Job 约伯记21

21Then Job replied:
2"Listen carefully to my words; let this be the consolation¹ you give me.
3Bear with me while I speak, and after I have spoken, mock on.
4"Is my complaint directed to man? Why should I not be impatient?
5Look at me and be astonished; clap your hand over your mouth.
6When I think about this, I am terrified; trembling seizes my body.
7Why do the wicked live on, growing old and increasing in power?
8They see their children established around them, their offspring before their eyes.
9Their homes are safe and free from fear; the rod of God is not upon them.
10Their bulls never fail to breed; their cows calve and do not miscarry.
11They send forth² their children as a flock; their little ones dance about.
12They sing to the music of tambourine³ and harp⁴; they make merry to the sound of the flute⁵.
13They spend their years in prosperity and go down to the grave in peace.
14Yet they say to God, 'Leave us alone! We have no desire to know your ways.
15Who is the Almighty⁶, that we should serve him? What would we gain by praying to him?'
16But their prosperity is not in their own hands, so I stand aloof⁷ from the counsel of the wicked.
17"Yet how often is the lamp of the wicked snuffed out? How often does calamity⁸ come upon them, the fate God allots⁹ in his anger?
18How often are they like straw before the wind, like chaff¹⁰ swept away by a gale¹¹?
19It is said, 'God stores up a man's punishment for his sons.' Let him repay the man himself, so that he will know it!
20Let his own eyes see his destruction; let him drink of the wrath¹² of the Almighty.
21For what does he care about the family he leaves behind when his allotted¹³ months come to an end?
22"Can anyone teach knowledge to God, since he judges even the highest?
23One man dies in full vigor¹⁴, completely secure and at ease,
24his body well nourished, his bones rich with marrow¹⁵.
25Another man dies in bitterness of soul, never having enjoyed anything good.
26Side by side they lie in the dust, and worms cover them both.
27"I know full well what you are thinking, the schemes by which you would wrong me.
28You say, 'Where now is the great man's house, the tents where wicked men lived?'
29Have you never questioned those who travel? Have you paid no regard to their accounts-
30that the evil man is spared from the day of calamity, that he is delivered from the day of wrath?
31Who denounces his conduct to his face? Who repays him for what he has done?
32He is carried to the grave, and watch is kept over his tomb.
33The soil in the valley is sweet to him; all men follow after him, and a countless¹⁶ throng¹⁷ goes before him.
34"So how can you console me with your nonsense? Nothing is left of your answers but falsehood!"

1 consolation   

n.安慰，慰问

参考例句：

• The children were a great consolation to me at that time.那时孩子们成了我的莫大安慰。
• This news was of little consolation to us.这个消息对我们来说没有什么安慰。

2 forth   

adv.向前；向外，往外

参考例句：

• The wind moved the trees gently back and forth.风吹得树轻轻地来回摇晃。
• He gave forth a series of works in rapid succession.他很快连续发表了一系列的作品。

3 tambourine   

n.铃鼓，手鼓

参考例句：

• A stew without an onion is like a dance without a tambourine.烧菜没有洋葱就像跳舞没有手鼓。
• He is really good at playing tambourine.他很擅长演奏铃鼓。

4 harp   

n.竖琴；天琴座

参考例句：

• She swept her fingers over the strings of the harp.她用手指划过竖琴的琴弦。
• He played an Irish melody on the harp.他用竖琴演奏了一首爱尔兰曲调。

5 flute   

n.长笛；v.吹笛

参考例句：

• He took out his flute, and blew at it.他拿出笛子吹了起来。
• There is an extensive repertoire of music written for the flute.有很多供长笛演奏的曲目。

6 almighty   

adj.全能的，万能的；很大的，很强的

参考例句：

• Those rebels did not really challenge Gods almighty power.这些叛徒没有对上帝的全能力量表示怀疑。
• It's almighty cold outside.外面冷得要命。

7 aloof   

adj.远离的；冷淡的，漠不关心的

参考例句：

• Never stand aloof from the masses.千万不可脱离群众。
• On the evening the girl kept herself timidly aloof from the crowd.这小女孩在晚会上一直胆怯地远离人群。

8 calamity   

n.灾害，祸患，不幸事件

参考例句：

• Even a greater natural calamity cannot daunt us. 再大的自然灾害也压不垮我们。
• The attack on Pearl Harbor was a crushing calamity.偷袭珍珠港(对美军来说)是一场毁灭性的灾难。

9 allots   

分配，拨给，摊派( allot的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• My days are as happy as those God allots to his saints. 我的日子过得像上帝分配给圣徒的一样快乐。
• In this paper, a combination method that allots multi-objective weights is proposed. 多目标评价中的一个重要因素是考虑目标权系数的选取。

10 chaff   

v.取笑，嘲笑；n.谷壳

参考例句：

• I didn't mind their chaff.我不在乎他们的玩笑。
• Old birds are not caught with chaff.谷糠难诱老雀。

11 gale   

n.大风，强风，一阵闹声（尤指笑声等）

参考例句：

• We got our roof blown off in the gale last night.昨夜的大风把我们的房顶给掀掉了。
• According to the weather forecast,there will be a gale tomorrow.据气象台预报，明天有大风。

12 wrath   

n.愤怒，愤慨，暴怒

参考例句：

• His silence marked his wrath. 他的沉默表明了他的愤怒。
• The wrath of the people is now aroused. 人们被激怒了。

13 allotted   

分配，拨给，摊派( allot的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• I completed the test within the time allotted . 我在限定的时间内完成了试验。
• Each passenger slept on the berth allotted to him. 每个旅客都睡在分配给他的铺位上。

14 vigor   

n.活力，精力，元气

参考例句：

• The choir sang the words out with great vigor.合唱团以极大的热情唱出了歌词。
• She didn't want to be reminded of her beauty or her former vigor.现在，她不愿人们提起她昔日的美丽和以前的精力充沛。

15 marrow   

n.骨髓；精华；活力

参考例句：

• It was so cold that he felt frozen to the marrow. 天气太冷了，他感到寒冷刺骨。
• He was tired to the marrow of his bones.他真是累得筋疲力尽了。

16 countless   

adj.无数的，多得不计其数的

参考例句：

• In the war countless innocent people lost their lives.在这场战争中无数无辜的人丧失了性命。
• I've told you countless times.我已经告诉你无数遍了。

17 throng   

n.人群，群众；v.拥挤，群集

参考例句：

• A patient throng was waiting in silence.一大群耐心的人在静静地等着。
• The crowds thronged into the mall.人群涌进大厅。