| 約伯傳 |
Job |
| 1人生在世，豈不像服兵役？人的歲月，豈不像傭工的時日？ |
1 Is not man's life on earth a drudgery? Are not his days those of a hireling? |
| 2有如奴工切望陰涼，傭工期待工資： |
2He is a slave who longs for the shade, a hireling who waits for his wages. |
| 3這樣，我也只有承受失意的歲月，為我註定的苦痛長夜。 |
3So I have been assigned months of misery, and troubled nights have been told off for me. |
| 4我臥下時說：「幾時天亮？」我起來時又說：「黑夜何時到？」我整夜輾轉反側，直到天亮。 |
4If in bed I say, "When shall I arise?" then the night drags on; I am filled with restlessness until the dawn. |
| 5我的肉身以蛆蟲與泥皮為衣，我的皮膚破裂流膿。 |
5My flesh is clothed with worms and scabs; my skin cracks and festers; |
| 6我的日月速於織梭，也因無希望而中斷。 |
6My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle; they come to an end without hope. |
| 7請你記住：我的生命無非像一口氣，我的眼再也見不到幸福。 |
7Remember that my life is like the wind; I shall not see happiness again. |
| 8注目於我的，再也見不到我；你的眼看我時、我已不在了。 |
8The eye that now sees me shall no more behold me; as you look at me, I shall be gone. |
| 9他去了，好像雲消霧散；下到陰府的，再也不得上來。 |
9As a cloud dissolves and vanishes, so he who goes down to the nether world shall come up no more. |
| 10不再回家，本鄉也不認識他。 |
10He shall not again return to his house; his place shall know him no more. |
| 11為此，我不能再閉口不言，我要吐露我心靈的憂愁，陳述我靈魂的苦楚。 |
11My own utterance I will not restrain; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul. |
| 12我豈是海洋或海怪？你竟派警衛把守我。 |
12 Am I the sea, or a monster of the deep, that you place a watch over me? Why have you set me up as an object of attack; or why should I be a target for you? |
| 13我若想：「我的床榻會寬慰我，我的臥舖會減輕我的痛苦。」 |
13When I say, "My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaint," |
| 14你就以噩夢擾亂我，以異像驚嚇我。 |
14Then you affright me with dreams and with visions terrify me, |
| 15我的心靈寧願窒息，寧死不願受此苦痛。 |
15So that I should prefer choking and death rather than my pains. |
| 16我已筋疲力盡，活不下去。任憑我去罷！因為我的日月僅是一口氣。 |
16I waste away: I cannot live forever; let me alone, for my days are but a breath. |
| 17人算什麼，你竟如此顯揚他，將他置諸心頭， |
17What is man, that you make much of him, or pay him any heed? |
| 18天天早晨看護他，時刻不斷考察他？ |
18You observe him with each new day and try him at every moment! |
| 19你到何時纔不注視我，而讓我輕鬆咽一下唾沬？ |
19How long will it be before you look away from me, and let me alone long enough to swallow my spittle? |
| 20監察人者啊！我犯罪與你何干？為何叫我當你的箭靶，使我成為你的重擔？ |
20Though I have sinned, what can I do to you, O watcher of men? |
| 21為何你不肯容忍我的過錯，寬赦我的罪惡？不久我將臥在塵土中，任你尋找我，我已不在了。 |
21Why do you not pardon my offense, or take away my guilt? For soon I shall lie down in the dust; and should you seek me I shall then be gone. |
