22:1 提幔人以利法回答說：
22:2 人豈能使上帝有益呢？智慧人但能有益於己。
22:3 你為人公義，豈叫全能者喜悅呢？你行為完全，豈能使他得利呢？
22:4 豈是因你敬畏他就責備你、審判你嗎？
22:5 你的罪惡豈不是大嗎？你的罪孽也沒有窮盡；
22:6 因你無故強取弟兄的物為當頭，剝去貧寒人的衣服。
22:7 困乏的人，你沒有給他水喝；飢餓的人，你沒有給他食物。
22:8 有能力的人就得地土；尊貴的人也住在其中。
22:9 你打發寡婦空手回去，折斷孤兒的膀臂。
22:10 因此，有網羅環繞你，有恐懼忽然使你驚惶；
22:11 或有黑暗蒙蔽你，並有洪水淹沒你。
22:12 上帝豈不是在高天嗎？你看星宿何其高呢！
22:13 你說：上帝知道甚麼？他豈能看透幽暗施行審判呢？
22:14 密雲將他遮蓋，使他不能看見；他周遊穹蒼。
22:15 你要依從上古的道嗎？這道是惡人所行的。
22:16 他們未到死期，忽然除滅；根基毀壞，好像被江河沖去。
22:17 他們向上帝說：離開我們吧！又說：全能者能把我們怎麼樣呢？
22:18 哪知上帝以美物充滿他們的房屋；但惡人所謀定的離我好遠。
22:19 義人看見他們的結局就歡喜；無辜的人嗤笑他們，
22:20 說：那起來攻擊我們的果然被剪除，其餘的都被火燒滅。
22:21 你要認識上帝，就得平安；福氣也必臨到你。
22:22 你當領受他口中的教訓，將他的言語存在心裡。
22:23 你若歸向全能者，從你帳棚中遠除不義，就必得建立。
22:24 要將你的珍寶丟在塵土裡，將俄斐的黃金丟在溪河石頭之間；
22:25 全能者就必為你的珍寶，作你的寶銀。
22:26 你就要以全能者為喜樂，向上帝仰起臉來。
22:27 你要禱告他，他就聽你；你也要還你的願。
22:28 你定意要做何事，必然給你成就；亮光也必照耀你的路。
22:29 人使你降卑，你仍可說：必得高升；謙卑的人，上帝必然拯救。
22:30 人非無辜，上帝且要搭救他；他因你手中清潔，必蒙拯救。
Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied:
2 “Can
a man be of benefit to God?
Can even a wise person benefit him?
3 What pleasure would it give the Almighty if you were
righteous?
What would he gain if your ways were blameless?
4 “Is
it for your piety that he rebukes you
and brings charges against you?
5 Is not your wickedness great?
Are not your sins endless?
6 You demanded security from your relatives for no reason;
you stripped people of their clothing, leaving them
naked.
7 You gave no water to the weary
and you withheld food from the hungry,
8 though you were a powerful man, owning land—
an honored man, living on it.
9 And you sent widows away empty-handed
and broke the strength of the fatherless.
10 That is why snares are all around you,
why sudden peril terrifies you,
11 why it is so dark you cannot see,
and why a flood of water covers you.
12 “Is
not God in the heights of heaven?
And see how lofty are the highest stars!
13 Yet you say, ‘What does God know?
Does he judge through such darkness?
14 Thick clouds veil him, so he does not see us
as he goes about in the vaulted heavens.’
15 Will you keep to the old path
that the wicked have trod?
16 They were carried off before their time,
their foundations washed away by a flood.
17 They said to God, ‘Leave us alone!
What can the Almighty do to us?’
18 Yet it was he who filled their houses with good things,
so I stand aloof from the plans of the wicked.
19 The righteous see their ruin and rejoice;
the innocent mock them, saying,
20 ‘Surely our foes are destroyed,
and fire devours their wealth.’
21 “Submit
to God and be at peace with him;
in this way prosperity will come to you.
22 Accept instruction from his mouth
and lay up his words in your heart.
23 If you return to the Almighty, you will be restored:
If you remove wickedness far from your tent
24 and assign your nuggets to the dust,
your gold of Ophir to the rocks in the ravines,
25 then the Almighty will be your gold,
the choicest silver for you.
26 Surely then you will find delight in the Almighty
and will lift up your face to God.
27 You will pray to him, and he will hear you,
and you will fulfill your vows.
28 What you decide on will be done,
and light will shine on your ways.
29 When people are brought low and you say, ‘Lift them up!’
then he will save the downcast.
30 He will deliver even one who is not innocent,
who will be delivered through the cleanness of your
hands.”
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當約伯將現實的狀況向他的三個朋友說明時，沒想到這些人的腦袋還是沒有轉過來，心裡還在幻想著「善有善報、惡有惡報」；不僅如此，還沉溺在他們是義人所以蒙上帝賜福，而約伯是惡人，遭上帝報應！
所以，提幔人以利法的論調還是跟之前的內容差不多，無視於約伯所說的！竟然以這樣的話語做結論：「你若歸向全能者，從你帳棚中遠除不義，就必得建立。要將你的珍寶丟在塵土裡，將俄斐的黃金丟在溪河石頭之間；全能者就必為你的珍寶，作你的寶銀。你就要以全能者為喜樂，向上帝仰起臉來。你要禱告他，他就聽你；你也要還你的願。你定意要做何事，必然給你成就；亮光也必照耀你的路。人使你降卑，你仍可說：必得高升；謙卑的人，上帝必然拯救。人非無辜，上帝且要搭救他；他因你手中清潔，必蒙拯救。」
說得很敬虔，卻都是無視於現狀的廢話！根本是自我安慰、自以為是，還以為是上帝要他說的！這也提醒我們，這個世界是伏在那惡者之下，是非顛倒和不正義的事充斥是事實！所以，我們要盼望上帝的國快快實現，才會有真正的正義！因為有在公義的上帝治理下，正義才會彰顯！
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