Job:Chapter 31
Index
| Previous | Job:Chapter 31 | Next |
| 約伯傳 | Job |
|---|---|
| 1我同我的眼立了約，決不注視處女。 | 1I have made a covenant with my eyes not even to gaze at a virgin. |
| 2天主由上所註定的一分是什麼？全能者由高處所給的產業是什麼？ | 2For what is man's lot from God on high, his heritage from the Almighty above? |
| 3豈不是為惡人註定了喪亡，為作孽的人註定了災殃？ | 3Is it not ruin for the wicked, disaster for the wrongdoer? |
| 4他豈不監視我的行徑，計算我的腳步？ | 4Does he not see my ways and number all my steps? |
| 5我若與虛偽同行，我的腳若趨向詭詐， | 5Have I walked in falsehood? Have my feet hastened towards deceit? |
| 6願天主以公正的天平秤量我，他必知道我的純正。 | 6Let me be weighed in honest scales, that God may know I am guiltless. |
| 7我的腳步如果離開了正道，我的心如果隨從了眼目之所見，我的手若持有不潔， | 7If my steps have turned from the way and my heart's desire has gone astray, if my hands have been stained, |
| 8那麼，我種的，情願讓別人來吃；我栽的，情願讓別人拔出。 | 8then may others eat what I have sown, or may my crops be stricken down. |
| 9我的心如果為婦女所迷，我如果曾在鄰人門口等候婦女， | 9If I have been enticed by a woman, if I have lurked at my neighbor's door, |
| 10就讓我的妻子給人推磨，讓別人與她同寢。 | 10then may my wife grind for another, and may other men sleep with her. |
| 11因為這是淫行，是應受嚴刑的罪惡； | 11(For that is enough to make one ashamed, a crime that should be utterly condemned.) |
| 12是一種焚燒至毀滅的火，燒盡我全部產業的火。 | 12For it is a fire that burns to destruction; it would have consumed all my possessions. |
| 13當我的僕婢與我爭執時，我若輕視他們的權利， | 13If I have denied justice to my servants when they had a grievance against me, |
| 14天主起來時，我可怎麼辦呢？他若追問，我可怎樣回答？ | 14what would I do when confronted by God? What would I answer when called to account? |
| 15在母胎造成我的，不是也造了他們？在母胎形成我們的，不是只有他一個？ | 15No less than I, they too were formed in the womb by the same God who formed us all within our mothers. |
| 16我何時曾拒絕了窮苦人的渴望，我何時曾使寡婦的眼目頹喪？ | 16Have I denied anything to the poor, or allowed the widow's eyes to languish? |
| 17我何時獨自吃食物，而沒有與孤兒共用？ | 17Have I eaten my food alone, not sharing it with the fatherless? |
| 18因為天主自我幼年，就像父親教養了我；自我出了母胎，就引導了我。 | 18No! since youth I have fostered him, and from my mother's womb, I have guided the widow. |
| 19如果我見了無衣蔽體的乞丐，無遮蓋的窮人， | 19Have I seen a man cold and shivering, destitute, in need of clothing, |
| 20如果他的心沒有向我道謝，沒有以我的羊毛獲得溫暖， | 20who did not bless me from his heart for giving him the warmth of my fleece? |
| 21如果我在城門口見有支持我者，就舉手攻擊無罪者， | 21If I have raised my hand against the orphan, trusting in my power and influence, |
| 22那麼，讓我的肩由胛骨脫落，我的胳膊由肘處折斷！ | 22then let my shoulder fall from its socket, let my arm be broken at the joint. |
| 23因為天主的懲罰使我驚駭，因他的威嚴，我站立不住。 | 23For I feared God-sent calamity, and how could I stand in his presence? |
| 24我何嘗以黃金為依靠，對純金說過：「你是我的靠山？」 | 24If I have put my trust in gold or have sought my security from it, |
| 25我何嘗因財產豐富，手賺的多而喜樂過？ | 25if I have gloated over my wealth, my fortune and accomplishments, |
| 26我何時見太陽照耀，月亮皎潔徐行， | 26if I have regarded the sun in its radiance or the moon in its splendor, |
| 27我的心遂暗中受到迷惑，我的口遂親手送吻？ | 27and having been enticed offered them a kiss of my hand in homage, |
| 28這也是應受嚴罰的罪過，因為我背棄了至高的天主。 | 28then these also would be sins to judge for I would have been unfaithful to God. |
| 29我何時慶幸恨我者遭殃，見他遭遇不幸而得意？ | 29Have I rejoiced at my enemy's misfortune or gloated over disaster that came his way? |
| 30其實，我沒有容我的口犯罪，詛咒過他的性命。 | 30I have not even allowed my mouth to sin by invoking a curse against him. |
| 31我帳幕內的人是否有人說過：「某人沒有吃飽主人給的肉？」 | 31Those of my household used to say, "Who has not been fed with Job's meat?" |
| 32外方人沒有睡在露天地裏，我的門常為旅客敞開。 | 32No sojourner ever spent the night in the street, for my door was always open to wayfarers. |
| 33我的田地若控告我，犁溝若一同哀訴， | 33Have I, out of human weakness, hidden my sins and concealed guilt in my heart, |
| 34我若吃田中的產物而不付代價，或叫地主心靈悲傷， | 34keeping silent by myself, because I feared the crowd and their contempt? |
| 35願此地不再長小麥而長荊棘，不長大麥而長惡草。 | 35Oh, that I had someone to hear me! Let the Almighty answer! This is my plea. Let my accuser write his indictment |
| 36我豈像凡人一樣，掩飾過我的過犯，把邪惡隱藏在胸中？ | 36and I will wear it on my shoulder, or bind it round my head like a turban. |
| 37我豈怕群眾的吵鬧？親族的謾罵豈能嚇住我，使我不敢作聲，杜門不出？ | 37I would give him an account of my every step, and go as boldly as a prince to meet him. This is the end of the words of Job. |
| 38惟願天主俯聽我，這是我最後的要求：願全能者答覆我！我的對方所寫的狀詞， | 38If my land has cried against me and its furrows wept |
| 39我把它背在肩上，編成我的冠冕。 | 39because I have eaten its fruits unjustly after getting rid of its owners, |
| 40我將像王侯一樣走向他面前，向他一一陳述我的行為。──約伯的話至此為止。 | 40let thorns grow instead of wheat and weeds in the place of barley. |
Chinese Bible Text: Copyrights of Studium Biblicum O.F.M. All rights reserved.
Produced by www.ccreadbible.org