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Job
A righteous man's anguish and the speech of God from the whirlwind
A poetic and philosophical dialogue centered on Job, a righteous man stripped of his possessions, his children, and his health. His friends argue conventional doctrines of retribution; Job protests his innocence; and God answers from a whirlwind without answering the question of why.
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烏斯地、有一個人名叫約伯．那人完全正直、敬畏 神、遠離惡事。
There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and turned away from evil.
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他生了七個兒子、三個女兒．
And there were born unto him seven sons and three daughters.
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他的家產有七千羊、三千駱駝、五百對牛、五百母驢、並有許多僕婢．這人在東方人中就爲至大。
His substance also was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she-asses, and a very great household; so that this man was the greatest of all the children of the east.
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他的兒子、按着日子、各在自己家裏設擺筵宴、就打發人去、請了他們的三個姐妹來、與他們一同喫喝。
And his sons went and held a feast in the house of each one upon his day; and they sent and called for their three sisters to eat and to drink with them.
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筵宴的日子過了、約伯打發人去叫他們自潔．他清早起來、按着他們衆人的數目獻燔祭．因爲他說、恐怕我兒子犯了罪、心中棄掉 神。約伯常常這樣行。
And it was so, when the days of their feasting were gone about, that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and offered burnt-offerings according to the number of them all: for Job said, It may be that my sons have sinned, and renounced God in their hearts. Thus did Job continually.
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有一天、 神的衆子來侍立在耶和華面前、撒但也來在其中。
Now it came to pass on the day when the sons of God came to present themselves before Jehovah, that Satan also came among them.
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耶和華問撒但說、你從那裏來．撒但回答說、我從地上走來走去、往返而來。
And Jehovah said unto Satan, Whence comest thou? Then Satan answered Jehovah, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.
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耶和華問撒但說、你曾用心察看我的僕人約伯沒有．地上再沒有人像他完全正直、敬畏 神、遠離惡事。
And Jehovah said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job? for there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and turneth away from evil.
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撒但回答耶和華說、約伯敬畏 神、豈是無故呢。
Then Satan answered Jehovah, and said, Doth Job fear God for nought?
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你豈不是四面圈上籬笆圍護他和他的家、並他一切所有的麼．他手所作的、都蒙你賜福．他的家產也在地上增多。
Hast not thou made a hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath, on every side? thou hast blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land.
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你且伸手、毀他一切所有的、他必當面棄掉你。
But put forth thy hand now, and touch all that he hath, and he will renounce thee to thy face.
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耶和華對撒但說、凡他所有的、都在你手中．只是不可伸手加害於他。於是撒但從耶和華面前退去。
And Jehovah said unto Satan, Behold, all that he hath is in thy power; only upon himself put not forth thy hand. So Satan went forth from the presence of Jehovah.
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有一天、約伯的兒女正在他們長兄的家裏、喫飯喝酒、
And it fell on a day when his sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother`s house,
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有報信的來見約伯、說、牛正耕地、驢在旁邊喫草．
that there came a messenger unto Job, and said, The oxen were plowing, and the asses feeding beside them;
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示巴人忽然闖來、把牲畜擄去、並用刀殺了僕人．惟有我一人逃脫、來報信給你。
and the Sabeans fell [upon them], and took them away: yea, they have slain the servants with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.
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他還說話的時候、又有人來說、 神從天上降下火來、將羣羊、和僕人、都燒滅了．惟有我一人逃脫、來報信給你。
While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The fire of God is fallen from heaven, and hath burned up the sheep and the servants, and consumed them; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.
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他還說話的時候、又有人來說、迦勒底人分作三隊、忽然闖來、把駱駝擄去、並用刀殺了僕人．惟有我一人逃脫、來報信給你。
While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The Chaldeans made three bands, and fell upon the camels, and have taken them away, yea, and slain the servants with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.
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他還說話的時候、又有人來說、你的兒女正在他們長兄的家裏、喫飯喝酒．
While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, Thy sons and thy daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother`s house;
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不料、有狂風從曠野颳來、擊打房屋的四角、房屋倒塌在少年人身上、他們就都死了．惟有我一人逃脫、來報信給你。
and, behold, there came a great wind from the wilderness, and smote the four corners of the house, and it fell upon the young men, and they are dead; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.
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約伯便起來、撕裂外袍、剃了頭、伏在地上下拜、
Then Job arose, and rent his robe, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshipped;
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說、我赤身出於母胎、也必赤身歸回．賞賜的是耶和華．收取的也是耶和華。耶和華的名是應當稱頌的。
and he said, Naked came I out of my mother`s womb, and naked shall I return thither: Jehovah gave, and Jehovah hath taken away; blessed be the name of Jehovah.
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在這一切的事上、約伯並不犯罪、也不以 神爲愚妄。〈或作也不妄評 神〉
In all this Job sinned not, nor charged God foolishly.
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又有一天、 神的衆子來侍立在耶和華面前、撒但也來在其中。
Again it came to pass on the day when the sons of God came to present themselves before Jehovah, that Satan came also among them to present himself before Jehovah.
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耶和華問撒但說、你從那裏來．撒但回答說、我從地上走來走去、往返而來。
And Jehovah said unto Satan, From whence comest thou? And Satan answered Jehovah, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.
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耶和華問撒但說、你曾用心察看我的僕人約伯沒有．地上再沒有人像他完全正直、敬畏 神、遠離惡事．你雖激動我攻擊他、無故的毀滅他．他仍然持守他的純正。
And Jehovah said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job? for there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and turneth away from evil: and he still holdeth fast his integrity, although thou movedst me against him, to destroy him without cause.
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撒但回答耶和華說、人以皮代皮、情願捨去一切所有的、保全性命。
And Satan answered Jehovah, and said, Skin for skin, yea, all that a man hath will he give for his life.
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你且伸手、傷他的骨頭、和他的肉．他必當面棄掉你。
But put forth thy hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will renounce thee to thy face.
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耶和華對撒但說、他在你手中．只要存留他的性命。
And Jehovah said unto Satan, Behold, he is in thy hand; only spare his life.
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於是撒但從耶和華面前退去、擊打約伯、使他從腳掌到頭頂、長毒瘡。
So Satan went forth from the presence of Jehovah, and smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown.
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約伯就坐在爐灰中、拿瓦片刮身體。
And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself therewith; and he sat among the ashes.
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他的妻子對他說、你仍然持守你的純正麼．你棄掉 神、死了罷。
Then said his wife unto him, Dost thou still hold fast thine integrity? renounce God, and die.
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約伯卻對他說、你說話像愚頑的婦人一樣。噯、難道我們從 神手裏得福、不也受禍麼。在這一切的事上、約伯並不以口犯罪。
But he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh. What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? In all this did not Job sin with his lips.
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約伯的三個朋友、提幔人以利法、書亞人比勒達、拿瑪人瑣法、聽說有這一切的災禍臨到他身上、各人就從本處約會同來、爲他悲傷、安慰他。
Now when Job`s three friends heard of all this evil that was come upon him, they came every one from his own place: Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite, and they made an appointment together to come to bemoan him and to comfort him.
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他們遠遠的舉目觀看、認不出他來、就放聲大哭．各人撕裂外袍、把塵土向天揚起來、落在自己的頭上。
And when they lifted up their eyes afar off, and knew him not, they lifted up their voice, and wept; and they rent every one his robe, and sprinkled dust upon their heads toward heaven.
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他們就同他七天七夜、坐在地上、一個人也不向他說句話．因爲他極其痛苦。
So they sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven nights, and none spake a word unto him: for they saw that his grief was very great.
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此後、約伯開口、咒詛自己的生日、
After this opened Job his mouth, and cursed his day.
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說、
And Job answered and said:
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願我生的那日和說懷了男胎的那夜、都滅沒。
Let the day perish wherein I was born, And the night which said, There is a man-child conceived.
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願那日變爲黑暗．願 神不從上面尋找他、願亮光不照於其上。
Let that day be darkness; Let not God from above seek for it, Neither let the light shine upon it.
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願黑暗和死蔭索取那日．願密雲停在其上．願日蝕恐嚇他。
Let darkness and the shadow of death claim it for their own; Let a cloud dwell upon it; Let all that maketh black the day terrify it.
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願那夜被幽暗奪取、不在年中的日子同樂．也不入月中的數目。
As for that night, let thick darkness seize upon it: Let it not rejoice among the days of the year; Let it not come into the number of the months.
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願那夜沒有生育．其間也沒有歡樂的聲音。
Lo, let that night be barren; Let no joyful voice come therein.
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願那咒詛日子且能惹動鱷魚的、咒詛那夜。
Let them curse it that curse the day, Who are ready to rouse up leviathan.
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願那夜黎明的星宿變爲黑暗．盼亮卻不亮、也不見早晨的光線。〈光線原文作眼皮〉
Let the stars of the twilight thereof be dark: Let it look for light, but have none; Neither let it behold the eyelids of the morning:
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因沒有把懷我胎的門關閉、也沒有將患難對我的眼隱藏。
Because it shut not up the doors of my [mother`s] womb, Nor hid trouble from mine eyes.
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我爲何不出母胎而死．爲何不出母腹絕氣．
Why died I not from the womb? Why did I not give up the ghost when my mother bare me?
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爲何有膝接收我．爲何有奶哺養我。
Why did the knees receive me? Or why the breast, that I should suck?
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不然、我就早已躺臥安睡．
For now should I have lain down and been quiet; I should have slept; then had I been at rest,
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和地上爲自己重造荒邱的君王、謀士、
With kings and counsellors of the earth, Who built up waste places for themselves;
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或與有金子、將銀子裝滿了房屋的王子、一同安息．
Or with princes that had gold, Who filled their houses with silver:
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或像隱而未現、不到期而落的胎、歸於無有、如同未見光的嬰孩。
Or as a hidden untimely birth I had not been, As infants that never saw light.
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在那裏惡人止息攪擾、困乏人得享安息．
There the wicked cease from troubling; And there the weary are at rest.
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被囚的人同得安逸．不聽見督工的聲音。
There the prisoners are at ease together; They hear not the voice of the taskmaster.
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大小都在那裏．奴僕脫離主人的轄制。
The small and the great are there: And the servant is free from his master.
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受患難的人、爲何有光賜給他呢．心中愁苦的人、爲何有生命賜給他呢。
Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, And life unto the bitter in soul;
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他們切望死、卻不得死、求死勝於求隱藏的珍寶。
Who long for death, but it cometh not, And dig for it more than for hid treasures;
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他們尋見墳墓就快樂、極其歡喜。
Who rejoice exceedingly, And are glad, when they can find the grave?
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人的道路旣然遮隱、 神又把他四面圍困、爲何有光賜給他呢。
[Why is light given] to a man whose way is hid, And whom God hath hedged in?
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我未曾喫飯、就發出歎息、我唉哼的聲音湧出如水。
For my sighing cometh before I eat, And my groanings are poured out like water.
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因我所恐懼的臨到我身、我所懼怕的迎我而來。
For the thing which I fear cometh upon me, And that which I am afraid of cometh unto me.
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我不得安逸、不得平靜、也不得安息．卻有患難來到。
I am not at ease, neither am I quiet, neither have I rest; But trouble cometh.
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提幔人以利法回答說、
Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said,
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人若想與你說話、你就厭煩麼．但誰能忍住不說呢。
If one assay to commune with thee, wilt thou be grieved? But who can withhold himself from speaking?
3
你素來教導許多的人、又堅固輭弱的手。
Behold, thou hast instructed many, And thou hast strengthened the weak hands.
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你的言語曾扶助那將要跌倒的人．你又使輭弱的膝穩固。
Thy words have upholden him that was falling, And thou hast made firm the feeble knees.
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但現在禍患臨到你、你就昏迷．挨近你、你便驚惶。
But now it is come unto thee, and thou faintest; It toucheth thee, and thou art troubled.
6
你的倚靠、不是在你敬畏 神麼．你的盼望、不是在你行事純正麼。
Is not thy fear [of God] thy confidence, [And] the integrity of thy ways thy hope?
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請你追想、無辜的人、有誰滅亡．正直的人、在何處剪除。
Remember, I pray thee, who [ever] perished, being innocent? Or where were the upright cut off?
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按我所見、耕罪孽、種毒害的人、都照樣收割。
According as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, And sow trouble, reap the same.
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神一出氣、他們就滅亡． 神一發怒、他們就消沒。
By the breath of God they perish, And by the blast of his anger are they consumed.
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獅子的吼叫、和猛獅的聲音、盡都止息．少壯獅子的牙齒、也都敲掉。
The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, And the teeth of the young lions, are broken.
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老獅子、因絕食而死、母獅之子、也都離散。
The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, And the whelps of the lioness are scattered abroad.
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我暗暗的得了默示、我耳朶也聽其細微的聲音。
Now a thing was secretly brought to me, And mine ear received a whisper thereof.
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在思念夜中．異象之間、世人沉睡的時候、
In thoughts from the visions of the night, When deep sleep falleth on men,
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恐懼、戰兢、臨到我身、使我百骨打戰。
Fear came upon me, and trembling, Which made all my bones to shake.
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有靈從我面前經過、我身上的毫毛直立。
Then a spirit passed before my face; The hair of my flesh stood up.
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那靈停住、我卻不能辨其形狀．有影像在我眼前．我在靜默中、聽見有聲音、說、
It stood still, but I could not discern the appearance thereof; A form was before mine eyes: [There was] silence, and I heard a voice, [saying],
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必死的人豈能比 神公義麼．人豈能比造他的主潔淨麼。
Shall mortal man be more just than God? Shall a man be more pure than his Maker?
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主不信靠他的臣僕、並且指他的使者爲愚昧．
Behold, he putteth no trust in his servants; And his angels he chargeth with folly:
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何況那住在土房、根基在塵土裏、被蠹蟲所毀壞的人呢。
How much more them that dwell in houses of clay, Whose foundation is in the dust, Who are crushed before the moth!
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早晚之間、就被毀滅、永歸無有、無人理會。
Betwixt morning and evening they are destroyed: They perish for ever without any regarding it.
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他帳棚的繩索、豈不從中抽出來呢．他死、且是無智慧而死。
Is not their tent-cord plucked up within them? They die, and that without wisdom.
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你且呼求．有誰答應你．諸聖者之中．你轉向那一位呢。
Call now; is there any that will answer thee? And to which of the holy ones wilt thou turn?
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忿怒害死愚妄人、嫉妒殺死癡迷人。
For vexation killeth the foolish man, And jealousy slayeth the silly one.
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我曾見愚妄人紮下根．但我忽然咒詛他的住處。
I have seen the foolish taking root: But suddenly I cursed his habitation.
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他的兒女、遠離穩妥的地步、在城門口被壓、並無人搭救。
His children are far from safety, And they are crushed in the gate, Neither is there any to deliver them:
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他的莊稼、有飢餓的人喫盡了、就是在荊棘裏的、也搶去了．他的財寶、有網羅張口吞滅了。
Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, And taketh it even out of the thorns; And the snare gapeth for their substance.
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禍患、原不是從土中出來．患難、也不是從地裏發生．
For affliction cometh not forth from the dust, Neither doth trouble spring out of the ground;
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人生在世必遇患難、如同火星飛騰。
But man is born unto trouble, As the sparks fly upward.
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至於我、我必仰望 神、把我的事情託付他．
But as for me, I would seek unto God, And unto God would I commit my cause;
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他行大事不可測度、行奇事不可勝數．
Who doeth great things and unsearchable, Marvellous things without number:
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降雨在地上、賜水於田裏．
Who giveth rain upon the earth, And sendeth waters upon the fields;
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將卑微的安置在高處、將哀痛的舉到穩妥之地．
So that he setteth up on high those that are low, And those that mourn are exalted to safety.
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破壞狡猾人的計謀、使他們所謀的、不得成就。
He frustrateth the devices of the crafty, So that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.
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他叫有智慧的中了自己的詭計．使狡詐人的計謀速速滅亡。
He taketh the wise in their own craftiness; And the counsel of the cunning is carried headlong.
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他們白晝遇見黑暗、午間摸索、如在夜間。
They meet with darkness in the day-time, And grope at noonday as in the night.
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神拯救窮乏人、脫離他們口中的刀、和強暴人的手。
But he saveth from the sword of their mouth, Even the needy from the hand of the mighty.
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這樣、貧寒的人有指望、罪孽之輩必塞口無言。
So the poor hath hope, And iniquity stoppeth her mouth.
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神所懲治的人是有福的．所以你不可輕看全能者的管教。
Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: Therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty.
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因爲他打破、又纏裹．他擊傷、用手醫治。
For he maketh sore, and bindeth up; He woundeth, and his hands make whole.
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你六次遭難、他必救你．就是七次、災禍也無法害你。
He will deliver thee in six troubles; Yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee.
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在饑荒中、他必救你脫離死亡．在爭戰中、他必救你脫離刀劍的權力。
In famine he will redeem thee from death; And in war from the power of the sword.
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你必被隱藏、不受口舌之害．災殃臨到、你也不懼怕。
Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue; Neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh.
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你遇見災害饑饉、就必嬉笑．地上的野獸、你也不懼怕。
At destruction and dearth thou shalt laugh; Neither shalt thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth.
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因爲你必與田間的石頭立約．田裏的野獸、也必與你和好。
For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field; And the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee.
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你必知道你帳棚平安、要查看你的羊圈、一無所失。
And thou shalt know that thy tent is in peace; And thou shalt visit thy fold, and shalt miss nothing.
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也必知道你的後裔將來發達、你的子孫像地上的青草。
Thou shalt know also that thy seed shall be great, And thine offspring as the grass of the earth.
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你必壽高年邁纔歸墳墓、好像禾捆到時收藏。
Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, Like as a shock of grain cometh in in its season.
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這理我們已經考察、本是如此．你須要聽、要知道是與自己有益。
Lo this, we have searched it, so it is; Hear it, and know thou it for thy good.
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約伯回答說、
Then Job answered and said,
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惟願我的煩惱稱一稱、我一切的災害放在天平裏。
Oh that my vexation were but weighed, And all my calamity laid in the balances!
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現今都比海沙更重、所以我的言語急躁。
For now it would be heavier than the sand of the seas: Therefore have my words been rash.
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因全能者的箭射入我身、其毒、我的靈喝盡了． 神的驚嚇擺陣攻擊我。
For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, The poison whereof my spirit drinketh up: The terrors of God do set themselves in array against me.
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野驢有草、豈能叫喚．牛有料、豈能吼叫。
Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass? Or loweth the ox over his fodder?
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物淡而無鹽、豈可喫麼、蛋青有甚麼滋味呢。
Can that which hath no savor be eaten without salt? Or is there any taste in the white of an egg?
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看爲可厭的食物、我心不肯挨近。
My soul refuseth to touch [them]; They are as loathsome food to me.
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惟願我得着所求的、願 神賜我所切望的．
Oh that I might have my request; And that God would grant [me] the thing that I long for!
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就是願 神把我壓碎、伸手將我剪除。
Even that it would please God to crush me; That he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!
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我因沒有違棄那聖者的言語、就仍以此爲安慰、在不止息的痛苦中、還可踴躍。
And be it still my consolation, Yea, let me exult in pain that spareth not, That I have not denied the words of the Holy One.
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我有甚麼氣力、使我等候．我有甚麼結局、使我忍耐。
What is my strength, that I should wait? And what is mine end, that I should be patient?
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我的氣力、豈是石頭的氣力．我的肉身、豈是銅的呢．
Is my strength the strength of stones? Or is my flesh of brass?
