| 約伯傳 |
Job |
| 1特曼人厄里法次開始說： |
1Then spoke Eliphaz the Temanite, who said: |
| 2人若和你講話，你能忍受嗎？但誰又能忍住不說？ |
2If someone attempts a word with you, will you mind? For how can anyone refrain from speaking? |
| 3看，你曾勸戒過許多人，堅固過軟弱無能的人； |
3Behold, you have instructed many, and have made firm their feeble hands. |
| 4你的話扶起了跌倒的人，堅固了膝弱無力的人； |
4Your words have upheld the stumbler; you have strengthened his faltering knees. |
| 5但是現今災禍一臨於你，你就萎靡不振；一接觸你，你就沮喪失意。 |
5But now that it comes to you, you are impatient; when it touches yourself, you are dismayed. |
| 6你敬畏天主之情，豈不是你的依靠？你完善的行為，豈不是你的希望？ |
6Is not your piety a source of confidence, and your integrity of life your hope? |
| 7請想：那有無辜者喪亡？那有正直者消逝？ |
7Reflect now, what innocent person perishes? Since when are the upright destroyed? |
| 8照我所見：那播種邪惡的，必收邪惡；散佈毒害的，必收毒害。 |
8As I see it, those who plow for mischief and sow trouble, reap the same. |
| 9天主一噓氣，他們即滅亡；一發怒氣，他們即消失。 |
9By the breath of God they perish, and by the blast of his wrath they are consumed. |
| 10獅吼豹嗥完全止息，幼獅的牙齒也被打碎； |
10 Though the lion roars, though the king of beasts cries out, yet the teeth of the young lions are broken; |
| 11壯獅因缺獵物而滅絕，牝獅幼子各自東西離散。 |
11The old lion perishes for lack of prey, and the cubs of the lioness are scattered. |
| 12我竊聽到一句話，我耳聽見細語聲。 |
12 For a word was stealthily brought to me, and my ear caught a whisper of it. |
| 13當人沉睡時，夜夢多幻象； |
13In my thoughts during visions of the night, when deep sleep falls on men, |
| 14我恐怖戰慄，全身骨頭發抖。 |
14Fear came upon me, and shuddering, that terrified me to the bones. |
| 15寒風掠過我面，使我毛髮悚然。 |
15Then a spirit passed before me, and the hair of my flesh stood up. |
| 16他停立不動，但我不能辨其形狀；我面前出現形影，我聽見細微的聲音： |
16It paused, but its likeness I could not discern; a figure was before my eyes, and I heard a still voice: |
| 17人豈能在天主前自以為義？在造他者前，自以為潔？ |
17"Can a man be righteous as against God? Can a mortal be blameless against his Maker? |
| 18看，他的僕役，他還不信；他的使者，他還歸罪， |
18Lo, he puts no trust in his servants, and with his angels he can find fault. |
| 19何況那以泥屋為居所，以塵土為基礎的人！他們為人踐踏，有如蠹蟲； |
19How much more with those that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed more easily than the moth! |
| 20晨昏間即化為齏粉，永遠消亡而無人一顧。 |
20Morning or evening they may be shattered; with no heed paid to it, they perish forever. |
| 21幕索如已自斷，他們豈不是因缺少智慧而死亡？ |
21The pegs of their tent are plucked up; they die without knowing wisdom." |
