1以利戶又說：
2「你在上帝面前自以為義，
你認為這合理嗎？
3你還說，『這與我何干？
我不犯罪又有何益處？』
4我要答覆你和你的朋友。
5要抬頭觀看諸天，
瞻望頭頂的穹蒼。
6你若犯罪，與上帝何妨？
你若罪惡纍纍，對祂有何影響？
7你若為人公義，與祂何益？
祂從你手上能得什麼好處？
8你的罪惡只能傷害你的同類，
你的公義只能令世人受益。
9「人們因飽受壓迫而呼求，
因強權者的壓制而求救。
10但無人問，『創造我的上帝在哪裡？
祂使人夜間歡唱，
11使我們比地上的走獸聰明，
比天上的飛鳥有智慧。』
12他們因惡人的囂張而呼求，
上帝卻不回答。
13上帝必不垂聽虛妄的呼求，
全能者必不理會。
14更何況你說你看不見祂，
你的案子已呈上，在等祂裁決。
15你還說祂沒有發怒降罰，
也不理會罪惡。
16約伯啊，這盡是虛言，
是一大堆無知的話。」
1Elihu continued,
2“Job, do you think it’s fair for you to say,
‘I am the one who is right, not God’?
3You ask him, ‘What good is it for me not to sin?
What do I get by not sinning?’
4“I’d like to reply to you
and to your friends who are with you.
5Look up at the heavens.
Observe the clouds that are high above you.
6If you sin, what does that mean to God?
If you sin many times, what does that do to him?
7If you do what is right, how does that help him?
What does he get from you?
8The evil things you do only hurt people like yourself.
The right things you do only help other human beings.
9“People cry out when they are treated badly.
They beg to be set free from the power of those who are over them.
10But no one says, ‘Where is the God who made me?
He gives us songs even during the night.
11He teaches us more than he teaches the wild animals.
He makes us wiser than the birds in the sky.’
12He doesn’t answer sinful people when they cry out to him.
That’s because they are so proud.
13In fact, God doesn’t listen to their empty cries.
The Mighty One doesn’t pay any attention to them.
14So he certainly won’t listen to you.
When you say you don’t see him, he won’t hear you.
He won’t listen when you state your case to him.
He won’t pay attention even if you wait for him.
15When you say his anger never punishes sin, he won’t hear you.
He won’t listen when you say he doesn’t pay any attention to evil.
16So you say things that don’t mean anything.
You use a lot of words,
but you don’t know what you are talking about.”