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在我豈不是毫無幫助麼．智慧豈不是從我心中趕出淨盡麼。
Is it not that I have no help in me, And that wisdom is driven quite from me?
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那將要灰心、離棄全能者、不敬畏 神的人、他的朋友、當以慈愛待他。
To him that is ready to faint kindness [should be showed] from his friend; Even to him that forsaketh the fear of the Almighty.
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我的弟兄詭詐、好像溪水、又像溪水流乾的河道。
My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, As the channel of brooks that pass away;
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這河、因結冰發黑、有雪藏在其中．
Which are black by reason of the ice, [And] wherein the snow hideth itself:
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天氣漸暖、就隨時消化．日頭炎熱、便從原處乾涸。
What time they wax warm, they vanish; When it is hot, they are consumed out of their place.
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結伴的客旅離棄大道、順河偏行．到荒野之地死亡。
The caravans [that travel] by the way of them turn aside; They go up into the waste, and perish.
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提瑪結伴的客旅瞻望、示巴同夥的人等候。
The caravans of Tema looked, The companies of Sheba waited for them.
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他們因失了盼望就抱愧、來到那裏便蒙羞。
They were put to shame because they had hoped; They came thither, and were confounded.
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現在你們正是這樣．看見驚嚇的事便懼怕。
For now ye are nothing; Ye see a terror, and are afraid.
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我豈說、請你們供給我．從你們的財物中、送禮物給我。
Did I say, Give unto me? Or, Offer a present for me of your substance?
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豈說、拯救我脫離敵人的手麼．救贖我脫離強暴人的手麼。
Or, Deliver me from the adversary`s hand? Or, Redeem me from the hand of the oppressors?
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請你們教導我、我便不作聲．使我明白在何事上有錯。
Teach me, and I will hold my peace; And cause me to understand wherein I have erred.
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正直的言語、力量何其大．但你們責備、是責備甚麼呢。
How forcible are words of uprightness! But your reproof, what doth it reprove?
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絕望人的講論、旣然如風、你們還想要駁正言語麼。
Do ye think to reprove words, Seeing that the speeches of one that is desperate are as wind?
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你們想爲孤兒拈鬮、以朋友當貨物。
Yea, ye would cast [lots] upon the fatherless, And make merchandise of your friend.
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現在請你們看看我、我決不當面說謊。
Now therefore be pleased to look upon me; For surely I shall not lie to your face.
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請你們轉意、不要不公．請再轉意、我的事有理。
Return, I pray you, let there be no injustice; Yea, return again, my cause is righteous.
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我的舌上、豈有不義麼．我的口裏、豈不辨奸惡麼。
Is there injustice on my tongue? Cannot my taste discern mischievous things?
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人在世上豈無爭戰麼．他的日子不像僱工人的日子麼。
Is there not a warfare to man upon earth? And are not his days like the days of a hireling?
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像奴僕切慕黑影、像僱工人盼望工價、
As a servant that earnestly desireth the shadow, And as a hireling that looketh for his wages:
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我也照樣、經過困苦的日月、夜間的疲乏爲我而定。
So am I made to possess months of misery, And wearisome nights are appointed to me.
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我躺臥的時候、便說、我何時起來、黑夜就過去呢．我盡是反來覆去、直到天亮。
When I lie down, I say, When shall I arise, and the night be gone? And I am full of tossings to and fro unto the dawning of the day.
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我的肉體以蟲子和塵土爲衣．我的皮膚纔收了口、又重新破裂。
My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; My skin closeth up, and breaketh out afresh.
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我的日子比梭更快、都消耗在無指望之中。
My days are swifter than a weaver`s shuttle, And are spent without hope.
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求你想念、我的生命不過是一口氣．我的眼睛必不再見福樂。
Oh remember that my life is a breath: Mine eye shall no more see good.
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觀看我的人、他的眼必不再見我．你的眼目要看我、我卻不在了。
The eye of him that seeth me shall behold me no more; Thine eyes shall be upon me, but I shall not be.
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雲彩消散而過、照樣、人下陰間也不再上來。
As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away, So he that goeth down to Sheol shall come up no more.
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他不再回自己的家、故土也不再認識他。
He shall return no more to his house, Neither shall his place know him any more.
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我不禁止我口．我靈愁苦、要發出言語．我心苦惱、要吐露哀情。
Therefore I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
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我對 神說、我豈是洋海、豈是大魚、你竟防守我呢。
Am I a sea, or a sea-monster, That thou settest a watch over me?
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若說、我的牀必安慰我、我的榻必解釋我的苦情．
When I say, My bed shall comfort me, My couch shall ease my complaint;
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你就用夢驚駭我、用異象恐嚇我．
Then thou scarest me with dreams, And terrifiest me through visions:
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甚至我寧肯噎死、寧肯死亡、勝似留我這一身的骨頭。
So that my soul chooseth strangling, And death rather than [these] my bones.
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我厭棄性命、不願永活．你任憑我罷．因我的日子都是虛空。
I loathe [my life]; I would not live alway: Let me alone; for my days are vanity.
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人算甚麼、你竟看他爲大、將他放在心上、
What is man, that thou shouldest magnify him, And that thou shouldest set thy mind upon him,
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每早鑒察他、時刻試驗他。
And that thou shouldest visit him every morning, And try him every moment?
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你到何時纔轉眼不看我、纔任憑我咽下唾沫呢。
How long wilt thou not look away from me, Nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle?
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鑒察人的主阿、我若有罪、於你何妨．爲何以我當你的箭靶子、使我厭棄自己的性命。
If I have sinned, what do I unto thee, O thou watcher of men? Why hast thou set me as a mark for thee, So that I am a burden to myself?
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爲何不赦免我的過犯、除掉我的罪孽。我現今要躺臥在塵土中．你要殷勤的尋找我、我卻不在了。
And why dost thou not pardon my transgression, and take away mine iniquity? For now shall I lie down in the dust; And thou wilt seek me diligently, but I shall not be.
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書亞人比勒達回答、說、
Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,
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這些話你要說到幾時．口中的言語如狂風要到幾時呢。
How long wilt thou speak these things? And [how long] shall the words of thy mouth be [like] a mighty wind?
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神豈能偏離公平．全能者豈能偏離公義。
Doth God pervert justice? Or doth the Almighty pervert righteousness?
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或者你的兒女得罪了他、他使他們受報應。
If thy children have sinned against him, And he hath delivered them into the hand of their transgression;
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你若殷勤的尋求 神、向全能者懇求．
If thou wouldest seek diligently unto God, And make thy supplication to the Almighty;
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你若清潔正直．他必定爲你起來、使你公義的居所興旺。
If thou wert pure and upright: Surely now he would awake for thee, And make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous.
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你起初雖然微小、終久必甚發達。
And though thy beginning was small, Yet thy latter end would greatly increase.
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請你考問前代、追念他們的列祖所查究的。
For inquire, I pray thee, of the former age, And apply thyself to that which their fathers have searched out:
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（我們不過從昨日纔有、一無所知．我們在世的日子好像影兒。）
(For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, Because our days upon earth are a shadow);
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他們豈不指教你、告訴你、從心裏發出言語來呢。
Shall not they teach thee, and tell thee, And utter words out of their heart?
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蒲草沒有泥、豈能發長．蘆荻沒有水豈能生發。
Can the rush grow up without mire? Can the flag grow without water?
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尚青的時候、還沒有割下、比百樣的草先枯槁。
Whilst it is yet in its greenness, [and] not cut down, It withereth before any [other] herb.
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凡忘記 神的人、景況也是這樣．不虔敬人的指望要滅沒．
So are the paths of all that forget God; And the hope of the godless man shall perish:
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他所仰賴的必折斷、他所倚靠的是蜘蛛網。
Whose confidence shall break in sunder, And whose trust is a spider`s web.
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他要倚靠房屋、房屋卻站立不住．他要抓住房屋、房屋卻不能存留。
He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand: He shall hold fast thereby, but it shall not endure.
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他在日光之下發青、蔓子爬滿了園子。
He is green before the sun, And his shoots go forth over his garden.
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他的根盤繞石堆、扎入石地。
His roots are wrapped about the [stone] -heap, He beholdeth the place of stones.
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他若從本地被拔出、那地就不認識他、說、我沒有見過你。
If he be destroyed from his place, Then it shall deny him, [saying], I have not seen thee.
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看哪、這就是他道中之樂．以後必另有人從地而生。
Behold, this is the joy of his way; And out of the earth shall others spring.
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神必不丟棄完全人、也不扶助邪惡人。
Behold, God will not cast away a perfect man, Neither will he uphold the evil-doers.
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他還要以喜笑充滿你的口、以歡呼充滿你的嘴。
He will yet fill thy mouth with laughter, And thy lips with shouting.
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恨惡你的要披戴慚愧．惡人的帳棚、必歸於無有。
They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame; And the tent of the wicked shall be no more.
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約伯回答說、
Then Job answered and said,
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我眞知道是這樣．但人在 神面前怎能成爲義呢。
Of a truth I know that it is so: But how can man be just with God?
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若願意與他爭辯、千中之一也不能回答。
If he be pleased to contend with him, He cannot answer him one of a thousand.
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他心裏有智慧、且大有能力．誰向 神剛硬而得亨通呢。
[He is] wise in heart, and mighty in strength: Who hath hardened himself against him, and prospered?-
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他發怒、把山翻倒挪移、山並不知覺．
[Him] that removeth the mountains, and they know it not, When he overturneth them in his anger;
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他使地震動、離其本位、地的柱子就搖撼。
That shaketh the earth out of its place, And the pillars thereof tremble;
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他吩咐日頭不出來、就不出來、又封閉衆星。
That commandeth the sun, and it riseth not, And sealeth up the stars;
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他獨自鋪張蒼天、步行在海浪之上。
That alone stretcheth out the heavens, And treadeth upon the waves of the sea;
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他造北斗、參星、昴星、並南方的密宮。
That maketh the Bear, Orion, and the Pleiades, And the chambers of the south;
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他行大事不可測度、行奇事不可勝數。
That doeth great things past finding out, Yea, marvellous things without number.
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他從我旁邊經過、我卻不看見．他在我面前行走、我倒不知覺。
Lo, he goeth by me, and I see him not: He passeth on also, but I perceive him not.
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他奪取、誰能阻擋、誰敢問他、你作甚麼。
Behold, he seizeth [the prey], who can hinder him? Who will say unto him, What doest thou?
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神必不收回他的怒氣．扶助拉哈伯的、屈身在他以下。
God will not withdraw his anger; The helpers of Rahab do stoop under him.
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旣是這樣、我怎敢回答他、怎敢選擇言語與他辯論呢。
How much less shall I answer him, And choose out my words [to reason] with him?
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我雖有義、也不回答他．只要向那審判我的懇求。
Whom, though I were righteous, yet would I not answer; I would make supplication to my judge.
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我若呼籲、他應允我、我仍不信他眞聽我的聲音。
If I had called, and he had answered me, Yet would I not believe that he hearkened unto my voice.
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他用暴風折斷我、無故的加增我的損傷。
For he breaketh me with a tempest, And multiplieth my wounds without cause.
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我就是喘一口氣、他都不容、倒使我滿心苦惱。
He will not suffer me to take my breath, But filleth me with bitterness.
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若論力量、他眞有能力．若論審判、他說誰能將我傳來呢。
If [we speak] of strength, lo, [he is] mighty! And if of justice, Who, [saith he], will summon me?
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我雖有義、自己的口要定我爲有罪．我雖完全、我口必顯我爲彎曲。
Though I be righteous, mine own mouth shall condemn me: Though I be perfect, it shall prove me perverse.
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我本完全．不顧自己．我厭惡我的性命。
I am perfect; I regard not myself; I despise my life.
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善惡無分、都是一樣．所以我說、完全人、和惡人、他都滅絕。
It is all one; therefore I say, He destroyeth the perfect and the wicked.
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若忽然遭殺害之禍、他必戲笑無辜的人遇難。
If the scourge slay suddenly, He will mock at the trial of the innocent.
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世界交在惡人手中．蒙蔽世界審判官的臉．若不是他、是誰呢。
The earth is given into the hand of the wicked; He covereth the faces of the judges thereof: If [it be] not [he], who then is it?
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我的日子比跑信的更快、急速過去、不見福樂。
Now my days are swifter than a post: They flee away, they see no good,
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我的日子過去如快船、如急落抓食的鷹。
They are passed away as the swift ships; As the eagle that swoopeth on the prey.
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我若說、我要忘記我的哀情、除去我的愁容、心中暢快．
If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will put off my [sad] countenance, and be of good cheer;
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我因愁苦而懼怕、知道你必不以我爲無辜。
I am afraid of all my sorrows, I know that thou wilt not hold me innocent.
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我必被你定爲有罪．我何必徒然勞苦呢。
I shall be condemned; Why then do I labor in vain?
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我若用雪水洗身、用鹼潔淨我的手．
If I wash myself with snow water, And make my hands never so clean;
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你還要扔我在坑裏、我的衣服都憎惡我．
Yet wilt thou plunge me in the ditch, And mine own clothes shall abhor me.
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他本不像我是人、使我可以回答他、又使我們可以同聽審判。
For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, That we should come together in judgment.
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我們中間沒有聽訟的人、可以向我們兩造按手。
There is no umpire betwixt us, That might lay his hand upon us both.
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願他把杖離開我、不使驚惶威嚇我．
Let him take his rod away from me, And let not his terror make me afraid:
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我就說話、也不懼怕他．現在我卻不是那樣。
Then would I speak, and not fear him; For I am not so in myself.
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我厭煩我的性命、必由着自己述說我的哀情．因心裏苦惱．我要說話．
My soul is weary of my life; I will give free course to my complaint; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
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對 神說、不要定我有罪、要指示我、你爲何與我爭辯。
I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; Show me wherefore thou contendest with me.
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你手所造的、你又欺壓、又藐視、卻光照惡人的計謀．這事你以爲美麼。
Is it good unto thee that thou shouldest oppress, That thou shouldest despise the work of thy hands, And shine upon the counsel of the wicked?
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你的眼豈是肉眼．你查看、豈像人查看麼。
Hast thou eyes of flesh? Or seest thou as man seeth?
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你的日子豈像人的日子．你的年歲、豈像人的年歲、
Are thy days as the days of man, Or thy years as man`s days,
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就追問我的罪孽、尋察我的罪過麼。
That thou inquirest after mine iniquity, And searchest after my sin,
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其實、你知道我沒有罪惡、並沒有能救我脫離你手的。
Although thou knowest that I am not wicked, And there is none that can deliver out of thy hand?
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你的手創造我、造就我的四肢百體．你還要毀滅我。
Thy hands have framed me and fashioned me Together round about; yet thou dost destroy me.
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求你記念、製造我如摶泥一般．你還要使我歸於塵土麼。
Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast fashioned me as clay; And wilt thou bring me into dust again?
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你不是倒出我來好像奶、使我凝結如同奶餅麼。
Hast thou not poured me out as milk, And curdled me like cheese?
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你以皮和肉爲衣、給我穿上、用骨與筋、把我全體聯絡。
Thou hast clothed me with skin and flesh, And knit me together with bones and sinews.
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你將生命和慈愛賜給我、你也眷顧保全我的心靈。
Thou hast granted me life and lovingkindness; And thy visitation hath preserved my spirit.
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然而你待我的這些事、早已藏在你心裏．我知道你久有此意。
Yet these things thou didst hide in thy heart; I know that this is with thee:
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我若犯罪、你就察看我、並不赦免我的罪孽。
If I sin, then thou markest me, And thou wilt not acquit me from mine iniquity.
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我若行惡、便有了禍．我若爲義、也不敢抬頭、正是滿心羞愧、眼見我的苦情。
If I be wicked, woe unto me; And if I be righteous, yet shall I not lift up my head; Being filled with ignominy, And looking upon mine affliction.
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我若昂首自得、你就追捕我如獅子．又在我身上顯出奇能。
And if [my head] exalt itself, thou huntest me as a lion; And again thou showest thyself marvellous upon me.
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你重立見證攻擊我、向我加增惱怒．如軍兵更換着攻擊我。
Thou renewest thy witnesses against me, And increasest thine indignation upon me: Changes and warfare are with me.
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你爲何使我出母胎呢．不如我當時氣絕、無人得見我。
Wherefore then hast thou brought me forth out of the womb? I had given up the ghost, and no eye had seen me.
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這樣、就如沒有我一般．一出母胎、就被送入墳墓。
I should have been as though I had not been; I should have been carried from the womb to the grave.
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我的日子不是甚少麼．求你停手寬容我、叫我在往而不返之先、就是往黑暗和死蔭之地以先、可以稍得暢快。
Are not my days few? cease then, And let me alone, that I may take comfort a little,
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我的日子不是甚少麼．求你停手寬容我、叫我在往而不返之先、就是往黑暗和死蔭之地以先、可以稍得暢快。
Before I go whence I shall not return, [Even] to the land of darkness and of the shadow of death;
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那地甚是幽暗、是死蔭混沌之地．那裏的光好像幽暗。
The land dark as midnight, [The land] of the shadow of death, without any order, And where the light is as midnight.
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拿瑪人瑣法回答說、
Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,
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這許多的言語、豈不該回答麼．多嘴多舌的人、豈可稱爲義麼。
Should not the multitude of words be answered? And should a man full of talk be justified?
3
你誇大的話、豈能使人不作聲麼．你戲笑的時候、豈沒有人叫你害羞麼。
Should thy boastings make men hold their peace? And when thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed?
4
你說、我的道理純全、我在你眼前潔淨。
For thou sayest, My doctrine is pure, And I am clean in thine eyes.
5
惟願 神說話、願他開口攻擊你。
But oh that God would speak, And open his lips against thee,
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並將智慧的奧祕指示你．他有諸般的智識。所以當知道 神追討你、比你罪孽該得的還少。
And that he would show thee the secrets of wisdom! For he is manifold in understanding. Know therefore that God exacteth of thee less than thine iniquity deserveth.
7
你考察、就能測透 神麼．你豈能盡情測透全能者麼。
Canst thou by searching find out God? Canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection?
8
他的智慧高於天、你還能作甚麼．深於陰間、你還能知道甚麼。
It is high as heaven; what canst thou do? Deeper than Sheol; what canst thou know?
9
其量、比地長、比海寬。
The measure thereof is longer than the earth, And broader than the sea.
10
他若經過、將人拘禁、招人受審、誰能阻擋他呢。
If he pass through, and shut up, And all unto judgment, then who can hinder him?
11
他本知道虛妄的人．人的罪孽、他雖不留意、還是無所不見。
For he knoweth false men: He seeth iniquity also, even though he consider it not.
12
空虛的人、卻毫無知識、人生在世好像野驢的駒子。
But vain man is void of understanding, Yea, man is born [as] a wild ass`s colt.
13
你若將心安正、又向主舉手．
If thou set thy heart aright, And stretch out thy hands toward him;
14
你手裏若有罪孽、就當遠遠的除掉、也不容非義住在你帳棚之中。
If iniquity be in thy hand, put it far away, And let not unrighteousness dwell in thy tents.
15
那時、你必仰起臉來、毫無斑點．你也必堅固、無所懼怕。
Surely then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot; Yea, thou shalt be stedfast, and shalt not fear:
16
你必忘記你的苦楚、就是想起也如流過去的水一樣。
For thou shalt forget thy misery; Thou shalt remember it as waters that are passed away,
17
你在世的日子、要比正午更明．雖有黑暗、仍像早晨。
And [thy] life shall be clearer than the noonday; Though there be darkness, it shall be as the morning.
