Job 20 – NIV & CCBT

New International Version

Job 20:1-29

Zophar

1Then Zophar the Naamathite replied:

2“My troubled thoughts prompt me to answer

because I am greatly disturbed.

3I hear a rebuke that dishonors me,

and my understanding inspires me to reply.

4“Surely you know how it has been from of old,

ever since mankind20:4 Or Adam was placed on the earth,

5that the mirth of the wicked is brief,

the joy of the godless lasts but a moment.

6Though the pride of the godless person reaches to the heavens

and his head touches the clouds,

7he will perish forever, like his own dung;

those who have seen him will say, ‘Where is he?’

8Like a dream he flies away, no more to be found,

banished like a vision of the night.

9The eye that saw him will not see him again;

his place will look on him no more.

10His children must make amends to the poor;

his own hands must give back his wealth.

11The youthful vigor that fills his bones

will lie with him in the dust.

12“Though evil is sweet in his mouth

and he hides it under his tongue,

13though he cannot bear to let it go

and lets it linger in his mouth,

14yet his food will turn sour in his stomach;

it will become the venom of serpents within him.

15He will spit out the riches he swallowed;

God will make his stomach vomit them up.

16He will suck the poison of serpents;

the fangs of an adder will kill him.

17He will not enjoy the streams,

the rivers flowing with honey and cream.

18What he toiled for he must give back uneaten;

he will not enjoy the profit from his trading.

19For he has oppressed the poor and left them destitute;

he has seized houses he did not build.

20“Surely he will have no respite from his craving;

he cannot save himself by his treasure.

21Nothing is left for him to devour;

his prosperity will not endure.

22In the midst of his plenty, distress will overtake him;

the full force of misery will come upon him.

23When he has filled his belly,

God will vent his burning anger against him

and rain down his blows on him.

24Though he flees from an iron weapon,

a bronze-tipped arrow pierces him.

25He pulls it out of his back,

the gleaming point out of his liver.

Terrors will come over him;

26total darkness lies in wait for his treasures.

A fire unfanned will consume him

and devour what is left in his tent.

27The heavens will expose his guilt;

the earth will rise up against him.

28A flood will carry off his house,

rushing waters20:28 Or The possessions in his house will be carried off, / washed away on the day of God’s wrath.

29Such is the fate God allots the wicked,

the heritage appointed for them by God.”

Chinese Contemporary Bible (Traditional)

約伯記 20:1-29

瑣法再度發言

1拿瑪瑣法回答說:

2「我感到煩躁不安,

心中有話不吐不快。

3我聽見你侮辱我的斥責,

我的理智催促我回答。

4難道你不知道,從古至今,

自從世上有人以來,

5惡人得勢不會長久,

不信上帝者的快樂轉瞬即逝?

6雖然他傲氣沖天,

把頭挺到雲端,

7終必如自己的糞便永遠消亡,

見過他的人都不知他在何處。

8他如夢消逝,蹤影杳然;

如夜間的異象,飛逝而去。

9見過他的人不會再見到他,

他將從家鄉消失無蹤。

10他的兒女要向窮人乞憐,

他要親手償還不義之財。

11他的筋骨依然強健,

卻要隨他葬入塵土。

12「他以邪惡為甘飴,

將其藏在舌下,

13含在口中,

慢慢品味。

14這食物在腹中變酸,

變成了蛇的毒液。

15他要吐出所吞下的財富,

上帝要倒空他腹中之物。

16他吸吮蛇的毒液,

被蛇的舌頭害死。

17他無法享用流淌不盡的奶與蜜。

18他留不住勞碌的成果,

無法享用所賺的財富。

19他欺壓、漠視窮人,

強佔別人的房屋。

20他貪慾無度,

不放過任何喜愛之物。

21他吞掉一切所有,

他的福樂不能長久。

22他在富足時將陷入困境,

各種災禍將接踵而至。

23上帝的怒火如雨降在他身上,

填滿他的肚腹。

24他躲過了鐵刃,

卻被銅箭射穿。

25利箭穿透他的後背,

閃亮的箭頭刺破他的膽囊,

恐怖籠罩著他。

26他的財寶消失在幽冥中,

天火20·26 天火」希伯來文是「非人手點燃的火」。要吞噬他,

焚毀他帳篷中殘留的一切。

27天要揭露他的罪惡,

地要站出來指控他。

28在上帝發烈怒的日子,

洪流將席捲他的家產。

29這便是上帝為惡人定下的結局,

為他們預備的歸宿。」