| 約伯傳 |
Job |
| 1任你呼求，看有誰答應你？諸聖者中，看你轉向那一位？ |
1Call now! Will anyone respond to you? To which of the holy ones will you appeal? |
| 2的確，憂憤殺死愚人，怒火使癡者喪生。 |
2Nay, impatience kills the fool and indignation slays the simpleton. |
| 3我知道：愚人一根深蒂固，他的居所即被詛咒； |
3I have seen a fool spreading his roots, but his household suddenly decayed. |
| 4他的子女，無人支援，在城門前被踐踏，無人救護。 |
4 His children shall be far from safety; they shall be crushed at the gate without a rescuer. |
| 5他們收穫的，飢餓者來吃；且將剩餘的，搶去儲存；他們的財富，為口渴者喝盡。 |
5What they have reaped the hungry shall eat up; (or God shall take it away by blight;) and the thirsty shall swallow their substance. |
| 6因為災禍不是由土中而來，憂患不是生自地中； |
6For mischief comes not out of the earth, nor does trouble spring out of the ground; |
| 7而是人自尋苦惱，如雛鷹自會飛翔。 |
7 But man himself begets mischief, as sparks fly upward. |
| 8如果是我，我必投奔天主，向天主陳訴我的案情。 |
8In your place, I would appeal to God, and to God I would state my plea. |
| 9他所作的大事，高深莫測；他所行的奇事，不可勝數： |
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| 10他使雨落在地上，引水滋潤郊田； |
10He gives rain upon the earth and sends water upon the fields; |
| 11使卑微的人高昇，使受苦的人獲得救助； |
11He sets up on high the lowly, and those who mourn he exalts to safety. |
| 12粉碎狡猾人的計謀，使他們的作為一無所成； |
12He frustrates the plans of the cunning, so that their hands achieve no success; |
| 13以智者的計謀捕捉智者，使奸猾人的策畫即時成空； |
13He catches the wise in their own ruses, and the designs of the crafty are routed. |
| 14他們白日遇到黑暗，正午摸索如在夜間； |
14They meet with darkness in the daytime, and at noonday they grope as though it were night. |
| 15他搭救被剝削者脫離人口，挽救窮人擺脫強暴的手。 |
15But the poor from the edge of the sword and from the hand of the mighty, he saves. |
| 16如此，貧苦的人獲得希望，邪惡將閉口無言。 |
16Thus the unfortunate have hope, and iniquity closes her mouth. |
| 17的確，天主所懲戒的人是有福的：全能者的訓戒，你不可忽視。 |
17Happy is the man whom God reproves! The Almighty's chastening do not reject. |
| 18因為他打傷了，而又包紮傷口；他擊碎了，而又親手治療。 |
18For he wounds, but he binds up; he smites, but his hands give healing. |
| 19你六次遭難，他次次拯救；到第七次，災難不會臨於你。 |
19 Out of six troubles he will deliver you, and at the seventh no evil shall touch you. |
| 20饑饉中，他必救你不死；戰爭中，必使你得免刀劍。 |
20In famine he will deliver you from death, and in war from the threat of the sword; |
| 21唇槍舌劍，你必能躲藏；大難來臨，你不必張皇； |
21From the scourge of the tongue you shall be hidden, and shall not fear approaching ruin. |
| 22對大難和饑荒，你可置之一笑；對地上的野獸，也不用驚皇。 |
22At destruction and want you shall laugh; the beasts of the earth you need not dread. |
| 23你將與田野的頑石立約，曠野的猛獸必與你和好。 |
23You shall be in league with the stones of the field, and the wild beasts shall be at peace with you. |
| 24你將見到你的帳幕平安無恙，察看羊欄時，一無所失。 |
24And you shall know that your tent is secure; taking stock of your household, you shall miss nothing. |
| 25你將確知子孫繁昌，你的苗裔猶如田野青草。 |
25You shall know that your descendants are many, and your offspring as the grass of the earth. |
| 26你必高年纔葬於墓，好像麥捆準時收藏。 |
26You shall approach the grave in full vigor, as a shock of grain comes in at its season. |
| 27看這，是我們所觀察的真理，你若細聽，自會獲益良多。 |
27Lo, this we have searched out; so it is! This we have heard, and you should know. |
