| 約伯傳 |
Job |
| 1約伯回答說： |
1Then Job replied and said: |
| 2的確，只有你們是有知識的子民；那麼，你們一死，智慧也與你們一同喪亡！ |
2No doubt you are the intelligent folk, and with you wisdom shall die! |
| 3其實，我和你們有同樣的心理，我並不亞於你們！誰不知道這些事？ |
3But I have intelligence as well as you; for who does not know such things as these? |
| 4我這呼籲天主而蒙應允的人，卻被他的友人所嘲笑，無辜的義人卻成了笑柄。 |
4 I have become the sport of my neighbors: "The one whom God answers when he calls upon him, The just, the perfect man," is a laughing-stock; |
| 5幸運的人心想：遭難的人應受蔑視，失足的人應再予以打擊。 |
5The undisturbed esteem my downfall a disgrace such as awaits unsteady feet; |
| 6但是，強盜的帳幕竟能安全，觸怒天主的人，以勢力為神的人卻享平安。 |
6Yet the tents of robbers are prosperous, and those who provoke God are secure. |
| 7請你詢問走獸，牠們也會開導你；詢問天上的飛鳥，牠們也會告訴你； |
7But now ask the beasts to teach you, and the birds of the air to tell you; |
| 8地上的爬蟲也會教訓你，海中的魚族也會給你說明。 |
8Or the reptiles on earth to instruct you, and the fish of the sea to inform you. |
| 9牠們中有誰不知道：是天主的手創造了這一切？ |
9Which of all these does not know that the hand of God has done this? |
| 10因為一切活物的生魂，一切血肉之人的靈魂，都握在他手中。 |
10In his hand is the soul of every living thing, and the life breath of all mankind. |
| 11耳朵不是為明辨言語，口腔不是為辨嘗食物嗎？ |
11Does not the ear judge words as the mouth tastes food? |
| 12白髮老人是有智慧的，年紀大者是有見識的； |
12So with old age is wisdom, and with length of days understanding. |
| 13但智慧和能力同在天主內，智慧與見識是天主所有。 |
13With him are wisdom and might; his are counsel and understanding. |
| 14他若拆毀，人不能再建；他若拘禁，人不得開釋。 |
14If he breaks a thing down, there is no rebuilding; if he imprisons a man, there is no release. |
| 15他若制水，水便乾涸；他若放水，水便沖毀大地。 |
15He holds back the waters and there is drought; he sends them forth and they overwhelm the land. |
| 16力量與才能，為他所有；受騙者與騙人者，都屬於他。 |
16With him are strength and prudence; the misled and the misleaders are his. |
| 17他使謀士糊塗，使判官愚蠢； |
17He sends counselors away barefoot, and of judges he makes fools. |
| 18他解除君王所繫的玉帶，將繩索捆在他們的腰間； |
18 He loosens the bonds imposed by kings and leaves but a waistcloth to bind the king's own loins. |
| 19他使司祭赤足而行，推倒掌握大權者； |
19and lets their never-failing waters flow away. |
| 20奪去忠貞者的辯才，剝去年老者的理智： |
20He silences the trusted adviser, and takes discretion from the aged. |
| 21使貴人備受侮辱，使勇士的腰帶鬆弛； |
21He breaks down the barriers of the streams |
| 22使隱秘的事由暗處彰顯，使黑暗進入光明； |
22The recesses of the darkness he discloses, and brings the gloom forth to the light. |
| 23使邦國興起而又滅亡，使民族強大而又消散； |
23He makes nations great and he destroys them; he spreads peoples abroad and he abandons them. |
| 24剝去國君的理智，使他們漂泊於無路的荒野中， |
24He takes understanding from the leaders of the land, |
| 25在無光的黑暗中摸索，踉蹌猶如醉漢。 |
25till they grope in the darkness without light; he makes them stagger like drunken men. |
