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FIRST SERIES.
Job 12:1-14:22.
JOB'S REPLY TO ZOPHAR
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2. 智慧在你們那裏必會死亡——諷刺之語，仿佛世上一切的智慧都集中在他們身上，並會隨他們一同消逝。智慧造就「一個民族」；愚昧的國民則「不是子民」（羅10:19）。
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2. wisdom shall die with you--Ironical, as if all the wisdom in the world was concentrated in them and would expire when they expired. Wisdom makes "a people:" a foolish nation is "not a people"
(Ro 10:19).
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3. 不及——在辯論和「智慧」上未被勝過（伯13:2）。
這些事——即你們如此誇耀地提出的那些老生常談的格言。
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3. not inferior--not vanquished in argument and "wisdom"
(Job 13:2).
such things as these--such commonplace maxims as you so pompously adduce.
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4. 朋友們對約伯毫無根據的指控，是對他的「譏笑」。他暗指瑣法所說的「戲笑」一詞（伯11:3）。
鄰舍，就是呼求等等——更當譯作：「我這呼求神、願他回答我的人」〔翁布賴特，UMBREIT〕。
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4. The unfounded accusations of Job's friends were a "mockery" of him. He alludes to Zophar's word, "mockest"
(Job 11:3).
neighbour, who calleth, &c.--rather, "I who call upon God that he may answer me favorably" [UMBREIT].
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5. 更當譯作：「火把」（燈）在安逸之人的眼中是被輕看的對象，雖然它是為腳步搖晃之人預備的〔翁布賴特，UMBREIT〕（箴25:19）。「眼中」與「腳」相對；「安逸」與「搖晃」相對。行路人到了夜宿之處，便輕蔑地丟開那曾引導他在黑暗中搖晃腳步的火把。火把之於行路人，正如約伯之於他的朋友們。從前他們在需要時樂意接受他的幫助；如今他們在興盛中，卻在他有需要時譏笑他。
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5. Rather, "a torch" (lamp) is an object of contempt in the thoughts of him who rests securely (is at ease), though it was prepared for the falterings of the feet [UMBREIT]
(Pr 25:19).
"Thoughts" and "feet" are in contrast; also rests "securely," and "falterings." The wanderer, arrived at his night-quarters, contemptuously throws aside the torch which had guided his uncertain steps through the darkness. As the torch is to the wanderer, so Job to his friends. Once they gladly used his aid in their need; now they in prosperity mock him in his need.
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6. 約伯指出：事實與瑣法的理論（伯11:14, 19, 20）相抵觸——即罪惡會使人的「帳棚」不安全。相反，那些搶奪別人「帳棚」（「居所」）的人，卻在自己的帳棚中「安然興盛」。
手裏等等——更當譯作：「他們以自己的手為神」，即把自己的勢力當作唯一的治理原則〔翁布賴特，UMBREIT〕。
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6. Job shows that the matter of fact opposes Zophar's theory
(Job 11:14, 19, 20)
that wickedness causes insecurity in men's "tabernacles." On the contrary, they who rob the "tabernacles" ("dwellings") of others "prosper securely" in their own.
into whose hand, &c.--rather, "who make a god of their own hand," that is, who regard their might as their only ruling principle [UMBREIT].
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7, 8. 約伯辯稱：走獸、飛鳥、魚類和植物都教導我們，暴烈的活得最安全（伯12:6）。秃鷹比鴿子安全，獅子比牛安全，鲨魚比海豚安全，荊棘撕裂的玫瑰比荊棘本身不如。
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7, 8. Beasts, birds, fishes, and plants, reasons Job, teach that the violent live the most securely
(Job 12:6).
The vulture lives more securely than the dove, the lion than the ox, the shark than the dolphin, the rose than the thorn which tears it.
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8. 地上的——更當譯作「地上的灌木」〔翁布賴特，UMBREIT〕。
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8. speak to the earth--rather, "the shrubs of the earth" [UMBREIT].
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9. 約伯說，在這一切事上，雖然在人看來似乎暗示著不完全，但其作為必須歸於耶和華（伯12:6，9:24）。
這是詩歌部分中唯一一處毫無爭議地出現「耶和華」這名字的經文；在歷史敘述的部分則經常出現。
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9. In all these cases, says Job, the agency must be referred to Jehovah, though they may seem to man to imply imperfection
(Job 12:6; 9:24).
This is the only undisputed passage of the poetical part in which the name "Jehovah" occurs; in the historical parts it occurs frequently.
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10. 生命——即動物的生命。約伯推論，人與低等動物一樣，都服於同樣的法則。
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10. the soul--that is, the animal life. Man, reasons Job, is subjected to the same laws as the lower animals.
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11. 正如口藉嘗味選取合意的食物，照樣耳也試驗人的言語，並保留有說服力的。各人按自己的口味選擇。與伯12:12的關聯在於比勒達對「先祖」的訴求（伯8:8）。你們訴諸先祖是對的，因為「智慧乃在他們那裏」云云。但你們挑選他們適合你們觀點的箴言；我也可以從同樣的來源借用適合我觀點的。
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11. As the mouth by tasting meats selects what pleases it, so the ear tries the words of others and retains what is convincing. Each chooses according to his taste. The connection with
Job 12:12
is in reference to Bildad's appeal to the "ancients"
(Job 8:8).
