1 Then Zophar the Naamathite made answer and said,
2 For this cause my thoughts are troubling me and driving me on.
3 I have to give ear to arguments which put me to shame, and your answers to me are wind without wisdom.
4 Have you knowledge of this from early times, when man was placed on the earth,
5 That the pride of the sinner is short, and the joy of the evil-doer but for a minute?
6 Though he is lifted up to the heavens, and his head goes up to the clouds;
7 Like the waste from his body he comes to an end for ever: those who have seen him say, Where is he?
8 He is gone like a dream, and is not seen again; he goes in flight like a vision of the night.
9 The eye which saw him sees him no longer; and his place has no more knowledge of him.
10 His children are hoping that the poor will be kind to them, and his hands give back his wealth.
11 His bones are full of young strength, but it will go down with him into the dust.
12 Though evil-doing is sweet in his mouth, and he keeps it secretly under his tongue;
13 Though he takes care of it, and does not let it go, but keeps it still in his mouth;
14 His food becomes bitter in his stomach; the poison of snakes is inside him.
15 He takes down wealth as food, and sends it up again; it is forced out of his stomach by God.
16 He takes the poison of snakes into his mouth, the tongue of the snake is the cause of his death.
17 Let him not see the rivers of oil, the streams of honey and milk.
18 He is forced to give back the fruit of his work, and may not take it for food; he has no joy in the profit of his trading.
19 Because he has been cruel to the poor, turning away from them in their trouble; because he has taken a house by force which he did not put up;
20 There is no peace for him in his wealth, and no salvation for him in those things in which he took delight.
21 He had never enough for his desire; for this cause his well-being will quickly come to an end.
22 Even when his wealth is great, he is full of care, for the hand of everyone who is in trouble is turned against him.
23 God gives him his desire, and sends the heat of his wrath on him, making it come down on him like rain.
24 He may go in flight from the iron spear, but the arrow from the bow of brass will go through him;
25 He is pulling it out, and it comes out of his back; and its shining point comes out of his side; he is overcome by fears.
26 All his wealth is stored up for the dark: a fire not made by man sends destruction on him, and on everything in his tent.
27 The heavens make clear his sin, and the earth gives witness against him.
28 The produce of his house is taken away into another country, like things given into the hands of others in the day of wrath.
29 This is the reward of the evil man, and the heritage given to him by God.
1 拿玛人琐法回答说：
2 "我的心思烦扰叫我回话， 因为我内心急躁。
3 我听见了那羞辱我的责备， 心灵因着我的悟性回答我。
4 你不知亘古以来， 自从地上有人以来，
5 恶人的欢呼并不长久， 不敬虔者的快乐， 不过是暂时的吗？
6 虽然他的高贵上达于天， 他的头直插云霄，
7 他必永远灭亡像自己的粪一般， 素来看见他的， 都要说： ‘他在哪里呢？’
8 他必如梦一般飞逝， 人再也找不着他， 他必被赶去如夜间的异象，
9 亲眼见过他的， 必不再见他， 他的本处也必看不见他。
10 他的儿女必向穷人求恩， 他们的手要退还他不义之财，
11 他的骨头虽然充满青春活力， 却必与他一同躺卧在尘土中。
12 邪恶在他的口中虽然甘甜， 他把邪恶藏在自己的舌下。
13 他虽然爱惜不舍， 含在口中，
14 然而他的食物在他腹中却要变坏， 在他里面成为眼镜蛇的毒汁。
15 他吞下了财宝， 还要把它吐出来， 神要从他的腹中把它掏出来，
16 他必吸吮眼镜蛇的毒液， 腹蛇的舌头必把他杀死。
17 他必不得看见江河， 就是流蜜与奶的江河。
18 他劳苦所得的必归别人， 自己却不得吃用； 他交易得来的财利， 自己却不得享用。
19 因为他欺压穷人， 不顾他们， 强抢不是自己建造的房屋。
20 因为他内心没有安宁， 他不能保存他喜爱的东西。
21 他吃得一无所剩， 所以他的福乐不能持久；
22 他在满足有余的时候， 陷入困境， 受过苦的人的手都临到他身上。
23 他正在填饱肚腹的时候， 神就把猛烈的怒气降在他身上， 他正在吃饭的时候， 神要把这怒气如雨降在他身上。
24 他要逃避铁制的兵器， 但铜弓的箭必把他射穿；
25 他把箭一抽， 箭就从背后出来， 发亮的箭头从他的胆中出来， 死亡的惊恐临到他身上。
26 万般黑暗为他的财宝留存， 不是由人吹着的火要吞灭他， 要毁掉他帐棚中所剩下的。
27 天必显露他的罪孽， 地要兴起来攻击他，
28 他的家产必被掠去， 在 神忿怒的日子被冲走。
29 这是恶人从 神所得的分， 是 神给他指定的产业。"