18
你因有指望、就必穩固．也必四圍巡查、坦然安息。
And thou shalt be secure, because there is hope; Yea, thou shalt search [about thee], and shalt take thy rest in safety.
19
你躺臥無人驚嚇、且有許多人向你求恩。
Also thou shalt lie down, and none shall make thee afraid; Yea, many shall make suit unto thee.
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。
But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, And they shall have no way to flee; And their hope shall be the giving up of the ghost.
1
約伯回答說、
Then Job answered and said,
2
你們眞是子民哪、你們死亡、智慧也就滅沒了。
No doubt but ye are the people, And wisdom shall die with you.
3
但我也有聰明、與你們一樣．並非不及你們．你們所說的、誰不知道呢。
But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you: Yea, who knoweth not such things as these?
4
我這求告 神、蒙他應允的人、竟成了朋友所譏笑的．公義完全人、竟受了人的譏笑。
I am as one that is a laughing-stock to his neighbor, I who called upon God, and he answered: The just, the perfect man is a laughing-stock.
5
安逸的人心裏藐視災禍．這災禍常常等待滑腳的人。
In the thought of him that is at ease there is contempt for misfortune; It is ready for them whose foot slippeth.
6
強盜的帳棚興旺、惹 神的人穩固． 神多將財物送到他們手中。
The tents of robbers prosper, And they that provoke God are secure; Into whose hand God bringeth [abundantly].
7
你且問走獸、走獸必指教你．又問空中的飛鳥、飛鳥必告訴你．
But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; And the birds of the heavens, and they shall tell thee:
8
或與地說話、地必指教你．海中的魚、也必向你說明。
Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee; And the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee.
9
看這一切、誰不知道是耶和華的手作成的呢。
Who knoweth not in all these, That the hand of Jehovah hath wrought this,
10
凡活物的生命、和人類的氣息、都在他手中。
In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, And the breath of all mankind?
11
耳朶豈不試驗言語、正如上膛嘗食物麼。
Doth not the ear try words, Even as the palate tasteth its food?
12
年老的有智慧、壽高的有知識。
With aged men is wisdom, And in length of days understanding.
13
在 神有智慧和能力．他有謀畧和知識。
With [God] is wisdom and might; He hath counsel and understanding.
14
他拆毀的、就不能再建造．他捆住人、便不得開釋。
Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be built again; He shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening.
15
他把水留住、水便枯乾．他再發出水來、水就翻地。
Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up; Again, he sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth.
16
在他有能力和智慧、被誘惑的、與誘惑人的、都是屬他。
With him is strength and wisdom; The deceived and the deceiver are his.
17
他把謀士剝衣擄去、又使審判官變成愚人。
He leadeth counsellors away stripped, And judges maketh he fools.
18
他放鬆君王的綁、又用帶子捆他們的腰。
He looseth the bond of kings, And he bindeth their loins with a girdle.
19
他把祭司剝衣擄去、又使有能的人傾敗．
He leadeth priests away stripped, And overthroweth the mighty.
20
他廢去忠信人的講論、又奪去老人的聰明。
He removeth the speech of the trusty, And taketh away the understanding of the elders.
21
他使君王蒙羞被辱、放鬆有力之人的腰帶。
He poureth contempt upon princes, And looseth the belt of the strong.
22
他將深奧的事從黑暗中彰顯、使死蔭顯爲光明。
He uncovereth deep things out of darkness, And bringeth out to light the shadow of death.
23
他使邦國興旺而又毀滅．他使邦國開廣而又擄去。
He increaseth the nations, and he destroyeth them: He enlargeth the nations, and he leadeth them captive.
24
他將地上民中首領的聰明奪去、使他們在荒廢無路之地漂流。
He taketh away understanding from the chiefs of the people of the earth, And causeth them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way.
25
他們無光、在黑暗中摸索、又使他們東倒西歪、像醉酒的人一樣。
They grope in the dark without light; And he maketh them to stagger like a drunken man.
1
這一切我眼都見過、我耳都聽過、而且明白。
Lo, mine eye hath seen all [this], Mine ear hath heard and understood it.
2
你們所知道的、我也知道．並非不及你們。
What ye know, [the same] do I know also: I am not inferior unto you.
3
我眞要對全能者說話、我願與 神理論。
Surely I would speak to the Almighty, And I desire to reason with God.
4
你們是編造謊言的、都是無用的醫生。
But ye are forgers of lies; Ye are all physicians of no value.
5
惟願你們全然不作聲．這就算爲你們的智慧。
Oh that ye would altogether hold your peace! And it would be your wisdom.
6
請你們聽我的辯論、留心聽我口中的分訴。
Hear now my reasoning, And hearken to the pleadings of my lips.
7
你們要爲 神說不義的話麼、爲他說詭詐的言語麼。
Will ye speak unrighteously for God, And talk deceitfully for him?
8
你們要爲 神徇情麼、要爲他爭論麼。
Will ye show partiality to him? Will ye contend for God?
9
他查出你們來、這豈是好麼．人欺哄人、你們也要照樣欺哄他麼。
Is it good that he should search you out? Or as one deceiveth a man, will ye deceive him?
10
你們若暗中徇情、他必要責備你們。
He will surely reprove you If ye do secretly show partiality.
11
他的尊榮、豈不叫你們懼怕麼．他的驚嚇、豈不臨到你們麼。
Shall not his majesty make you afraid, And his dread fall upon you?
12
你們以爲可記念的箴言、是爐灰的箴言．你們以爲可靠的堅壘是淤泥的堅壘。
Your memorable sayings are proverbs of ashes, Your defences are defences of clay.
13
你們不要作聲、任憑我罷、讓我說話．無論如何我都承當。
Hold your peace, let me alone, that I may speak; And let come on me what will.
14
我何必把我的肉掛在牙上、將我的命放在手中。
Wherefore should I take my flesh in my teeth, And put my life in my hand?
15
他必殺我．我雖無指望、然而我在他面前還要辯明我所行的。
Behold, he will slay me; I have no hope: Nevertheless I will maintain my ways before him.
16
這要成爲我的拯救、因爲不虔誠的人不得到他面前。
This also shall be my salvation, That a godless man shall not come before him.
17
你們要細聽我的言語、使我所辯論的、入你們的耳中。
Hear diligently my speech, And let my declaration be in your ears.
18
我已陳明我的案、知道自己有義。
Behold now, I have set my cause in order; I know that I am righteous.
19
有誰與我爭論、我就情願緘默不言、氣絕而亡。
Who is he that will contend with me? For then would I hold my peace and give up the ghost.
20
惟有兩件、不要向我施行、我就不躱開你的面．
Only do not two things unto me; Then will I not hide myself from thy face:
21
就是把你的手縮回、遠離我身．又不使你的驚惶威嚇我。
Withdraw thy hand far from me; And let not thy terror make me afraid.
22
這樣、你呼叫、我就回答．或是讓我說話、你回答我。
Then call thou, and I will answer; Or let me speak, and answer thou me.
23
我的罪孽和罪過有多少呢．求你叫我知道我的過犯與罪愆。
How many are mine iniquities and sins? Make me to know my transgression and my sin.
24
你爲何掩面、拿我當仇敵呢。
Wherefore hidest thou thy face, And holdest me for thine enemy?
25
你要驚動被風吹的葉子麼．要追趕枯乾的碎稭麼．
Wilt thou harass a driven leaf? And wilt thou pursue the dry stubble?
26
你按罪狀刑罰我、又使我擔當幼年的罪孽．
For thou writest bitter things against me, And makest me to inherit the iniquities of my youth:
27
也把我的腳上了木狗、並窺察我一切的道路、爲我的腳掌畫定界限。
Thou puttest my feet also in the stocks, And markest all my paths; Thou settest a bound to the soles of my feet:
28
我已經像滅絕的爛物、像蟲蛀的衣裳。
Though I am like a rotten thing that consumeth, Like a garment that is moth-eaten.
1
人爲婦人所生、日子短少、多有患難．
Man, that is born of a woman, Is of few days, and full of trouble.
2
出來如花、又被割下．飛去如影、不能存留。
He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: He fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
3
這樣的人你豈睜眼看他麼．又叫我來受審麼。
And dost thou open thine eyes upon such a one, And bringest me into judgment with thee?
4
誰能使潔淨之物出於汚穢之中呢．無論誰也不能。
Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one.
5
人的日子旣然限定、他的月數在你那裏、你也派定他的界限、使他不能越過、
Seeing his days are determined, The number of his months is with thee, And thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass;
6
便求你轉眼不看他、使他得歇息、直等他像僱工人完畢他的日子。
Look away from him, that he may rest, Till he shall accomplish, as a hireling, his day.
7
樹若被砍下、還可指望發芽、嫩枝生長不息、
For there is hope of a tree, If it be cut down, that it will sprout again, And that the tender branch thereof will not cease.
8
其根雖然衰老在地裏、榦也死在土中．
Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, And the stock thereof die in the ground;
9
及至得了水氣、還要發芽、又長枝條、像新栽的樹一樣。
Yet through the scent of water it will bud, And put forth boughs like a plant.
10
但人死亡而消滅．他氣絕、竟在何處呢。
But man dieth, and is laid low: Yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he?
11
海中的水絕盡、江河消散乾涸．
[As] the waters fail from the sea, And the river wasteth and drieth up;
12
人也是如此、躺下不再起來、等到天沒有了、仍不得復醒、也不得從睡中喚醒。
So man lieth down and riseth not: Till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, Nor be roused out of their sleep.
13
惟願你把我藏在陰間．存於隱密處、等你的忿怒過去、願你爲我定了日期、記念我。
Oh that thou wouldest hide me in Sheol, That thou wouldest keep me secret, until thy wrath be past, That thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me!
14
人若死了、豈能再活呢。我只要在我一切爭戰的日子、等我被釋放的時候來到。〈被釋放或作改變〉
If a man die, shall he live [again]? All the days of my warfare would I wait, Till my release should come.
15
你呼叫、我便回答．你手所作的、你必羨慕。
Thou wouldest call, and I would answer thee: Thou wouldest have a desire to the work of thy hands.
16
但如今你數點我的腳步、豈不窺察我的罪過麼。
But now thou numberest my steps: Dost thou not watch over my sin?
17
我的過犯被你封在囊中、也縫嚴了我的罪孽。
My transgression is sealed up in a bag, And thou fastenest up mine iniquity.
18
山崩變爲無有．磐石挪開原處。
But the mountain falling cometh to nought; And the rock is removed out of its place;
19
水流消磨石頭．所流溢的、洗去地上的塵土．你也照樣滅絕人的指望。
The waters wear the stones; The overflowings thereof wash away the dust of the earth: So thou destroyest the hope of man.
20
你攻擊人常常得勝、使他去世、你改變他的容貌、叫他往而不回。
Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth; Thou changest his countenance, and sendest him away.
21
他兒子得尊榮他也不知道．降爲卑他也不覺得。
His sons come to honor, and he knoweth it not; And they are brought low, but he perceiveth it not of them.
22
但知身上疼痛、心中悲哀。
But his flesh upon him hath pain, And his soul within him mourneth.
1
提幔人以利法回答說、
Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said,
2
智慧人豈可用虛空的知識回答、用東風充滿肚腹呢。
Should a wise man make answer with vain knowledge, And fill himself with the east wind?
3
他豈可用無益的話、和無濟於事的言語理論呢。
Should he reason with unprofitable talk, Or with speeches wherewith he can do no good?
4
你是廢棄敬畏的意、在 神面前阻止敬虔的心。
Yea, thou doest away with fear, And hinderest devotion before God.
5
你的罪孽指教你的口、你選用詭詐人的舌頭。
For thine iniquity teacheth thy mouth, And thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.
6
你自己的口定你有罪、並非是我．你自己的嘴見證你的不是。
Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I; Yea, thine own lips testify against thee.
7
你豈是頭一個被生的人麼．你受造在諸山之先麼。
Art thou the first man that was born? Or wast thou brought forth before the hills?
8
你曾聽見 神的密旨麼．你還將智慧獨自得盡麼。
Hast thou heard the secret counsel of God? And dost thou limit wisdom to thyself?
9
你知道甚麼、是我們不知道的呢．你明白甚麼、是我們不明白的呢。
What knowest thou, that we know not? What understandest thou, which is not in us?
10
我們這裏有白髮的、和年紀老邁的、比你父親還老。
With us are both the gray-headed and the very aged men, Much elder than thy father.
11
神用溫和的話安慰你、你以爲太小麼。
Are the consolations of God too small for thee, Even the word that is gentle toward thee?
12
你的心爲何將你逼去．你的眼爲何冒出火星、
Why doth thy heart carry thee away? And why do thine eyes flash,
13
使你的靈反對 神、也任你的口發這言語。
That against God thou turnest thy spirit, And lettest words go out of thy mouth?
14
人是甚麼、竟算爲潔淨呢．婦人所生的是甚麼、竟算爲義呢。
What is man, that he should be clean? And he that is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?
15
神不信靠他的衆聖者、在他眼前天也不潔淨．
Behold, he putteth no trust in his holy ones; Yea, the heavens are not clean in his sight:
16
何況那汚穢可憎、喝罪孽如水的世人呢。
How much less one that is abominable and corrupt, A man that drinketh iniquity like water!
17
我指示你、你要聽．我要述說所看見的、
I will show thee, hear thou me; And that which I have seen I will declare:
18
就是智慧人、從列祖所受、傳說而不隱瞞的。
(Which wise men have told From their fathers, and have not hid it;
19
（這地惟獨賜給他們、並沒有外人從他們中間經過．）
Unto whom alone the land was given, And no stranger passed among them):
20
惡人一生之日、劬勞痛苦、強暴人一生的年數、也是如此。
The wicked man travaileth with pain all his days, Even the number of years that are laid up for the oppressor.
21
驚嚇的聲音常在他耳中．在平安時搶奪的必臨到他那裏。
A sound of terrors is in his ears; In prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him.
22
他不信自己能從黑暗中轉回．他被刀劍等候。
He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, And he is waited for of the sword.
23
他漂流在外求食、說、那裏有食物呢．他知道黑暗的日子在他手邊豫備好了。
He wandereth abroad for bread, [saying], Where is it? He knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.
24
急難困苦叫他害怕、而且勝了他、好像君王豫備上陣一樣。
Distress and anguish make him afraid; They prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle.
25
他伸手攻擊 神、以驕傲攻擊全能者、
Because he hath stretched out his hand against God, And behaveth himself proudly against the Almighty;
26
挺着頸項、用盾牌的厚凸面、向全能者直闖、
He runneth upon him with a [stiff] neck, With the thick bosses of his bucklers;
27
是因他的臉蒙上脂油、腰積成肥肉。
Because he hath covered his face with his fatness, And gathered fat upon his loins;
28
他曾住在荒涼城邑、無人居住將成亂堆的房屋。
And he hath dwelt in desolate cities, In houses which no man inhabited, Which were ready to become heaps;
29
他不得富足、財物不得常存、產業在地上也不加增。
He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, Neither shall their possessions be extended on the earth.
30
他不得出離黑暗．火燄要將他的枝子燒乾、因 神口中的氣、他要滅亡．〈滅亡原文作走去〉
He shall not depart out of darkness; The flame shall dry up his branches, And by the breath of [God`s] mouth shall he go away.
31
他不用倚靠虛假、欺哄自己．因虛假必成爲他的報應。
Let him not trust in vanity, deceiving himself; For vanity shall be his recompense.
32
他的日期未到之先這事必成就、他的枝子不得青綠。
It shall be accomplished before his time, And his branch shall not be green.
33
他必像葡萄樹的葡萄、未熟而落、又像橄欖樹的花、一開而謝。
He shall shake off his unripe grape as the vine, And shall cast off his flower as the olive-tree.
34
原來不敬虔之輩、必無生育、受賄賂之人的帳棚、必被火燒．
For the company of the godless shall be barren, And fire shall consume the tents of bribery.
35
他們所懷的是毒害、所生的是罪孽、心裏所豫備的是詭詐。
They conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity, And their heart prepareth deceit.
1
約伯回答說、
Then Job answered and said,
2
這樣的話我聽了許多．你們安慰人、反叫人愁煩。
I have heard many such things: Miserable comforters are ye all.
3
虛空的言語有窮盡麼．有甚麼話惹動你回答呢。
Shall vain words have an end? Or what provoketh thee that thou answerest?
4
我也能說你們那樣的話．你們若處在我的境遇、我也會聯絡言語攻擊你們、又能向你們搖頭。
I also could speak as ye do; If your soul were in my soul`s stead, I could join words together against you, And shake my head at you.
5
但我必用口堅固你們、用嘴消解你們的憂愁。
[But] I would strengthen you with my mouth, And the solace of my lips would assuage [your grief].
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我雖說話、憂愁仍不得消解．我雖停住不說、憂愁就離開我麼。
Though I speak, my grief is not assuaged; And though I forbear, what am I eased?
7
但現在 神使我睏倦．使親友遠離我。
But now he hath made me weary: Thou hast made desolate all my company.
8
又抓住我、作見證攻擊我．我身體的枯瘦也當面見證我的不是。
And thou hast laid fast hold on me, [which] is a witness [against me]: And my leanness riseth up against me, It testifieth to my face.
9
主發怒撕裂我、逼迫我、向我切齒．我的敵人怒目看我。
He hath torn me in his wrath, and persecuted me; He hath gnashed upon me with his teeth: Mine adversary sharpeneth his eyes upon me.
10
他們向我開口、打我的臉羞辱我、聚會攻擊我。
They have gaped upon me with their mouth; They have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully: They gather themselves together against me.
11
神把我交給不敬虔的人、把我扔到惡人的手中。
God delivereth me to the ungodly, And casteth me into the hands of the wicked.
12
我素來安逸、他折斷我、掐住我的頸項、把我摔碎、又立我爲他的箭靶子。
I was at ease, and he brake me asunder; Yea, he hath taken me by the neck, and dashed me to pieces: He hath also set me up for his mark.
13
他的弓箭手四面圍繞我．他破裂我的肺腑、並不留情．把我的膽傾倒在地上．
His archers compass me round about; He cleaveth my reins asunder, and doth not spare; He poureth out my gall upon the ground.
14
將我破裂又破裂．如同勇士向我直闖。
He breaketh me with breach upon breach; He runneth upon me like a giant.
15
我縫麻布在我皮膚上、把我的角放在塵土中。
I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, And have laid my horn in the dust.
16
我的臉、因哭泣發紫、在我的眼皮上有死蔭。
My face is red with weeping, And on my eyelids is the shadow of death;
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我的手中、卻無強暴、我的祈禱、也是清潔。
Although there is no violence in my hands, And my prayer is pure.
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地阿、不要遮蓋我的血、不要阻擋我的哀求。
O earth, cover not thou my blood, And let my cry have no [resting] -place.
19
現今、在天有我的見證、在上有我的中保。
Even now, behold, my witness is in heaven, And he that voucheth for me is on high.
20
我的朋友譏誚我．我卻向 神眼淚汪汪．
My friends scoff at me: [But] mine eye poureth out tears unto God,
21
願人得與 神辯白、如同人與朋友辯白一樣。
That he would maintain the right of a man with God, And of a son of man with his neighbor!
22
因爲再過幾年、我必走那往而不返之路。
For when a few years are come, I shall go the way whence I shall not return.
1
我的心靈消耗、我的日子滅盡、墳墓爲我豫備好了。
My spirit is consumed, my days are extinct, The grave is [ready] for me.
