伯40:1 耶和华又对约伯说：
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伯40:2 “挑剔是非的，怎能与全能者争辩呢？责备 神的，回答这个问题吧。”
伯40:2 Will he who is protesting give teaching to the Ruler of all? Let him who has arguments to put forward against God give an answer.
伯40:3 于是约伯回答耶和华说：
伯40:3 And Job said in answer to the Lord,
伯40:4 “我是微小的，可以回答你什么呢？我只好用手掩口。
伯40:4 Truly, I am of no value; what answer may I give to you? I will put my hand on my mouth.
伯40:5 这说了一次，不再回答；说了二次就不再说。”
伯40:5 I have said once, and even twice, what was in my mind, but I will not do so again.
伯40:6 于是耶和华从旋风中回答约伯说：
伯40:6 Then the Lord made answer to Job out of the storm-wind, and said,
伯40:7 “你要如勇士束腰，我要问你，你要告诉我。
伯40:7 Get your strength together like a man of war: I will put questions to you, and you will give me the answers.
伯40:8 你怎能废弃我所审断的？怎能定我为有罪，好显出你自己为义呢？
伯40:8 Will you even make my right of no value? will you say that I am wrong in order to make clear that you are right?
伯40:9 你有 神那样的膀臂吗？你能用他那样的声音打雷吗？
伯40:9 Have you an arm like God? have you a voice of thunder like his?
伯40:10 你当以庄严与尊贵为装饰，以尊荣与威严为衣服。
伯40:10 Put on the ornaments of your pride; be clothed with glory and power:
伯40:11 要倒尽你忿激的怒气，观看所有骄傲的人，使他们降卑。
伯40:11 Let your wrath be overflowing; let your eyes see all the sons of pride, and make them low.
伯40:12 观看所有骄傲的人，把他制伏，把恶人践踏在他们的地方，
伯40:12 Send destruction on all who are lifted up, pulling down the sinners from their places.
伯40:13 把他们一起掩藏在尘土里，把他们本人捆绑在隐密处。
伯40:13 Let them be covered together in the dust; let their faces be dark in the secret place of the underworld.
伯40:14 这样，我就要向你承认，你的右手能拯救你。
伯40:14 Then I will give praise to you, saying that your right hand is able to give you salvation.
伯40:15 你看看河马吧，我造牠像造你一样，牠吃草如牛一般。
伯40:15 See now the Great Beast, whom I made, even as I made you; he takes grass for food, like the ox.
伯40:16 你看，牠的力量在腰间，牠的能力在肚腹的肌肉上，
伯40:16 His strength is in his body, and his force in the muscles of his stomach.
伯40:17 牠挺直尾巴硬如香柏树，牠大腿的筋纠结在一起，
伯40:17 His tail is curving like a cedar; the muscles of his legs are joined together.
伯40:18 牠的骨头仿佛铜管，牠的骨干好像铁棍。
伯40:18 His bones are pipes of brass, his legs are like rods of iron.
伯40:19 牠在 神所造的事工中居首，只有创造牠的能使刀剑临到牠身上。
伯40:19 He is the chief of the ways of God, made by him for his pleasure.
伯40:20 群山为牠生出食物，田野的百兽都在那里玩耍。
伯40:20 He takes the produce of the mountains, where all the beasts of the field are at play.
伯40:21 牠躺在莲叶之下，躺在芦苇丛中与泥泽之间；
伯40:21 He takes his rest under the trees of the river, and in the pool, under the shade of the water-plants.
伯40:22 莲叶的阴影遮蔽牠，溪旁的白杨树环绕牠。
伯40:22 He is covered by the branches of the trees; the grasses of the stream are round him.
伯40:23 江河泛滥，牠毫不慌张，约旦河的水涨到牠的口边，牠还是安然。
伯40:23 Truly, if the river is overflowing, it gives him no cause for fear; he has no sense of danger, even if Jordan is rushing against his mouth.
伯40:24 牠警觉的时候谁能捉拿牠？谁能用铁圈穿牠的鼻子呢？”
伯40:24 Will anyone take him when he is on the watch, or put metal teeth through his nose?