拿玛人琐法回答说，
Then Zophar the Naamathite answered and said,

这许多的话，岂不该回答么？多嘴多舌的人，岂可称为义么？
Should a multitude of words not be answered? / And should a man of much talk be justified?

你的空谈，岂能使人不作声么？你戏笑的时候，岂没有人叫你害羞么？
Shall your empty talk silence men? / And will you mock, and there be none to shame you?

你说，我的道理纯净，我在你眼前清洁。
For you say, My doctrine is pure, / And I am clean in Your eyes.

惟愿神说话，愿祂向你开口，
But, oh, that God would speak / And open His lips to you,

并将智慧的奥秘告诉你！因为真智慧有两面。所以你当知道，神已忘记你的一些罪孽。
And that He would tell you the secrets of wisdom! / For there are two sides to sound reason. / Know then that God has forgotten some of your iniquity.

你能查出神的深奥么？你能查出全能者的极限么？
Can you find out the depths of God? / Can you find out the limit of the Almighty?

祂的智慧如天之高，你还能作什么？深于阴间，你还能知道什么？
It is the height of heaven — what can you do? / It is deeper than Sheol — what can you know?

其量度比地长，比海宽。
Its measure is longer than that of the earth / And broader than the sea.

祂若经过，将人拘禁，招聚审判大会，谁能阻挡祂呢？
If He passes by and imprisons / And summons an assembly, who can stop Him?

祂本知道虚谎的人；人的罪孽，祂虽不留意，还是无所不见。
For He knows men of falsehood, / And He sees iniquity without considering it.

头脑空洞的人能得知识，那便是野驴的驹子生得像人了。
But an empty-headed man acquires intelligence / When the foal of a wild ass is born as a man.

你若将心安正，伸开双手向祂祷告；
If you would set your heart right / And stretch your hands out to Him —

你手里若有罪孽，就当远远地除掉，也不容不义住在你帐棚之中；
If there is iniquity in your hand, put it far away, / And do not let wrong dwell in your tents —

那时，你必仰起脸来，毫无瑕疵；你也必坚固，无所惧怕。
Then indeed you would lift up your face without blemish, / And you would be steadfast and would not be afraid.

你必忘记你的苦楚，就是想起也如流逝的水一样。
For you will forget your misery; / You will remember it as waters that have passed away.

你在世的日子，要比正午更明；虽有黑暗，仍像早晨。
And your time here will rise more brightly than the noonday; / Dark though it may be, it will be like the morning.

你因有指望，就必稳固；也必四围巡查，安然歇卧。
And you will be secure, for there is hope; / And you will search about and lie down in security.

你躺卧无人惊吓，且有许多人向你求恩惠。
Indeed you will lie down, and there will be none to terrify you; / And many will entreat your favor.

但恶人的眼目必要失明，他们无路可逃；他们的指望就是气绝。
But the eyes of the wicked will fail, / And fleeing will be lost to them, / And their hope will be to breathe out their life.