2
眞有戲笑我的在我這裏、我眼常見他們惹動我。
Surely there are mockers with me, And mine eye dwelleth upon their provocation.
3
願主拿憑據給我、自己爲我作保．在你以外誰肯與我擊掌呢。
Give now a pledge, be surety for me with thyself; Who is there that will strike hands with me?
4
因你使他們心不明理．所以你必不高舉他們。
For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: Therefore shalt thou not exalt [them].
5
控告他的朋友、以朋友爲可搶奪的、連他兒女的眼睛、也要失明。
He that denounceth his friends for a prey, Even the eyes of his children shall fail.
6
神使我作了民中的笑談．他們也吐唾沫在我臉上。
But he hath made me a byword of the people; And they spit in my face.
7
我的眼睛因憂愁昏花、我的百體好像影兒。
Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, And all my members are as a shadow.
8
正直人、因此必驚奇、無辜的人、要興起攻擊不敬虔之輩。
Upright men shall be astonished at this, And the innocent shall stir up himself against the godless.
9
然而義人要持守所行的道、手潔的人要力上加力。
Yet shall the righteous hold on his way, And he that hath clean hands shall wax stronger and stronger.
10
至於你們衆人、可以再來辯論罷．你們中間、我找不着一個智慧人。
But as for you all, come on now again; And I shall not find a wise man among you.
11
我的日子已經過了、我的謀算、我心所想望的、已經斷絕。
My days are past, my purposes are broken off, Even the thoughts of my heart.
12
他們以黑夜爲白晝．說、亮光近乎黑暗。
They change the night into day: The light, [say they], is near unto the darkness.
13
我若盼望陰間爲我的房屋．若下榻在黑暗中．
If I look for Sheol as my house; If I have spread my couch in the darkness;
14
若對朽壞說、你是我的父．對蟲說、你是我的母親姐妹．
If I have said to corruption, Thou art my father; To the worm, [Thou art] my mother, and my sister;
15
這樣、我的指望在哪裏呢．我所指望的、誰能看見呢。
Where then is my hope? And as for my hope, who shall see it?
16
等到安息在塵土中、這指望必下到陰間的門閂那裏了。
It shall go down to the bars of Sheol, When once there is rest in the dust.
1
書亞人比勒達回答說、
Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,
2
你尋索言語要到幾時呢．你可以揣摩思想、然後我們就說話。
How long will ye hunt for words? Consider, and afterwards we will speak.
3
我們爲何算爲畜生、在你眼中看作汚穢呢。
Wherefore are we counted as beasts, [And] are become unclean in your sight?
4
你這惱怒將自己撕裂的、難道大地爲你見棄、磐石挪開原處麼。
Thou that tearest thyself in thine anger, Shall the earth be forsaken for thee? Or shall the rock be removed out of its place?
5
惡人的亮光、必要熄滅、他的火燄、必不照耀。
Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, And the spark of his fire shall not shine.
6
他帳棚中的亮光、要變爲黑暗．他以上的燈、也必熄滅。
The light shall be dark in his tent, And his lamp above him shall be put out.
7
他堅強的腳步、必見狹窄、自己的計謀、必將他絆倒。
The steps of his strength shall be straitened, And his own counsel shall cast him down.
8
因爲他被自己的腳陷入網中、走在纏人的網羅上。
For he is cast into a net by his own feet, And he walketh upon the toils.
9
圈套必抓住他的腳跟、機關必擒獲他。
A gin shall take [him] by the heel, [And] a snare shall lay hold on him.
10
活扣爲他藏在土內、羈絆爲他藏在路上。
A noose is hid for him in the ground, And a trap for him in the way.
11
四面的驚嚇要使他害怕、並且追趕他的腳跟。
Terrors shall make him afraid on every side, And shall chase him at his heels.
12
他的力量必因飢餓衰敗、禍患要在他旁邊等候。
His strength shall be hunger-bitten, And calamity shall be ready at his side.
13
他本身的肢體要被吞喫、死亡的長子要吞喫他的肢體。
The members of his body shall be devoured, [Yea], the first-born of death shall devour his members.
14
他要從所倚靠的帳棚被拔出來、帶到驚嚇的王那裏。
He shall be rooted out of his tent where he trusteth; And he shall be brought to the king of terrors.
15
不屬他的必住在他的帳棚裏．硫磺必撒在他所住之處。
There shall dwell in his tent that which is none of his: Brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation.
16
下邊、他的根本要枯乾．上邊、他的枝子要剪除。
His roots shall be dried up beneath, And above shall his branch be cut off.
17
他的記念、在地上必然滅亡、他的名字、在街上也不存留。
His remembrance shall perish from the earth, And he shall have no name in the street.
18
他必從光明中被攆到黑暗裏、必被趕出世界。
He shall be driven from light into darkness, And chased out of the world.
19
在本民中必無子無孫、在寄居之地、也無一人存留。
He shall have neither son nor son`s son among his people, Nor any remaining where he sojourned.
20
以後來的、要驚奇他的日子、好像以前去的、受了驚駭。
They that come after shall be astonished at his day, As they that went before were affrighted.
21
不義之人的住處、總是這樣、此乃不認識 神之人的地步。
Surely such are the dwellings of the unrighteous, And this is the place of him that knoweth not God.
1
約伯回答說、
Then Job answered and said,
2
你們攪擾我的心、用言語壓碎我、要到幾時呢。
How long will ye vex my soul, And break me in pieces with words?
3
你們這十次羞辱我．你們苦待我也不以爲恥。
These ten times have ye reproached me: Ye are not ashamed that ye deal hardly with me.
4
果眞我有錯、這錯乃是在我。
And be it indeed that I have erred, Mine error remaineth with myself.
5
你們果然要向我誇大、以我的羞辱爲證指責我．
If indeed ye will magnify yourselves against me, And plead against me my reproach;
6
就該知道是 神傾覆我、用網羅圍繞我。
Know now that God hath subverted me [in my cause], And hath compassed me with his net.
7
我因委曲呼叫、卻不蒙應允．我呼求、卻不得公斷。
Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard: I cry for help, but there is no justice.
8
神用籬笆攔住我的道路、使我不得經過．又使我的路徑黑暗。
He hath walled up my way that I cannot pass, And hath set darkness in my paths.
9
他剝去我的榮光、摘去我頭上的冠冕。
He hath stripped me of my glory, And taken the crown from my head.
10
他在四圍攻擊我、我便歸於死亡．將我的指望如樹拔出來．
He hath broken me down on every side, and I am gone; And my hope hath he plucked up like a tree.
11
他的忿怒向我發作、以我爲敵人。
He hath also kindled his wrath against me, And he counteth me unto him as [one of] his adversaries.
12
他的軍旅一齊上來、修築戰路攻擊我、在我帳棚的四圍安營。
His troops come on together, And cast up their way against me, And encamp round about my tent.
13
他把我的弟兄隔在遠處、使我所認識的全然與我生疎。
He hath put my brethren far from me, And mine acquaintance are wholly estranged from me.
14
我的親戚、與我斷絕、我的密友、都忘記我。
My kinsfolk have failed, And my familiar friends have forgotten me.
15
在我家寄居的、和我的使女、都以我爲外人．我在他們眼中看爲外邦人。
They that dwell in my house, and my maids, count me for a stranger; I am an alien in their sight.
16
我呼喚僕人、雖用口求他、他還是不回答。
I call unto my servant, and he giveth me no answer, [Though] I entreat him with my mouth.
17
我口的氣味、我妻子厭惡、我的懇求、我同胞也憎嫌。
My breath is strange to my wife, And my supplication to the children of mine own mother.
18
連小孩子也藐視我．我若起來、他們都嘲笑我。
Even young children despise me; If I arise, they speak against me.
19
我的密友都憎惡我、我平日所愛的人向我翻臉。
All my familiar friends abhor me, And they whom I loved are turned against me.
20
我的皮肉緊貼骨頭、我只剩牙皮逃脫了。
My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, And I am escaped with the skin of my teeth.
21
我朋友阿、可憐我、可憐我、因爲 神的手攻擊我。
Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; For the hand of God hath touched me.
22
你們爲甚麼彷彿 神逼迫我、喫我的肉還以爲不足呢。
Why do ye persecute me as God, And are not satisfied with my flesh?
23
惟願我的言語、現在寫上、都記錄在書上．
Oh that my words were now written! Oh that they were inscribed in a book!
24
用鐵筆鐫刻、用鉛灌在磐石上、直存到永遠。
That with an iron pen and lead They were graven in the rock for ever!
25
我知道我的救贖主活着、末了必站立在地上．
But as for me I know that my Redeemer liveth, And at last he will stand up upon the earth:
26
我這皮肉滅絕之後、我必在肉體之外得見 神。
And after my skin, [even] this [body], is destroyed, Then without my flesh shall I see God;
27
我自己要見他、親眼要看他、並不像外人．我的心腸在我裏面消滅了。
Whom I, even I, shall see, on my side, And mine eyes shall behold, and not as a stranger. My heart is consumed within me.
28
你們若說、我們逼迫他、要何等的重呢、惹事的根乃在乎他。
If ye say, How we will persecute him! And that the root of the matter is found in me;
29
你們就當懼怕刀劍．因爲忿怒惹動刀劍的刑罰、使你們知道有報應。〈原文作審判〉
Be ye afraid of the sword: For wrath [bringeth] the punishments of the sword, That ye may know there is a judgment.
1
拿瑪人瑣法回答說、
Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,
2
我心中急躁、所以我的思念叫我回答。
Therefore do my thoughts give answer to me, Even by reason of my haste that is in me.
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 reproof which putteth me to shame; And the spirit of my understanding answereth me.
4
你豈不知亙古以來、自從人生在地、
Knowest thou [not] this of old time, Since man was placed upon earth,
5
惡人誇勝是暫時的、不敬虔人的喜樂不過轉眼之間麼。
That the triumphing of the wicked is short, And the joy of the godless but for a moment?
6
他的尊榮雖達到天上、頭雖頂到雲中．
Though his height mount up to the heavens, And his head reach unto the clouds;
7
他終必滅亡、像自己的糞一樣．素來見他的人要說、他在哪裏呢。
Yet he shall perish for ever like his own dung: They that have seen him shall say, Where is he?
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.
9
親眼見過他的、必不再見他．他的本處、也再見不着他。
The eye which saw him shall see him no more; Neither shall his place any more behold him.
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 the favor of the poor, And his hands shall give back his wealth.
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 his youth, But it shall lie down with him in the dust.
12
他口內雖以惡爲甘甜、藏在舌頭底下、
Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, Though he hide it under his tongue,
13
愛戀不捨、含在口中．
Though he spare it, and will not let it go, But keep it still within his mouth;
14
他的食物在肚裏、卻要化爲酸、在他裏面成爲虺蛇的惡毒。
Yet his food in his bowels is turned, It is the gall of asps within him.
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 will cast them out of his belly.
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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.
17
流奶與蜜之河、他不得再見。
He shall not look upon the rivers, The flowing streams of honey and butter.
18
他勞碌得來的要賠還、不得享用．〈原文作吞下〉不能照所得的財貨歡樂。
That which he labored for shall he restore, and shall not swallow it down; According to the substance that he hath gotten, he shall not rejoice.
19
他欺壓窮人、且又離棄．強取非自己所蓋的房屋。〈或作強取房屋不得再建造〉
For he hath oppressed and forsaken the poor; He hath violently taken away a house, and he shall not build it up.
20
他因貪而無厭、所喜悅的連一樣也不能保守。
Because he knew no quietness within him, He shall not save aught of that wherein he delighteth.
21
其餘的、沒有一樣他不吞滅．所以他的福樂不能長久。
There was nothing left that he devoured not; Therefore his prosperity shall not endure.
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: The hand of every one that is in misery shall come upon him.
23
他正要充滿肚腹的時候、 神必將猛烈的忿怒降在他身上、正在他喫飯的時候、要將這忿怒像雨降在他身上。
When he is about to fill his belly, [God] will cast the fierceness of his wrath upon him, And will rain it upon him while he is eating.
24
他要躱避鐵器、銅弓的箭要將他射透。
He shall flee from the iron weapon, And the bow of brass shall strike him through.
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。
He draweth it forth, and it cometh out of his body; Yea, the glittering point cometh out of his gall: Terrors are upon him.
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燬。
All darkness is laid up for his treasures: A fire not blown [by man] shall devour him; It shall consume that which is left in his tent.
27
天要顯明他的罪孽、地要興起攻擊他。
The heavens shall reveal his iniquity, And the earth shall rise up against him.
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; [His goods] shall flow away in the day of his wrath.
29
這是惡人從 神所得的分、是 神爲他所定的產業。
This is the portion of a wicked man from God, And the heritage appointed unto him by God.
1
約伯回答說、
Then Job answered and said,
2
你們要細聽我的言語、就算是你們安慰我。
Hear diligently my speech; And let this be your consolations.
3
請寬容我、我又要說話．說了以後、任憑你們嗤笑罷。
Suffer me, and I also will speak; And after that I have spoken, mock on.
4
我豈是向人訴寃、爲何不焦急呢。
As for me, is my complaint to man? And why should I not be impatient?
5
你們要看着我而驚奇、用手摀口。
Mark me, and be astonished, And lay your hand upon your mouth.
6
我每逢思想、心就驚惶、渾身戰兢。
Even when I remember I am troubled, And horror taketh hold on my flesh.
7
惡人爲何存活、享大壽數、勢力強盛呢。
Wherefore do the wicked live, Become old, yea, wax mighty in power?
8
他們眼見兒孫、和他們一同堅立。
Their seed is established with them in their sight, And their offspring before their eyes.
9
他們的家宅平安無懼、 神的杖也不加在他們身上。
Their houses are safe from fear, Neither is the rod of God upon them.
10
他們的公牛孳生而不斷絕．母牛下犢而不掉胎。
Their bull gendereth, and faileth not; Their cow calveth, and casteth not her calf.
11
他們打發小孩子出去、多如羊羣．他們的兒女踴躍跳舞。
They send forth their little ones like a flock, And their children dance.
12
他們隨着琴鼓歌唱、又因簫聲歡喜。
They sing to the timbrel and harp, And rejoice at the sound of the pipe.
13
他們度日諸事亨通、轉眼下入陰間。
They spend their days in prosperity, And in a moment they go down to Sheol.
14
他們對 神說、離開我們罷．我們不願曉得你的道。
And they say unto God, Depart from us; For we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.
15
全能者是誰、我們何必事奉他呢．求告他有甚麼益處呢。
What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? And what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?
16
看哪、他們亨通不在乎自己．惡人所謀定的離我好遠。
Lo, their prosperity is not in their hand: The counsel of the wicked is far from me.
17
惡人的燈何嘗熄滅．患難何嘗臨到他們呢． 神何嘗發怒、向他們分散災禍呢。
How oft is it that the lamp of the wicked is put out? That their calamity cometh upon them? That [God] distributeth sorrows in his anger?
18
他們何嘗像風前的碎稭、如暴風颳去的糠粃呢。
That they are as stubble before the wind, And as chaff that the storm carrieth away?
19
你們說、 神爲惡人的兒女積蓄罪孽。我說、不如本人受報、好使他親自知道。
[Ye say], God layeth up his iniquity for his children. Let him recompense it unto himself, that he may know it:
20
願他親眼看見自己敗亡、親自飲全能者的忿怒。
Let his own eyes see his destruction, And let him drink of the wrath of the Almighty.
21
他的歲月旣盡、他還顧他本家麼。
For what careth he for his house after him, When the number of his months is cut off?
22
神旣審判那在高位的、誰能將知識教訓他呢。
Shall any teach God knowledge, Seeing he judgeth those that are high?
23
有人至死身體強壯、盡得平靖安逸．
One dieth in his full strength, Being wholly at ease and quiet:
24
他的奶桶充滿、他的骨髓滋潤。
His pails are full of milk, And the marrow of his bones is moistened.
25
有人至死心中痛苦、終身未嘗福樂的滋味。
And another dieth in bitterness of soul, And never tasteth of good.
26
他們一樣躺臥在塵土中、都被蟲子遮蓋。
They lie down alike in the dust, And the worm covereth them.
27
我知道你們的意思、並誣害我的計謀。
Behold, I know your thoughts, And the devices wherewith ye would wrong me.
28
你們說、霸者的房屋在那裏．惡人住過的帳棚在那裏。
For ye say, Where is the house of the prince? And where is the tent wherein the wicked dwelt?
29
你們豈沒有詢問過路的人麼．不知道他們所引的證據麼。
Have ye not asked wayfaring men? And do ye not know their evidences,
30
就是惡人在禍患的日子得存留、在發怒的日子得逃脫。
That the evil man is reserved to the day of calamity? That they are led forth to the day of wrath?
31
他所行的、有誰當面給他說明．他所作的、有誰報應他呢。
Who shall declare his way to his face? And who shall repay him what he hath done?
32
然而他要被抬到塋地、並有人看守墳墓。
Yet shall he be borne to the grave, And men shall keep watch over the tomb.
33
他要以谷中的土塊爲甘甜、在他以先去的無數、在他以後去的更多。
The clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him, And all men shall draw after him, As there were innumerable before him.
34
你們對答的話中旣都錯謬、怎麼徒然安慰我呢。
How then comfort ye me in vain, Seeing in your answers there remaineth [only] falsehood?
1
提幔人以利法回答說、
Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said,
2
人豈能使 神有益呢．智慧人但能有益於己。
Can a man be profitable unto God? Surely he that is wise is profitable unto himself.
3
你爲人公義、豈叫全能者喜悅呢．你行爲完全、豈能使他得利呢。
Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that thou art righteous? Or is it gain [to him], that thou makest thy ways perfect?
4
豈是因你敬畏他、就責備你、審判你麼。
Is it for thy fear [of him] that he reproveth thee, That he entereth with thee into judgment?
5
你的罪惡豈不是大麼．你的罪孽也沒有窮盡。
Is not thy wickedness great? Neither is there any end to thine iniquities.
6
因你無故強取弟兄的物爲當頭、剝去貧寒人的衣服。
For thou hast taken pledges of thy brother for nought, And stripped the naked of their clothing.
7
困乏的人你沒有給他水喝．飢餓的人、你沒有給他食物。
Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, And thou hast withholden bread from the hungry.
8
有能力的人、就得地土．尊貴的人、也住在其中。
But as for the mighty man, he had the earth; And the honorable man, he dwelt in it.
9
你打發寡婦空手回去、折斷孤兒的膀臂。
Thou hast sent widows away empty, And the arms of the fatherless have been broken.
10
因此、有網羅環繞你、有恐懼忽然使你驚惶．
Therefore snares are round about thee, And sudden fear troubleth thee,
11
或有黑暗蒙蔽你、並有洪水淹沒你。
Or darkness, so that thou canst not see, And abundance of waters cover thee.
12
神豈不是在高天麼．你看星宿何其高呢。
Is not God in the height of heaven? And behold the height of the stars, how high they are!
13
你說、 神知道甚麼．他豈能看透幽暗施行審判呢。
And thou sayest, What doth God know? Can he judge through the thick darkness?
14
密雲將他遮蓋、使他不能看見．他周遊穹蒼。
Thick clouds are a covering to him, so that he seeth not; And he walketh on the vault of heaven.
15
你要依從上古的道麼．這道是惡人所行的．
Wilt thou keep the old way Which wicked men have trodden?
16
他們未到死期、忽然除滅．根基毀壞、好像被江河沖去．
Who were snatched away before their time, Whose foundation was poured out as a stream,
17
他們向 神說、離開我們罷．又說、全能者能把我們怎麼樣呢。
Who said unto God, Depart from us; And, What can the Almighty do for us?
