| 約伯傳 |
Job |
| 1叔亞人彼耳達得發言說： |
1Bildad the Shuhite spoke out and said: |
| 2這些話你要講到幾時？你口中的話像狂風要到何時？ |
2How long will you utter such things? The words from your mouth are like a mighty wind! |
| 3天主豈能違背公道？全能者豈能屈枉正義？ |
3Does God pervert judgment, and does the Almighty distort justice? |
| 4若你的子女得罪了他，他必將他們交於罪過的權勢下。 |
4If your children have sinned against him and he has left them in the grip of their guilt, |
| 5你若急切尋覓天主，哀求全能者； |
5Still, if you yourself have recourse to God and make supplication to the Almighty, |
| 6你若純潔正直，他必親來守護你，恢復你正義的居所。 |
6Should you be blameless and upright, surely now he will awake for you and restore your rightful domain; |
| 7你起初雖然微小，今後必要興隆強大。 |
7Your former state will be of little moment, for in time to come you will flourish indeed. |
| 8請你查問上一代，細想祖先的經驗； |
8If you inquire of the former generations, and give heed to the experience of the fathers |
| 9因為我們由昨日纔有，本來一無所知；我們在世上的日月，好似影子。 |
9(As we are but of yesterday and have no knowledge, because our days on earth are but a shadow), |
| 10他們必訓誡你，指教你，向你說出內心的話： |
10Will they not teach you and tell you and utter their words of understanding? |
| 11蒲草不在池沼內，怎能長大？蘆葦沒有水，怎會長起？ |
11 Can the papyrus grow up without mire? Can the reed grass flourish without water? |
| 12在茁壯中，尚未砍下，已先百草而枯萎。 |
12While it is yet green and uncut, it withers quicker than any grass. |
| 13凡忘記天主的，他的末路也是這樣：惡人的希望必化為泡影。 |
13So is the end of everyone who forgets God, and so shall the hope of the godless man perish. |
| 14他的依靠好似游絲，他的憑藉有如蛛網。 |
14His confidence is but a gossamer thread and his trust is a spider's web. |
| 15他倚恃自己的家，但它卻站立不住；他要依附自己的住所，住所卻不能久存。 |
15He shall rely upon his family, but it shall not last; he shall cling to it, but it shall not endure. |
| 16它在日光下而青葱，枝蔓爬滿了園囿， |
16He is full of sap before sunrise, and beyond his garden his shoots go forth; |
| 17根盤據在石堆上，纏繞在石屋上。 |
17About a heap of stones are his roots entwined; among the rocks he takes hold. |
| 18若有人從原處把它拔除，那地必否認說：「我未曾見過它。」 |
18Yet if one tears him from his place, it will disown him: "I have never seen you!" |
| 19看，它要腐爛在路上，必從地上生出另一棵。 |
19There he lies rotting beside the road, and out of the soil another sprouts. |
| 20天主決不棄捨完善的人，也決不支持惡人的勢力。 |
20Behold, God will not cast away the upright; neither will he take the hand of the wicked. |
| 21你的口角必再洋溢着喜悅，你的唇邊必再充滿歡笑。 |
21Once more will he fill your mouth with laughter, and your lips with rejoicing. |
| 22憎恨你的必蒙受羞辱，惡人的帳幕必化為烏有。 |
22They that hate you shall be clothed with shame, and the tent of the wicked shall be no more. |
