11:1 拿瑪人瑣法回答說：
11:2 這許多的言語豈不該回答嗎？多嘴多舌的人豈可稱為義嗎？
11:3 你誇大的話豈能使人不作聲嗎？你戲笑的時候豈沒有人叫你害羞嗎？
11:4 你說：我的道理純全；我在你眼前潔淨。
11:5 惟願上帝說話；願他開口攻擊你，
11:6 並將智慧的奧祕指示你；他有諸般的智識。所以當知道上帝追討你比你罪孽該得的還少。
11:7 你考察就能測透上帝嗎？你豈能盡情測透全能者嗎？
11:8 他的智慧高於天，你還能做甚麼？深於陰間，你還能知道甚麼？
11:9 其量比地長，比海寬。
11:10 他若經過，將人拘禁，招人受審，誰能阻擋他呢？
11:11 他本知道虛妄的人；人的罪孽，他雖不留意，還是無所不見。
11:12 空虛的人卻毫無知識；人生在世好像野驢的駒子。
11:13 你若將心安正，又向主舉手；
11:14 你手裡若有罪孽，就當遠遠地除掉，也不容非義住在你帳棚之中。
11:15 那時，你必仰起臉來毫無斑點；你也必堅固，無所懼怕。
11:16 你必忘記你的苦楚，就是想起也如流過去的水一樣。
11:17 你在世的日子要比正午更明，雖有黑暗仍像早晨。
11:18 你因有指望就必穩固，也必四圍巡查，坦然安息。
11:19 你躺臥，無人驚嚇，且有許多人向你求恩。
11:20 但惡人的眼目必要失明。他們無路可逃；他們的指望就是氣絕。
Then Zophar the Naamathite replied:
2 “Are
all these words to go unanswered?
Is this talker to be vindicated?
3 Will your idle talk reduce others to silence?
Will no one rebuke you when you mock?
4 You say to God, ‘My beliefs are flawless
and I am pure in your sight.’
5 Oh, how I wish that God would speak,
that he would open his lips against you
6 and disclose to you the secrets of wisdom,
for true wisdom has two sides.
Know this: God has even forgotten some of your sin.
7 “Can
you fathom the mysteries of God?
Can you probe the limits of the Almighty?
8 They are higher than the heavens above—what can you do?
They are deeper than the depths below—what can you
know?
9 Their measure is longer than the earth
and wider than the sea.
10 “If
he comes along and confines you in prison
and convenes a court, who can oppose him?
11 Surely he recognizes deceivers;
and when he sees evil, does he not take note?
12 But the witless can no more become wise
than a wild donkey’s colt can be born human.[a]
13 “Yet
if you devote your heart to him
and stretch out your hands to him,
14 if you put away the sin that is in your hand
and allow no evil to dwell in your tent,
15 then, free of fault, you will lift up your face;
you will stand firm and without fear.
16 You will surely forget your trouble,
recalling it only as waters gone by.
17 Life will be brighter than noonday,
and darkness will become like morning.
18 You will be secure, because there is hope;
you will look about you and take your rest in safety.
19 You will lie down, with no one to make you afraid,
and many will court your favor.
20 But the eyes of the wicked will fail,
and escape will elude them;
their hope will become a dying gasp.”
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「瑣法」的字意是「麻雀」，讓人覺得多言的感覺。然而這樣的人竟然一開頭說：「這許多的言語豈不該回答嗎？多嘴多舌的人豈可稱為義嗎？」讓人有覺得好諷刺的感覺，像麻雀多言的人，竟然批評約伯「許多的言語」、「多嘴多舌」！
他竟然用上帝的智慧和權能來壓迫約伯，似乎用上帝的代言人的角度在說話，對於約伯來說，這樣的話是非常刺耳的，較像吵雜的麻雀，吱吱喳喳的亂叫，擾亂約伯的耳朵！
對基督徒而言，這也是很大的提醒，尤其是我們探望在苦難中的弟兄姊妹，記得不要吱吱喳喳說了一堆無意義又叫人反感的話，倒不如好好的聆聽受探訪者的話，瞭解他們的苦情，勝於用言語來責備！因為在苦難中的人多麼希望他們的冤情被知道，希望上帝來申冤。探訪的人，要垂聽他們的話語，才能將他們的苦情化為禱告，如此才可以真正安慰到他們的心！
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