18
那知 神以美物充滿他們的房屋．但惡人所謀定的離我好遠。
Yet he filled their houses with good things: But the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
19
義人看見他們的結局就歡喜、無辜的人嗤笑他們、
The righteous see it, and are glad; And the innocent laugh them to scorn,
20
說、那起來攻擊我們的、果然被剪除、其餘的都被火燒滅。
[Saying], Surely they that did rise up against us are cut off, And the remnant of them the fire hath consumed.
21
你要認識 神、就得平安．福氣也必臨到你。
Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: Thereby good shall come unto thee.
22
你當領受他口中的教訓、將他的言語存在心裏。
Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, And lay up his words in thy heart.
23
你若歸向全能者、從你帳棚中遠除不義、就必得建立。
If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, If thou put away unrighteousness far from thy tents.
24
要將你的珍寶丟在塵土裏、將俄斐的黃金丟在溪河石頭之間．
And lay thou [thy] treasure in the dust, And [the gold of] Ophir among the stones of the brooks;
25
全能者就必爲你的珍寶、作你的寶銀。
And the Almighty will be thy treasure, And precious silver unto thee.
26
你就要以全能者爲喜樂、向 神仰起臉來。
For then shalt thou delight thyself in the Almighty, And shalt lift up thy face unto God.
27
你要禱告他、他就聽你．你也要還你的願。
Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he will hear thee; And thou shalt pay thy vows.
28
你定意要作何事、必然給你成就．亮光也必照耀你的路。
Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee; And light shall shine upon thy ways.
29
人使你降卑、你仍可說、必得高升．謙卑的人 神必然拯救。
When they cast [thee] down, thou shalt say, [There is] lifting up; And the humble person he will save.
30
人非無辜、 神且要搭救他．他因你手中清潔、必蒙拯救。
He will deliver [even] him that is not innocent: Yea, he shall be delivered through the cleanness of thy hands.
1
約伯回答說、
Then Job answered and said,
2
如今我的哀告還算爲悖逆．我的責罰比我的唉哼還重。
Even to-day is my complaint rebellious: My stroke is heavier than my groaning.
3
惟願我能知道在那裏可以尋見 神、能到他的臺前．
Oh that I knew where I might find him! That I might come even to his seat!
4
我就在他面前將我的案件陳明、滿口辯白。
I would set my cause in order before him, And fill my mouth with arguments.
5
我必知道他回答我的言語、明白他向我所說的話。
I would know the words which he would answer me, And understand what he would say unto me.
6
他豈用大能與我爭辯麼．必不這樣．他必理會我。
Would he contend with me in the greatness of his power? Nay; but he would give heed unto me.
7
在他那裏正直人可以與他辯論．這樣、我必永遠脫離那審判我的。
There the upright might reason with him; So should I be delivered for ever from my judge.
8
只是我往前行、他不在那裏．往後退、也不能見他。
Behold, I go forward, but he is not [there]; And backward, but I cannot perceive him;
9
他在左邊行事、我卻不能看見．在右邊隱藏、我也不能見他。
On the left hand, when he doth work, but I cannot behold him; He hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him.
10
然而他知道我所行的路、他試煉我之後、我必如精金。
But he knoweth the way that I take; When he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
11
我腳追隨他的步履．我謹守他的道、並不偏離。
My foot hath held fast to his steps; His way have I kept, and turned not aside.
12
他嘴唇的命令、我未曾背棄．我看重他口中的言語、過於我需用的飲食。
I have not gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have treasured up the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.
13
只是他心志已定、誰能使他轉意呢．他心裏所願的、就行出來。
But he is in one [mind], and who can turn him? And what his soul desireth, even that he doeth.
14
他向我所定的、就必作成．這類的事他還有許多。
For he performeth that which is appointed for me: And many such things are with him.
15
所以我在他面前驚惶、我思念這事、便懼怕他。
Therefore am I terrified at his presence; When I consider, I am afraid of him.
16
神使我喪膽、全能者使我驚惶。
For God hath made my heart faint, And the Almighty hath terrified me;
17
我的恐懼、不是因爲黑暗、也不是因爲幽暗蒙蔽我的臉。
Because I was not cut off before the darkness, Neither did he cover the thick darkness from my face.
1
全能者旣定期罰惡、爲何不使認識他的人看見那日子呢。
Why are times not laid up by the Almighty? And why do not they that know him see his days?
2
有人挪移地界、搶奪羣畜而牧養。
There are that remove the landmarks; They violently take away flocks, and feed them.
3
他們拉去孤兒的驢、強取寡婦的牛爲當頭。
They drive away the ass of the fatherless; They take the widow`s ox for a pledge.
4
他們使窮人離開正道．世上的貧民盡都隱藏。
They turn the needy out of the way: The poor of the earth all hide themselves.
5
這些貧窮人、如同野驢出到曠野、殷勤尋找食物．他們靠着野地給兒女餬口．
Behold, as wild asses in the desert They go forth to their work, seeking diligently for food; The wilderness [yieldeth] them bread for their children.
6
收割別人田間的禾稼．摘取惡人餘剩的葡萄．
They cut their provender in the field; And they glean the vintage of the wicked.
7
終夜赤身無衣、天氣寒冷毫無遮蓋．
They lie all night naked without clothing, And have no covering in the cold.
8
在山上被大雨淋濕．因沒有避身之處就挨近磐石。
They are wet with the showers of the mountains, And embrace the rock for want of a shelter.
9
又有人從母懷中搶奪孤兒、強取窮人的衣服爲當頭．
There are that pluck the fatherless from the breast, And take a pledge of the poor;
10
使人赤身無衣、到處流行．且因飢餓扛抬禾捆。
[So that] they go about naked without clothing, And being hungry they carry the sheaves.
11
在那些人的圍牆內造油、醡酒、自己還口渴。
They make oil within the walls of these men; They tread [their] winepresses, and suffer thirst.
12
在多民的城內有人唉哼、受傷的人哀號． 神卻不理會那惡人的愚妄。
From out of the populous city men groan, And the soul of the wounded crieth out: Yet God regardeth not the folly.
13
又有人背棄光明、不認識光明的道、不住在光明的路上。
These are of them that rebel against the light; They know not the ways thereof, Nor abide in the paths thereof.
14
殺人的黎明起來、殺害困苦窮乏人．夜間又作盜賊。
The murderer riseth with the light; He killeth the poor and needy; And in the night he is as a thief.
15
姦夫等候黃昏、說、必無眼能見我、就把臉蒙蔽。
The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, Saying, No eye shall see me: And he disguiseth his face.
16
盜賊黑夜挖窟窿、白日躱藏、並不認識光明。
In the dark they dig through houses: They shut themselves up in the day-time; They know not the light.
17
他們看早晨如幽暗．因爲他們曉得幽暗的驚駭。
For the morning is to all of them as thick darkness; For they know the terrors of the thick darkness.
18
這些惡人猶如浮萍快快飄去．他們所得的分在世上被咒詛．他們不得再走葡萄園的路。
Swiftly they [pass away] upon the face of the waters; Their portion is cursed in the earth: They turn not into the way of the vineyards.
19
乾旱炎熱消沒雪水．陰間也如此消沒犯罪之輩。
Drought and heat consume the snow waters: [So doth] Sheol [those that] have sinned.
20
懷他的母〈原文作胎〉要忘記他．蟲子要喫他、覺得甘甜．他不再被人記念．不義的人必如樹折斷。
The womb shall forget him; The worm shall feed sweetly on him; He shall be no more remembered; And unrighteousness shall be broken as a tree.
21
他惡待〈或作他吞滅〉不懷孕不生養的婦人、不善待寡婦。
He devoureth the barren that beareth not, And doeth not good to the widow.
22
然而 神用能力保全有勢力的人．那性命難保的人仍然興起。
Yet [God] preserveth the mighty by his power: He riseth up that hath no assurance of life.
23
神使他們安穩、他們就有所倚靠． 神的眼目也看顧他們的道路。
[God] giveth them to be in security, and they rest thereon; And his eyes are upon their ways.
24
他們被高舉不過片時、就沒有了．他們降爲卑、被除滅、與衆人一樣．又如穀穗被割。
They are exalted; yet a little while, and they are gone; Yea, they are brought low, they are taken out of the way as all others, And are cut off as the tops of the ears of grain.
25
若不是這樣、誰能證實我是說謊的、將我的言語駁爲虛空呢。
And if it be not so now, who will prove me a liar, And make my speech nothing worth?
1
書亞人比勒達回答說、
Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,
2
神有治理之權、有威嚴可畏．他在高處施行和平。
Dominion and fear are with him; He maketh peace in his high places.
3
他的諸軍、豈能數算．他的光亮一發、誰不蒙照呢。
Is there any number of his armies? And upon whom doth not his light arise?
4
這樣在 神面前、人怎能稱義．婦人所生的、怎能潔淨。
How then can man be just with God? Or how can he be clean that is born of a woman?
5
在 神眼前、月亮也無光亮、星宿也不清潔．
Behold, even the moon hath no brightness, And the stars are not pure in his sight:
6
何況如蟲的人、如蛆的世人呢。
How much less man, that is a worm! And the son of man, that is a worm!
1
約伯回答說、
Then Job answered and said,
2
無能的人、蒙你何等的幫助．膀臂無力的人、蒙你何等的拯救。
How hast thou helped him that is without power! How hast thou saved the arm that hath no strength!
3
無智慧的人、蒙你何等的指教．你向他多顯大知識。
How hast thou counselled him that hath no wisdom, And plentifully declared sound knowledge!
4
你向誰發出言語來．誰的靈從你而出。
To whom hast thou uttered words? And whose spirit came forth from thee?
5
在大水和水族以下的陰魂戰兢。
They that are deceased tremble Beneath the waters and the inhabitants thereof.
6
在 神面前陰間顯露、滅亡也不得遮掩。
Sheol is naked before [God], And Abaddon hath no covering.
7
神將北極鋪在空中、將大地懸在虛空．
He stretcheth out the north over empty space, And hangeth the earth upon nothing.
8
將水包在密雲中、雲卻不破裂。
He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; And the cloud is not rent under them.
9
遮蔽他的寶座、將雲鋪在其上．
He incloseth the face of his throne, And spreadeth his cloud upon it.
10
在水面的周圍畫出界限、直到光明黑暗的交界。
He hath described a boundary upon the face of the waters, Unto the confines of light and darkness.
11
天的柱子因他的斥責震動驚奇。
The pillars of heaven tremble And are astonished at his rebuke.
12
他以能力攪動大海、〈攪動或作平靜〉他藉知識打傷拉哈伯．
He stirreth up the sea with his power, And by his understanding he smiteth through Rahab.
13
藉他的靈使天有妝飾．他的手刺殺快蛇。
By his Spirit the heavens are garnished; His hand hath pierced the swift serpent.
14
看哪、這不過是 神工作的些微．我們所聽於他的是何等細微的聲音．他大能的雷聲誰能明透呢。
Lo, these are but the outskirts of his ways: And how small a whisper do we hear of him! But the thunder of his power who can understand?
1
約伯接着說、
And Job again took up his parable, and said,
2
神奪去我的理、全能者使我心中愁苦．我指着永生的 神起誓、
As God liveth, who hath taken away my right, And the Almighty, who hath vexed my soul:
3
（我的生命尚在我裏面、 神所賜呼吸之氣仍在我的鼻孔內）
(For my life is yet whole in me, And the spirit of God is in my nostrils);
4
我的嘴決不說非義之言、我的舌也不說詭詐之語。
Surely my lips shall not speak unrighteousness, Neither shall my tongue utter deceit.
5
我斷不以你們爲是．我至死必不以自己爲不正。
Far be it from me that I should justify you: Till I die I will not put away mine integrity from me.
6
我持定我的義、必不放鬆．在世的日子我心必不責備我。
My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: My heart shall not reproach [me] so long as I live.
7
願我的仇敵如惡人一樣、願那起來攻擊我的、如不義之人一般。
Let mine enemy be as the wicked, And let him that riseth up against me be as the unrighteous.
8
不敬虔的人、雖然得利、 神奪取其命的時候、還有甚麼指望呢。
For what is the hope of the godless, though he get him gain, When God taketh away his soul?
9
患難臨到他、 神豈能聽他的呼求。
Will God hear his cry, When trouble cometh upon him?
10
他豈以全能者爲樂、隨時求告 神呢。
Will he delight himself in the Almighty, And call upon God at all times?
11
神的作爲、我要指教你們、全能者所行的、我也不隱瞞。
I will teach you concerning the hand of God; That which is with the Almighty will I not conceal.
12
你們自己也都見過．爲何全然變爲虛妄呢。
Behold, all ye yourselves have seen it; Why then are ye become altogether vain?
13
神爲惡人所定的分、強暴人從全能者所得的報、〈報原文作產業〉乃是這樣．
This is the portion of a wicked man with God, And the heritage of oppressors, which they receive from the Almighty:
14
倘或他的兒女增多、還是被刀所殺．他的子孫必不得飽食。
If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword; And his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.
15
他所遺留的人、必死而埋葬．他的寡婦也不哀哭。
Those that remain of him shall be buried in death, And his widows shall make no lamentation.
16
他雖積蓄銀子如塵沙、豫備衣服如泥土．
Though he heap up silver as the dust, And prepare raiment as the clay;
17
他只管豫備、義人卻要穿上．他的銀子、無辜的人要分取。
He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, And the innocent shall divide the silver.
18
他建造房屋如蟲作窩、又如守望者所搭的棚。
He buildeth his house as the moth, And as a booth which the keeper maketh.
19
他雖富足躺臥、卻不得收殮．轉眼之間就不在了。
He lieth down rich, but he shall not be gathered [to his fathers]; He openeth his eyes, and he is not.
20
驚恐如波濤、將他追上．暴風在夜間、將他颳去。
Terrors overtake him like waters; A tempest stealeth him away in the night.
21
東風把他飄去、又颳他離開本處。
The east wind carrieth him away, and he departeth; And it sweepeth him out of his place.
22
神要向他射箭、並不留情．他恨不得逃脫 神的手。
For [God] shall hurl at him, and not spare: He would fain flee out of his hand.
23
人要向他拍掌、並要發叱聲、使他離開本處。
Men shall clap their hands at him, And shall hiss him out of his place.
1
銀子有礦、煉金有方。
Surely there is a mine for silver, And a place for gold which they refine.
2
鐵從地裏挖出、銅從石中鎔化。
Iron is taken out of the earth, And copper is molten out of the stone.
3
人爲黑暗定界限、查究幽暗陰翳的石頭、直到極處．
[Man] setteth an end to darkness, And searcheth out, to the furthest bound, The stones of obscurity and of thick darkness.
4
在無人居住之處刨開礦穴、過路的人也想不到他們．又與人遠離、懸在空中搖來搖去。
He breaketh open a shaft away from where men sojourn; They are forgotten of the foot; They hang afar from men, they swing to and fro.
5
至於地、能出糧食．地內好像被火翻起來。
As for the earth, out of it cometh bread; And underneath it is turned up as it were by fire.
6
地中的石頭有藍寶石、並有金沙。
The stones thereof are the place of sapphires, And it hath dust of gold.
7
礦中的路鷙鳥不得知道、鷹眼也未見過．
That path no bird of prey knoweth, Neither hath the falcon`s eye seen it:
8
狂傲的野獸未曾行過．猛烈的獅子也未曾經過。
The proud beasts have not trodden it, Nor hath the fierce lion passed thereby.
9
人伸手鑿開堅石、傾倒山根。
He putteth forth his hand upon the flinty rock; He overturneth the mountains by the roots.
10
在磐石中鑿出水道．親眼看見各樣寶物。
He cutteth out channels among the rocks; And his eye seeth every precious thing.
11
他封閉水不得滴流．使隱藏的物顯露出來。
He bindeth the streams that they trickle not; And the thing that is hid bringeth he forth to light.
12
然而智慧有何處可尋．聰明之處在哪裏呢。
But where shall wisdom be found? And where is the place of understanding?
13
智慧的價值無人能知、在活人之地也無處可尋。
Man knoweth not the price thereof; Neither is it found in the land of the living.
14
深淵說、不在我內．滄海說、不在我中。
The deep saith, It is not in me; And the sea saith, It is not with me.
15
智慧非用黃金可得、也不能平白銀爲他的價值。
It cannot be gotten for gold, Neither shall silver be weighed for the price thereof.
16
俄斐金、和貴重的紅瑪瑙、並藍寶石、不足與較量。
It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, With the precious onyx, or the sapphire.
17
黃金、和玻璃、不足與比較、精金的器皿、不足與兌換。
Gold and glass cannot equal it, Neither shall it be exchanged for jewels of fine gold.
18
珊瑚、水晶、都不足論、智慧的價值勝過珍珠。〈或作紅寶石〉
No mention shall be made of coral or of crystal: Yea, the price of wisdom is above rubies.
19
古實的紅璧璽、不足與比較。精金、也不足與較量。
The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, Neither shall it be valued with pure gold.
20
智慧從何處來呢．聰明之處在哪裏呢。
Whence then cometh wisdom? And where is the place of understanding?
21
是向一切有生命的眼目隱藏、向空中的飛鳥掩蔽。
Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, And kept close from the birds of the heavens.
22
滅沒和死亡說、我們風聞其名。
Destruction and Death say, We have heard a rumor thereof with our ears.
23
神明白智慧的道路、曉得智慧的所在。
God understandeth the way thereof, And he knoweth the place thereof.
24
因他鑒察直到地極、徧觀普天之下．
For he looketh to the ends of the earth, And seeth under the whole heaven;
25
要爲風定輕重．又度量諸水。
To make a weight for the wind: Yea, he meteth out the waters by measure.
26
他爲雨露定命令、爲雷電定道路。
When he made a decree for the rain, And a way for the lightning of the thunder;
27
那時他看見智慧、而且述說．他堅定、並且查究。
Then did he see it, and declare it; He established it, yea, and searched it out.
28
他對人說、敬畏主就是智慧、遠離惡便是聰明。
And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; And to depart from evil is understanding.
1
約伯又接着說、
And Job again took up his parable, and said,
2
惟願我的景況如從前的月分、如 神保守我的日子。
Oh that I were as in the months of old, As in the days when God watched over me;
3
那時他的燈照在我頭上．我藉他的光行過黑暗。
When his lamp shined upon my head, And by his light I walked through darkness;
4
我願如壯年的時候。那時我在帳棚中． 神待我有密友之情．
As I was in the ripeness of my days, When the friendship of God was upon my tent;
5
全能者仍與我同在、我的兒女都環繞我．
When the Almighty was yet with me, And my children were about me;
6
奶多可洗我的腳、磐石爲我出油成河。
When my steps were washed with butter, And the rock poured me out streams of oil!
7
我出到城門、在街上設立座位、
When I went forth to the gate unto the city, When I prepared my seat in the street,
8
少年人見我而迴避、老年人也起身站立．
The young men saw me and hid themselves, And the aged rose up and stood;
9
王子都停止說話、用手摀口．
The princes refrained from talking, And laid their hand on their mouth;
10
首領靜默無聲、舌頭貼住上膛。
The voice of the nobles was hushed, And their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth.
11
耳朶聽我的、就稱我有福．眼睛看我的、便稱讚我．
For when the ear heard [me], then it blessed me; And when the eye saw [me], it gave witness unto me:
12
因我拯救哀求的困苦人、和無人幫助的孤兒。
Because I delivered the poor that cried, The fatherless also, that had none to help him.
