约伯回答说，
Then Job answered and said,

你们要细听我的言语，作为你们对我的安慰。
Listen carefully to my word, / And let this be your consolations.

请宽容我，我又要说话；我说了以后，你们再嗤笑吧。
Bear with me, and I will speak; / And after I have spoken, mock on.

至于我，我岂是向人诉冤？我的灵为何不焦急呢？
As for me, is my complaint to man? / And why should my spirit not be impatient?

你们要看着我而惊奇，用手捂口。
Look at me and be appalled; / And put your hand over your mouth.

我每逢想起，就惊惶，浑身战兢。
Even when I remember, I am troubled, / And horror takes hold of my flesh.

恶人为何存活，享大寿数，财势强盛呢？
Why do the wicked live, / Grow old, even become mighty in riches?

他们的后裔在他们面前和他们一同坚立，他们的子孙在他们眼前也是如此。
Their seed is established with them in their sight, / And their offspring, before their eyes.

他们的家宅平安无惧，神的杖也不加在他们身上。
Their houses are free from dread, / And the rod of God is not upon them.

他们的公牛孳生而不断绝；母牛下犊而不掉胎。
Their bull breeds and does not fail; / Their cow calves and does not miscarry.

他们打发小孩子出去，多如羊群；他们的儿女踊跃跳舞。
They send forth their little ones like a herd, / And their children dance.

他们随着鼓和琴扬声歌唱，又因箫声欢喜。
They lift up their voices to the tambourine and lyre, / And they rejoice at the sound of the flute.

他们度日诸事亨通，转眼下入阴间。
They spend their days in prosperity, / And in a moment they go down into Sheol.

他们对神说，离开我们吧；我们不愿认识你的道路。
And they say unto God, Depart from us, / For we do not desire the knowledge of Your ways.

全能者是谁，我们竟要事奉祂？向祂恳求有什么益处？
What is the Almighty, that we should serve Him? / And what profit is there, that we should pray to Him?

看哪，他们的亨通不在自己手中；恶人的谋算离祂甚远。
Indeed, their prosperity is not in their own hand. / The counsel of the wicked is far from Him.

恶人的灯何尝熄灭？祸患何尝临到他们？神何尝在怒中，把痛苦分给他们？
How often is the lamp of the wicked put out, / So that their calamity comes upon them, / So that God distributes sorrows in His anger?

他们何尝像风前的碎秸，如暴风刮去的糠秕？
Do they become like straw before the wind / And like chaff that the storm carries off?

你们说，神将恶人罪孽该受的惩罚，积存给他的儿女。我说，不如报应他本人，好使他亲自知道。
You say, God stores up the punishment of his iniquity for his children. / I say, Let Him recompense him, so that he knows it.

愿他亲眼看见自己败亡，亲自饮全能者的忿怒。
Let his eyes see his destruction, / And let him drink the wrath of the Almighty.

他岁月的数目既然截断，他的家在他身后还有什么可叫他喜悦呢？
For what is there for him to delight in, in his house after him, / When the number of his months is cut off?

神既审判那在高位的，谁能将知识教训祂呢？
Will someone teach knowledge to God, / Seeing that He judges those who are on high?

有人至死仍然力气充足，尽得平靖安逸；
One dies in his full strength, / Being completely at ease and quiet;

他的奶桶盈满，他的骨髓滋润。
His pails are full of milk, / And the marrow of his bones is moist.

有人至死魂中痛苦，终身未尝福乐的滋味。
But another dies in bitterness of soul / And does not taste of good.

他们一样躺卧在尘土中，都被虫子遮盖。
They lie down alike in the dust, / And the worm covers them.

看哪，我知道你们的意图，并诬害我的计谋。
Indeed, I know your thoughts, / And the devices by which you would wrong me.

你们说，贵胄的房屋在哪里？恶人居住的帐棚在哪里？
For you say, Where is the house of the prince? / Where is the tent of the dwellings of the wicked?

你们岂没有询问过路的人么？不理会他们所引的证据么？
Have you not asked those who travel the roads? / And do you not regard their evidence,

就是恶人在祸患的日子得存留，在怒气满溢的日子得逃脱。
That the wicked man is spared in the day of calamity, / That they are led forth at the day of overflowing wrath?

他所行的道路，有谁当面给他说明？他所作的，有谁报应他？
Who will declare his way to his face? / And who will repay him what he has done?

他被抬到茔地时，有人看守坟墓。
When he is borne to the grave, / A watch is kept over the tomb.

他要以谷中的土块为甘甜；众人随他之后前去，在他以先去的也是无数。
The clods of the valley are sweet to him; / And all men go in procession after him, / And those who went before him are without number.

你们的回答既然只留下虚假，怎么还用虚空的话安慰我呢？
Why then do you comfort me with vanity? / For your responses leave only falsehood behind.