全新四年樂活讀經
W5 2013-03-25 (約伯記20)
20:1 拿瑪人瑣法回答說：
20:2 我心中急躁，所以我的思念叫我回答。
20:3 我已聽見那羞辱我，責備我的話；我的悟性叫我回答。
默想: 拿瑪人瑣法自己說：「我心中急躁，所以我的思念叫回答。」瑣法因為看見約伯的「不受教」，不但不接受眾人的勸告，且頻頻回嘴，甚至口出詆毀上帝的話，所以他的心中變為急躁。加上之前約伯懷疑瑣法自稱是「智慧人」，約伯的這個質疑，讓瑣法感覺到被刺痛，所以他便刻意地向約伯強調自己是悟性來回答。
從瑣法對約伯的回答來看，經過幾番言詞交鋒之後，不論是約伯或是三位友人，都已經在情緒上無法平靜，他們的言詞除了陳述已見以外，也不乏涉及人身攻擊，在這種情況下，雙方的情緒都顯為激動。雅各書提醒我們「你們各人要快快的聽、慢慢的說，慢慢的動怒，因為人的怒氣，並不成就上帝的義。」(雅各一19-20)從拿瑪人瑣法的自述中，我們更當注意自己與人有所爭辯時，要好好學習掌握自己的情緒。
題目: 拿瑪人瑣法向約伯說話時的動機與情緒是如何呢？
20:1 拿瑪人瑣法回答說：
Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,
20:2 我心中急躁，所以我的思念叫我回答。
Therefore do my thoughts cause me to answer, and for this I make haste. I make...: Heb. my haste is in me
20:3 我已聽見那羞辱我，責備我的話；我的悟性叫我回答。
I have heard the check of my reproach, and the spirit of my understanding causeth me to answer.
20:4 你豈不知亙古以來，自從人生在地，
Knowest thou not this of old, since man was placed upon earth,
20:5 惡人誇勝是暫時的，不敬虔人的喜樂不過轉眼之間嗎？
That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment? short: Heb. from near
20:6 他的尊榮雖達到天上，頭雖頂到雲中，
Though his excellency mount up to the heavens, and his head reach unto the clouds; clouds: Heb. cloud
20:7 他終必滅亡，像自己的糞一樣；素來見他的人要說：他在哪裡呢？
Yet he shall perish for ever like his own dung: they which have seen him shall say, Where is he?
20:8 他必飛去如夢，不再尋見，速被趕去，如夜間的異象。
He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found: yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night.
20:9 親眼見過他的，必不再見他；他的本處也再見不著他。
The eye also which saw him shall see him no more; neither shall his place any more behold him.
20:10 他的兒女要求窮人的恩；他的手要賠還不義之財。
His children shall seek to please the poor, and his hands shall restore their goods. His children...: or, The poor shall oppress his children
20:11 他的骨頭雖然有青年之力，卻要和他一同躺臥在塵土中。
His bones are full of the sin of his youth, which shall lie down with him in the dust.
20:12 他口內雖以惡為甘甜，藏在舌頭底下，
Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue;
20:13 愛戀不捨，含在口中；
Though he spare it, and forsake it not; but keep it still within his mouth: within...: Heb. in the midst of his palate
20:14 他的食物在肚裡卻要化為酸，在他裡面成為虺蛇的惡毒。
Yet his meat in his bowels is turned, it is the gall of asps within him.
20:15 他吞了財寶，還要吐出； 神要從他腹中掏出來。
He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again: God shall cast them out of his belly.
20:16 他必吸飲虺蛇的毒氣；蝮蛇的舌頭也必殺他。
He shall suck the poison of asps: the viper's tongue shall slay him.
20:17 流奶與蜜之河，他不得再見。
He shall not see the rivers, the floods, the brooks of honey and butter. the floods...: or, streaming brooks
20:18 他勞碌得來的要賠還，不得享用（原文是吞下）；不能照所得的財貨歡樂。
That which he laboured for shall he restore, and shall not swallow it down: according to his substance shall the restitution be , and he shall not rejoice therein . his...: Heb. the substance of his exchange
20:19 他欺壓窮人，且又離棄；強取非自己所蓋的房屋（或譯：強取房屋不得再建造）。
Because he hath oppressed and hath forsaken the poor; because he hath violently taken away an house which he builded not; oppressed: Heb. crushed
20:20 他因貪而無厭，所喜悅的連一樣也不能保守。
Surely he shall not feel quietness in his belly, he shall not save of that which he desired. feel: Heb. know
20:21 其餘的沒有一樣他不吞滅，所以他的福樂不能長久。
There shall none of his meat be left; therefore shall no man look for his goods. none...: or, be none left for his meat
20:22 他在滿足有餘的時候，必到狹窄的地步；凡受苦楚的人都必加手在他身上。
In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: every hand of the wicked shall come upon him. wicked: or, troublesome
20:23 他正要充滿肚腹的時候， 神必將猛烈的忿怒降在他身上；正在他吃飯的時候，要將這忿怒像雨降在他身上。
When he is about to fill his belly, God shall cast the fury of his wrath upon him, and shall rain it upon him while he is eating.
20:24 他要躲避鐵器；銅弓的箭要將他射透。
He shall flee from the iron weapon, and the bow of steel shall strike him through.
20:25 他把箭一抽，就從他身上出來；發光的箭頭從他膽中出來，有驚惶臨在他身上。
It is drawn, and cometh out of the body; yea, the glittering sword cometh out of his gall: terrors are upon him.
20:26 他的財寶歸於黑暗；人所不吹的火要把他燒滅，要把他帳棚中所剩下的燒毀。
All darkness shall be hid in his secret places: a fire not blown shall consume him; it shall go ill with him that is left in his tabernacle.
20:27 天要顯明他的罪孽；地要興起攻擊他。
The heaven shall reveal his iniquity; and the earth shall rise up against him.
20:28 他的家產必然過去； 神發怒的日子，他的貨物都要消滅。
The increase of his house shall depart, and his goods shall flow away in the day of his wrath.
20:29 這是惡人從 神所得的分，是 神為他所定的產業。
This is the portion of a wicked man from God, and the heritage appointed unto him by God. appointed...: Heb. of his decree from God
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