13
將要滅亡的爲我祝福。我也使寡婦心中歡樂。
The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me; And I caused the widow`s heart to sing for joy.
14
我以公義爲衣服、以公平爲外袍和冠冕。
I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: My justice was as a robe and a diadem.
15
我爲瞎子的眼、瘸子的腳。
I was eyes to the blind, And feet was I to the lame.
16
我爲窮乏人的父．素不認識的人我查明他的案件。
I was a father to the needy: And the cause of him that I knew not I searched out.
17
我打破不義之人的牙牀、從他牙齒中奪了所搶的。
And I brake the jaws of the unrighteous, And plucked the prey out of his teeth.
18
我便說、我必死在家中、〈原文作窩中〉必增添我的日子、多如塵沙．
Then I said, I shall die in my nest, And I shall multiply my days as the sand:
19
我的根長到水邊、露水終夜霑在我的枝上．
My root is spread out to the waters, And the dew lieth all night upon my branch;
20
我的榮耀在身上增新、我的弓在手中日強。
My glory is fresh in me, And my bow is renewed in my hand.
21
人聽見我而仰望、靜默等候我的指教。
Unto me men gave ear, and waited, And kept silence for my counsel.
22
我說話之後、他們就不再說．我的言語像雨露滴在他們身上。
After my words they spake not again; And my speech distilled upon them.
23
他們仰望我如仰望雨．又張開口如切慕春雨。
And they waited for me as for the rain; And they opened their mouth wide [as] for the latter rain.
24
他們不敢自信、我就向他們含笑．他們不使我臉上的光改變。
I smiled on them, when they had no confidence; And the light of my countenance they cast not down.
25
我爲他們選擇道路、又坐首位．我如君王在軍隊中居住．又如弔喪的安慰傷心的人。
I chose out their way, and sat [as] chief, And dwelt as a king in the army, As one that comforteth the mourners.
1
但如今比我年少的人戲笑我．其人之父、我曾藐視、不肯安在看守我羊羣的狗中。
But now they that are younger than I have me in derision, Whose fathers I disdained to set with the dogs of my flock.
2
他們壯年的氣力旣已衰敗、其手之力與我何益呢。
Yea, the strength of their hands, whereto should it profit me? Men in whom ripe age is perished.
3
他們因窮乏飢餓、身體枯瘦、在荒廢淒涼的幽暗中、齦乾燥之地．
They are gaunt with want and famine; They gnaw the dry ground, in the gloom of wasteness and desolation.
4
在草叢之中採鹹草、羅騰的根爲他們的食物。〈羅騰小樹名松類〉
They pluck salt-wort by the bushes; And the roots of the broom are their food.
5
他們從人中被趕出、人追喊他們如賊一般、
They are driven forth from the midst [of men]; They cry after them as after a thief;
6
以致他們住在荒谷之間、在地洞和巖穴中．
So that they dwell in frightful valleys, In holes of the earth and of the rocks.
7
在草叢中叫喚、在荊棘下聚集。
Among the bushes they bray; Under the nettles they are gathered together.
8
這都是愚頑下賤人的兒女．他們被鞭打、趕出境外。
[They are] children of fools, yea, children of base men; They were scourged out of the land.
9
現在這些人以我爲歌曲、以我爲笑談。
And now I am become their song, Yea, I am a byword unto them.
10
他們厭惡我、躱在旁邊站着、不住的吐唾沫在我臉上。
They abhor me, they stand aloof from me, And spare not to spit in my face.
11
鬆開他們的繩索苦待我、在我面前脫去轡頭。
For he hath loosed his cord, and afflicted me; And they have cast off the bridle before me.
12
這等下流人在我右邊起來、推開我的腳、築成戰路來攻擊我。
Upon my right hand rise the rabble; They thrust aside my feet, And they cast up against me their ways of destruction.
13
這些無人幫助的、毀壞我的道、加增我的災。
They mar my path, They set forward my calamity, [Even] men that have no helper.
14
他們來如同闖進大破口．在毀壞之間、輥在我身上。
As through a wide breach they come: In the midst of the ruin they roll themselves [upon me].
15
驚恐臨到我、驅逐我的尊榮如風．我的福祿如雲過去。
Terrors are turned upon me; They chase mine honor as the wind; And my welfare is passed away as a cloud.
16
現在我心極其悲傷．困苦的日子將我抓住。
And now my soul is poured out within me; Days of affliction have taken hold upon me.
17
夜間我裏面的骨頭刺我、疼痛不止、好像齦我。
In the night season my bones are pierced in me, And the [pains] that gnaw me take no rest.
18
因 神的大力、我的外衣汚穢不堪．又如裏衣的領子將我纏住。
By [God`s] great force is my garment disfigured; It bindeth me about as the collar of my coat.
19
神把我扔在淤泥中、我就像塵土和爐灰一般。
He hath cast me into the mire, And I am become like dust and ashes.
20
主阿、我呼求你、你不應允我．我站起來、你就定睛看我。
I cry unto thee, and thou dost not answer me: I stand up, and thou gazest at me.
21
你向我變心、待我殘忍．又用大能追逼我．
Thou art turned to be cruel to me; With the might of thy hand thou persecutest me.
22
把我提在風中、使我駕風而行．又使我消滅在烈風中。
Thou liftest me up to the wind, thou causest me to ride [upon it]; And thou dissolvest me in the storm.
23
我知道要使我臨到死地、到那爲衆生所定的陰宅。
For I know that thou wilt bring me to death, And to the house appointed for all living.
24
然而人仆倒、豈不伸手．遇災難、豈不求救呢。
Howbeit doth not one stretch out the hand in his fall? Or in his calamity therefore cry for help?
25
人遭難、我豈不爲他哭泣呢．人窮乏、我豈不爲他憂愁呢。
Did not I weep for him that was in trouble? Was not my soul grieved for the needy?
26
我仰望得好處、災禍就到了．我等待光明、黑暗便來了。
When I looked for good, then evil came; And when I waited for light, there came darkness.
27
我心裏煩擾不安、困苦的日子臨到我身。
My heart is troubled, and resteth not; Days of affliction are come upon me.
28
我沒有日光就哀哭行去．〈或作我面發黑並非因日曬〉我在會中站着求救。
I go mourning without the sun: I stand up in the assembly, and cry for help.
29
我與野狗爲弟兄、與鴕鳥爲同伴。
I am a brother to jackals, And a companion to ostriches.
30
我的皮膚黑而脫落．我的骨頭因熱燒焦。
My skin is black, [and falleth] from me, And my bones are burned with heat.
31
所以我的琴音變爲悲音、我的簫聲變爲哭聲。
Therefore is my harp [turned] to mourning, And my pipe into the voice of them that weep.
1
我與眼睛立約、怎能戀戀瞻望處女呢。
I made a covenant with mine eyes; How then should I look upon a virgin?
2
從至上的 神所得之分、從至高全能者所得之業、是甚麼呢。
For what is the portion from God above, And the heritage from the Almighty on high?
3
豈不是禍患臨到不義的、災害臨到作孽的呢。
Is it not calamity to the unrighteous, And disaster to the workers of iniquity?
4
神豈不是察看我的道路、數點我的腳步呢。
Doth not he see my ways, And number all my steps?
5
我若與虛謊同行、腳若追隨詭詐．
If I have walked with falsehood, And my foot hath hasted to deceit
6
我若被公道的天平稱度、使 神可以知道我的純正．
(Let me be weighed in an even balance, That God may know mine integrity);
7
我的腳步若偏離正路、我的心若隨着我的眼目、若有玷汚粘在我手上．
If my step hath turned out of the way, And my heart walked after mine eyes, And if any spot hath cleaved to my hands:
8
就願我所種的、有別人喫．我田所產的、被拔出來。
Then let me sow, and let another eat; Yea, let the produce of my field be rooted out.
9
我若受迷惑、向婦人起淫念、在鄰舍的門外蹲伏．
If my heart hath been enticed unto a woman, And I have laid wait at my neighbor`s door;
10
就願我的妻子給別人推磨、別人也與他同室。
Then let my wife grind unto another, And let others bow down upon her.
11
因爲這是大罪、是審判官當罰的罪孽。
For that were a heinous crime; Yea, it were an iniquity to be punished by the judges:
12
這本是火焚燒、直到毀滅、必拔除我所有的家產。
For it is a fire that consumeth unto Destruction, And would root out all mine increase.
13
我的僕婢與我爭辯的時候、我若藐視不聽他們的情節．
If I have despised the cause of my man-servant or of my maid-servant, When they contended with me;
14
神興起、我怎樣行呢．他察問、我怎樣回答呢。
What then shall I do when God riseth up? And when he visiteth, what shall I answer him?
15
造我在腹中的、不也是造他麼．將他與我摶在腹中的、豈不是一位麼。
Did not he that made me in the womb make him? And did not one fashion us in the womb?
16
我若不容貧寒人得其所願、或叫寡婦眼中失望、
If I have withheld the poor from [their] desire, Or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail,
17
或獨自喫我一點食物、孤兒沒有與我同喫．
Or have eaten my morsel alone, And the fatherless hath not eaten thereof
18
（從幼年時孤兒與我同長、好像父子一樣．我從出母腹就扶助寡婦．〈扶助原文作引領〉）
(Nay, from my youth he grew up with me as with a father, And her have I guided from my mother`s womb);
19
我若見人因無衣死亡、或見窮乏人身無遮蓋．
If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, Or that the needy had no covering;
20
我若不使他因我羊的毛得暖、爲我祝福．
If his loins have not blessed me, And if he hath not been warmed with the fleece of my sheep;
21
我若在城門口見有幫助我的、舉手攻擊孤兒．
If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, Because I saw my help in the gate:
22
情願我的肩頭從缺盆骨脫落、我的膀臂從羊矢骨折斷。
Then let my shoulder fall from the shoulder-blade, And mine arm be broken from the bone.
23
因 神降的災禍、使我恐懼、因他的威嚴、我不能妄爲。
For calamity from God is a terror to me, And by reason of his majesty I can do nothing.
24
我若以黃金爲指望、對精金說、你是我的倚靠．
If I have made gold my hope, And have said to the fine gold, [Thou art] my confidence;
25
我若因財物豐裕、因我手多得貲財而歡喜．
If I have rejoiced because my wealth was great, And because my hand had gotten much;
26
我若見太陽發光、明月行在空中、
If I have beheld the sun when it shined, Or the moon walking in brightness,
27
心就暗暗被引誘、口便親手．
And my heart hath been secretly enticed, And my mouth hath kissed my hand:
28
這也是審判官當罰的罪孽、又是我背棄在上的 神。
This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judges; For I should have denied the God that is above.
29
我若見恨我的遭報就歡喜、見他遭災便高興．
If I have rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, Or lifted up myself when evil found him;
30
（我沒有容口犯罪、咒詛他的生命）
(Yea, I have not suffered by mouth to sin By asking his life with a curse);
31
若我帳棚的人未嘗說、誰不以主人的食物喫飽呢．
If the men of my tent have not said, Who can find one that hath not been filled with his meat?
32
（從來我沒有容客旅在街上住宿、卻開門迎接行路的人．）
(The sojourner hath not lodged in the street; But I have opened my doors to the traveller);
33
我若像亞當〈亞當或作別人〉遮掩我的過犯、將罪孽藏在懷中、
If like Adam I have covered my transgressions, By hiding mine iniquity in my bosom,
34
因懼怕大衆、又因宗族藐視我使我驚恐、以致閉口無言、杜門不出．
Because I feared the great multitude, And the contempt of families terrified me, So that I kept silence, and went not out of the door-
35
惟願有一位肯聽我、（看哪、在這裏有我所畫的押、願全能者回答我）
Oh that I had one to hear me! (Lo, here is my signature, let the Almighty answer me); And [that I had] the indictment which mine adversary hath written!
36
願那敵我者所寫的狀詞在我這裏我必帶在肩上、又綁在頭上爲冠冕．
Surely I would carry it upon my shoulder; I would bind it unto me as a crown:
37
我必向他述說我腳步的數目、必如君王進到他面前。
I would declare unto him the number of my steps; As a prince would I go near unto him.
38
我若奪取田地、這地向我喊寃、犂溝一同哭泣．
If my land crieth out against me, And the furrows thereof weep together;
39
我若喫地的出產不給價值、或叫原主喪命．
If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, Or have caused the owners thereof to lose their life:
40
願這地長蒺藜代替麥子、長惡草代替大麥．約伯的話說完了。
Let thistles grow instead of wheat, And cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.
1
於是這三個人、因約伯自以爲義、就不再回答他。
So these three men ceased to answer Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.
2
那時有布西人、蘭族巴拉迦的兒子以利戶、向約伯發怒、因約伯自以爲義、不以 神爲義。
Then was kindled the wrath of Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the family of Ram: against Job was his wrath kindled, because he justified himself rather than God.
3
他又向約伯的三個朋友發怒、因爲他們想不出回答的話來、仍以約伯爲有罪。
Also against his three friends was his wrath kindled, because they had found no answer, and yet had condemned Job.
4
以利戶要與約伯說話、就等候他們、因爲他們比自己年老。
Now Elihu had waited to speak unto Job, because they were elder than he.
5
以利戶見這三個人口中無話回答、就怒氣發作。
And when Elihu saw that there was no answer in the mouth of these three men, his wrath was kindled.
6
布西人巴拉迦的兒子以利戶回答說、我年輕、你們老邁、因此我退讓、不敢向你們陳說我的意見。
And Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite answered and said, I am young, and ye are very old; Wherefore I held back, and durst not show you mine opinion.
7
我說、年老的當先說話、壽高的當以智慧教訓人。
I said, Days should speak, And multitude of years should teach wisdom.
8
但在人裏面有靈、全能者的氣使人有聰明。
But there is a spirit in man, And the breath of the Almighty giveth them understanding.
9
尊貴的不都有智慧、壽高的不都能明白公平。
It is not the great that are wise, Nor the aged that understand justice.
10
因此我說、你們要聽我言、我也要陳說我的意見。
Therefore I said, Hearken to me; I also will show mine opinion.
11
你們查究所要說的話．那時我等候你們的話側耳聽你們的辯論、
Behold, I waited for your words, I listened for your reasonings, Whilst ye searched out what to say.
12
留心聽你們．誰知你們中間無一人折服約伯、駁倒他的話。
Yea, I attended unto you, And, behold, there was none that convinced Job, Or that answered his words, among you.
13
你們切不可說、我們尋得智慧． 神能勝他、人卻不能。
Beware lest ye say, We have found wisdom; God may vanquish him, not man:
14
約伯沒有向我爭辯、我也不用你們的話回答他。
For he hath not directed his words against me; Neither will I answer him with your speeches.
15
他們驚奇不再回答、一言不發。
They are amazed, they answer no more: They have not a word to say.
16
我豈因他們不說話、站住不再回答、仍舊等候呢。
And shall I wait, because they speak not, Because they stand still, and answer no more?
17
我也要回答我的一分話、陳說我的意見。
I also will answer my part, I also will show mine opinion.
18
因爲我的言語滿懷、我裏面的靈激動我。
For I am full of words; The spirit within me constraineth me.
19
我的胸懷如盛酒之囊、沒有出氣之縫、又如新皮袋快要破裂。
Behold, my breast is as wine which hath no vent; Like new wine-skins it is ready to burst.
20
我要說話、使我舒暢．我要開口回答。
I will speak, that I may be refreshed; I will open my lips and answer.
21
我必不看人的情面、也不奉承人。
Let me not, I pray you, respect any man`s person; Neither will I give flattering titles unto any man.
22
我不曉得奉承、若奉承、造我的主必快快除滅我。
For I know not to give flattering titles; [Else] would my Maker soon take me away.
1
約伯阿、請聽我的話、留心聽我一切的言語。
Howbeit, Job, I pray thee, hear my speech, And hearken to all my words.
2
我現在開口、用舌發言。
Behold now, I have opened my mouth; My tongue hath spoken in my mouth.
3
我的言語、要發明心中所存的正直．我所知道的、我嘴唇要誠實的說出。
My words [shall utter] the uprightness of my heart; And that which my lips know they shall speak sincerely.
4
神的靈造我、全能者的氣使我得生。
The Spirit of God hath made me, And the breath of the Almighty giveth me life.
5
你若回答我、就站起來、在我面前陳明。
If thou canst, answer thou me; Set [thy words] in order before me, stand forth.
6
我在 神面前與你一樣、也是用土造成。
Behold, I am toward God even as thou art: I also am formed out of the clay.
7
我不用威嚴驚嚇你、也不用勢力重壓你。
Behold, my terror shall not make thee afraid, Neither shall my pressure be heavy upon thee.
8
你所說的我聽見了、也聽見你的言語、說、
Surely thou hast spoken in my hearing, And I have heard the voice of [thy] words, [saying],
9
我是清潔無過的．我是無辜的、在我裏面也沒有罪孽。
I am clean, without transgression; I am innocent, neither is there iniquity in me:
10
神找機會攻擊我、以我爲仇敵、
Behold, he findeth occasions against me, He counteth me for his enemy:
11
把我的腳上了木狗、窺察我一切的道路。
He putteth my feet in the stocks, He marketh all my paths.
12
我要回答你說、你這話無理．因 神比世人更大。
Behold, I will answer thee, in this thou art not just; For God is greater than man.
13
你爲何與他爭論呢、因他的事都不對人解說。
Why dost thou strive against him, For that he giveth not account of any of his matters?
14
神說、一次、兩次、世人卻不理會。
For God speaketh once, Yea twice, [though man] regardeth it not.
15
人躺在牀上沉睡的時候 神就用夢、和夜間的異象、
In a dream, in a vision of the night, When deep sleep falleth upon men, In slumberings upon the bed;
16
開通他們的耳朶、將當受的教訓印在他們心上、
Then he openeth the ears of men, And sealeth their instruction,
17
好叫人不從自己的謀算、不行驕傲的事．〈原文作將驕傲向人隱藏〉
That he may withdraw man [from his] purpose, And hide pride from man;
18
攔阻人不陷於坑裏、不死在刀下。
He keepeth back his soul from the pit, And his life from perishing by the sword.
19
人在牀上被懲治、骨頭中不住的疼痛．
He is chastened also with pain upon his bed, And with continual strife in his bones;
20
以致他的口厭棄食物、心厭惡美味。
So that his life abhorreth bread, And his soul dainty food.
21
他的肉消瘦、不得再見、先前不見的骨頭、都凸出來。
His flesh is consumed away, that it cannot be seen; And his bones that were not seen stick out.
22
他的靈魂臨近深坑、他的生命近於滅命的。
Yea, his soul draweth near unto the pit, And his life to the destroyers.
23
一千天使中、若有一個作傳話的、與 神同在、指示人所當行的事．
If there be with him an angel, An interpreter, one among a thousand, To show unto man what is right for him;
24
神就給他開恩、說、救贖他免得下坑．我已經得了贖價。
Then [God] is gracious unto him, and saith, Deliver him from going down to the pit, I have found a ransom.
25
他的肉要比孩童的肉更嫩．他就反老還童。
His flesh shall be fresher than a child`s; He returneth to the days of his youth.
26
他禱告 神、 神就喜悅他、使他歡呼朝見 神的面． 神又看他爲義。
He prayeth unto God, and he is favorable unto him, So that he seeth his face with joy: And he restoreth unto man his righteousness.
27
他在人前歌唱說、我犯了罪、顚倒是非、這竟與我無益。
He singeth before men, and saith, I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, And it profited me not:
28
神救贖我的靈魂免入深坑．我的生命也必見光。
He hath redeemed my soul from going into the pit, And my life shall behold the light.
