Job:Chapter 1

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Job:Chapter 1

約伯傳	Job
¹從前在胡茲地方，有一個人名叫約伯，為人十全十美，生性正直，敬畏天主，遠離邪惡。	¹Job, a blameless and upright man who feared God and shunned evil, once lived in the land of Uz.
²他生了七個兒子，三個女兒。	²He had seven sons and three daughters.
³家畜有七千隻羊，三千駱駝，五百對牛，五百母驢，且有很多僕人。此人是當時東方人民中最偉大的人物。	³Owner of seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, five hundred yoke of oxen, five hundred donkeys and a large number of servants, he was considered the greatest man among the people of the East.
⁴他的每個兒子，按日輪流在家中設宴，且派人邀請他們的三個姊妹來一同宴飲。	⁴His sons used to take turns holding banquets in their homes and they would invite their three sisters to dine and drink with them.
⁵及至宴飲的日子輪流一週，約伯總是派人召集他們來聖潔他們，清早起來照子女的數目，獻上全燔祭品說：「恐怕我的兒子犯了罪，心中詛咒了天主。」約伯常常如此行事。	⁵After each series of banquets, Job would send for his sons and daughters and have them purified. He would rise early in the morning, offer a holocaust for each of his children, thinking, "Perhaps they have sinned and blasphemed God in their hearts." This had been quite a routine for Job.
⁶有一天，天主的眾子都來侍立在上主面前，撒殫也夾在他們當中。	⁶One day the sons of God came to present themselves before Yahweh, and Satan came with them.
⁷上主問撒殫說：「你從那裏來？」撒殫回答上主說：「我走遍了世界，周遊了各地回來。」	⁷Yahweh asked Satan, "Where have you been?" Satan answered, "Going up and down the earth, roaming about."
⁸上主對撒殫說：「你曾留心注意到我的僕人約伯沒有？因為世上沒有一個像他那樣十全十美，生性正直，敬畏天主，遠避邪惡的人。」	⁸Yahweh asked again, "Have you noticed my servant Job? No one on earth is as blameless and upright as he, a man who fears God and avoids evil."
⁹撒殫回答上主說：「約伯那裏是無緣無故敬畏天主的呢？	⁹But Satan returned the question, "Does Job fear God for nothing?
¹⁰你不是四面保護他、他的家庭和他所有的一切麼？並且凡是他親手做的，你都祝福了；你使他的牲畜在地上繁殖增多。	¹⁰Have you not built a protective wall around him and his family and all his possessions? You have blessed and prospered him, with his livestock all over the land.
¹¹但是你若伸手打擊他所有的一切，他必定當面詛咒你。」	¹¹But stretch out your hand and strike where his riches are, and I bet he will curse you to your face."
¹²上主對撒殫說：「看，他所有的一切，都隨你處理，只是不要伸手加害他的身體。」撒殫遂離開天主走了。	¹²Yahweh said to Satan, "Very well, all that he has is in your power. But do not lay a finger upon the man himself." So Satan left the presence of Yahweh.
¹³有一天，他的兒子同他的女兒，正在長兄家裏歡宴飲酒的時候，	¹³One day, while his sons and daughters were feasting in the house of their eldest brother,
¹⁴有個帶信的人跑來向約伯說：「牛正在耕田，母驢在一旁吃草的時候，	¹⁴a messenger came to Job and said, "Your oxen were plowing, and your donkeys were grazing nearby
¹⁵舍巴人突然闖來將牲口搶了去，用刀將那些僕人殺了，只有我一人逃脫，來向你報告。」	¹⁵when the Sabaeans came and carried them off. They killed the herdsmen. I alone escaped to tell you."
¹⁶這人還在報告時，另一個人跑來說：「天主的火由天降下，將羊群和僕人都燒死了，只有我一人逃脫，來向你報告。」	¹⁶While he was still speaking, another messenger came, "God's fire fell from the sky and burned all your sheep and the shepherds as well. I alone have escaped to tell you."
¹⁷這人還在報告時，另一個人跑來說：「加色丁人分成三隊闖入駱駝群，將駱駝搶走了，用刀將僕人殺了，只有我一人逃脫，來向你報告。」	¹⁷He had hardly finished speaking when another messenger arrived, "Three raiding teams of Chaldeans have killed your servants and carried off your camels. I alone have escaped to tell you."
¹⁸這人還在報告時，另一個人跑來說；「你的兒女正在長兄家宴飲的時候，	¹⁸He was still speaking when a third messenger came and said to Job, "Your sons and daughters were eating and drinking in the house of their eldest brother
¹⁹忽然從曠野那邊吹來一陣颶風，颳倒了房屋的四角，壓死了你的孩子，只有我一人幸免，來向你報告。」	¹⁹when suddenly a great wind blew across the desert and struck the house. It collapsed on the young people and they all died. I alone have escaped to tell you."
²⁰約伯就起來，撕裂了自己的外氅，剃去頭髮，俯伏在地叩拜，	²⁰In grief Job tore his clothes and shaved his head. Then he fell to the ground and worshiped,
²¹說「我赤身脫離母胎，也要赤身歸去；上主賜的，上主收回，願上主的名受到讚美！」	²¹saying, "Naked I came from my mother's womb, naked shall I return. Yahweh gave, Yahweh has taken away. Blessed be his name!"
²²就這一切事而論，約伯並沒有犯罪，也沒有說抱怨天主的話。	²²In spite of this calamity, Job did not sin by blaspheming God.

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