1以利户又说：
2“再给我片刻，容我讲明，
我还有话替上帝说。
3我要旁征博引，
证明我的创造主公义。
4我的话绝非虚言，
知识全备者在你身旁。
5“上帝有大能，但不藐视人，
祂无所不知。
6祂不容恶人活命，
祂为穷苦人申冤。
7祂时时看顾义人，
使他们与君王同坐宝座，
永远受尊崇。
8他们若被锁链捆绑，
被苦难的绳索缠住，
9祂就会指明他们的所作所为，
让他们知道自己狂妄的罪愆。
10祂开启他们的耳朵，使之受教，
督促他们离开罪恶。
11他们若听从、事奉祂，
就可一生幸福，安享天年。
12否则，他们必死于刀下，
在无知中灭亡。
13不信上帝的人心存愤怒，
被上帝捆绑也不求救。
14他们盛年丧命，
与庙中的男妓一同夭亡。
15上帝借苦难拯救受苦的人，
借患难开通他们的耳朵。
16祂也要引领你脱离困境，
进入广阔自由之地，
使你享受满桌佳肴。
17“但恶人应受的审判落在你身上，
你难逃审判和惩罚。
18当心，不可因愤怒而嘲骂，
不可因赎金大就偏离正道。
19难道你呼求、使出浑身力气，
就能脱离困境吗？
20不要渴望黑夜来临——
就是众民被毁灭的时候。
21当心，不可转向罪恶，
因你喜欢罪恶胜于苦难。
22看啊，上帝的能力无以伦比。
谁能像祂那样赐人教诲？
23谁能为祂指定道路？
谁能说祂行事不义？
24人们都歌唱祂的作为，
你也要记得颂扬。
25祂的作为，万民都已看见，
世人从远处目睹。
26我们无法明白上帝的伟大，
祂的年岁无法数算。
27祂吸取水滴，
使之在云雾中化为雨，
28从云端沛然降下，
滋润人间。
29谁能明白云层的铺展，
及祂幔幕发出的雷声？
30祂在四围铺展闪电，
照亮大海的深处。
31祂借此治理万民，
赐下丰富的食物。
32祂手握闪电，
令它射向目标。
33雷声显明祂的作为，
就连牲畜也能察觉。
1Elihu continued,
2“Put up with me a little longer.
I’ll show you I can speak up for God even more.
3I get my knowledge from far away.
I’ll announce that the God who made me is fair.
4You can be sure that my words are true.
One who has perfect knowledge is talking to you.
5“God is mighty, but he doesn’t hate people.
He’s mighty, and he knows exactly what he’s going to do.
6He doesn’t keep alive those who are evil.
Instead, he gives suffering people their rights.
7He watches over those who do what is right.
He puts them on thrones as if they were kings.
He honors them forever.
8But some people are held by chains.
Their pain ties them up like ropes.
9God tells them what they’ve done.
He tells them they’ve become proud and sinned against him.
10He makes them listen when he corrects them.
He commands them to turn away
from the evil things they’ve done.
11If they obey him and serve him,
they’ll enjoy a long and happy life.
Things will go well with them.
12But if they don’t listen to him,
they’ll be killed by swords.
They’ll die because they didn’t want to know anything about him.
13“Those whose hearts are ungodly are always angry.
Even when God puts them in chains,
they don’t cry out for help.
14They die while they are still young.
They die among the male prostitutes at the temples.
15But God saves suffering people while they suffer.
He speaks to them while they are hurting.
16“Job, he wants to take you out of the jaws of trouble.
He wants to bring you to a wide and safe place.
He’d like to seat you at a table that is loaded with the best food.
17But now you are loaded down
with the punishment sinners will receive.
You have been judged fairly.
18Be careful that no one tempts you with riches.
Don’t take money from people who want special favors,
no matter how much it is.
19Can your wealth keep you out of trouble?
Can all your mighty efforts keep you going?
20Don’t wish for the night to come
so you can drag people away from their homes.
21Be careful not to do what is evil.
You seem to like evil better than suffering!
22“God is honored because he is so powerful.
There is no teacher equal to him.
23Who has told him what he can do?
Who has said to him, ‘You have done what is wrong’?
24Remember to thank him for what he’s done.
People have praised him with their songs.
25Every human being has seen his work.
People can see it from far away.
26How great God is! We’ll never completely understand him.
We’ll never find out how long he has lived.
27“He makes mist rise from the water.
Then it falls as rain into the streams.
28The clouds pour down their moisture.
Rain showers fall on people everywhere.
29Who can understand how God spreads out the clouds?
Who can explain how he thunders from his home in heaven?
30See how he scatters his lightning around him!
He lights up the deepest parts of the ocean.
31The rain he sends makes things grow for the nations.
He provides them with plenty of food.
32He holds lightning bolts in his hands.
He commands them to strike their marks.
33His thunder announces that a storm is coming.
Even the cattle let us know it’s approaching.