29
神兩次、三次、向人行這一切的事．
Lo, all these things doth God work, Twice, [yea] thrice, with a man,
30
爲要從深坑救回人的靈魂、使他被光照耀與活人一樣。
To bring back his soul from the pit, That he may be enlightened with the light of the living.
31
約伯阿、你當側耳聽我的話．不要作聲、等我講說。
Mark well, O Job, hearken unto me: Hold thy peace, and I will speak.
32
你若有話說、就可以回答我．你只管說、因我願以你爲是。
If thou hast anything to say, answer me: Speak, for I desire to justify thee.
33
若不然、你就聽我說、你不要作聲、我便將智慧教訓你。
If not, hearken thou unto me: Hold thy peace, and I will teach thee wisdom.
1
以利戶又說、
Moreover Elihu answered and said,
2
你們智慧人、要聽我的話．有知識的人、要留心聽我說。
Hear my words, ye wise men; And give ear unto me, ye that have knowledge.
3
因爲耳朶試驗話語、好像上膛嘗食物。
For the ear trieth words, As the palate tasteth food.
4
我們當選擇何爲是、彼此知道何爲善。
Let us choose for us that which is right: Let us know among ourselves what is good.
5
約伯曾說、我是公義、 神奪去我的理．
For Job hath said, I am righteous, And God hath taken away my right:
6
我雖有理、還算爲說謊言的．我雖無過、受的傷還不能醫治。
Notwithstanding my right I am [accounted] a liar; My wound is incurable, [though I am] without transgression.
7
誰像約伯、喝譏誚如同喝水呢。
What man is like Job, Who drinketh up scoffing like water,
8
他與作孽的結伴、和惡人同行。
Who goeth in company with the workers of iniquity, And walketh with wicked men?
9
他說、人以 神爲樂、總是無益。
For he hath said, It profiteth a man nothing That he should delight himself with God.
10
所以你們明理的人要聽我的話． 神斷不至行惡、全能者斷不至作孽。
Therefore hearken unto me, ye men of understanding: Far be it from God, that he should do wickedness, And from the Almighty, that he should commit iniquity.
11
他必按人所作的報應人、使各人照所行的得報。
For the work of a man will he render unto him, And cause every man to find according to his ways.
12
神必不作惡、全能者也不偏離公平。
Yea, of a surety, God will not do wickedly, Neither will the Almighty pervert justice.
13
誰派他治理地、安定全世界呢。
Who gave him a charge over the earth? Or who hath disposed the whole world?
14
他若專心爲己、將靈和氣收歸自己．
If he set his heart upon himself, [If] he gather unto himself his spirit and his breath;
15
凡有血氣的就必一同死亡、世人必仍歸塵土。
All flesh shall perish together, And man shall turn again unto dust.
16
你若明理、就當聽我的話、留心聽我言語的聲音。
If now [thou hast] understanding, hear this: Hearken to the voice of my words.
17
難道恨惡公平的、可以掌權麼．那有公義的、有大能的、豈可定他有罪麼。
Shall even one that hateth justice govern? And wilt thou condemn him that is righteous [and] mighty?-
18
他對君王說、你是鄙陋的、對貴臣說、你是邪惡的。
[Him] that saith to a king, [Thou art] vile, [Or] to nobles, [Ye are] wicked;
19
他待王子不徇情面、也不看重富足的過於貧窮的．因爲都是他手所造。
That respecteth not the persons of princes, Nor regardeth the rich more than the poor; For they all are the work of his hands.
20
在轉眼之間、半夜之中、他們就死亡．百姓被震動而去世、有權力的被奪去非借人手。
In a moment they die, even at midnight; The people are shaken and pass away, And the mighty are taken away without hand.
21
神注目觀看人的道路、看明人的腳步。
For his eyes are upon the ways of a man, And he seeth all his goings.
22
沒有黑暗、陰翳、能給作孽的藏身。
There is no darkness, nor thick gloom, Where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.
23
神審判人、不必使人到他面前、再三鑒察。
For he needeth not further to consider a man, That he should go before God in judgment.
24
他用難測之法打破有能力的人、設立別人代替他們。
He breaketh in pieces mighty men [in ways] past finding out, And setteth others in their stead.
25
他原知道他們的行爲、使他們在夜間傾倒滅亡。
Therefore he taketh knowledge of their works; And he overturneth them in the night, so that they are destroyed.
26
他在衆人眼前擊打他們、如同擊打惡人一樣。
He striketh them as wicked men In the open sight of others;
27
因爲他們偏行不跟從他、也不留心他的道．
Because they turned aside from following him, And would not have regard in any of his ways:
28
甚至使貧窮人的哀聲達到他那裏、他也聽了困苦人的哀聲。
So that they caused the cry of the poor to come unto him, And he heard the cry of the afflicted.
29
他使人安靜、誰能擾亂〈或作定罪〉呢、他掩面誰能見他呢．無論待一國、或一人都是如此．
When he giveth quietness, who then can condemn? And when he hideth his face, who then can behold him? Alike whether [it be done] unto a nation, or unto a man:
30
使不虔敬的人不得作王、免得有人牢籠百姓。
That the godless man reign not, That there be none to ensnare the people.
31
有誰對 神說、我受了責罰、不再犯罪．
For hath any said unto God, I have borne [chastisement], I will not offend [any more]:
32
我所看不明的、求你指教我．我若作了孽、必不再作。
That which I see not teach thou me: If I have done iniquity, I will do it no more?
33
他施行報應、豈要隨你的心願、叫你推辭不受麼。選定的、是你、不是我．你所知道的只管說罷。
Shall his recompense be as thou wilt, that thou refusest it? For thou must choose, and not I: Therefore speak what thou knowest.
34
明理的人、和聽我話的智慧人、必對我說、
Men of understanding will say unto me, Yea, every wise man that heareth me:
35
約伯說話沒有知識、言語中毫無智慧。
Job speaketh without knowledge, And his words are without wisdom.
36
願約伯被試驗到底、因他回答像惡人一樣。
Would that Job were tried unto the end, Because of his answering like wicked men.
37
他在罪上又加悖逆．在我們中間拍手、用許多言語輕慢 神。
For he addeth rebellion unto his sin; He clappeth his hands among us, And multiplieth his words against God.
1
以利戶又說、
Moreover Elihu answered and said,
2
你以爲有理、或以爲你的公義勝於 神的公義、
Thinkest thou this to be [thy] right, [Or] sayest thou, My righteousness is more than God`s,
3
纔說、這與我有甚麼益處．我不犯罪比犯罪有甚麼好處呢。
That thou sayest, What advantage will it be unto thee? [And], What profit shall I have, more than if I had sinned?
4
我要回答你、和在你這裏的朋友。
I will answer thee, And thy companions with thee.
5
你要向天觀看、瞻望那高於你的穹蒼。
Look unto the heavens, and see; And behold the skies, which are higher than thou.
6
你若犯罪、能使 神受何害呢．你的過犯加增、能使 神受何損呢。
If thou hast sinned, what effectest thou against him? And if thy transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou unto him?
7
你若是公義、還能加增他甚麼呢．他從你手裏還接受甚麼呢。
If thou be righteous, what givest thou him? Or what receiveth he of thy hand?
8
你的過惡或能害你這類的人．你的公義或能叫世人得益處。
Thy wickedness [may hurt] a man as thou art; And thy righteousness [may profit] a son of man.
9
人因多受欺壓就哀求．因受能者的轄制〈轄制原文作膀臂〉便求救、
By reason of the multitude of oppressions they cry out; They cry for help by reason of the arm of the mighty.
10
卻無人說、造我的 神在那裏．他使人夜間歌唱。
But none saith, Where is God my Maker, Who giveth songs in the night,
11
教訓我們勝於地上的走獸、使我們有聰明勝於空中的飛鳥。
Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, And maketh us wiser than the birds of the heavens?
12
他們在那裏、因惡人的驕傲呼求、卻無人答應。
There they cry, but none giveth answer, Because of the pride of evil men.
13
虛妄的呼求、 神必不垂聽、全能者也必不眷顧。
Surely God will not hear an empty [cry], Neither will the Almighty regard it.
14
何況你說、你不得見他、你的案件在他面前、你等候他罷。
How much less when thou sayest thou beholdest him not, The cause is before him, and thou waitest for him!
15
但如今因他未曾發怒降罰、也不甚理會狂傲．
But now, because he hath not visited in his anger, Neither doth he greatly regard arrogance;
16
所以約伯開口說虛妄的話、多發無知識的言語。
Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vanity; He multiplieth words without knowledge.
1
以利戶又接着說、
Elihu also proceeded, and said,
2
你再容我片時、我就指示你．因我還有話爲 神說。
Suffer me a little, and I will show thee; For I have yet somewhat to say on God`s behalf.
3
我要將所知道的從遠處引來、將公義歸給造我的主。
I will fetch my knowledge from afar, And will ascribe righteousness to my Maker.
4
我的言語眞不虛謊．有知識全備的與你同在。
For truly my words are not false: One that is perfect in knowledge is with thee.
5
神有大能、並不藐視人．他的智慧甚廣。
Behold, God is mighty, and despiseth not any: He is mighty in strength of understanding.
6
他不保護惡人的性命、卻爲困苦人伸寃。
He preserveth not the life of the wicked, But giveth to the afflicted [their] right.
7
他時常看顧義人、使他們和君王同坐寶座、永遠要被高舉。
He withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous: But with kings upon the throne He setteth them for ever, and they are exalted.
8
他們若被鎖鍊捆住、被苦難的繩索纏住．
And if they be bound in fetters, And be taken in the cords of afflictions;
9
他就把他們的作爲、和過犯指示他們、叫他們知道有驕傲的行動。
Then he showeth them their work, And their transgressions, that they have behaved themselves proudly.
10
他也開通他們的耳朶得受教訓、吩咐他們離開罪孽轉回。
He openeth also their ear to instruction, And commandeth that they return from iniquity.
11
他們若聽從事奉他、就必度日亨通、歷年福樂。
If they hearken and serve [him], They shall spend their days in prosperity, And their years in pleasures.
12
若不聽從、就要被刀殺滅、無知無識而死。
But if they hearken not, they shall perish by the sword, And they shall die without knowledge.
13
那心中不敬虔的人、積蓄怒氣． 神捆綁他們、他們竟不求救．
But they that are godless in heart lay up anger: They cry not for help when he bindeth them.
14
必在青年時死亡、與汚穢人一樣喪命。
They die in youth, And their life [perisheth] among the unclean.
15
神藉着困苦、救拔困苦人、趁他們受欺壓、開通他們的耳朶。
He delivereth the afflicted by their affliction, And openeth their ear in oppression.
16
神也必引你出離患難、進入寬闊不狹窄之地．擺在你席上的、必滿有肥甘。
Yea, he would have allured thee out of distress Into a broad place, where there is no straitness; And that which is set on thy table would be full of fatness.
17
但你滿口有惡人批評的言語．判斷和刑罰抓住你。
But thou art full of the judgment of the wicked: Judgment and justice take hold [on thee].
18
不可容忿怒觸動你、使你不服責罰．也不可因贖價大就偏行。
For let not wrath stir thee up against chastisements; Neither let the greatness of the ransom turn thee aside.
19
你的呼求、〈呼求或作資財〉或是你一切的勢力、果有靈驗、叫你不受患難麼。
Will thy cry avail, [that thou be] not in distress, Or all the forces of [thy] strength?
20
不要切慕黑夜、就是衆民在本處被除滅的時候。
Desire not the night, When peoples are cut off in their place.
21
你要謹愼、不可重看罪孽、因你選擇罪孽、過於選擇苦難。
Take heed, regard not iniquity: For this hast thou chosen rather than affliction.
22
神行事有高大的能力．教訓人的、有誰像他呢。
Behold, God doeth loftily in his power: Who is a teacher like unto him?
23
誰派定他的道路．誰能說、你所行的不義。
Who hath enjoined him his way? Or who can say, Thou hast wrought unrighteousness?
24
你不可忘記稱讚他所行的爲大、就是人所歌頌的。
Remember that thou magnify his work, Whereof men have sung.
25
他所行的萬人都看見、世人也從遠處觀看。
All men have looked thereon; Man beholdeth it afar off.
26
神爲大、我們不能全知．他的年數不能測度。
Behold, God is great, and we know him not; The number of his years is unsearchable.
27
他吸取水點、這水點從雲霧中就變成雨．
For he draweth up the drops of water, Which distil in rain from his vapor,
28
雲彩將雨落下、沛然降與世人。
Which the skies pour down And drop upon man abundantly.
29
誰能明白雲彩如何鋪張、和 神行宮的雷聲呢。
Yea, can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, The thunderings of his pavilion?
30
他將亮光普照在自己的四圍．他又遮覆海底。
Behold, he spreadeth his light around him; And he covereth the bottom of the sea.
31
他用這些審判衆民、且賜豐富的糧食。
For by these he judgeth the peoples; He giveth food in abundance.
32
他以電光遮手、命閃電擊中敵人。〈或作中了靶子〉
He covereth his hands with the lightning, And giveth it a charge that it strike the mark.
33
所發的雷聲顯明他的作爲、又向牲畜指明要起暴風。
The noise thereof telleth concerning him, The cattle also concerning [the storm] that cometh up.
1
因此我心戰兢、從原處移動。
Yea, at this my heart trembleth, And is moved out of its place.
2
聽阿、 神轟轟的聲音、是他口中所發的響聲。
Hear, oh, hear the noise of his voice, And the sound that goeth out of his mouth.
3
他發響聲震徧天下、發電光閃到地極。
He sendeth it forth under the whole heaven, And his lightening unto the ends of the earth.
4
隨後人聽見有雷聲轟轟、大發威嚴．雷電接連不斷。
After it a voice roareth; He thundereth with the voice of his majesty; And he restraineth not [the lightnings] when his voice is heard.
5
神發出奇妙的雷聲．他行大事、我們不能測透。
God thundereth marvellously with his voice; Great things doeth he, which we cannot comprehend.
6
他對雪說、要降在地上．對大雨和暴雨、也是這樣說。
For he saith to the snow, Fall thou on the earth; Likewise to the shower of rain, And to the showers of his mighty rain.
7
他封住各人的手、叫所造的萬人、都曉得他的作爲。
He sealeth up the hand of every man, That all men whom he hath made may know [it].
8
百獸進入穴中、臥在洞內。
Then the beasts go into coverts, And remain in their dens.
9
暴風出於南宮、寒冷出於北方。
Out of the chamber [of the south] cometh the storm, And cold out of the north.
10
神噓氣成冰、寬闊之水也都凝結。
By the breath of God ice is given; And the breadth of the waters is straitened.
11
他使密雲盛滿水氣．布散電光之雲．
Yea, he ladeth the thick cloud with moisture; He spreadeth abroad the cloud of his lightning:
12
這雲、是藉他的指引、遊行旋轉、得以在全地面上行他一切所吩咐的。
And it is turned round about by his guidance, That they may do whatsoever he commandeth them Upon the face of the habitable world,
13
或爲責罰、或爲潤地、或爲施行慈愛。
Whether it be for correction, or for his land, Or for lovingkindness, that he cause it to come.
14
約伯阿、你要留心聽．要站立思想 神奇妙的作爲。
Hearken unto this, O Job: Stand still, and consider the wondrous works of God.
15
神如何吩咐這些、如何使雲中的電光照耀、你知道麼。
Dost thou know how God layeth [his charge] upon them, And causeth the lightning of his cloud to shine?
16
雲彩如何浮於空中、那知識全備者奇妙的作爲、你知道麼。
Dost thou know the balancings of the clouds, The wondrous works of him who is perfect in knowledge?
17
南風使地寂靜、你的衣服就如火熱、你知道麼。
How thy garments are warm, When the earth is still by reason of the south [wind]?
18
你豈能與 神同鋪穹蒼麼．這穹蒼堅硬、如同鑄成的鏡子。
Canst thou with him spread out the sky, Which is strong as a molten mirror?
19
我們愚昧不能陳說、請你指教我們該對他說甚麼話。
Teach us what we shall say unto him; [For] we cannot set [our speech] in order by reason of darkness.
20
人豈可說、我願與他說話、豈有人自願滅亡麼。
Shall it be told him that I would speak? Or should a man wish that he were swallowed up?
21
現在有雲遮蔽、人不得見穹蒼的光亮．但風吹過、天又發晴。
And now men see not the light which is bright in the skies; But the wind passeth, and cleareth them.
22
金光出於北方．在 神那裏有可怕的威嚴。
Out of the north cometh golden splendor: God hath upon him terrible majesty.
23
論到全能者、我們不能測度．他大有能力、有公平和大義、必不苦待人。
[Touching] the Almighty, we cannot find him out He is excellent in power; And in justice and plenteous righteousness he will not afflict.
24
所以人敬畏他．凡自以爲心中有智慧的人、他都不顧念。
Men do therefore fear him: He regardeth not any that are wise of heart.
1
那時耶和華從旋風中回答約伯說、
Then Jehovah answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,
2
誰用無知的言語、使我的旨意暗昧不明、
Who is this that darkeneth counsel By words without knowledge?
3
你要如勇士束腰．我問你、你可以指示我。
Gird up now thy loins like a man; For I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.
4
我立大地根基的時候、你在哪裏呢．你若有聰明只管說罷。
Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? Declare, if thou hast understanding.
5
你若曉得就說、是誰定地的尺度．是誰把準繩拉在其上。
Who determined the measures thereof, if thou knowest? Or who stretched the line upon it?
6
地的根基安置在何處．地的角石是誰安放的。
Whereupon were the foundations thereof fastened? Or who laid the corner-stone thereof,
7
那時晨星一同歌唱、 神的衆子也都歡呼。
When the morning stars sang together, And all the sons of God shouted for joy?
8
海水衝出、如出胎胞．那時誰將他關閉呢．
Or [who] shut up the sea with doors, When it brake forth, [as if] it had issued out of the womb;
9
是我用雲彩當海的衣服、用幽暗當包裹他的布、
When I made clouds the garment thereof, And thick darkness a swaddling-band for it,
10
爲他定界限、又安門和閂、
And marked out for it my bound, And set bars and doors,
11
說、你只可到這裏、不可越過、你狂傲的浪要到此止住。
And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further; And here shall thy proud waves be stayed?
12
你自生以來、曾命定晨光、使清晨的日光知道本位．
Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days [began], [And] caused the dayspring to know its place;
13
叫這光普照地的四極、將惡人從其中驅逐出來麼。
That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, And the wicked be shaken out of it?
14
因這光地面改變如泥上印印．萬物出現如衣服一樣。
It is changed as clay under the seal; And [all things] stand forth as a garment:
15
亮光不照惡人、強橫的膀臂也必折斷。
And from the wicked their light is withholden, And the high arm is broken.
16
你曾進到海源、或在深淵的隱密處行走麼。
Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? Or hast thou walked in the recesses of the deep?
17
死亡的門、曾向你顯露麼．死蔭的門、你曾見過麼。
Have the gates of death been revealed unto thee? Or hast thou seen the gates of the shadow of death?
18
地的廣大、你能明透麼．你若全知道、只管說罷。
Hast thou comprehended the earth in its breadth? Declare, if thou knowest it all.
19
光明的居所從何而至、黑暗的本位在於何處。
Where is the way to the dwelling of light? And as for darkness, where is the place thereof,
20
你能帶到本境、能看明其室之路麼。
That thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof, And that thou shouldest discern the paths to the house thereof?
