约伯记生命读经 · 第26篇

轮到以利户说话

Elihu’s Turn to Speak

三十二至三十七章（二）以利户对约伯第二次和第三次的改正和反驳

Chapters 32—37 (2) Elihu's Second and Third Corrections and Refutations of Job

1读经：约伯记二十四至三十五章。

1Scripture Reading: Job 34—35

2三十四至三十五章记载，以利户对约伯第二次和第三次的改正和反驳。

2Chapters thirty-four and thirty-five cover Elihu's second and third corrections and refutations of Job

壹以利户对约伯

I. ELIHU'S SECOND CORRECTION

第二次的改正和反驳

AND REFUTATION OF JOB

3以利户对约伯第二次的改正和反驳，记载在三十四章。

3Elihu's second correction and refutation of Job is recorded in chapter thirty-four

一要有智慧的人和有知识的人，听他的话

A. Asking the Wise and Knowledgeable to Hear His Words

4以利户要有智慧的人和有知识的人，听他的话。（1～4。）照他所说，耳朵试验话语，好像上膛尝食物。在四节他说，『愿我们选择何为正，愿我们彼此知道何为善。』二改正约伯所说这样的话：

4Elihu asked the wise and the knowledgeable to hear his words (vv. 1-4). According to him, the ear tries words as the palate tastes food. In verse 4 he said, "Let us choose for ourselves what is right;/Let us know among ourselves what is good." B. Correcting Job for Saying That He Was Righteous

5『我是公义的，神夺去我的公义。』

5and That God Had Taken Away His Right

6以利户接著改正约伯所说这样的话：『我是公义的，神夺去我的公义；』以及：『人以神为乐，总是无益。』（5，9。）

6Next, Elihu corrected Job for saying, "I am righteous,/ And God has taken away my right," and, "It does not profit a man/To delight himself in God" (vv. 5, 9

三定罪约伯

C. Condemning Job

7以利户也定罪约伯。

7Elihu also condemned Job

１说约伯与作孽的结伴

1. Saying That He Went in Company with the Workers of Iniquity

8首先，以利户定罪约伯，说他与作孽的结伴，和恶人同行。（7～8。）２说约伯说话没有知识

8First, Elihu condemned Job by saying that he went in company with the workers of iniquity and walked with wicked men (vv. 7-8). 2. Saying That He Had Spoken without Knowledge

9以利户也说约伯说话没有知识，言语毫无见识。（35。）以利户甚至宣告，他愿『约伯被试验到底，因他回答像恶人一样。』(36。)不仅如此，以利户还定罪约伯，说他在罪上又加上悖逆;在他们中间拍手，用许多言语轻慢神。(37。)

9Elihu also said that Job had spoken without knowledge and that his words were without insight (v. 35). Elihu even declared that he wished that "Job were tried to the limit / Because of his answering like evil men " (v. 36). Furthermore, Elihu condemned Job by saying that he added rebellion to his sin and that among them he clapped his hands and multiplied his words against God (v. 37).

四反驳约伯

D. Refuting Job

１说神断不至行恶

1. Saying That God Would Never Do Evil

10以利户接著反驳约伯，说神断不至行恶，全能者断不至作孽；（10；）却必按人所作的报应人，使各人照所行的得报。（11。）在十二至二十节，以利户进一步说到神不作恶，也不偏离公平。在十二至十五节他宣告说，『神定然不作恶，全能者也不偏离公平。谁派祂治理地，安定全世界呢？祂若专顾自己，将灵和气收归自己，凡属肉体的就必一同灭亡，世人必都归尘土。』

10Elihu went on to refute Job, saying that God would never do evil and that the Almighty would never commit iniquity (v. 10). Rather, God will render a man's work to him and will cause a man to receive that which is according to his own way (v. 11). In verses 12 through 20 Elihu spoke further concerning God's not doing evil and not perverting justice. In verses 12 through 15 he declared, "Indeed in all certainty God will not do evil,/And the Almighty will not pervert justice./Who has ever put the earth in His charge?/Or who has ever set in order the whole world?/ If He were to consider Himself only,/He would gather back to Himself His spirit and His breath;/All flesh would perish together,/And man would return to dust

２说神管理并审判列国和人，并不随约伯的意

2. Saying That God Governs and Judges the Nations and Men Not to Fit Job

11在二十一至三十三节以利户接著反驳约伯说，神管理并审判列国和人，并不因约伯推辞不受就随约伯的意。以利户说，神注目观看人的道路，看明人的脚步；祂不必问人，就打破有权势的，设立别人代替他们，因神原知道他们的行为；祂击打他们，如同击打恶人一样，因为他们偏离不跟从祂，也不留心祂的道路。在他讲论的末了，以利户问约伯：『祂施行报应，岂因你推辞不受就随你的意么？』（33上。）我们读三十四章，就看见以利户是一个满了善恶知识的人。这个青年人应当想到他所说的，约伯和他的三个朋友都已经知道了。但他满了知识，所以他说他若不说话，就要胀裂了。

11In verses 21 through 33 Elihu continued to refute Job, saying that God governs and judges the nations and men not to fit Job, since Job had rejected it. Elihu said that God'se yes are upon the ways of a man and that He sees all their steps; that He, knowing the actions of the mighty men, breaks them in pieces without inquiry and puts others in their stead; and that He strikes them as He would evil men because they turned aside from following Him and would not regard any of His ways. Toward the end of this speech, Elihu asked Job, "Should He recompense to fit you, since you have rejected it?" (v. 33a). By reading chapter thirty-four, we can realize that Elihu was a person who was full of the knowledge of good and evil. This young man should have considered that Job and his three friends already knew all the things that he was speaking. But he was so full of knowledge, he said that he would burst if he did not speak

12我常觉得希奇，为甚么这卷书没有说到约伯与他的三个朋友和以利户来在一起祷告，运用他们的灵来摸神。我实在不明白，这一班敬虔人怎能来在一起而不祷告。他们只是运用心思；他们所说的话都是用诗的体裁，甚至以利户的话也是如此。这需要大量运用头脑。他们为甚么不一同祷告，来寻求主的心意，寻求主的目的？他们没有这样作，真是可惜！

12I have often wondered why this book does not say that Job and his three friends and Elihu came together to pray by exercising their spirits to touch God. I cannot understand how such a group of godly men could come together without any prayer. They just exercised their minds. Their speaking was all composed of poetry. Even Elihu'sword was spoken in poetic form. That requires much exercise of the mentality. Why would they not pray together to seek the Lord's mind, to seek the Lord's purpose? What a pity that they did not do this!

