝面前，我與你無異，
也是泥土造的。
7 所以你不用懼怕我，
我不會對你施加壓力。
8 「你的話已進到我耳中，
我聽見你說，
9 『我純全無過，
我清白無罪，
10 上帝卻挑我的錯，
與我為敵；
11 祂給我戴上腳鐐，
鑒察我的一舉一動。』
12 「我來答覆你，你的話沒有道理，
因為上帝比世人大。
13 你為何向祂抱怨，
說祂不理會世人的話？
14 上帝一再用各種方式說話，
然而世人卻不明白。
15 人躺在床上沉睡時，
在夢境和夜間的異象中，
16 上帝開啟他們的耳朵，
用警告驚嚇他們，
17 使他們離開罪惡，
不再驕傲，
18 以免他們的靈魂墜入深坑，
他們的性命被刀劍奪去。
19 「人因受罰而臥病在床，
骨頭疼痛不止，
20 以致毫無食慾，
對佳餚心生厭惡。
21 他日漸消瘦，
只剩下骨頭。
22 他的靈魂臨近深坑，
他的生命瀕臨死亡。
23 如果一千天使中有一位能做他的中保，
指示他當行的事，
24 上帝[a]就會憐憫他，說，『別讓他下墳墓，
我已得到他的贖金。』
25 那時，他的皮肉將嫩如孩童，
他將恢復青春的活力。
26 他向上帝禱告時必蒙悅納，
他歡呼著朝見上帝，
再度被祂視為義人。
27 他會當眾歌唱說，
『我犯了罪，顛倒是非，
祂卻沒有按我的罪報應我。
28 祂救贖我的靈魂，使之免下深坑，
使我的生命得見光明。』
29 「看啊，這都是上帝的作為，
祂一次次地恩待世人，
30 從深坑救回人的靈魂，
使他沐浴生命之光。
31 約伯啊，留心聽我說，
不要作聲，我要發言。
32 你若有話，就答覆我；
你只管說，我願看到你的清白。
33 否則，請聽我言；
不要作聲，我要傳授你智慧。」
Footnotes
- 33·24 「上帝」希伯來文是「他」，也可能指天使。
Job 33
New International Version
Job 33
New International Version
33 “But now, Job, listen(A) to my words;
pay attention to everything I say.(B)
2 I am about to open my mouth;
my words are on the tip of my tongue.
3 My words come from an upright heart;(C)
my lips sincerely speak what I know.(D)
4 The Spirit(E) of God has made me;(F)
the breath of the Almighty(G) gives me life.(H)
5 Answer me(I) then, if you can;
stand up(J) and argue your case before me.(K)
6 I am the same as you in God’s sight;(L)
I too am a piece of clay.(M)
7 No fear of me should alarm you,
nor should my hand be heavy on you.(N)
8 “But you have said in my hearing—
I heard the very words—
9 ‘I am pure,(O) I have done no wrong;(P)
I am clean and free from sin.(Q)
10 Yet God has found fault with me;
he considers me his enemy.(R)
11 He fastens my feet in shackles;(S)
he keeps close watch on all my paths.’(T)
12 “But I tell you, in this you are not right,
for God is greater than any mortal.(U)
13 Why do you complain to him(V)
that he responds to no one’s words[a]?(W)
14 For God does speak(X)—now one way, now another(Y)—
though no one perceives it.(Z)
15 In a dream,(AA) in a vision(AB) of the night,(AC)
when deep sleep(AD) falls on people
as they slumber in their beds,
16 he may speak(AE) in their ears
and terrify them(AF) with warnings,(AG)
17 to turn them from wrongdoing
and keep them from pride,(AH)
18 to preserve them from the pit,(AI)
their lives from perishing by the sword.[b](AJ)
19 “Or someone may be chastened(AK) on a bed of pain(AL)
with constant distress in their bones,(AM)
20 so that their body finds food(AN) repulsive
and their soul loathes the choicest meal.(AO)
21 Their flesh wastes away to nothing,
and their bones,(AP) once hidden, now stick out.(AQ)
22 They draw near to the pit,(AR)
and their life to the messengers of death.[c](AS)
23 Yet if there is an angel at their side,
a messenger,(AT) one out of a thousand,
sent to tell them how to be upright,(AU)
24 and he is gracious to that person and says to God,
‘Spare them from going down to the pit;(AV)
I have found a ransom for them(AW)—
25 let their flesh be renewed(AX) like a child’s;
let them be restored as in the days of their youth’(AY)—
26 then that person can pray to God and find favor with him,(AZ)
they will see God’s face and shout for joy;(BA)
he will restore them to full well-being.(BB)
27 And they will go to others and say,
‘I have sinned,(BC) I have perverted what is right,(BD)
but I did not get what I deserved.(BE)
28 God has delivered(BF) me from going down to the pit,(BG)
and I shall live to enjoy the light of life.’(BH)
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