| 約伯傳 |
Job |
| 1約伯回答說： |
1Then Job answered and said: |
| 2恨不得有人衡量衡量我的痛苦，把我所受的災禍一起放在天秤上！ |
2Ah, could my anguish but be measured and my calamity laid with it in the scales, |
| 3它們重過海岸的沙粒，難怪我出言冒失。 |
3They would now outweigh the sands of the sea! Because of this I speak without restraint. |
| 4因為全能者的箭射中了我，我的心靈喝盡它們的毒汁，天主的恐嚇列陣攻擊我。 |
4For the arrows of the Almighty pierce me, and my spirit drinks in their poison; the terrors of God are arrayed against me. |
| 5野驢有青草，難道還嘶叫？牛對着草料，難道還吼鳴？ |
5 Does the wild ass bray when he has grass? Does the ox low over his fodder? |
| 6淡而無鹽的食物，豈能下嚥？蛋白能有什麼滋味？ |
6Can a thing insipid be eaten without salt? Is there flavor in the white of an egg? |
| 7這使我厭惡的食物，我實不願沾唇。 |
7I refuse to touch them; they are loathsome food to me. |
| 8惟願我的祈求實現，願天主滿全我的希望！ |
8Oh, that I might have my request, and that God would grant what I long for: |
| 9願天主擊毀我，鬆手使我消滅！ |
9Even that God would decide to crush me, that he would put forth his hand and cut me off! |
| 10這樣，我仍有安慰，在悽慘的痛苦中，仍然喜悅，因為我沒有違犯聖者的教訓。 |
10Then I should still have consolation and could exult through unremitting pain, because I have not transgressed the commands of the Holy One. |
| 11我有什麼力量使我期待，有什麼結局使我拖延生命？ |
11What strength have I that I should endure, and what is my limit that I should be patient? |
| 12我的力量豈有巖石之堅？我的肉身豈是銅製的？ |
12Have I the strength of stones, or is my flesh of bronze? |
| 13在我內還能找到什麼作援助？任何扶助豈不都遠離了我？ |
13Have I no helper, and has advice deserted me? |
| 14誰不憐憫自己的友人，就是放棄了敬畏天主之心。 |
14A friend owes kindness to one in despair, though he have forsaken the fear of the Almighty. |
| 15我的兄弟們詭詐有如溪水，有如水過即乾的河床。 |
15My brethren are undependable as a brook, as watercourses that run dry in the wadies; |
| 16溪水因結冰而混濁，積雪掩蓋在其上； |
16Though they may be black with ice, and with snow heaped upon them, |
| 17季節一溫暖，溪水即竭，天氣一炎熱，河床即乾。 |
17Yet once they flow, they cease to be; in the heat, they disappear from their place. |
| 18商隊離開大道，走入荒野，因而喪命。 |
18Caravans turn aside from their routes; they go into the desert and perish. |
| 19特瑪的商隊觀望，舍巴的客旅期待， |
19 The caravans of Tema search, the companies of Sheba have hopes; |
| 20但他們的希望落了空，他們不管到了那裏，必狼狽不堪。 |
20They are disappointed, though they were confident; they come there and are frustrated. |
| 21現今你們待我也是一樣：看見了我，就驚惶失措。 |
21It is thus that you have now become for me; you see a terrifying thing and are afraid. |
| 22難道我說過：「請送我禮物！把你們的財產送我一分？ |
22Have I asked you to give me anything, to offer a gift for me from your possessions, |
| 23救我擺脫仇人的權勢，贖我脫離殘暴者的掌握？」 |
23Or to deliver me from the enemy, or to redeem me from oppressors? |
| 24請教訓我！我必靜聽。我有什麼錯，請指示我！ |
24Teach me, and I will be silent; prove to me wherein I have erred. |
| 25正義的言詞是多麼甘美！但你們的責斥是指摘什麼？ |
25How agreeable are honest words; yet how unconvincing is your argument! |
| 26你們豈能只在言詞上吹毛求疵？以絕望者的話當耳邊風？ |
26Do you consider your words as proof, but the sayings of a desperate man as wind? |
| 27你們只想對孤兒擲骰下注，以你們的朋友作商品。 |
27You would even cast lots for the orphan, and would barter away your friend! |
| 28現今請你們注視我，在你們注視之下，我決不說謊。 |
28Come, now, give me your attention; surely I will not lie to your face. |
| 29請你們再想一下，不要不公；請你們三思，我的正義仍然存在！ |
29Think it over; let there be no injustice. Think it over; I still am right. |
| 30我的唇舌上豈有不義？我的口腔難道不辨邪正？ |
30Is there insincerity on my tongue, or cannot my taste discern falsehood? |