贰以利户对约伯

II. ELIHU'S THIRD CORRECTION

第三次的改正和反驳

AND REFUTATION OF JOB

13在三十五章我们看见以利户对约伯第三次的改正和反驳。

13In chapter thirty-five we have Elihu's third correction and refutation of Job

一更进一步改正约伯，查问约伯的回答

A. Correcting Job Further by Checking with Him concerning His Answer

14以利户更进一步改正约伯，查问约伯的回答。（1～3。）以利户问约伯是否觉得自己的回答有理，然后又问约伯：『你…自言你的公义胜于神的公义，才说，这与我有甚么益处，比我犯罪更有甚么好处呢？』（2～3。）

14Elihu corrected Job further by checking with him concerning his answer (vv. 1-3). Elihu asked him if he considered his answer to be just. Then he asked Job, "Do you say, My righteousness is more than God's,/ That you say, What advantage is there to me,/What do I profit, more than if I had sinned?" (vv. 2-3

二以利户在约伯的朋友面前反驳约伯

B. Elihu's Refutation of Job before His Friends

15在四节以利户说，『我要回答你，和在你这里的朋友。』这指明以利户是在约伯的朋友面前反驳约伯。

15In verse 4 Elihu said, "I will respond to you with words, /And to your companions with you." This indicates that Elihu was refuting Job before his friends

１嘱咐约伯要向天观看

1. Charging Job to Look unto Heaven and Behold the Skies

16以利户嘱咐约伯要向天观看，瞻望那高于他的穹苍。『你若犯罪，能使神受何害呢？你的过犯若加增，对神能怎样呢？你若是公义的，还能给祂甚么呢？祂从你手里还接受甚么呢？』（6～7。）以利户在这里是告诉约伯，不论他犯罪或是公义的，都不会影响神。以利户的说话是虚空的，他不需要这样嘱咐约伯。

16Elihu charged Job to look unto heaven and behold the skies, which were higher than him. "If you sin, what do you accomplish against Him?/And if your transgressions are multiplied, what do you do to Him?/If you are righteous, what can you give to Him,/ Or what does He receive from your hand?" (vv. 6-7). Here Elihu was telling Job that whether he sinned or was righteous, that did not affect God. Elihu'stalk was vain. There was no need for him to charge Job in this way

２教训约伯，人因受欺压就向神哀叫；

2. Teaching Job That Men Cry Out to God because of Oppressions

17因受能者的辖制便求救以利户接著教训约伯，说人因受欺压就同神哀叫；因受能者的辖制便求救。（9。）但以利户认为无人说，『造我的神在那里？祂使人夜间歌唱，教训我们胜于地上的走兽，使我们聪明胜于空中的飞鸟。』（10～。）然后以利户说，他们因恶人的骄傲呼求，神却不回应。他还说，虚妄的呼求，神必不垂听，也不眷顾。（12～13。）以利户为甚么不嘱咐约伯和他的三个朋友祷告？他为甚么不嘱咐他们赞美造他们的神？

17and Cry for Help because of the Mighty Arm Elihu continued by teaching Job that men cry out to God because of oppressions and cry for help because of the mighty arm (v. 9). But according to Elihu, no one says, "Where is God my Maker,/Who gives songs in the night, / Who teaches us more than the beasts of the earth / And makes us wiser than the birds of heaven?" (vv. 10-11). Elihu then said that God does 11 not answer their cry because of the pride of evil men. He said further that God does not hear and regard an empty cry (vv. 12-13). Why did Elihu not charge Job and his friends to pray? Why did he not charge them to praise their Maker?

18以利户接著说，约伯说他不瞻望神，他的案件在神面前，他必须等候神。以利户认为，因神未曾发怒惩罚，也不理会狂傲，所以约伯开口说虚妄的话，多发无知识的言14-语。（14～16。）以利户控告约伯的话是虚空的，但他自己的话又如何？我们读这一章，就看见以利户的话里没有实际。以利户在他更进一步与约伯的谈话中，仍然不能回答约伯关于神对付他的目的，如使徒保罗向新约信徒所宣告的：信徒所受的苦楚，乃是要为他们成就永远重大的荣耀，就是荣耀的神作他们荣耀的分，给他们得著并享受，直到永远。（林后四17。）

18Elihu went on to say that Job had said that he did not behold God, that his cause was before God, and that he had to wait on God. According to Elihu, because God had not visited in His anger nor regarded such great arrogance, Job had opened his mouth in vanity and had multiplied words without knowledge (vv. 16). Elihu accused Job of speaking vanity, but what about his own words? As we read this chapter, we can see that there was no reality in Elihu'swords. In his further talk to Job, Elihu was still unable to answer Job concerning the purpose in God's dealing with him, as the apostle Paul did in declaring to the New Testament believers that the affliction that the believers are suffering works out for them an eternal weight of glory, which is the God of glory to be their glorious portion for them to gain and enjoy unto eternity (2 Cor. 4:17).