21
你總知道、因爲你早已生在世上、你日子的數目也多。
[Doubtless], thou knowest, for thou wast then born, And the number of thy days is great!
22
你曾進入雪庫、或見過雹倉麼。
Hast thou entered the treasuries of the snow, Or hast thou seen the treasures of the hail,
23
這雪雹乃是我爲降災、並打仗和爭戰的日子所豫備的。
Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, Against the day of battle and war?
24
光亮從何路分開、東風從何路分散徧地。
By what way is the light parted, Or the east wind scattered upon the earth?
25
誰爲雨水分道、誰爲雷電開路．
Who hath cleft a channel for the waterflood, Or the way for the lightning of the thunder;
26
使雨降在無人之地、無人居住的曠野．
To cause it to rain on a land where no man is; On the wilderness, wherein there is no man;
27
使荒廢淒涼之地得以豐足、青草得以發生。
To satisfy the waste and desolate [ground], And to cause the tender grass to spring forth?
28
雨有父麼、露水珠、是誰生的呢。
Hath the rain a father? Or who hath begotten the drops of dew?
29
冰出於誰的胎、天上的霜、是誰生的呢。
Out of whose womb came the ice? And the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it?
30
諸水堅硬〈或作隱藏〉如石頭、深淵之面凝結成冰。
The waters hide themselves [and become] like stone, And the face of the deep is frozen.
31
你能繫住昴星的結麼、能解開參星的帶麼。
Canst thou bind the cluster of the Pleiades, Or loose the bands of Orion?
32
你能按時領出十二宮麼、能引導北斗和隨他的衆星麼．〈星原文作子〉
Canst thou lead forth the Mazzaroth in their season? Or canst thou guide the Bear with her train?
33
你知道天的定例麼、能使地歸在天的權下麼。
Knowest thou the ordinances of the heavens? Canst thou establish the dominion thereof in the earth?
34
你能向雲彩揚起聲來、使傾盆的雨遮蓋你麼。
Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, That abundance of waters may cover thee?
35
你能發出閃電、叫他行去、使他對你說、我們在這裏。
Canst thou send forth lightnings, that they may go, And say unto thee, Here we are?
36
誰將智慧放在懷中、誰將聰明賜於心內。
Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? Or who hath given understanding to the mind?
37
誰能用智慧數算雲彩呢、塵土聚集成團、土塊緊緊結連．那時、誰能傾倒天上的瓶呢。
Who can number the clouds by wisdom? Or who can pour out the bottles of heaven,
38
誰能用智慧數算雲彩呢、塵土聚集成團、土塊緊緊結連．那時、誰能傾倒天上的瓶呢。
When the dust runneth into a mass, And the clods cleave fast together?
39
母獅子在洞中蹲伏、少壯獅子在隱密處埋伏、你能爲他們抓取食物、使他們飽足麼。
Canst thou hunt the prey for the lioness, Or satisfy the appetite of the young lions,
40
母獅子在洞中蹲伏、少壯獅子在隱密處埋伏、你能爲他們抓取食物、使他們飽足麼。
When they couch in their dens, [And] abide in the covert to lie in wait?
41
烏鴉之雛、因無食物飛來飛去、哀告 神．那時、誰爲他豫備食物呢。
Who provideth for the raven his prey, When his young ones cry unto God, [And] wander for lack of food?
1
山巖間的野山羊幾時生產、你知道麼．母鹿下犢之期你能察定麼．
Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? [Or] canst thou mark when the hinds do calve?
2
他們懷胎的月數、你能數算麼．他們幾時生產你能曉得麼．
Canst thou number the months that they fulfil? Or knowest thou the time when they bring forth?
3
他們屈身、將子生下、就除掉疼痛。
They bow themselves, they bring forth their young, They cast out their pains.
4
這子漸漸肥壯、在荒野長大、去而不回。
Their young ones become strong, they grow up in the open field; They go forth, and return not again.
5
誰放野驢出去自由．誰解開快驢的繩索。
Who hath sent out the wild ass free? Or who hath loosed the bonds of the swift ass,
6
我使曠野作他的住處、使鹹地當他的居所。
Whose home I have made the wilderness, And the salt land his dwelling-place?
7
他嗤笑城內的喧嚷、不聽趕牲𤘘的喝聲。
He scorneth the tumult of the city, Neither heareth he the shoutings of the driver.
8
徧山是他的草塲．他尋找各樣青綠之物。
The range of the mountains is his pasture, And he searcheth after every green thing.
9
野牛豈肯服事你．豈肯住在你的槽旁。
Will the wild-ox be content to serve thee? Or will he abide by thy crib?
10
你豈能用套繩將野牛籠在犂溝之間．他豈肯隨你耙山谷之地。
Canst thou bind the wild-ox with his band in the furrow? Or will he harrow the valleys after thee?
11
豈可因他的力大、就倚靠他、豈可把你的工交給他作麼。
Wilt thou trust him, because his strength is great? Or wilt thou leave to him thy labor?
12
豈可信靠他把你的糧食運到家、又收聚你禾塲上的穀麼。
Wilt thou confide in him, that he will bring home thy seed, And gather [the grain] of thy threshing-floor?
13
鴕鳥的翅膀歡然搧展、豈是顯慈愛的翎毛和羽毛麼。
The wings of the ostrich wave proudly; [But] are they the pinions and plumage of love?
14
因他把蛋留在地上、在塵土中、使得溫暖．
For she leaveth her eggs on the earth, And warmeth them in the dust,
15
卻想不到被腳踹碎、或被野獸踐踏。
And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, Or that the wild beast may trample them.
16
他忍心待雛、似乎不是自己的．雖然徒受勞苦、也不爲雛懼怕．
She dealeth hardly with her young ones, as if they were not hers: Though her labor be in vain, [she is] without fear;
17
因爲 神使他沒有智慧、也未將悟性賜給他。
Because God hath deprived her of wisdom, Neither hath he imparted to her understanding.
18
他幾時挺身展開翅膀、就嗤笑馬和騎馬的人。
What time she lifteth up herself on high, She scorneth the horse and his rider.
19
馬的大力是你所賜的麼．他頸項上挓挱的騌、是你給他披上的麼．
Hast thou given the horse [his] might? Hast thou clothed his neck with the quivering mane?
20
是你叫他跳躍像蝗蟲麼．他噴氣之威使人驚惶。
Hast thou made him to leap as a locust? The glory of his snorting is terrible.
21
他在谷中刨地、自喜其力．他出去迎接佩帶兵器的人。
He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength: He goeth out to meet the armed men.
22
他嗤笑可怕的事、並不驚惶、也不因刀劍退回。
He mocketh at fear, and is not dismayed; Neither turneth he back from the sword.
23
箭袋和發亮的槍、並短槍、在他身上錚錚有聲。
The quiver rattleth against him, The flashing spear and the javelin.
24
他發猛烈的怒氣將地吞下．一聽角聲就不耐站立。
He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage; Neither believeth he that it is the voice of the trumpet.
25
角每發聲、他說、呵哈．他從遠處聞着戰氣、又聽見軍長大發雷聲、和兵丁吶喊。
As oft as the trumpet [soundeth] he saith, Aha! And he smelleth the battle afar off, The thunder of the captains, and the shouting.
26
鷹雀飛翔、展開翅膀、一直向南、豈是藉你的智慧麼。
Is it by thy wisdom that the hawk soareth, (And) stretcheth her wings toward the south?
27
大鷹上騰、在高處搭窩、豈是聽你的吩咐麼。
Is it at thy command that the eagle mounteth up, And maketh her nest on high?
28
他住在山巖、以山峯和堅固之所爲家．
On the cliff she dwelleth, and maketh her home, Upon the point of the cliff, and the stronghold.
29
從那裏窺看食物、眼睛遠遠觀望。
From thence she spieth out the prey; Her eyes behold it afar off.
30
他的雛也咂血．被殺的人在那裏、他也在那裏。
Her young ones also suck up blood: And where the slain are, there is she.
1
耶和華又對約伯說、
Moreover Jehovah answered Job, and said,
2
強辯的、豈可與全能者爭論麼．與 神辯駁的、可以回答這些罷。
Shall he that cavilleth contend with the Almighty? He that argueth with God, let him answer it.
3
於是約伯回答耶和華說、
Then Job answered Jehovah, and said,
4
我是卑賤的．我用甚麼回答你呢．只好用手摀口。
Behold, I am of small account; What shall I answer thee? I lay my hand upon my mouth.
5
我說了一次、再不回答．說了兩次、就不再說。
Once have I spoken, and I will not answer; Yea, twice, but I will proceed no further.
6
於是耶和華從旋風中回答約伯、說、
Then Jehovah answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,
7
你要如勇士束腰．我問你、你可以指示我。
Gird up thy loins now like a man: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.
8
你豈可廢棄我所擬定的．豈可定我有罪、好顯自己爲義麼。
Wilt thou even annul my judgment? Wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be justified?
9
你有 神那樣的膀臂麼．你能像他發雷聲麼。
Or hast thou an arm like God? And canst thou thunder with a voice like him?
10
你要以榮耀莊嚴爲妝飾、以尊榮威嚴爲衣服．
Deck thyself now with excellency and dignity; And array thyself with honor and majesty.
11
要發出你滿溢的怒氣、見一切驕傲的人、使他降卑．
Pour forth the overflowings of thine anger; And look upon every one that is proud, and abase him.
12
見一切驕傲的人、將他制伏、把惡人踐踏在本處．
Look on every one that is proud, [and] bring him low; And tread down the wicked where they stand.
13
將他們一同隱藏在塵土中、把他們的臉蒙蔽在隱密處．
Hide them in the dust together; Bind their faces in the hidden [place].
14
我就認你右手能以救自己。
Then will I also confess of thee That thine own right hand can save thee.
15
你且觀看河馬．我造你也造他．他喫草與牛一樣。
Behold now, behemoth, which I made as well as thee; He eateth grass as an ox.
16
他的氣力在腰間、能力在肚腹的筋上。
Lo now, his strength is in his loins, And his force is in the muscles of his belly.
17
他搖動尾巴如香柏樹．他大腿的筋互相聯絡。
He moveth his tail like a cedar: The sinews of his thighs are knit together.
18
他的骨頭好像銅管．他的肢體彷彿鐵棍。
His bones are [as] tubes of brass; His limbs are like bars of iron.
19
他在 神所造的物中爲首．創造他的給他刀劍。
He is the chief of the ways of God: He [only] that made him giveth him his sword.
20
諸山給他出食物、也是百獸遊玩之處。
Surely the mountains bring him forth food, Where all the beasts of the field do play.
21
他伏在蓮葉之下、臥在蘆葦隱密處、和水窪子裏。
He lieth under the lotus-trees, In the covert of the reed, and the fen.
22
蓮葉的陰涼遮蔽他、溪旁的柳樹環繞他。
The lotus-trees cover him with their shade; The willows of the brook compass him about.
23
河水氾濫、他不發戰、就是約但河的水漲到他口邊、也是安然。
Behold, if a river overflow, he trembleth not; He is confident, though a Jordan swell even to his mouth.
24
在他防備的時候誰能捉拿他、誰能牢籠他穿他的鼻子呢。
Shall any take him when he is on the watch, Or pierce through his nose with a snare?
1
你能用魚鈎釣上鱷魚麼、能用繩子壓下他的舌頭麼。
Canst thou draw out leviathan with a fishhook? Or press down his tongue with a cord?
2
你能用繩索穿他的鼻子麼、能用鈎穿他的腮骨麼。
Canst thou put a rope into his nose? Or pierce his jaw through with a hook?
3
他豈向你連連懇求、說柔和的話麼．
Will he make many supplications unto thee? Or will he speak soft words unto thee?
4
豈肯與你立約、使你拿他永遠作奴僕麼。
Will he make a covenant with thee, That thou shouldest take him for a servant for ever?
5
你豈可拿他當雀鳥玩耍麼．豈可爲你的幼女將他拴住麼。
Wilt thou play with him as with a bird? Or wilt thou bind him for thy maidens?
6
搭夥的漁夫、豈可拿他當貨物麼、能把他分給商人麼。
Will the bands [of fishermen] make traffic of him? Will they part him among the merchants?
7
你能用倒鈎槍扎滿他的皮、能用魚叉叉滿他的頭麼。
Canst thou fill his skin with barbed irons, Or his head with fish-spears?
8
你按手在他身上、想與他爭戰、就不再這樣行罷。
Lay thy hand upon him; Remember the battle, and do so no more.
9
人指望捉拿他、是徒然的．一見他、豈不喪膽麼。
Behold, the hope of him is in vain: Will not one be cast down even at the sight of him?
10
沒有那麼兇猛的人敢惹他．這樣、誰能在我面前站立得住呢。
None is so fierce that he dare stir him up; Who then is he that can stand before me?
11
誰先給我甚麼、使我償還呢、天下萬物都是我的。
Who hath first given unto me, that I should repay him? [Whatsoever is] under the whole heaven is mine.
12
論到鱷魚的肢體、和其大力、並美好的骨格、我不能緘默不言。
I will not keep silence concerning his limbs, Nor his mighty strength, nor his goodly frame.
13
誰能剝他的外衣．誰能進他上下牙骨之間呢。
Who can strip off his outer garment? Who shall come within his jaws?
14
誰能開他的腮頰．他牙齒四圍是可畏的。
Who can open the doors of his face? Round about his teeth is terror.
15
他以堅固的鱗甲爲可誇、緊緊合閉、封得嚴密。
[His] strong scales are [his] pride, Shut up together [as with] a close seal.
16
這鱗甲一一相連、甚至氣不得透入其間．
One is so near to another, That no air can come between them.
17
都是互相聯絡、膠結不能分離。
They are joined one to another; They stick together, so that they cannot be sundered.
18
他打噴嚏、就發出光來．他眼睛好像早晨的光線．〈光線原文作眼皮〉
His sneezings flash forth light, And his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.
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從他口中發出燒着的火把、與飛迸的火星。
Out of his mouth go burning torches, And sparks of fire leap forth.
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從他鼻孔冒出煙來、如燒開的鍋、和點着的蘆葦。
Out of his nostrils a smoke goeth, As of a boiling pot and [burning] rushes.
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他的氣點着煤炭、有火燄從他口中發出。
His breath kindleth coals, And a flame goeth forth from his mouth.
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他頸項中存着勁力、在他面前的都恐嚇蹦跳。
In his neck abideth strength, And terror danceth before him.
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他的肉塊互相聯絡、緊貼其身、不能搖動。
The flakes of his flesh are joined together: They are firm upon him; they cannot be moved.
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他的心結實如石頭、如下磨石那樣結實。
His heart is as firm as a stone; Yea, firm as the nether millstone.
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他一起來、勇士都驚恐．心裏慌亂、便都昏迷。
When he raiseth himself up, the mighty are afraid: By reason of consternation they are beside themselves.
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人若用刀、用槍、用標槍、用尖槍扎他、都是無用。
If one lay at him with the sword, it cannot avail; Nor the spear, the dart, nor the pointed shaft.
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他以鐵爲乾草、以銅爲爛木。
He counteth iron as straw, [And] brass as rotten wood.
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箭不能恐嚇他使他逃避、彈石在他看爲碎稭。
The arrow cannot make him flee: Sling-stones are turned with him into stubble.
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棍棒算爲禾稭．他嗤笑短槍颼的響聲。
Clubs are counted as stubble: He laugheth at the rushing of the javelin.
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他肚腹下如尖瓦片．他如釘耙經過淤泥。
His underparts are [like] sharp potsherds: He spreadeth [as it were] a threshing-wain upon the mire.
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他使深淵開滾如鍋、使洋海如鍋中的膏油。
He maketh the deep to boil like a pot: He maketh the sea like a pot of ointment.
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他行的路隨後發光、令人想深淵如同白髮。
He maketh a path to shine after him; One would think the deep to be hoary.
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在地上沒有像他造的那樣無所懼怕．
Upon earth there is not his like, That is made without fear.
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凡高大的、他無不藐視、他在驕傲的水族上作王。
He beholdeth everything that is high: He is king over all the sons of pride.
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約伯回答耶和華說、
Then Job answered Jehovah, and said,
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我知道你萬事都能作、你的旨意不能攔阻。
I know that thou canst do all things, And that no purpose of thine can be restrained.
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誰用無知的言語、使你的旨意隱藏呢。我所說的、是我不明白的．這些事太奇妙、是我不知道的。
Who is this that hideth counsel without knowledge? Therefore have I uttered that which I understood not, Things too wonderful for me, which I knew not.
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求你聽我、我要說話．我問你、求你指示我。
Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak; I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.
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我從前風聞有你、現在親眼看見你。
I had heard of thee by the hearing of the ear; But now mine eye seeth thee:
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因此我厭惡自己、〈自己或作我的言語〉在塵土和爐灰中懊悔。
Wherefore I abhor [myself], And repent in dust and ashes.
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耶和華對約伯說話以後、就對提幔人以利法說、我的怒氣向你、和你兩個朋友發作．因爲你們議論我、不如我的僕人約伯說的是。
And it was so, that, after Jehovah had spoken these words unto Job, Jehovah said to Eliphaz the Temanite, My wrath is kindled against thee, and against thy two friends; for ye have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job hath.
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現在你們要取七隻公牛、七隻公羊、到我僕人約伯那裏去、爲自己獻上燔祭．我的僕人約伯就爲你們祈禱．我因悅納他、就不按你們的愚妄辦你們．你們議論我、不如我的僕人約伯說的是。
Now therefore, take unto you seven bullocks and seven rams, and go to my servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt-offering; and my servant Job shall pray for you; for him will I accept, that I deal not with you after your folly; for ye have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job hath.
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於是提幔人以利法、書亞人比勒達、拿瑪人瑣法、照着耶和華所吩咐的去行、耶和華就悅納約伯。
So Eliphaz the Temanite and Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite went, and did according as Jehovah commanded them: and Jehovah accepted Job.
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約伯爲他的朋友祈禱、耶和華就使約伯從苦境轉回、〈苦境原文作擄掠〉並且耶和華賜給他的、比他從前所有的加倍。
And Jehovah turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends: and Jehovah gave Job twice as much as he had before.
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約伯的弟兄、姐妹、和以先所認識的人都來見他、在他家裏一同喫飯．又論到耶和華所降與他的一切災禍．都爲他悲傷安慰他．每人也送他一塊銀子、和一個金環。
Then came there unto him all his brethren, and all his sisters, and all they that had been of his acquaintance before, and did eat bread with him in his house: and they bemoaned him, and comforted him concerning all the evil that Jehovah had brought upon him: every man also gave him a piece of money, and every one a ring of gold.
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這樣、耶和華後來賜福給約伯、比先前更多．他有一萬四千羊、六千駱駝、一千對牛、一千母驢。
So Jehovah blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning: And he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she-asses.
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他也有七個兒子、三個女兒。
He had also seven sons and three daughters.
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他給長女起名叫耶米瑪．次女叫基洗亞．三女叫基連哈樸。
And he called the name of the first, Jemimah: and the name of the second, Keziah; and the name of the third, Keren-happuch.
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在那全地的婦女中、找不着像約伯的女兒那樣美貌．他們的父親使他們在弟兄中得產業。
And in all the land were no women found so fair as the daughters of Job: and their father gave them inheritance among their brethren.
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此後、約伯又活了一百四十年、得見他的兒孫、直到四代。
And after this Job lived a hundred and forty years, and saw his sons, and his sons` sons, [even] four generations.
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這樣、約伯年紀老邁、日子滿足而死。
So Job died, being old and full of days. Book I Psalm 1