琐法再度发言
1拿玛人琐法回答说：
2“我感到烦躁不安，
心中有话不吐不快。
3我听见你侮辱我的斥责，
我的理智催促我回答。
4难道你不知道，从古至今，
自从世上有人以来，
5恶人得势不会长久，
不信上帝者的快乐转瞬即逝？
6虽然他傲气冲天，
把头挺到云端，
7终必如自己的粪便永远消亡，
见过他的人都不知他在何处。
8他如梦消逝，踪影杳然；
如夜间的异象，飞逝而去。
9见过他的人不会再见到他，
他将从家乡消失无踪。
10他的儿女要向穷人乞怜，
他要亲手偿还不义之财。
11他的筋骨依然强健，
却要随他葬入尘土。
12“他以邪恶为甘饴，
将其藏在舌下，
13含在口中，
慢慢品味。
14这食物在腹中变酸，
变成了蛇的毒液。
15他要吐出所吞下的财富，
上帝要倒空他腹中之物。
16他吸吮蛇的毒液，
被蛇的舌头害死。
17他无法享用流淌不尽的奶与蜜。
18他留不住劳碌的成果，
无法享用所赚的财富。
19他欺压、漠视穷人，
强占别人的房屋。
20他贪欲无度，
不放过任何喜爱之物。
21他吞掉一切所有，
他的福乐不能长久。
22他在富足时将陷入困境，
各种灾祸将接踵而至。
23上帝的怒火如雨降在他身上，
填满他的肚腹。
24他躲过了铁刃，
却被铜箭射穿。
25利箭穿透他的后背，
闪亮的箭头刺破他的胆囊，
恐怖笼罩着他。
26他的财宝消失在幽冥中，
天火20:26 “天火”希伯来文是“非人手点燃的火”。要吞噬他，
焚毁他帐篷中残留的一切。
27天要揭露他的罪恶，
地要站出来指控他。
28在上帝发烈怒的日子，
洪流将席卷他的家产。
29这便是上帝为恶人定下的结局，
为他们预备的归宿。”
The Second Speech of Zophar
1Then Zophar the Naamathite replied,
2“My troubled thoughts force me to answer you.
That’s because I’m very upset.
3What you have just said dishonors me.
So I really have to reply to you.
4“I’m sure you must know how things have always been.
They’ve been that way
ever since human beings were placed on this earth.
5Those who are evil are happy for only a short time.
The joy of ungodly people lasts only for a moment.
6Their pride might reach all the way up to the heavens.
Their heads might touch the clouds.
7But they will disappear forever,
like the waste from their own bodies.
Anyone who has seen them will say,
‘Where did they go?’
8Like a dream they will fly away.
They will never be seen again.
They will be driven away like visions in the night.
9The eyes that saw them won’t see them anymore.
Even their own families won’t remember them.
10Their children must pay back what they took from poor people.
Their own hands must give back the wealth they stole.
11They might feel young and very strong.
But they will soon lie down in the dust of their graves.
12“Anything that is evil tastes sweet to them.
They keep it under their tongues for a while.
13They can’t stand to let it go.
So they hold it in their mouths.
14But their food will turn sour in their stomachs.
It will become like the poison of a serpent inside them.
15They will spit out the rich food they swallowed.
God will make their stomachs throw it up.
16They will suck the poison of a serpent.
The fangs of an adder will kill them.
17They won’t enjoy streams that flow with honey.
They won’t enjoy rivers that flow with cream.
18What they worked for they must give back
before they can eat it.
They won’t enjoy what they have earned.
19They’ve crushed poor people and left them with nothing.
They’ve taken over houses they didn’t even build.
20“No matter how much they have,
they always long for more.
But their treasure can’t save them.
21There isn’t anything left for them to eat up.
Their success won’t last.
22While they are enjoying the good life,
trouble will catch up with them.
Terrible suffering will come on them.
23When they’ve filled their stomachs,
God will pour out his great anger on them.
He’ll strike them down with blow after blow.
24They might run away from iron weapons.
But arrows that have bronze tips will wound them.
25They will pull the arrows out of their backs.
They will remove the shining tips from their livers.
They will be filled with terror.
26Total darkness hides and waits for their treasures.
God will send a fire that will destroy them.
It will burn up everything that’s left in their tents.
27Heaven will show their guilt to everyone.
The earth will be a witness against them.
28A flood will carry their houses away.
Rushing water will wash them away
on the day when God judges.
29Now you know what God will do to sinful people.
Now you know what he has planned for them.”
