| | 1 | 約伯回答說、
Then Job replied: | |
| | 2 | 你們要細聽我的言語、就算是你們安慰我。
"Listen carefully to my words; let this be the consolation you give me. | |
| | 3 | 請寬容我、我又要說話．說了以後、任憑你們嗤笑罷。
Bear with me while I speak, and after I have spoken, mock on. | |
| | 4 | 我豈是向人訴冤、為何不焦急呢。
"Is my complaint directed to man? Why should I not be impatient? | |
| | 5 | 你們要看著我而驚奇、用手摀口。
Look at me and be astonished; clap your hand over your mouth. | |
| | 6 | 我每逢思想、心就驚惶、渾身戰兢。
When I think about this, I am terrified; trembling seizes my body. | |
| | 7 | 惡人為何存活、享大壽數、勢力強盛呢。
Why do the wicked live on, growing old and increasing in power? | |
| | 8 | 他們眼見兒孫、和他們一同堅立。
They see their children established around them, their offspring before their eyes. | |
| | 9 | 他們的家宅平安無懼、 神的杖也不加在他們身上。
Their homes are safe and free from fear; the rod of God is not upon them. | |
| | 10 | 他們的公牛孳生而不斷絕．母牛下犢而不掉胎。
Their bulls never fail to breed; their cows calve and do not miscarry. | |
| | 11 | 他們打發小孩子出去、多如羊群．他們的兒女踊躍跳舞。
They send forth their children as a flock; their little ones dance about. | |
| | 12 | 他們隨著琴鼓歌唱、又因簫聲歡喜。
They sing to the music of tambourine and harp; they make merry to the sound of the flute. | |
| | 13 | 他們度日諸事亨通、轉眼下入陰間。
They spend their years in prosperity and go down to the grave in peace. | |
| | 14 | 他們對 神說、離開我們罷．我們不願曉得你的道。
Yet they say to God, 'Leave us alone! We have no desire to know your ways. | |
| | 15 | 全能者是誰、我們何必事奉他呢．求告他有甚麼益處呢。
Who is the Almighty, that we should serve him? What would we gain by praying to him?' | |
| | 16 | 看哪、他們亨通不在乎自己．惡人所謀定的離我好遠。
But their prosperity is not in their own hands, so I stand aloof from the counsel of the wicked. | |
| | 17 | 惡人的燈何嘗熄滅．患難何嘗臨到他們呢． 神何嘗發怒、向他們分散災禍呢。
"Yet how often is the lamp of the wicked snuffed out? How often does calamity come upon them, the fate God allots in his anger? | |
| | 18 | 他們何嘗像風前的碎秸、如暴風颳去的糠秕呢。
How often are they like straw before the wind, like chaff swept away by a gale? | |
| | 19 | 你們說、 神為惡人的兒女積蓄罪孽。我說、不如本人受報、好使他親自知道。
It is said,'God stores up a man's punishment for his sons.' Let him repay the man himself, so that he will know it! | |
| | 20 | 願他親眼看見自己敗亡、親自飲全能者的忿怒。
Let his own eyes see his destruction; let him drink of the wrath of the Almighty. | |
| | 21 | 他的歲月既盡、他還顧他本家麼。
For what does he care about the family he leaves behind when his allotted months come to an end? | |
| | 22 | 神既審判那在高位的、誰能將知識教訓他呢。
"Can anyone teach knowledge to God, since he judges even the highest? | |
| | 23 | 有人至死身體強壯、盡得平靖安逸．
One man dies in full vigor, completely secure and at ease, | |
| | 24 | 他的奶桶充滿、他的骨髓滋潤。
his body well nourished, his bones rich with marrow. | |
| | 25 | 有人至死心中痛苦、終身未嘗福樂的滋味。
Another man dies in bitterness of soul, never having enjoyed anything good. | |
| | 26 | 他們一樣躺臥在塵土中、都被蟲子遮蓋。
Side by side they lie in the dust, and worms cover them both. | |
| | 27 | 我知道你們的意思、並誣害我的計謀。
"I know full well what you are thinking, the schemes by which you would wrong me. | |
| | 28 | 你們說、霸者的房屋在那裡．惡人住過的帳棚在那裡。
You say, 'Where now is the great man's house, the tents where wicked men lived?' | |
| | 29 | 你們豈沒有詢問過路的人麼．不知道他們所引的證據麼。
Have you never questioned those who travel? Have you paid no regard to their accounts-- | |
| | 30 | 就是惡人在禍患的日子得存留、在發怒的日子得逃脫。
that the evil man is spared from the day of calamity, that he is delivered from the day of wrath? | |
| | 31 | 他所行的、有誰當面給他說明．他所作的、有誰報應他呢。
Who denounces his conduct to his face? Who repays him for what he has done? | |
| | 32 | 然而他要被抬到塋地、並有人看守墳墓。
He is carried to the grave, and watch is kept over his tomb. | |
| | 33 | 他要以谷中的土塊為甘甜、在他以先去的無數、在他以後去的更多。
The soil in the valley is sweet to him; all men follow after him, and a countless throng goes before him. | |
| | 34 | 你們對答的話中既都錯謬、怎麼徒然安慰我呢。
"So how can you console me with your nonsense? Nothing is left of your answers but falsehood!" | |
