| 約伯傳 | Job |
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| 1約伯繼續他的言論說： | 1Job continued his discourse: |
| 2我指著那剝奪我權利的天主起誓，指著使我心靈苦痛的全能者起誓： | 2As surely as God lives, who denies my right,
the Almighty, who has made me bitter, |
| 3幾時我還有氣息，我鼻中尚有天主賦予的生氣， | 3as long as I have life within me
and God's breath in my nostrils, |
| 4我的口唇決不說謊言，我的舌頭決不講虛話。 | 4my lips will not speak falsehood
nor my tongue utter deceit. |
| 5若叫我說你們有理，那決辦不到；到我斷氣，我決不放棄我的純正。 | 5Never will I admit you are right,
nor deny my integrity till I die. |
| 6我堅持我的正義，決不罷休；對於已往的生活，我問心無愧。 | 6Never will I let go of my righteousness;
my conscience is not put to shame. |
| 7惟願恨我的人，遭惡人的命運；起來攻擊我的人，遭罪犯的處分。 | 7Let my enemy be as the wicked
and my adversary as the unrighteous. |
| 8惡人呼籲時，有何期待？當他向天主舉起靈魂時，有何希望？ | 8For what hope has the godless
when God cuts him off,
when God takes away his life? |
| 9災難臨到他身上時，天主豈能聽他的呼求？ | 9God will not listen to his call
when he is beset by trouble. |
| 10他豈是以全能者為喜樂，時時祈求天主？ | 10For he did not delight in the Almighty
or call upon him constantly. |
| 11我要將天主的作為教導你們；對全能者的意旨，我決不隱瞞。 | 11See, I tell you the deeds of God
and do not conceal the ways of the Almighty. |
| 12其實，這一切你們都熟悉，但為何還這樣空談？ | 12You have witnessed this yourselves.
Why then these empty words?
Third discourse of Nahama |
| 13納阿瑪人左法爾就說：這是天主給惡人定的命運，是強暴者由全能者所承受的產業：【第二十四章】 | 13This is a wicked man's portion from God,
the heritage of an oppressor
which he receives from the Almighty. |
| 14他們輕如水萍，隨波逐流，地上的家業已被詛咒，榨酒者不再走入他們的葡萄園。 | 14Though his children be many,
the sword is their destiny.
His offspring will go hungry. |
| 15亢旱酷暑怎樣溶盡雪水，陰府也怎樣將罪犯吸去。 | 15The plague will bury those who survive,
and their widows will not mourn for them. |
| 16懷孕他的要忘掉他，蛆蟲要腐蝕他，人不再記念他，邪惡如樹一般被人砍倒。 | 16He may heap up silver like dust
and pile up clothes like clay, |
| 17他欺壓了不生育的石女，沒有善待寡婦。 | 17but what he stores, the just will wear,
and the innocent divide his silver. |
| 18然而天主將以威力擄獲強者，他必興起，使他們不能保存生命。 | 18He builds his house like a cobweb,
or like the hut a watchman makes. |
| 19雖暫時讓他們平安休息，但他的眼正監視著他們的行徑。 | 19Once more he lies down rich
and wakes to see his wealth all gone. |
| 20他們居於高位，不久即不見了；他們必喪亡，有如鹹草；必被剪去，猶如麥穗。 | 20Terrors rush upon him by day;
at night a whirlwind carries him away. |
| 21他的子女雖眾多，都必死於刀下；他的後代子孫，不得飽食。 | 21The east wind lifts him up, and he disappears
as it sweeps him out of his place. |
| 22剩餘的人，為瘟疫所葬送；他們的遺孀，不舉喪哀弔。 | 22People strike at him without mercy
as he flees headlong from their hands. |
| 23他們雖積蓄銀子，多如塵沙；備製衣服，多如土堆； | 23They clap their hands in mockery
and hiss at him from where they are. |
