38:1 那时耶和华从旋风中回答约伯，说，
Then Jehovah answered Job out of the whirlwind and said,
38:2 谁用无知的言语，使我的旨意暗晦不明？
Who is this who darkens counsel By words without knowledge?
38:3 你要如勇士束腰；我问你，你可以指示我。
Gird up now your loins like a mighty man; For I will ask of you, and you shall inform Me.
38:4 我立大地根基的时候，你在那里？你若有聪明，只管告诉我。
Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Tell Me, if you have understanding.
38:5 你若晓得就说，是谁定地的尺度？是谁把准绳拉在其上？
Who set its measurements-if you know? Or who stretched the measuring line over it?
38:6 地的基础置于何物之上？地的角石是谁安放的？
Onto what were its bases sunk, Or who laid its cornerstone,
38:7 那时晨星一同歌唱，神的众子也都欢呼。
When the morning stars sang together And all the sons of God shouted for joy?
38:8 海水冲出，如出胎胞；那时谁用门将海关闭？
And who hedged in the sea with doors When it burst forth, issuing from the womb,
38:9 是我用云彩当海的衣服，用幽暗当包裹海的布，
When I made clouds its clothing And deep darkness its swaddling clothes,
38:10 我为海定界限，又安门和闩，
And I broke out My boundaries for it And set up bars and doors,
38:11 说，你只可到这里，不可越过，你狂傲的浪要到此止住。
And I said, To here you shall come and no farther, And here shall your proud waves be stopped?
38:12 你出生的日子以来，曾命定晨光么？你曾使曙光知道本位，
Have you ever commanded the morning since your days began? Have you ever caused the dawn to know its place,
38:13 叫这光普照地的四极，将恶人从其中抖出来么？
So that it might take hold of the ends of the earth, And the wicked might be shaken out of it?
38:14 地面改变如泥上盖印；万物出现如衣服一样。
The earth is changed like clay under a seal, And all things on it stand forth like a garment.
38:15 亮光不照恶人，高举的膀臂也必折断。
And from the wicked their light is withheld, And the high arm is broken.
38:16 你曾进到海的泉源，或在深渊的隐密处行走么？
Have you entered into the springs of the sea, Or have you walked about in the recesses of the deep?
38:17 死亡的门，曾向你显露么？死荫的门，你曾见过么？
Have the gates of death been revealed to you, Or have you seen the gates of the shadow of death?
38:18 地的广阔，你能明了么？你若全知道，只管说罢。
Have you comprehended the full expanse of the earth? Declare it, if you know it all.
38:19 往光之居所的路在那里？黑暗的本位在何处？
Where is the way to the dwelling of the light? And the darkness, where is its place,
38:20 你能把黑暗带到本境，看明达到其屋之路么？
That you may take it to its boundary, And that you may perceive the paths to its house?
38:21 你总知道，因为那时你已经出生，你日子的数目也多。
You know, for you were born then, And the number of your days is great.
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