You are right in appealing to them, since "with them was wisdom," &c. But you select such proverbs of theirs as suit your views; so I may borrow from the same such as suit mine.
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12. 年老的——年長的（伯15:10）。
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12. ancient--aged
(Job 15:10).
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13. 與「年老的有智慧」（伯12:12）相對，約伯引用一句先祖的格言以切合他的論證：「與他（神）同在的才是（真正的）智慧」（箴8:14）；並且藉著那「智慧和力量」，他「拆毀」云云，如同絕對的君王，不許人窺探他的奧秘；人的本分是順服他永不改變的旨意（伯1:21）。
回教徒的諺語說：「若神願意，並按神所願意的方式。」
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13. In contrast to, "with the ancient is wisdom"
(Job 12:12),
Job quotes a saying of the ancients which suits his argument, "with Him (God) is (the true) wisdom"
(Pr 8:14);
and by that "wisdom and strength" "He breaketh down," &c., as an absolute Sovereign, not allowing man to penetrate His mysteries; man's part is to bow to His unchangeable decrees
(Job 1:21).
The Mohammedan saying is, "if God will, and how God will."
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14. 關閉——
（賽22:22）。
約伯是指瑣法所說的「關閉」
（伯11:10）。
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14. shutteth up--
(Isa 22:22).
Job refers to Zophar's "shut up"
(Job 11:10).
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15. 可能是暗指洪水。
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15. Probably alluding to the flood.
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（結14:9。）
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(Eze 14:9).
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18. 他放鬆君王的綁——他放鬆君王的權柄——即他們用以束縛臣民的「綁」
（賽45:1；創14:4；但2:21）。
帶子——即繩索，他們從前所穿戴的皇家「帶子」
（賽22:21）
如今換成了俘虜所受的捆綁，也就是他們從前用來捆綁別人的繩索。所以「束上」——給人穿上囚犯的捆鎖以代替尋常的腰帶
（約21:18）。
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18. He looseth the bond of kings--He looseth the authority of kings--the "bond" with which they bind their subjects
(Isa 45:1; Ge 14:4; Da 2:21).
a girdle--the cord, with which they are bound as captives, instead of the royal "girdle" they once wore
(Isa 22:21),
and the bond they once bound others with. So "gird"--put on one the bonds of a prisoner instead of the ordinary girdle
(Joh 21:18).
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19. 首領——較宜作「祭司」，希伯來文如此譯
（詩99:6）。
連宗教的神聖僕人也不能免於興衰與被擄。
有力之人——較宜作「在權能中根基穩固的」；阿拉伯文字根表達源源不絕的水〔翁佈雷特，UMBREIT〕。
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19. princes--rather, "priests," as the Hebrew is rendered
(Ps 99:6).
Even the sacred ministers of religion are not exempt from reverses and captivity.
the mighty--rather, "the firm-rooted in power"; the Arabic root expresses ever-flowing water [UMBREIT].
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20. 忠信的——較宜作「那些在自己口才上安穩的人」；例如城門口發言的人
（賽3:3）
〔別撒，BEZA〕。
明白——字面作「品味」，即經驗賜給年長者的洞察力或屬靈辨識力。同一個希伯來文詞用於但以理解釋的智慧
（但2:14〔譯註：原文如此〕）。
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20. the trusty--rather, "those secure in their eloquence"; for example, the speakers in the gate
(Isa 3:3)
[BEZA].
understanding--literally, "taste," that is, insight or spiritual discernment, which experience gives the aged. The same Hebrew word is applied to Daniel's wisdom in interpretation
(Da 2:14).
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21.
詩107:40
第一子句引用本節，第二子句引用
伯12:24。
放鬆……大力——字面作「放鬆腰帶」；東方人穿飄逸的衣裳；當要發出力量時，就用腰帶束上衣服。所以此處——「祂在百姓眼前毀壞他們的權勢」。
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21.
Ps 107:40
quotes, in its first clause, this verse and, in its second,
Job 12:24.
weakeneth the strength--literally, "looseth the girdle"; Orientals wear flowing garments; when active strength is to be put forth, they gird up their garments with a girdle. Hence here--"He destroyeth their power" in the eyes of the people.
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（但2:22。）
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(Da 2:22).
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23.
賽9:3；詩107:38、39，
該詩篇在別處引用了本章。（見
伯12:21
註解。）
困住——字面作「領入」，即「削減」。
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Isa 9:3; Ps 107:38, 39,
which Psalm quotes this chapter elsewhere. (See on
Job 12:21).
straiteneth--literally, "leadeth in," that is, "reduces."
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24. 心——智力。
在曠野漂流——喻意的；不指任何實際事件。這不能被引用來證明約伯生於以色列人在曠野漂流之後。
詩107:4、40
引用了這段話。
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24. heart--intelligence.
wander in a wilderness--figurative; not referring to any actual fact. This cannot be quoted to prove Job lived after Israel's wanderings in the desert.
Ps 107:4, 40
quotes this passage.
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25.
申28:29；詩107:27
再次引用約伯的話，但連繫不同。
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25.
De 28:29; Ps 107:27
again quote Job, but in a different connection.
第一個系列
伯12:1-14:22. 約伯答覆瑣法