約伯傳:Chapter 27
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| 約伯傳 | Job |
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| 1約伯繼續他的言論說： | 1I will teach you the manner of God's dealings, and the way of the Almighty I will not conceal. |
| 2我指著那剝奪我權利的天主起誓，指著使我心靈苦痛的全能者起誓： | 2 As God lives, who withholds my deserts, the Almighty, who has made bitter my soul, |
| 3幾時我還有氣息，我鼻中尚有天主賦予的生氣， | 3So long as I still have life in me and the breath of God is in my nostrils, |
| 4我的口唇決不說謊言，我的舌頭決不講虛話。 | 4My lips shall not speak falsehood, nor my tongue utter deceit! |
| 5若叫我說你們有理，那決辦不到；到我斷氣，我決不放棄我的純正。 | 5Far be it from me to account you right; till I die I will not renounce my innocence. |
| 6我堅持我的正義，決不罷休；對於已往的生活，我問心無愧。 | 6My justice I maintain and I will not relinquish it; my heart does not reproach me for any of my days. |
| 7惟願恨我的人，遭惡人的命運；起來攻擊我的人，遭罪犯的處分。 | 7Let my enemy be as the wicked and my adversary as the unjust! |
| 8惡人呼籲時，有何期待？當他向天主舉起靈魂時，有何希望？ | 8For what can the impious man expect when he is cut off, when God requires his life? |
| 9災難臨到他身上時，天主豈能聽他的呼求？ | 9Will God then attend to his cry when calamity comes upon him? |
| 10他豈是以全能者為喜樂，時時祈求天主？ | 10Will he then delight in the Almighty and call upon him constantly? |
| 11我要將天主的作為教導你們；對全能者的意旨，我決不隱瞞。 | 11Behold, you yourselves have all seen it; why then do you spend yourselves in idle words! |
| 12其實，這一切你們都熟悉，但為何還這樣空談？ | 12 This is the portion of a wicked man from God, the inheritance an oppressor receives from the Almighty: |
| 13納阿瑪人左法爾就說：這是天主給惡人定的命運，是強暴者由全能者所承受的產業： | 13Though his children be many, the sword is their destiny. His offspring shall not be filled with bread. |
| 18他們輕如水萍，隨波逐流，地上的家業已被詛咒，榨酒者不再走入他們的葡萄園。 | 14His survivors, when they die, shall have no burial, and their widows shall not be mourned. |
| 19亢旱酷暑怎樣溶盡雪水，陰府也怎樣將罪犯吸去。 | 15Though he heap up silver like dust and store away mounds of clothing, |
| 20懷孕他的要忘掉他，蛆蟲要腐蝕他，人不再記念他，邪惡如樹一般被人砍倒。 | 16What he has stored the just man shall wear, and the innocent shall divide the silver. |
| 21他欺壓了不生育的石女，沒有善待寡婦。 | 17He builds his house as of cobwebs, or like a booth put up by the vine-keeper. |
| 22然而天主將以威力擄獲強者，他必興起，使他們不能保存生命。 | 18He lies down a rich man, one last time; he opens his eyes and nothing remains to him. |
| 23雖暫時讓他們平安休息，但他的眼正監視著他們的行徑。 | 19Terrors rush upon him by day; at night the tempest carries him off. |
| 24他們居於高位，不久即不見了；他們必喪亡，有如鹹草；必被剪去，猶如麥穗。 | 20 The storm wind seizes him and he disappears; it sweeps him out of his place. |
| 14他的子女雖眾多，都必死於刀下；他的後代子孫，不得飽食。 | 21 |
| 15剩餘的人，為瘟疫所葬送；他們的遺孀，不舉喪哀弔。 | 22 |
| 16他們雖積蓄銀子，多如塵沙；備製衣服，多如土堆； | 23 |
| 17他們固然預備，但義人來穿，無辜者要分取他們的金銀。 | 24 |
| 18他們建造的房屋有如蛛網，又如守望者搭的茅舍。 | 25 |
| 19他們睡眠時，雖稱富足，但睜開眼時，已一無所有。 | 26 |
| 20白天有恐佈侵襲，黑夜有颶風將他們颳去。 | 27 |
| 21東風將他們吹去，把他們捲走，離其居地。 | 28 |
| 22他們成了眾人毫不憐憫的箭靶，他們沒法逃避恐嚇的手。 | 29 |
| 23人人都對之鼓掌稱慶，由各方向之嘲笑辱罵。 | 30 |
註：本章原文次序有錯簡，經文在13節後被打斷，由二四章18-24節接上。