| 約伯傳 |
Job |
| 1約伯答覆說： |
1Then Job answered and said: |
| 2我確實知道事情是這樣，但人怎能同天主講理？ |
2I know well that it is so; but how can a man be justified before God? |
| 3人若願意同天主辯論，千個問題中，誰也回答不出一個。 |
3Should one wish to contend with him, he could not answer him once in a thousand times. |
| 4雖心中明智，力量強大，但誰能對抗天主，而保平安？ |
4God is wise in heart and mighty in strength; who has withstood him and remained unscathed? |
| 5他可移山，山卻不知；他一發怒，山即翻轉； |
5He removes the mountains before they know it; he overturns them in his anger. |
| 6他振搖大地，使之脫離原處，地柱隨之搖撼震動； |
6He shakes the earth out of its place, and the pillars beneath it tremble. |
| 7他一下令，太陽即不昇起，星辰即封閉不動； |
7He commands the sun, and it rises not; he seals up the stars. |
| 8惟有他展開天空，步行海波之上； |
8He alone stretches out the heavens and treads upon the crests of the sea. |
| 9他創造了北斗和參宿，昴星及南極星辰； |
9He made the Bear and Orion, the Pleiades and the constellations of the south; |
| 10他所作的大事，不可勝數。 |
10He does great things past finding out, marvelous things beyond reckoning. |
| 11他由我身旁經過，我卻沒有看見；他走過去，我仍沒有發覺。 |
11Should he come near me, I see him not; should he pass by, I am not aware of him; |
| 12他若搶奪，誰能阻擋？誰能問他說：「你作什麼？」 |
12Should he seize me forcibly, who can say him nay? Who can say to him, "What are you doing?" |
| 13天主一憤怒，決不收回。為老虎作倀的，必屈伏在他以下。 |
13 He is God and he does not relent; the helpers of Rahab bow beneath him. |
| 14如此我怎敢回答，我怎敢措辭與他抗辯？ |
14How much less shall I give him any answer, or choose out arguments against him! |
| 15縱然有理，也不敢回答，惟有哀求我的判官開恩。 |
15Even though I were right, I could not answer him, but should rather beg for what was due me. |
| 16我向他呼求，縱然他答應我，我仍不相信他會聽我的呼聲。 |
16If I appealed to him and he answered my call, I could not believe that he would hearken to my words; |
| 17他為了一根頭髮而折磨我，無故增加我的創傷； |
17With a tempest he might overwhelm me, and multiply my wounds without cause; |
| 18致使我不能喘一口氣，使我飽嘗苦辛。 |
18He need not suffer me to draw breath, but might fill me with bitter griefs. |
| 19論力量，他強而有力；論審判，誰能將他傳來？ |
19If it be a question of strength, he is mighty; and if of judgment, who will call him to account? |
| 20我雖自以為正義，他的口卻判定我有罪；我雖自覺無辜，他卻證明我有偏差。 |
20Though I were right, my own mouth might condemn me; were I innocent, he might put me in the wrong. |
| 21我是無辜的，我已不顧及我的生命，我已厭惡生活下去。 |
21Though I am innocent, I myself cannot know it; I despise my life. |
| 22因此我說：都是一樣。善人惡人，他一概滅絕。 |
22It is all one! therefore I say: Both the innocent and the wicked he destroys. |
| 23若天災突然降下使人猝死，他便嘲笑無罪者的絕望。 |
23When the scourge slays suddenly, he laughs at the despair of the innocent. |
| 24大地落在惡人的手裏，蒙蔽判官臉面的，不是他是誰呢？ |
24The earth is given into the hands of the wicked; he covers the faces of its judges. If it is not he, who then is it? |
| 25我的日月過去比跑信的還快；疾走而過，無福樂可享。 |
25My days are swifter than a runner, they flee away; they see no happiness; |
| 26急急駛過，似蘆葦船，如驟降攫食的鷹。 |
26They shoot by like skiffs of reed, like an eagle swooping upon its prey. |
| 27我若決意忘掉我的哀怨，改變愁容，表示愉快； |
27If I say: I will forget my complaining, I will lay aside my sadness and be of good cheer, |
| 28但一想到我的痛苦，我就恐怖。我知道你決不以我為無辜。 |
28 Then I am in dread of all my pains; I know that you will not hold me innocent. |
| 29我若是有罪，又何苦白費心血？ |
29If I must be accounted guilty, why then should I strive in vain? |
| 30我即便用雪洗我身，用鹼水洗我手， |
30If I should wash myself with snow and cleanse my hands with lye, |
| 31你卻把我浸在泥坑內，甚至我的衣服都憎惡我。 |
31Yet you would plunge me in the ditch, so that my garments would abhor me. |
| 32因為他不像我是個人，使我能答覆他，或讓我們同去聽審。 |
32For he is not a man like myself, that I should answer him, that we should come together in judgment. |
| 33在我們中間沒有仲裁，可按手在我們兩造之間。 |
33Would that there were an arbiter between us, who could lay his hand upon us both |
| 34但願他的棍杖遠離我，他的威嚴不要恐嚇我， |
34and withdraw his rod from me. Would that his terrors did not frighten me; |
| 35我好能講話而不害怕；但是如今我並非如此。 |
35that I might speak without being afraid of him. Since this is not the case with me, |
