4:1 特曼人厄里法次开始说：
Then spoke Eliphaz the Temanite, who said: 4:2 人若和你讲话，你能忍受吗﹖但谁又能忍住不说﹖
If someone attempts a word with you, will you mind? For how can anyone refrain from speaking? 4:3 看，你曾劝戒过许多人，坚固过软弱无能的人；
Behold, you have instructed many, and have made firm their feeble hands. 4:4 你的话扶起了跌倒的人，坚固了膝弱无力的人；
Your words have upheld the stumbler; you have strengthened his faltering knees. 4:5 但是现今灾祸一临于你，你就萎靡不振；一接触你，你就沮丧失意。
But now that it comes to you, you are impatient; when it touches yourself, you are dismayed. 4:6 你敬畏天主之情，岂不是你的依靠﹖你完善的行为，岂不是你的希望﹖
Is not your piety a source of confidence, and your integrity of life your hope? 4:7 请想：那有无辜者丧亡﹖那有正直者消逝﹖
Reflect now, what innocent person perishes? Since when are the upright destroyed? 4:8 照我所见：那播种邪恶的，必收邪恶；散布毒害的，必收毒害。
As I see it, those who plow for mischief and sow trouble, reap the same. 4:9 天主一嘘气，他们即灭亡；一发怒气，他们即消失。
By the breath of God they perish, and by the blast of his wrath they are consumed. 4:10 狮吼豹嗥完全止息，幼狮的牙齿也被打碎；
Though the lion roars, though the king of beasts cries out, yet the teeth of the young lions are broken; 4:11 壮狮因缺猎物而灭绝，牝狮幼子各自东西离散。
The old lion perishes for lack of prey, and the cubs of the lioness are scattered. 4:12 我窃听到一句话，我耳听见细语声。
For a word was stealthily brought to me, and my ear caught a whisper of it. 4:13 当人沉睡时，夜梦多幻象；
In my thoughts during visions of the night, when deep sleep falls on men, 4:14 我恐怖战栗，全身骨头发抖。
Fear came upon me, and shuddering, that terrified me to the bones. 4:15 寒风掠过我面，使我毛发悚然。
Then a spirit passed before me, and the hair of my flesh stood up. 4:16 他停立不动，但我不能辨其形状；我面前出现形影，我听见细微的声音：
It paused, but its likeness I could not discern; a figure was before my eyes, and I heard a still voice: 4:17 人岂能在天主前自以为义﹖在造他者前，自以为洁﹖
"Can a man be righteous as against God? Can a mortal be blameless against his Maker? 4:18 看，他的仆役，他还不信；他的使者，他还归罪，
Lo, he puts no trust in his servants, and with his angels he can find fault. 4:19 何况那以泥屋为居所，以尘土为基础的人!他们为人践踏，有如蠹虫；
How much more with those that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed more easily than the moth! 4:20 晨昏间即化为齑粉，永远消亡而无人回顾。
Morning or evening they may be shattered; with no heed paid to it, they perish forever. 4:21 幕索已自断，他们就因缺少智慧而死亡﹖
The pegs of their tent are plucked up; they die without knowing wisdom."